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title: 'RPG systems, economy, survival and management'
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  The player allocates resources, develops abilities and keeps a system
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    title: Last Epoch
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/899770/'
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: 'RPG, resources and management'
    description: >-
      The player allocates resources, develops abilities and keeps a system
      functioning.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/last-epoch-skill-tree.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: Last Epoch
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      rights: © Eleventh Hour Games. All rights reserved.
      caption: Skill points are allocated among connected upgrades
      alt: Skill points are allocated among connected upgrades
      markers:
        - x: 50
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          label: An allocated path connects several upgrades
    tips:
      - Show each choice’s cost and its effect on available actions.
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      - title: Last Epoch
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provenance: >-
  Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked
  sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.
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# RPG systems, economy, survival and management

id: point-and-click--family-37
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/point-and-click--family-37
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/point-and-click--family-37/

The player allocates resources, develops abilities and keeps a system functioning.

## At a glance

![Skill points are allocated among connected upgrades](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/last-epoch-skill-tree.webp)

[Last Epoch](https://store.steampowered.com/app/899770/) · © Eleventh Hour Games. All rights reserved.

1. Points still available to allocate
2. An allocated path connects several upgrades

- Show each choice’s cost and its effect on available actions.

- [Last Epoch](https://store.steampowered.com/app/899770/)

## How it works

The player allocates resources, develops abilities and keeps a system functioning.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="family-37-branch-1"></a>

- Statistics and checks: unlock actions through skills, attributes, background or equipment. <a id="family-37-variant-1"></a>
- Development: obtain abilities, specializations and solutions. <a id="family-37-variant-2"></a>
- Budget: select purchases, earnings and fund allocation. <a id="family-37-variant-3"></a>
- Trade: bargain, exchange and account for changing prices. <a id="family-37-variant-4"></a>
- Survival: maintain health, food, air, heat and resources. <a id="family-37-variant-5"></a>
- Production: manage workshops, cafes, bases or crafting chains. <a id="family-37-variant-6"></a>
- Logistics: assign people, materials, transport and time. <a id="family-37-variant-7"></a>
- Risk: decide under probabilistic outcomes and limited retries. <a id="family-37-variant-8"></a>

## Context and limits

A working classification with 44 families and 355 variants. Families overlap: one puzzle can combine items, dialogue, deduction and a character schedule. Core actions, progression architecture and assistance are separate layers. Sources identify examples from neighboring adventure genres.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.

- [Last Epoch](https://store.steampowered.com/app/899770/) (id: source-9f2a915a1ac28603)

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