I built a Temple and researched Theology, and now I have a "Religion" tab. The only button in that tab I see right now is Praise the Sun. When I click it, it converts my faith to total faith. What is the benefit of doing that?
The kittens praise the sun
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Looking at the code, the skills' information is as follows:
- Dabbling - No XP required - No bonus
- Novice - 100 XP required - 1.25% Bonus
- Adequate - 500 XP required - 2.5% Bonus
- Competent - 1200 XP required - 4.5% Bonus
- Skilled - 2500 XP required - 7.5% Bonus
- Proficient - 5000 XP required - 12.5% Bonus
- Master - 9000 XP required - 18.75% Bonus
Thus, a kitten who is splitting their time up between two jobs about evenly is going to still be under proficient when a kitten who'd focused on the same job all the time has made master. You're probably better off letting a small number of kittens focus on Farming continuously through the year; you won't get much benefit right away, but when they finally do make master, they'll be able to feed more kittens, especially with the upgrade later on that doubles how much bonus all skills give.
Even worse, any kitten who has skill in a job they're not currently doing, will slowly (very slowly) lose experience in that job. The effect of this is minor (five thousandths of an XP per second), but if you're idling for long stretches, it can stall progress if you're trying to teach a kitten two jobs.
In the end, though, it doesn't matter too much what you do this early in the game. Getting to master-level kittens takes a while, and swapping your kittens around won't stop them from making master in their jobs eventually; just slows it a little. Plus, once you get more Pastures, and the Hoe upgrades to your farmers, even a small handful of Dabbling farmers will be enough to feed a fairly large population through cold winters.
You have to click on the button part with the text, just like with any other building (most don't have + button, so it may seem confusing at first). The + button is for increasing the active levels after you have it bought.
Since it uses up resources when active, it has +/- buttons to increase and decrease the active levels of smelter, in case you want to free up the resources that are being used by it.
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Faith, on its own, can't be used for anything at all without converting at least some of it into total faith on the religion screen. As you Praise the Sun, you'll unlock various upgrades on the Religion screen, many of which get stronger the more faith you convert.