Knowledge Points and Professions

[Super Cosmic Space Magnet]

Hello reader,

I'm struggling to unlock things, as my knowledge point gains are very slow. Is it a doomed endeavour to try to progress all professions at once? Should I instead just be focusing on one or two?

[Butcher]

Get a scholar and level 4 mysteries and wisdom for constant knowledge stream.

[Super Cosmic Space Magnet]

Originally posted by Butcher:

Get a scholar and level 4 mysteries and wisdom for constant knowledge stream.

I'd not picked up Scholar - thanks for the tip!

[Wandering Flare]

You can get a scholar by going into a tomb and trying to interact with any puzzle you run into first. Once you have the Lectern from Mysteries and Wisdom, having them on it in camp generates some knowledge every rest.

Whether you should do all professions or not depends on how many companions you have and whether you want to use slaves to fill up the ones you don't have covered. Some professions aren't strictly necessary (Woodcutter, miner, angler, alchemist) but they do give decent stat boosts if you have the extra companions to put them on. You keep the levels of professions when changing between them on one companion but lose any XP progress you've had towards the next level of the profession you're changing.

[Tokala]

Bard is great to get money, influence and also knowledge.
You can play in every tavern over and over again.
Craft and cook everything new.
A cook is most important anyway and levels up very fast.

[Wandering Flare]

Originally posted by Tokala:

Bard is great to get money, reputation and also knowledge.
You can play in every tavern over and over again.
Craft and cook everything new.
A cook is most important anyway and levels up very fast.

Bard on their station in camp also gives +1 to everyone's Willpower, so you can save a level if someone is at 14 currently.

[Tokala]

I`d like to add, in the long run I would recommend one for each profession.
Even early on - if you reach Master level you can switch to any profession without losing anything you reached in this Master profession.
Quite good for emergencies like missing out on wood e.g., or if you need a special profession you might not have for some areas.

[Dies Fourth]

Originally posted by Tokala:

I`d like to add, in the long run I would recommend one for each profession.
Even early on - if you reach Master level you can switch to any profession without losing anything you reached in this Master profession.
Quite good for emergencies like missing out on wood e.g., or if you need a special profession you might not have for some areas.

I did not know this, thank you.

So if your a master cook, you get the benefit w/e it is, then you can switch to thief and still cook master level food ?
Then get the benefit from becoming a master thief too ? While keeping the cooks benefit ?

[Wandering Flare]

Originally posted by Dies Fourth:

Originally posted by Tokala:

I`d like to add, in the long run I would recommend one for each profession.
Even early on - if you reach Master level you can switch to any profession without losing anything you reached in this Master profession.
Quite good for emergencies like missing out on wood e.g., or if you need a special profession you might not have for some areas.

I did not know this, thank you.

So if your a master cook, you get the benefit w/e it is, then you can switch to thief and still cook master level food ?
Then get the benefit from becoming a master thief too ? While keeping the cooks benefit ?

Yes, but you can only benefit from one during rest.

[Tokala]

Originally posted by Dies Fourth:

Originally posted by Tokala:

I`d like to add, in the long run I would recommend one for each profession.
Even early on - if you reach Master level you can switch to any profession without losing anything you reached in this Master profession.
Quite good for emergencies like missing out on wood e.g., or if you need a special profession you might not have for some areas.

I did not know this, thank you.

So if your a master cook, you get the benefit w/e it is, then you can switch to thief and still cook master level food ?
Then get the benefit from becoming a master thief too ? While keeping the cooks benefit ?

Yes, but since you get special attributes with a profession, you have to be careful, whom to choose for which profession. Some give dexterity, others strength, willpower and /or combinations.