School Skills

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.

This page covers self-taught skills and skills learned at Schools. Skills learned at Universities may be found on the Technologies page.

Self-Taught Skills

These skills are learned through your own actions (mostly during or shortly after Passage to Egypt) rather than being learned from Schools or Universities.

Skill	Max level	Action(s) to improve	Notes
Botany	2	Level 1: Identify 25 plants/trees; Level 2: Harvest or eat from the ground: 5800 herbs
Brick Making	2	Make hundreds of bricks Level 1: Make firebricks. Level 2: Make wet clay bricks
Carpentry	4	Make hundreds of boards, Slate Shovels, Heavy mallets, Sledgehammers, Scythes, Deckles, Iron shovels, Storage baskets
Clothwork	3	Make items on a Loom, or spin Twine into Rope
Flax Processing	3	Process Rotten Flax in a Flax Comb
Grass Harvesting	25	Harvest hundreds of grass	+400 grass for completing Faster Gathering
Knapping	57	Make Slate Blade

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.

• Salvage Techniques
• Structure Maintenance
• Structure Repair

School of Architecture

Skill	cost
Bone Knapping	7 Animal Bones
Flint Knapping	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
Salvage Techniques	100 Candle
Structure Maintenance	4 Thermometer, 100 Sheet Glass
Structure Repair	60 Linen

School of the Human Body

Skill	cost
Carving	100 Wood
Cooperage	200 Bricks, 5 Canvas
Ecology	10 Tadpoles, 5 Flax, 1 Fertile Papyrus
Fly Fishing	100 Thread, 1 Sharpened Stick
Fungiculture	100 Compost
Indonesian Bee Care	500 Honey
Salvage Techniques	1000 Charcoal
Structure Maintenance	300 Linen, 300 Canvas
Structure Repair	200 Cut Stone, 200 Beeswax, 200 Charcoal

School of Natural Philosophy

Skill	cost
Conflict Shrine Construction	1 Oyster Shell Marble
Exploration Travel	2 Leather
Exploration Travel 1	7 Large Opal 7 Silk Cloth 100 Leather
Local Leadership	300 Bricks, 150 Boards
Navigation	50 Full Water Container
Salvage Techniques	200 Cut Stone, 100 Clay, 2 Oyster Shell Marble, 4 Canary Granite
Structure Maintenance	2 Iron Large Gear, 80 Leather
Structure Repair	300 Paper (Papyrus), 300 Flint

School of Thought

Skill	cost
Kiln Construction 1	20 Bricks
Kiln Construction 2	400 Firebricks 20 Serpentine Marble 400 Cut Stone
Pottery	10 Clay
Project Management	2 Canvas, 6 Rope
Project Management 1	4 Canvas, 12 Rope
Salvage Techniques	20 Cuttable Garnet, 20 Cuttable Turquoise
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	100 Carrots, 100 Onions, 100 Leeks, 100 Garlic
Filleting	7 Slate Blade, 7 Phagrus Meat, 20 Common Basil
Fly Tying	100 Thread, 25 Thorns
Ploughing	(Must learn Ranching first) 100 Cabbage , 100 Carrot , 100 Cucumbers , 100 Leeks , 100 Onions , 100 Peppers , 100 Watermelons
Ritual Item Construction	10 Linen, 200 Firebricks, 100 Oil
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

T8 info

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.

• Desiccation (Level | 3 | 5 | 7)

School of Architecture

Skill	level	cost
Mechanics	8	must learn Automation & 400 Concrete
Ritual Item Construction 1	3	10 Linen, 200 Firebricks, 100 Oil

School of Art and Music

Skill	level	cost
Cooperage 2 1	11	0-400 Saltpeter, 0-400 Sulfur, 0-40 Tar, 0-2 Tangerine Marble
Cooperage 4 2	14	100 Iron Bar, 10 Small Barrels, 50 Fine Glass Pipe, 20 Barrel Tap
Camp Decoration 1	8	7 Medium Ruby, 7 Medium Emerald, 7 Medium Sapphire, 7 Medium Diamond
Camp Decoration 2	10	1 Large Ruby, 1 Large Emerald, 1 Large Sapphire, 1 Large Diamond
Camp Decoration 3	12	7 Large Ruby, 7 Large Emerald, 7 Large Sapphire, 7 Large Diamond
Camp Decoration 4	14	1 Huge Ruby, 1 Huge Emerald, 1 Huge Sapphire, 1 Huge Diamond
Camp Decoration 5	21	7 Huge Ruby, 7 Huge Emerald, 7 Huge Sapphire, 7 Huge Diamond
Clothwork	0	20 Rotten Flax
Desiccation	3+	must learn Chemistry 1 & 5 Salt, 1 Huge Topaz
Ferry Construction	0	4 Tar
Flax Processing	0	20 Flax
Mechanics	8	must learn Automation & 49 Sulfuric Acid
Silkworm Farming	19	500 Honey
The Art of the Pipe	5	must learn Glassblowing 2 & 7 Fine Glass Rods

School of the Human Body

Skill	Cost
Beer Brewing Automation 0	Must know Beer Brewing Science, 100 Candle, 5 Rope✓
Beer Brewing Automation 1	250 Candle, 15 Rope✓
Beer Brewing Automation 2	500 Candles, 40 Rope✓
Beer Brewing Automation 3	1000 Candles, 70 Rope✓
Beer Brewing Automation 4	50 Glass Rods
Botanical Identification 1	10 Cobra Hood Mushrooms, 10 Toad Skin Mushrooms, 10 Camels Mane Mushrooms, 10 Dead Tongue Mushrooms, 10 Acorn's Cap Mushrooms, 10 Bleeding Hand Mushrooms
Botanical Identification 2	15 Fish Hook Mushrooms, 15 Hairy Tooth Mushrooms, 15 Slave's Bread Mushrooms, 15 Nefertari's Crown Mushrooms, 15 Ra's Awakening Mushrooms, 15 Earth Light Mushrooms
Botanical Identification 3	20 Cat Nip Mushrooms, 20 Peasant's Foot Mushrooms, 20 Scorpion's Brood Mushrooms, 20 Heart of Ash Mushrooms, 20 Colt's Foot Mushrooms, 20 Heaven's Torrent Mushrooms
Botanical Identification 4	25 Beehive Mushrooms, 25 Falcon's Bait Mushrooms, 25 Razor's Edge Mushrooms, 25 Salt Water Fungus Mushrooms, 25 Eye of Osiris Mushrooms, 25 Dueling Serpents Mushrooms
Botanical Identification 5	30 Brain Mushrooms, 30 Sun Star Mushrooms, 30 Sand Spore Mushrooms, 30 Spiderling Mushrooms, 30 Golden Sun Mushrooms, 30 Nile Fire Mushrooms
Ecology 2	20 Cabbage Juice
Ecology 3	20 Dried Flax
Ecology 4	50 Buttermilk
Ecology 5	10 Papyrus Paper 20 Cactus Sap
Ecology 6	10 Sulphurous Water 20 Charcoal
Ecology 7	TBD
Mechanics	must learn Automation & 300 Malt (Raw), 300 Malt (Burnt)
Swimming	10 Linen (Must unlock Test of the Oyster Catcher)

School of Harmony

Skill	Cost
Mechanics	must learn Automation & 200 Rope, 200 Slate
Navigation 2	20 Glass Rods
Navigation 3	25 Copper
Navigation 4	50 Papyrus Paper
Navigation 5	6 Silk Cloth
Navigation 6	1 Large Sapphire
Navigation 7	7 Huge Topaz
Project Management 3	200 Canvas 300 Glass Rods 100 Rope 300 Papyrus Paper (Project management can by learned only once from Sharm, Slead or Sarch, IE if you learn 1 from Sharmony, it refuses to teach you 2)

School of Natural Philosophy

Skill	level	cost
Advanced Trade 2	25	must learn Advanced Trade 1 & 100 Ham, 100 Bacon, 100 Beef, 100 Animal Bones, 100 Fat
Local Leadership 2	1	100 Full Water Container, 10 Leather (Also requires that you have reached Associate level for your faction)
Local Leadership 3	1	50 Papyrus Paper (Also requires that you have reached Member level for your faction)
Local Leadership 4	1	50 Gold (Also requires that you have reached Kinsman level for your faction)
Local Leadership 5	1	10 Steel (Also requires that you have reached Fellow level for your faction)
Local Leadership 6	1	100 Concrete (Also requires that you have reached Patriarch level for your faction)
Local Leadership 7	1	10 Island Blue Marble (Also requires that you have reached Elder level for your faction)
Mechanics	8	must learn Automation & 1000 Gold Wire

School of Thought

Skill	level	cost
Desiccation	3+	Chemistry 1, 20 Sulphurous Water, 1 Huge Quartz
Eastern Meditation 1 (2 hours)	21	100 Bricks, 6 Cut Stone, 10 Concrete, 1 Dalessi Cut Citrine, 1 Orange Sweetgrass
Eastern Meditation 2 (6 hours)	25	200 Bricks, 12 Cut Stone, 20 Concrete, 2 Dalessi Cut Citrine, 2 Orange Sweetgrass
Eastern Meditation 3 (1 day)	29	400 Bricks, 24 Cut Stone, 40 Concrete, 4 Dalessi Cut Citrine, 4 Orange Sweetgrass
Eastern Meditation 4 (3 days)	33	800 Bricks, 72 Cut Stone, 120 Concrete, 12 Dalessi Cut Citrine, 7 Orange Sweetgrass
Mechanics	8	must learn Automation & 10 Cuttable Amethyst, 10 Cuttable Garnet, 10 Cuttable Lapis, 10 Cuttable Turquoise
Scrying	2	Must learn Alchemy & 1 Cut Garnet:Full Eye, 1 Cut Turquoise:Full Eye, 1 Cut Amethyst:Full Eye, 1 Cut Lapis:Full Eye

School of Worship

Skill	level	cost
Arthropodology 2	5	200 Tadpoles
Arthropodology 3	8	300 Beeswax
Arthropodology 4	11	400 Cactus Sap
Arthropodology 5	14	500 Raw Silk
Arthropodology 6	17	600 Dung
Arthropodology 7	20	7 Cocoa Seeds
Botanist's Touch	22	150 Flower Fertilizer 100 Sticky Sun Fertilizer 100 Liquid Sun Fertilizer 50 Harvest Elixer Fertilizer 1 Khefre's Essence
Cooking 2	4	20 Common Rosemary, 20 Common Sage, 20 Thyme
Cooking 3	7	49 Salt
Cooking 4	11	7 Camel's Mane, 7 Cobra Hood, 7 Dead Tongue, 7 Iron Knot, 7 Peasant's Foot, 7 Schizophyllum, 7 Toad Skin
Cooking 5	16	7 Chukkah 7 Crimson Lettuce 7 Crumpled Leaf Basil 7 Dwarf Wild Lettuce 7 Jaivanti 7 Royal Rosemary 7 Wild Garlic
Cooking 6	22	100 Peppers 100 Cucumbers 100 Eggplant 100 Coconut Meat
Cooking 7	29	100 Barley (Burnt), 100 Malt (Burnt), 100 Wheat (Burnt)
Desiccation	3+	must learn Chemistry 1 & 10 Salt Water, 1 Huge Ruby
Filleting 2	7	3 Fish Roe, 70 Carp Meat, 25 Salt, 77 Glass Jars
Filleting 3	12	7 Fish Roe, 105 Perch Meat, 21 Salt Water Fungus, 17 Thermometer
Filleting 4	18	14 Fish Roe, 140 Catfish Meat, 35 Ginseng Root, 119 Gold Wire
Filleting 5	25	21 Fish Roe, 175 Tilapia Meat, 42 Heaven's Torrent Mushrooms, 250 Powdered Diamond
Filleting 6	33	42 Fish Roe, 210 Chromis Meat, 50 Myrrh, 100 Powdered Sunstone
Filleting 7	42	105 Fish Roe, 245 Abdju Meat, 7 Deadwood Tree, 70 Oyster Shell Marble Dust
Fly Tying 2	6	7 Bat Mite, 7 Dew Fly, 7 Glass Worm, 7 Orchid Hopper, 7 Pickel Slug, 7 Ringed Wasp, 7 Salt Mite
Fly Tying 3	9	14 Footworm, 14 Corkscrew Asp, 14 Corn Maggot, 14 Fruit Maggot, 14 Red Cricket, 14 Sand Mite, 14 Rose Mite
Fly Tying 4	12	21 Bloodworm, 21 White Mealybug, 21 Rose Swallowtail, 21 Clearwing, 21 Golden Asp, 21 Slime Moth, 21 Toad Sawfly
Fly Tying 5	15	28 Bristleworm, 28 Mud Asp, 28 Leaf Snapper, 28 Woodmoth, 28 Woolly Aphid, 28 Camel Weevel, 28 Hairy Slug
Fly Tying 6	18	35 Nippleworm, 35 Blister Beetle, 35 Leafhopper, 35 Snowberry Butterfly, 35 Ash Centipede, 35 Feather Midge, 35 Skinlicker
Fly Tying 7	21	42 Needleworm, 42 Clay Slug, 42 Raspberry Moth, 42 Nightwing, 42 Horned Hookworm, 42 Grass Slug, 42 Stone Fly
Mechanics	8	must learn Automation & 1 Huge Sapphire, 1 Large Emerald, 1 Medium Diamond, 1 Small Topaz
Pilgrim Shrine Construction	9	1 Oyster Shell Marble , 1 Yellow Alabaster , 1 Mud Granite
Ploughing	10	100 Cabbage , 100 Carrot , 100 Cucumbers , 100 Leeks , 100 Onions , 100 Peppers , 100 Watermelons
Preservation	14	50 Papyrus Paper
Ritual Item Construction 2	5	need Ritual Item Construction 1, 14 Candle