Fields of Mistria: Complete Skills and Perks Guide

Master all skills and perks in Fields of Mistria with our comprehensive guide to character progression.

Fields of Mistria offers a rich progression system through its skills and perks mechanics. This guide provides a detailed overview of all available skills, how to level them up, and the perks associated with each skill tree. Understanding these systems is crucial for optimizing your gameplay and making the most of your character’s abilities.

Complete Skills and Perks Guide in Fields of Mistria

In Fields of Mistria, skills represent your proficiency in various activities. There are nine distinct skill categories:

• Farming
• Fishing
• Archaeology
• Cooking
• Ranching
• Woodcrafting
• Blacksmithing
• Mining
• Combat

Each skill can be leveled up to a maximum of 30, with new perk tiers unlocking at levels 1, 15, and 30. Skill levels are displayed in the bottom left of the default menu screen, with a more detailed view available by clicking on this area.

All Skills and Perks in Fields of Mistria

Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of the perks available for each skill. First four perks are from Tier 1 (Level 1), the next four are from Tier 2 (Level 15),, and the last four perks are from Tier 3 (Level 30):

Farming

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Prepared Picker	Chance for forageable to drop seed version	10
A Day Well Spent	Stamina boost next day if going to bed with zero stamina	20
Green Thumb	Chance to water soil when planting seed	15
Refreshing	Chance to refund stamina when watering crop	10
Bountiful	Chance for watered crop to drop seed version	60
Heavy Duty	Chance for tilling to drop Stone or Wood	30
Well Watered	Chance for crops to retain water next day	50
Nice Swing	Chance to refund stamina when tilling	50
Living off the Land	When you harvest a crop, occasionally you’ll receive a cooked dish that includes the crop	95
Superb Sower	Charge your seeds to plant them over a larger area	100
Harvest Time	Slow-growing crops will now be ready for their first harvest a day sooner	90
Prize Winning	When you harvest crops, you might occasionally find coins worth 5% of the crop’s selling price	90

Fishing

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Weedline Watcher	Reduced chance of fishing up junk	15
Aquatic Antiquities	Chance to fish up aquatic artifacts	20
Appealing Reeling	Increased fish attraction range	10
Catch of the Day	Chance to refund stamina when catching fish	15
School Crasher	Swimming into a Fish School drops half its items without using Stamina	50
Lucky Haul	Sometimes, catching a fish gives double the amount	40
Perfect Catch	Uncommon and rare fish become more common	50
Unexpected Haul	Treasure Boxes appear more often when fishing	40
Full Class	Fish schools will contain an extra fish	75
Legendary	Legendary fish can now appear when the season and weather are right	80
Treasure Trove	Higher-tier Treasure Boxes are more likely to appear	70
Weedline Watcher II	Catching junk while fishing is even less likely	75

Archaeology

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Museum Quality I	Increased chance for uncommon artifacts	20
Unpeatable	Chance for double drops of Peat, Sod, Clay	10
Sunken Secrets	Dive spots can contain Sunken Artifacts	15
Western Ruins Scholar	Additional daily dig site at Western Ruins	15
Sunken Treasure	Increased chance for treasure when diving	35
Stoneturner	Chance for artifacts from rocks in Mines	40
Eastern Road Scholar	Additional daily dig site on Eastern Road	50
Pursuit	Increased artifact chance after digging	45
Back in Vogue	Artifacts sell for 25% more Tesserae	80
Natural Beauty	Biome Furniture Recipes sometimes drop from Dig Sites in the Mines	85
Well Placed	Out of Place Artifacts sometimes drop from Dig Sites in the overworld	70
Museum Quality II	Rare Artifacts are more likely to be dug up	75

Cooking

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Waste Not Want Not	Chance to return ingredient after cooking	15
Time To Eat I	Reduces cooking time by 10 minutes	10
Restorative Cooking	Chance for HP & Stamina Regen buff	20
Taste Maker	Chance for recipes from Mine treasure chests	15
Seasoned	Finding Uncommon or rarer Forageables is more likely	45
Time to Eat II	Cooking time for recipes is reduced by an additional 10 minutes	50
Award Winning	Cooked dishes given as liked gifts reward more Heart Points	45
Likable Cooking	Cooking a dish occasionally results in a bonus Likable Infusion, making it a Universally Liked gift	50
Speedy Cooking	Cooking a dish occasionally results in a Speedy Infusion, granting a Speed Boost buff when consumed	70
Dinner for Two	Cooking a dish sometimes creates a bonus extra dish	80
A Way to the Heart	Cooked dishes given as loved gifts reward more Heart Points	75
Time to Eat III	Cooking time for recipes is reduced by another 10 minutes	70

Ranching

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Feeding Frenzy	Double Hay and Grass Seed from cutting grass	15
Close Bond	Extra heart point for pet and fed animals	25
Barnyard Bounty I	Chance for extra produce from chickens and cows	30
Currency of Care I	Animals drop Shiny Beads when eating crops	25
Currency of Care II	Animals that are pet and fed will sometimes drop a Shiny Bead the next day	50
Feed Prepper	Crafting animal feed takes 10 minutes less	40
Welcome Home	New animals start at 1 Heart Level	45
Discount Treats	Heart-shaped treats from Hayden are 10% cheaper	40
Currency of Care III	Animals can be fed cooked dishes and will reward more Shiny Beads based on the dish’s star level	75
Welcome Home II	New animals start at 2 Heart Levels	70
Barnyard Bounty II	Ducks and horses sometimes drop extra produce	80

Woodcrafting

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Hammer Timing I	Reduces crafting time by 10 minutes	10
Lumberjack I	Chance for extra Wood from breaking branches	15
Masonry I	Chance for extra Stone from breaking rocks	15
Forager	Chance for seasonal forageable when chopping trees	20
Working with the Grain	Occasionally, crafting an item will return one of its ingredients	60
Quality Crafting	Occasionally, crafting an item will result in a Quality Infusion, increasing its selling price by 10%	95
Natural	Chopping down a tree will occasionally drop Hardwood	20
Hammer Timing II	Crafting time for recipes is reduced by an additional 10 minutes	50
Material World	Material drops from breakables in the Mines now yield twice as much	75
Steady Supplies	Sod, Peat, and Cattails can be purchased at the Carpenter’s Shop	70
Set Pieces	Occasionally, crafting an item will produce double	80
Hammer Timing III	Crafting time for recipes is reduced by another 10 minutes	50

Blacksmithing

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Copper Expert	Reduces Copper Ore needed for Copper Ingots	15
Time Sensitive I	Reduces blacksmithing time by 10 minutes	10
Sharp Blacksmithing	Chance for +1 Attack Power on crafted weapons	20
Fortified Blacksmithing	Chance for +4 HP on crafted armor	20
Iron Expert	Reduces the amount of Iron Ore needed to craft Iron Ingots by 1	50
Time Sensitive II	Blacksmithing recipes’ craft time is reduced by an additional 10 minutes	50
Leech Blacksmithing	Crafting a weapon occasionally results in a Leech Infusion, restoring 1 HP each time it’s used to attack a monster	45
Lightweight Blacksmithing	Crafting a tool occasionally results in a Lightweight Infusion, which sometimes drops Stamina orbs when used.	45
Silver Expert	Reduces the amount of Silver Ore needed to craft Silver Ingots by 1	75
Hasty Blacksmith	Crafting armor occasionally results in a Hasty Infusion, granting a 4% Speed Boost when worn	75
Time Sensitive III	Blacksmithing recipes’ craft time is reduced by another 10 minutes	50
Empowered	Crafting a tool, weapon, or armor is more likely to result in an Infused version	65

Mining

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Earth Breaker	Chance to break rocks in 1×3 area	20
Ore-riginal	Chance for biome-specific ore from rocks	25
Reclaimer	Chance for biome furniture from chests	15
Treasure Hunter	Chance for treasure floors in Mines	20
Iron Hound	Breaking an Iron Node occasionally drops an extra piece of Iron	50
True Blue	Breaking a Sapphire Node occasionally drops an extra Sapphire	45
Treasured	Treasure Chests are more likely to appear in the Mines	45
Mine Time	Movement Speed increases for 10 seconds when entering a new Floor	50
Resonance	TBD	TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD

Combat

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Perk	Effect	Cost
Guardian’s Shield	Nullify first hit once per day	10
True Strike	Chance for critical hits in Mines	20
Jump Attack	Mid-air attacks damage enemies in radius	15
Well Armed	Chance for biome-unique gear from chests	10
Quick Footed	Blue Sapling pools grant a short Speed Boost instead of slowing you down	50
What an Offer	Using an Offering Shrine provides a short HP & Stamina Regen buff along with its usual effect	45
Generous in Defeat	Monsters occasionally drop twice as many items when defeated	50
Dungeon Delicacies	Certain cooked dishes occasionally drop from Treasure Chests in the Mines	45
In Motion	TBD	TBD
Out of Juice	TBD	TBD
Perfect Prefix	TBD	TBD
Rocking	TBD	TBD

How to Level Up Skills in Fields of Mistria

Skills improve through consistent practice. Perform activities related to each skill to gain experience and level up. For example:

• Farming skills increase by planting, watering, and harvesting crops
• Fishing skills improve by catching fish
• Mining skills develop by digging ore in the Mines

As you perform activities, you’ll earn small amounts of Essence. This currency is used to unlock skill perks, which provide permanent buffs or abilities for each skill. Essence appears just under your Tesserae in the top right corner of the screen.

How to Manage Perks in Fields of Mistria

• Speak with Caldarus’ statue at your farm for Fishing, Archaeology, Cooking, Ranching, Woodcrafting, and Blacksmithing perks
• Visit the Dragon Statue in the Mines for Mining and Combat perks

By understanding and utilizing the skills and perks system effectively, players can significantly enhance their gameplay experience in Fields of Mistria, making their farming, exploration, and combat endeavors more efficient and rewarding.