Skills

Overview

Skills & Roles is one of the major mechanics of how the player interacts with the sapiens in the game. It is a system that allows the player to determine what sapiens will do what type of tasks, and how many. Skills are required to perform their related actions, and they can be learnt by investigating a specific object. Some skills cannot be performed by sapiens which are unable to perform heavy tasks (e.g. elderly sapiens).

Roles vs Skills

There is an important difference between a sapien having a role and having a skill, but they are tightly related. A role is a job type that a Sapien can be assigned by the player. Once assigned they will participate in trying to complete any open jobs of that type. However the first time they attempt a task that haven't done before there will be a period of learning where little progress is being made on the job. Once this learning time is complete they have the skill to do that role going forward, and it is indicated by a little Blue Ribbon with a star next to it in the Sapien's Role Panel. Below is a sample to understand how this works.

In this example Alule has 4 roles assigned - General Labor, Basic Cooking, Spear Hunting, and Mining. This is indicated by the green selection color of the role. You can also see from the blue star ribbons that Alule is skilled in several roles. However, unless a sapien is assigned the role (green selection) they will not perform that job. For Alule this means even though he is skilled in Basic Building, Investigation, Diplomacy and Fire Lighting he will never do one of these roles as he is not assigned to them.

You can see Alule is also assigned the Mining Role, however he is not skilled in it as there is no blue star ribbon or a skill progress indicator. This means Alule will take a mining task to be completed, however the first time he attempts the task it will take a while for the skill to be fully learned. You can see from his Tool Assembly skill is about 3/4's complete, however he will make no more progress on this until he is actually assigned the role.

List of all Skills

Skill	Description	Investigation	Prerequisites	Heavy Lifting
	Baking includes the process of kneading flour into dough and creating a nutritious meal.	Flour	Pottery, Grinding	No
	Basic Building includes the construction of beds, crafting/storage areas and placing other objects.	None	Inherent	No
	Basic Cooking includes the ability to cook meat to provide more nutritional value.	Cookable Item	Fire Lighting	No
	Basic Hunting includes the ability to hunt and kill small animals by throwing simple projectiles.	Live Chicken	Tool Assembly	No
	Bone Carving includes the ability to create musical instrumentals and sharp blades from bones.	Bone	Rock Knapping	No
	Butchery includes the ability to harvest meat from the carcass of a dead animal.	A dead Alpaca or Mammoth	Rock Knapping & a Knife	No
	Digging includes the clearing of soil, sands and clay.	Soil	Rock Knapping	Yes
	Diplomacy includes the persuasion of wandering Sapiens to join your tribe.	None	Inherent	No
	Fire Lighting includes the lighting of fires, which provide warmth and cook food.	Branch		No
	Flax Spinning is the ability to create Flax Twine from Dry Flax.	Dry Flax		No
	Flint Knapping includes the ability to create less primitive flint tools, which are longer lasting and better than their rock counterparts.	Flint	Rock Knapping	No
	General Labour includes hauling items, clearing grass and harvesting common resources like fruits from trees.	None	Inherent	No
	Griding includes the process of crushing grains to make food out of them.	Hulled Wheat	Threshing	No
	Investigation includes the process of investigating a new thing to make breakthroughs to advance the tribe's knowledge.	None	Inherent	Some
	Craft and administer poultices and medicines to help the injured or sick.	Medicinal Plant	Pottery	No
	Mining includes the process of digging up valuable resources like rock.	Ground	Digging	Yes
	Mud Brick Building includes the ability to make structures out of mud bricks.	Dry Mud Brick		Yes
	Music includes the playing of music to lift the tribes' spirit, increasing loyalty and happiness.	Musical Instrument		No
	Planting includes the process of planting a seed or crow to harvest more.	Seed	Digging	No
	Pottery includes the ability to create urns and pots.	Clay	Digging	No
	Rock Knapping includes the ability to create primitive rock tools and split larger rocks into smaller ones.	Large Rock		No
	Spear Hunting includes the ability to hunt and kill Alpaca and Mammoths with the use of spears.	Alpaca or Mammoth	Tool Assembly	No
	Thatch Building includes the ability to make structures out of hay, reeds or branches.	Hay	None	Yes
	Threshing includes the process of making grains ready to mill or cook.	Wheat	Pottery	Yes
	Tool Assembly includes the crafting of more complex tools by combining multiple components.	Tool Components TODO	No
	Tree Felling includes the process of chopping down trees.	A Tree	Axe	No
	Wood Building includes the construction from wood, like door frames, window walls and walls.	Split Log		Yes
	Wood Working includes the crafting of things made out of branches and logs.	Log	Rock Knapping	Yes