Skills

Skills are abilities that can be learnt by a sapien. Skills are required to perform their related actions, and they can be learnt from other sapiens or by investigating a specific object. Some skills cannot be performed by sapiens which are unable to perform heavy tasks (e.g. elderly sapiens).

### General Labour

General Labour includes hauling items, clearing grass and harvesting common resources like fruits from trees.

### Basic Building

Basic Building includes the construction of beds, crafting/storage areas and placing other objects.

### Wood Building

Wood Building includes the construction from wood, like door frames, window walls and walls.

**UNLOCK**: Investigate a Split Log.

### Thatch Building

Thatch Building includes the ability to make structures out of hay, reeds or branches.

**UNLOCK**: Investigate hay.

### Mud Brick Building

Mud Brick Building includes the ability to make structures out of mud bricks.

**UNLOCK**: Investigate a dry mud brick.

### Investigation

Investigation includes the process of investigating a new thing to make breakthroughs to advance the tribe's knowledge.

### Diplomacy

Diplomacy includes the persuasion of wandering Sapiens to join your tribe.

### Fire Lighting

Fire Lighting includes the lighting of fires, which provide warmth and cook food.

**UNLOCK**: Investigate a branch.

### Rock Knapping

Rock Knapping includes the ability to create primitive rock tools and split larger rocks into smaller ones.

**UNLOCK**: Investigate a rock.

### Flint Knapping

Flint Knapping includes the ability to create less primitive flint tools, which are longer lasting and better than their rock counterparts.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Rock Knapping, investigate flint.

### Bone Carving

Bone Carving includes the ability to create musical instrumentals and sharp blades from bones.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Rock Knapping, investigate a bone.

### Music

Music includes the playing of music to lift the tribes' spirit, increasing loyalty and happiness.

**UNLOCK**: Investigate any musical instrument (a flute, drum or a balafon)

### Pottery

Pottery includes the ability to create urns and pots.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Digging, investigate clay.

### Spinning

Spinning includes the ability to create Flax Twine and ropes from plant fibers.

**UNLOCK**: Investigate a dry piece of Flax to unlock.

### Basic Hunting

Basic Hunting includes the ability to hunt and kill small animals by throwing simple projectiles.

**UNLOCK**: Order a sapien to hunt a Chicken.

### Spear Hunting

Spear Hunting includes the ability to hunt and kill larger and faster animals than #Basic Hunting, with the use of spears.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Tool Assembly and a spear, then order a sapien to hunt a Mammoth or Alpaca

### Butchery

Butchery includes the ability to harvest meat from the carcass of a dead animal.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Rock Knapping, then order for a sapien to butcher a dead animal.

### Basic Cooking

Basic Cooking includes the ability to cook meat to provide more nutritional value.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Fire Lighting, then investigate any meat, pumpkin or beetroot.

### Baking

Baking includes the process of needing flour into dough and creating a nutritious meal.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Pottery & #Grinding, then investigate Bread Dough or Flour

### Tree Felling

Tree Felling includes the process of chopping down trees.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Rock Knapping and an axe, then just order for a tree to be cut down.

### Wood Working

Wood Working includes the crafting of things made out of branches and logs.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Rock Knapping, then investigate a log.

### Tool Assembly

Tool Assembly includes the crafting of more complex tools by combining multiple components.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Spinning, then investigate one of the following:

* Stone Spear Head
* Flint Spear Head
* Bone Spear Head
* Stone Pickaxe Head
* Flint Pickaxe Head
* Stone Axe Head
* Flint Axe Head
* Branch
* Flax Twine

### Digging

Digging includes the clearing of soil, sands and clay.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Rock Knapping and a shovel.

### Mining

Mining includes the process of digging up valuable resources like rock.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Tool Assembly, then order a sapien to go mining.

### Planting

Planting includes the process of planting a seed or crow to harvest more.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Digging, investigate a seed.

### Threshing

Threshing includes the process of making grains ready to mill or cook.

**UNLOCK**: Requires #Pottery, investigate wheat.

### Grinding

Griding includes the process of crushing grains to make food out of them.

**UNLOCK**: Investigate Hulled Wheat