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.