Workload
Workload represents the amount of time required to perform a particular task, whether it be Crafting, Cooking, building Structures, or gathering resources at a Stone Pit or Logging Site. The workload of a building or ingredient defines how long the player or their Pals must take to finish its construction or crafting.
Tasks with a higher Workload take more time to perform, and Pals and Players with a higher Work Speed will take less time to perform those tasks. Workload often increases with an item's rarity. Better quality items also often have a higher workload. For example, comparing Stone Pickaxe and Metal Pickaxe, 5 and 50, respectively, workload are required.
Calculating Work Speed
The number of seconds a player to finish work can be found with the following formula: Workload/(Work Speed/100). Then, round up. The player does Work Speed/100 Workload/Second.
Buffs stack multiplicatively. All buff buildings improve workspeed by 20%, reducing total time by ~17%. Bonuses example: Food +50%, Traits +100%, Souls +30%, Building +20%. Total: 368%, or x4.68 faster than an unbuffed pal, regardless of Lv.
Improving Work Speed
There are several ways to improve the speed at which Pals complete tasks:
- Choosing a Pal with higher Working level, or Condensing them to increase it. Each work level increases work speed.
- Choosing a Pal with Passive Skills to increase Work Speed, such as Work Slave or Artisan
- Increasing base Work Speed with Pal Souls
- Feeding the Pal food which increases work speed, such as Salad.
Buffs:
- Souls 30%
- Traits 115%(max)
- Food 30%
- Buff Structure 20%
- Work Bench bonus x2-4
You can also improve the speed at which Players complete tasks:
- Use skill points to increase Work Speed
- Equip Accessories which raise Work Speed, like the Pendant of Diligence
- Add Pals to the party with the Motivational Leader Passive Skill.
| Work Speed | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 + Buffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handiwork | 70 | 200 | 600 | 1800 | 5400 | 94180 |
| Mining | 70 | 150 | 300 | 500 | 1000 | 4360 |
| Lumbering | 70 | 150 | 300 | 500 | 1000 | 4360 |
| Planting | 70 | 150 | 300 | 500 | 1000 | 4360 |
| Gathering | 70 | 150 | 300 | 500 | 1000 | 4360 |
| Watering | 70 | 150 | 300 | 500 | 1000 | 4360 |
| Kindling | 70 | 200 | 600 | 1800 | 5400 | 70635 |
| Medicine | 70 | 200 | 600 | 1800 | 5400 | 47090 |
Other jobs scale differently
- Transporting: Increases carrying capacity.
- Gathering: While it increases work speed it also increases yields
- Cooling: Increases the time left by a factor.
- Electricity: Speeds up filling time.
- Farming: Increases average yields, with exceptions.
| Job/Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transporting (stacks) | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| Cooling (Base time * X) | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 |
| Gathering (Yield) | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 |
| Electricity (Time to Fill, seconds) | 4000 | 2000 | 1000 | 500 | 250 |
| Farming (Yield) | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 |
A workstation can increase work speed.
| Station | Factor |
|---|---|
| Workbench 2 (Workbench, Spheres, Weapons) | 4 |
| Electric Furnace | 3 |
| Electric Kitchen | 3 |
| Advanced Medicine Bench | 2 |