All 57 Licence Levels and Unlocks in Dinkum

Dinkum is a survival game where you farm, mine, fish and craft on an island meant to feel like the Australian bush. Along the way you'll run into licences, which are permits that unlock tools, features and some crafting recipes and that you pay for with Permit Points. Most licences come in levels, so the first step is cheap and each step up costs more and asks for more skill. Knowing how that climb works makes it much easier to decide where your Permit Points should go.

Mining Licence Level 1

Buy a pickaxe to break rocks and ore deposits.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

-

What It Does

Buy pickaxes and break rocks and ore deposits.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

Basic Pickaxe

Mining Licence Level 2

Adds the Copper Pickaxe recipe and unlocks the Candy Pickaxe.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Mining level 10

Licence Needed

Mining Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft a better pickaxe.

New Recipes

Copper Pickaxe

Items Unlocked

Copper Pickaxe; Candy Pickaxe

Mining Licence Level 3

Adds the Iron Pickaxe recipe and unlocks the Jack Hammer variants.

Level

3

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Mining level 20

Licence Needed

Mining Licence Level 2

What It Does

Craft a better pickaxe.

New Recipes

Iron Pickaxe

Items Unlocked

Iron Pickaxe; Jack Hammer; Improved Jack Hammer; Empty Improved Jack Hammer

Deep Mining Licence Level 1

Unlocks the Mine Deed so you can enter the Mine.

Level

1

Cost

3,500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Mining level 10

Licence Needed

Mining Licence Level 2

What It Does

Unlocks the Mine Deed and access to the Mine.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Logging Licence Level 1

Lets you buy axes and chop trees for wood.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

-

What It Does

Buy axes and chop trees.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

Basic Axe; Copper Axe; Iron Axe; Candy Axe

Logging Licence Level 2

Adds the Copper Axe recipe and opens the Brewing Licence.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Foraging level 10

Licence Needed

Logging Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft a better axe and open the Brewing Licence.

New Recipes

Copper Axe

Items Unlocked

-

Logging Licence Level 3

Adds the Iron Axe recipe and unlocks the Chainsaw variants.

Level

3

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Foraging level 20

Licence Needed

Logging Licence Level 2

What It Does

Craft a better axe.

New Recipes

Iron Axe

Items Unlocked

Chainsaw; Improved Chainsaw; Empty Improved Chainsaw

Fishing Licence Level 1

Lets you buy a fishing rod and catch fish.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

-

What It Does

Buy fishing rods and catch fish.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

Fishing Rod; Copper Fishing Rod; Iron Fishing Rod

Fishing Licence Level 2

Shows underwater creature bubbles and adds the Copper Fishing Rod recipe.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Fishing level 5

Licence Needed

Fishing Licence Level 1

What It Does

See bubbles made by underwater creatures.

New Recipes

Copper Fishing Rod

Items Unlocked

-

Fishing Licence Level 3

Adds the Iron Fishing Rod and Crab Pot recipes.

Level

3

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Fishing level 10

Licence Needed

Fishing Licence Level 2

What It Does

Craft Crab Pots.

New Recipes

Iron Fishing Rod; Crab Pot

Items Unlocked

-

Fish Farming Licence Level 1

Adds the Fish Pond recipe for raising fish.

Level

1

Cost

2,500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Fishing Licence Level 3 and Water Scaping Licence Level 1

What It Does

Unlocks the Fish Pond recipe for breeding and farming fish.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Excavation Licence Level 1

Lets you buy and use a shovel for digging.

Level

1

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

-

What It Does

Buy and use shovels.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

Shovel

Metal Detecting Licence Level 1

Lets you buy a Metal Detector to search for buried treasure.

Level

1

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Excavation Licence Level 1

What It Does

Buy a Metal Detector and search for treasure around the island.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

Metal Detector

Metal Detecting Licence Level 2

Sometimes reveals a buried item with an X, though not every treasure is marked.

Level

2

Cost

2,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Metal Detecting Licence Level 1

What It Does

Sometimes spot buried items as an X on the ground; not every buried item is marked.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Hunting Licence Level 1

Adds basic weapon recipes, including spears, hammers and Berley Boxes.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

-

What It Does

Craft basic weapons.

New Recipes

Basic Spear; Basic Hammer; Wooden Bat; Croco Berley Box; Devil Berley Box; Shark Berley Box

Items Unlocked

-

Hunting Licence Level 2

Adds stronger weapon recipes and opens Trapping Licence and Ted Selly visits.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Hunting level 5

Licence Needed

Hunting Licence Level 1

What It Does

Unlocks the Trapping Licence and Ted Selly visits.

New Recipes

Copper Spear; Copper Hammer; Croc Teeth Bat

Items Unlocked

-

Hunting Licence Level 3

Adds advanced weapon recipes and improves useful drops from hunted animals.

Level

3

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Hunting level 10

Licence Needed

Hunting Licence Level 2

What It Does

Hunted animals have a higher chance to drop other useful items.

New Recipes

Iron Spear; Iron Hammer; Flaming Bat; Battle Shovel; Bone Bow; Bone Arrow; Bat Zapper

Items Unlocked

-

Trapping Licence Level 1

Adds the Animal Collection Point and Simple Animal Trap recipes for animal rescue rewards.

Level

1

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Hunting Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft and use Animal Collection Points and Simple Animal Traps to earn rewards for safely dropping off animals.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Trapping Licence Level 2

Adds the advanced Animal Trap recipe and makes Domesti-Crates available.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Trapping Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft advanced Animal Traps and buy Domesti-Crates.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Farming Licence Level 1

Opens seed and equipment purchases, plus the Grain Mill and Scarecrow recipes.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

-

What It Does

Buy farming equipment and seeds.

New Recipes

Grain Mill; Scythe; Scarecrow; Melon Scarecrow

Items Unlocked

Hoe; Watering Can; Copper Watering Can; Iron Watering Can; Iron Hoe

Farming Licence Level 2

Adds fertilizer making and copper farming tool recipes.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Farming level 10

Licence Needed

Farming Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft fertilizer.

New Recipes

Copper Watering Can; Copper Hoe; Compost Bin; Copper Scythe

Items Unlocked

-

Farming Licence Level 3

Adds iron farming tool recipes and opens the Irrigation Licence.

Level

3

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

Farming level 20

Licence Needed

Farming Licence Level 2

What It Does

Unlocks the Irrigation Licence.

New Recipes

Iron Watering Can; Iron Hoe; Iron Scythe

Items Unlocked

-

Irrigation Licence Level 1

Adds the Sprinkler, Water Tank and Animal Shower recipes.

Level

1

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Farming Licence Level 3

What It Does

Craft Sprinklers, Water Tanks and an Animal Shower.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Irrigation Licence Level 2

Adds the Advanced Sprinkler recipe.

Level

2

Cost

4,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Irrigation Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft an Advanced Sprinkler.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Handling Licence Level 1

Lets you buy Chooks and build a Bird Coop.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Farming Licence Level 1

What It Does

Buy and raise Chooks.

New Recipes

Bird Coop

Items Unlocked

-

Handling Licence Level 2

Lets you buy Vombats and build an Animal Stall.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Handling Licence Level 1

What It Does

Buy and raise Vombats.

New Recipes

Animal Stall

Items Unlocked

-

Handling Licence Level 3

Lets you buy Pleep and build an Animal Den and Silo.

Level

3

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Handling Licence Level 2

What It Does

Buy and raise Pleep.

New Recipes

Animal Den; Silo

Items Unlocked

-

Animal Processing Licence Level 1

Adds the Cheese Maker recipe for turning milk into cheese.

Level

1

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Handling Licence Level 2

What It Does

Unlocks the Cheese Maker recipe for processing milk.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Animal Processing Licence Level 2

Adds the Spinning Wheel recipe for processing wool.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Animal Processing Licence Level 1

What It Does

Unlocks the Spinning Wheel recipe for processing wool.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Animal Breeding Licence Level 1

Adds the Egg Incubator recipe for breeding Chooks.

Level

1

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Handling Licence Level 3 and Animal Processing Licence Level 2

What It Does

Unlocks the Egg Incubator recipe for breeding Chooks.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Animal Breeding Licence Level 2

Makes Duff Dust available to encourage animal breeding.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Animal Breeding Licence Level 1

What It Does

Lets you buy Duff Dust, which is given to male animals to encourage breeding.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Cargo Licence Level 1

Adds three inventory pocket slots.

Level

1

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Toolbelt Licence Level 1

What It Does

Adds 3 pocket slots.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Cargo Licence Level 2

Adds three more inventory pocket slots.

Level

2

Cost

2,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Cargo Licence Level 1

What It Does

Adds 3 pocket slots.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Cargo Licence Level 3

Adds three more inventory pocket slots.

Level

3

Cost

6,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Cargo Licence Level 2

What It Does

Adds 3 pocket slots.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Toolbelt Licence Level 1

Adds one toolbelt slot.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Mining, Logging, Fishing and Hunting Licence Level 1

What It Does

Adds 1 toolbelt slot.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Toolbelt Licence Level 2

Adds one more toolbelt slot.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Toolbelt Licence Level 1

What It Does

Adds 1 toolbelt slot.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Toolbelt Licence Level 3

Adds one more toolbelt slot.

Level

3

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Toolbelt Licence Level 2

What It Does

Adds 1 toolbelt slot.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Landscaping Licence Level 1

Adds paths, steps and ramps for shaping routes around your island.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Logging Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft paths and steps.

New Recipes

Brick Path; Brick Steps; Cement Path; Cement Steps; Gum Wood Path; Gum Wood Steps; Hard Wood Path; Hard Wood Steps; Palm Wood Path; Palm Wood Steps; Ramp; Matching Steps

Items Unlocked

-

Landscaping Licence Level 2

Adds several fence and gate recipes for enclosing areas.

Level

2

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Landscaping Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft fences and gates.

New Recipes

Brick Fence; Cement Fence; Gum Wood Fence; Hard Wood Fence; Palm Wood Fence; Tin Fence; Gum Wood Gate; Hard Wood Gate; Palm Wood Gate; Tin Gate

Items Unlocked

-

Building Licence Level 1

Adds simple bridge recipes for crossing water.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Logging Licence Level 1

What It Does

Craft bridges.

New Recipes

Brick Bridge; Cement Bridge; Gum Wood Bridge; Hard Wood Bridge; Iron Bridge; Palm Wood Bridge; Rope Bridge; Wide Brick Bridge; Wide Cement Bridge; Wide Gum Wood Bridge; Wide Hard Wood Bridge; Wide Iron Bridge; Wide Palm Wood Bridge; Wide Rope Bridge

Items Unlocked

-

Building Licence Level 2

Adds the Windmill recipe to speed up production tasks.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Building Licence Level 1

What It Does

Build Windmills to speed up production tasks.

New Recipes

Windmill

Items Unlocked

-

Building Licence Level 3

Adds advanced crafting and cooking table recipes.

Level

3

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Building Licence Level 2

What It Does

Unlocks the Advanced Crafting Table and Advanced Cooking Table recipes.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Vehicle Licence Level 1

Opens water vehicles, including the Rowboat, Sail Boat and Jet Ski.

Level

1

Cost

1,200 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

-

What It Does

Buy and pilot water vehicles. The Jet Ski can be commissioned from Franklyn's Lab.

New Recipes

Rowboat

Items Unlocked

Rowboat; Sail Boat; Jet Ski

Vehicle Licence Level 2

Opens the Motor Bike and Ute for land travel.

Level

2

Cost

2,400 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Vehicle Licence Level 1

What It Does

Buy and drive land vehicles. The Motor Bike and Ute can be commissioned from Franklyn's Lab.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Vehicle Licence Level 3

Opens the Helicopter and Hot Air Balloon for air travel.

Level

3

Cost

7,200 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Vehicle Licence Level 2

What It Does

Buy and pilot flying vehicles. The Helicopter and Hot Air Balloon can be commissioned from Franklyn's Lab.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Locomotive Licence Level 1

Opens the Train and recipes for building railway lines.

Level

1

Cost

250 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Vehicle Licence Level 2

What It Does

Buy trains and craft railway pieces. The Train can be commissioned from Franklyn's Lab.

New Recipes

Railway Track; Curved Railway Track; Railway Bridge; Switch Railway Track

Items Unlocked

-

Commerce Licence Level 1

Raises sale returns by 5% and opens the Gacha Machine commission.

Level

1

Cost

750 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Mining, Logging, Fishing and Hunting Licence Level 2

What It Does

Receive 5% more when selling items. The Gacha Machine can be commissioned from Franklyn's Lab.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Commerce Licence Level 2

Raises sale returns by 10%.

Level

2

Cost

3,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Commerce Licence Level 1

What It Does

Receive 10% more when selling items.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Commerce Licence Level 3

Raises sale returns by 15%.

Level

3

Cost

9,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Commerce Licence Level 2

What It Does

Receive 15% more when selling items.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Agriculture Vehicle Licence Level 1

Opens the Tractor and its Harvesting Attachment.

Level

1

Cost

2,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Farming Licence Level 3, Vehicle Licence Level 2 and Irrigation Licence Level 2

What It Does

Buy Agricultural Vehicles and use the Harvesting Attachment. The Tractor can be commissioned from Franklyn's Lab.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Agriculture Vehicle Licence Level 2

Unlocks the Ploughing Attachment for Agricultural Vehicles.

Level

2

Cost

4,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Agriculture Vehicle Licence Level 1

What It Does

Use the Ploughing Attachment on Agricultural Vehicles.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Agriculture Vehicle Licence Level 3

Unlocks the Planting Attachment for Agricultural Vehicles.

Level

3

Cost

6,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Agriculture Vehicle Licence Level 2

What It Does

Use the Planting Attachment on Agricultural Vehicles.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Sign Writing Licence Level 1

Adds the Signwriting Table, pen and simple sign recipes.

Level

1

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Landscaping Licence Level 2

What It Does

Unlocks the Signwriting Table and simple sign recipes.

New Recipes

Signwriting Table; Signwriting Pen; Item Sign; Hand Written Sign; Stone Sign; Sandwich Chalkboard; Floor Plaque

Items Unlocked

-

Sign Writing Licence Level 2

Adds advanced signs for lettering and directions.

Level

2

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Sign Writing Licence Level 1

What It Does

Unlocks advanced sign recipes.

New Recipes

Letter Statue (A-Z); Iron Sign; Gum Wood Direction Sign; Palm Wood Direction Sign; Hard Wood Direction Sign; Tin Direction Sign; Jackaroo Crossing Sign; Octagon Sign; Yellow Item Sign; Blue Sign; White Sign

Items Unlocked

-

Water Scaping Licence Level 1

Adds the Waterbed recipe for building waterfalls.

Level

1

Cost

1,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Landscaping Licence Level 2

What It Does

Unlocks the Waterbed recipe, which is used to create waterfalls.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Brewing Licence Level 1

Adds the Billy Can Kit recipe for brewing drinks and jams.

Level

1

Cost

500 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Logging Licence Level 2

What It Does

Unlocks the Billy Can Kit recipe for brewing drinks and jams.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

Brewing Licence Level 2

Adds the Keg recipe for brewing advanced drinks.

Level

2

Cost

2,000 Permit Points

Skill Needed

-

Licence Needed

Brewing Licence Level 1

What It Does

Unlocks the Keg recipe for brewing advanced drinks.

New Recipes

-

Items Unlocked

-

What Licences Are in Dinkum

A licence is a permit that lets you use a certain tool, feature or set of recipes. Without one, the game keeps those things out of reach, so you can't buy a pickaxe or craft certain tools until the matching licence is yours. Licences are grouped by activity, so there's a mining group, a fishing group, a farming group and so on, each with its own run of levels.

Each level opens something new, such as a better tool or a new recipe. The point is to give you a reason to keep going, because the stronger tools sit behind the next level. Every licence you buy opens up a new part of the game.

How to Buy Licences With Permit Points

Licences cost Permit Points, which are separate from Dinks, the game's money. You spend them at Fletch, who sells licences in town. Pick the one you want, and buy it once you have enough points.

Milestones are the main way to earn points. These are goals that tick up as you play, such as chopping trees, catching bugs and walking set distances, and each one you finish pays out Permit Points. Bulletin Board tasks, daily requests from townsfolk and Museum donations also pay points, so it's worth checking them alongside your milestones.

Since points come from everyday things like chopping trees and catching bugs, you'll earn them as a side effect of normal play.

How Licence Levels Step Up in Dinkum

Most licences have several levels, and you buy each one in turn. You can't skip ahead, so each level needs the one before it. On the core lines, the first level costs 250 Permit Points, and the next two cost 1,000 and 3,000.

Higher levels also ask for a skill rank in the matching activity. Mining Licence 2 needs mining skill level 10, and Mining Licence 3 needs mining skill level 20.

Reaching the skill level isn't enough on its own. You still have to buy the licence from Fletch, so a player with a big stack of points can still be held back by a low skill rank. The skill numbers change from one line to the next, so check each level's requirement before you save up for it.

Which Dinkum Licences to Buy First

Mining is usually the best place to start. The first level is cheap, and the ore you get from mining feeds the copper and iron recipes on other licence lines, so it keeps the rest of your progress moving.

Logging and fishing come next. The first logging level gives you axes and opens up landscaping and building, while fishing gives you rods and fish. The second fishing level is also one of the steps toward the Commerce Licence.

The Farming Licence opens up the farm side of the game, and the Handling Licence builds on it. Handling lets you raise animals such as chooks, the Aussie slang for chickens, and vombats.

Vehicles are the big spend. Water, land and air each have their own licence level, and the air level is by far the most expensive, so it's usually a later goal.

The Commerce Licence adds 5% to what you earn from selling items at its first level. It only opens after you've upgraded the Mining, Logging, Fishing and Hunting licences to level 2, so treat it as a mid-game purchase rather than a first one.

Deep Mining is the one to plan for later. It needs Mining Licence 2 first, and it opens the Mine.

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