Skill · Build 42.21

Welding

in Spanish: Metalistería

Crafting0 to 10: 32,775 XP

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From levelTo levelStarting bonusThe level your character started with in this skill, from profession and traits.

TraitsCrafty ×1.3Fast Learner ×1.3Slow Learner ×0.7

Reading the books

The bar asks for 32,775 XP from level 0 to 10.

11,015 XP to earn doing things (the XP each recipe shows), with your ×0.25

Levels	What to read	Bar	To earn
0 → 2	Welding I: "Basics of Welding" ×3	225	300
2 → 4	Welding II: "Building with Metal" ×5	1,050	840
4 → 6	Welding III: "Machining Metal: The Mass Genfac Guide" ×8	4,500	2,250
6 → 8	Welding IV: "Ore to Sheets: A Complete Metalworking Manual" ×12	10,500	3,500
8 → 10	Welding V: "Technological Fundamentals of Metal Fabrication" ×16	16,500	4,125

Without books: 131,100 XP. Each book can be read from one level before its range. Half-read gives part of the multiplier, and only one book counts at a time.

With the server's XP multiplier at 1, the default.

XP per level

Level	XP	Total	Book
1	75	75	×3
2	150	225	×3
3	300	525	×5
4	750	1,275	×5
5	1,500	2,775	×8
6	3,000	5,775	×8
7	4,500	10,275	×12
8	6,000	16,275	×12
9	7,500	23,775	×16
10	9,000	32,775	×16

Traits and professions

Starting levels

Welder+4
Mechanic+1

XP multiplier

Skill books5

Welding I: "Basics of Welding"levels 1–2 · ×3readable from level 0
Welding II: "Building with Metal"levels 3–4 · ×5readable from level 2
Welding III: "Machining Metal: The Mass Genfac Guide"levels 5–6 · ×8readable from level 4
Welding IV: "Ore to Sheets: A Complete Metalworking Manual"levels 7–8 · ×12readable from level 6
Welding V: "Technological Fundamentals of Metal Fabrication"levels 9–10 · ×16readable from level 8

Read it whole and it multiplies all the XP you earn until you reach the last level of its range.

Magazines7

They teach recipes that use the skill. They don't give XP.

VHS tapes that give XP5

Home VHS: no 9up to 400 XP
Home VHS: nof vid+350 XP
VHS: Adefope Fencing Special+450 XP
VHS: Home Welding Guide+300 XP
VHS: Z-Squad S2.03+50 XP

Base XP, before multipliers, and only while the skill is below level 3. Each line of a tape counts once; "up to" means part of the tape is also on another one.