diff --git a/src/game/Player.cpp b/src/game/Player.cpp
index 854571236..ff17bca37 100644
--- a/src/game/Player.cpp
+++ b/src/game/Player.cpp
@@ -19821,8 +19821,20 @@ void Player::_LoadSkills()
         else
             SetUInt32Value(PLAYER_SKILL_INDEX(i), MAKE_PAIR32(id,0));
 
-        uint32 vskill = SKILL_VALUE(GetUInt32Value(PLAYER_SKILL_VALUE_INDEX(i)));
+        // set fixed skill ranges
+        switch(GetSkillRangeType(pSkill,false))
+        {
+            case SKILL_RANGE_LANGUAGE:                      // 300..300
+                SetUInt32Value(PLAYER_SKILL_VALUE_INDEX(i),MAKE_SKILL_VALUE(300,300));
+                break;
+            case SKILL_RANGE_MONO:                          // 1..1, grey monolite bar
+                SetUInt32Value(PLAYER_SKILL_VALUE_INDEX(i),MAKE_SKILL_VALUE(1,1));
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
 
+        uint32 vskill = SKILL_VALUE(GetUInt32Value(PLAYER_SKILL_VALUE_INDEX(i)));
         learnSkillRewardedSpells(id, vskill);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/revision_nr.h b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
index 80cd1e4cf..da0b5b83f 100644
--- a/src/shared/revision_nr.h
+++ b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #ifndef __REVISION_NR_H__
 #define __REVISION_NR_H__
- #define REVISION_NR "7473"
+ #define REVISION_NR "7474"
 #endif // __REVISION_NR_H__