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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) | |||||
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
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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. | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
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Cultist | Everything has a meaning. You can see ![]() ![]() |
Technology: Cultist | Shows what ![]() ![]() Unlocked after the Dark Bodies technology is revealed in the Inquisitor questline. |
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Theology (Tech Tree) | |||||
Icon | Name | Description | Source | Notes | Tech Points |
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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 ![]() ![]() (From ![]() ![]() |
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Book Writing (Tech Tree) | |||||
Icon | Name | Description | Source | Notes | Tech Points |
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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. | ![]() ![]() Unlocked through Ms. Charm |
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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) |
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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) |
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Farming and Nature (Tech Tree) | |||||
Icon | Name | Description | Source | Notes | Tech Points |
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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). | ![]() ![]() |
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
Smithing (Tech Tree) | |||||
Icon | Name | Description | Source | Notes | Tech Points |
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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. |
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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. ![]() |
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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. |
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
Building (Tech Tree) | |||||
Icon | Name | Description | Source | Notes | Tech Points |
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
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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. | ![]() ![]() |
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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. |
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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.![]() Does not impact stone outcroppings. Also improves the quality by 50% (+0.5) when crafting carved marble. | |
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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. |
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Progression Perks[]
Perks gained through the progression of Quests within the game.
Fix the Graveyard | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Icon | Name | Description | Source | Notes | Tech Tree |
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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 | |||||
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Icon | Name | Description | Source | Notes | Tech Tree |
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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 |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() ![]() |
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