Swimming skill

[KylonOrina]

Is swimming skill bugged?
I've been swimming around in Qeynos for like 40 minutes and have not gotten 1 skill increase.
Want to get the skill up so I can do Bloodgill goblins and get the ancient coin.

[led]

[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[JboxCSU]

Run around in circles in innothule swamp shallow waters.

Yes, "run". Not swim.

[KylonOrina]

Originally Posted by JboxCSU [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Run around in circles in innothule swamp shallow waters.

Yes, "run". Not swim.

Oh god this works like gangbusters.
Skill is going up like there's no tomorrow.

[captnamazing]

have you gone to the trainer and put a point into Swimming?

[DevGrousis]

Originally Posted by captnamazing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

have you gone to the trainer and put a point into Swimming?

this

[KylonOrina]

Originally Posted by captnamazing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

have you gone to the trainer and put a point into Swimming?

Yeah I did. I used practice points until it was in the 40s.

And I wasn't running into a wall. I held down forward + turn, enter twice to lock me into circle swimming.

[Evia]

Are you just num locking into a wall? You won't skill up if that's what you're doing. You have to like do circular motions.

[Crawdad]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are you just num locking into a wall? You won't skill up if that's what you're doing. You have to like do circular motions.

This actually still works as of a couple months ago, I skilled up 0-100 running up the corner wall at ancient croc camp in Guk. You just have to swim "up" the wall (your character will look like its hopping out of the water repeatedly).

[Borak]

Practice swimming while waiting for a boat (Freeport, OT, Butcher, etc). Yes, wait for a boat now and then!

Double bonus - if you're a class that can levitate, or you can get a DMF/levitate cast on you, run in any water you can find while you travel. Especially if you must do the dreaded North Karana > West Karana > Qeynos Hills run for some reason. Head south, keep your feet below the water, and run all the way west with your feet below water. It actually gives some minor purpose to running thru that barren wasteland called West Karana.

Edit: Forgot another hidden bonus tucked away at the end of the world! Go to Everfrost and just run up and down the frozen river to the east. No levitate needed. You seriously get swimming skillups running over the frozen river.