Kroniki Polan

Skills

Six crafts of the year 963 — from combat to gusła. Below, what every level unlocks: recipes, gathering and tools.

Combat

The art of axe and spear in defence of the gord.

Combat grows in battle: every level means truer and heavier strikes. Weapons and armour you may buy, forge from spoils, or take from a fallen foe — in the wilds of the Pomeranian Forests, from the soldiers of both camps as well.

Woodcutting

Felling the pines and oaks of the wildwood. Requires a hatchet.

Lvl	What it grants	How
1	Pine log	gathering (tool: Hatchet)
1	Birch log	gathering (tool: Hatchet)
8	Linden log	gathering (tool: Hatchet)
15	Oak log	gathering (tool: Hatchet)
20	Fir log	gathering (tool: Hatchet)
30	Willow log	gathering (tool: Hatchet)

Fishing

Fishing the waters of Lednica, the Noteć and beyond — with rod, fish-spear, net and fish trap; from roach to sturgeon.

Fish species (17)

Lvl	Fish	Waters and tools
1	Roach	jezioro, rzeka — rod/net/fish trap
3	Perch	jezioro, rzeka — rod/fish-spear/fish trap
5	Bream	jezioro, rzeka — net/fish trap
6	Crucian carp	jezioro — rod/fish trap
8	Tench	jezioro — rod/fish trap
10	Pike	jezioro, rzeka — fish-spear/rod
12	Herring	morze — net
14	Flounder	morze — net/rod
15	Eel	rzeka — fish trap
18	Zander	jezioro — rod
20	Vimba	rzeka — net/rod
20	Cod	morze — net/rod
22	Burbot	jezioro, rzeka — fish trap/rod
25	Catfish	rzeka — fish-spear/fish trap
25	Zmij-catfish	rzeka — fish-spear
28	Sea trout	rzeka — fish-spear/rod
35	Sturgeon	rzeka, morze — fish-spear/net

Forest beekeeping

Taking honey from wild bees in forest tree-hives. Requires a climbing harness.

Honeys by forage

Lvl	Honey	Forage
1	Forest honey	forage: lesny — stinging 18%
1	Willow honey	forage: wierzba — stinging 18%
5	Linden honey	forage: lipa — stinging 22%
18	Heather honey	forage: wrzos — stinging 42%
28	Honeydew honey	forage: spadz — stinging 48%

Herbalism

Gathering mugwort, St John's wort and other herbs famed for driving off evil.

Lvl	What it grants	How
3	Coltsfoot infusion	Coltsfoot
5	Mugwort infusion	Mugwort
5	Yarrow infusion	Yarrow
5	Nettle infusion	Nettle
7	odtrutka_czosnek	Ramsons
8	St John's wort infusion	St John's wort
8	Needle tea	Young needles
8	Hawthorn infusion	Hawthorn berries
8	Ground willow bark	Willow bark
9	Styptic powder	Puffball
10	Warming decoction	Ground willow bark, Bogbean, Drowned maiden's braid
12	Hardening salve	St John's wort, Beeswax
12	Oak salve	Ground oak bark, Beeswax
12	Ground oak bark	Oak bark
13	kadzidlo_letnie	Mullein, Tansy
15	Infusion of strength	Wolfsbane
15	Soothing powder	Valerian root
18	Bog-ward decoction	Bog arum, Bogbean
18	kadzidlo_zimowe	Marsh tea, Tansy
18	Powdered tinder fungus	Tinder fungus
18	Antidote	Bog arum
20	Decoction of fleetness	Angelica, Yarrow
20	Powdered root	Angelica root
22	Incense	Powdered tinder fungus, Tansy
24	White-wax salve	White wax, St John's wort
26	Strong incense	Wolf's bast, Tansy
27	Vision powder	Fly agaric
30	Elixir	Powdered root, Hawthorn berries
32	Weakening poison	Fibrecap, Beeswax
35	Decoction of might	Mistletoe, Fly agaric, Powdered root
38	Wasting poison	Death cap, Beeswax
1	Mugwort	gathering
1	Coltsfoot	gathering
1	Young needles	gathering
3	Cep	gathering
4	Hazelnuts	gathering
4	Nettle	gathering
5	Yarrow	gathering
5	Chanterelles	gathering
6	Wild rose hips	gathering
7	Ramsons	gathering
8	St John's wort	gathering
8	Hawthorn berries	gathering
8	Slippery jack	gathering
9	Puffball	gathering
10	Iceland moss	gathering
11	Mullein	gathering
12	Sloes	gathering
12	Yellow knight	gathering
13	Tansy	gathering
15	Bogbean	gathering
15	Wolfsbane	gathering
15	Valerian root	gathering (tool: Peasant knife)
15	Morel	gathering
18	Bog arum	gathering
18	Tinder fungus	gathering
18	Marsh tea	gathering
20	Angelica	gathering
20	Angelica root	gathering (tool: Peasant knife)
24	Mistletoe	gathering (tool: Peasant knife)
26	Wolf's bast	gathering
27	Fly agaric	gathering
32	Fibrecap	gathering
38	Death cap	gathering

Gusła

Folk sorcery: the old rites at the holy stones. The favour of the spirits can be precious.

Lvl	What it grants	How
1	Wax candle	White wax, Tow
8	Spellbound comb	Comb, Nocnica's lock

Rites (26)

Lvl	Rite	How to perform it
1	Blessing (dawni bogowie)	Lay a herb on the stone and ask the ancestors for grace.
1	Prayer (nowa wiara)	Light a candle by the cross and pray for the new god's grace.
1	Rite of waking (dawni bogowie)	Damroka's Pomeranian words wake what dreams within the stones of the circle. The pagan way bids you lay the woken apparition low with iron — and bind the lock beneath the offering stone.
1	Binding of Mściwój's soul (dawni bogowie)	Perform the pagan night ritual on the barrow to bind Mściwój's second soul.
1	Exorcism at the barrow (nowa wiara)	Hallow the barrow with cross and prayer to send Mściwój's soul to its rest.
5	Communion (nowa wiara)	Take communion — the consecrated wafer brings comfort to the spirit.
5	Veles's Pledge (dawni bogowie)	Give Veles a gift of the herds and swear — let him take your goods under his pledge before you set out into the wilds.
5	Homage to Saint Christopher (nowa wiara)	Pray to the patron of travellers and crossings — may he guard your goods on the road through the wilds.
8	Rite of the hunt (dawni bogowie)	Summon the spirit-beast and defeat it to gain the power of the hunt.
8	Lesser exorcism (nowa wiara)	Summon the possessed apparition and drive it off with cross and weapon.
12	Harvest rite (dawni bogowie)	Entreat the spirits of plenty for a happy harvest and catch.
12	Blessing of water (nowa wiara)	Consecrate water in the name of the new god — it drives off the spirits of the night.
15	Blessing of arms (dawni bogowie)	Consecrate your weapon on the holy stone — let it cut the surer.
15	Consecration of arms (nowa wiara)	Consecrate your weapon with the cross — let it cut the unclean the surer.
18	Symbols I — Perun's amulet (dawni bogowie)	Carve and consecrate Perun's amulet — the sign of the thunder-lord.
18	Consecration of the little cross (nowa wiara)	Carve and consecrate a little wooden cross — the sign of the new god.
22	Whispers from beyond the boundary (dawni bogowie)	Open the boundary between the worlds and master what comes through.
22	Driving off the night spirit (nowa wiara)	Draw down the night spirit and drive it off with holy water.
25	Symbols II — Dziewanna's wreath (dawni bogowie)	Plait and consecrate Dziewanna's wreath — the protection of the lady of the wilds.
25	Plaiting of the rosary (nowa wiara)	Plait and consecrate a prayer cord of knots and beads — the rosary of the poor.
28	Undoing of the curse (dawni bogowie)	Draw the night's hex upon yourself and undo it in the cloud.
28	Great exorcism (nowa wiara)	Draw down the Bies of sin and send him away with prayer and weapon.
30	Great rite (dawni bogowie)	The mightiest of the common rites — a great offering, a great gift.
30	Vigil (nowa wiara)	Keep vigil through the night by candlelight — the mightiest of the common prayers.
35	Communing with Perun (dawni bogowie)	Stand face to face with the thunder-lord and his wild host — the summit of the old faith.
35	Exorcism of the summit (nowa wiara)	The highest prayer: stand against the Bies of Pride, eldest of the sins.

Husbandry

Field, flock and homestead in Września. The land bears slowly — but it bears even without you.

Hearthcraft

Leaven, pickles, cheeses and honey meads. The vat works, the cellar enriches, the table gladdens.

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