# Books and skill rust

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/books-and-skill-rust/289>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [February 28, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/books-and-skill-rust/289 "2013-02-28T19:56:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![noego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de053/32.png) [@noego](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/noego)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/books-and-skill-rust/289/1 "2013-02-28T19:56:13Z")

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Not sure if this is a bug, but… I managed to get mechanics up to 6. Didn’t use the skill for a while and it rusted a lot. Reading the Mechanical Mastery book won’t recover the skill and spending days on mechanics won’t help either (doing that with plenty XP.)