Complete Skill Guide For The Last Caretaker

The Last Caretaker puts you in charge of rebuilding a broken world. You are a robot who has been designated the caretaker of this shattered environment and must explore, scavenge, craft, and occasionally fight in order to rebuild humanity. Your actions will decide the world’s fate.

To help along the way, you’ll have different skills which you can level to help you with your quest. These will enable you to craft all the items you need to rebuild a fully functioning society in this hostile environment.

What Are Skills?

Skills is a slightly misleading name as they are more like blueprints, or recipes. There are 21 tier levels for skills and each one contains two to eight new blueprints. You’ll need skill points to unlock each one, although you won’t always get enough skill points to take every skill at the level as you unlock it. Therefore, it’s good to know what is available at each level.

Once you’ve learned a skill, you will find that the item it unlocked is craftable by any fabricator, as long as you have the appropriate crafting materials.

How Do I Level Skills?

You need to gain experience to unlock both tier levels and skill points to unlock and purchase the blueprints at each skill level. You can experience by:

• Dismantling items
• Recycling scraps
• Crafting items
• Fighting enemies
• Completing quests

The experience gain feels slow but does ramp up quickly. If you spend more time dismantling items and recycling and crafting them from the start, then you’ll find you unlock higher skill levels before you can even use the items they unlock.

All Skills By Level

We break down the skills by level to see what is unlocked at each tier and which skills you’ll want to prioritize.

Level 1

These skills are already unlocked when you start.

You’ll find both a torch and a repair tool in your toolbar when you begin the game. The recipes are available in case you need to craft new ones.

Level 2

This level has your basics for routing power and fuel, as well as dismantling items for resources.

Make sure to grab the dismantle tool as soon as you hit this level. You’ll need this to break down items into scraps which you can recycle for resources. We also recommend unlocking all the other skills at this level before continuing.

Level 3

Your first weapon is on this level, along with some storage options.

The wind generator is a good priority here, as well as the consumable battery, since you can easily carry these with you.

Level 4

This tier focuses on generators.

We recommend taking the diesel generator to help keep your ship fueled. You’ll find that you have easy access to fabricators and recyclers for a good chunk of the game, so these are less important.

Level 5

This level offers a new weapon and resources to generate petrol.

The bolt pistol is a neat weapon, but you will need to craft and carry a lot of ammo, which can be a pain. The petrol generators you won’t likely use yet.

Level 6

This is the upgrade tier with a lot of second-level items.

The storage container is well worth the upgrade, as is the solar panel. You won’t use the ship too much early on, so you can leave these engine enhancements for now.

Level 7

This tier adds water items, but you may not need them yet.

The flame pistol is fun but ammo heavy. The water items you may not need as soon as you hit this tier.

Level 8

This tier adds a little efficiency and some new ammo.

The efficiency matrix is great for conserving resources, and the larger wind-turbine is also worth grabbing.

Level 9

This tier is full of weapon enhancements.

Your value on this tier will depend on which weapons you use and how often.

Level 10

This tier starts to add human nourishment, a later game need.

This tier also unlocks things which you may not need at the point you hit it, depending on how much exploration you do.

Level 11

A new weapon, more storage and some more human boosts are on this tier.

The large storage container is well worth prioritizing, and this weapon will help if you are struggling with enemies in the later game.

Level 12

This level adds gas facilities to your lineup.

This tier is getting into the late game items now, as you build up functioning areas for humans.

Level 13

This level is another tier of upgrades.

The large solar panel is the highlight here, alongside more optimization.

Level 14

A new weapon appears here, alongside some more human enhancements.

Make sure to also grab this top-level wind-generator as well as the rifle, which is incredibly powerful.

Level 15

Another tier of mainly enhancements.

Make sure to grab the large consumable battery. This is the most power for your internal battery that you can carry in your inventory.

Level 16

Gas has now entered the game, assuming you pick up some of these skills.

You’ll need oxygen for your humans, and this tier will help.

Level 17

This tier holds a lot of firepower.

Make sure to check the grenades and weapons here, as the sniper in particular is incredible for long-range enemies.

Level 18

This small tier enhances humans and torches and makes modules superfast.

Make sure to check the trade-offs when choosing items that adjust modules. Usually you’ll trade say speed for efficiency, and not all modules are suitable for all purposes.

Level 19

This tier is just a little bit extra.

A huge grenade and powerful bullets grace this end-game level, along with a major human boost. You’ll likely unlock a lot of lesser items before hitting this point.

Level 20

The final addition to your resources is oil.

Manage your resources with these end-game items.

Level 21

A bit of quantum trickery.

Use these at your own risk.