In Atelier 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.
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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 story before you’ll acquire the Skill 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 unlock Pioneering Efforts that 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 to from 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 once certain story conditions are achieved, so no worries on missing them.
Now, as for the question at hand: we recommend fixating on the Synthesis branch for a while. You’ll eventually hit some roadblocks given the high Skill Point costs, but get 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. A wide array of ways to improve your Synthesis results will solve many, many, potential troubles, and the Skill Tree’s Synthesis nodes do just that.
You’re sitting on several locked systems until you access the nodes here. But the same is true for the other two categories, so don’t discount them entirely. Better gathering ingredient quality requires Exploration nodes, so don’t slouch on that.
What you probably shouldn’t “waste” many Skill Points on, at least not for a while, is Combat. Do unlock Precision Countering, as it’s quite handy. Don’t press much farther until you have plenty of points to spare.
Certainly, don’t bother with the EXP Bonus nodes. EXP is very plentiful in Atelier Yumia as-is, especially with Training Weights equipped.
We’ll update this guide with more in-depth analysis!
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