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# 3. Progression

## Skills and Player Level

Players gain experience points (XP) for completing nearly any activity in the game, each of which level up their various skills, which include:

* <mark style="color:orange;">**Pilot**</mark>, reflects your experience with piloting ships
* <mark style="color:orange;">**Gunner**</mark>, reflects your experience in dealing damage to enemies
* <mark style="color:orange;">**Munitioneer**</mark>, reflects your experience reloading cannons
* <mark style="color:orange;">**Mechanic**</mark>, reflects your experience patching up ships in combat
* <mark style="color:orange;">**Sailmaster**</mark>, reflects your experience managing the masts
* <mark style="color:orange;">**Fishing**</mark>, reflects your experience hauling up resource-laden fish

As players gain XP points in any skill, they also gain <mark style="color:orange;">**Player Levels**</mark>, which span from 1 to 60. Skill levels and player levels reset at the beginning of each new Pillage War.

## **Talents**

<mark style="color:orange;">**Talents**</mark> let you fine-tune your pirate to your own playstyle.

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Talents are temporarily disabled while we rework the system. They will return in an updated form, and we will share more details closer to launch.
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## **Runes**

<mark style="color:orange;">**Runes**</mark> provide unique combat boosts.

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Runes and the Runebook are temporarily disabled while we rework the system. They will return in an updated form, and we will share more details closer to launch.
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## Rating

Players gain <mark style="color:orange;">**Rating**</mark> by successfully participating in [Pillage](/game-guide/pillage-war-pvpve.md) and [Deathmatch](/game-guide/deathmatch-pvp.md). Rating also resets at the end of each season.