How To Unlock Trade Skills in The Lost Ark?

LA has been released finally for PC and there’s a lot of content for the players in it. Here’s how to unlock Trade skills in the Lost Ark.

Lost Ark was originally released in 2019 on PC in the South Korean and Russian regions only. Now It has been released all over the world and players from across the world are rushing towards it so that they can start their adventure and do all the stuff that it offers to the players. There are several trade skills in the Lost Ark that players can unlock and use to get different resources. So if you want to know how many trade skills are there in L Ark and how to unlock all of them then keep reading this article!

Lost Ark – Trade Skills:

Trade skills are very important to unlock to get different resources in the game. Players will have to progress through the main game’s story to get these trade skills unlocked in Lost Ark. You can unlock all the six trade skills that are available in the game, but we suggest you get command on that one trade skill that you think will help you a lot in the game.

How To Unlock Trade Skills:

Follow the steps below to unlock the Trade Skills in Lost Ark:

  • First of all, you will have to progress through the story until you reach Lakebar Village and talk to all the residents of the village to unlock Trade skills.
  • After that, you will get the “Crown of Lakebar” quest and you will be able to unlock your trade skills and crafting while progressing through the quest.
  • Your Trade skills will be unlocked after you talk to the blacksmith, Artisan in the town.
  • You will have to purchase the Trade skill tools after unlocking Trade skills and crafting in Lost Ark.
  • You should purchase all the trade skill beginner tools to start learning the trade skills.
  • Each Trade skill tool will cost you 9000 silver in the game.
  • After you purchase all the trade skill tools and equip them, press the ‘B’ button to change your equipment from a combat hot bar to a trade skill hot bar in the game.

List of All Trade Skills & Their Uses:

There are a total of six trade skills available in the L Ark that can be unlocked by the players to get different resources while progressing through the game’s story. Here’s the list of all the Trade Skills and what are their uses:

Trade SkillHow To Use?
Mining It allows you to collect minerals and ores and use them to upgrade your arsenal and stronghold.
FishingIt allows you to easily catch some fish as you will be able to drop the bait etc with the help of it. 
HuntingIt makes hunting easier for you by marking the prey when it comes into touch with nodes from the preceding three groups. It allows you to set traps for your prey. Hunting Level 30 is needed for Tracking.
ForagingIt allows you to collect plants and mushrooms to make potions and bombs. Foraging Level 10 is needed for Mushrooms. 
ExcavatingJust like most of the other skills, there are no nodes in this skill, so you will have to use the Relic Search active skill instead. The benefits of this skill are the items that you get in it as your job will become easier with it.
LoggingIt allows you to chop down the trees and then collect their woods to craft your ships and houses. Collecting wood from higher rarity trees, temporarily transforming a seedling into a mature tree.