Mining
Extract ore, stone and gems from rocks and caves.
Professions
Gathering and production.
Twenty professions: six gathering and fourteen production. A character holds four trade-skill slots, two gathering and two crafting; two of the four can reach Master and the other two Expert. Anyone can fish, cook simple meals, farm, hunt and repair basic gear without a slot. Husbandry, which gates taming and breeding, is a support skill and needs no slot.
Gathering
Woodcutting
Harvest timber, special woods and bark from trees (also called Forestry).
Herbalism
Pick herbs, flowers and medicinal plants from the land.
Fishing
Catch fish anywhere on water; the biome sets the catch.
Farming
Grow crops on a housing plot or in public fields.
Skinning
Butcher animals for leather, furs and bones.
Production
Alchemy
Brew potions, poisons and buffs from herbs and reagents.
Armorsmithing
Make plate, mail and leather armour.
Blacksmithing
Forge metal weapons, armour and tools.
Brewing
Ales, meads and spirits; tavern and festival stock.
Carpentry
Craft wooden structures, furniture, bows and staves.
Cooking
Prepare food for buffs, healing and other consumables.
Enchanting
Imbue items with magical properties and enhance gear.
Engineering
Mechanical devices, contraptions, siege and wagon parts.
Inscription
Create tomes, scrolls, recipes and lore documents.
Jewelcrafting
Craft jewellery, such as rings and amulets, with magical properties.
Leatherworking
Create leather armour, bags and saddles.
Masonry
Build stone structures, decorative blocks and foundations.
Runecrafting
Inscribe powerful runes into weapons and armour.
Tailoring
Weave cloth armour, robes, banners and bags.
Specialisations
Blacksmithing
- Weaponsmith
- Toolsmith
- Platesmith
Alchemy
- Potion Master
- Poison Specialist
- Buff Alchemist
Enchanting
- Weapon Enchanter
- Armor Enchanter
- Utility Enchanter
Changing professions is possible but costly: mastery progress stops, advanced recipes and abilities become unavailable and professional certification is lost. Reputation and history remain, and the character can return later but must retrain.
Mastery is rare and is earned, not levelled: advanced training, rare recipes and techniques, successful production, professional reputation, difficult commissions and specialised tools and workstations. Masters can take royal, ducal and guild commissions.