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Phrenology

Skill Type:	Other Skill
Max Level:	N/A
Skill Trainers:	Glajur

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Phrenology Overview

Phrenology lets you study the skulls of many types of enemies. Skulls are broken up into 3 tiers (normal/impressive/astonishing), and as you level up in each subskill you can study better skulls of that type. Phrenology gives bonuses to Mentalism and Psychology, as well as Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance for each type of mob.

You can study skulls from most humanoid creatures (animal skulls can be extracted, but there's currently no Phrenology subskill for them). Extraction requires some version of a Skull Extractor and success depends on your Butchering level.

In-Game Description

An understanding of how sentient creatures think and feel, based on careful study of the shape of their skulls. This base skill represents your overall Phrenological prowess. (Phrenology skills provide critical-hit chances to all Psychology and Mentalism attacks against the corresponding type of creature. Phrenology also has more esoteric uses.)

Training Phrenology

Glajur in Kur Tower will teach you Phrenology at Comfortable. He also sells some Phrenology recipes - anything he does not train has to be learned through scrolls.

Connected Skills

Sub-Skills:

Secondary Skills:

None

Related Skills:

Butchering - Extraction success depends on your Butchering level

Phrenology/Recipes

Phrenology Mechanics

Studying Skulls

The actual act of studying requires Craniometers, which can be bought from Glajur or Amutasa. They have a 1% chance of breaking with every skull studied. Higher tiers of skulls require better Craniometers.

XP Gain

You get 20 XP for studying a normal skull, 50 for an Impressive skull, and 150 for an Astonishing skull.

Subskill Level Up Rewards

Each subskill will give the following rewards:

Level	Rewards
1	+1 to Phrenology
6	Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance: +1%
12	Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance: +1%
15	+1 to Phrenology
18	Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance: +1%
20	+1 to Meditation
24	Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance: +1%
25	+1 to Phrenology
30	Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance: +1%
35	+1 to Psychology
36	Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance: +1%
42	Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance: +1%
45	+1 to Phrenology
48	Mentalism/Psychology critical hit chance: +1%
50	+1 to Mentalism

Equipment

Extractor	Description
Skull Extractor	An odd serrated utility knife that can be used to extract a skull from a corpse. (Your Butchering skill is used to determine success.)
Ring of Mind Insight	This grungy ring has a little scoop on the end to help you dig skulls out of corpses. (Acts as a skull extractor.)
Multipurpose Knife	A versatile knife for skinning, butchering, or skull extraction. (Keep it in your inventory and you'll be given the option to skin, butcher, and/or extract the skull of some enemies.)
Yogzi's Butcher Knife	Yogzi created this convenient butcher knife that can also extract skulls. (+3 to your effective skill when Butchering or Extracting Skulls). (Keep it in your inventory and you'll be given the option to butcher and/or extract the skull of some enemies.)

Craniometer	For Studying	Value
Craniometer	Normal skulls	300
Precision Craniometer	Impressive skulls	600
Surgical Craniometer	Astonishing skulls	1200

Phrenology/Level Up Rewards

Phrenology Experience Table

Phrenology is an umbrella skill. It has no experience table.

Trivia

Without any bonuses, it takes 113 skulls to reach level 12 in a Phrenology subskill (which is enough to unlock the second tier of recipes, the ones which use Impressive (and better) Humanoid Skulls).

Crafting xp boosts affect the xp gained from each skull.

Phrenology appears to be a parody of the real-world pseudoscience of the same name.

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