Paralives skills are similar to the skills in other games of the genre, but at the same time, they have a completely new system. Even though the game is still at the beginning of early access, it already has many skills that your Para can learn as a hobby or to help them in their career. In this guide, we’ll talk about each skill and how to learn them.
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How to Learn Skills in Paralives
Paralives skills work similarly to learning skills in other games of the genre. The main difference, though, is that in Paralives, you also gain ‘knowledge’ while learning a skill, and you can also learn a ‘knowledge’ skill by itself.
For children to elders, the knowledge skills available are: Music, Food, Fitness, Technology, Art, Repair, and Science. Toddlers can learn Language and Potty skills, and babies can only learn the Language skill.
Let’s take a look at how to learn each of them and how they work!
Music
First on the list is the Music knowledge skill. The official description reads:
In-game description: The knowledge of instruments, songs, and rhythm. Improve it by learning about it on the computer. This is a knowledge skill — improving skills under it will improve it as well. Improving your knowledge will also increase the learning seep of the skills under it.
Currently, you can learn Music while your Para is playing any instrument (guitar, piano, or triangle), searching for information about it on the computer, or reading at the bookshelf. It’s also possible to unlock a perk to learn it at work.
Guitar Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in guitar. Improve it by practicing and playing songs on the guitar.
Your Para will develop the Guitar skill while practicing guitar. There are currently two guitar options in the game:
The guitar has two interaction options: “Practice guitar” and “Play song…”:
The songs available will depend on your Para’s current Guitar skill. If they are below level 5, they will be able to play “The Riddle Song”, “Greensleeves”, and “Maple Leaves”. After reaching level 5, they will also be able to play “From the Mountains”, “Dance of the Dragon”, and “Valse des Cygnes”:
Your Para can also improve their Guitar skill by discussing it with other Paras:
The higher your level in the Music skill, the faster your Para will learn guitar. The higher your Guitar skill, the more confident your Para will look while playing.
Piano Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in piano. Improve it by practicing and playing songs on the piano.
Your Para will develop the Piano skill while practicing piano. There are currently three piano options in the game:
If your Para’s Piano skill is below level 3, they will be able to play “Für Elise”, “Gymnopédies”, and “Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement”. When your Para reaches Piano level 5, they can also play “Rondo Alla Turca”, “Clair de Lune”, and “Nocturne in E-flat Major”. To unlock the final piece, “Flight of the Bumblebee”, your Para must have the Piano skill at level 7.
The higher your Para’s skill level, the more confident they will look while playing. They will also learn the Piano skill faster the higher their Music skill is.
Triangle Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in triangle. Improve it by practicing and playing songs on the triangle.
There is currently one triangle available in Buy Mode:
The game technically allows you to learn the triangle, but the animation isn’t implemented yet, so your Para stops playing right away. We’ll update this guide when new patches arrive, so keep an eye on our Paralives section!
Food
The next topic on Paralives knowledge skills is Food.
In-game description: The knowledge of taste, ingredients, and cooking techniques. Improve it by learning about it on the computer. This is a knowledge skill — improving skills under it will improve it as well. Improving your knowledge will also increase the learning seep of the skills under it.
In Paralives, Food knowledge and recipe learning are independent. You can learn recipes through computers or bookshelves, but your Cooking skill level doesn’t affect recipe discovery. Your Para could know all recipes but be unable to cook them due to low skill, or have max skill yet miss certain recipes they never studied.
You can check the list below for all the recipes available and what level they require to be successfully cooked:
Cooking Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in cooking. Improve it by learning about it on the computer.
The Cooking skill, as you can imagine, is strongly tied to the Food skill. The higher your Food skill, the faster your Para will learn Cooking. At the moment, the available snacks don’t change regardless of the Cook or Food skills.
As your Cooking skill increases, you’ll have a better chance of cooking high-quality meals and a lower risk of starting a fire with the stove.
Fitness
In-game description: The knowledge of improving one’s body. Improve it by learning about it on the computer. This is a knowledge skill — improving skills under it will improve it as well. Improving your knowledge will also increase the learning seep of the skills under it.
The Fitness knowledge skill in Paralives has two related skills: the Exercise skill and the Dance skill. You can learn about Fitness by reading about it on the computer or at a bookshelf, and you can also gain this knowledge skill by doing yoga, exercise, running, jogging or dancing.
Exercise Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in exercise. Improve it by doing floor exercises or using exercise machines. Running and jogging also improves it.
Learning the Exercise skill in Paralives doesn’t require any expensive gear. You can click on the floor anywhere to run, jog, or do exercises. That said, Buy Mode also offers some items that let you practice and improve the skill:
To exercise, you can use a workout machine, a treadmill, or a yoga mat. If you don’t have room at home, you can find all of this equipment at the gym. As always, the higher your Fitness skill level, the faster your Para will learn exercises!
Dance Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in dance. Improve it by dancing, which can be done anywhere.
Learning to dance in Paralives doesn’t currently require any items. When you click on the floor anywhere, you’ll see the option to “Dance Here”, and your Para will immediately start dancing. The higher your Dancing skill level, the more confident and proficient your Para will look while dancing.
Technology
In-game description: The knowledge of all things technological. Improve it by learning about it on the computer. This is a knowledge skill — improving skills under it will improve it as well. Improving your knowledge will also increase the learning seep of the skills under it.
Your Para can learn the Technology knowledge skill by reading about it on the computer or at a bookshelf. Your Para will also gain Technology knowledge when learning Programming or Graphic Design.
Programming Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in programming. Improve it by learning about it directly on computer.
To learn Programming, go to a computer and choose the “Practice…” interaction. Your Para can also gain the Programming skill through certain job perks, and the higher their Technology skill, the faster they will learn to program.
Graphic Design Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in graphic design. Improve it by learning about it directly on computer.
Similar to the Programming skill, Graphic Design can currently be learned by interacting with the computer and clicking “Practice…”. The more your Para knows about Technology, the faster they will learn Graphic Design.
Art
The next knowledge skill is Art. Your Para can learn about Art by reading about it on a computer, at a bookshelf, or by creating paintings on an easel, as you might have guessed.
In-game description: The knowledge of visual arts and painting. Improve it by learning about it on the computer. This is a knowledge skill — improving skills under it will improve it as well. Improving your knowledge will also increase the learning seep of the skills under it.
Painting Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in painting. Improve it by learning about it by painting on an easel.
To start learning how to paint, your Para will need an easel. You can buy one for your home lot or use one at certain locations around Melino.
The type of art your Para can create depends on their Painting skill level. If they are below level 3, they can paint small paintings in the Illustrative, Studies, and Abstract categories. At level 5, they can paint small and medium paintings in the categories mentioned earlier, and can also paint Contemporary, Landscape, and Portrait. After reaching level 10, your Para can also paint large paintings in all previously mentioned categories and unlock two more categories: Surrealism and Impressionist.
Repair
In-game description: The knowledge of fixing broken items. Improve it by learning about it on the computer. This is a knowledge skill — improving skills under it will improve it as well. Improving your knowledge will also increase the learning seep of the skills under it
The next knowledge skill is Repair. It doesn’t have any related skills right now, but it’s one of the skills you can practice almost all the time. You can learn it by reading about it on the computer, by using a bookshelf, or by repairing any broken item.
Your Para can repair any vandalized item around town, and they can also vandalize items themselves to then fix them right after! I’m just saying.
Science
In-game description: The knowledge of different sciences. Improve it by learning about it on the computer. This is a knowledge skill — improving skills under it will improve it as well. Improving your knowledge will also increase the learning seep of the skills under it
The Science knowledge skill is a very promising one! At the moment, it is linked to Astronomy, Biology, and Surgery. Unfortunately, it is not possible to easily learn any of them yet, but we’ll leave the official in-game descriptions here. When the patch fixing these skills is released, we’ll update this article to keep it up to date.
But even if the related skills cannot be learned yet, the Science skill can be increased by reading about it on the computer or at a bookshelf!
Astronomy Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in astronomy. Improve it by learning about it on the computer.
As said before, your Para is not able to learn Astronomy right now. However, by using the telescope, you can improve your Science knowledge skill!
Biology Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in biology. Improve it by learning about it on the computer.
Surgery Skill
In-game description: Your skill level in performing surgery.
Babies and Toddlers Skills
Babies and toddlers also have specific skills they can learn. They aren’t fully implemented, but they are already present in the game!
Language (for babies and toddlers)
In-game description: Babies and toddlers need to learn how to talk. Use Together Cards in a group with them and see how far they go!
Babies and toddlers can gain Language skills by interacting with other Paras, so don’t forget to include them in group activities so they can learn it faster!
Potty (for toddlers)
Toddlers can increase their Potty skill on their own. Currently, they don’t require adult supervision.
In-game description: Your skill level in using the potty.
Final thoughts
Those are all the skills in the game right now. Even though they aren’t fully implemented yet, there’s plenty to learn about them, and additional skills are on the way!
Now we want to hear from you! What do you think about the skills in the game? Which ones are you hoping will be added? Let us know in the comments!
