Skills
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Skills can be self-taught by doing activities, learned at Schools by paying tuition, or learned at Universities after the necessary Technology research completes. Some of the skills learned at Schools or at Universities may also be advanced by doing activities.
The skills listed on this page are those which are advanced by doing activities, or those skills which contribute new functionality to the action skills. For a complete listing of skills purchased from Schools and their tuition requirements, see School Skills.
School Skills
Multi-School Skills
Degrees in the following skills may be purchased from multiple schools, in any order, but only one degree at each level indicated.
School of Architecture
| Skill | Cost |
|---|---|
| Bone Knapping | must have Knapping skill level 5 & 7 Animal Bones |
| Flint Knapping | must have Knapping skill level 2 & 7 Flint |
| Salvage Techniques | 200 Firebricks |
| Structure Maintenance | 20 Oil |
| Structure Repair | 14 Pulley |
| Rocks of the Ages | 10 Slate (Requires Perception 1+ depending on Decorative Stone attunement, Can be repeated) |
School of Art and Music
| Skill | Cost |
|---|---|
| Desiccation | Must learn Chemistry 1 & 5 Salt, 1 Huge Topaz |
| Salvage Techniques | 100 Candle |
| Structure Maintenance | 4 Thermometer, 100 Sheet Glass |
| Structure Repair | 60 Linen |
| The Art of the Pipe | Must learn Glassblowing 2 & 7 Fine Glass Rods |
School of the Human Body
School of Natural Philosophy
School of Thought
| Skill | Cost |
|---|---|
| Desiccation | Must learn Chemistry 1 & 20 Sulphurous Water, 1 Huge Quartz |
| Kiln Construction 0-1 | 20 Bricks |
| Kiln Construction 2 | 200-400 Firebricks 10-20 Serpentine Marble 50-400 Cut Stone |
| Mechanics 1 | Must learn Automation & 10 Washer, 10 Bolt, 2 Electrum Small Gear, 1 Aluminum Medium Gear |
| Mechanics 2 | 49 Sulfuric Acid |
| Pottery | 10 Clay |
| Project Management 0 | 2 Canvas, 6 Rope |
| Project Management 1 | 4 Canvas, 12 Rope |
| Project Management 2 | 200 Canvas, 300 Glass Rods, 100 Rope, 300 Paper (Papyrus) |
| Salvage Techniques | 20 Cuttable Garnet, 20 Cuttable Turquoise |
| Scrying | Must learn Alchemy & 1 Cut Garnet:Full Eye, 1 Cut Turquoise:Full Eye, 1 Cut Amethyst:Full Eye, 1 Cut Lapis:Full Eye |
| Structure Maintenance | 300 Bricks, 50 Oil, 50 Beeswax |
| Structure Repair | 2 Oyster Shell Marble, 20 Cuttable Jade, 200 Bricks |
School of Worship
University Skills (aka Technologies)
University of Architecture
| Skill | Tuition | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Brick Fabrication | None |
2 | |
| Automation | None |
2 | |
| Gearbox Design | None |
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| Metal Treatment | None |
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| Obelisk Construction | None |
7 | |
| Steam Mechanics | None |
3 | |
| Stonework | 10 Flint |
4 | |
| Storage Improvements | None |
3 | |
| Structure Improvement | None |
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| Wood Treatment | None |
University of Art and Music
| Skill | Tuition | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmithing | None |
3 | |
| Crystal Acoustics | None |
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| Flax Automation | None |
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| Glassblowing | None |
2 | |
| Lapidary | None |
3 | |
| Mortar Construction | None |
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| Raeli Pottery | None |
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| Taxidermy | None |
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| The Science of Color | None |
3 |
University of The Human Body
| Skill | Tuition | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beer Brewing | None |
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| Bonfire Stabilization | None |
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| Dowsing | None |
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| Perfuming | None |
2 | |
| Pyrolysis | None |
3 |
University of Natural Philosophy
| Skill | Tuition | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casting | None |
2 | |
| Chariot Repair | None |
3 | |
| Deep Well Construction | None |
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| Gear Casting | None |
3 | |
| Marble Mechanics | None |
2 | |
| Metallurgy | None |
9 | |
| Mining | None |
4 | |
| Minting | None |
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| Papyrus Paper Fabrication | None |
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| Printing | None |
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| Shipwright | 4 Tar |
6 | |
| Sign Construction | None |
4 | |
| Trading | None |
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| Wood Paper Manufacture | None |
University of Thought
| Skill | Tuition | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | None |
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| Beekeeping | None |
3 | |
| Chemistry | None |
3 | |
| Contest Organization | None |
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| Crossbreeding | None |
2 | |
| Distillation | None |
2 | |
| Herpeculture | None |
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| Molecular Balance | None |
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| Neutralization | None |
1 | |
| Offering Vault Construction | None |
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| Structural Pottery | None |
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| Toxin Extraction | None |
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| Water Mining | None |
University of Worship
| Skill | Tuition | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrosia Brewing | None |
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| Animal Husbandry | None |
4 | |
| Avian Selection | None |
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| Entomology | None |
3 | |
| Farming | None |
3 | Need Farming 2/2 to get barley seeds. |
| Gardening | None |
2 | |
| Horticulture | None |
2 | |
| Hydroponics | None |
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| Myrmecology | None |
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| Ranching | None |
2 | |
| Viticulture | None |
Miscellaneous Skills
Self-Taught Skills
These skills are initially learned through your own actions (mostly during or shortly after Passage to Egypt) rather than being learned from Schools or Universities. Additional levels are reached through using the skill and, in some cases, additional levels are made available through purchase from Schools and research of Technologies at Universities.
| Skill | How initially acquired | Max Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botany | Examine a plant after reaching Egypt |
2 | |
| Brick Making | New Beginnings Task |
3 | |
| Carpentry | New Beginnings Task |
4 | |
| Clothwork | New Beginnings Task |
3 | |
| Flax Processing | New Beginnings Task |
3 | |
| Grass Harvesting | New Beginnings Task |
6 | |
| Knapping | New Beginnings Task |
10 | Flint Knapping required to go from level 2 to 3, Bone Knapping required to go from level 5 to 6 |
| Milking Techniques | Milk a Cow |
5 |
Other
| Skill | Tuition | How initially acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Decoration | None |
From a Guild Hall |
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| Pyramid Construction | None |
From the Faction Great Hall |
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| Banner Construction | None |
From the Faction Great Hall |
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| Diplomacy | None |
From the Faction Great Hall |