Perks

Perks are permanent modifiers that improve character skills and unlock passive enhancements.

Tech Tree Perks

Perks unlocked through the different Tech Trees using Technology Points.

Anatomy and Alchemy (Tech Tree)
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Points
	Butcher	You know how to work with meat. You have a less chance of making a surgical error when extracting hardspares and softspares.	Technology: Gentle Butcher	Reduces the chance (all the way to zero when on T2 table) to add a surgical error to a corpse when extracting blood, fat, skull, bone or skin.	5 25
	Surgeon	The dead won't sue you, but still you need to be careful. You have a reduced chance of making a surgical error when extracting important parts.	Technology: Surgery	Reduces the chance (all the way to zero when on T2 table) to add a surgical error to a corpse when extracting brain, intestines or heart.	50 150 50
	Scientist	You've inhaled a lot of fumes during your experiments. You've developed an inner voice that helps you measure ingredients. You will produce one extra reagent from any material.	Technology: Master of Alchemy	Decomposing items at the Alchemy mill, Hand mixer, Distillation cube, or Distillation cube II yields +1 reagent.	100 40
	Cultist	Everything has a meaning. You can see and of body parts.	Technology: Cultist	Shows what and any specific organ contributes to body. Be aware that it does not show what you gain from removing it, but what it contributes to the body. Unlocked after the Dark Bodies technology is revealed in the Inquisitor questline.	300
Theology (Tech Tree)
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Points
	Cardinal	The church is not only a triumph of the spirit. It's also a number of buildings and properties. You've learned how to manage them, so ceremonies give you extra money.	Technology: Price of Faith	Receive 1 more per from sermons. (From 3 to 4; ~33% increase)	20
Book Writing (Tech Tree)
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Points
	Journalist	You notice the little things about people. Put these things together and you have a story. Sometimes you can get a story from dialog.	Technology: Journalist	You always get a story when completing a quest (or step of a quest) with an NPC.	10 5 Unlocked through Ms. Charm
	Writer	You know how to put words together. Sometimes you even manage to write a good sentence. Mother would be proud.	Technology: Writing Tricks	Improves the quality by 30% (+0.3) when crafting stories, notes, chapters, and most sermons. Note that crafting a Book is not affected by either writing perk. (see Jeweler)	10 40
	Playwright	You write good books. Actually you find you can just write down anything you remember from modern culture.	Technology: Playwright	Improves the quality by 50% (+0.5) when crafting stories, notes, chapters, and most sermons. Note that crafting a book is not affected by either writing perk. (see Jeweler)	100
Farming and Nature (Tech Tree)
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Points
	Master Gatherer	You love nature and nature loves you back. You can gather more resources from small plants.	Technology: Master Gathering	The yield of wild plants when gathered is increased by +1 (flowers, mushrooms, berries etc).	5 10
	Farmer	You aren't afraid of getting your hands dirty. You can select good seeds and harvest a better crop.	Technology: Gardening	Higher quality harvests from the Garden and Vineyard.	50 10
	Beekeeper	You've been bitten so many times that bees can't even damage you any more. So you have plenty of time to collect honey from the beehive.	Technology: Beefriend	Bees no longer hurt you when harvesting honey. Receive twice as much honey when harvesting wild hives. Does not affect amount of received beeswax or bees.	20 50
	Wine Master	You like to drink alcohol-especially wine! Your hangover depends on the alcohol you drank. Moreover, all alcohol you make has a better quality.	Technology: Blending	Improves the quality by 80% (+0.8) when crafting red wine. Also you receive 20% more energy when drinking wine and beer.	50 50
Smithing (Tech Tree)
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Points
	Blacksmith	You like to work with red-hot iron. Hammering relaxes you. And when the work is done, you always manage to find time to make extra nails.	Technology: Inborn Blacksmith	Increases the yield of hardware products: +3 nails, +1 simple parts, +1 complex parts, and +2 steel parts. Also improves the quality by 10% (+0.1) when crafting complex steel chisels.	20 30
	Big Guy	It appears that if you work with iron a lot, you become big and strong. +1 damage +1 defense.	Technology: Martial Skills	Increases weapon damage by +2. Increases base defense by +2. Inaccurate in-game description.	10 75
	Fireman	The spurting flame charms you. You know how to increase productivity, and you can smelt more ore per load.	Technology: Rules of Burning	Unlocks a second iron ingot recipe; produces 2x ingots from 2x ore, at 4/5 the fuel in 5/6 the time.	10 50 30
	Engineer	You know how complex mechanisms work. All the details of your work are top quality. Even your carving and jewelry look cleaner.	Technology: Engineer	Improves the quality by 30% (+0.3) when crafting carved marble, carved wood, and complex steel chisels.	50 100
	Sword master	You know how to use your blade! You inflict additional damage and probably look cool with your sword.	Technology: Sword master	Increases weapon damage by +5.	50 100
Building (Tech Tree)
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Points
	Axeman	You know how to use an axe. Chopping a small tree can now give you an additional log. Also you can make more firewood and wedges from log chunks.	Technology: Woodcutter	Provides an additional log from small trees and more firewood (+5) when splitting billets at the chopping spot.	50 20
	Miner	You are a true miner. You find precious metals and gems more often but it's still a matter of luck and energy.	Technology: Scent of Gold	Find rare resources more often when mining.	50 100
	Carpenter	You know how to deal with wood! Circular Saws are more productive in your hands.	Technology: Tricks of the Trade	The Circular saw will produce more products: +1 billet, +2 flitch, +1 plank, +1 beam. Also improves the quality by 50% (+0.5) when crafting carved wood.	50 50
	Mason	Stones are your passion, so your stone carving is really good. Also your so efficient you get and extra piece of stone from a big rock.	Technology: Tricks of the Trade	Increases the yield of stone pieces from stone slabs at stone cutters by +2. Inaccurate in-game description. Does not impact stone outcroppings. Also improves the quality by 50% (+0.5) when crafting carved marble.
	Jeweler	You have a nose for gems, so you will find them more often. Also, you know how to make really nice jewelry.	Technology: Best Friend	Increases the yield by +1 from precious-outcroppings found in the Dungeon. Also improves the quality by 70% (+0.7) when crafting books.	150

Progression Perks

Perks gained through the progression of Quests within the game.

Fix the Graveyard
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Tree
	Preacher	Episcop told you that now you can arrange a church service. So there you go!	Obtained when talking to Episcop after you reach .	Can access the Church allowing you to hold sermons and access the Alchemy Laboratory.	Theology

Unkown Episcop Quest
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Tree
	Curious Mind	You go deeper. Find out the essence of things. Studying an item has a chance of giving you a story.	Unknown. Obtained through Episcop.	Stories will occasionally drop after studying something in the Study Table.	Book Writing

Beatrice's Offer
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes	Tech Tree
	Eloquence	A note in the Church made you more vigilant and careful, and your prayers more sincere. From now on, you'll be gathering more Faith.	Obtained after reading the Note from unknown which drops from the Donation box at the next Sermon when betraying Lady Beatrice AND sending the Refugees away.	Increases the amount of Faith you receive from sermons. Appears to be about +30%[untested]	Theology
	Industriousness	Any work develops you, even the work of evil. You've accepted your dark side, and it's enabled you to craft more effectively.	When helping Lady Beatrice. Obtained after reading the Note from unknown which you get when interacting with one of the new corpses you find at the morgue.	Increases the of crafted items on workbenches [exact value unverified].	Smithing
	Persistence	Despite all the danger and risk, you courageously faced down your enemies - and won! Your backbone has gotten firmer, and now restores more energy.	Obtained after talking to Master Alaric when keeping the Refugees safe.	Your now replenishes constantly at a rate of +1 per second.	Smithing

Unimplemented

Perks
Icon	Name	Description	Source	Notes
	Blabla		Not Obtainable	Likely a "missing asset", testing or placeholder Perk. Otherwise Unknown.
	Brewer		Not Obtainable	Unknown.
	Cook		Not Obtainable	Unknown.
	Master Potter		Not Obtainable	Unknown.
	Natural Writer		Not Obtainable	Unknown.
	Naturalist		Not Obtainable	Unknown.
	Skinner		Not Obtainable	Unknown.
	Wine Master 2		Not Obtainable	Unknown.
	Writer Thief		Not Obtainable	Unknown.