Skills

A duplicant visits the Printing Pod to learn a skill.

As Duplicants work in the colony, they will gain skill points to upgrade their attributes and gain new abilities. Skill points are spent through using the Skills menu.

Mechanics

• After reaching an XP threshold the duplicant will gain a skill point.
• Spending a skill point is instant and semi-permanent. Duplicants will visit the Printing Pod to master the skill.
• Some jobs grant new abilities to dupes, some only increase attributes.
• Morale expectations are a sum of the morale costs of all the duplicant's skills. A duplicant without any skills has no morale expectations.
• Duplicant interests will show a heart icon and grant 1 bonus morale when mastered. This allows tier 1 skills to be effectively free.
• Skills may be reset by using the Skill Scrubber.

Skill Tree

Interest	Tier 1 1 Morale Point req.		Tier 2 2 Morale Points req.			Tier 3 3 Morale Points req.			Tier 4 4 Morale Points req.			Tier 5 5 Morale Points req.
Digging	Hard Digging +2 Excavation Very Firm Material Mining			Superhard Digging +2 Excavation Abyssalite Mining			Super-Duperhard Digging +2 Excavation Diamond and Obsidian Mining			Hazmat Digging Corium Mining
Building	Improved Construction I +2 Construction			Improved Construction II +2 Construction			Demolition +2 Construction Demolish Gravitas Buildings
Farming	Improved Farming I +2 Agriculture			Crop Tending +2 Agriculture Crop Tending Micronutrient Fertilizer Crafting			Improved Farming II +2 Agriculture
Ranching				Critter Ranching +2 Husbandry Critter Wrangling Grooming Station Usage			Critter Ranching II +2 Husbandry
Cooking	Grilling +2 Cuisine Electric Grill Cooking			Grilling II +2 Cuisine Spice Grinder Usage
Decorating	Art Fundamentals +2 Creativity Canvas Painting Block Sculpting Crude Artwork Quality			Aesthetic Design +2 Creativity Clothing Refashionator Usage Artifact Analysis Station Usage Mediocre Artwork Quality			Masterworks +2 Creativity Master Artwork Quality
Researching	Advanced Research +2 Science Super Computer Usage			Field Research +2 Science Geographical Analysis Geotuner Usage			Astronomy +2 Science Virtual Planetarium Usage Mission Control Station Usage Atomic Research +2 Science Materials Study Terminal Usage
				Astronomy Telescope Usage Mission Control Station Usage			Orbital Researcher +2 Science Virtual Planetarium Usage
Rocketry	Rocket Piloting Rocket Control Station Usage						Rocket Piloting II +200% Piloting
Suit Wearing				Suit Sustainability Training +2 Athletics Slows Exosuit Durability Damage			Exosuit Training +2 Athletics Exosuit Penalty Reduction			Rocket Piloting Command Capsule Usage			Rocket Navigation +10% Piloting
Supplying	Improved Carrying I +2 Strength +400 kg Carrying Capacity			Improved Carrying II +2 to Strength +800 kg Carrying Capacity
Operating	Improved Tinkering +2 Machinery			Electrical Engineering +2 Machinery Generator Tuning Usage Microchip Crafting			Mechatronics Engineering +2 Machinery +2 Construction Conveyor Rail Construction
Doctoring	Medicine Compounding +2 Medicine Apothecary Usage			Bedside Manner +2 Medicine Sick Bay Usage			Advanced Medical Care +2 Medicine Trait: Disease Clinic Usage
Tidying	Improved Strength +2 Strength			Plumbing +2 Strength Pipe Emptying			Pyrotechnics Blastshot Maker Usage

Hats

Every mastered skill rewards a hat, which can be accessed after learning the respective skill in the skills screen. Hats are purely cosmetic and duplicants may freely switch between any hat they own.

Hard Digging	Superhard Digging	Superduperhard Digging
Improved Construction I	Improved Construction II	Improved Construction III
Improved Farming I	Crop Tending	Improved Farming II
	Critter Ranching	Critter Ranching II
Grilling	Grilling II
Art Fundamentals	Aesthetic Design	Masterworks
Advanced Research	Field Research	Astronomy
Suit Sustainability Training	Exosuit Training	Rocket Piloting
Improved Carrying I	Improved Carrying II	Rocket Navigation
Improved Tinkering	Electrical Engineering	Mechatronics Engineering
Medicine Compounding	Bedside Manner	Advanced Medical Care
Improved Strength	Plumbing	Pyrotechnics