Perk Points - Skill Overhaul

Description

Perk Points - Skill Overhaul adds a new layer of progression to Dinkum without replacing or changing the game's existing systems.

You earn one perk point for every five levels in a skill, then spend those points on permanent bonuses tied to that skill. Each skill can earn up to 10 perk points by level 50, but each perk tree contains up to 16 available ranks, meaning you cannot unlock everything at once.

Your choices determine how each skill develops.

The mod works alongside Dinkum's existing progression. Skill levels, licenses, recipes, equipment tiers, and vanilla unlocks remain unchanged.

Existing characters are fully supported. Perk points are calculated from the skill levels already stored by the game, so installing the mod on an established world immediately gives you any points you have already earned.

If you want to rebuild your perks later, you can reset all spent perk points for 10,000 Dinks and redistribute them without losing any skill levels or experience.

Installation instructions

Vortex

• []Install BepInEx 6 for Dinkum.[/]

  []Download Perk Points - Skill Overhaul using the Vortex option on Nexus Mods.[/]

  []Allow Vortex to install and deploy the mod.[/]

  []Launch Dinkum through your normal setup.[/]

  []Load your world and open My Details to access the Perks page.[/]

• []Install BepInEx 6 for Dinkum.[/]

  []Download the mod manually from Nexus Mods.[/]

  []Extract the downloaded archive.[/]

  []Place the included mod files into your Dinkum BepInEx plugins folder.[/]

  []Your folder will typically look like:[/]

• []Launch Dinkum.[/]

  []Load your world and open My Details to access your perk trees.[/]

Main features

• Earn 1 perk point every 5 skill levels.

• Existing characters automatically receive perk points based on their current levels.

• Each skill can earn up to 10 perk points by level 50.

• Each tree contains up to 16 perk ranks, forcing you to choose which bonuses matter most to your build.

• Six skill trees with bonuses including:

Stamina - Reduce the stamina cost of tools, fishing rods, and weapons.

Durability - Gain a chance for tool or equipment use to consume no durability.

Yield - Gain a chance to receive additional drops from activities including woodcutting, foraging, fruit harvesting, farming, mining, and animal drops.

Effectiveness - Improve how effective your actions are, including stronger hits against trees and rocks, increased hunting damage, and faster fishing reel speed.

• Most perk lines contain four ranks.

• Bonuses generally increase by 5% per rank.

• Ranks must be unlocked in order. Rank II requires Rank I, Rank III requires Rank II, and so on.

• Higher perk tiers unlock as the related skill progresses.

Tier unlocks occur at skill levels 10, 20, 30, and 40.

• Adds a dedicated Perks page to My Details.

• The interface is designed to fit naturally alongside Dinkum's existing UI.

• My Details displays unspent perk points, such as "Perks +3".

• Reset all spent perks for 10,000 Dinks.

• Resetting refunds your perk points without changing skill levels or XP.

• Perk selections are stored with the world save.

• Perks are committed when the game saves, helping prevent quitting without sleeping from being used to duplicate or repeatedly spend points.

• Does not replace vanilla levels, licenses, recipes, tool tiers, or progression systems.

Requirements

BepInEx 6 - URL: https://modding.wiki/en/dinkum/users#bepinex-6-setup

Notes

Perk Points - Skill Overhaul is designed to expand Dinkum's existing progression rather than replace it. Your vanilla skill levels, licenses, recipes, and equipment progression continue to work normally.

Existing saves are supported, with earned perk points automatically calculated from your curr