Skills

Skills are a measure of how well Clanfolk can do Jobs and Tasks.

The Skills button on the Main Toolbar brings up a window showing a table with all the (non-Baby) Clanfolk in the player Clan, and any/all employed Workers. The left column of the table is an icon listing of all 16 in game Skills, ordered as shown below. The neighbouring column has a few buttons to rearrange Clanfolk priorities for the Skills. Every subsequent column has one Clanfellow at the top and their personal arrangement of the 16 Skills.

Each Object that can be used by a Clanfellow has a related Skill indicated near the top of the InfoBox for the Object.

Clanfolk Skills

Each Clanfellow will have one disliked Skill, with up to three red frowning faces by the Skill icon. Similarly a Liked Skill will have up to three smiling faces. When the Clanfellow does tasks or Jobs using those particular Skills they will lose or gain Mood respectively.
A proficiency also exists for each Clanfellow, with one Skill being easier to gain levels etc. (That may be the same as the Liked skill.)

Organising the Skills of all Clanfolk can be useful to ensure that different Jobs/Tasks are done in a timely fashion. (e.g. Without one Clanfolk prioritising Cooking there may not be enough cooked Food in the Colony.) Clicking a Skill icon highlights all instances of that Skill under each Clanfellow. Dragging icons up/down a column can rearrange them, Hot Keys also exist to shunt a Skill to the top or bottom of a column as well as just move them a single space.

• T - move up one space
• Y - move to top of column
• G - disallow
• B - move down one space
• N - move to bottom of column

Early Priorities

• Gathering will help ensure that Food and building requirements are available for other Jobs/Tasks.
• Harvest will provide the colony with Straw which is used constantly. As well as vegetables for food.
• Building is required to construct the shelter (roofs, walls, door), and all the Objects for processing Items.
• Cooking (and likely Hunting) is essential for Food production.
• Crafting is required to make Tools as well as use most non-food and non-clothing related Objects.

Specialising in the previous Skills will allow different Clanfolk to build up more experience in those Skills, leading to the Jobs being completed quicker. It also reduces infrastructure needs, e.g. if multiple Clanfolk try to reap Crops at the same time more than one Sickle would be required.
Hauling may also be useful as a Clanfellow needing Branches for a Fire will only collect the amount they need, wandering off to distant trees and only bringing back a few branches is less efficient than a dedicated Hauler that will bring back all they can carry. This does require the placement of Stockpiles and/or Storage Objects before the Hauling begins.

If playing with fewer than five Clanfolk the above will be less practical, but with the "standard" start it should be helpful.

Complete Skills list

Skill	Related Jobs / Tasks
Doctor / Baby Care	Taking care of injured, sick, or otherwise unwell Clanfolk. Mothers caring for Babies
Repair	Restocking Fires; with branches, dry Peat Bricks, Straw. Many Water tasks (Bathtubs, Water Dippers, Dish Washers). Largely maintenance tasks.
Gathering	Gets Berries from Berry Bushes, Branches from Trees, Stones from the ground, Mushrooms from Stumps. Digging Clay or using the Clay Pit. Stone Quarry use. Filling Water Jugs.
Harvest	Reap Crops (Reeds, Hay, Thistle etc.) using Stone or Iron Sickle. Harvesting Peat using Peat Spade.
Hunting	Hunts Wildlife with a Simple Bow. Sets up and clears Rat Traps and Snare Kits. Butcher Block usage. Using Eel Traps and Fishing Spots. Refilling Pet Food Bowls and Water Bowls Some Leather production, i.e. supplying the Hide Rack, Ash Wash, Bark Wash, and Hide Scraper
Lumber	Cutting down Trees and/or clearing the Stumps left behind. Uses Stone or Iron Axe. Making Logs etc. at a Timbery.
Mining	Uses Stone or Iron Pick to clear Mountain tiles or mine the stony ground. Stone Quarry, Masonry, and Bog Iron Crusher usage.
Building	Constructing Buildings (Wall, Floor, etc.) or Objects. Returns Tilled Soil to normal Soil.
Cooking	Uses the Cooking Fire, Kitchen etc. to make edible food. Filling Mushroom Racks, and Cooking Objects with the required ingredients. See Food Production
Farming	Uses Stone or Iron Hoe to till Soil, and sows seeds. Livestock care, including maintaining Animal Beds, milking and shearing Using the Thresher
Crafting	Constructs Tools and most other Items at Objects. (exempting Food and Clothes.)
Clothes	Uses Straw, Linen, etc. to make clothes at a Clothes Zone or Tailor Bench. Also using most other Clothes Objects. See Clothing Production
Hauling	Brings items left on the map back to stockpiles or Storage Objects. (Typically after they were Gathered) Does not get used supplying Crafting Objects.
Cleaning	Sweeping up dirt inside buildings, and cleaning blood (typically) left behind from Butcher Block usage. Reduces environmental dirt on the map, increasing the mood of Clanfolk able to see the clean area (or reducing the negative to mood).
Persuasion	Modifies Authority during Negotiation, conversation will increase level.
File:Icon Unhappy.png Intimidation	Modifies Courage during Negotiation, physical work (e.g. Lumber and Hauling) increases level.