40d:Skill

The skill a person has in an area determines how well that person accomplishes tasks in that area. Skills increase in rank with experience: every time a person completes a task successfully, the corresponding skill will increase by an amount of experience points (XP). Once the XP reach the amount required for the next level, the rank will increase.

The highest skill or skills of a dwarf determines their profession.

Skill ranks

To reach Novice level in any skill requires 500 XP. Reaching each successive level requires an additional 100 XP, so to go from Novice to No label requires 600 XP; No label to Competent requires 700 XP, and so on. The following figures are the cumulative XP needed to go from unskilled to any given skill level.

Although Legendary is the highest skill level displayed, there are actually five skill levels above it. These higher skill levels are known to have an effect on item quality; a Legendary dwarf will make masterpiece items 15% of the time, on average, where a Legendary+5 dwarf will make masterpieces 27% of the time (and exceptional items the other 73% of the time). Skill beyond Legendary+5 does not increase the probability of creating a masterpiece item.

You can't find out exactly when a dwarf gets to Legendary+5, but it will happen 1000 XP before their eighth attribute if they have no other skills -- so when they get eight attributes, they are at Legendary+5. Although skill is capped at Legendary+5, experience is not capped at any level; a dwarf can keep gaining attributes by using a skill that has long since topped out.

Level XP Dabbling 1 Novice 500 No label 1100 Competent 1800 Skilled 2600 Proficient 3500 Talented 4500

Level XP Adept 5600 Expert 6800 Professional 8100 Accomplished 9500 Great 11000 Master 12600 High Master 14300

Level XP Grand Master 16100 Legendary 18000 Legendary+1 20000 Legendary+2 22100 Legendary+3 24300 Legendary+4 26600 Legendary+5 29000

List of fortress mode skills

The following list of skills is grouped by the professions they fall in. Each skill has a corresponding labor which is usually named similarly. There are several notable exceptions:

Skill	Labor
Ambusher	Hunting
Bowyer	Crossbow-making
Building designer	Architecture
Engraver	Stone detailing
Grower	Farming (fields)
Herbalist	Plant gathering
Metalsmith	Blacksmithing
Thresher	Plant processing

"Professions" determine only the color of the dwarf and their profession name if you haven't set it yourself.

Miner   Miner Woodworker   Bowyer Carpenter Wood cutter Stoneworker   Engraver Mason Ranger   Ambusher Animal caretaker Animal dissector Animal trainer Trapper Metalsmith   Armorsmith Furnace operator Metal crafter Metalsmith Weaponsmith Jeweler   Gem cutter Gem setter Craftsdwarf   Bone carver Clothier Glassmaker Leatherworker Stone crafter Weaver Wood crafter Strand extractor

Administrator   Appraiser Building designer Organizer Record keeper Fishery Worker   Fish cleaner Fish dissector Fisherdwarf Farmer   Brewer Butcher Cheese maker Cook Dyer Grower Herbalist Lye maker Milker Miller Potash maker Soaper Tanner Thresher Wood burner Engineer   Mechanic Pump operator Siege engineer Siege operator

No profession   Military skills Armor user Axedwarf Hammerdwarf Macedwarf Marksdwarf Shield user Speardwarf Swordsdwarf Wrestler Social skills Comedian Consoler Conversationalist Flatterer Pacifier Broker Skills Intimidator Judge of intent Liar Negotiator Persuader Other skills Swimmer Thrower

Job Management

To view a list of every dwarf and significant creature (Elf, Goblin, dog, livestock, etc.) and the job they are currently performing, press u and from there, if you want to order specific jobs to be done in bigger amounts, press m. You can order up to 30 of single job from the manager screen. To see a list of all jobs and dwarves doing them press j.