Hiding skill

Hiding skill is a measure of how well you can find a hiding place without being noticed, and stay hidden. It is affected by your wounds, armor type, combat status, and Discipline.

Training

There are various methods to learning hiding. Initially, depending on the type of armor you chose it may be very difficult to learn hiding against creatures you hunt. Alternatives to hiding in combat include hiding with non-violent creatures in the room (shadowlings, horses, etc) and hiding in the same room as an NPC such as the Journeyman outside the Ranger's guild in The Crossing.

When training hiding in combat you will find it easier to slip into hiding with creatures that are not facing you. Once a creature begins to engage you the difficulty in hiding will raise the closer the creature gets to you.

While "technically" everyone can attempt to hide at melee range with a creature it is incredibly difficult for non-survival prime guilds.

There are various combat maneuvers that can be attempted which will also help in the training of hiding. These maneuvers include snipe, ambush and poach. Each creature has a diminishing return on it which means that after a certain number of successful attempts at hiding you will begin to gain less experience.

Tips and Tricks

For non-survival prime guilds, learning hiding can be tricky as you progress up the creature ladder. If you have an ability which can stun creatures in a room you will find training hiding becomes much easier. Examples of such abilities include the Warrior Mage spell Thunderclap and the Barbarian roar Lash of Torment.

Simply stun the maximum number of creatures you can that are in the room with you and proceed to hide and un-hide a few times.

Roundtime Required

Effective Ranks	Roundtime
60	5 seconds
120	4 seconds
180	3 seconds
240	2 seconds

Hiding Required

Name	Location	Ranks Required to Hide
journeyman	Wilds, Pine Needle Path	100