Most likely cause
Pre-release reports agree that spells require the corresponding staff. Staff crafting also depends on magic stones, so the blocker may be equipment rather than the skill tree.
Primary lead: Steam: Lack of magic
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Magic skill learned, but the spell does not work?
Symptom: A settler has a fire, nature, or healing skill, but the combat skill stays unavailable or never appears usable.
Short answerA learned magic branch is not enough; the settler needs a compatible staff and its material chain.
Legacy test path—reconfirm every label and control in the EA build.
- Step 1Select the settler and inspect the equipped weapon—not only the learned skill.
- Step 2Confirm a staff compatible with that magic path is equipped.
- Step 3If no staff is available, inspect the staff table recipe and the alchemy bench for the required stones.
Success feedback
The spell appears in the active skill bar and becomes selectable with the staff equipped. A crafted stone or staff alone is not the final success signal.
Why this answer is still partial
Sources you can open yourself
Players connect unusable spells to missing staves and describe alchemy-bench stone crafting.
A separate pre-release thread records magic equipment restrictions as a player blocker.
