# Skills System There are 10 skills on Foundation Craft, all listed below. Players will automatically earn skill experience when performing actions relevant to each skill. For example, players will earn farming experience when harvesting crops and woodcutting experience when cutting down trees. * Attack - earn experience by dealing damage in combat * Damage dealt is 1% higher for each skill level you have * Defense - earn experience by taking or blocking damage * Player health is 1% higher for each skill level you have * Mining - earn experience by mining stone and ores * Item drops increase by 1% for each skill level you have (except for ores in The Frontier) * Woodcutting - earn experience by cutting down trees * Item drops increase by 1% for each skill level you have * Excavation - earn experience by breaking solid blocks * Item drops increase by 1% for each skill level you have * Farming - earn experience by harvesting crops * Item drops increase by 1% for each skill level you have * Fishing - earn experience by catching fish * Fishing times are 1% faster for each skill level you have * Cooking - earn experience by cooking food in furnaces * Cooking is 1% faster for each skill level you have * Smelting - earn experience by smelting ores in furnaces * Smelting times are 1% faster for each skill level you have * Alchemy - earn experience by brewing and using potions * Brew times are 1% faster for each skill level you have ### Leveling Up Skills Players can level up their skills by performing actions relevant to each skill and earning skill experience. The server rewards players with one emerald per skill level they have when they level up. The higher you level up your skills, the more emeralds you will receive. {% hint style="info" %} There is no max skill level on Foundation Craft. Players can continue to level up their skills indefinitely, but it does get significantly harder to level up your skills at higher skill levels. {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://about.foundationcraft.com/additional-features/skills-system.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.