Persuade and machinery exp

[Big Clown]

any1 know how to farm these? i have gotten some of the true endings and are now trying to max some skill for next playhthrough

however my persuade is still lv 2 and machinery is only lv 3 (i believe i have learnt from most npc like the tomb raider and the zhuge guy at water pirate)

anywhere we can farm these reliably?

[darkshintos]

Joining Confucius Temple and reading 2 of the Skill Books in the Disciple room should give you around 2000-3000 EXP for Machinery and Persuade.
The wheelchair dude will give 1800 Machinery EXP, and there are 3 Chests to crack in the side buildings.
You can also get Machinery by cracking open the chests in the Sect storerooms and opening Prison doors. If you exterminate the Tomb Raider sect, and Nest of Swallows, there's at least 2 chests each to crack.
Persuade is a bit harder, I don't think you can max this without taking the +30% Market EXP Trait. You can get about 100 EXP from Waiters in Hotels and Wine Houses in each city.
The Serious Taoist in Chuxiang that gives you the Pill that knocks you out and steals your money gives 1800 Persuade EXP.
I think there are a few Merchants in Markets that give 100 Persuade EXP as well.
So far I only seen Persuade used when entering Chuxiang the first time and in one dialogue with the Nest of Swallows girl.

[provokastoras]

you can also get 1800 persuade by siding with the guy in daliang city attacking the yan emissary and loosing the battle then the leader of the establishment appears and can teach 1800 persuade. same if you side with the yan prince... and win but if you side with the random patriot and win the establishment owner wont show up.

[Big Clown]

trade should have given persuade exp, what a waste of opportunity

considering there is no reliable other source for exp farm

[Everlasting]

Originally posted by darkshintos:

Joining Confucius Temple and reading 2 of the Skill Books in the Disciple room should give you around 2000-3000 EXP for Machinery and Persuade.
The wheelchair dude will give 1800 Machinery EXP, and there are 3 Chests to crack in the side buildings.
You can also get Machinery by cracking open the chests in the Sect storerooms and opening Prison doors. If you exterminate the Tomb Raider sect, and Nest of Swallows, there's at least 2 chests each to crack.
Persuade is a bit harder, I don't think you can max this without taking the +30% Market EXP Trait. You can get about 100 EXP from Waiters in Hotels and Wine Houses in each city.
The Serious Taoist in Chuxiang that gives you the Pill that knocks you out and steals your money gives 1800 Persuade EXP.
I think there are a few Merchants in Markets that give 100 Persuade EXP as well.
So far I only seen Persuade used when entering Chuxiang the first time and in one dialogue with the Nest of Swallows girl.

Is there a way to max out machinery beside from confucius temple?

[Chief]

Tomb Raider Sect leader and one of the guys standing next to the Water Bandit leader both give 1800 Exp. Theres a night watchman in each city who gives 100 Exp. If you have can find enough lower level chests to get you to skill level 4 then doing the treasure mountain next to tomb raider sect and fighting the sect instead of letting them open things will also help you get more exp
https://heros-adventure-road-to-passion.fandom.com/wiki/Machinery

[Shadow]

You can get to level 5 Machinery without Confucius Temple. The easiest way to do this is to gain initial machinery exp by getting access to Dirty Street in Chuxiang City I believe. The leader gives 600 Machinery exp. Then I went to the Tomb Raider Sect leader and got 1800 exp from him which gets you to Machinery level 3. Then to get archive books for the water bandit girl you go to the dragon library which I believe is also in Chuxiang. You can buy books to give to her. Then you go all the way to the water bandit hideout and get that 1800 exp which gets you about halfway to level 4. Finally you need to get to level 55 and at this point if you are part of the Unparalled Sect with the old man (this may be possible with other sects but I haven't joined any other sects yet) he reveals the location of longevity tomb (great place to grind levels from 55-70). If you open all the chests in the tomb it will get you to machinery level 4 and as long as you have machinery level 3 you can open the main door at the end of the tomb. There is a bunch of chests in here that require machinery level 4 that all give 500 exp for opening them. This will get you about halfway to level 5. For the remaining exp I don't have any good guide for it but you can get the remainder by going back through areas you already cleared and cracking open the chests there. However, I knew that I was going to try for machinery level 5 for this playthrough before doing it so whenever I saw I could use machinery to crack open a chest even if I had the key to open the chest I would leave it. This is because you only get machinery exp if you open it by using the machinery skill.

[Shadow]

Also for Persuade Exp you can get 1800 exp from Shuo Shauren at Cross Hill in the Nameless Region.

[jackwong1978]

Machinery to level 5 from 4 is super easy. Just go to all the jails and open the doors.

[rockyroco]

Originally posted by Shadow:

You can get to level 5 Machinery without Confucius Temple. The easiest way to do this is to gain initial machinery exp by getting access to Dirty Street in Chuxiang City I believe. The leader gives 600 Machinery exp. Then I went to the Tomb Raider Sect leader and got 1800 exp from him which gets you to Machinery level 3. Then to get archive books for the water bandit girl you go to the dragon library which I believe is also in Chuxiang. You can buy books to give to her. Then you go all the way to the water bandit hideout and get that 1800 exp which gets you about halfway to level 4. Finally you need to get to level 55 and at this point if you are part of the Unparalled Sect with the old man (this may be possible with other sects but I haven't joined any other sects yet) he reveals the location of longevity tomb (great place to grind levels from 55-70). If you open all the chests in the tomb it will get you to machinery level 4 and as long as you have machinery level 3 you can open the main door at the end of the tomb. There is a bunch of chests in here that require machinery level 4 that all give 500 exp for opening them. This will get you about halfway to level 5. For the remaining exp I don't have any good guide for it but you can get the remainder by going back through areas you already cleared and cracking open the chests there. However, I knew that I was going to try for machinery level 5 for this playthrough before doing it so whenever I saw I could use machinery to crack open a chest even if I had the key to open the chest I would leave it. This is because you only get machinery exp if you open it by using the machinery skill.

hi, where and how i can find this water bandit girl and its hide out? thanks!

[Dr. Thunderbeard]

I maxed persuade on my first playthrough. Your goal is to max relations with every NPC you see—get them up to 90 or so with green gifts, then use purple or legendary gifts for the last few points (those give more), you can easily get 50-100 experience per NPC, do this a bunch and you can get the friends achievements at the same time