1.3 KiB
Studying Skills
Every unit in Eressea can be upgraded by learning a number of skills. Some examples of skills are mining, riding, archery, and shipcraft. Some skills enable a unit to produce a good, such as mining, which gives you access to iron and other metals. Other skills improve a unit's combat qualities, like archery, melee, and constitution. With enough time, all skills can be studied to higher levels, with no upper limit, and usually give better benefits the more proficient a unit is.
To study a skill, a unit needs to give the STUDY order, followed by the name of the skill:
UNIT 1234
STUDY mining
Study duration
An unmodified skill takes about a week to learn, higher levels take longer. The total time to advance a level is variable per unit, but on average, learning up to a new level takes as many weeks' time, so for example, starting from level 3 it should take approximately 4 weeks to reach level 4 in a skill.
Skill modifications
Skills can be modified for any number of reasons. Certain races have natural modifications on skills, which give a bonus on the skill if it has been trained to at least level 1. Some buildings provide their inhabitants with a skill boost, and certain skills are modified by the terrain that a unit is in.