Masters & Skills

Summary

You can unlock Skills by visiting the Masters around Quill and fulfilling their requirements. Gift them what they ask for and you'll receive new abilities which can improve your gardening, melee and ranged combat, cooking, exploring and fishing.

Twig

Twig is the Fishing Master, from whom you can get the following skills:

Skill	Description
Hook Item	With this you aren't limited to catching fish on your line!
Unzipped Fly	Attract fish from further away when rippling
Big Hook	Catch fish more easily when landing the hook directly on them
Fish Eye	Press F (keyboard) / RB (controller) to scan for nearby fish
Dace in the Hole	The hook will land accurately in the centre of the target zone
Angling Map	Identify currently active fish using the Angling Map feature on the map screen
Fish Food	Throw food into the water to attract nearby fish
Codswallop	Fish near the hook will be splashed out of the water and automatically caught

Jogon

Jogon is the Melee Combat Master, from whom you can get the following skills:

Skill	Description
Parry	Get the timing down to stun and counter enemy attacks. Projectiles can be reflected too
Tri-Combo	3rd combo strike
Pet Support	Gain an extra pet slot
Syphon	Crits steal enemy stamina and give it to you
Goddess Power	Can use effigies in combat
Second Wind	Player is not killed and gets a quarter of health bar back
Boundless	Every 50 stamina used, the player enters a zen-like mode where they have a period of infinite stamina
Hammerfall	10 parries in a row causes Jogon to leap straight down and shockwave all enemies with damage and stun.

Moon

Moon is the Ranged Combat Master, from whom you can get the following skills:

Skill	Description
Strongarm	Don't lose stamina while aiming
Scavenge	33% chance to retain an arrow after each combat area
Finisher	If a non-large enemy has less than 10% health an arrow will finish them
Reflecting Arrow	Chance arrow may hit one target then go hit another
Split Arrow	4 arrows are shot and spread amongst enemies
Headshot	Crits do 25% more damage and lower Strength by 3 permanently
Elemental Mate	Arrows have a 10% chance to be ice/fire/lightning
Moonrise	Moon appears when you use the bow at low health to rain down arrows onto one enemy

Marshtyt

Marshtyt is the Gardening Master, from whom you can get the following skills:

Skill	Description
Hydrate	Plant waters itself after the first day of watering
Reproduce	Vegetables give seeds when cut down while ripe
Can-Do	Your watering can spreads beautiful hydration over a wider area
Hardy	Can plant seeds in all seasons
Tasty	Adds 1 star to planted crops
Quick Grow	Plants grow in one less day
Bounty	Plants have a double yield
Supersweet	Fruit never burns or goes cold in cooking

Mother Hubbard

Old Mother Hubbard is the Cooking Master, from whom you can get the following skills:

Skill	Description
Simpleton’s Stew	Loved by village idiots and hungry people
Quick Cuisine	Family cooks 50% faster
Jamboree	Get double jam yield
Cherry on Top	50% chance desserts gain 1 extra star
Rod’s Stew Art	Get double stews and soup yield
𝝿r2	Get double pie yield
Join the Club	Triple yield from sandwiches and bread
Culinary Magic	Save a burned or poor quality crafted item by regaining at one lost quality star

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Sibling

Your Sibling is the Explorer Master, from whom you can get the following skills:

Skill	Description
Brassfinder	Chopping down long grass can sometimes yield Brass
Jarfinder	Chance to find 2 x jars in digspots
Mining Expert	Mining produces one extra ore
Campfire	Gather round your own campfire and save anytime you like
Knockerfriend	Knockers won’t attack you or boot you from the mine
Duggernaut	20% chance to get 4 items out of digspots
Knockerworkers	Knockers leave piles of ore
Nature's Bounty	Add 1 star and extra yield to wild growables