Talents and mastery
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Talents and mastery
The Keeper has five masteries: Building, Smithing, Farming, Book writing and Anatomy.
Character
Points and the inspiration bar
Each colour has its own inspiration bar. Claiming an inspiration of that colour adds 1 or 2 notches; when the bar is full it turns into one inspiration point and starts again. The first point takes 2 notches, the second 3, the third 4 and every point after that 5. So 5 points take 19 notches, 10 points 44 and 20 points 94.
Stations by mastery
23 stations craft with Building mastery.
29 Building recipes
24 Building recipes
21 Building recipes
16 Building recipes
15 Building recipes
9 Building recipes
4 Building recipes
3 Building recipes
3 Building recipes
2 Building recipes
2 Building recipes
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
1 Building recipe
12 stations craft with Smithing mastery.
47 Smithing recipes
30 Smithing recipes
15 Smithing recipes
14 Smithing recipes
11 Smithing recipes
10 Smithing recipes
7 Smithing recipes
6 Smithing recipes
1 Smithing recipe
1 Smithing recipe
2 Smithing recipes
1 Smithing recipe
30 stations craft with Farming mastery.
36 Farming recipes
36 Farming recipes
32 Farming recipes
31 Farming recipes
27 Farming recipes
23 Farming recipes
21 Farming recipes
14 Farming recipes
9 Farming recipes
6 Farming recipes
3 Farming recipes
3 Farming recipes
3 Farming recipes
3 Farming recipes
3 Farming recipes
3 Farming recipes
3 Farming recipes
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
1 Farming recipe
3 stations craft with Book writing mastery.
14 stations craft with Anatomy mastery.
118 Anatomy recipes
118 Anatomy recipes
36 Anatomy recipes
14 Anatomy recipes
12 Anatomy recipes
9 Anatomy recipes
5 Anatomy recipes
5 Anatomy recipes
4 Anatomy recipes
3 Anatomy recipes
2 Anatomy recipes
1 Anatomy recipe
1 Anatomy recipe
1 Anatomy recipe
More on mastery
Zombie talent trees
Every zombie worker has its own five trees and buys their nodes with the tech points it earns while crafting, not with the Keeper's. Its mastery is the sum of its mastery nodes, the mastery bonus of the tools it carries and its perks for that kind of work.
Temporary mastery
Prayer for Excellence I, Prayer for Excellence II and Prayer for Excellence III: +1 to all five masteries (God of craftsmen). Pumpkin soup: +2 Building mastery (Building spirit II). Soldier's stew: +2 Smithing mastery (Smithing spirit II). Muffin: +2 Farming mastery (Farming spirit II). Bowl of sauerkraut (bronze): +1 Book writing mastery (Book writing spirit I). Bowl of sauerkraut (silver): +2 Book writing mastery (Book writing spirit II). Bowl of sauerkraut (gold): +3 Book writing mastery (Book writing spirit III). Vegetable salad (bronze): +1 Anatomy mastery (Anatomy spirit I). Vegetable salad (silver): +2 Anatomy mastery (Anatomy spirit II). Vegetable salad (gold): +3 Anatomy mastery (Anatomy spirit III). Third Eye Salt: +2 to all five masteries (Third Eye Salt). Each food buff lasts 450 seconds; God of craftsmen lasts 2,700, 5,400 or 5,999 seconds (I, II and III).
How it works
Every crafting recipe except the Beehive's names a level of one of them. Mastery nodes in the perk tree raise it by 1 each.
A crafting recipe names a mastery level, for example Building 2. A normal recipe cannot be worked below it; star crafts and autopsy work can be attempted with at least 1 mastery, and each tick then succeeds with a chance that grows with the mastery. Each tick adds the mastery divided by the requirement (rounded down, at most 3) to the progress bar. Tools in the tool belt add their mastery bonus, food and sermon buffs add to mastery while they last, and 11 talent perks add +2 to +4 for one kind of work.
Used by 152 recipes at 23 stations. The Building perk tree has 11 perks and +5 mastery.
Used by 86 recipes at 12 stations. The Smithing perk tree has 13 perks and +5 mastery.
Used by 171 recipes at 30 stations. The Farming perk tree has 16 perks and +5 mastery.
Used by 36 recipes at 3 stations. The Book writing perk tree has 13 perks and +5 mastery.
Used by 189 recipes at 14 stations. The Anatomy perk tree has 15 perks and +5 mastery.