Skills can be self-taught by doing activities, learned at Schools by paying tuition, or learned at Universities after your faction completes the necessary Technology research donations. 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
School of Art and Music
School of the Human Body
| Skill |
Cost
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| Beer Brewing Automation 0 |
Must learn Beer Brewing Science & 100 Candle, 5 Rope?
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| Beer Brewing Automation 1 |
250 Candle, 15 Rope?
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| Beer Brewing Automation 2 |
500 Candles, 40 Rope?
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| Beer Brewing Automation 3 |
1000 Candles, 70 Rope?
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| Beer Brewing Automation 4 |
25 Glass Rods?
|
| Carving |
100 Wood✓
|
| Cooperage |
200 Bricks, 5 Canvas ✓
|
| Ecology 0 |
10 Tadpoles, 5 Flax, 1 Fertile Papyrus✓
|
| Ecology 1 |
20 Cabbage Juice✓
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| Ecology 2 |
20 Dried Flax✓
|
| Ecology 3 |
50 Buttermilk✓
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| Ecology 4 |
10 Papyrus Paper, 20 Cactus Sap?
|
| Ecology 5 |
20 Charcoal, 10 Sulphurous Water?
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| Ecology 6 |
5 Copper Wire, 20 Salt Water?
|
| Fly Fishing |
100 Thread, 1 Sharpened Stick✓
|
| Fungiculture |
Must learn Crossbreeding & 100 Compost?
|
| Indonesian Bee Care |
500 Honey✓
|
| Salvage Techniques |
1000 Charcoal✓
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| Structure Maintenance |
300 Linen, 300 Canvas✓
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| Structure Repair |
200 Cut Stone, 200 Beeswax, 200 Charcoal✓
|
| Swimming |
10 Linen (Egypt must unlock Test of the Oyster Catcher)✓
|
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✓
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| 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✓
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| Project Management 0 |
2 Canvas, 6 Rope✓
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| Project Management 1 |
4 Canvas, 12 Rope✓
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| Project Management 2 |
200 Canvas, 300 Glass Rods, 100 Rope, 300 Paper (Papyrus)✓
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| 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
| Skill |
Cost
|
| Arthropodology |
50 Dirt, 50 Tadpoles, 50 Beeswax, 50 Cactus Sap, 50 Dung, 50 Thorns✓
|
| Cheese Making |
10 Salt, 10 Cow Milk✓
|
| Cooking 0 |
100 Carrots, 100 Garlic, 100 Leeks, 100 Onions✓
|
| Cooking 1 |
20 Common Rosemary, 20 Common Sage, 20 Thyme✓
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| Cooking 2 |
50 Cabbage, 49 Salt✓
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| Cooking 3 |
7 Camel's Mane, 7 Cobra Hood, 7 Dead Tongue, 7 Iron Knot, 7 Peasant's Foot, 7 Schizophyllum, 7 Toad Skin?
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| Cooking 4 |
7 Chukkah, 7 Crimson Lettuce, 7 Crumpled Leaf Basil, 7 Dwarf Wild Lettuce, 7 Jaivanti, 7 Royal Rosemary, 7 Wild Garlic?
|
| Cooking 5 |
100 Peppers, 100 Cucumbers, 100 Eggplant, 100 Coconut Meat?
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| Cooking 6 |
100 Barley (Burnt), 100 Malt (Burnt), 100 Wheat (Burnt)?
|
| Desiccation |
Must learn Chemistry 1 & 50 Salt Water, 1 Huge Ruby?
|
| Filleting 0 |
7 Slate Blade, 7 Phagrus Meat, 20 Common Basil✓
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| Filleting 1 |
3 Fish Roe, 70 Carp Meat, 25 Salt, 77 Glass Jars✓
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| Filleting 2 |
7 Fish Roe, 105 Perch Meat, 21 Salt Water Fungus, 17 Thermometer?
|
| Filleting 3 |
14 Fish Roe, 140 Catfish Meat, 35 Ginseng Root, 119 Gold Wire?
|
| Filleting 4 |
21 Fish Roe, 175 Tilapia Meat, 42 Heaven's Torrent Mushrooms, 250 Powdered Diamond?
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| Filleting 5 |
42 Fish Roe, 210 Chromis Meat, 50 Myrrh, 100 Powdered Sunstone?
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| Filleting 6 |
105 Fish Roe, 245 Abdju Meat, 7 Cyan Cressida, 70 Oyster Shell Marble Dust?
|
| Fly Tying 0 |
100 Thread, 25 Thorns✓
|
| Fly Tying 1 |
7 Bristleworm, 7 Mud Asp, 7 Leaf Snapper, 7 Clearwing, 7 Red Cricket, 7 Slime Moth, 7 Bat Mite✓
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| Fly Tying 2 |
14 Bristleworm, 14 Hairy Slug, 14 Red Cricket, 14 Rose Swallowtail, 14 Slime Moth, 14 White Mealybug, 14 Woodmoth?
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| Fly Tying 3 |
21 Camel Weevel, 21 Corkscrew Asp, 21 Footworm, 21 Fruit Maggot, 21 Horned Hookworm, 21 Rose Mite, 21 Spittlebug?
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| Fly Tying 4 |
28 Oyster Mite, 28 Blister Beetle, 28 Corn Maggot, 28 Orchid Hopper, 28 Ringed Wasp, 28 Sand Mite, 28 Bat Mite?
|
| Fly Tying 5 |
35 Glass Worm, 35 Grass Slug, 35 Leafhopper, 35 Nightwing, 35 Queen Maggot, 35 Skinlicker, 35 Woolly Aphid?
|
| Fly Tying 6 |
42 Ash Centipede, 42 Bloodworm, 42 Clay Slug, 42 Feather Midge, 42 Leaf Snapper, 42 Ruby Hornborrer, 42 Toad Sawfly?
|
| Pilgrim Shrine Construction |
??? & 1 Oyster Shell Marble , 1 Yellow Alabaster , 1 Mud Granite?
|
| Ploughing |
Must learn Ranching & 100 Onions, 100 Carrots, 100 Leeks, 100 Cabbage, 100 Watermelon, 100 Peppers, 100 Cucumbers✓
|
| Preservation |
??? & 50 Papyrus Paper?
|
| Ritual Item Construction 0 |
10 Linen, 200 Firebricks, 100 Oil✓
|
| Ritual Item Construction 1 |
14 Candle, 50 Silver✓
|
| Salvage Techniques |
300 Leather, 300 Glass Rods, 300 Papyrus Paper✓
|
| Structure Maintenance |
4 Mud Granite, 4 Rose Alabaster✓
|
| Structure Repair |
1 Huge Emerald, 1 Large Topaz, 1 Medium Ruby, 1 Small Sapphire✓
|
University Skills (aka Technologies)
University of Architecture
University of Art and Music
University of The Human Body
University of Natural Philosophy
University of Thought
University of Worship
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.
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