Editing Professions

[[File:Professions icon.png|left|64px]]
'''Professions''' are skills that [[player character]]s can train and utilize throughout [[Brighter Shores]]. Players can gain [[experience]] to advance their profession level either by actively playing the game, or [[Passive activities|passively]] while the game is closed. Unlocking a new [[episode]] also unlocks a new set of professions, which can typically only be trained within that episode.

As the name suggests, most professions can be used as a way to earn [[Coins|money]], though they have a variety of other uses, including fulfilling [[quest]] requirements, gathering resources to use in other professions, or processing raw materials into [[Item|items]]. Each [[Episodes|episode]] also has one [[combat]] profession, the training of which allows players to attack new varieties of [[monsters]] and wield higher level [[weapons]] and [[armour]] in its respective [[Episodes|episode]].

==Passive training==
{{Hatnote|Main article: [[passive activities]]}}
Players can continue to perform certain profession-related activities while logged out of the game. Activities eligible for [[passive training]] are marked with a moon icon [[File:Passive activity icon.png|18px]]. Passive methods are unlocked by spending [[knowledge]] after reaching the required level for that activity.

The amount of time one can spend training passively is limited to 24 hours, or by the number of input items in the player's [[backpack]] (usually one hour per item).

Passive methods scale down in experience rates the higher your level gets above the method you are doing. For example, the level 25 AFK method for Carpentry (making stools) returns 1950xp per hour at Carpentry level 25, and 950xp per hour at Carpentry level 30. More data is required to fully test this impact, but you should always aim to use the latest passive method you have unlocked to avoid losing experience.

==List of professions==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Episode !! colspan="2" | Name !! Uses
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1 || rowspan="5" | {{Plink|Hopeport|pic=Hopeport episode icon|size=20}} || {{Plinkt|Guard|pic=Guard icon}} || Unlocks higher level monsters and gear in the Hopeport area.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Chef|pic=Chef icon|size=36}} || Cooking [[food]] items, which can be sold to the [[Head Chef]] or used in [[bounties]].
|-
| {{Plinkt|Fisher|pic=Fisher icon|size=36}} || Catching [[fish]], which can be sold to the [[Fishmonger]] or used in Chef recipes.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Forager|pic=Forager icon|size=36}} || Gathering ingredients for [[Potion|potions]], bait for passive Fisher activities, and monument pieces for 
repairing the [[Fallen Monument]]. 
|-
| {{Plinkt|Alchemist|pic=Alchemist icon|size=24}} || Brewing [[potion]]s
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2 || rowspan="4" | {{Plink|Hopeforest|pic=Hopeforest episode icon|size=20}} ||  {{Plinkt|Scout|pic=Scout icon}} ||Unlocks higher level monsters and gear in the Hopeforest area.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Gatherer|pic=Gatherer icon|size=36}} ||Gathering items for potions, ingredients for the Chef profession, and [[bones]] for the Bonewright
profession.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Woodcutter|pic=Woodcutter icon|size=36}} || Gathering logs for the Carpentry profession, and accessing shortcuts in Hopeforest.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Carpenter|pic=Carpenter icon|size=36}} ||Creating poles and staves for the Bonewright, Blacksmith and Stonemason professions.
|-
| rowspan="5" | 3 || rowspan="5" | {{Plink|Mine of Mantuban|pic=Mine of Mantuban episode icon|size=20}} || {{Plinkt|Minefighter|pic=Minefighter icon}} ||Unlocks higher level monsters and gear in the Mine of Mantuban area.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Bonewright|pic=Bonewright icon|size=36}} ||Creates melee weapons, ranged weapons, and shields specific to [[Guardian]].
|-
| {{Plinkt|Miner|pic=Miner icon|size=36}} || Mining [[mineral]]s for use in the Blacksmith and Stonemason professions.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Blacksmith|pic=Blacksmith icon|size=36}} ||Creates melee weapons, ranged weapons, and shields specific to [[Cryoknight]].
|-
| {{Plinkt|Stonemason|pic=Stonemason icon|size=36}} ||Creates melee weapons, ranged weapons, and shields specific to [[Hammermage]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | 4 || rowspan="4" | {{Plink|Crenopolis (episode)|txt=Crenopolis|pic=Crenopolis episode icon|size=20}} || {{Plinkt|Watchperson|pic=Watchperson icon|size=36}} ||Unlocks higher level monsters and gear in the Crenopolis area. 
|-
| {{Plinkt|Detective|pic=Detective icon|size=24}} ||Completing [[bounties]], unlocking crime den raids, and unlocking the [[Detect Aura]] spell.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Leatherworker|pic=Leatherworker icon|size=36}} ||Creating leathers from hides, which are used for the [[Armorer]] profession.
|-
| {{Plinkt|Merchant|pic=Merchant icon|size=24}} ||Unlocks [[ventures]] to receive rare items for various recipes in other professions, and
discounts at the [[Hide Stall]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | 5 || rowspan="4" | {{Plink|Stonemaw Hill|pic=Stonemaw Hill episode icon|size=20}} || {{Plinkt|Shieldbearer|pic=Shieldbearer icon}} ||Unlocks higher level monsters and gear in the Stonemaw Hill area.
|- 
| {{Plinkt|Builder|pic=Builder icon}} ||Build ???
|-
| {{Plinkt|Armorer|pic=Armorer icon}} ||Creates armor 
|-
| {{Plinkt|Unknown Gathering|pic=Unknown Gathering icon}} ||Gathering items
|}

== Experience ==
Note: Knowledge Points will always provide the player with 25% (1/4) of the base experience needed to level up at that current level. This will also scale with each level the player gains. This will then be reduced to 6.25% of the base experience needed per knowledge point once you reach level 200 in the profession.

The following table shows the relationship between the profession level, the experience required for that level, and the experience difference from the previous level:
{{Experience table|collapsed=yes}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="160">
File:Professions preview 1.jpg|Fisher, Forager, Chef
File:Professions preview 2.jpg|Woodcutter, Miner, Alchemist
File:Professions preview 3.jpg|Stonemason, Merchant, Blacksmith
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Profession capes]]
*[[:Category:Skill nodes|Skill node]]

==Update history==
{{Incomplete|Update history doesn't point to updates accurately. (November 2024)}}
{{UH|
* {{UL|update=2024-11-06|date=6 November 2024}}
** Professions were included in the first public early-access release of the game.
}}

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