Skills (PoOT)

As the player progresses through the game some events or interactions will reveal one or more of the twelve available skills in the Notebook menu, indicated by a notification appearing in the corner of the screen. Skills represent the player's mastery of the jobs they may undertake while pioneering or operating the farm. Performing certain activities associated with a skill will yield progress to leveling up, which is tracked in the notebook. Leveling up skills will unlock new crafting recipes, and traits such as improved yields, product quality, reduced energy costs, or other associated boosts. After advancing some skills the notebook may also be referred to for the traits and recipes gained from each skill by selecting them in their section of the notebook.

Logging (伐採)
'''Use the axe to cut down trees and stumps. Logging will also yield wood materials.'''

Provides boosts to materials gained, logging ability to improve progress made per swing when removing trees and stumps, reduces energy cost per swing, and unlocks crafting recipes for several processed materials decorations.

Reaping (草刈り)
Use the sickle to cut wild grasses, Cutting grass will also yield usable grass materials.

Provides a boost to material gained per grass harvested, reduces energy cost per swing, and unlocks crafting recipes for basic craft materials, textiles, and decorations. It is worth noting that moving through a tile containing wild grasses will significantly lower movement speed unless riding a horse or motorcycle, and should be cleared from pathways frequented often.

Mining (採掘)
'''Use the hammer to break rocks. Mining rocks will also yield ores and jewels.'''

Provides boosts to materials gained, mining ability to improve progress made per swing when crushing rocks, reduces energy cost per swing, and unlocks a wide variety of crafting recipes from advanced resources essential for crafting other types of items such as the Jewel Maker, Coal, and Glass as well was decorations. Mining ore veins found on the walls of the mine, and the removal of tree saplings does not benefit from improved mining ability, and always require three swings.

Draining (かいぼり)
''' Use the bucket to scoop water. Scooping water will yield materials like clay. '''

Provides a boost to material gained from draining water, reduces energy cost per scoop, and unlocks intermediate crafting recipes for brick and mortar, the suction pump, and some decorations.

Fishing (釣り)
Use the fishing rod by rivers and the ocean. One day you might land a legendary catch!

Provides boosts to the quality of a catch, fishing ability to improve progress made while reeling in a catch, reduces energy cost per cast, and unlocks crafting recipes for various forms of fishing bait. It also unlocks the fishing net for converting twine and solid lumber to passive fish income. There is no stated limit to how many nets may be placed at once, and are single use.

Fieldwork (農作)
'''Use the hoe to till fields and sow seeds. Fully-grown field crops can be harvested.'''

Provides boosts to the quality of your own harvested (not wild or foraged) field crops, the ranged seed sewing ability to speed up the process of seeding large areas, reduces energy cost of plowing and watering fields, and unlocks crafting recipes for a variety of Makers for processing your crops into powdered product, high quality seeds, and dyes. It also unlocks the sprinkler, enabling converting iron and silver bars into passive time and energy preservation of fieldwork by watering crops every morning at 6am in a 3x3 area centered on the sprinkler, enabling the player to manage a much higher number of crops than they would be able to maintain using the watering can alone. There is a generous limit of 100 sprinklers placed at once, but the player would need to clear a huge area of the farm to get close to this limit, and experience significant performance issues loading that many crops at once when entering the farm area.

Orcharding (果樹)
'''Plant seedlings and harvest tree crops. Trees will take some time to grow.'''

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Cultivating (きのこ)
'''Set spores on mushroom logs. Mushrooms can be harvested after a few days.'''

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Beekeeping
'''Place a flower into a beehive. You'll be able to harvest the honey in a few days' time.'''

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Animal Care (飼育)
Take proper care of your livestock, and they'll provide you with byproducts

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Cooking (料理)
'''Utilize ingredients and whip up something tasty in the kitchen. Eating restores energy!'''

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Communication (コミュニケーション)
'''Speak with and befriend Olive Town's residents. Friendship is its own reward!'''

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