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This page lists all skill books.
Overview
Skill books are usable items which apply an experience multiplier to a given skill. There are currently skill books in-game for all levels of eleven character skills: carpentry, cooking, electrical, farming, first aid, fishing, foraging, mechanics, metalworking, tailoring and trapping, as well as books for blacksmith, with a separate skill book applying to each two levels of the skill.
They can also used as a fuel, but this is not recommended in case a player would like to keep using the same world if the character dies or when playing in multiplayer.
Usage
Skill books can be read, providing different experience multipliers based on the book volume as shown in maximum multiplier section. Books can not be read again once the reading is complete.
How to read
In order to read a skill book the following steps need to be done:
- Right-click the skill book and click "Read".
- Wait for the progress bar to finish. Without traits, each page will take 5 seconds of real-time to read, or 2 minutes of in-game time.
- Check the character's skills page to verify a boost to the appropriate skill is obtained. (There will be sequential arrows running from the skill name to the skill boxes, and hovering over the skill box that is currently being worked on will show the multiplier that is being given.)
Note: If at any point the player is interrupted during reading, they do not lose the pages they have read; they will continue where they left off. Therefore, other matters can be attended to, such as killing a zombie or tending to a garden, before returning to the book. The total number of pages read so far will show up in the book's tooltip when hovered over. Depending on the situation, it may be best to spend a few hours a day (usually at night) over several days working through a skill book rather than attempting to read one straight through in one sitting (boredom, hunger, thirst, and unhappiness will all accrue while reading).
Note: Characters can only read skill books if they have the appropriate levels to read it. The game will outright deny reading skill books if your character is too under-leveled for them. Make sure what they are reading the book that corresponds to the level they are currently working on (Vol. 1 = Level 1 and 2, Vol. 2 = Level 3 and 4, Vol. 3 = Level 5 and 6, Vol. 4 = Level 7 and 8, Vol. 5 = Level 9 and 10). Books cannot be read early.
The book can also used as a fuel, providing 15 minutes of burn time per book.
Benefits
Reading a skill book even partially will give the character a multiplier on any points gained for a given skill. For example, if sawing wood normally gives 3 XP, and all the Vol. 1 skill book is read, the player will now gain 9 XP each time they saw wood until they reach level 2. This will dramatically decrease the time required to learn a skill. In most cases, it is not worth wasting resources to grind out a level in a skill unless the character has fully read the skill book and has the maximum multiplier.
Higher-tier skill books have more pages and take longer to read. Upon accruing enough experience to finish that skill level, the multiplier is removed, and experience gain returns to 1.0x until the next proficiency level book has been read for that skill. It is possible to have as many active multipliers as wanted simultaneously (i.e., four skills being boosted at the same time).
Maximum multiplier
- Vol. 1 - x3
- Vol. 2 - x5
- Vol. 3 - x8
- Vol. 4 - x12
- Vol. 5 - x16
Reading speed
The Fast Reader trait decreases the amount of time required to read a book to 70% of the normal time. The Slow Reader trait increases the time to 130%.
| Skill rank | Pages | Fast Reader | No traits | Slow Reader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 220 | 12m50s | 18m20s | 23m50s |
| 3-4 | 260 | 15m10s | 21m40s | 28m10s |
| 5-6 | 300 | 17m30s | 25m | 32m30s |
| 7-8 | 340 | 19m50s | 28m20s | 36m50s |
| 9-10 | 380 | 22m10s | 31m20s | 41m10s |
| Skill rank | Pages | Fast Reader | No traits | Slow Reader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 220 | 5h8m | 7h20m | 9h32m |
| 3-4 | 260 | 6h4m | 8h40m | 11h16m |
| 5-6 | 300 | 7h | 10h | 13h |
| 7-8 | 340 | 7h56m | 11h20m | 14h44m |
| 9-10 | 380 | 8h52m | 12h40m | 16h28m |
