Pugilism Skill

The art of beating the shit out of your opponents with closed fists. [1]

Pugilism, sometimes referred to as the Bare Knuckle Skill, is a combat skill earned and trained by fighting with closed fists in the Dungeon.

AI Description

The art of beating the shit out of your opponents with closed fists.

Each level of this skill increases your bare-knuckle damage by 25%.[2]

Story

Book 1

Carl receives a level up notification (Pugilism Level 4) after fighting the Goblins on the First Floor. This is the first skill Carl levels up in the Dungeon.[3] After just over three days of training and gaining the Powerful Strike Skill from the Enchanted Toe Ring of the Splatter Skunk, his "bare knuckle" attacks deal as much damage as any attack with an unenchanted weapon.[4]

At the beginning of the Second Floor, Carl opens his Boss Box from the fight with the Ball of Swine and gets a Cheat Code Potion. This potion bumps his Pugilism Skill from a 7 to a 10. [5]

Book 2

Carl is offered the Prizefighter Class which gives a +3 to the Pugilism Skill. [6]

Book 3

SPOILERS FOR BOOK 3

When Carl goes to use the Training Room for the first time, Mordecai suggests training his Smush Skill. However before Carl can do his training, he reads the goodbye message from Brandon Andrews. He switches to his Bare Knuckles Skill to train instead. [7] Carl decides to train his Bare Knuckles skill two days in a row to see if it would level up and it does. [8]

Book 7

References

  1. Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 5)
  2. Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 5) (p. 51). Dandy House. Kindle Edition.
  3. Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 5)
  4. Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 25)
  5. Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 30)
  6. Dinniman, Matt. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Chapter 2)
  7. Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 3)
  8. Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 10)
  9. Dinniman, Matt. This Inevitable Ruin (Chapter 57)