Stats explained for a lay person

[zaddddd]

there are four colors in my stats bars, I'm thinking that the green fills up the red background but what are the yellow and blue?

I've been training in mining and several others and keep buying levels yet still haven't gone above zero on anything after 30+ hrs of play, is this normal?

[neko kyouran]

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[Zan]

Blue: The amount of progression points you posses.
Yellow: The part that you need to train with a trainer. You'll need at least an equally long blue bar to fill it up and enough tria.
Red: The part that you need to gain through practical experience. For mining it means going out there and mine.
Green: The part that you have currently learned, either from a trainer or from practical experience. If the bar is completely green you level up.

Skills all require theoretical training from that skill's trainer (NPC) and then some practice where you use that skill. Stats only require theoretical training.

[zaddddd]

ahhh thanks it's a little more complicated than games i've played before!