Talents and mastery

Stations by mastery

• Crafting stations

How it works

• Building mastery Used by 152 recipes at 23 stations. The Building perk tree has 11 perks and +5 mastery.
• Smithing mastery Used by 86 recipes at 12 stations. The Smithing perk tree has 13 perks and +5 mastery.
• Farming mastery Used by 171 recipes at 30 stations. The Farming perk tree has 16 perks and +5 mastery.
• Book writing mastery Used by 36 recipes at 3 stations. The Book writing perk tree has 13 perks and +5 mastery.
• Anatomy mastery Used by 189 recipes at 14 stations. The Anatomy perk tree has 15 perks and +5 mastery.

Mastery totals

Mastery	Recipes	Stations	Tree perks	Tree mastery bonus
Building mastery	152	23	11	+5
Smithing mastery	86	12	13	+5
Farming mastery	171	30	16	+5
Book writing mastery	36	3	13	+5
Anatomy mastery	189	14	15	+5

Inspiration meter costs

Inspiration meters

One meter for each colour

Gain per claimed inspiration

1 or 2 notches in the matching colour

Full meter

Awards 1 inspiration point, then resets

First point cost

2 notches

Second point cost

3 notches

Third point cost

4 notches

Each later point cost

5 notches

Total for 5 points

19 notches

Total for 10 points

44 notches

Total for 20 points

94 notches

Mastery requirements and gains

Mastery types

5: Building, Smithing, Farming, Book writing, Anatomy

Recipe mastery requirement

A level in one mastery; Beehive recipes are excepted

Each mastery node

+1 mastery

Normal recipe minimum

The recipe’s required mastery level

Star crafts and autopsy minimum

1 mastery

Star crafts and autopsy success

Success chance per tick rises with mastery

Progress added per tick

min(3, floor(mastery / required mastery))

Tool belt

Adds mastery bonuses from its tools

Food and sermon buffs

Increase mastery for the active buff duration

Work-specific talent perks

11 perks

Work-specific talent bonus

+2 to +4 mastery

Zombie mastery

Talent trees per zombie

5

Node payment

Uses that zombie’s own tech points

Crafting earnings

Tech points

Won battle earnings

Red tech points

Mastery total

Mastery nodes + carried tool bonuses + perks for that work

Temporary mastery bonuses