32 professions · 18 categories · 18 SP cap
The other tree.The one outside combat.
A member's profession is set at bind and never changes. Level it from 1 to 10, pass the Mastery Trial, work through the chain quest — and you've earned 17 of the 18 possible skill points to spend across the trunk + leaf trees.
17 reachable · 18 lifetime cap · ~62 SP worth of nodes
Updated ·patch v2.0.5
How professions work in one paragraph
Every member has one profession, picked for your champion in the character wizard and rolled at random for everyone you recruit. It matters from day one: most buildings can only be built if someone on your roster has the matching profession (see which profession builds what). Only your champion can change profession later. Working it (through quests and Training Intensive) earns XP up to level 10. Every level grants +1 skill point and ratchets up yield + duration bonuses. Past level 10, your profession unlocks the Mastery Trial, a one-shot quest where only one member per profession can hold the title at a time. Spend the SP across your profession's trunk + leaf skill tree.
The 18 SP economy
Lifetime cap is 18 skill points; max reachable through normal play is 17. The skill tree costs ~62 SP total, so even a fully-pushed profession can spend less than a third of the tree, forcing every build to commit to a direction.
Leveling 1 → 10
+9 SP
+1 SP per level transition. XP scales: L1→L2 costs 100, L9→L10 costs 900.
Mastery Trial
+5 SP
One-shot challenge unlocked at level 10. Only one member per profession holds Mastery at a time across your whole faction.
Profession chain quest
+3 SP
Three-step chain unlocked alongside leveling. +1 SP per chain step plus per-member stat boosts.
Leveling 1 → 10
XP required to advance scales linearly: xp_needed = level × 100. So L1→L2 costs 100 XP and L9→L10 costs 900 XP. Total across all 9 transitions: 4,500 XP. Each level grants:
+1 SP
Skill point
+5%
Yield bonus
-3%
Duration reduction
+10
Profession power
Where XP comes from
Profession quests
Main source. Quest XP only goes to members whose profession matches the quest. Mixed parties earn a +25% collaboration bonus.
Profession quest chains
Three-step chains with bespoke per-member stat rewards on each step. Awards XP + 1 SP + permanent stat boosts.
Profession Study (Training Intensive)
Direct gold/time sink. Grants (essence_rank + 1) × 50 profession XP on completion.
The flagship reward
Mastery Trial
Once a member hits level 10, a single Mastery Trial quest appears on the Profession board. Completing it:
+5 SP
The largest single SP grant in the entire profession economy.
Unlocks mastery nodes
Tier-4 and capstone nodes on the leaf require Mastery before they can be allocated.
+20 profession power
Mastery raises the member's profession power score, used for quest gating.
Only one Master per profession at a time. The faction tracks active_masters globally: if your Miner already holds Mastery, no other Miner in your roster can run the trial until something changes.
The full roster
32 professions across 18 underlying type categories, grouped here by role for easier browsing. The skill tree is shared across categories: Farmer, Miner, Lumberer, and Harvester all use the same gathering trunk, but each has a unique 5-node leaf that's all their own.
Gathering
Pulls raw materials out of the world map and feeds your warehouse.
- Farmer
- Miner
- Lumberer
- Harvester
- Hunter
Crafting
Refines raw materials into gear, consumables, and finished goods.
- Blacksmith
- Tailor
- Cook
- Mason
- Jeweler
Arcane
Alchemy + enchanting: the equipment-improvement currencies all flow from here.
- Alchemist
- Herbalist
- Apothecary
- Enchanter
- Runecaster
- Artificer
Combat
Front-line dispatch professions: high yield on battle / hunt activities.
- Adventurer
- Dauntless
- Guard
- Escort
- Beast Master
Support
Healers, bards, and chefs. Reduce injuries, boost morale, accelerate recovery.
- Healer
- Bard
- Chef
Logistics
Trade, transport, and infrastructure: speed multipliers on travel, contracts, construction.
- Merchant
- Shipwright
- Sky Captain
- Engineer
- Architect
Scholar
Map exposure, intelligence gathering, and exploration speed.
- Cartographer
- Scout
- Spy
Looking for the per-profession skill tree breakdown? Profession trees has the full 25-node trunk + 5-node leaf for each one.
Leaf actives
Every leaf has an entry node that unlocks a once-per-day leaf active, a profession-specific button you can fire on a 24-hour cooldown. The catalog has 32 entries (one per profession), but as of the current build only three are mechanically wired; the others are flavor stubs awaiting design. The in-game UI button is also still TODO; the system is complete but unsurfaced.
Miner
Gemstrike
Next gather is guaranteed to drop a gem.
Healer
Field Triage
Instantly heals one injured party member.
Bard
Rallying Tune
+25% morale to the party for one hour.
What touches what
Profession bonuses don't just sit in the skill tree; they radiate into every adjacent system. Four major intersections:
Buildings →
19 building types are profession-gated for construction (Farm needs a Farmer/Harvester/Cook, Iron Forge needs a Blacksmith). The first profession in each gate is the primary lead; only the primary gets full lead production bonus; others get half.
Gathering →
Each gathering activity has primary + secondary profession matches. Primary gets full yield bonus; secondary gets half. Farmer/Harvester/Lumberer are primary on Gather; Hunter/Adventurer are primary on Battle/Hunt.
Errands →
Profession Task errands HARD-require a matching profession. Other errands list preferred_professions for a +1 tier fit bonus, so a member with the right archetype + profession lands at tier 3 (100%) by default.
Quest dispatch →
Quest objectives apply party-wide profession passives at completion, e.g. having a Spy in the party adds intelligence-gathering effects to any quest. Mixing professions in a party also triggers the +25% collaboration XP bonus.
Which profession builds what
Do this: before you recruit, decide which building you want next and make sure someone on your roster has a profession that can build it. Without one, the build button refuses with "Requires a member with profession: X". One member anywhere on your roster is enough. Full walkthrough on Set up your base.
| Building | Any one member with |
|---|---|
| Lumber Mill | Lumberer |
| Farm | Farmer, Harvester, Cook |
| Quarry | Mason |
| Gold Mine | Miner |
| Iron Forge | Blacksmith |
| Gem Mine | Jeweler |
| Hunter Lodge | Hunter, Beast Master |
| Loom | Harvester, Tailor, Farmer |
| Herbalist Hut | Herbalist, Apothecary |
| Housing | Architect |
| Tavern | Bard, Chef |
| Market | Merchant |
| Library | Cartographer, Runecaster |
| Temple | Healer |
| Workshop | Tailor, Engineer, Artificer |
| Training Hall | Adventurer, Dauntless |
| Trophy Hall | Adventurer, Hunter, Dauntless |
| Essence Lab | Alchemist, Enchanter |
| Command Post | Guard, Escort, Scout, Spy |
Buildings not listed have no profession requirement. The first profession listed is the primary lead for production bonuses.
Your champion's profession sets your home region
The wizard never asks you to pick a region: it takes it from your champion's profession. Changing profession later does not move your home region.
Forest
Lumberer, Harvester, Herbalist, Bard, Scout
Plains
Farmer, Hunter, Adventurer, Escort, Cartographer
Mountains
Miner, Mason, Blacksmith, Jeweler, Engineer, Architect, Runecaster
Desert
Tailor, Cook, Chef, Merchant, Guard, Dauntless
Swamp
Healer, Spy, Alchemist, Apothecary, Enchanter
Any profession not listed here defaults to Forest.
Can you change it?
Your champion: yes, free. Open the champion's Identity tab, then Founding Choices, and pick a new profession as often as you like (not while the champion is away on a quest). Profession level and XP carry over; the profession skill tree is refunded, and mastery (including a faction Master seat) and chain progress reset. Stat boosts already earned from chain steps stay. Your home region does not move.
Everyone else: no. Companions and recruits keep the profession they arrived with. Recruits roll it at random, weighted by race: Human (Fire) leans Blacksmith / Farmer / Guard, Human (Water) leans Healer / Merchant / Shipwright, Dwarves lean Miner / Blacksmith, and so on.
Want a specific profession? Use Seek a Profession at the Tavern: 200 gold rerolls every candidate with the profession you choose (race, stats and traits still roll). See Recruiting and your roster. A soul refine will not change a profession either: it resets the member to Unbound 1, clears their archetype skill tree and skill points, and can sacrifice essences for extra soulfire, but they keep both their profession and their class.
See also: Profession trees · Build planner · Errands · Characters
Source: scripts/data/enums.gd Profession enum + scripts/data/profession_data.gd + scripts/systems/profession_skill_system.gd.