Achaea offers a variety of trade skills that allow you to ply your talents and make some gold while you're doing it. Largely derived from despecialised class skills such as forging and enchantment, every person can acquire two trade skills free, the first at level 30, and the second at level 50. For additional skills beyond that, see "Additional trade skills" below.
Trade skill abilities an be enhanced with tradeskill artefacts, sold by Merentesh at The Crafting and Tradeskill Artefact Shop.
Trade Skills
| Skill | Function |
| Armoursmithing | Forge protective armour and shields. |
| Augmentation | Augment items with magical enchantments. |
| Conjuration | Conjure powerful magical objects. |
| Cooking | Design and cook delicious dishes. |
| Furnishing | Scour for materials and craft furniture. |
| Gathering | Obtain reagents from many sources. |
| Harvesting | Pick plants and other natural curatives. |
| Inkmilling | Mill inks and warpaints. |
| Jewellery | Create exquisite custom jewellery. |
| Remedies | Concoct life-saving elixirs and salves. |
| Synthesis | Extract and synthesise minerals. |
| Tailoring | Sew exquisite clothes for the masses. |
| Toxicology | Prepare deadly poisons. |
| Weaponsmithing | Forge the weapons of war. |
Obtaining trade skills
To begin your journey as a craftsman, seek out Amarisse at the Delosian Crafters Union in Delos. Once there, ASK AMARISSE GAIN <trade skill>.
Additional trade skills
To encourage a thriving economy and community, additional trade skills carry an extra cost to learn. If you'd like to become more self-sufficient, you may purchase more trade skill permits for fifty credits each, allowing you to learn an extra trade skill. Each of these skills also carries a compounding lesson cost to learn. So your third trade skill (first additional skill) will cost fifty percent more lessons to reach transcendent. Your fourth (second additional) will cost fifty percent more again.
To purchase an additional trade skill permit, simply visit Amarisse in Delos and BUY TRADESKILL PERMIT.
There is no pressure to learn additional skills though, there will definitely be another adventurer around who will be able to assist you!
Forgetting trade skills
Should you wish to change trade skills in the future, you can FORGET <trade skill> and you'll be refunded 50% of your invested lessons in that skill.