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Trades

Understand each trade and find its available work.

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Apothecary

Prepare measured field supplies. Every preparation discloses its charges, effect and consumption conditions.

Close Quarters

Train close-defense accuracy through deliberate, timed encounters.

Cooking

Prepare meals at the camp stove, cookhouse and oven. Food restores health; quality and success depend on practice and equipment.

Farming

Plant garden beds, medicinal crops and trees. Crops mature independently while you work on another trade.

Field Engineering

Prepare gun-crew drills, support routines and paid workshop orders. Supply tickets are redeemed from the Stockpile. Grit includes composure; stagger, pressure and recovery are disclosed combat statistics. Marksmanship remains the straightforward solo-firearm path.

Fishing

Work the river and distant waters. Your catch supplies the cookhouse, the market and a well-prepared journey.

Force

Develop physical force and leverage through close-defense encounters.

Fuelcraft

Tend workshop fuel, recover useful Kiln ash and maintain a steady working fire. Practice improves mastery throughout your trades.

Grit

Build staying capacity through encounters. Grit determines maximum health.

Guard

Practice guard techniques and improve your chance to evade incoming attacks.

Gunsmithing

Shape wooden gun furniture, prepare cartridge supplies and commission revolvers and rifles at the outfitter’s fittings counter. Sporting bows and their original materials remain available.

Logging

Cut timber at managed stands. Keep some for fuel, equipment and the public works; sell the rest when you need cash.

Marksmanship

Practice marksmanship with practical Marksmanship equipment and expendable ammunition.

Metalworking

Turn ore into useful metal. Forge fittings, tools, close-defense equipment and Marksmanship components from the same limited stock.

Mining

Work recovering deposits for ore, industrial minerals and rare stones. Higher grades reward better tools and experience.

Ordnance

Exchange assayed industrial stock and requisition tickets at the Ordnance counter for prepared supplies, crew kits and workwear. Counter orders supply finished goods; their displayed material baskets are exchange prices.

Outfitting

Make Leather sheet workwear, protective equipment, pouches and precision accessories. Materials and equipment effects remain visible.

Reconnaissance

Recover stolen goods and inspect hostile works. Success brings supplies and cash; a failed search can injure and delay you.

Resolve

Spend preparation points on practiced support routines. File recovered field records to replenish Resolve; inspect each routine’s ongoing cost.

Stewardship

Run Foundry services through an independent civic ledger. Manage buildings, health, storage, seasons and trader exchanges.

Surveying

Study survey folios and recover useful observations. Invest field notes in permanent, mastery-gated improvements.

Teamwork

Discover specialists and prepare their supply allotments. Two supported assignments can combine their expertise; supplies run out, people do not.

Trailwork

Build and practice a surveyed training course. Each section has construction costs, benefits and tradeoffs that apply while built.

Warrants

Complete ranger assignments. Earn warrant credit, reach specialist routes and prepare for tougher opposition.