Rain casting in Homesteads

Friend of mine is ranking the skill and while we were in my homestead, I checked the weather effect and there was a thunderstorm. Sure enough, using the skill in there gave her training for using the skill on a rainy day (as well as experience in pvp for using water cannon under a cloud).

After that training requirement was capped, we left the homestead and reentered, I checked the weather effect in the homestead again and it said it was clear. She went into the homestead but didn't receive experience for using the skill on a clear day.

Do homesteads always have a "clear on a rainy day" effect, or does anyone seem to have more information on training this skill?

Thanks.

Look on the homestead page and its talk page, there are hidden weather effects. Only once in a hundred will you actually ever be able to visibly see the rain.

I wasn't asking about that...I even talked about the weather effect myself...

I'm asking if rain casting can be trained for both "Use during a rainy day" and "Use during a clear day" requirements. My friend used it after I found a thunderstorm in my homestead, using potion making to test the % success rates. That allowed her to train her "Use on a rainy day". After that requirement was finished, I found a clear weather effect(normal success rate %) but that didn't train her "Use on a clear day" requirement.

Maybe it wasn't actually clear. What if the homestead's weather was "Cloudy"? Cloudy doesn't add a success rate bonus, similar to clear weather, right?

And if it was cloudy it'd explain both the 0 success bonus and Raincasting not getting any training.

Of course, I'm just guessing.

Nevermind it. But as I understand, Homesteads have two types of weather; Rain or Clear. When it's raining, the production bonus on par with a thunderstorm. When it's clear, there isn't any production bonus. It always shows the weather as "clear" by both the in-game weather forecast and the rain itself will never show up on screen.

I don't know how to explain the test we did any more, but it doesn't matter at this point. My friend has gotten higher rank Rain casting already, so the point is moot.

It's a hidden weather effect.

Weather effect outside of Homesteads

• Changes every 20 minutes.
• Varies per area, but some areas share the same weather
• Weather effect can be described from a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being sunny day, 10 being thunderstorm).
• The increase in production success rate depends on the weather effect.
• The weather in the surrounding area reflects the forecast.

Weather effect inside of Homesteads

• Changes every 5 minutes and varies per channel.
  • The change will only take place if you exit and re-enter your Homestead, so you could literally sit there for 5 days without having the weather change.
• The weather is either sunny or raining (thunderstorm).
• Homestead weather always appear to be sunny, whether or not the bonus is in effect.

Basically, rain doesn't show up in homesteads, but the effects still occur. That's why your friend got training for rain casting and water cannon.