Work Energy is a resource in Lost Ark that is used for gathering materials and items viaTrade Skills. Trade Skills are gained around the time that you undertake theCrown of Lakebarmain story quest.

In tooltips, skill descriptions, and item descriptions in-game, Work Energy is sometimes referred to asLife Energy. These are the same thing.

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Work Energy has a total pool of 10,000 at base but can be increased by raising your Roster Level. This pool is shared byall characters on a specific server, but so are the levels of your Trade Skills.

There are six different Trade Skills in the game that you can gather materials with and each consumes a different amount of Work Energy every time you gather materials:

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How much Work Energy is restored per day?

30 Work Energy is restored every ten minutes at base. That means that you will restore180 Work Energy in an hourand4,320 Work Energy across 24 hours.

There are alternatives to waiting for your Work Energy to restore, however. There are various consumable items that will restore Work Energy to the player. These items are:

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