Hoid's powers

[IAmThatOneGuy He/Him]

I've been reading the Stormlight Archive, and I'm wondering: How many types of Invested Arts does Hoid know, and what are they?

[Trusk'our he/him]

10 minutes ago, ThatOneGuyOverThere said:

I've been reading the Stormlight Archive, and I'm wondering: How many types of Invested Arts does Hoid know, and what are they?

Know as in how many can he use?

If so, it depends on when we're talking about. 

Also, it sounds like you're a bit newer to the Cosmere, though that might be me misreading. How many books have you read of the Cosmere?

[IAmThatOneGuy He/Him]

I mean, able to use. Yes, I'm relatively new.

[Treamayne]

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53 minutes ago, ThatOneGuyOverThere said:

I've been reading the Stormlight Archive, and I'm wondering: How many types of Invested Arts does Hoid know, and what are they?

As of Stormlight Archive Book 1, confirmed MoIs include (Spoilers for M:SH, Warbreaker, WoK and WoR)

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• Yolish Lightweaving
• Mistborn (all metals)
• BioChromatic Breaths (Awakening)
• Dawnsliver changes to his spiritweb 

As of the furthest forward in the Cosmere Future (Spoilers for Secret Projects, Stormlight Archive):

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Hoid has also added, at least:

• AonDor
• Rosharan Lightweaving
• Rosharan Soulcasting

Hope that helps

Edited February 4 by Treamayne
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[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

Here's a few more:

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-There is his Fortune ability, which allows him to know where and when he needs to go, just not why or what he needs to do when he gets there. Its the main reason why he pops up in most of the books. I'm pretty sure that this is distinct from his Dawnshard effects, since we've never seen any other Dawnshardbearer mention it.

-Technically, he knows Hemalurgy and, as per WOB, possesses (but doesn't use) multiple Hemalurgic Spikes.

-It's not clear if he has the ability to use Feruchemy (Another WOB states he went to the Terris Dominance in Era 1 to try and figure out how to get it) but he does possess some Unsealed Feruchemical Medallions which anyone can use. Though since those count as Fabrials, we probably shouldn't include them.