Assistant

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The Assistant is a playable Job.

Description

Assistants don't have any specific responsibilities or areas of expertise, but gain experience 25% faster for all skills.

This job is intended for newcomers to the game, as it allows them to play the game without giving them an important field to work in.

Responsibilities

• Learning.
• Trying not to die horribly.
• Having fun.

Starting Skills

Skills that an Assistant starts with:

• Helm: 17.5-20
• Weapons: 20-30
• Mechanical: 20-30
• Electrical: 20-30
• Medical: 20-30

Starting Equipment

• File:Assistant Clothes icon.png Assistant Clothes
• Wrench
• Screwdriver

Talents

Assistants Talents talents are mostly divided into 3 categories helpful to beginners: Survivability, Learning an another Job, and being goofy.

The Grayshirt Specialization is filled with survival buffs of many kinds which are aimed at making it easier to survive, or decrease the penalties for dying. It ends with a recipe for the Petraptor Egg, which can hatch a friendly Petraptor pet that can keep the player company both in, and outside the submarine.

The Apprentice Specialization allows the Assistant to become an Apprentice of a chosen Job without having all of the weight, expectations and resposibilties of that field of work, and gives various boosts to either crewmates with your chosen Job, or those with a different Job. It ends in gaining all talents from a random Specialization of the chosen Job.

The Clown Specialization is meant for Assistants who dream of being a funny jester. It grants a lot of buffs when wearing a full clown outfit, and unlocks a recipe for the Clown Diving Mask, which allows the Clown to remain himself even during floods. Additionally, the Bike Horn and the Toy Hammer are receive special abilities.

General
Crew Layabout Lose 40% Repair Speed. Suffer a reduction of 15 to all Skills. Allies near you repair 25% faster and gain a bonus of 10 to all skills. Mailman Gain 25% bonus XP and 250 bonus money when completing a Cargo mission. Mule Stackable materials can have +2 items per stack in your inventory. Playing Catchup If you are 2 or more levels behind your most highest-leveled crewmember, gain an additional 100% mission experience. Skedaddle Move 10% faster. When you are attacked, this bonus is increased to 30% for 5 seconds. Starter Quest Complete a task to receive a boost to the related skill and XP: - Kill a crawler (+400 XP and +10 Bonus Weapons Skill) - Repair a junction box (+300 XP and +10 Bonus Electrical Skill) - Weld a leak (+200 XP and +10 Bonus Mechanical Skill) Bag It Up Unlock recipe: Backpack. Indentured Servitude Assistants cost 20% less to hire. Other assistants receive 10% bonus XP that stacks up to 50%. Inspiring Tunes Nearby allies to gain a bonus of 15 to all skills for 10 seconds when honking a Bike Horn. Jenga Master Interacting with cabinets on the submarine permanently increases that cabinet's stack sizes by +4. Does not stack with multiple of the same talent. Peer Learning When completing a mission, give the lowest level crew members 50% bonus XP. Revenge Squad When you die, your crewmates get 30% Physical Damage Resistance for 120 seconds.
Grayshirt		Apprentice		Clown
The Waiting List When waiting for CPR, your vitality bar decreases 75% slower.		Apprenticeship Choose one job as apprenticeship and gain relevant skill boost of that job.		Enroll into Clown College As long as you are wearing a full clown outfit, you gain Clown Power. Clown Power grants you: +10% Movement Speed +5% Physical Damage Resistance Unlock recipe: Clown Crate
Non-Threatening Enemies will ignore you if you have been ragdolled for longer than 2 seconds.	Tasty Target Enemies prioritize attacking you. Receive 15% less physical damage.	Journeyman You and all crew members whose job matches your apprenticeship gets 10 of the job's primary skill and earn this skill 50% faster.	Logistics System Unlock recipe: Handheld Itemfinder, Makeshift Shelves. You can only install a maximum of 3 of this item on your submarine.	Water Prankster Unlock recipe: Clown Diving Mask Clown Power grants you: +50% Swimming Speed
An Apple A Day Gain 100% resistance to the skill loss upon death, and 75% resistance to extra skill loss when choosing to respawn immediately instead of waiting.	Insurance Policy Whenever you die from non-friendly sources during a mission, your crew is paid 200 marks for each mission you've completed since the last time you've died.	Loyal Assistant You and all crew members whose job matches your apprenticeship can craft items at 1 higher quality.	Treacherous Scum You and all crew members whose job does not match your apprenticeship repair, weld and gain skills 20% faster.	Chonky Honks Honking your horn has a 50% chance to stun nearby creatures for one second.	Psycho Clown Clown Power allows you to attack faster with melee weapons based on how much Psychosis you have, up to 150%.
The Friends We Made Turns unhatched Mudraptors friendly in the Medical Fabricator. Only 2 per crew can be active at the same time. Unlock recipe: Petraptor Egg.		Graduation Ceremony Get all talents from one random specialization tree of your apprenticeship job's talent tree. Unlock recipe: Ceremonial Sword.		True Potential Hitting an unconscious ally with a Toy Hammer revives them with a Combat Stimulant applied for 15 seconds. Requires Clown Power. Unlock recipe: Funbringer 3000.

• Crew Layabout's buff has a range of 6 meters.
• Inspiring Tunes and Chonky Honks both have a range of 6 meters.

See Also

• Captain
• Engineer
• Mechanic
• Security Officer
• Medical Doctor