Skills
Fishing, Combat, Beastkeeping and Artificing: how to earn XP, the level curve and every perk.
There are four skills, each levelled by doing its activity, never by buying. Skills are yours on one island: co-op members level separately, and a second island starts from zero. /skills shows your levels and perks.
Earning XP
| Skill | Action | XP |
|---|---|---|
 Fishing | Land a fish | Common 5, uncommon 12, rare 30, trophy 80, great catch 400; three times as much for your island's first of a species |
 Combat | Clear a trial | 50 at tier I, 15 more for each tier above, 215 at tier XII |
| Combat | Fail a trial after dealing at least 5% of the boss's health | A quarter of that tier's clear |
| Combat | Damage a Wild Titan while merged | 50 if it is beaten, 25 if it gets away |
 Beastkeeping | Finish a training round | 18 |
| Beastkeeping | Finish a care round | 14 |
| Beastkeeping | A beast on your island grows up to adult | 60, to every member playing the island |
 Artificing | Craft in the Workshop | The recipe's XP for each craft, 15 to 440 |
No skill XP is earned while Builder mode is on.
Levels
Going from level L to the next costs 150 + 100 × (L − 1) XP. Level 20, the top, takes 19,950 XP in all.
| Level | Total XP | Level | Total XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 150 | 12 | 7,150 |
| 3 | 400 | 13 | 8,400 |
| 4 | 750 | 14 | 9,750 |
| 5 | 1,200 | 15 | 11,200 |
| 6 | 1,750 | 16 | 12,750 |
| 7 | 2,400 | 17 | 14,400 |
| 8 | 3,150 | 18 | 16,150 |
| 9 | 4,000 | 19 | 18,000 |
| 10 | 4,950 | 20 | 19,950 |
| 11 | 6,000 |
Perks of the same kind don't add up; the strongest one you have reached applies. Combat 15 gives 3 extra hearts in trials, not 1 + 2 + 3.
Fishing
| Level | Unlock |
|---|---|
| 2 | Recipe: Bloom Bait |
| 3 | Steady line: surges add 10% less strain. Recipe: Ember Bait |
| 4 | Recipe: Reedwoven Rod |
| 5 | Keen eye: 2 points more rare fish. Recipe: Tide Bait |
| 6 | Recipe: Bloomwhisker Lure |
| 7 | Quick cast: bites come 5% sooner. Recipe: Storm Bait |
| 8 | Recipe: Emberforged Rod |
| 9 | Recipe: Sap Bait |
| 10 | Recipe: Furnace Lure |
| 11 | Angler's luck: 1 point more trophies where a trophy can bite |
| 12 | Recipe: Tidecaller Rod |
| 13 | Recipe: Glassback Lure |
| 14 | Double catch: 5% of common fish come in pairs |
| 15 | Recipe: Stormspine Rod |
| 16 | Recipe: Thunderjaw Lure |
| 17 | Unbreakable: your first snapped line in a fight is forgiven |
| 18 | Recipe: Heartwood Rod |
| 19 | Recipe: Rootmother Lure |
| 20 | Title: Master Angler |
Recipes for a family you haven't unlocked wait until you do.
Combat
| Level | Unlock |
|---|---|
| 2 | Tough hide: 1 more heart in trials |
| 3 | Recipe: Lantern Offering |
| 5 | Second wind: once a trial, a hit that would knock you out leaves you on 2 hearts |
| 6 | Recipe: Magma Offering |
| 8 | Thick hide: 2 more hearts in trials |
| 9 | Recipe: Riptide Offering |
| 11 | Recipe: Spire Offering |
| 12 | Rally: you revive a knocked-out teammate twice as fast |
| 13 | Recipe: Heartroot Offering |
| 15 | Iron hide: 3 more hearts in trials |
| 18 | Patient strike: Winded lasts half a second longer for you |
| 20 | Title: Trialmaster |
The heart perks and Second wind also apply in the Nexavyr fight.
Beastkeeping
| Level | Unlock |
|---|---|
| 3 | Trainer's rhythm: training pays 1 more Islemark |
| 6 | Fishing friend: your companion's fishing help is twice as strong |
| 10 | Trainer's rhythm II: training pays 2 more Islemarks |
| 15 | Trainer's rhythm III: training pays 3 more Islemarks |
| 20 | Title: Beastwarden |
Artificing
| Level | Unlock |
|---|---|
| 2 | Batch work: craft five at once |
| 4 | Thrifty: 5% chance to keep your materials |
| 8 | Thrifty II: 10% |
| 12 | Thrifty III: 15% |
| 16 | Thrifty IV: 20% |
| 20 | Title: Master Artificer |
Veteran ranks
Past level 20, XP keeps counting. Every 3,000 XP is a veteran rank, and each rank pays a bundle into your island once:
- Fishing: 5 bait of the newest family your island has opened.
- Combat: 1 trial spoil of the newest family.
- Beastkeeping: 25 of the newest family's material.
- Artificing: 40 Islemarks.
Veteran rank 10 gives the title <Skill> Veteran, rank 25 <Skill> Elder and rank 50 <Skill> Legend, for example Fishing Veteran.