Abilities

For the similarly named modifier, see Glossary#Learning_Ability

Abilities are your Learned skills, and as such are bought using Learning Points. All abilities start at 1, and cost:
$100LP*(currentlevel+1)$
Learned skills are nonrefundable, so choose wisely. Like Attributes, Abilities can be buffed or debuffed by Wounds and Equipment

Combat Abilities

Unarmed Combat

• Determines the effectiveness of Unarmed Combat moves

Equipment which modifies Unarmed Combat

equipment	Stat
Cutthroat Cuirass	3
Goat Mask	3
Grand Troll Helm	10
Whaler's Jacket	5

Melee Combat

• Determines the effectiveness of Melee Combat moves.

Equipment which modifies Melee Combat

equipment	Stat
Bone Greaves	5
Cutthroat Cuirass	5
Dragon Helm	5
Mammoth Guard	10
Meteoring	5
Snakeskin Boots	2
Thane's Ring	10

Marksmanship

• Increases damage dealt by range weapons by comparing your Perception*Marksmanship with target Agility*Marksmanship
• Softcap for crafting the Hunter's Bow , Sling , Bone Arrow and Stone Arrow.

Equipment which modifies Marksmanship

(Nothing found)

Non Combat Abilities

Exploration

• Determines the visibility of Foragables with $Perception*Exploration$
• Criminal Acts, leave behind a Scent that can be seen if the trackers $Perception*Exploration$ is more than half that of the perpetrators $Intelligence*Stealth$

Equipment which modifies Exploration

equipment	Stat
Fox Hat	2

Stealth

• Determines visibility of scents based on $Perception*Exploration$ vs $Intelligence*Stealth$
• Makes the tracking pie slice wider/less precise.
• Increases cool-down on scents left by the player.
• Your own scents do not care that they came from you. So, depending on you attribute levels, you might not see your own scents

Equipment which modifies Stealth

equipment	Stat
Bandit's Mask	2
Cutthroat Cuirass	5
Druid's Cloak	15
Snakeskin Boots	5

Sewing

• Determines the softcap of craftable leather/fabric items with ${\sqrt {Sewing*Dexterity}}$

Equipment which modifies Sewing

equipment	Stat
Clothier's Thimble	5

Smithing

• Determines the softcap of metal items with ${\sqrt {Strength*Smithing}}$
• Determines the softcap of jewelry with ${\sqrt {Psyche*Smithing}}$
• Smithing does not affect the quality of wrought iron, steel, or bronze.

Equipment which modifies Smithing

equipment	Stat
Forge Ring	10

Masonry

• hardcaps the quality of clay gathered
• Masonry governs all things related to pottery, ceramics, and stoneworking.
• Hard caps the quality of stone and ore mined from cave walls, clay and stone dug from the ground, and foraged clay.

Equipment which modifies Masonry

equipment	Stat
Boreworm Mask	5
Cave Coral Ring	5

Carpentry

• Determines the softcap of wooden items, notably boards with ${\sqrt {Dexterity*Carpentry}}$

Equipment which modifies Carpentry

equipment	Stat
Beaver Cap	2

Cooking

• Determines the quality of baked goods and other foods with ${\sqrt {Dexterity*Cooking}}$
• Determines the softcap of many cooked foods with ${\sqrt {Perception*Cooking}}$
• Some inedible products like Bone Glue and Candleberry Wax also use ${\sqrt {Perception*Cooking}}$

Equipment which modifies Cooking

equipment	Stat
The Perfect Hole	2

Farming

• Allows the quality of the seeds/plants to increase after planting (with a randomized range of -2 to +5 final quality). If seed quality is greater than farming skill, the crop quality will always be less than or equal to seed quality (randomized range of -2 to 0).
• Used as a softcap for many craftable items, such as Straw Doll.
• Softcap products from butchering tamed animals (hides, meat, entrails, bones).

For the unlockable skill and general information, see Farming.

Equipment which modifies Farming:

equipment	Stat
Druid's Cloak	5
Druid's Ring	5
Goat Mask	5
Reindeer Cape	3
Straw Hat	3

Survival

• hardcaps the quality of Forageables a character has picked.
• hardcaps the quality of Water(generally) and Soil
• softcaps the quality of meat, bones and hide when butchering with ${\sqrt {Survival*ToolQ}}$
• softcaps the quality of Spitroast Meat
• Used to craft Stone Axe , Bone Saw , and fishing gear
• Expand fishing menu when using Primitive Casting-Rod

Equipment which modifies Survival

(Nothing found)

Lore

• Lore is a general measure of Wisdom, relevant for "magical" or otherwise involved tasks.
• Used to softcap quality of many crafted items.
• Majority of crafted curiosities use Lore in their softcap formula.
• Authority gained equals base LP gained multiplied with ${\frac {\sqrt {Charisma*Lore}}{10}}$
• More uses are intended to be implemented later

Equipment which modifies Lore

equipment	Stat
Adderfang Amulet	2
Darkwood Ring	3
Druid's Ring	5
Mask of the Green Man	20
Rabbit's Foot Necklace	5

Quick Facts

Ability Level Costs, From First Level

$Cost(lvl)=50lvl^{2}+50lvl-100$

Level	Cost (LP)
5	1,400
10	5,400
25	32,400
50	127,400
100	504,900
250	3,137,400
500	12,524,900
1,000	50,049,900