Skills

There are thirteen skills available in Bellwright. Of these thirteen skills, two skills "Labourer" and "Researcher" are exclusive to NPCs and as such are strictly unavailable to the player.

Role of Skills[]

Skills determine what you can and cannot do, and by extension determines what the NPC's you recruit can and cannot do in your settlement. Resources, equipment and crafting all have required skill levels to be able to perform the action and if the skill is not at the necessary value, well your settlement recruits will be wandering aimlessly. For example the most basic bow in the game requires an Archery skill of "1" as well as an Agility of "1". You also need a quiver and arrows. If you neglect any of these 4 requirements you and your settlers will be unable to do things. If you lack either skill the villager will simply store the bow in the nearest bin.

Skills also provide buffs that improve your viability in combat. In fact most of your improvement in game comes from leveling skills up, the armor and equipment isn't as particularly strong as the associated skill buffs.

Skills[]

Skills cap out at a max level of 10. NPC Companions have hard caps that they cannot exceed. Some NPCs may not be able to go up to level 10 in a skill. Generally, a higher tier NPC such as those marked as "Apprentice (Profession)" have a higher skill cap. They also tend to start off with a higher base skill total. You cannot train a skill past a set cap. You will not be able to train a NPC to level 8 crafting if their skill caps at 7.

General EXP chart for NPCs.[]


	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Strength	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Agility	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
One Handed	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Two Handed	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Shields	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Archery	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Harvesting	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Farming	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Hunting	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Cooking	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Crafting	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Labourer	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214
Researcher	600	1,200	2,999	4,800	7,198	9,600	14,578	23,802	28,800	43,214

The experience requirements seem to be the same for players.

Leveling Up[]

The player's and NPC's skills can be leveled up by doing the related activities. For example plant crops to level up farming, cook raw food at cooking stations to level up cooking and so on. Additionally, the player can find skill books as loot from enemies, treasure stashes, quest rewards or can be bought from book traders in towns.

Only one book can be used at a time. Each book has a half-hour cooldown. As a result they are not ideal for power-leveling.

Book EXP Values[]

	Requirement	Cost	EXP	Cooldown	Availability
Apprentice Book "Skill"	Level 0 in the same skill as the book title.	150	+500 EXP	30 minutes	Haerndean Book Vendor, Oscar Lanslet - Located at the "Inn", behind the Elder's Hut - (Stock Rotates Daily) Loot drops from enemies or treasure
Journeyman Book "Skill"	Level 3 in the same skill as the book title.	300	+1,500 EXP	30 minutes	Padstow Book Vendor, Charles Reinold - Located at the "Inn", by the Eastern Entrance of Padstow - (Stock Rotates Daily) Loot drops from enemies or treasure
Proficient Book "Skill"	Level 5 in the same skill as the book title.		+3,000 EXP	30 minutes	Loot drop Quest reward
Master Book "Skill"	Level 7 in the same skill as the book title.		+6,000 EXP	30 minutes	Loot drop Quest reward
Expert Book "Skill"	Level 9 in the same skill as the book title.		+9,000 EXP	30 minutes	Loot drop Quest reward

Skill Buffs[]

This information is still being compiled... NPC's have morale buffs that alter these values. **BOLDED VALUES are confirmed.** *Italics are based off NPC and have been impacted by morale buffs/debuffs.* *See also attributes.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Strength			+66 Max HP +61 Stamina +15% Damage Bonus			+96 Max HP +79 Stamina +30% Damage Bonus
Agility			+12% Increased Movement Speed +9% More Acceleration +0.75% Increased Attack Speed			+24% Increased Movement Speed +18% More Acceleration +1.5% Increased Attack Speed	+50% Increased Movement Speed +38% More Acceleration +3.15% Increased Attack Speed	+58% Increased Movement Speed +43% More Acceleration +3.6% Increased Attack Speed
One Handed				+2.6% Attack Speed +10% Damage Bonus			+3.5% Attack Speed +14% Damage Bonus
Two Handed	+0.5% Attack Speed +2% Damage Bonus		+1.95% Attack Speed +8% Damage Bonus
Shields	-0.9 Attack Speed	-0.62 Attack Speed
Archery		+0% Shooting Speed +11		+0.3% Shooting Speed -45% Aim Deviation +60%
Harvesting					+15% Chance for Extra Harvesting Yield
Farming					+50% Resource Yield Amount
Hunting						+30% Chance for Extra Game Yield
Cooking						+60% Cooking Speed
Crafting									+45% Crafting Speed
Labourer
Researcher