Editing Textbook

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| name = Textbook
| image = Textbook.png
| description = A book which focuses on teaching skills.
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| hp = 60
| deterioration = 5
| marketvalue = 160
| mass base = 0.5
| flammability = 1
| stack limit = 1
| rotatable = true
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| graphic class = Graphic_Single
| parent name = BookBase
| selectable = true
| use hit points = true
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== Acquisition ==
All books can be purchased from [[Trade|exotic traders]], or earned through [[quest]]s.

When starting a new game, there is a chance for your starting colonists to carry books as [[possessions]] based on their [[trait]]s or [[backstory]].

== Summary ==
'''Textbooks''' can be read by colonists as a [[recreation]] activity.

Each textbook has one or more associated [[skill]]s. Colonists who read the book will gradually gain experience in those skills. The rate at which experience is gained and the maximum level to which the skill can be improved are both determined by the [[quality]] of the textbook.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Effects of Quality on Reading
|-
! Qaulity !! XP Rate !! Maximum level
|-
| Awful || 125 / Hour || 2
|-
| Poor || 188 / Hour || 5
|-
| Normal || 250 / Hour || 8
|-
| Good || 312 / Hour || 10
|-
| Excellent || 375 / Hour || 12
|-
| Masterwork || 438 / Hour || 14
|-
| Legendary || 500 / Hour || 16
|}

All books can be efficiently stored in [[bookcase]]s, allowing them to provide a bonus to any reading and [[research]] activities taking place within the same room. Each book stored in a nearby bookcase will increase the rate at which XP is gained from reading textbooks.

== Analysis ==
Textbooks are generally an excellent way of raising the skills of your colonists. In this regard, it easily outclasses other forms of recreation for training purposes. For reference, a [[billiards table]] will provide 0.004 [[shooting]] XP per {{Ticks|1}}, for a learning rate of 10 XP per hour.

However, it should be noted that textbooks are the only recreation source with a maximum skill limit. An awful-quality textbook will train shooting faster than a billiards table only if the reader has a skill level below 2, and is utterly ineffective otherwise.

Textbooks that teach the [[shooting]] and [[melee]] skills are highly valuable, as colony defense remains an important concern for all colonists at all times. Textbooks teaching other skills are also valuable for training up new recruits with low skills, or re-specializing colonists with nothing better to do.

However, since colonists appear to select books at random when reading for joy, it may be useful to pick and choose which books you use to stock your library.

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