# The problem with the progress of NPC skills (Bug)

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-problem-with-the-progress-of-npc-skills-bug/25613>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [January 2, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-problem-with-the-progress-of-npc-skills-bug/25613 "2021-01-02T18:28:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Un4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b782af/32.png) [@Un4](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Un4)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-problem-with-the-progress-of-npc-skills-bug/25613/1 "2021-01-02T18:28:45Z")

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THE NPCs improve their skills for a short time. A few percent. Then the skills stop increasing. Helps: Exit to the main menu and reload save.  
Once reload save, the NPC can improve their skills again by a few points. And then they stop progressing again.  
Because of this, with a long game, the NPC barely progresses in skills.  
How to fix it? (For a stable build 0.E-3 Ellison-3)  
In the 0.E-1 Ellison-1, it was only the NPC with a trait of “slow learning”.  
In the 0.E-3 Ellison-3 and latest experimental build, all NPCs have a learning problem.  
I really need to fix it.  
I not use “no\_npc\_food”.

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**Author:** ![zantanzuken](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zantanzuken/32/10325_2.png) [@zantanzuken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zantanzuken)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-problem-with-the-progress-of-npc-skills-bug/25613/2 "2021-01-03T07:13:40Z")

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it would help to know exactly what version you’re playing on, and what you’re doing to help them increase their exp.

Edit: by reading books to my NPC’s, i increased their skills in medical to 3, pretty easily, without having to restart… gonna take em into combat to see if shooting increases.

took my level 1 marksmanship boy out to shoot things, is now up from 33% marksmanship to 59% marksmanship after shooting up a troll.

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**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-problem-with-the-progress-of-npc-skills-bug/25613/3 "2021-01-03T08:49:33Z")

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There is no difference between original 0.E and point release 0.E-3 in that area.

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**Author:** ![zantanzuken](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zantanzuken/32/10325_2.png) [@zantanzuken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zantanzuken)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-problem-with-the-progress-of-npc-skills-bug/25613/4 "2021-01-03T09:18:00Z")

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yeah i’ve tested it a bit and i cant reproduce whatever issue you’re having. possibly its a mod you have installed causing the problems?

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**Author:** ![JohnsonJohnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/johnsonjohnson/32/10744_2.png) [@JohnsonJohnson](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JohnsonJohnson)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-problem-with-the-progress-of-npc-skills-bug/25613/5 "2021-01-21T13:58:20Z")

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Me and my friend are having a similar issue now after updating experimental yesterday. When we read books the skill doesn’t increase at all but repeatedly shows the dialogue, “(skill) had increased to %0”

Didn’t try anything except resort back to previous save before updating.  
Made this account just to try to find help. Any advice anyone?

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**Author:** ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-problem-with-the-progress-of-npc-skills-bug/25613/6 "2021-01-21T14:54:56Z")

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Separate bug, wait for [the fix](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/46908) to be merged.