Skills

Twelve skills, each trained by doing it. Every one goes up to level 99, on the same table of XP.

Fighting

Fight with an Accurate style.

Your swings land more often. Swords ask for Attack 10, 20 and 30.

Fight with an Aggressive style.

Your max hit goes up.

Fight with a Defensive style.

Opponents land fewer swings on you. Armour asks for Defence 10, 20 and 30.

Deal damage in a fight, with any style.

Your health. It starts at level 10, and each level adds a hitpoint.

There are no bows on the island yet.

It counts towards your combat level.

How combat works has the details.

Cut trees with a hatchet.

Better woods, each giving more XP.

Light a fire with logs, for 40 XP.

A fire to cook on, burning for a minute or two.

Net raw shrimp from the fishing spot, for 25 XP each.

You catch them more often. You keep fishing until your backpack is full.

Cook raw shrimp on a lit fire, for 30 XP each.

Less of your catch burns, and none from level 34.

Mine rocks with a pickaxe.

Iron rocks at level 15 and coal at level 30.

Smelt bars at the furnace, and work them at the anvil with a hammer.

Iron and steel bars, and the gear made from them.

Read a manuscript through and seal your study. Each gives its XP once.

Ibrahim al-Katib starts you off with The Horns of Hattin, for 100 XP. Where the other skills train the hands, this one trains the mind.

Every tree on the island can be cut. A better hatchet also cuts more often.

Tree	Woodcutting	Hatchet at least	Gives	XP
Tamarisk	1	Copper	Logs	25
Date palm	10	Copper	Palm logs	31
Sycamore fig	15	Copper	Fig logs	38
Olive	20	Iron	Olive logs	50
Acacia	25	Iron	Acacia logs	65
Cypress	30	Steel	Cypress logs	85

Rock	Mining	Gives	XP
Copper	1	Copper ore	25
Iron	15	Iron ore	35
Coal	30	Coal	50

A better pickaxe strikes more often. Everything you can smith, with its materials and levels, is listed under Items.