Perk tree

The Keeper's five talent trees - Building, Smithing, Farming, Book writing and Anatomy - laid out like the in-game talent window.

Character

The Building tree grows down from its first node. Every node costs one Building inspiration point and needs every node above it that it is connected to. 5 nodes raise Building mastery by 1 each; the other 11 are perks. Buying all 16 nodes takes 16 points, which is 74 notches of the Building inspiration bar.

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Building inspiration point

Tier 1

Building mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Building mastery by 1.
- 1 Building inspiration point

Tier 2

Axeman
Perk
Firewood at the Chopping Spot: 15 instead of 10; Wood wedge at the Chopping Spot: 15 instead of 10; +1 Log from each of 46 kinds of tree; +1 to 2 Log from each of 7 kinds of tree.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Building mastery +1
Carrier
Perk
Your neck was made for something, right? Carry more items on your head.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Building mastery +1
Building mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Building mastery by 1.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Building mastery +1
Fissure Finder
Perk
+2 Building mastery when working with stone.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Building mastery +1

Tier 3

Splinter Proof
Perk
+2 Building mastery when working with wood.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Axeman
Mason
Perk
A 50% chance of 1 to 2 extra Piece of stone at the Stonemason's Workbench; A 50% chance of 1 to 2 extra Polished Stone at the Stonemason's Workbench; plus 4 more.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Building mastery +1
Glassworker
Perk
Glass at the Furnace I or Furnace II: 4 instead of 3; Empty Bottle at the Furnace I or Furnace II: 3 instead of 2; Lens at the Furnace I or Furnace II: 3 instead of 2; plus 2 more.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Fissure Finder
Artist
Perk
No effect: its 13 recipes at the Stonemason's Workbench start from the first tick and turn out the same with or without it.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Fissure Finder

Tier 4

Carpenter
Perk
Board at the Circular Saw: 6 instead of 4; Short Log at the Circular Saw: 6 instead of 4; Wooden Plank at the Circular Saw: 6 instead of 4; Wooden beam at the Circular Saw: 3 instead of 2; plus 1 more.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Splinter Proof
Building mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Building mastery by 1.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Splinter Proof
Building mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Building mastery by 1.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Glassworker
Building mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Building mastery by 1.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Artist

Tier 5

Builder
Perk
Who says cutting corners is a bad thing? You recover some resources when restoring buildings.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Building mastery +1, Carpenter
Belt Master
Perk
Each Zombie Carousel gives 10 Factory power instead of 7.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Building mastery +1
Jeweler
Perk
A 20% chance of 1 extra Gem from each copper vein.
- 1 Building inspiration point
Requires: Building mastery +1

How it works

Inspiration points of a colour buy the nodes of that colour's tree.

Inspiration point

Each full inspiration bar of a colour gives one point. Every node costs one point of its colour.

Mastery upgrade

Raises that mastery by 1. A recipe cannot be worked below its required mastery (star crafts and autopsy work can be attempted with at least 1 mastery), and twice or three times the mastery it needs finishes it in a half or a third of the ticks.

Perk

A permanent bonus. 14 of the 68 talent perks add +2 to +4 mastery for one kind of work.