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InAtelier Yumia, the Skill Tree is just one of several major sources for strengthening your party of Research Team members in their bid to unravel the mysteries of a wild continent. You won’t start out with access to it, but once it’s available, it will be a major part of your gameplay considerations.
We’re looking at what makes Atelier Yumia’s Skill Tree tick, and we’ve prepped a few suggestions on how best to maximize its value. The prices for node unlocks can go up quite drastically, after all, and there’s only so much we can do about that!
When Do You Unlock The Skill Tree In Atelier Yumia?
Relatively early, though hardly at the very beginning.It takes around two hours or so of the main storybefore you’ll acquire theSkill Tree. Notably, that’s completely main-narrative fare.You may be five or more hours in, depending on how much exploration you’ve done.
It’s around the same time that you unlockPioneering Effortsthat the Skill Tree is introduced. You can’t miss it, but it is a bit of a shame that you can’t access it from the get-go. That said,some of its nodes pertain to concepts you’ll not have been introduced tofrom the start.
Which Nodes Should You Focus On?
The Skill Tree is split into three distinct categories:Synthesis, Combat, and Exploration.
Certain nodes will not be visible when you’re first provided with the Skill Tree. They’ll show up oncecertain story conditionsare achieved, so no worries on missing them.
Now, as for the question at hand:we recommend fixating on the Synthesis branchfor a while. You’ll eventually hit some roadblocks given the highSkill Pointcosts, butget as far in here as possible.
The reason for this is that, ultimately,Synthesis dictates your party’s strength more than anything else in the game. Awide array of ways to improve your Synthesis resultswill solve many, many, potential troubles, andthe Skill Tree’s Synthesis nodes do just that.
You’re sitting onseveral locked systemsuntil you access the nodes here. Butthe same is true for the other two categories, so don’t discount them entirely.Better gathering ingredient qualityrequiresExplorationnodes, so don’t slouch on that.
What you probablyshouldn’t"waste" many Skill Points on, at least not for a while, isCombat. Do unlockPrecision Countering, as it’s quite handy. Don’t press much farther until you have plenty of points to spare.
Certainly, don’t bother with theEXP Bonusnodes.EXP is very plentiful in Atelier Yumiaas-is, especially with Training Weights equipped.
