# Affinity

<span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">**(Affinity was temporarily removed for a rework in 1.21!)** </span>  
Affinity is a group of four elements that you can level up and master in order to give certain buff and advantages.

A more detailed description can be found <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;">**[here.](https://wiki.dragonstone.pw/books/dragonstone-wiki/page/affinity-system "Affinity System")**</span>

Your current affinity levels can be looked at with<span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #99ccff;">**/affinity**</span></span>, <span style="color: #ffffff;">**<span style="color: #99ccff;">/skill</span>**</span>, or <span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #99ccff;">**/mastery**</span></span>.

Affinity comes in these four elements:

<span style="color: #ffffff;">Air </span>- Improve your skill in this element by traveling (Either by swimming, walking, or running but not flying). Exp from traveling is collected and added to your levels every ? seconds.

Increasing your mastery of this element will grant you these things (scaled by the level you are at):

- Reduces anvil costs
- Increases experience orb value

<span style="color: #ff6600;">Fire </span>- Improve your skill in this element by fighting creatures and enemies with a close range weapon (i.e. sword, axe, etc..)

Increasing your mastery of this element will grant you these things (scaled by the level you are at):

- Increases attack damage

<span style="color: #00ccff;">Water </span>- Improve your skill in this element by fighting creatures and enemies with a close range weapon (i.e. bow, crossbow, etc..)

Increasing your mastery of this element will grant you these things (scaled by the level you are at):

- Increases health regeneration

<span style="color: #00ff00;">Earth </span>- Improve your skill in this element by mining naturally occurring blocks. Certain blocks (such as obsidian) will give more exp per block than others. Blocks placed by a player will not count towards this skill.

Increasing your mastery of this element will grant you these things (scaled by the level you are at):

- Increases damage resistance