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Carving Skill

Carving
Carving
Class Skills
Type Skill
Skill Group Crafting
Max Level 10
Total XP 32,775
Skill Books Carving Skill Books
Best Occupation

The Carving Skill governs making small objects from wood and bone. It covers handles, spoons, spears, stakes, tools, jewellery and even wooden and bone armour. It belongs to the Crafting group.

Carving is the backbone of a primitive run. A knife and a tree branch are enough to start, and a stone knife made from sharp flint works as well as a kitchen one. Handles from carving feed into many other crafts, from stone tools to metal weapons. Bone carving turns butchered animals into needles, fish hooks, knives and armour. A higher level unlocks better items. The Carpenter and Park Ranger each start with a level in it, and the Whittler trait gives the biggest head start.

How to Level Carving

Carving experience comes from crafting items in the carving category. Each recipe gives experience, and higher-level recipes give more.

At level 0, whittling a sapling into a Long Stick and then a spear is a good start. Tree branches carve into stakes, and simple wooden tongs give a little as well. Those tongs are also useful later for blacksmithing.

At level 1, one tree branch can become a wooden rod, then small handles, then wooden spoons. That chain gives a good amount of experience from a single branch. Scrap wood can also be carved into small handles and spoons.

From level 2, the spoons can be carved again into wooden forks for even more experience. Large branches can be carved into planks too.

Tree branches and saplings are the core materials. Foraging in forest and deep forest areas turns them up often. Chopping trees and bushes also gives branches.

The Crafty and Fast Learner traits each raise the experience rate to 130 percent. The Slow Learner trait lowers it to 70 percent.

Useful items make the best training. Handles feed stone tools, metal tools and weapons, so a stack of them never goes to waste. Spears made for practice also serve as cheap weapons. Stakes and tongs find a use in other crafts. Carving only what the base will use saves branches and time.

A knife is the one tool almost every recipe asks for. Kitchens supply plenty of knives. On a primitive run, a Stone Knife made from a sharp flint flake does the same job. Keep a spare blade, since carving wears tools down.

The XP each Carving level asks for, with the running total from level 0.

Level XP Needed Total XP
1 75 75
2 150 225
3 300 525
4 750 1,275
5 1,500 2,775
6 3,000 5,775
7 4,500 10,275
8 6,000 16,275
9 7,500 23,775
10 9,000 32,775

Carving Level Effects

Higher levels open better and more varied items. Level 1 brings handles, the wooden rod, the wooden spoon, bone beads, the bone awl and knapping tools. Level 2 adds medium handles, the wooden fork, bone jewellery, the bone mask and the first wooden armour.

Level 3 opens large handles, cutting boards, knitting needles and the bone war hatchet head. Wooden shoulder and thigh armour also arrive. Level 4 brings the bone sewing needle, a carved bucket, a wooden mask and the wooden spade.

Level 5 adds the bone fishing hook, goblets and wooden body armour. Levels 6 and 7 complete the bone armour set. Level 7 also allows carving a short bat. Level 9 brings the full carved bat.

The knapping tools at level 1 matter for a primitive run. They are the striking tools that shape flint into blades and tool heads. A carver can replace a broken mallet or knapping tool from wood at any time. That keeps stone toolmaking going long after looted tools run out.

The armour recipes give the late levels their main purpose. Wooden armour uses common materials. Bone armour needs bones from butchered animals, so it pairs well with hunting and trapping.

Carving Skill Books

The Carving Skill Books come in five volumes. Each volume speeds up experience for two levels. Carving I: "Beginners Carving" covers the first two levels. Carving V: "The Art and Process of Natural Material Carving" covers the last two. Reading each volume just before its levels gives the most benefit.

The five volumes, the levels each one speeds up, the XP bonus while those levels are trained, and how long each takes to read. Reading times are game time at the default two minutes a page. Sitting down and wearing Reading Glasses each cut the time by a tenth, the Fast Reader trait cuts it by about a third, and Slow Reader adds a third.

Volume Image Levels XP Bonus Pages Read Time Spawn ID
Carving I: "Beginners Carving" Carving I: "Beginners Carving" 1 to 2 x3 220 7 h 20 min /additem Base.BookCarving1
Carving II: "Cool Woodshaping Projects!" Carving II: "Cool Woodshaping Projects!" 3 to 4 x5 260 8 h 40 min /additem Base.BookCarving2
Carving III: "Grinling Gibbons: His Life and Works" Carving III: "Grinling Gibbons: His Life and Works" 5 to 6 x8 300 10 h /additem Base.BookCarving3
Carving IV: "Medieval Wood and Bone Carving Techniques" Carving IV: "Medieval Wood and Bone Carving Techniques" 7 to 8 x12 340 11 h 20 min /additem Base.BookCarving4
Carving V: "The Art and Process of Natural Material Carving" Carving V: "The Art and Process of Natural Material Carving" 9 to 10 x16 380 12 h 40 min /additem Base.BookCarving5

Set of Carving Books bundles all five volumes in one item and unpacks into them.

Item Image Spawn ID
Set of Carving Books Set of Carving Books /additem Base.BookCarvingSet

Carving Starting Levels

The Carpenter and Park Ranger each begin with one level of Carving. The Whittler trait adds two levels, the Handy trait adds one and the Bushcrafter trait adds one.

A level 1 start opens the handle and spoon recipes straight away. That makes the fast branch-to-spoon training chain available on the first day.

These occupations and traits start a character with levels in Carving.

Name Image Type Levels Points
Whittler Whittler Trait +2 -2
Bushcrafter Bushcrafter Trait +1 -8
Carpenter Carpenter Occupation +1 -2
Handy Handy Trait +1 -8
Park Ranger Park Ranger Occupation +1 -4

Carving Recipes

At the lowest level, carving covers the basics. Saplings become long sticks and spears, branches become stakes and a spear can be fire hardened. Simple wooden tongs, a trowel and a fishing rod are also available.

Low levels add handles of every size, which other crafts need for tools and weapons. Spoons, forks, cutting boards and buckets cover the kitchen. Bone becomes awls, needles, fish hooks and knives.

The higher levels move into armour. Wooden and bone pieces protect the forearms, shins, shoulders, thighs and body. Carved bats are the last items to unlock.

Most carving needs a knife. Some recipes also need a drill, a whetstone or a saw.

Carving links closely to other crafts. Spears carved here feed the Spear Skill and spear assembly under Maintenance. Handles join flint heads from knapping to make stone axes and mauls. Wooden tongs serve the forge in blacksmithing. A carver therefore supports almost every primitive craft in the game.

Every recipe that asks for Carving or trains it, one tab per level asked.

Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
Long Stick Long Stick Carve Long Stick 1x Sapling Large Knife Carving: 0 In Hand No /additem Base.LongStick
Simple Wooden Tongs Simple Wooden Tongs Carve Simple Wooden Tongs Large Knife Carving: 0 In Hand No /additem Base.CrudeWoodenTongs
Wooden Spear Wooden Spear Carve Spear 1x Long Stick or similar Large Knife Carving: 0 In Hand No /additem Base.SpearCrafted
Stake Stake Carve Stake 1x Tree Branch or similar Large Knife Carving: 0 In Hand No /additem Base.Stake
Wooden Trowel Wooden Trowel Carve Trowel 1x Wooden Rod or similar Large Knife Carving: 0 In Hand No /additem Base.MasonsTrowel_Wood
Notched Plank Notched Plank Drill Plank 1x Plank or similar Screwdriver Carving: 0 Any Surface No /additem Base.PercedWood
Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened) Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened) Fire Harden Spear 1x Wooden Spear Large Knife Carving: 0 In Hand Yes /additem Base.SpearCraftedFireHardened
Makeshift Fishing Rod Makeshift Fishing Rod Make Fishing Rod Large Knife Carving: 0 In Hand Yes /additem Base.CraftedFishingRod
Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
12x Small Handle Small Handle Carve 12 Small Handles 1x Plank Large Knife Carving: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.SmallHandle
2x Small Handle Small Handle Carve 2 Small Handles 1x Broken Large Handle or similar Large Knife Carving: 1 In Hand No /additem Base.SmallHandle
4x Large Bone Bead Large Bone Bead Carve 4 Large Bone Beads 1x Large Animal Bone or similar Carving: 1 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.BoneBead_Large
4x Small Handle Small Handle Carve 4 Small Handles 1x Tree Branch or similar Large Knife Carving: 1 In Hand No /additem Base.SmallHandle
8x Small Handle Small Handle Carve 8 Small Handles 1x Long Stick or Sapling Large Knife Carving: 1 In Hand No /additem Base.SmallHandle
Blunt Bone Knife Blunt Bone Knife Carve Blunt Bone Knife 1x Sharp Bone Fragment Carving: 1 In Hand No /additem Base.DullBoneKnife
Awl - Bone Awl - Bone Carve Bone Awl 1x Sharp Bone Fragment Carving: 1 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Awl_Bone
Wood Clay Sculpting Tool Wood Clay Sculpting Tool Carve Clay Sculpting Tool 1x Small Handle Large Knife Carving: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.ClayTool_Carved
2x Knapping Tool Knapping Tool Carve Knapping Tools 1x Antlers Large Knife Carving: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.KnappingTool
Large Bone Bead Large Bone Bead Carve Large Bone Bead 1x Bone Pieces or Long Sharp Bone Carving: 1 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.BoneBead_Large
Small Handle Small Handle Carve Small Handle 1x Medium Handle or similar Large Knife Carving: 1 In Hand No /additem Base.SmallHandle
Wooden Rod Wooden Rod Carve Wooden Rod 1x Plank or similar Large Knife Carving: 1 In Hand No /additem Base.WoodenStick2
Wooden Spoon Wooden Spoon Carve Wooden Spoon 1x Small Handle Large Knife Carving: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.WoodenSpoon
Sharp Bone Fragment Sharp Bone Fragment Sharpen Bone 1x Long Sharp Bone or similar Carving: 1 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.SharpBoneFragment
Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
6x Medium Handle Medium Handle Carve 6 Medium Handles 1x Plank Large Knife Carving: 2 Any Surface No /additem Base.Handle
Bone Spoon Bone Spoon Carve Bone Spoon 1x Sharp Bone Fragment Carving: 2 In Hand No /additem Base.Spoon_Bone
Dice - Bone Dice - Bone Carve Dice 1x Small Handle or Bone Pieces Large Knife Carving: 2 Any Surface No /additem Base.Dice_Bone
Bone Fleshing Tool Bone Fleshing Tool Carve Fleshing Tool 1x Animal Bone or Large Animal Bone Large Knife Carving: 2 In Hand Yes /additem Base.Fleshing_Tool_Bone
Medium Handle Medium Handle Carve Medium Handle 1x Large Handle or similar Large Knife Carving: 2 Any Surface No /additem Base.Handle
Plank Plank Carve Plank 1x Large Branch Large Knife Carving: 2 Any Surface No /additem Base.Plank
Wooden Fork Wooden Fork Carve Wooden Fork 1x Small Handle or Wooden Spoon Large Knife Carving: 2 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.WoodenFork
Bone Mask Bone Mask Make Bone Mask Tailoring: 2, Carving: 2 Any Surface No /additem Base.Hat_BoneMask
Bone Pectoral Bone Pectoral Make Bone Pectoral Tailoring: 2, Carving: 2 Any Surface No /additem Base.Cuirass_BasicBone
Earrings - Pig Tusk Earrings - Pig Tusk Make Pig Tusk Earrings Carving: 2, Tailoring: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.Earring_BoarTusk
Tusk Necklace Tusk Necklace Make Pig Tusk Necklace Hand Drill Carving: 2, Tailoring: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.Necklace_BoarTusk
Tusks Necklace Tusks Necklace Make Pig Tusks Necklace Hand Drill Carving: 2, Tailoring: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.Necklace_BoarTusk_Multi
Wooden Forearm Armor Wooden Forearm Armor Make Wooden Forearm Armor Tailoring: 1, Carving: 2 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.VambraceWood_Right
Wooden Shin Armor Wooden Shin Armor Make Wooden Shin Armor Tailoring: 1, Carving: 2 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.GreaveWood_Right
Long Sharp Bone Long Sharp Bone Sharpen Jawbone 1x Jawbone Carving: 2 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.SharpBone_Long
Long Sharp Bone Long Sharp Bone Sharpen Long Bone 1x Animal Bone or Large Animal Bone Carving: 2 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.SharpBone_Long
Western Boots Western Boots Make Western Boots Tailoring: 7, Carving: 2 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Shoes_CowboyBoots
Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
Cudgel with Bone Spikes Cudgel with Bone Spikes Bone Spike Weapon Axe Carving: 3 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Cudgel_Bone
Bone Fork Bone Fork Carve Bone Fork 1x Sharp Bone Fragment or Bone Spoon Carving: 3 In Hand Yes /additem Base.Fork_Bone
Bone War Hatchet Head Bone War Hatchet Head Carve Bone War Hatchet Head 1x Jawbone or Large Animal Bone Carving: 3 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.HatchetHead_Bone
2x Cutting Board Cutting Board Carve Cutting Boards 1x Plank Carving: 3 Any Surface No /additem Base.CuttingBoardPlastic
Knitting Needles - Bone Knitting Needles - Bone Carve Knitting Needles 1x Long Sharp Bone or similar Large Knife Carving: 3 In Hand Yes /additem Base.KnittingNeedles_Bone
Large Handle Large Handle Carve Large Handle 1x Plank or Large Branch Large Knife Carving: 3 Any Surface No /additem Base.LongHandle
Smoking Pipe Smoking Pipe Carve Pipe 1x Small Handle Large Knife Carving: 3 Any Surface No /additem Base.SmokingPipe
Long Teeth Necklace Long Teeth Necklace Make Long Tooth Necklace Hand Drill Carving: 3, Tailoring: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.NecklaceLong_Teeth
Teeth Necklace Teeth Necklace Make Tooth Necklace Hand Drill Carving: 3, Tailoring: 1 Any Surface No /additem Base.Necklace_Teeth
Wooden Thigh Armor Wooden Thigh Armor Make Wooden Thigh Armor Tailoring: 1, Carving: 3 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.ThighWood_R
Wooden Shoulder Armor Wooden Shoulder Armor Make Wooden Shoulder Armor Tailoring: 4, Carving: 3 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Shoulderpad_Wood_L
Bone Fingerless Gloves Bone Fingerless Gloves Make Bone Armored Gloves Tailoring: 5, Carving: 3 Any Surface No /additem Base.Gloves_BoneGloves
Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
Bone Needle Bone Needle Carve Bone Sewing Needle 1x Sharp Bone Fragment Carving: 4 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Needle_Bone
Carved Bucket Carved Bucket Carve Bucket Large Knife Carving: 4 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.BucketCarved
Wood Mask Wood Mask Carve Wooden Mask Carving: 4 Any Surface No /additem Base.Hat_HockeyMask_Wood
Wooden Spade Wooden Spade Carve Wooden Spade 1x Large Branch or Plank Large Knife Carving: 4 In Hand Yes /additem Base.SpadeWood
Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
Bone Fishing Hook Bone Fishing Hook Carve Bone Fishing Hook 1x Sharp Bone Fragment Carving: 5 In Hand Yes /additem Base.FishingHook_Bone
4x Wood Goblet Wood Goblet Carve Goblets 1x Log Large Knife Carving: 5 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Goblet_Wood
Bone Forearm Armor Bone Forearm Armor Make Bone Forearm Armor Tailoring: 4, Carving: 5 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.VambraceBone_Right
Bone Shin Armor Bone Shin Armor Make Bone Shin Armor Tailoring: 4, Carving: 5 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.GreaveBone_Right
Wooden Body Armor Wooden Body Armor Make Wooden Body Armor Tailoring: 5, Carving: 5 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Cuirass_Wood
Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
Bone Whistle Bone Whistle Carve Whistle 1x Bone Pieces Carving: 6 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Whistle_Bone
Bone Shoulder Armor Bone Shoulder Armor Make Bone Shoulder Armor Tailoring: 5, Carving: 6 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Shoulderpad_Bone_L
Bone Thigh Armor Bone Thigh Armor Make Bone Thigh Armor Tailoring: 4, Carving: 6 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.ThighBone_R
Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
Short Bat Short Bat Carve Short Bat 1x Baseball Bat or similar Large Knife Carving: 7 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.ShortBat
Bone Body Armor Bone Body Armor Make Bone Body Armor Tailoring: 7, Carving: 7 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.Cuirass_Bone
Name Image Recipe Crafting Materials Tools Skill Station Learned Spawn ID
Crafted Baseball Bat Crafted Baseball Bat Carve Bat 1x Large Branch Large Knife Carving: 9 Any Surface Yes /additem Base.BaseballBat_Crafted

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