Lost Ark won six-game awards in various categories at the Korea Game Awards 2019. Developing the game cost about $85.4 million. It is a fantasy massively multiplayer online action role-playing game (MMOARPG). It is co-developed by Tripod Studio and Smilegate’s game development subsidiary Smilegate RPG. It was fully released in the South Korean region on December 4, 2019. The game is releasing in European and North American regions on February 11, 2022, where it will be published by Amazon Games. If you want to know how to unlock trade skills in Lost Ark, we’ve got you covered. Having these skills is important because they let you gather all sorts of resources. They include things like hunting, fishing, mining, logging, foraging, and excavating, and all of these are important in their own way. So, in this guide, we’ll show you how to unlock the Lost Ark trade skills, as well as list off the types of trade skills and what they’re all about. Unlock Trade Skills in Lost Ark
How to Unlock Trade Skills in Lost Ark
If you want to unlock trading skills in the Lost Ark, the first order of business is to play through the game. One thing to keep in mind is until you make your way to Lakebar Village. This should be in about ten hours or so, depending on how thoroughly you explore everything. Don't worry, it's all part of the main story; The game wants you to have business acumen, so it won't deceive you. Once you reach the village, you will find the quest "Crown of Lakebar". During missions, you'll unlock trading skills (pressing L brings up the menu) and crafting. Be sure to complete the attached guide search to become familiar with all systems.
Lost Ark Trade Skills Types
Now that you've got an idea of how to unlock trading skills in Lost Ark, it's time to look at their types and what they do. There are six trading skills, and for the most part, they revolve around gathering a variety of resources. Here is their list with brief description.
- Foraging – Gathering of plants and mushrooms, mostly for making bombs and potions. Mushrooms require Foraging level 10.
- Logging – Chopping down and collecting wood for your ships and Stronghold. Level perks include gathering wood from higher rarity trees, temporarily turning a sapling into a mature tree, and more.
- Mining – Gathering ores and minerals for upgrading gear and your Stronghold. Level perks include a minigame that rewards you with more materials, increased drops of rare materials, and the glorious Mining Bombs.
- Hunting – The perks in this skill tree are kinda fun. For example, one marks prey after it comes into contact with nodes from the previous three categories. One lets you set traps. Level 30 unlocks Tracking.
- Fishing – The skills in this tree make fishing easier, obviously. For example, you unlock the option to drop bait, barrel fishing (basically like setting traps in Hunting), and more.
- Excavating – Unlike most of the previous skills, excavating doesn’t have nodes; rather, you have to use the Relic Search active skill. The stuff you unlock in this skill tree basically makes your job easier.