Editing Getting Started (section)

== The core loop ==

At its heart, Primal Idle repeats a simple cycle:

# '''Pick a skill and an action.''' Open a skill such as [[Foraging]] and select one of its actions (for example, gathering berries).
# '''Actions resolve on a timer.''' Each action has a fixed base time. Every time the timer completes, you receive that action's experience and its resource drops.
# '''Gather resources.''' Outputs pile up in your [[Bank]], where identical items stack together.
# '''Level up.''' Experience raises the skill's level (1 to 99). Higher levels unlock faster and more rewarding actions.
# '''Unlock more.''' New levels, resources, and Amber open up further skills, recipes, [[Shop]] upgrades, [[Homestead]] structures, creatures, and biomes — which loop you back to step 1 with bigger goals.

Only one action runs at a time. Starting a new action replaces the current one, so choose whichever activity best serves your next goal.