What schools and sects are available in Age of Wushu?

Age of Wushu (ageofwushu.com) is a Wuxia-themed MMORPG built around martial arts schools. The site describes 8 major schools that players choose from, each with its own alignment, combat role, weapons, and signature skills. The eight schools listed are: ShaoLin, WuDang, Emei, Beggar's Sect, Scholar's Academy, Royal Guard, Tangmen, and Wanderer's Valley, plus a later-added KunLun Sect and TianShan Sect and Ming Sect shown with newer dates.

The eight major schools

The site lists ShaoLin, WuDang, Emei, Beggar's Sect, Scholar's Academy, Royal Guard, Tangmen, and Wanderer's Valley all with a 2012.2 date, marking them as the original school lineup.

Later-added schools

Three schools carry later dates, indicating they were introduced after launch:

• KunLun Sect — 2020.8.7
• TianShan Sect — 2018.8.17
• Ming Sect — 2017.8.18

KunLun Sect details

The site gives a fuller breakdown for KunLun:

• Alignment: Justice · Neutral · Cult · Chivalry
• Type: Security organization
• Role: Heal, Melee, Middle Distance
• Weapons: Kick / Twin Sword / Qin
• School Skills: Weiling Kick / Tassle Washing Sword / Cold Spring Heart-Purifying Score
• Skill Features: "The music is quiet and the cold spring is clear and pure."
• Advanced Skill: Bright Moon and Vast Sea Secret

How to read the school categories

The site groups schools under three headings: Famous Decent Schools, Secluded Schools, and Jianghu Schools. KunLun, TianShan, and Ming appear under the Secluded Schools grouping with their release dates, while the 2012 schools are the foundational set.

Each school entry uses the same attributes, so you can compare them directly:

• Alignment — Justice, Neutral, Cult, or Chivalry
• Organization type — e.g., Security organization
• Role — Heal, Melee, Middle Distance
• Weapons — the armaments the school uses
• School Skills — named techniques
• Skill Features — a short flavor description
• Advanced Skill — the school's higher-tier technique

What this means for choosing a school

If you want a support-oriented playstyle, Emei and Wanderer's Valley are both tagged as Heal with Mass Healing and sinister/pernicious features respectively. If you prefer a music-and-kick hybrid, KunLun combines Kick, Twin Sword, and Qin with a healing role. The alignment tags (Justice, Neutral, Cult, Chivalry) apply across the schools, so alignment alone doesn't narrow the choice much — the role and weapon columns are more useful for picking.

Note that the site's excerpt only provides full role/weapon/skill details for Emei, Wanderer's Valley, and KunLun. For the other schools, the listing shows alignment and release date but not their complete skill breakdowns.