All Skills in Core Keeper

In the current 0.3.2 build of Core Keeper, there are nine skills with skill ranks in Talent Trees that you can level up. Leveling these skill ranks will give players points to use in the Talent Tree.

Putting points in the Talent Tree will unlock ranks that take five points each to progress to the next skill rank. Each skill rank will also unlock various abilities that change and improve a specific skill. 

These abilities can level five times, and the bonus will increase each time. The following is every Skill Rank and the bonuses they grant in Core Keeper. 

All Mining Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Efficient Excavation: Increases your Mining damage
• Meticulous Miner: Gives you a chance to get more ore when mining Ore Walls.
• Miner's Strength: Turns a certain percentage of mining damage into melee damage.
• Pick and Run!: Grants a short speed boost to movement after mining a wall, but it only lasts for a short period of time.
• Archeologist: Grants a small chance to drop a valuable item when mining any walls.
• Mine Mine Mine!: Grants faster mining speed.
• Night Vision: Grants more visible ore distance.
• Explosives Engineer: Grants more explosive damage from bombs.

All Running Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Endurance Runner: Lessens the amount of food drained when running.
• Balanced Stance: Increases the chance to dodge after standing still for a short duration.
• Gotta go fast!: Increases movement speed after running consistently for a short duration.
• On your Toes: Grants a movement speed after dodging an attack.
• Escape Artist: Reduces Snare and Stun durations.
• Keeping Tempo: Increases damage after running for a consistent period. 
• Encumbering: Nearby enemies' movement speed decreases when the player is near. 
• Breaking Barriers: Grants a boost to armor based on the player's movement speed. 

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All Gardening Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Grateful Gardener: Increased chance to gain a seed when harvesting plants.
•  Eat Your Vegetables: Increased amount of food when eating plants or cooked plants.
• Thorny Weapons: Increases critical hit damage. 
• Expert Gardener: Increases the chance for plants to become golden if planted by the player.
• Thorny Skin: Grants increased thorn damage.
• Potent Poison: Increases poison damage.
• Poison Coated Weapons: Increases the chance to apply poison to enemies and reduces enemy healing. 
• Bottomless Water Can: Grants a chance to not use water when watering plants.

All Fishing Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Angler's Advantage: Fish will start closer to being reeled in. 
• Fisherman's Luck: Increases the chance for fish to get on the hook.
• Studied Patterns: Increases the chance to dodge.
• Well Trained Aim: Makes damage done by Fishing Rod count as ranged damage.
• Steady Feet: Reduces the impact of slippery movement.
• Power of Omega-3!: Increases damage toward Bosses after eating a fish or Cooked Fish. 
• Throwing Expert: Increases Fishing Rod throw range.
• Improved Bait: Grants an increased chance for fish to bite faster.

All Vitality Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Maxed Out!: Makes a certain amount of skill points increase the player's max health. 
• Strong and Healthy: Increases damage while the player is at max health.
• Desperate Fighter: Increases damage while the player is at low health.
• Stayin' Alive: Grants a small amount of health each second while the player is below half of max health.
• Healing Potency: Increases the healing from health over-time regeneration. 
• Lingering Potions: Makes Healing Potions heal over time. 
• Protection of the Ancients: Reduces damage taken from Bosses. 
• Cheat Death: Increases the chance to restore a small amount of health instead of dying when taking lethal damage. 

All Cooking Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Utilizing Every Nutrient: Increases food gained from Cooked Food.
• Not So Picky: Grants Well Fed buffs with lower food. 
• Healthy Diet: Makes Well Fed buffs stronger. 
• Fast Food: Grants melee attack speed when eating cooked food. 
• Long-Lasting Food: Cooked Food buffs last longer.
• The Smell of Food: Increases damage dealt by nearby allies. 
• Master Chef: Increases chance for additional food gained by cooking to be rare. 
• Sharing is Caring: Grants health every second to nearby allies. 

All Crafting Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Base Builder: Chance to gain extra items when crafting building parts. 
• The Right Tool in the Right Hands: Chance to not lose durability when using both weapons and tools.
• High-Quality Equipment: Chance to not lose durability when taking damage. 
• Alchemist: Chance to gain extra items when crafting at the Alchemy Table or Distillery. 
• Industry Specialist: Gain extra items when crafting Rails, Wires, or Conveyor belts. 
• Blacksmith: Lowers the cost to craft Armor and Weapons at any Anvil
• Jewelry Crafter: Chance to gain a polished version of any item crafted at the Jewelry Workbench.
• Unbreakable: Gain more armor when at low health.

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All Ranged Combat Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Rapid Shots: Increased ranged attack speed.
• Keeping Momentum: Gain range damage every time an enemy is shot that stacks up to 2 times. 
• Weakness Detection: Chance on ranged hits to increase critical hit chance for a short duration.
• Slimy Bullets: Gain a chance to slow down targets on ranged hits.
• Charging In: Gain a chance on ranged hits to increased melee damage. 
• Stun Shot: Chance to stun targets on ranged hits. 
• Focused Accuracy: Increases ranged damage after standing still for a short duration. 
• Amplified: Increases critical hit damage. 

All Melee Combat Skill Ranks in Core Keeper

• Quick Strikes: Grants increased melee attack speed.
• Building Anger: Gain melee damage every time you hit an enemy. The bonus stacks up a certain amount per level. 
• Fast and Furious: Gain increased to gain melee attack speed when hitting enemies. 
• Heavy Swings: Chance to knock back enemies. 
• Stubborn Fighter: Gain increased melee damage when hitting the same target consistently. 
• Taking A Step Back: Chance to increase ranged damage on melee hits.
• Seething Blade: Chance to restore health on melee hits. 
• Strength of the Ancients: Increased damage toward Bosses.

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