Contadino

You now have all you need to get to work, so put your weapon where it won't hurt anyone, equip your scythe and go to the nearest field. Click on a cell where cereals grow and select the action 'Reap' to collect the resources. The resources you harvest will be stored in your inventory.

When you start practicing your profession, you'll only be able to collect one type of resource: Wheat. Once you get a little experience under your belt, you can move on to new resources. The list below tells you the different levels required for each resource you can collect:

• Wheat (level 1+)


• Barley (level 10+)


• Oat (level 20+)


• HHops (level 30+)


• Flax (level 40+)


• Rye and Rice (level 50+)


• Malt (level 60+)


• Hemp (level 70+)

It's not unknown for busy farmers to be snuck up on by an enchanted scarecrow as they concentrate on their work. We call these aggressive creatures resource protectors and if you succeed in killing one of them, you'll go away with 50 units of cereal. If you're really lucky you might even pick up a very valuable Magic Ear:

• Golden Wheat


• Barley Sugar


• Gold-Bearing Oats, Magic Oat


• Bright Hop


• Storm Flax


• Resistant Rye


• Euphoric Hemp

Have you collected enough cereals? You can try to sell them in the nearest marketplace if you like, or otherwise you might want to expand your skills and do more than simple harvesting. After all, you're trained in making flour too. To do this, go to the nearest peasants' Workshop.

Do you have enough cereals to feed an army? You should think about using it to make flour, which is essential to the baking profession. That way, you'll gain XP too. In fact, you'll gain some experience each and every time you create a unit of flour. The more grains you grind the more complex the recipes you unlock will be. To test a recipe, click on a crusher and select the action 'Grind'. Slide the ingredients into the slots available and indicate the number of units required. If the recipe is valid, an image will appear in the item slot. Finally, click on 'Combine' and Bob's your uncle!

The complexity of a recipe is defined by the number of slots required to complete it, each slot holding one type of ingredient.

• 2 slots (level 1+)


• 3 slots (level 10+)


• 4 slots (level 20+)


• 5 slots (level 40+)


• 6 slots (level 60+)


• 7 slots (level 80+)


• 8 slots (level 100+)

Like with the craft professions, the more complex a recipe is, the more experience you'll gain if you manage to do it. But the lower your level is, the less likely you will be to succeed in using it... bear in mind that no recipe is a guaranteed success.