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.

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.

Skills Summary

Skill	How Initially Acquired	Tuition	Max level	Action(s) to Improve	Notes
Animal Husbandry	University of Worship	None	4	Feed Sheep with Onions. Feed Camels with Straw
Arthropodology	School of Worship	50 Beeswax, 50 Cactus Sap, 50 Dirt, 50 Dung, 50 Tadpoles, 50 Thorns,	6	Level 1: Find one of each type of Insect
Beekeeping	University of Thought	None	3	Build Beehives or Harvest Wax and Honey
Blacksmithing	University of Art and Music	None	2	Use a Forge
Bone Knapping	School of Architecture	7 Animal Bones	1		Must be level 5 in Knapping before you can learn.
Botany	Automatic	None	2	Level 1: Identify 25 plants/trees; Level 2: Harvest or eat from the ground: 5800 Herbs
Brick Making	Automatic	None	3	Make Bricks Level 1: Make Firebricks. Level 2: Make Wet Clay Bricks
Camp Decoration	From a Guild Hall	None	1	Pass Tests
Carpentry	Automatic	None	4	Make Boards, Slate Shovels, Heavy Mallets, Sledgehammers, Scythes, Deckles, Iron Shovels, Storage Baskets
Carving	School of the Human Body	100 Wood	6	Carve items from Wood
Casting	University of Natural Philosophy	None	1	Use a Casting Box
Cheese Making	School of Worship	10 Salt, 10 Cow Milk	1	Allows the production of Cheese
Chemistry	University of Thought	None	2	Use a Chemistry Lab
Clothwork	Automatic	None	3	Make items on a Loom
Cooperage	School of the Human Body	200 Bricks, 5 Canvas	4	Build Tubs or Barrels
Entomology	University of Worship	None	1	Mulch Beetles, Find Insects or Ants
Farming	Automatic	None	3	Grow Vegetables, Wheat or Barley
Flax Processing	Automatic	None	3	Process Rotten Flax in a Flax Comb
Flint Knapping	School of Architecture	7 Flint	1
Fly Fishing	School of the Human Body	100 Thread, 1 Sharpened Stick	6	Catch Fish
Fungiculture	School of the Human Body	100 Compost		Find Mushrooms
Glassblowing	University of Art and Music	None	2	Use a Glazier's Bench
Grass Harvesting	Automatic	None	2	Harvest hundreds of Grass	+400 grass for completing Faster Gathering
Horticulture	University of Worship	None	1	Grow Plants
Indonesian Bee Care	School of the Human Body	500 Honey
Kiln Construction	School of Thought	20 Bricks	1	Build or Repair Kilns
Knapping	Automatic	None	10	Make Slate Blade
Metallurgy	University of Natural Philosophy	None	9	Make Alloys
Milking Techniques	Automatic	None	5	Milk a Cow (Percentage chance to acquire)
Mining	University of Natural Philosophy	None	4	Pull Ore from Mines
Neutralization	University of Thought	None	1
Ploughing	School of Worship	100 Cabbage 100 Carrots 100 Cucumbers 100 Leeks 100 Onions 100 Peppers 100 Watermelons
Pottery	School of Thought	10 Clay	3	Baking Firebricks in a Box Kiln
Pyramid Construction	Great Hall	None	7
Pyrolysis	University of Human Body	None	3	Level 1: Set Simple Bonfire on fire. You get 5XP for a 50 Wood bonfire. Level 2: Firepit
Shipwright	University of Natural Philosophy	4 Tar	1	Build boats or make sails
Sign Construction	University of Natural Philosophy	None	2	Build Signs
Stonework	University of Architecture	10 Flint	4	Gathering Limestone, making a Cut Stone, or assembling a Flint Hammer
Swimming	School of the Human Body	10 Linen
The Art of the Pipe	School of Art and Music	7 Fine Glass Rods	1
The Science of Color	University of Art and Music	None	3	Make new Paint colours