Skills
Skills and levels
Live · v0.35
Eight skills, each from level 1 to 99, on the same curve the old games used, only four times gentler.
The eight skills
| Skill | Malay | Trained by | Higher levels give |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing | Nelayan | Catching anything at a fishing spot. | Better catch rates, and new spots at 5, 8 and 12. Mak Long Esah's lesson: one tick faster at every spot. |
| Woodwork | Tukang Kayu | Cutting trees, harvesting palms, making things at the boatyard. | Better cutting, and recipes at 2 and 3. Pak Mat's lesson: one tick faster on trees and palms. |
| Cooking | Masak | Grilling raw catches at a fire or grill. | Less burning, and new catches to cook at 5, 6 and 10. Mak Jah's lesson: 15% less burning. |
| Attack | Serang | Landing blows with Attack as your training focus. | Accuracy with your fists and the staff. |
| Strength | Kuasa | Landing blows with Strength as your training focus. | Max hit: one more for every 4 levels. |
| Defence | Tangkis | Blows with Defence as your focus, dodging bites, sparring with Abang Zul. | Creatures miss you more often. Abang Zul's lesson: +1 armour. |
| Archery | Memanah | Hitting creatures and practice targets with a bow. | Accuracy and max hit with a bow; the horn bow at 10. Tok Ali's lesson: your own bow. |
| Body | Tubuh | Every blow or arrow that lands in a fight. | One more hit point a level, and faster breath. |
Your total level is all eight added together; it is shown under the Skills tab.
The XP curve
Experience (XP) turns into levels on the classic curve, divided by four, so the early levels come quickly. XP keeps counting up to 200 million, and the level stops at 99.
XP for level L = floor( Σ[i = 1 … L−1] floor( i + 300 × 2^(i/7) ) / 4 )
| Level | XP | Level | XP | Level | XP | Level | XP | Level | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 21 | 5,018 | 41 | 41,171 | 61 | 302,288 | 81 | 2,192,818 |
| 2 | 83 | 22 | 5,624 | 42 | 45,529 | 62 | 333,804 | 82 | 2,421,087 |
| 3 | 174 | 23 | 6,291 | 43 | 50,339 | 63 | 368,599 | 83 | 2,673,114 |
| 4 | 276 | 24 | 7,028 | 44 | 55,649 | 64 | 407,015 | 84 | 2,951,373 |
| 5 | 388 | 25 | 7,842 | 45 | 61,512 | 65 | 449,428 | 85 | 3,258,594 |
| 6 | 512 | 26 | 8,740 | 46 | 67,983 | 66 | 496,254 | 86 | 3,597,792 |
| 7 | 650 | 27 | 9,730 | 47 | 75,127 | 67 | 547,953 | 87 | 3,972,294 |
| 8 | 801 | 28 | 10,824 | 48 | 83,014 | 68 | 605,032 | 88 | 4,385,776 |
| 9 | 969 | 29 | 12,031 | 49 | 91,721 | 69 | 668,051 | 89 | 4,842,295 |
| 10 | 1,154 | 30 | 13,363 | 50 | 101,333 | 70 | 737,627 | 90 | 5,346,332 |
| 11 | 1,358 | 31 | 14,833 | 51 | 111,945 | 71 | 814,445 | 91 | 5,902,831 |
| 12 | 1,584 | 32 | 16,456 | 52 | 123,660 | 72 | 899,257 | 92 | 6,517,253 |
| 13 | 1,833 | 33 | 18,247 | 53 | 136,594 | 73 | 992,895 | 93 | 7,195,629 |
| 14 | 2,107 | 34 | 20,224 | 54 | 150,872 | 74 | 1,096,278 | 94 | 7,944,614 |
| 15 | 2,411 | 35 | 22,406 | 55 | 166,636 | 75 | 1,210,421 | 95 | 8,771,558 |
| 16 | 2,746 | 36 | 24,815 | 56 | 184,040 | 76 | 1,336,443 | 96 | 9,684,577 |
| 17 | 3,115 | 37 | 27,473 | 57 | 203,254 | 77 | 1,475,581 | 97 | 10,692,629 |
| 18 | 3,523 | 38 | 30,408 | 58 | 224,466 | 78 | 1,629,200 | 98 | 11,805,606 |
| 19 | 3,973 | 39 | 33,648 | 59 | 247,886 | 79 | 1,798,808 | 99 | 13,034,431 |
| 20 | 4,470 | 40 | 37,224 | 60 | 273,742 | 80 | 1,986,068 | – | – |
Level 2 takes 83 XP, level 10 takes 1,154, and level 99 takes 13,034,431.
Levelling up
A ribbon with the skill's icon rises over the screen, petals scatter (unless motion is turned down), and if you are standing idle your character cheers. The skill's next level and the XP still needed are in its tooltip on the Skills tab.
What each level opens
Live unlocks and the ones designed for the coming versions, skill by skill.
Woodwork
| Level | Opens | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trees, palms; rope and the staff at the boatyard | – |
| 1 | Use the old hatchet | Planned · Tools I |
| 1 | Cut tree | Planned · Tools I |
| 2 | Arrows and the woven vest | – |
| 3 | The boat | – |
| 3 | Use the machete | Planned · Tools II |
| 4 | Cut bamboo clump (with a parang) | Planned · Tools II |
| 4 | Make the prawn trap at the boatyard | Planned · Tools II |
| 5 | Use the iron hatchet | Planned · Tools I |
| 5 | Make the bamboo bow at the boatyard | Planned · Tools II |
| 8 | Cut rattan vine (with a parang) | Planned · Tools II |
| 10 | Cut meranti tree | Planned · Tools II |
| 12 | Use the steel hatchet | Planned · Tools II |
| 12 | Make the meranti handle at the boatyard | Planned · Tools II |
| 20 | Cut cengal tree | Planned · Tools II |
Fishing
| Level | Opens | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fishing spot (raw mackerel) | – |
| 1 | Use the old cast net | Planned · Tools I |
| 5 | Squid spot (raw squid) | – |
| 5 | Use the squid jig | Planned · Tools I |
| 6 | Use the cast net | Planned · Tools III |
| 6 | Make the cast net at a net rack | Planned · Tools III |
| 8 | Prawn spot (raw prawn) | – |
| 8 | Use the prawn trap | Planned · Tools I |
| 12 | Tuna spot (raw tuna) | – |
| 12 | Use the hand-line | Planned · Tools I |
| 12 | Make the hand-line at a net rack | Planned · Tools III |
| 12 | Set 2 prawn traps at once | Planned · Tools III |
| 15 | Use the big cast net | Planned · Tools III |
| 15 | Make the big cast net at a net rack | Planned · Tools III |
| 18 | Set 3 prawn traps at once | Planned · Tools III |
| 25 | Set 4 prawn traps at once | Planned · Tools III |
Cooking
| Level | Opens | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook raw mackerel | – |
| 5 | Cook raw squid | – |
| 6 | Cook raw prawn | – |
| 10 | Cook raw tuna | – |
Attack
| Level | Opens | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The staff | – |
| 5 | The parang, as a weapon | Planned · Tools II |
Archery
| Level | Opens | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The bamboo bow | – |
| 10 | The horn bow | – |