Overview
Are you new to SMITE and having trouble understanding all of the different types of Skins, or just don’t quite get what a Tier is? Or maybe you’re wondering about the difference between a Limited and Exclusive skin? Well this detailed yet basic guide shall provide you with information about the various types of skins inside SMITE. (Or maybe even try explaining what a Skin is, for your amusement.)
An Introduction to Skins: What is a Skin?
In gaming Terms, the same Terms SMITE is using, a “Skin” is what a characater looks like, and is only ever reffered to as a “Skin” if there are other versions of Skins (which change the colours used on the character, or even add and/or remove details). In SMITE, Skins are different looks and models for the characters, and are purchased using Gems and Favor.
Rightchous Hammer is an example of a Skin. You can tell the difference between it and Thor’s Default Skin. A Default Skin is the Skin a Character originally has and comes with, and thusly is always a free thing with a character. But beware, as even though the Default Skins may be free, not all Skins are, and most characters will be paid for as well. The rest of the guide will tell you what Skins may cost, and how much. It shall also explain why each skin costs the price it does, though sometimes some skins are very unique.An introduction to Recolors: What is a Recolor?
A Recolor is a type of Skin which only changes the colours of a character, and sometimes only even swaps the pallette of colours around. Recolours are a Tier 1 skin (we’ll get too “Tiers” later), and cost 100 Gems or 9500 Favor.
A Recolor is guaranteed to come with every character, and is always released along with the character it is meant for. Recolors are always a very basic form of a Skin, and are basically a version of the character the Developers either decided looked better, or maybe reserved for people to buy. You know, for the moneys.
A character may never have two Recolor Skins apart from certain skins that can only be earned by following hi-rez on social media, as that would be pointless and a waste of time. Insead if a God is to have a second Recolor, the recolor would take a few tips out of the book from a Tier 2 Skin. (We’ll get to that later.)
An Introduction to Masteries: What is a Mastery Skin?
After covering Recolor’s, a guaranteed type of Skin, we shall discuss another type of Skin that will always appear for a character: Mastery Skins.
Mastery Skins have three forms: Golden, Legendary and Diamond. These skins are special, not only because they become more expensive as you progress, but because you have to unlock the rights to buy them by Levelling Up your character’s Masteries. You can do this by gaining enough Mastery Points (Worshippers) for your character, by playing them a lot. Mastery Skins are counted differently to Recolors, though they really are just different colorisation’s on the character.
Golden Mastery: Golden is the cheapest Mastery Skin, and the first most claim. You unlock the power to get a Gold Mastery Skin after Mastering your character of choice I (Roman Numerals for “1”) times. Golden Mastery has no iconic symbol. Golden Mastery also requires you to use 200 Gems or 9500 Favor to obtain it. The Colours involved in all Golden skins are;
- A shiny yellow colour. (Golden)
- A blue colour, usually not shiny.
Legendary Mastery: Legendary is the communities favourite Mastery Skin. It is the second you claim and you can require it after V (Roman Numerals for “5”) Masteries on the character of choice. Legendary Mastery also requires 300 Gems or 12500 Favor to purchase it. The colours involved in Legendary are;
- A shiny yellow colour. (Golden)
- A black colour, usually not shiny.
Diamond is the hardest, most expensive Mastery Skin to obtain. It is the last Mastery Skin you can obtain, and can be taken at X (Roman Numerals for “10”) Masteries. It also costs 400 Gems or 15000 Favor, and the Colors Involved in Diamond are;
- A shiny light, whitish blue colour, with special Hexagon-like crystal textures.
- A blue colour.
Other things to Note about Mastery Skins:
- Their Godcard (Yet another thing for later…) may appear to either all share the same Golden colour or only have symbols as a Godcard, but all have unique Colours. However, the pose shall stay the same. (Legendary and Diamond both have special effects, too.)
- Mastery Skins have developed through the years of SMITE. This means that originally, Mastery Skins had the skin of the character (no, in literal terms this time) changed to Gold or Diamond. In the new Mastery Skins, the Skin Colour stays the same.
An introduction to Godcards: What is a Godcard?
I have mentioned a Godcard before in the section on Masteries, and this is a subject that is easy to cover. So, with no further ado, let us discuss what a Godcard is.
A Godcard is an image of your SMITE character or Skin, used as a preview for purchasing and used to indicate your character on the loading screen. These are basically pieces of artwork reperesenting a Skin or character, also displaying their name and the name of the skin.
Here is an example of a Godcard being used in-game:
As you can see, it has my username, masteries, and/or avatar, as well as stating my God or Skin.
But the actual Godcards don’t. It would be a waste of time showing you another reperesentation of this without words on it, though.
Godcards sometimes also have special effects on them, like Gifs. I couldn’t find any on the internet that could fit in this guide as an example of this occourance, but the list of Godcards known to do this are:
- All Legendary Skins.
- All Diamond Skins.
- All Shadow Skins.
- Archon Thanatos.
- Ragnarok Force X Thor.
Even though Godcards are official, you can spot small inaccuracies occasionally. This may be because during developement a Skin changed a few details or maybe because the artist wasn’t observant enough, but these inaccuracies can be noticed by people with eagle eyes. For instance, Nu Horizons’s Godcard has curly hair, while the actual skin does not. I think this may be the most blatant example, though.
Here’s a comparison of a character compared to their Godcard:
An introduction to Voice Packs: What is a Voice Pack?
We may have mentioned the quality “Voice Pack” in our Tier List, but what exactly is a Voice Pack?
A Voice Pack, otherwise known as VP by the community, is a quality varying between Skins. When people refer to Voice Packs, it may be confusing exactly what they mean, as there appear to be two meanings. Let’s take a look at these:
- A Voice Pack is the voice of the character you are using. The Voice Pack is the lines your character will speak, and can vary per Skin. Either using a different voice for some lines or using completely new lines, Voice Packs help make a Skin feel new.
- A Voice Pack is a thing purchasable for each character for 200 Gems. This changes what your Voice Guided System (VGS) sound like, and what they say. When you purchase the Voice Pack for a character, you make all your Voice Guides System lines have the same voice as the character you bought it for, as long as you are using that character. The Voice Pack also gives you different lines for a different Skin, so if you own a Voice Pack for a character but are using a Skin with a different Voice Pack, your Voice Pack will be changed.
Voice Guided System?
Also known as Voice Commands, the VGS is a thing very useful in mid-game. It enables you to tell your teammate to “Defend Middle Lane!”, while still moving. It allows you to say “I’m Returning To Base!” without typing, making you not vulnerable at all. Only your team can hear you speak Voice Lines like always, so do not be afraid about saying “Split Push!”.
You can locate and use the VGS by pressing the V key. Then you can select the line you want to say. You can see lines you may speak on the left side on your screen. However, if you are new to using the VGS, you may take a while using the options, so do not be afraid to take some time learning them. And if you’re taking a while to say “Attack Middle Tower”, you can simply put “Attack”, and then position your Attack Pointer to where you want. This will put an alert on the map as well as on the battlefield, only for your team, and make you say Attack. There’s many Pointers to help you, but there are a fair few which do not need to exist/don’t exist.
An Introduction to Ward Skins: What’s the difference between Ward Skins & Skins?
Excuse me for the long title to this chapter, I tried to cut it down.
At the moment, there are two types of things which can require a skin. Those are a Character and a Ward. As you would know, your character is anybody you can play as. But a Ward? Wards are a common thing in SMITE, and are by default a blue pyramid, which has an eye engraved in it. These allow you to know when an enemy is in the area it can see on the map. A Ward is purchased by the Gold rewarded in in-game matches, and when you purchase one it will not effect the next round. It counts as a consumable and there are two types of Wards; Ward and a Sentry Ward, which allows you to see enemy wards.
But you should already know this. And my description of a Ward’s appearence shouldn’t matter, as Wards also have Skins, which change their animations and model… Nothing else. All Ward Skins cost Gems, and not Favor. There are no Recolors for Wards, and there are not Tiers, either. All Ward Skins change the animation, and are nearly always made to celebrate something. Unless they just want to make a Ward Skin to fit a Skin, in a Bundle. Which is actually extremely common.
An Introduction to Tiers: What do Tiers mean?
Tiers are ranks of skin, which I assume were invented by the community as they are never reffered to in the actual game. The community refers to Skins in Tiers for many reasons, but mainly to indicate their price range and qualities.
A Tier of Skin changes depending on the qualities a Skin has, varying from 1 – 5. The highest Tier costs most, and the lowest Tier costs least, ect. Here is a list of the Tiers, with picture examples of some Skins from those Tiers, also explaining each Tier:
These are all the Tiers in the game so far. Not that many.
What’s the difference between a Limited & Exclusive Skin?
Though there are Tiers, there are other qualities a Skin may have. We have already discussed one, which is being a Mastery Skin, and now we should discuss some others.
In-Game you may notice some text over some Godcards in the Store or other areas. (Not on loading screen). This means the Skin has a special type of quality and is very unique. However it isn’t a quality the Skin has, but just what it is. The three types of these qualities so far are “Limited”, “Exclusive”, and “Clan”. What are these?
- Limited: Limited Skins are Skins that are only ever involved in events and special parts of SMITE history. These Skins are only ever available once, and once they are no longer purchasable, they will never return. This makes Limited Skins very valuable and hard to find, and most of the time if you are playing with a person who is using a Limited Skin, they have been playing for months or years.
- Exclusive: Exclusive Skins are Skins that were once made for an Event, and are now no longer available to purchase. However do not worry, as you can unlock them through promotional bonuses and sometimes chest rolls. Be on the look out for when any of your favorite Exclusive Skins are in a chest, and hope you get lucky.
- Clan: After the Shadows of Olympus update, Shadow Skins became a thing in the game. These were the first Clan Rewards, and there will probably be more to come. In SMITE, there are Clans, which are many people representing a group. When in a group, you will have your group Tag displayed next to your name. You can gain Honor in clans, which is rewarded for completing Clan tasks and more. This levels up the clan. There is also Personal Honor, which is rewarded for completing matches. You can spend this Personal Honor in the Clan Store, and there are certain Skins you can only get here which are Clan Rewards. These cannot be obtained any other way.
Thanks for reading!
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