Is there a reliable way to increase intelligence?

[Stupendous Man]

So I've noticed that Intelligence doesn't have a related profession to level it up. Is it possible to level this skill outside of random encounters and skill boosting items?

[Curiousfellow]

There are traits you can get upon leveling up that increase it, too, but there is indeed no way to train intelligence.

[Stupendous Man]

well that is unfortunate, thanks for the info.

[Tegga21]

Originally posted by Stupendous Man:

well that is unfortunate, thanks for the info.

You can increase it in event actions and levelups

[Tegga21]

Originally posted by Laguna Queen:

The real question he is asking is how to power level. Intelligence provides a very small bonus but the larger bonuses lie with other traits.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2800522829

The guide is useless, you're saying save scum until you get a specific trait.
Except, if you're cheating you might as well just use engine to add stats, literally the same thing.

Your proposed strategies arn't the best way to play when you arn't presuming insane +XP with stacking ++skillrate with never taking xp hits.

You've been scumming so long you probably can't relate to a regular ironman playthrough.

[Curiousfellow]

Regardless of how useful the intelligence XP bonus is, you still need intelligence to pass story events. Raising it is useful purely for that purpose. Even if you're save scumming, it'd be tedious to pass the horse head event with Kari's base intelligence for example.

[Tegga21]

Originally posted by Curiousfellow:

Regardless of how useful the intelligence XP bonus is, you still need intelligence to pass story events. Raising it is useful purely for that purpose. Even if you're save scumming, it'd be tedious to pass the horse head event with Kari's base intelligence for example.

Yeah int +10 is a insta take on any character +7% exp on every stat and skill is just too good, not to mention all of the skillchecks with int.

[Curiousfellow]

Originally posted by Tegga21:

=Yeah int +10 is a insta take on any character +7% exp on every stat and skill is just too good, not to mention all of the skillchecks with int.

I don't quite agree. You don't need multiple characters with high int for checks, and if you know your events there are enough boosters to get Kari's intelligence up to 100 without getting any from traits. Intelligence doesn't help you sustain yourself, either. Things that improve your production or your ability to manage your statuses(including stats that do this) are generally better imo. You can take a long time to level up so long as you can sustain yourself.