Ability tree: diamond lattice over the lapidary's hands

About this game

Developer: Light Worm · Publisher: XD · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Focus / Tech Trees

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What to study

Progression as a jeweller's diagram: the Ability tree lays its diamond nodes - the same diamond the stat gauges use as pips - over an engraving of the craftsman's own hands, so character growth is drawn on the tools of the trade. Ten unspent points sit in their diamond badge like loose stones waiting to be set. It is the quietest screen in the game and the most confident: no numbers on the nodes at all, just shape, linkage and the hands underneath. Frame at about 0:47 in the PV-EN video (Steam), found by the dense 1-frame/2s review pass and inspected at full resolution in this run.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

panel-grid top-bar stat-rows

Components

Parts on screen.

Tree / web Journal Resource bar Badge

Screen inventory

• the tree: some two dozen diamond nodes joined by hairlines over a dark engraving of two open hands - gem, eye, teapot, shield and book icons mark the branches; spent and available nodes share the same dim brass, the structure is the content
• top bar: five section icons (ability, satchel, jewellery, honours, codex) with Ability titled; a close X hangs on the central vertical chain
• bottom-left, the account of yourself: a green Level: 5 plaque, EXP: 87 / 105 with its bar, and a diamond badge holding 10 unspent points; wallet 600 and the Playtest0.1.0 6/5/26 build stamp below
• bottom-right, the navigation hint: Drag on empty space to move (cut at the frame edge) - the tree is larger than one screen

Top 3 colors

#040402 22%#020201 18%#010101 17%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Light Worm / XD, Abyssal Lapidary screenshot: Abyssal Lapidary - New fest PV-EN and PV-EN videos (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by XD.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-21. verified 2026-10-22: frame extracted in the dense-interval review pass at 46.5s and inspected visually at full resolution in this run; keeper file ability-tree.png is a byte copy of dense/v1_46.5.png

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