Progression is one of those things that we have wanted for years. There have been many attempts to add some sort of leveling system, but each time there were some things that we were unhappy with. Progression isn't the only thing in this update, but we will get to that later. For now let's begin with the first part, which is the new UI.







As you can see in the picture above, before the player name is their current level, next to the name is the current health and shield amount.







As you can see in the gif above, shields are a new form of defense, absorbing incoming damage.
Shields scale with other shields, so if you use a jutsu that shields for 4HP and another jutsus that shields for 5HP, it will combine and form a shield that absorbs 9HP.

Ninjutsu specialization's damage reduction jutsus will be changed to shields, other jutsus will also become shields.





You gain experience for damaging other players, and if you gain enough experience, you will level up and gain 1 skill point. To prevent people from grinding too hard with their friends, there is an experience limit per hour, if you reach that limit, you will gain less experience for the rest of the hour.

You can display your current level and experience with the /level command.







You can spend your skill points earned by leveling up in a special skill tree.
To display the skill tree GUI, use the /skilltree command
Here are all the skills that you can increase:

Agility - Reduces the cooldown of double jump.

Spirit Growth - Increases the maximum amount of chakra.

Meditation - Increases natural chakra regeneration.

Improved Focus - Increases the damage of kunai and shurikens by 0.5HP (can be leveled up only once, requires a minimum level to unlock).

Vitality - Increases the natural health regeneration by 0.5HP (can be leveled up only once, requires a minimum level to unlock).





Ninja scrolls are special items that you wear and change your playstyle to whatever you choose to.
Each scroll costs the same amount of money, once you buy the scroll, you can enable it in a special GUI.

To buy and select scrolls use the /scrolls command.

List of all scrolls:

Scroll of Strength - Every 3rd unique attack deals bonus damage.

Scroll of Dexterity - Deals bonus damage to shields.

Scroll of Protection - Gives a shield upon receiving a lot of damage.

Scroll of Renewal - Dealing damage restores health and chakra.

Scroll of Savagery:
* Heals for a portion of the damage dealt when low on health.
* Restores a portion of missing health on kills.

Scroll of Swiftness - Every 3rd unique attack gain a speed and jump boost.

Scroll of Mutilation - Every 3rd unique attack reduces the enemy healing.

Scroll of Hope - Increases all incoming healing when low on health.

Scroll of Clarity - Every 3rd unique attack reduces remaining cooldowns.

Genins can have one scroll active at a time, chuunins two scrolls and jounins / characters three scrolls.
Levels, skills and scrolls reset along with your character.