Bending Techniques 101 - Avatar Legends Add-On – Gamemode One

Each of the four Bending Arts has three techniques. You unlock them in order by spending Mastery, which you earn every time you use a technique.

How to learn techniques

Earn Mastery by using your bending techniques. When your Mastery bar fills, you earn a Mastery point.
Spend Mastery at a Meditation Point. Every temple has one, or you can craft your own with any Elemental Dust and cobblestone.
Unlock new elements by visiting that element's temple and speaking with the past Avatar's spirit.
Every technique uses Chi. Chi recharges on its own when you're not bending. If you run out completely, you'll need to wait for it to refill.
Starting Off. When you select an element at the start, you’ll earn it’s base technique for free.

Earthbending

Learn Earthbending from Avatar Kyoshi at an Earth Temple. Earth Temples are found in jungles and forests.

Technique	Cost	How it works
Earth Pull	1 Mastery	Target a block, then click and drag interact to select blocks. Release interact to pull them from the ground. Press punch to throw them at an enemy, or interact to place them.
Earth Tunnel	2 Mastery	Press punch while looking at the blocks you want to dig through. Each punch launches you forward.
Earth Wall	4 Mastery	Click, hold and drag interact to select your wall's width, then release to build it. Press punch to throw the wall forward, or interact to place it.

Passive: Knockback resistance while Earthbending.

Firebending

Learn Firebending from Avatar Roku at a Fire Temple. Fire Temples are found in warm biomes like the badlands and savanna.

Technique	Cost	How it works
Fire Fist	1 Mastery	Press punch to send a burst of fire toward an enemy or light flammable objects from a distance. Press interact to create flames in front of you, or to fuel a furnace.
Fire Jets	2 Mastery	Press interact to push yourself into the air. Hold it for continuous thrust, and release to end your flight.
Fire Sweep	4 Mastery	Press punch to quickly attack enemies in melee range, or hold interact to attack with a full circle of flame around you.

Passive: Immune to fire and lava while Firebending.

Airbending

Learn Airbending from Avatar Aang at an Air Temple. Air Temples are found in mountain biomes.

Technique	Cost	How it works
Air Swipe	1 Mastery	Press punch for a quick burst that pushes mobs away without damaging them and clears grass and leaves. Hold interact to charge an air blade that grows in size and damage with each tier.
Air Scooter	2 Mastery	Hold interact to charge and create an Air Scooter mount. It lasts a short time, but tapping interact while riding extends it.
Air Tornado	4 Mastery	Hold interact to charge up to three sizes of tornado. Release to send it out, tossing enemies in its path and collecting items.

Passive: Higher jumps and no fall damage while Airbending.

Waterbending

Learn Waterbending from Avatar Korra at a Water Temple. Water Temples are found in icy and swampy biomes.

Technique	Cost	How it works
Water Whip	1 Mastery	When near water, press punch to throw quick shots of water at enemies or create puddles on the ground. Press interact on water to remove it from the world.
Water Arms	2 Mastery	When near water, press punch to grab and pull an entity, or press interact on a block to pull yourself toward it.
Water Elevator	4 Mastery	Hold interact to create the elevator and raise yourself or enemies into the air. Press interact to make it taller, or punch to make it shorter.

Passive: Breathe underwater while Waterbending.

Upgrading techniques

Techniques can be upgraded after you open the Light Chakra. Open your chakras in order, from Earth to Thought, by learning more techniques and spending Mastery at a Meditation Point.