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.
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 know 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✓
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Carving |
100 Wood
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Cooperage |
200 Bricks, 5 Canvas
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Ecology 0 |
10 Tadpoles, 5 Flax, 1 Fertile Papyrus✓
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Ecology 1 |
20 Cabbage Juice✓
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Ecology 2 |
20 Dried Flax✓
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Ecology 3 |
50 Buttermilk✓
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Ecology 4 |
10 Papyrus Paper, 20 Cactus Sap✓
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Ecology 5 |
20 Charcoal, 10 Sulphurous Water✓
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Ecology 6 |
5 Copper Wire, 10 Salt Water✓
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Fly Fishing |
100 Thread, 1 Sharpened Stick
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Fungiculture |
must know Crossbreeding & 100 Compost
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Indonesian Bee Care |
500 Honey
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Mechanics |
must learn Automation & 300 Malt (Raw), 300 Malt (Burnt)?
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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
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Swimming |
10 Linen (Must unlock Test of the Oyster Catcher)
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School of Natural Philosophy
School of Thought
Skill |
Cost
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Desiccation |
Chemistry 1, 20 Sulphurous Water, 1 Huge Quartz✓
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Eastern Meditation 1 (2 hours) |
100 Bricks, 6 Cut Stone, 10 Concrete, 1 Dalessi Cut Citrine, 1 Orange Sweetgrass?
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Eastern Meditation 2 (6 hours) |
200 Bricks, 12 Cut Stone, 20 Concrete, 2 Dalessi Cut Citrine, 2 Orange Sweetgrass?
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Eastern Meditation 3 (1 day) |
400 Bricks, 24 Cut Stone, 40 Concrete, 4 Dalessi Cut Citrine, 4 Orange Sweetgrass?
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Eastern Meditation 4 (3 days) |
800 Bricks, 72 Cut Stone, 120 Concrete, 12 Dalessi Cut Citrine, 7 Orange Sweetgrass?
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Kiln Construction 0-1 |
20 Bricks✓
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Kiln Construction 2 |
0-400 Firebricks 0-20 Serpentine Marble 0-400 Cut Stone✓
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Mechanics |
must learn Automation & 10 Cuttable Amethyst, 10 Cuttable Garnet, 10 Cuttable Lapis, 10 Cuttable Turquoise?
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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✓
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Scrying |
Must learn Alchemy & 1 Cut Garnet:Full Eye, 1 Cut Turquoise:Full Eye, 1 Cut Amethyst:Full Eye, 1 Cut Lapis:Full Eye?
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Structure Maintenance |
300 Bricks, 50 Oil, 50 Beeswax✓
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Structure Repair |
2 Oyster Shell Marble, 20 Cuttable Jade, 200 Bricks✓
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School of Worship
Skill |
Cost
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Arthropodology |
50 Dirt 50 Tadpoles 50 Beeswax 50 Cactus Sap 50 Dung 50 Thorns
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Cheese Making |
10 Salt, 10 Cow Milk
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Cooking |
100 Carrots, 100 Onions, 100 Leeks, 100 Garlic
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Filleting |
7 Slate Blade, 7 Phagrus Meat, 20 Common Basil
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Fly Tying |
100 Thread, 25 Thorns
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Ploughing |
(Must learn Ranching first) 100 Cabbage , 100 Carrot , 100 Cucumbers , 100 Leeks , 100 Onions , 100 Peppers , 100 Watermelons
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Ritual Item Construction |
10 Linen, 200 Firebricks, 100 Oil
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Salvage Techniques |
300 Leather, 300 Glass Rods, 300 Papyrus Paper
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Structure Maintenance |
4 Mud Granite, 4 Rose Alabaster
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Structure Repair |
1 Huge Emerald, 1 Large Topaz, 1 Medium Ruby, 1 Small Sapphire
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Template:T8 Below
T8 info
School of Worship
Skill |
Cost
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Cooking 2 |
20 Common Rosemary, 20 Common Sage, 20 Thyme
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Cooking 3 |
49 Salt
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Cooking 4 |
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 5 |
7 Chukkah 7 Crimson Lettuce 7 Crumpled Leaf Basil 7 Dwarf Wild Lettuce 7 Jaivanti 7 Royal Rosemary 7 Wild Garlic
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Cooking 6 |
100 Peppers 100 Cucumbers 100 Eggplant 100 Coconut Meat
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Cooking 7 |
100 Barley (Burnt), 100 Malt (Burnt), 100 Wheat (Burnt)
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Desiccation |
must learn Chemistry 1 & 10 Salt Water, 1 Huge Ruby
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Filleting 2 |
3 Fish Roe, 70 Carp Meat, 25 Salt, 77 Glass Jars
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Filleting 3 |
7 Fish Roe, 105 Perch Meat, 21 Salt Water Fungus, 17 Thermometer
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Filleting 4 |
14 Fish Roe, 140 Catfish Meat, 35 Ginseng Root, 119 Gold Wire
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Filleting 5 |
21 Fish Roe, 175 Tilapia Meat, 42 Heaven's Torrent Mushrooms, 250 Powdered Diamond
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Filleting 6 |
42 Fish Roe, 210 Chromis Meat, 50 Myrrh, 100 Powdered Sunstone
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Filleting 7 |
105 Fish Roe, 245 Abdju Meat, 7 Deadwood Tree, 70 Oyster Shell Marble Dust
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Fly Tying 2 |
7 Bat Mite, 7 Dew Fly, 7 Glass Worm, 7 Orchid Hopper, 7 Pickel Slug, 7 Ringed Wasp, 7 Salt Mite
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Fly Tying 3 |
14 Footworm, 14 Corkscrew Asp, 14 Corn Maggot, 14 Fruit Maggot, 14 Red Cricket, 14 Sand Mite, 14 Rose Mite
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Fly Tying 4 |
21 Bloodworm, 21 White Mealybug, 21 Rose Swallowtail, 21 Clearwing, 21 Golden Asp, 21 Slime Moth, 21 Toad Sawfly
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Fly Tying 5 |
28 Bristleworm, 28 Mud Asp, 28 Leaf Snapper, 28 Woodmoth, 28 Woolly Aphid, 28 Camel Weevel, 28 Hairy Slug
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Fly Tying 6 |
35 Nippleworm, 35 Blister Beetle, 35 Leafhopper, 35 Snowberry Butterfly, 35 Ash Centipede, 35 Feather Midge, 35 Skinlicker
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Fly Tying 7 |
42 Needleworm, 42 Clay Slug, 42 Raspberry Moth, 42 Nightwing, 42 Horned Hookworm, 42 Grass Slug, 42 Stone Fly
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Mechanics |
must learn Automation & 1 Huge Sapphire, 1 Large Emerald, 1 Medium Diamond, 1 Small Topaz
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Pilgrim Shrine Construction |
1 Oyster Shell Marble , 1 Yellow Alabaster , 1 Mud Granite
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Ploughing |
100 Cabbage , 100 Carrot , 100 Cucumbers , 100 Leeks , 100 Onions , 100 Peppers , 100 Watermelons
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Preservation |
50 Papyrus Paper
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Ritual Item Construction 2 |
need Ritual Item Construction 1, 14 Candle
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