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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 Perk 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 Eliminates the possibility of creating a surgical error when extracting Blood, Fat, Skull, Bone or Skin only on a TIER 2 Preparation place. Green Tech Point5
Blue Tech Point25
Surgeon Perk 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 Eliminates the chance to create a surgical error when extracting Brain, Heart or Intestine only on a TIER 2 Preparation place. Red Tech Point50
Green Tech Point150
Blue Tech Point50
Scientist Perk 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. Green Tech Point100
Blue Tech Point40
Cultist Perk Cultist Everything has a meaning. You can see White Skull and Red Skull of body parts. Technology: Cultist
Availabe after the Dark Bodies technology is revealed in the Inquisitor questline.
Shows what White Skull and Red Skull any body part applies to the Corpse. Blue Tech Point300
Theology (Tech Tree)
Icon Name Description Source Notes Tech Points
Cardinal Perk 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 Copper Coin1 more per Graveyard Rating from sermons.
(From Copper Coin3 to Copper Coin4; ~33% increase)
Blue Tech Point20
Book Writing (Tech Tree)
Icon Name Description Source Notes Tech Points
Journalist Perk 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
Can also be obtained (for free) from Vagner in the Ms. Charm questline.
You always get a story when completing a quest (or step of a quest) with an NPC. Green Tech Point10
Blue Tech Point5
Writer Perk 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 0.3 when crafting stories, notes, chapters, and most sermons.
[When crafting a Book this does not apply]
Red Tech Point10
Blue Tech Point40
Playwright Perk Playwright You write good books. Actually you find you can just write down anything you remember from modern culture. Technology: Playwright Improves Quality by 0.5 when wrighting stories, notes, chapters, and most sermons.
[When crafting a Book this does not apply]
Blue Tech Point100
Farming and Nature (Tech Tree)
Icon Name Description Source Notes Tech Points
Master Gatherer Perk Master Gatherer You love nature and nature loves you back. You can gather more resources from small plants. Technology: Master Gathering Foraged plants yeald is increased by +1. Applies to Red mushroom, Edible mushroom, Berry, etc. Green Tech Point5
Blue Tech Point10
Farmer Perk Farmer You aren't afraid of getting your hands dirty. You can select good seeds and harvest a better crop. Technology: Gardening Chance to grow higher Quality crops from lower Quality seeds at random.Percentage unconfirmed Green Tech Point50
Blue Tech Point10
Beefriend Perk 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 Bee hive. Receive double the Honey. Doesn't applie to Bee and Beeswax. Green Tech Point20
Blue Tech Point50
Wine Master Perk 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 0.8 when crafting red wine. Also you receive 20% more energy when drinking Red wine and Beer. Green Tech Point50
Blue Tech Point50
Smithing (Tech Tree)
Icon Name Description Source Notes Tech Points
Blacksmith Perk 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 0.1 when crafting complex steel chisels.
Red Tech Point20
Blue Tech Point30
Big Guy Perk Big Guy It appears that if you work with iron a lot, you become big and strong. +1 damage +1 defense. This decryption is inaccurate. Technology: Martial Skills Increases all damage dealt by +2 and decrease all damage recieved by -2. Red Tech Point10
Blue Tech Point75
Fireman Perk 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 at 4/5 the fuel in 5/6 the time. Red Tech Point10
Green Tech Point50
Blue Tech Point30
Engineer Perk 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 0.3 when crafting carved marble, carved wood, and complex steel chisels. Red Tech Point50
Blue Tech Point100
Sword Master Perk 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. Red Tech Point50
Blue Tech Point100
Building (Tech Tree)
Icon Name Description Source Notes Tech Points
Axeman Perk 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 stumps. Crafting firewood yealds +5 when splitting billets at the chopping spot. Red Tech Point50
Blue Tech Point20
Miner Perk 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. Green Tech Point50
Blue Tech Point100
Carpenter Perk 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 0.5 when crafting carved wood.
Red Tech Point50
Blue Tech Point50
Mason Perk 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 a stone bricks at stone cutters by +2.
Does not impact stone outcroppings.
Improves the Quality by 0.5 when crafting carved marble.
Jeweler Perk 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 metal veins found in the Dungeon.
Also improves the Quality by 0.7 when crafting books.
Blue Tech Point150

Progression Perks[ | ]

Perks gained through the progression of Quests within the game.

Fix the Graveyard
Icon Name Description Source Notes Tech Tree
Preacher Perk Preacher Bishop told you that now you can arrange a church service. So there you go! Obtained when talking to Bishop after you reach Graveyard Rating Can access the Church allowing you to hold sermons and access the Alchemy Laboratory. Theology
Curious Mind Perk Curious Mind You go deeper. Find out the essence of things. Studying an item has a chance of giving you a story. Obtained after you hold your first Sermon with Bishop in the reopened Church. Stories will occasionally drop after studying something in the Study Table Book Writing
Beatrice's Offer
Icon Name Description Source Notes Tech Tree
Eloquence Perk 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 Perk 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 Quality of all craftable items by 0.2. Smithing
Persistence Perk 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 energy now replenishes constantly at a rate of +energy1 per second. Smithing

Unimplemented[ | ]

Perks
Icon Name Description Source Notes
Blabla Perk Blabla Not Obtainable Likely a "missing asset", testing or placeholder perk.
Brewer Perk Brewer Not Obtainable The equivalent to the Wine Master perk but for beer. This was dropped because brewing beer doesn't require a person's input.
Cook Perk Cook Not Obtainable Likely a past idea for a food Quality increasing perk.
Master Potter Perk Master Potter Not Obtainable Unknown.
Natural Writer Perk Natural Writer Not Obtainable Likely past version of the Wrighter perk.
Naturalist Perk Naturalist Not Obtainable Likely past version of the Master Gatherer perk.
Skinner Perk Skinner Not Obtainable Graveyard keeper once had an idea for animal ownership. This was dropped for

gathering skin from bodies and buying animal by-products from the village.

Wine Master 2 Perk Wine Master 2 Not Obtainable Likely a better version of the Wine Master perk which was dropped for unknown reasons.
Writer Thief Perk Writer Thief Not Obtainable Likely past version of the Playwright perk.
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