# Skills

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All Pirates have 5 Skills they can invest time in leveling up: Commanding, Treasureseeking, Mining, Gathering, and Harvesting.

Commanding can be increased by earning Command Points in the Gauntlet, while the other 4 Skills can be increased by collecting the corresponding resources in Exploration:

* Harvesting is increased by collecting Cotton, Flax, and Silk
* Gathering is increased by collecting Pine, Oak, and Fathom Wood
* Mining is increased by collecting Iron, Copper, and Dread Ore
* Treasureseeking while opening chests on islands

Leveling up your Skills enables you to collect resources from larger nodes and more advanced resource types.