Skills

Skill Tree Planner & Unlock Tier Lookup

Find when a blueprint becomes available, then plan the level and quests your goal needs.

Last Updated: October 6, 2026

Early Access 0.8.5

When does a blueprint unlock?

Type a blueprint name

Try one:

Plan a goal

Tick Add to goal on any blueprint you look up to see their level, quest requirements and verified point costs together.

What can I unlock at my level?

Player level

Level eligibility only: you may still need points or a quest before unlocking a blueprint.

Available at your level (0 blueprints)

Starting equipment: Repair Tool

Next batch: Tier 2 (6 blueprints)

Basic Electric Engine Cylinder
Electric Cable
Electric cable extender
Fuel Cable
Fuel cable extender
LumiLite

A Caretaker with glowing blue eyes and an orange scarf beside platform railings and a steel tower in The Last Caretaker.

Data Status

Unlock tiers for 143 blueprints were checked on 2026-10-06. The Wiki Crafting table (with item-page checks for entries missing from the table) agrees with game 0.8.5 item data.

Of those blueprints, 18 tiers also match in-game skill cards. Some skill cards are from earlier builds; the unlock tiers were checked against the 0.8.5 data.

69 point costs are listed; the planner adds those. 16 were read from in-game skill cards; the other 53 come from the wiki, whose costs matched all 15 skill-card costs it also records (checked 2026-11-01). Search answers show a cost only for these 69, so an answer without a cost line does not mean the blueprint is free. Points awarded per level have not been reliably confirmed, so this tool does not calculate a point budget or remaining points.

The Dismantle Tool and the Replica Scanner are skill unlocks too, but they are not in this table: once unlocked they go to the Tools menu (T), not the build menu.

Reaching an unlock tier is not the same as buying a blueprint. Check the listed quest requirements and the verified costs before committing points in the game.

All verified blueprint unlock tiers

All 143 blueprints in this table are included in the planner. The empty tier is a gap in the data.

Blueprint unlock tiers in Early Access 0.8.5
Tier	Blueprints
1	Starting equipment (Repair Tool)
2	Basic Electric Engine Cylinder Electric Cable Electric cable extender Fuel Cable Fuel cable extender LumiLite
3	Consumable Battery Diesel Engine Cylinder DuraPack Electric Pistol Glowstick Small Battery Whisper
4	Basic Standing Light Charge Injector Diesel Refinery Fabricator Mooring socket Photo Drone Recycler
5	12 round pistol magazine Bolt Pistol DONK Pallet DONK-Lift 3200 ONi SparkCell Pistol Flex Portable Electric Generator Portable Petrol Refinery Wall Step
6	Data Recovery Deck Diesel Engine Cylinder Booster Echo Horn Electric Engine Cylinder Booster Hull Stabilizer Mk.I Lancer LumiMid StorTite
7	Drone Charge Pad Flamer Pistol ONi FuelLite Water Cable Water Purifier Water cable extender
8	Cyclone Diesel Tank Efficiency Matrix Electric Grenade Friendly Sweetheart Medium Battery Pistol Shard
9	Advanced Standing Light Breacher Barrel CS-17 Courier Skimmer Laser Sight Night Sight Petrol Engine Cylinder Suppressor Barrel Voltage Minimizer
10	Flamethrower Food Processor ONi PetroFlow Petrol Tank Red Dot Sight Soilforge
11	30 round rifle magazine Battery Barrel Bolt Rifle Consumable Medium Battery Dehumidifier FortiHold ONi VoltPlus Rifle Slam Water Tank
12	Conservation Coil Depth Glow Diesel Barrel Gas Cable Gas cable extender Lazarus Pod Portable Oxygen Generator
13	360 Standing Light Boat Extension, Gyro Deck Decoy Deployment Pod Diesel Engine Cylinder Super Booster Electric Engine Cylinder Super Booster LumiMax Petrol Barrel Resource Optimizer
14	Electric Rifle Fresh Water Barrel Nebula Rocket Payload Module Stabilizer Barrel Typhoon
15	Consumable Large Battery Electric Wall Socket Large Electric Generator ONi MegaCell PECO Grid Scan 2000 Rifle Trace Scan-50 Sonar
16	CO2 Tank Double Standing Light Fuel Wall Socket Methane Tank ONi PetroMax Oil Barrel Optical Sight Oxygen Tank Sabatier Reactor
17	5 round BMG magazine Bolt Sniper Electric Big Explosive Extender Barrel Oxygen Barrel Pulse Timing Regulator Salvage Gyro Sniper Lux Water Wall Socket
18	Eclipse Flash Array Gas Wall Socket Methane Barrel Petrol Engine Cylinder Booster Rifle Tri
19	CO2 Barrel Elysium Bed Sniper Rod
20	Abyss Glow Distillation Tower Oil Tank
21	Entanglement Lens Quantum Duplicator Rhino Dismantler Soilforge Prime
22	CO2 Reactor Tank Petrol Engine Cylinder Super Booster
23	Deep Scan-500 Add-On Recovery Grinder
24	Bulk Battery Elysium Bed Atmos
25	No recipe found at this tier in 0.8.5
26	Bulk Diesel Tank
27	Bulk Petrol Tank

Skill planner FAQ

How many tiers does the skill tree have?

The highest blueprint unlock found in Early Access 0.8.5 is Tier 27 (Bulk Petrol Tank). No recipe was found at Tier 25. A fixed skill-tree level cap has not been published.

What does "Tier requirement" mean?

You must reach that player level before the Skills menu allows you to unlock the blueprint. Reaching the level does not automatically unlock it; point costs and quest requirements may still apply.

Which unlocks need a quest?

Salvage Gyro: Lost Blueprints (scan the blueprints at the three Gyro Service Towers). Recovery Grinder: Ugly Work. Bulk Battery: MOSES Field Reserve Program. Bulk Diesel Tank: MOSES Field Reserve Program. Bulk Petrol Tank: MOSES Field Reserve Program.

How many skill points do I get per level?

A reliable number of skill points awarded per level has not been published or confirmed in our sources. This planner does not assume a number or calculate a point budget.

For the tower sequence, see the Salvage Gyro guide.