Skills and levelling: get better by doing.

The five skills

Skill	What feeds it	What a level gives
Crafting	Finishing things at a bench, a furnace or by hand.	Quicker crafts and better quality.
Farming	Tilling, planting and picking crops.	A chance of an extra harvest.
Mining	Breaking ground and ore. Harder ground and richer ore pay more.	Tools that wear less, and extra ore.
Building	Putting blocks and machines down.	A chance that a block you place comes back to the bag.
Combat	Hurting and felling creatures.	More damage in every blow.

How much xp a level takes

You start at level 1. Each level needs more experience than the last. The total xp needed to reach each level is:

Level	Total xp	Rank
1	0	Novice
2	60	Learner
3	180	Apprentice
4	360	Hand
5	600	Journeyman
6	900	Adept
7	1,260	Skilled
8	1,680	Expert
9	2,160	Veteran
10	2,700	Master
11	3,300	Grand Master
12	3,960	Champion
13	4,680	Legend
14	5,460	Paragon
15	6,300	Mantle Master

Your skills are kept with your game, and in a shared world each player has their own.

Where experience comes from

• Mining: each block broken earns 1 to 6 xp, by how hard it is (dirt is about 1, hard rock about 6). Ore adds 2.
• Crafting: a finished craft earns 4 xp. A tool earns more: 3 plus 2 times its quality, and a masterwork adds 10.
• Combat: each blow earns up to 6 xp by the harm it does. A creature you fell adds 5 plus up to 60 more, by its size.
• Farming and building: tilling, planting, picking and placing blocks also give xp, from a small allowance that refills slowly, so placing and removing a block over and over earns almost nothing.
• Goals of the day and week, collection finds and the Lab Bench all give xp too. See Goals, badges and research.
• Research nodes such as Field Notes add 10% more xp from everything.

What each level gives

Every perk grows by a fixed amount per level, up to a cap.

Skill	Per level	Cap	At level 15
Crafting	Crafts 3% quicker, and quality +0.04	No cap (a level 15 maker takes 58% of the usual time)	42% quicker crafts
Farming	+4% chance of an extra harvest	60%	56%
Mining	3% of swings cost the tool no wear, and 2% more ore	45% of swings, 30% more ore	42% and 28%
Building	+2.5% chance a block you place comes back	37.5%	35%
Combat	+3% damage in every blow	No cap	42% more damage

A level is also a point of discovery: reaching level 2 in any skill, and every fifth level after (5, 10 and 15), gives one research point for the Lab Bench.

Ranks and badges

The rank name shows how far a skill has come. Badges reward the top of the skills: reaching level 5 in any skill earns Apprentice, level 10 earns Journeyman, level 15 earns Master of One, and level 5 in every skill earns All-Rounder. See Goals, badges and research for the full list.

Tips

• Mining rewards hard rock and ore: the harder the block, the more xp.
• A felled creature gives more xp the bigger it is.
• Crafting pays off on every bench: a level 15 maker finishes the same job in 58% of the usual time.
• The skill nearest its next level is a good place to aim your next session. The goals tell you which one that is.

← Back to the wiki · Last updated 25 October 2026. Mantlenaut is in alpha, so things change.