Options for the Geologist Skill Tree

Okay, so you are making books and want skilled geologists. What are your options for adding skills and how long is it going to take?

Here are a few options:

This is all based on the idea that there the production requirements don't change higher up the tree once you've produced more books. After having a look at a guide to the science system - geologist, I've just realised that my figures are wrong. However they would be the minimum requirements if 1 tome always used 1 manuscript, and 1 codex always used 1 tome (made up of 1 manuscript and 1 tome). Conclusion, it will take a long time to produce fully skilled geologists....

1. Geologist with skills to the top of the tree / Maximum skills on Codex Level.

10/15 skill points on Manuscript Level, 10/18 skill points on Tome Level, remaining 11/21 skill points on Codex Level.

Requires a minimum of: 31 manuscripts, 21 tomes and 11 codexes

Time to produce the books (unbuffed):

Level 1: (31 manus x 60 hours) + (21 tomes x 72 hours) + (11 codexes x 84 hours) = 4,296 hours = 179 days

Level 2: (31 manus x 30 hours) + (21 tomes x 36 hours) + (11 codexes x 42 hours) = 2,148 hours = 89 days 12 hours

Level 3: (31 manus x 20 hours) + (21 tomes x 24 hours) + (11 codexes x 28 hours) = 1,432 hours = 59 days 12 hours

Level 4: (31 manus x 15 hours) + (21 tomes x 18 hours) + (11 codexes x 21 hours) = 1,074 hours = 44 days 18 hours

Level 5: (31 manus x 12 hours) + (21 tomes x 14 hours 24 mins) + (11 codexes x 16 hours 48 mins) = 859 hours 12 min = 35 days 19 hours 12 mins


2. Maximum skills on Manuscript Level, other skills on Tome Level.

With 15/15 skill points on Manuscript Level, there are 16/18 skill points available at Tome Level.

Requires a minimum of: 31 manuscripts and 16 tomes.

Time to produce the books (unbuffed):

Level 1: (31 manus x 60 hours) + (16 tomes x 72 hours) = 3,012 hours = 125 days 12 hours

Level 2: (31 manus x 30 hours) + (16 tomes x 36 hours) = 1,506 hours = 62 days 18 hours

Level 3: (31 manus x 20 hours) + (16 tomes x 24 hours) = 1,004 hours = 41 days 20 hours

Level 4: (31 manus x 15 hours) + (16 tomes x 18 hours) = 753 hours = 31 days 9 hours

Level 5: (31 manus x 12 hours) + (16 tomes x 14 hours 24 mins) = 602 hours 24 min = 25 days 2 hours 24 mins


3. Maximum skills on Manuscript Level, minimum on Tome Level, remainder on Codex Level.

With 15/15 skill points on Manuscript Level and 10/18 points on Tome Level, there are 6/21 points for Codex Level.

Requires a minimum of: 31 manuscripts, 16 tomes and 6 codexes.

Time to produce the books (unbuffed):

Level 1: (31 manus x 60 hours) + (10 tomes x 72 hours) + (6 codexes x 84 hours) = 3,084 hours = 128 days 12 hours

Level 2: (31 manus x 30 hours) + (10 tomes x 36 hours) + (6 codexes x 42 hours) = 1,542 hours = 64 days 6 hours

Level 3: (31 manus x 20 hours) + (10 tomes x 24 hours) + (6 codexes x 28 hours) = 1,028 hours = 42 days 20 hours

Level 4: (31 manus x 15 hours) + (10 tomes x 18 hours) + (6 codexes x 21 hours) = 771 hours = 32 days 3 hours

Level 5: (31 manus x 12 hours) + (10 tomes x 14 hours 24 mins) + (6 codexes x 16 hours 48 mins) = 616 hours = 25 days 16 hours


4. Maximum skills on Tome Level.

Minimum skills on Manuscript Level, maximum on Tome Level, remainder on Codex Level

With 10/15 skill points on Manuscript Level and 18/18 skill points on Tome Level, there are 3/21 skill points for Codex Level.

Requires a minimum of: 31 manuscripts, 21 tomes and 3 codexes

Time to produce the books (unbuffed):

Level 1: (31 manus x 60 hours) + (21 tomes x 72 hours) + (3 codexes x 84 hours) = 3,624 hours = 151 days

Level 2: (31 manus x 30 hours) + (21 tomes x 36 hours) + (3 codexes x 42 hours) = 1,812 hours = 75 days 12 hours

Level 3: (31 manus x 20 hours) + (21 tomes x 24 hours) + (3 codexes x 28 hours) = 1,208 hours = 50 days 8 hours

Level 4: (31 manus x 15 hours) + (21 tomes x 18 hours) + (3 codexes x 21 hours) = 906 hours = 37 days 18 hours

Level 5: (31 manus x 12 hours) + (21 tomes x 14 hours 24 mins) + (3 codexes x 16 hours 48 mins) = 724 hours 48 mins = 30 days 4 hours 48 mins

This is not an exhaustive list of all the options - just the parameters of what you can do. You can either get a geologist to the top of the tree, use the maximum skills on one level, or customise it to your own requirements. The limit is 31 skill points. That's 31/54.