# Skills

Skills are research discoveries that unlock new abilities, buildings, and bonuses in Anno 117: Pax Romana. They are organized into categories and must be unlocked through the skill tree.

## Overview

- **Type:** Inspiration skills are placed deeper in the research tree and require specific conditions to unlock
- **Unlock Requirements:** Each skill node has two conditions - a required amount of generated knowledge and a secondary requirement (e.g., building a specific structure)
- **Progression:** Once unlocked, a skill node can serve as a starting point for further research

## Skill Categories

- [Civic](./civic.md) - City administration upgrades, service building improvements, and area effects
- [Economy](./economy.md) - Production improvements, workforce bonuses, and economic mechanics
- [Military](./military.md) - Military units, defensive structures, naval combat, and warfare enhancements

## Skill Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| Inspiration | Advanced skills deeper in the research tree requiring special unlock conditions |

## Usage Tips

- **Plan Ahead:** Review skill requirements before committing to a research path
- **Build Requirements:** Many skills require constructing specific buildings as prerequisites
- **Knowledge Generation:** Ensure adequate knowledge production to unlock deeper skill nodes

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## All Skills

### Military

- [Another Brick In The Wall](./another-brick-in-the-wall.md) - Walls hitpoints +5% (Repeatable Research)
- [Brick By Brick](./brick-by-brick.md) - Halves construction costs for Stone Walls and Stone Gates
- [Camp Campaigning](./camp-campaigning.md) - Encampments gain +1 Happiness, +1 Fire Safety, +1 Prestige area effects
- [Dominion Research](./dominion-research-2.md) - Inspiration type, requires conquering 1 island and 9,000 Knowledge
- [Equicurrian Chariots](./equicurrian-chariots.md) - Enhances Chariot troops with +25% attack range, +1 ranged offence, +10% movement speed
- [Imperial Measures](./imperial-measures.md) - +100% ship construction speed for Shipyards
- [Spathas](./spathas.md) - Improves Praetorian Cavalry stats (Morale +50, Melee offence +1, Charge offence +4)
- [Sturdy Construction](./sturdy-construction.md) - +5% Hitpoints for Towers and Gates (Repeatable Research, 1.5M Knowledge)
- [Sword and Sald (Brave Hearts)](./brave-hearts.md) - Repeatable Research, yields random Legendary Specialist in Military, Seafaring, or Civics
