Jobs

The job system
At the beginning you are prompted to choose a job before you can play, but don't worry! You are not required to do the same thing over and over. This is just a skill boost to help you farm and/or craft faster.

Why?
Unlike Cobalt, abduction is for some parties an activity that does not culminate with the subject's death or corruption. Apparently, before the satellite dishes suffered irreparable damage, Cobalt was trying to scan for other things out there, likely in an attempt to harvest minerals and unknown materials in space. Someone caught wind of this... It was not a nation, government or even a military force. Little is known about the presumably humanoid figure known only as "The Creator". The creator, in true folklore tales fashion, operates from an UFO, abducting island natives and sending them back with a purpose. Maybe the aliens want to destroy Cobalt, maybe they want to take over the island for something it holds. No one knows their plans and it seems awkward that they don't send people back with knowledge of technology, but instead with basic survival skills. Maybe they want the residents to claim the island back to form an alien colony.

How does it work?
There are five skills that will be the basis of your survival and will allow you to trade. The premise of this system is that the more you do something, the better you get at it.

Woodcutting
The lumberjack's specialty. Allows you to get more wood for every level.

Mining
The miner's specialty. Grants you increasing amounts of stone and ore per level.

Skinning
The hunter's specialty. You get more meat, fat, leather and other animal byproducts for every level.

Gathering
The farmer's specialty. Anything you pick up from the dirt yields more for every level.

Crafting
Story players have only this specialty. Allows you to craft faster for every level.

The Allrounders
Natives aren't specialized on anything but they know enough of all five skills.

Can't I just spawn at the beach?
No. If this bothers you then this server is not for you. You can however use the Continue NPC to spawn at a random shack with minimal equipment.

What if I don't have a bed or sleeping bag?
You'll respawn back at the UFO. In this case you can use "Continue" to spawn randomly without losing your stats, or just change to a different job.

Story


The story is still largely under development.