ArcheAge Chronicles life skills include hunting, gathering, housing, farming, and crafting, with processing proficiencies such as wildcraft. You can also learn recipes, trade with other players, and undertake trading runs. Start with gathering tools, then use manuals to upgrade your proficiencies and unlock higher recipes.
| Activity | Tools, materials, and starting point |
|---|---|
| Hunting and skinning | You receive a hunting knife from the first camp's introductory quest outside Watchtower of Hope. |
| Gathering | You can collect a logging axe near the tents and a sickle at Wayfaring Camp. |
| Mining | You can buy a pickaxe from the general merchant in Sea Glass Harbor. |
| Crafting and processing | You use production manuals and processing manuals for proficiency upgrades and higher recipe unlocks. |
| Farming | You can farm; crop materials and detailed planting steps are still being added. |
| Housing | You can pursue housing; building materials and detailed construction steps are still being added. |
| Trade | You can exchange goods with players and undertake trading runs. |
Complete tool and material requirements for individual activities are still being added. For the surrounding opening quests, use the ArcheAge Chronicles beginner guide.
How do you get recipes and level proficiencies?
You upgrade proficiencies with production manuals and processing manuals; processing upgrades unlock higher recipes.
Press I, open your character page, then press C to reach proficiencies. You can buy manuals from a wandering merchant using tokens earned through dungeon-related stone-slab tasks. Use those manuals on your proficiencies to progress.
- For recipe progression, follow how to get recipes.
Where do you get a pickaxe and other gathering tools?
You buy all four basic gathering tools from the general merchant in Sea Glass Harbor after finishing the pirate hideout.
Find the merchant to the right of the central Nui statue. The merchant sells a logging axe, hunting knife, harvesting sickle, and pickaxe. These basic tools break quickly with frequent use, so bring replacements.
Before reaching the harbor, collect the hunting knife from the introductory camp quest outside Watchtower of Hope. Pick up the logging axe near the tents, then a sickle and another hunting knife at Wayfaring Camp.
Iron ore locations are still being added.
What is wildcraft in ArcheAge Chronicles?
Wildcraft is a processing proficiency you can level alongside other processing activities.
Processing upgrades unlock higher recipes, so check your proficiencies when you want more crafting options. Individual wildcraft recipes and material requirements are still being added.
Where should you start with fishing, farming, and housing?
You can pursue farming and housing alongside gathering and crafting.
Use the beginner guide's housing progression section for the broader quest route. Activity-specific instructions are still being added:
- Fishing tools and starting steps.
- Farming crops and planting steps.
- Housing materials and construction steps.
How does trade fit into life skills?
You can trade with other players and transport goods on trading runs.
Trade routes can involve dangerous enemies, and you can defend them alongside other players. Read the PvP channel guide before choosing a channel for your travels.
- Trade routes and trading steps are still being added.
FAQ
You can begin with camp tools, then buy replacements and upgrade proficiencies as you progress.
You can hunt, gather, farm, craft, and pursue housing. You can also learn recipes, trade with players, and undertake trading runs.
You receive a hunting knife from the introductory skinning and gathering quest outside Watchtower of Hope.
You can buy one from the general merchant to the right of Sea Glass Harbor's central Nui statue. You reach the harbor after finishing the pirate hideout.
You upgrade processing proficiencies with processing manuals to unlock higher recipes. You can buy manuals from a wandering merchant using tokens from dungeon-related stone-slab tasks.
Yes, the general merchant's basic tools break quickly with frequent use. Bring replacements when you plan to gather repeatedly.
