Guide for My Time at Portia (2024)

Skills and the Skill Trees

Skills are ability enhancers, which will give you specific perks during the game. There are three Skill Trees available:

• Fight. This focuses on combat by improving your strength, defense, Experience Gain and recovery speed.
• Gather. This focuses on resource procurement, and some Endurance and Stamina boosts.
• Social. This focuses on Relationship Point increases, sparring, dating and selling item improvement.

Every level you gain, you’re rewarded with one skill point. The maximum level in the game is 99, with 98 Skill Points. To fully upgrade all of the skills, you’d need 139, so it’s impossible to max out the three trees.

In order to unlock a new row below the row you’re currently on (starting from the top), you need to invest a total of 5 Skill Points in that row of that tree. Each skill has an amount that can be invested into it, going from 1 to 5 Skill Points.

Skill Reset

If you wish to reset your skill assignment, you can do so by speaking to Phyllis when she’s at Dr. Xu’s clinic. You’ll be able to select Acupuncture, which will return all of your Skill Points and allowing you to reallocate them. The first time you do this, it will cost you 1000 Gols, and it then increases by 600 Gols each time you have Acupuncture.

You can decrease the cost by improving your relationship with Phyllis (which you will be doing for an achievement).

• Being a Buddy will give you a 10% discount.
• Being a Lover will give you a 20% discount.
• Being Married (so Phyllis is your Wife) will give you a 40% discount.

Fight Tree

Tier 1

• Intensive Training
  Levels: 3
  Effect: Experienced gained increases by 5% > 10% > 15% > 20% > 25%
• Evasive
  Levels: 3
  Effect: Endurance usage decreases by 3 > 6 > 9 when dodge-rolling.
• Dash
  Levels: 2
  Effect: Endurance usage decreases by 3 >6 per second when sprinting.

Tier 2

• Strike
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Damage increases by 12% > 24% > 36% > 48%
• Guard
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Defense increases by 15% > 30% > 45% > 60%
• Toughness
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Maximum health increases by 5% > 10% > 15% > 20%

Tier 3

• Aggressive Stance
  Levels: 4
  Effect: For every 1% decrease in health, damage increases by 0.2% > 0.4% > 0.6% > 0.8%
  
• Defense Posture
  Levels: 4
  Effect: For every 1% decrease in health, damage taken decreases by 0.1% > 0.2% > 0.3% > 0.4%
  
• Recovery
  Levels: 2
  Effect: Endurance recovery rate increases by 5% > 10%
  

Tier 4

• Loot
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Chances of double-loot increases by 5% > 10% > 15% > 20%
  
• Healer
  Levels: 3
  Effect: Recovery effect increases by 8% > 16% > 24% when using recovery items.
  
• Follow Victory
  Levels: 3
  Effect: Duration of buff effects increases by 8% > 16% > 24%
  

Tier 5

• Precision Strike
  Levels: 1
  Effect: Increases critical damage with a ranged weapon by 50%
  
• Fatal Strike
  Levels: 1
  Effect: Increases critical damage with a melee weapon by 50%
  

Gather Tree

Tier 1

• Mastery of Axe
  Levels: 2
  Effect: Stamina cost decreases by 25% > 50% when using axe
• Mastery of Pickaxe
  Levels: 2
  Effect: Stamina cost decreases 25% > 50% when using pickaxe
• Lucky Me
  Levels: 5
  Effect: Tree kicking and harvesting activities have a 6% > 12% > 18% > 24% > 30% chance to double the loot. (Does not affect crops grown in the Workshop)

Tier 2

• Advanced Lumbering
  Levels: 3
  Effect: 8% > 16% > 24% chance of double drops when Lumbering (chopping down trees etc)
• Advanced Mining
  Levels: 3
  Effect: 8% > 16% > 24% chance of double drops when Mining
• Lively
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Maximum Endurance increased by 5% > 10% > 15% > 20%
• Power Up
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Maximum Stamina increased by 2% > 4% > 6% > 8%

Tier 3

• Fish Encyclopedia
  Levels: 1
  Effect: Identify a fish before fishing.
• Farm Guru
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Chance of extra production from cultivating crops increases by 10% > 20% > 30% > 40%
• Artisan
  Levels: 4
  Effect: A 5% > 10% > 15% > 20% reduction in material cost on the Worktable.

Tier 4

• Livestock Guru
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Increases petting effectiveness in the Coop and Shed by 10% > 20% > 30% > 40%
• Expert Electrician
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Increases the damage of the Mini-Drill and Chainsaw by 10% > 20% > 30% > 40%
• Mount Training
  Levels: 3
  Effect: Get an extra 20% > 50% > 75% growth from training your mount.

Tier 5

• Born to Ride
  Levels: 1
  Effect: Decreases the difficulty of training a mount by 25%
• Charm Overload
  Levels: 1
  Effect: A 100% increase in chance to get rare items from the Tree Farm and Mining Company deliveries.

Social Tree

Tier 1

• Smooth Talk
  Levels: 5
  Effect: A 20% > 40% > 60% > 80% > 100% chance to receive 1 additional relationship point when chatting.
• The Giver
  Levels: 5
  Effect: A 20% > 40% > 60% > 80% > 100% chance to receive 2 additional relationship point when gifting.
• Commerce Hot Shot
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Increases Workshop Reputation by 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 and rewards by 5% > 10% > 15% > 20% after completing a commission.

Tier 2

• Business Mind
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Items sell for 2% > 4% > 6% > 8% more.
• Fair Fight
  Levels: 4
  Effect: When sparring, 20% > 40% > 60% > 80% chance for an additional 1 relationship point, regardless of outcome. 20% chance to receive double loot upon winning.
• Altruistic
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Get an extra 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 relationship points when fulfilling a wish.

Tier 3

• Happy Camper
  Levels: 4
  Effect: Mood meter increases 5% > 10% > 15% > 20% more while playing or dating.
• Matchmaker
  Levels: 3
  Effect: Confession success rate increases by 10% > 20% > 30%
• Big Player
  Levels: 5
  Effect: Get an extra 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 dating action points when playing or dating.

Tier 4

• Intimate Interaction
  Levels: 5
  Effect: Daily interactions available increases 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5
• Custom Discount
  Levels: 5
  Effect: Decreases the cost of exchanging items at the Gift Exchange (in the Commerce Guild) by 10% > 20% > 30% > 40% > 50%

Tier 5

• Social Maniac
  Levels: 1
  Effect: Play can be activated at the Associate level.
• Photographer
  Levels: 1
  Effect: Unlocks Selfie poses.

Skills Worth Investing In

To begin with, it's worth investing in the following Skills:

Fight Tree

• 5 points into Intensive Training*
• 4 points into Strike (not as important to max out)
• 4 points into Guard (not as important to max out)

Gather Tree

• 2 points into Mastery of Axe*
• 2 points into Mastery of Pickaxe*
• 1 point into Lucky Me
• 3 points into Advanced Lumbering*
• 3 points into Advanced Mining*
• 1 point into Fish Encyclopedia (not as important to max out)
• 4 points into Artisan*

Social Tree

• 5 points into Commerce Hot Shot*
• 5 points into Smooth Talk
• 4 points into Business Minds

Only max out what you want to, the ones with Asterisks are the ones I consider the most important.

When you receive the Mini-Drill and Chainsaw (if you work on your relationship with Mint and complete the mission Hot Springs Retreat), go to Phyllis to get Acupuncture, and then modify your skill tree. The Fight and Social Trees can stay as they are, but the Gather Tree can change to:

• 4 points into Mastery of Axe
• 1 point into Lucky Me
• 4 points into Power Up
• 1 point into Lively
• 1 point into Fish Encyclopedia (not as important to max out)
• 4 points into Artisan*
• 4 points into Expert Electrican*

This will make the Mini-Drill and Chainsaw more effective.

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