Proficiency

Every action that consumes labor points  in ArcheAge is part of a profession. This includes everything from mining or construction to farming, cooking, and gear crafting. Professions earn skill points with every action, up to a maximum of 50,000. Some of the more advanced gear and other craftable items, and even some harvestable nodes, require a minimum skill level in a given profession.

Labor Points
Labor points are the backbone of the crafting system in ArcheAge. Every "action" consumes labor points, from cutting down trees, to mining ore, to making cloth, and crafting gear. The amount of labor points consumed depends on the type of action and the level of that action within a category. For example, it takes more labor points to craft a level 40 piece of gear than it does to craft a level 10 piece of gear. Labor points regenerate at the rate of five labor points per five minutes, or in essence one labor point per minute.

Alchemy
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 * Potions, gear enhancement stones (Lunastones), reagents for other crafting recipes, dyes.

Handicraft
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 * Instruments, jewelry, fishing tools, miscellaneous home décor.

Weaponry
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 * Creation of metal weapons

Farming

 * Planting and harvesting fruits, vegetables, or grains. (ex: corn, rice, tomatoes)

Mining
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 * Gathering skill. Collecting ore and gems from mining veins

Logging
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 * Gathering skill. Maintaining and chopping down trees.

Metalsmithing
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 * Plate armor, refining ores to ingots.

Masonry
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 * Hereafter Stones, refining stone

Commerce
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Regional Specialties (trade packs), also gained by successful Auction House sales.

Construction
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Non-production skill. Gained by completing construction steps on structures and ships

Husbandry
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Care and feeding of domesticated livestock.

Gathering
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Planting and harvesting herbs and flowering crops. (ex: azalea, clover, cotton)

Printing
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Paper, music paper, books

Tailoring
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Cloth armor, refining fabric.

Carpentry
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Wooden weapons, furniture.

Cooking
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Make food and drinks that provide combat buffs and health/mana regeneration

Machining
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Vehicles, ships, gliders, and associated small parts.

Leatherworking
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Leather armor, refining pelts, other leather goods

Larceny
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Non-production skill. Gained by theft of unprotected crops or livestock from same-faction players.

Fishing
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Gathering skill. Salt and freshwater fishing, plus sport fishing for large fish

Composing
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 * <span style="color:rgb(92,84,97);font-family:'LibreBaskerville',Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Gained by writing and saving sheet music for the Composition system. Increased skill level allows you to write longer compositions and play compositions without mistakes.