Skills

Skills represent the player's proficiency at various tasks. Your current skill levels can be viewed on the character screen (default key: X), but a skill will not be visible until you have at least one point in that skill.

Accumulating skill points will gradually unlock various abilities.

Digging
You gain one point in this skill every time you dig with the spade.


 * Scooping (25 points): You have a better chance of finding something when you dig.
 * Shovel amateur (50 points): You will sometimes find insect parts and mushrooms when you dig.
 * Shovel adept (100 points): You will sometimes find bitterroots when you dig.
 * Shovel semi-professional (200 points): You will always find something when you dig.
 * Shovel professional (500 points): ???

Hunting
The hunting skill increases by one point whenever the player kills a mob, from the humble fly to the fearsome raptor.


 * Master of the sling (25 points): Pebbles fired from the slingshot will sometimes fall to the ground, allowing them to be recovered.
 * Spearman (50 points): Thrown spears can sometimes be recovered.
 * Bowman (100 points): Arrows fired from bows can sometimes be recovered. This rank also allows construction of the stance.
 * Spearmaster (200 points): Thrown spears can always be recovered.

Lumbering
You earn one point in the lumbering skill for each tree you chop down.


 * Hackling (25 points): You can use the axe or machete to chop apart a log, giving you ten branches.
 * Axe amateur (50 points): Increased damage when chopping trees.
 * Axe adept (100 points): Further increased damage.
 * Axe semi-professional (200 points): Further increased damage.
 * Axe professional (400 points): Further increased damage.
 * Butcher of the woods (800 points): Further increased damage.

Planting
The planting skill increases by one point for each seed that you plant in the ground.


 * Berry bush planter (50 points): You can plant berries to grow berry bushes.
 * Herbalist (100 points): You can plant herbs (TODO: list which plants this means), and can also build the herb patch.
 * Forester (200 points): You can plant branches to grow trees, and leaves to grow bushes.
 * Master of the fruits (400 points): You can plant bananas, plums, coconuts, cacaofruit, and coffee berries.
 * Farmer (800 points): You can plant seeds more quickly.