Our Fields of Mistria Skills Guide tells you how skill works, how you can level up your skills, and how you can power up your character with skill perks.
Fields of Mistria divides all of the various things you can do (such as farming and cooking) into skills. These skills represent your proficiency with that particular discipline, and leveling up a skill allows you to purchase powerful skill perks. Read on to learn more!
How Skills Work in Fields of Mistria
Fields of Mistria skills are divided into 9 distinct categories, each of which represents a different activity that you can perform in the game. These categories are:
- Farming: Growing and harvesting crops on your farm.
- Fishing: Catching fish in the ocean, rivers, and ponds.
- Archaeology: Digging up artifacts.
- Cooking: Combining ingredients to cook food.
- Ranching: Raising animals on your farm.
- Woodcrafting: Crafting items at a Crafting Station.
- Blacksmithing: Crafting metal items at the forge.
- Mining: Digging up ore in the Mines.
- Combat: Fighting enemies in the Mines.
Every skill has a level which you can see on the bottom left of the default menu screen. Clicking on this portion of the menu will bring up a more precise meter showing your progress on each of the nine skills.
Completing activities will earn you small amounts of Essence, a currency that can then be used to invest in skill perks. Skill perks are permanent buffs that you can unlock for your skills.
Certain crafting disciplines (such as cooking, woodworking, and blacksmithing) require a minimum level of skill to make certain recipes. Furthermore, getting to Level 15 and Level 30 in cooking, respectively, will make better Kitchens available for purchase at the Carpenter's Shop.
How to Level Up Your Skills
You can level up your skills in Fields of Mistria by performing the tasks associated with that skill. You gain Farming skill by farming crops, Fishing skill by catching fish, and so on. Increasing the level of your skills does not appear to have any immediate benefit other than opening up access to more recipes.
However, you can unlock a new set of four skill perks that you can buy with Essence at Level 15 and Level 30 for that skill. Level 30 is currently the maximum skill level in the Early Access launch version of the game.
Fields of Mistria Skills List
Here is a list of all of the Field of Mistria skills and their associated skill perks, what it costs to unlock them, and what each skill does.
Farming Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Prepared Picker
- Cost: 10
- Effect: Harvesting a Forageable will occasionally drop a Seed version, if it can be grown.
- A Day Well Spent
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Going to bed with zero stamina gives a stamina boost the next day.
- Green Thumb
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Planting a Seed will sometimes also Water the soil of the targeted tile.
- Refreshing
- Cost: 10
- Effect: Watering a crop will sometimes refund the Stamina used.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- Bountiful
- Cost: 60
- Effect: Watering a crop will occasionally drop a Seed version of it.
- Heavy Duty
- Cost: 30
- Tilling soil will sometimes drop a piece of Stone or Wood.
- Well Watered
- Cost: 50
- Watered crops will occasionally retain their water through the next day.
- Nice Swing
- Cost: 50
- Grants a chance that tilling refunds the stamina it uses.
Tier 3 | Level 30
- Living off the Land
- Cost: 95
- Effect: Harvesting a crop will occasionally drop a cooked dish that uses the crop.
- Superb Sower
- Cost: 100
- Effect: You can now charge your seeds to spread them across a wider area.
- Harvest Time
- Cost: 90
- Effect: Slow-Growing crops now reach their first-time harvest a day earlier.
- Prize Winning
- Cost: 90
- Effect: Harvesting crops will occasionally drop coins based on 5% of their selling price.
Fishing Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Weedline Watcher
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Fishing up Junk will become less likely.
- Aquatic Antiquities
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Aquatic Artifacts can sometimes be fished up.
- Appealing Reeling
- Cost: 10
- Effect: Fish will become attracted to your Bobber from a greater range.
- Catch of the Day
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Catching a Fish will sometimes refund the Stamina used.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- School Crasher
- Cost: 50
- Effect: Swimming into a Fish School will drop half its contained items without spending Stamina.
- Lucky Haul
- Cost: 40
- Effect: Catching a fish will sometimes drop double the amount.
- Perfect Catch
- Cost: 50
- Effect: Uncommon and rare fish will become more common.
- Unexpected Haul
- Cost: 40
- Effect: Treasure Boxes will become more likely to appear when fishing.
Tier 3 | Level 30
- Full Class
- Cost: 75
- Effect: Fish schools will all contain an additional Fish.
- Legendary
- Cost: 80
- Effect: Legendary fish can now appear when the season and weather conditions are right.
- Treasure Trove
- Cost: 70
- Effect: You can no longer catch Wooden Treasure Boxes, and you are now more likely to catch a higher tier of Treasure Box.
- Weedline Watcher II
- Cost: 75
- Effect: Fishing up Junk will become even less likely.
Archaeology Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Museum Quality I
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Digging up Uncommon Artifacts will become more likely.
- Unpeatable
- Cost: 10
- Effect: Digging up Peat, Sod, and Clay will sometimes drop double the usual amount.
- Sunken Secrets
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Dive spots can now contain Sunken Artifacts.
- Western Ruins Scholar
- Cost: 15
- Effect: An additional Dig Site will appear daily at the Western Ruins.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- Sunken Treasure
- Cost: 35
- Effect: Treasure chests are more likely to appear when diving.
- Stoneturner
- Cost: 40
- Effect: Artifacts will sometimes drop from breaking Rocks in the Mines
- Eastern Road Scholar
- Cost: 50
- Effect: An additional Dig Site will appear daily on the Eastern Road
- Pursuit
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Digging up Peat, Sod, or Clay increases your chances of finding an Uncommon or Rare Artifact the next time
Tier 3 | Level 30
- Back in Vogue
- Cost: 80
- Effect: Artifacts will now sell for 25% more tesserae.
- Natural Beauty
- Cost: 85
- Effect: Biome Furniture Recipes will sometimes drop from Dig Sites in the Mines
- Well Placed
- Cost: 70
- Effect: Out of Place Artifacts will sometimes drop from Dig Sites in the overworld.
- Museum Quality Two
- Cost: 75
- Effect: Digging up Rare Artifacts will become more likely.
Cooking Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Waste Not Want Not
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Cooking a dish will occasionally return one of its ingredients afterward.
- Time to Eat
- Cost: 10
- Effect: The Cook Time for all cooking recipes will be reduced by 10 minutes.
- Restorative Cooking
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Cooking a dish will occasionally result in a bonus Restorative Infusion, which grants an HP & Stamina Regen buff when consumed.
- Taste Maker
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Cooking Recipes will sometimes drop from Treasure Chests in the Mines.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- Seasoned
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Finding Uncommon or rarer Forageables will become more likely.
- Time to Eat II
- Cost: 50
- Effect: The Cook Time for all cooking recipes will be reduced by an additional 10 minutes, bringing the total reduction to 20 minutes.
- Award Winning
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Cooked Dishes given as Liked Gifts will reward more Heart Points than before.
- Likable Cooking
- Cost: 50
- Effect: Cooking a dish will occasionally result in a bonus Likable Infusion, turning the item into a Universally Liked gift.
Tier 3 | Level 30
- Speedy Cooking
- Cost: 70
- Effect: Cooking a dish will occasionally result in a bonus Speedy Infusion, which grants a Speed Boost buff when consumed.
- Dinner for Two
- Cost: 80
- Effect: Cooking a dish will sometimes create a bonus extra dish.
- A Way to the Heart
- Cost: 75
- Effect: Cooked Dishes given as Loved Gifts will reward more Heart Points than before.
- Time to Eat III
- Cost: 70
- Effect: The Cook Time for all cooking recipes will be reduced by another 10 minutes, bringing the total reduction to 30 minutes.
Ranching Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Feeding Frenzy
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Hay and Grass Seed drop at double the usual amount from Cutting Grass.
- Close Bond
- Cost: 25
- Effect: Animals that have been Pet and Fed for the day will receive an extra Heart Point increase.
- Barnyard Bounty
- Cost: 30
- Effect: Chickens and Cows will sometimes drop extra Produce.
- Currency of Care
- Cost: 25
- Effect: When animals eat crops, either by hand feeding or by grazing, they will drop the currency Shiny Beads.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- Currency of Care II
- Cost: 50
- Effect: Animals that have been Pet and Fed for the day will sometimes drop Shiny Bead the next day in addition to their regular Produce.
- Feed Prepper
- Cost: 40
- Effect: The Craft Time for all animal feed is reduced by 10 minutes.
- Welcome Home
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Newly bought or born animals will start at 1 Heart Level.
- Discount Treats
- Cost: 40
- Effect: Heart shaped treats sold by Hayden will have a 10% price reduction.
Tier 3 | Level 30
- Currency of Care III
- Cost: 75
- Effect: Animals can now be fed cooked dishes and will reward more Shiny Beads based on the dish's star level.
- Welcome Home II
- Cost: 70
- Effect: Newly bought or born animals will start at 2 Heart Level.
- Barnyard Bounty II
- Cost: 80
- Effect: Ducks and Horses will sometimes drop extra Produce.
Woodcrafting Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Hammer Timing
- Cost: 10
- Effect: The Craft Time for all crafting recipes will be reduced by 10 minutes.
- Lumberjack
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Breaking a Branch will sometimes drop an extra piece of Wood.
- Masonry
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Breaking a Rock will sometimes drop an extra piece of Stone.
- Forager
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Chopping down a Tree will occasionally drop a seasonally appropriate Forageable.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- Working with the Grain
- Cost: 60
- Effect: Crafting an item will occasionally return one of its ingredients afterward.
- Quality Crafting
- Cost: 95
- Effect: Crafting an Item will occasionally result in a bonus Quality Infusion, which grants it a 10% higher selling price.
- Natural
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Chopping down any tree will occasionally drop Hardwood.
- Hammer Timing II
- Cost: 50
- Effect: The Craft Time for all crafting recipes will reduce by an additional 10 minutes, bringing the total reduction to 20 minutes.
Tier 3 | Level 30
- Material World
- Cost: 75
- Effect: Material drops from breakables in the Mines now drop twice as much.
- Steady Supplies
- Cost: 70
- Effect: Sod, Peat, and Cattails can now be purchased at the Carpenter's Shop.
- Set Pieces
- Cost: 80
- Effect: Crafting an item can occasionally give you two of it.
- Hammer Timing III
- Cost: 50
- Effect: The Craft Time for all crafting recipes will reduce by an additional 10 minutes, bringing the total reduction to 30 minutes.
Blacksmithing Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Copper Expert
- Cost: 15
- Effect: The amount of Copper Ore required to craft Copper Ingots will be reduced by 1.
- Time Sensitive
- Cost: 10
- Effect: The Craft Time for all blacksmithing recipes will be reduced by 10 minutes.
- Sharp Blacksmithing
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Crafting a Weapon will occasionally result in a bonus Sharp Infusion, which grants it an additional +1 Attack Power.
- Fortified Blacksmithing
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Crafting Armor will occasionally result in a bonus Fortified Infusion, which grants you an additional +4 HP when worn.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- Iron Expert
- Cost: 50
- Effect: The amount of Iron Ore required to craft Iron Ingots will be reduced by 1.
- Time Sensitive II
- Cost: 50
- Effect: The Craft Time for all blacksmithing recipes will reduce by an additional 10 minutes, bringing the total reduction to 20 minutes.
- Leech Blacksmithing
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Crafting a Weapon will occasionally result in a bonus Leech Infusion, which restores 1 HP each time it's used to attack a Monster.
- Lightweight Blacksmithing
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Crafting a Tool will occasionally result in a bonus Lightweight Infusion, occasionally dropping Stamina orbs on use.
Tier 3 | Level 30
- Silver Expert
- Cost: 75
- Effect: The amount of Silver Ore required to craft Silver Ingots will be reduced by 1.
- Hasty Blacksmith
- Cost: 75
- Effect: Crafting Armor will occasionally result in a bonus Hasty Infusion, which grants you an additional 4% Speed Boost when worn.
- Time Sensitive III
- Cost: 50
- Effect: The Craft Time for all blacksmithing recipes will reduce by another 10 minutes, bringing the total reduction to 30 minutes.
- Empowered
- Cost: 65
- Effect: Crafting a Tool, Weapon, or Armor will be more likely to result in an available Infused version.
Mining Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Earth Breaker
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Breaking a Rock in the Mines will occasionally destroy all other Rocks in a 1x3 area around it.
- Ore-riginal
- Cost: 25
- Effect: Biome-Specific Ore will sometimes drop from Breaking Rocks in the Mines.
- Reclaimer
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Biome-Specific Furniture will sometimes drop from Treasures Chests in the Mines.
- Treasure Hunter
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Treasure Floors will sometimes appear in the Mines.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- Iron Hound
- Cost: 50
- Effect: Breaking an Iron Node will occasionally drop an extra piece of Iron.
- True Blue
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Breaking a Sapphire Node will occasionally drop an extra Sapphire.
- Treasured
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Treasure Chests will become more likely to appear in the Mines.
- Mine Time
- Cost: 50
- Effect: Movement Speed will increase for 10 seconds when you first enter a new Floor.
Tier 3 | Level 30
- We have not yet unlocked the Tier 3 mining skills.
Combat Skills
Tier 1 | Level 1
- Guardian's Shield
- Cost: 10
- Effect: Once per day, the first hit you take is nullified.
- True Strike
- Cost: 20
- Effect: Your Attacks will occasionally become Critical, doing double damage in the Mines.
- Jump Attack
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Jumping and then Attacking mid-air will damage enemies in a small radius.
- Well-Armed
- Cost: 15
- Effect: Biome-unique Armor and Weapons will sometimes drop from Treasure Chests in the Mines.
Tier 2 | Level 15
- Quick Footed
- Cost: 50
- Effect: Blue Sapling pools will grant a short Speed Boost rather than slow you down.
- What an Offer
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Using an Offering Shrine will bestow a short HP & Stamina Regen buff in addition to their usual effect.
- Generous In Defeat
- Cost: 50
- Effect: Monsters will occasionally drop twice as many items when defeated.
- Dungeon Delicacies
- Cost: 45
- Effect: Certain Cooked Dishes will occasionally drop from Treasure Chests in the Mines.
Tier 3 | Level 30
- We have not yet unlocked the Tier 3 combat skills.
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