Phrenology

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Phrenology
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Skill Type:
Other Skill
Max Level:
N/A
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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 Complete Recipe List

Click "Expand" on the box below to view a complete list of Recipes for the Phrenology skill.

Lvl Name First-Time XP XP Ingredients Results Description Source
1 Elf Phrenology Research 100 20 icon_5364.png Elf Skull x1
icon_5347.png Craniometer x1 (!)
Elf Phrenology Research Analyze and decompose an Elf Skull to get hands-on Phrenology experience for that race. There is a 1% chance your research apparatus will break.  ???
1 Fae Phrenology Research 100 20 icon_5369.png Fae Skull x1
icon_5347.png Craniometer x1 (!)
Fae Phrenology Research Analyze and decompose a Fae Skull to get hands-on Phrenology experience for that race. There is a 1% chance your research apparatus will break. Item: Fae Phrenology Research
1 Giant Phrenology Research 100 20 icon_5372.png Giant Skull x1
icon_5347.png Craniometer x1 (!)
Giant Phrenology Research Analyze and decompose a Giant Skull to get hands-on Phrenology experience for that race. There is a 1% chance your research apparatus will break.  ???
1 Goblin Phrenology Research 100 20 icon_5368.png Goblin Skull x1
icon_5347.png Craniometer x1 (!)
Goblin Phrenology Research Analyze and decompose a Goblin Skull to get hands-on Phrenology experience for that race. There is a 1% chance your research apparatus will break.  ???
1 Orc Phrenology Research 100 20 icon_5371.png Orc Skull x1
icon_5347.png Craniometer x1 (!)
Orc Phrenology Research Analyze and decompose a Orc Skull to get hands-on Phrenology experience for that race. There is a 1% chance your research apparatus will break.  ???
1 Rakshasa Phrenology Research 100 20 icon_5366.png Rakshasa Skull x1
icon_5347.png Craniometer x1 (!)
Rakshasa Phrenology Research Analyze and decompose a Rakshasa Skull to get hands-on Phrenology experience for that race. There is a 1% chance your research apparatus will break.  ???

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
An odd serrated utility knife that can be used to extract a skull from a corpse. (Your Butchering skill is used to determine success.)
This grungy ring has a little scoop on the end to help you dig skulls out of corpses. (Acts as a skull extractor.)
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 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
Normal skulls 300
Impressive skulls 600
Astonishing skulls 1200


Phrenology Level Up Rewards

Level Reward
10 +1 to First Aid
15 +1 to Meditation
35 +1 to Psychology
50 +1 to Mentalism

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).

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