Calligrapher (also known as Scholar) is a Cultural Life Skill, similar to Painter, that allows the player to annotate scrolls:
- Life Skill Records: Calligraphers can create scrolls that provide experience points for some other Life Skills.
- Internal Skill Annotation Books: a piece of equipment that reduces the amount of Cultivation Points required to level up Internal Skills. Calligraphers cannot create these items, but can activate their effect.
- Combat Annotation Books: a piece of equipment that grants a passive combat ability. Calligraphers cannot create these items, but can activate their effect.
To use the Life Skill, the player must have a calligraphy brush in their backpack.
Learning the Life Skill[]
Players can learn the Calligrapher Life Skill by paying a small fee in 
Silver Coins to a Calligrapher NPC (marked as Scholar on the map), who can be found in the starting towns (Qiandeng Town, Yanyu Villa, Jiming Posthouse, Chengdu), major cities (Suzhou, Luoyang, Jinling, Yanjing), Evil Men's Valley, and the Great School of Scholars. However, players who have already mastered another cultural Life Skill must abandon it before they can learn the Calligrapher.
Upon learning the Life Skill, the player will gain access to the Calligrapher crafting skill and identity titles. After claiming the first identity title from the identity menu (hotkey U), the player gains access to the Calligrapher daily tasks.
Experience Points[]
Calligraphers earn experience points by crafting Life Skill Records and completing the daily tasks. When a Ruyi Pill is active, all experience gains are multiplied. The Life Skill can be leveled up to Rank 10, and leveling up the skill will allow the player to annotate higher tier Annotation Books.
Life Skill Records[]
Life Skill Records are items crafted by Calligraphers. They can be read by practitioners of the following Life Skills: Musician, Weiqi Player, Blacksmith, Tailor, Craftsman, Chef, Herbalist, and Poison Maker to gain a small amount of experience points. The crafting materials can all be purchased from the Calligrapher NPC for Silver Coins.
Calligrapher Manuals[]
Before the player can craft the item, they must first study a Calligrapher Manual. There are multiple ways to acquire manuals:
- The Calligrapher NPCs in various scenes sell several Calligrapher Manuals.
- The Calligrapher NPC at the Great School of Scholars sells a unique selection of Calligrapher Manuals.
- Stack of Books can be looted for some Calligrapher Manuals.
- Chests in Forbidden Instances and Influence Challenges can be looted for some Calligrapher Manuals.
- Random Encounters may reward the player with Calligrapher Manuals.
For a list of all Calligrapher Manuals and how to obtain them, see: List of Calligrapher Manuals.
Daily Task[]
The Calligrapher daily task is an item fetch quest that can be started by talking to the Apprentice NPC standing next to Calligrapher NPC. The task can be done once per day, with each task requiring two Life Skill Records. Reaching a new Life Skill rank will reset the daily quest cycle, allowing the player to complete an additional daily task.
The task reward is a bound scroll that grants Calligrapher experience points when read.
| Rank | Daily Task | Reward | |
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| 9 | Legendary | ||
| 8 | Grand Master | Love Lotus (Part 2) | 750 EXP |
| Seven-charactered Ancient Poem-Farewell to Li Yun at Xietiao Pavilion in Xuanzhou | |||
| 7 | Master | Lodge at the Beigu Mountain | 600 EXP |
| Crossing the Ocean of Lingding | |||
| 6 | Illustrious | Tomb-sweeping Day | 480 EXP |
| Lodge in Landlord Qiu's at Autumn Night | |||
| 5 | Artisan | Seeking Flowers Along the River Bank Alone | 360 EXP |
| Leave Baidi City in the Morning | |||
| 4 | Expert | Couplet 16 | 300 EXP |
| Couplet 17 | |||
| 3 | Journeyman | Lofty and Solemn | 240 EXP |
| Silent Writing | |||
| 2 | Apprentice | Signs of Spring | 180 EXP |
| Pity | |||
| 1 | Novice | Wen | 150 EXP |
| Tea | |||
Identity Outfit[]
The top ten Epic Calligraphers (Rank 10) with the highest weekly Ranking Points will receive an Identity Outfit by mail. The Identity Outfit can be worn for 14 days.
Leaderboards can be viewed at My Jianghu → Rank.
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