Some missions will result in you gaining a skill, others you’ll have to look for. Businesses that can teach you a new skill are highlighted by a purple fedora hat 
Note: More skills will be listed as soon as I come across them.
Jump to: Alcohol & Production • Specials • Speakeasies • Gambling • Vehicles
Alcohol & Production
| Skill | Cost | Unlocks | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absinthe Works (New York) | 2 Colt Pistol 3 Crowbar -$1000 | Absinthe operation. | |
| Amaretto Distillation (New York) | 24 Bathtub Gin | Amaretto operation. | |
| Apple Jacking (Pittsburgh) | Backroom Applejack Operation. Improved Applejack Operation. | ||
| Apple Presses | ? | Apple Juice Press. Sparkling Cider Fermenter. Improved Applejack Operation (Pittsburgh). | From Mission: Pressing Matters. Can also be acquired through Mission: Festive Opportunities (Sparkling Cider). |
| Backroom Brewing | 30 Homemade Beer -$1500 | Backroom Beer Operation. Backroom Brewery. | |
| Backroom Winemaking / Backroom Winery | 50 Brick Wine -$1500 | Backroom Wine Operation. Backroom Winery. | Available after acquiring Bonus Bricks and Truck Repair Bays. |
| Barrel Aging (Cincinnati) | 25 Corn Whiskey | Large Corn Whiskey Still. | |
| Bathtub Ginworks | 30 Moonshine -$1500 | Bathtub Gin Operation. Bathtub Gin Still. | Sometimes comes after acquiring Extra Extraction. |
| Beer by the Keg | 5 Steel Barrels 25 Backroom Beer -$1000 | Large Brewery. | Probably appeared when acquiring the Backroom Brewery skill. |
| Bonus Bricks | -$750 | Improved Backroom Brick Wine Operation. Improved Grape Press. | Can also be given as a mission reward. |
| Bootleg Brandy | 125 Brick Wine -$1000 | Makeshift Brandy Still. | |
| Bootleg Rum | 90 Hard Cider -$1000 | Makeshift Rum Still. | Appeared once the Improved Cider Operation came online. |
| Bootleg Vodka | 125 Homemade Beer -$1000 | Makeshift Vodka Still. | Appeared as soon as I completed the mission to unlock the Backroom Brewery skill. |
| Bootleg Whiskey | 80 Moonshine -$1000 | Makeshift Whiskey Still. | |
| Booze Bottling | -$1000 | Bottling Operation. | After finding Brandy Barrels in an abandoned safe house. Another time after completing Barrel Aging. You also get it as a free bonus when handing in any Small [T3] Stills. |
| Bourbon Counterfeiting (Cincinnati) | 120 Bottles (in your safehouse) -$1200 (delivered) | Bourbon Bottling. | |
| Brick Wine Production | 18 Grape Concentrate | Backroom Brick Wine Operation. | Can also come from Mission: Common Ground or Neighborhood Tastes. |
| Champagne Methods | 20 Counterfeit Wine -$2000 | Champagne Manufacture. | Appeared after acquiring the Bootleg Brandy skill. |
| Cider Making | 26 Apple Juice | Backroom Cider Operation. | Can come from Mission: Common Ground or Neighborhood Tastes. |
| Cordially Yours | 10 Bottled Vodka -$2000 | Cordial Manufacture. | From Mission: Yours, Cordially. |
| Corn Whiskey Manufacture (Cincinnati) | -$1200 | Corn Whiskey Still. Large Corn Whiskey Still. | Map: Cincinnati. |
| Double Barrels | 2 Crowbar and -$500 (LC) or -$750 (BC) | +20% production output. | Can come from Mission: Locked Closets and/or Mission: Both Closets. |
| Ethnic Solidarity | -$1200 | Production cycles require 20% fewer ingredients. | |
| Extra Extraction | -$750 | Improved Moonshine Operation. Improved Backroom Distillery. | As a potential reward from Mission: After the Fire. |
| Fruit Wine Production (Detroit) | Starting skill? | Backroom Fruit Wine Operation. | |
| Fruitful Operations (Detroit) | -$900 | Improved Fruit Wine Operation | |
| Grain Distillation (New York) | Starting skill? | Backroom Pot Still. | I think you get this for free when you start? |
| Grape Presses | 5 Bricks -$500 | Backroom Winery. Grape Press. | |
| High Quality Yeast | 2 Baseball Bat -$500 | Production cycles complete 10% quicker. | From Mission: The Yeast They Can Do. |
| Home Brew Production | 40 Malt Syrup | Backroom Home Brew Operation. | Often a free starter skill. |
| Homemade Brandy Production (Philadelphia) | Starting skill? | Homemade Brandy Still. | |
| Ice Making | 14 Small Barrels -$800 | Ice House. | Don’t prioritize getting this skill. Building an Ice House is pretty pointless. |
| Improved Absinthe Stills (New York) | 6 Steel Barrels 6 Sheet Metal 6 Pipes | High Capacity Absinthe Stills (+40% Amaretto output). | This will not show up without editing a game file to correct a typo. See Known issues for details. |
| Improved Amaretto Stills (New York) | 6 Steel Barrels 7 Sheet Metal 6 Pipes | High Capacity Amaretto Stills (+40% Amaretto output). | Showed up after the second completed production cycle. |
| Improved Pot Stills (New York) | 6 Steel Barrels -$500 | High Capacity Grain Stills (+50% Moonshine and Bathtub Gin). | |
| Industrial Filters | 2 Baseball Bat -$500 | Production cycles require 10% fewer ingredients. | From Mission: Fear and Filtration. |
| Juice Presses | 5 Bricks -$500 | Is this separate from Apple Presses and Grape Presses??? | |
| Junkyard Booze | 20 Counterfeit Wine | Junkyard Improvements (production cycles complete 20% quicker). | Mission: One Person’s Junk. Had the option of the skill, a four door sedan or a pickup truck. |
| Label Counterfeiting | 10 Bottle Labels -$1500 | Counterfeit Label Printer. | Popped up once I got Booze Bottling. |
| Makeshift Stills | 5 Steel Barrels -$750 | Bathtub Gin Still. | |
| Malt Making | 5 Barrels -$500 | Backroom Brewery. Malt Processor. | |
| Moonshine Distillation (Cincinnati) | Starting skill? | Backroom Moonshine Still. | |
| Moonshine Manufacture | 16 Neutral Alcohol | Backroom Moonshine Operation. | |
| Much More Malt | -$750 | Improved Home Brew Operation. Expanded Malt Processor. | |
| Old World Knowledge: Beer | -$750 | German Beer Kettles (+25% beer output). | |
| Old World Knowledge: Cider | -$750 | English Cider Presses (+25% cider output). | This came up after I had leveled up the Sparkling Cider manager the first time. |
| Old World Knowledge: Fruit Distillation (Pittsburgh) | -$750 | South Slavic Stills (+25% Applejack and Rakija output). | |
| Old World Knowledge: Spirits | -$750 | Polish Spirit Stills (+25% moonshine and bathtub gin output). | Does not work in Backroom/Expanded Pot Stills (New York). |
| Old World Knowledge: Wine | -$750 | Italian Wine Presses (+25% wine output). | |
| Plum Brandy (Pittsburgh) | -$1200 | Rakija Still. | Map: Pittsburgh. Came after building a second bottle return rack? |
| Pressing Matters | ? | Improved Cider Operation. | |
| Proper Gin | 10 Spices 20 Bathtub Gin -$1000 | Gin Manufacture. | Appeared after completing Champagne Methods. |
| Sanitary Measures | 60 Stoneware Crocks | Upgraded Rakija Still (Pittsburgh). Improved Backroom [T1] Bootlegger. Steam Sanitizer (+10% production output). | |
| Small Brandy Stills | 15 Sheet Metal 4 Steel Barrels 8 Pipes -$1500 | Small Brandy Distiller. | Gained Skill: Booze Bottling at the same time. |
| Small Rum Stills | 15 Sheet Metal 4 Steel Barrels 8 Pipes -$1500 | Small Rum Distiller. | Gained Skill: Booze Bottling at the same time. |
| Small Vodka Stills | 15 Sheet Metal 4 Steel Barrels 8 Pipes -$1500 | Small Vodka Distiller. | Gained Skill: Booze Bottling at the same time. |
| Small Whiskey Stills | 15 Sheet Metal 4 Steel Barrels 8 Pipes -$1500 | Small Whiskey Distiller. | Gained Skill: Booze Bottling at the same time. |
| Sparkling Cider | -$250 or 40 Hard Cider -$1500 | Sparkling Cider Operation. Sparkling Cider Fermenter. | Mission: Learning Opportunities: Sparkling Cider. This came as a follow-up a quest to hand in 1 Sparkling Cider in Pittsburgh? The latter option is from Chicago and is simply called “Sparkling Cider”. |
| Spiced Rum Manufacture | 20 Bottled Rum -$2000 | Spiced Rum Manufacture. | |
| Superior Stills (Cincinnati) | ? | Improved Moonshine Still. | |
| Wheat Distillation (New York) | 8 Wheat 10 Moonshine | Expanded Pot Still. | |
| Years of Whiskey | 20 Bottled Whiskey -$2000 | Aged Whiskey Manufacture. | Allows you to make Aged Whiskey. |
Specials
| Skill | Cost | Unlocks | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewery Lover (German) | Free (starting skill) | Gets you 30% more money when you sell any kind of beer. | DLC: The German Outfit. |
| Enhanced Persuasion (Italian) | Free (starting skill) | Allows you to do business at a lower relationship level than usual – including being able to trade with some people despite a relationship of -25. | DLC: The Italian Outfit. |
| German Efficiency (German) | Free (starting skill) | -9% cost (money and material) and -1 turn to build any kind of backroom operation. | DLC: The German Outfit. |
| Homeland Speciality | Free (starting skill) | English: Cigarette Production. German: German Lager Production. Irish: Blended Whiskey Production. Italian: Grappa Production. Polish: Nalewka Production. | Free when you start a new game if you have The [Nationality] Outfit DLC. |
| Patriotic Speaker (Polish) | Free (starting skill) | No relationship change when asking for lower/higher prices. | DLC: The Polish Outfit. |
| Return Racks (Detroit, Pittsburgh) | -$300 4 Lumber (first time) or 4 Lumber (additional) | Turns fronts into bottle return racks. | Becomes available very early on, but pointless until you have an operation that needs Small Bottles. Wait until you have at least one before you start investing in building return racks. |
| Spirited Palate (Polish) | Free (starting skill) | Sells spirits at a higher price than usual. Currently the +% is unconfirmed. | DLC: The Polish Outfit. |
Speakeasies
| Skill | Cost | Unlocks | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backroom Bootlegging | -$500 | Backroom [T1] Bootlegger. | |
| Corner Speakeasies | -$2500 | Corner Speakeasy. | From Mission: Your Place. Triggers when you upgrade a Backroom Bootlegger to Expanded Bootlegger. |
| Crystal Barware | 2 Crowbar and -$500 (LC) or -$750 (BC) | Old Time Glassware (sell 25% more per selling cycle). | Can come from Mission: Locked Closets and/or Mission: Both Closets. |
| Dishwashers | 2 Crowbar -$500 | Automatic Dishwasher (sell 10% more alcohol per turn). | Mission: Hot Dishwashers |
| Expanded Bootlegging | 8 Lumber | Expanded Homemade [T1] Bootlegger. | |
| Expansive Venues | -$5000 | Dance Hall. Fine Dining Restaurant. Jazz Club. | I suspect the trigger for this is discovering a T4 alcohol somewhere, because it keeps coming up long before Supper Clubs, and seems to correspond with finding T4 in a new building or in a raided safehouse. |
| Player Pianos | 4 Bricks 4 Lumber | Sell 10% more alcohol per selling cycle. | Mission: Abandoned Entertainment. |
| Pool Tables | 4 Bricks 4 Lumber | Reduces selling cycle time by 10%. | Mission: Abandoned Entertainment. |
| Printed Promotions | 25 Bottle Labels | Reduces selling cycle time by 20%. | From Mission: Delivery Promotions. |
| Sanitary Measures | 60 Stoneware Crocks | Upgraded Rakija Still (Pittsburgh). Improved Backroom [T1] Bootlegger. Steam Sanitizer (+10% production output). | |
| Secret Doors | 4 Lumber | Trap Door (sell 10% more alcohol per turn). | |
| Speaking Easy | 10 Furniture -$1500 | Small Speakeasy. | Triggers after starting to construct a T2 operation. |
| Supper Clubs | -$2500 | Supper Club. | Triggers after starting to construct a T3 operation. |
| Trap Doors | 4 Lumber | Sell 10% more alcohol per turn. | Mission: Secret Doors |
Gambling
| Skill | Cost | Unlocks | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attentive Staff | -$1000 | Small Bar and Uniformed Attendants in gambling houses. | Mission: Family Visits – needs to be completed 3x to get all three gambling features. |
| Card Games | -$1500 | Card Tables and Faro Parlor in gambling houses. | Available at 10 corners, when your outfit is big enough to support a gambling operation. |
| Cooked Books | -$2500 | Medium Gambling House. Roulette Wheels in gambling houses. | Possibly available after Numbers Games. Requires having found T3 alcohol somewhere. Requires Money Laundering? |
| Fine Finishes | -$1000 | Card Parlor and Imported Furniture in gambling houses. | Mission: Family Visits – needs to be completed 3x to get all three gambling features. |
| High Rollers Junket (Atlantic City) | 10 Canadian Whiskey -$3000 | “To build elite features in your gambling houses.” | See Atlantic City Casinos for more info. |
| Money Laundering | Have $2500 in your possession | Small Gambling House. Sports Betting, Blackjack Tables and Small Table Games in gambling houses. | Money refers to total in your outfit, so should hopefully complete as soon as you pick it up. |
| Numbers Games | -$1000 | Bookmaking in gambling houses. | Available after Card Games. |
| Suave Service | -$1000 | Small Bar in gambling houses. | Mission: Family Visits – needs to be completed 3x to get all three gambling features. |
| Table Games | -$1000 | Dice Games in gambling houses. | I believe this triggered after upgrading from a Small to a Medium Gambling House. |
Vehicles
| Skill | Cost | Unlocks | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanded Repair Bays | -$1500 | Upgraded Truck Repair Bay. | Available after starting to construct the first Small Truck Repair Bay. |
| Garage Construction | 5 Bricks -$500 | Small Garage. Garage [T1] Operation. | I could choose between learning this and Truck Driving. Can come from Mission: Neighborhood Tastes. |
| Negotiation Assistant | ? | Discount prices when buying new vehicles. | Got it as an option for completing the first Car Deals mission. |
| Truck Driving | -$300 | Small Truck Repair Bay. | I could choose between this and Garage Construction. |
| Truck Repair Bays | 90 Brick Wine or 80 Moonshine or 80 Applejack | Small Truck Repair Bay. | What you’re asked for depends on what you produce. |