Skills

Skills are player attributes which are leveled up through the use of specific tools or actions. Increasing skill will increase the proficiency of certain tools, and unlock helpful and unique crafting recipes. Each skill has ten levels, and at level 5 and level 10 players will select from one of two specific buffs to specialize into. These specializations take effect immediately; for example, the Level 5 Fisher specialization will increase the selling price of fish put into the shipping box the previous night.

A variety of skills can be temporarily improved by eating specific foods. These skills will appear as a buff icon next to the player clock in the user interface. Skills can be viewed in the player skill tab in the game pause menu.

Farming	Each level grants +1 proficiency to the hoe and watering can tools. Levels are gained by harvesting crops. Hoe and watering can usage does not give experience by itself.
Mining	Mining skill is increased by using the pickaxe tool to break rocks. Each level adds +1 to pickaxe proficiency.
Foraging	Foraging skill includes both gathered foraged goods, and wood from trees chopped with an axe tool. Each level adds +1 axe proficiency.
Fishing	Fishing is the skill associated with catching fish. Successfully completing the fishing minigame increases fishing skill. Each level adds +1 fishing rod proficiency.
Combat	Combat is a skill tied to the player's ability to fight against monsters. Each level adds +5 health points.

Farming

Farming Skill is gained by harvesting crops. Hoe and watering can usage does not give experience by itself. Each level grants +1 proficiency to the hoe and watering can.

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting / Cooking Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Choose a Profession:
Scarecrow Basic Fertilizer	Mayonnaise Machine Stone Fence Sprinkler	Bee House Speed-Gro Farmer's Lunch	Preserves Jar Basic Retaining Soil Iron Fence	Rancher Animal products worth 20% more.	Tiller Crops worth 10% more. (Bonus applies to all Vegetables and Flowers, plus any Fruit that has not been foraged)
Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Rancher:	Tiller:
Cheese Press Hardwood Fence Quality Sprinkler	Loom Quality Retaining Soil	Oil Maker Keg Deluxe Speed-Gro	Seed Maker Iridium Sprinkler Quality Fertilizer	Coopmaster Befriend coop animals quicker. Incubation time (for Incubator and Ostrich Incubator) cut in half. (Also improves coop product quality, see details here)	Artisan Artisan goods (wine, cheese, oil, etc.) worth 40% more. (Note that oil does not actually benefit from the Artisan Profession)
				Shepherd Befriend barn animals quicker. Sheep produce wool faster. (Also improves barn product quality, see details here)	Agriculturist All crops grow 10% faster.

Each crop harvested (regardless of crop type or quality) is worth 8 experience points. Your experience level is increased once you sleep if you have harvested enough crops that day and you are able to gain multiple levels per night.

Lvl	Total Lifetime Crops Harvested	Experience
1	13	104
2	48	384
3	97	776
4	163	1304
5	269	2152
6	413	3304
7	600	4800
8	863	6904
9	1250	10000
10	1875	15000

Mining

Mining skill is increased by using the pickaxe tool to break rocks. Each level adds +1 to pickaxe proficiency.

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Cooking Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Choose a Profession:
Cherry Bomb	Staircase	Miner's Treat	Glowstone Ring Transmute (Fe)	Miner +1 ore per vein.	Geologist Chance for gems to appear in pairs. (50% chance per mining node. Also applies to geodes spawned from breaking rocks.)
Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Miner:	Geologist:
Bomb	Transmute (Au)	Mega Bomb	Crystalarium	Blacksmith Metal bars worth 50% more. (Applies to Copper, Iron, Gold, Iridium, & Radioactive Bars)	Excavator Chance to find geodes doubled. (Applies to all 4 types of geodes)
				Prospector Chance to find coal doubled.	Gemologist Gems worth 30% more. (applies to Minerals and Gems)

Foraging

Foraging skill is increased both by gathering foraged goods, and by wood from trees chopped with an axe tool. Each level adds +1 axe proficiency. Note: Stumps, saplings, and fallen timber do NOT increase skill.

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Crafting Recipes:	Cooking Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Choose a Profession:
Wild Seeds (Sp) Field Snack Trees sometimes drop seeds.	Charcoal Kiln	Cookout Kit Moss Soup	Wild Seeds (Su) Tapper Mushroom Log +1 Wild Berry harvesting	Forester Trees drop 25% more wood. (Applies to Trees, Stumps & Logs)	Gatherer Chance for double harvest of foraged items. (20% chance of double harvest)
Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Forester:	Gatherer:
Lightning Rod Wild Seeds (Fa) Warp Totem: Beach	Wild Seeds (Wi) Warp Totem: Mountains Tree Fertilizer	Survival Burger Warp Totem: Farm Tent Kit +1 Wild Berry harvesting	Rain Totem	Lumberjack All trees have a chance to drop hardwood.	Botanist Foraged items are always highest quality.
				Tapper Syrups worth 25% more.	Tracker Location of forageable items revealed.

Fishing

Fishing skill is increased by fishing using a fishing pole. Also increases from harvesting from a Crab Pot. Each level adds +1 fishing rod proficiency.

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting / Cooking Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Choose a Profession:
Casting distance increased by one tile	Bait Fiberglass Rod & Bait unlocked in Willy's Fish Shop	Crab Pot Dish O' The Sea Crab Pot unlocked in Willy's Fish Shop	Deluxe Bait Worm Bin Recycling Machine Deluxe Bait unlocked in Willy's Fish Shop Casting distance increased by one tile	Fisher Fish worth 25% more.	Trapper Resources required to craft crab pots reduced.
Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting / Cooking Recipes:	Fisher:	Trapper:
Bait Maker Spinner Trap Bobber Sonar Bobber Iridium Rod, Sonar Bobber, Lead Bobber, Spinner, & Trap Bobber unlocked in Willy's Fish Shop	Cork Bobber Treasure Hunter Cork Bobber & Treasure Hunter unlocked in Willy's Fish Shop	Deluxe Worm Bin Barbed Hook Dressed Spinner Barbed Hook & Dressed Spinner unlocked in Willy's Fish Shop Casting distance increased by one tile	Seafoam Pudding Magnet Magnet unlocked in Willy's Fish Shop	Angler Fish worth 50% more.	Mariner Crab pots no longer produce junk items.
				Pirate Chance to find treasure doubled.	Luremaster Crab pots no longer require bait.

The amount of experience earned for each caught fish is as follows:

(Quality of fish (stars) + 1) * 3 + Fish Difficulty (a value from 5-110 depending on the fish) / 3

This number is multiplied by 1.2 if you also have a treasure, 1.4 if it was perfect and 5 if it was a boss fish. For e.g. a regular quality sardine (difficulty 30) would net you (0+1)*3+30/3 = 13 xp.

Crab pots net you 5 xp each time you collect from them (no matter what is collected).

The xp required for leveling up is the same as for all skills:

Lvl	Experience	Total Sardines (No stars)	Total Gold Star Legend Fish (Highest xp fish)	Total Crab Pot
1	100	8	3	20
2	380	30	9	76
3	770	60	18	154
4	1300	100	29	260
5	2150	166	48	430
6	3300	254	74	660
7	4800	370	107	960
8	6900	531	154	1380
9	10000	770	223	2000
10	15000	1154	334	3000

Combat

Combat skill is increased by fighting monsters. Each level adds +5 health points. Tested crit chance with +50% Scout skill and two +10% crit chance rings. Chance to crit is multiplicative not additive: around 5-10% max [base * 1.5 * 1.1 * 1.1] with all boosts, not 50% + 10% + 10% = 70%.

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Cooking Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Choose a Profession:
Sturdy Ring Bug Steak	Life Elixir	Roots Platter	Warrior Ring	Fighter All attacks deal 10% more damage. (+15 HP)	Scout Critical strike chance increased by 50%. (+0 HP) (Note that the increase is multiplicative. The formula is: critChance = critChance * 1.5)
Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting / Cooking Recipes:	Fighter:	Scout:
Slime Egg-Press Oil of Garlic	Ring of Yoba Thorns Ring	Slime Incubator Explosive Ammo	Iridium Band Squid Ink Ravioli	Brute Deal 15% more damage. (+0 HP) (Stacks multiplicatively with Fighter)	Acrobat Cooldown on special moves cut in half. (+0 HP)
				Defender +25 HP.	Desperado Critical strikes are deadlier. (+0 HP) (2x Critical strike damage)