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'''Skills''' are abilities a character has learned, with their proficiency at that skill quantified by its '''skill level'''. The skill level can be increased by gaining a sufficient amount of '''experience points''' ('''XP''').
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'''Skills''' are abilities the [[player]] can advance in over time, with their proficiency at that skill quantified by it's ''skill level''.  


Skills are grouped into categories. There are currently five main skill categories: ''agility'', ''combat'', ''crafting'', ''firearm'', and ''survivalist''. Each of these contains multiple skills. There is also a ''passive'' category, containing the ''fitness'' and ''strength'' skills.
==Overview==
Each skills level can be increased by gaining a sufficient amount of '''experience points'' (also referred to as 'experience' or ''XP'') in that skill. XP can be gained by completing specific tasks.
 
Skills are grouped into categories. There are currently six skill categories: [[#Passives|''passive'']], [[#Agility|''agility'']], [[#Combat|''combat'']], [[#Crafting|''crafting'']], [[#Firearm|''firearm'']], and [[#Survivalist|''survivalist'']]. Each category contains multiple skills.


==Status==
==Status==
The player's current skill levels are found by opening the 'player status' window (click the heart symbol at the top-left of the screen) and selecting the 'skills' tab, or by pressing {{Key|L}}.
The player's current skill levels are found by opening the ''health panel'' (click the heart symbol at the top-left of the screen) and selecting the ''skills'' tab, or by pressing {{Key|L}}.


[[File:B41Skills.png]]
[[File:B41Skills.png]]


== Advancement Mechanics ==
==Advancement mechanics==
 
===Experience points and skill points===
=== Experience Points and Skill Points ===
As the player performs tasks they gain ''experience points'' that count towards the skill used. Skills level up and become more effective when a character's experience points reach predefined levels, with successive levels requiring greater increases in experience. The experience points a character requires to gain another level are shown when hovering over a skill:
 
As the player performs tasks they gain experience points (XP) that count towards the skill used. Skills level up and become more effective when the player's XP reaches predefined levels, with successive levels requiring greater increases in XP. The player's XP required to gain another level are shown when hovering over a skill:


[[File:SkillsWindow_skillMultiplier.gif]]
[[File:SkillsWindow ExperienceTooltip.png]]


The XP required to level up skills in build 41.50 is:
The experience points required to level up skills in [[Build 41|build 41.78.16]] are:
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! Level
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| style="width: 1.3em;" | 9
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 10
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 10
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! Passive skill
| 1500
| 3000
| 6000
| 9000
| 18000
| 30000
| 60000
| 90000
| 120000
| 150000
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|-
! Regular skill
! Regular skill
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| 7500
| 7500
| 9000
| 9000
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! Passive skill
| 1500
| 3000
| 6000
| 9000
| 18000
| 30000
| 60000
| 90000
| 120000
| 150000
|}
|}


The figures shown here are not cumulative. For example, improving 'regular skills' such as carpentry from level 3 to 4 would require 750XP.
The skills in the [[#Passives|''passive'']] category (''strength'' and ''fitness'') are unique in that they require significantly more experience points to gain levels in than any other skill. For example, advancing to level 1 in strength requires 1,500 experience points, whereas advancing carpentry to level 1 would only require 75 experience points.


=== Skill Literature ===
The figures shown here are not cumulative. For example, improving 'regular skills' such as carpentry from level 3 to 4 would require 750 experience points, but raising carpentry from level 0 to level 4 would require the cumulative experience of reaching level 1, then level 2, then level 3, and finally level 4, which would add up to a total of 1,275 experience points.


[[Skill Books|Skill books]] can be used to increase the rate at which the player trains a given skill. These can be found throughout the world on bookshelves or in other containers. Books are only available for skills in the "crafting" and "survivalist" categories. Additionally, books only apply to specific levels of skill advancement, with a book for every two levels of skill, totalling 5 volumes of books for each skill. For example "Carpentry for Beginners" will only provide a benefit to a player with level 0-1 carpentry. Books can only be read if they apply to the player's current skill level.
===Skill books===
[[Skill books]] can be used to increase the rate at which the player trains a given skill. These books can be found throughout the world on [[Containers#Shelves|bookshelves]] or in other [[Containers|containers]]. Books are only available for skills in the [[Skills#Crafting|"crafting"]] and [[Skills#Survivalist|"survivalist"]] categories. Additionally, books only apply to specific levels of skill advancement, with a book for every two levels of skill, totaling 5 volumes of books for each skill. For example, reading [[Skill books#Types|Carpentry Vol. 1]] will only increase experience points gained until the player reaches level 2. Books can only be read if they apply to a character's current skill level; for example, [[Skill books#Types|Carpentry Vol. 2]] can only be read once the player reaches level 2 carpentry.


Reading a book multiplies the rate at which the player trains the associated skill. The multiplier increases in proportion to the player's progress through the book and reaches a maximum when the book is fully read. The presence of a multiplier on a given skill is indicated by animated arrows in the skill tab. Hovering the cursor over a skill level reveals the current multiplier. Below, the player has a multiplier of 3x on the cooking skill. Since training skills generate XP, reading books is an effective way to quickly improve the player's abilities.
Reading a book multiplies the rate at which the player gains experience points in the associated skill, and as a result significantly reduces the amount of time and effort required to level up skills. The experience multiplier increases in steps as the player reads the skill book, with the multiplier increasing for each 10% of the book that the player reads. For each 10% of the book finished, the multiplier will become equal to the appropriate percentage of the max multiplier for the book. If the resulting multiplier is below 1, it will be ignored; for example, 10% of a [[Skill books#Types|Vol. 1 book]] would result in a 0.3x multiplier, but the player will still receive 1x experience points.


Multiplier increases each 10% of the book read. With every 10% of the book finished your multiplier will become equal to appropriate percentage of the max multiplier for the book. Because of this it's harmful to read any level 1 book less then 40% before getting XP, as well as any level 2 or 3 books less then 20%. For example reading level 1 book 15% would apply 10% of the max multiplier of x3 resulting in skill multiplier of x0.3 which is much worse then default x1.
The presence of a multiplier on a given skill is indicated by animated arrows in the skill tab. Hovering the cursor over a skill level reveals the current multiplier. Below, the player has a multiplier of 3x on their cooking skill.
It's especially important with initial "life and living" farming. If you don't have enough time to read at least half of the level 1 book it's better to avoid reading it at all.


[[File:SkillsWindow_skillMultiplier.gif]]
[[File:SkillsWindow skillMultiplier.gif]]


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! Level
! Level
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| 9000
| 9000
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! Total XP required  
! Total XP required
| 75
| 75
| 225
| 225
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=== Starting Skill Levels ===
===Starting skill levels===
 
The [[occupation]] and [[traits]] chosen during [[Player#Character creation|character creation]] determine a character's initial skill levels. The player's initial choices during character creation (and the skill levels they confer) are ''very important'', and should be given careful consideration since skills a character begins with bonus levels in will receive a permanent 'XP boost' (a misnomer, as it overwrites the character's base rate of experience gain to the new value, rather than adding to or multiplying it). This bonus is dependent on the level a character begins with in that skill, and the experience point boost the character ends up with during character creation reflects permanently in the color of the skill's name in the skills menu. The image below shows each color a skill name can be, with yellow/gold, white, light gray, and dark gray reflecting boosts of 125%, 100%, 75%, and 25% (default), respectively.
The choices made at [[Player#Character_Creation|character creation]] determine a character's initial skill levels. '''The player's initial choice of skills are very important and should be given careful consideration since skills they begin with receive an 'XP boost'''' (a misnomer, as it overwrites your base rate of experience gain to the new value, not add or multiply). This bonus is dependent on the level the player begins with on that skill and may change if certain traits are added or removed over the course of a character's career (either through mods or the debug menu.) Starting skills' names are highlighted yellow in the skill tab, and hovering over the skill level will display the XP boost received. Here, the player has 'XP boost's for both the 'fitness' and 'strength' skills:


[[File:SkillsWindow_XPBoost.png]]
[[File:SkillsWindow StartingSkillBoostColors.png]]


Note that since characters normally start with 'strength' and 'fitness' of 5, unlike other skills the character will by default have the full experience multiplier, unless they start out with negative traits which —after including profession and positive traits— overall subtract one or both of the skills by 3 or more points.
Note that since characters normally start with [[strength]] and [[fitness]] of 5, the character will by default begin with a 125% experience point bonus in these skills, unless the player's [[occupation]] and [[trait]] choices lower either of these skills' starting levels to less than 3.


The ''base'' experience multiplier ('XP boost') gained with different starting levels are as follows:
The ''base'' experience multipliers ('XP boosts') gained with different starting levels are as follows:


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|-
|-
! Starting Level
! Starting level
| 0  || 1  ||  2  || ≥3
| 0  || 1  ||  2  || ≥3
|-
|-
! 'XP Boost'
! 'XP boost'
| 25% || 75% || 100% || 125%
| 25% || 75% || 100% || 125%
|-
|-
! Relative experience gain
! Relative experience gain
| 100% || 400% || 500% || 600%
| 100% || 300% || 400% || 500%
|}
|}


However, in-game data reveals actual experience gain corresponding to the following table:
However, in-game data reveals actual experience gain corresponds to the following table:


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|-
! Starting Level
! Starting level
| 0  || 1  ||  2  || 3
| 0  || 1  ||  2  || 3
|-
|-
! 'XP Boost'
! 'XP boost'
| 25% || 100% || 133.33% || 166.66%
| 25% || 100% || 133.33% || 166.66%
|-
|-
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Exceptions:  
Exceptions:
* The Sprinting skill has experience gains set to 100%, 125%, 133%, and 166%, respectively.  
*The [[sprinting]] skill has experience gains set to 100%, 125%, 133%, and 166%, respectively.
* The Aiming and Reloading skills suffer an overall multiplier of 0.37037 upon a character reaching Level 5 in the respective skill.
*The [[aiming]] and [[reloading]] skills suffer an overall multiplier of 0.37037 upon a character reaching level 5 in the respective skill.


==List of Skills==
==List of skills==
===Agility===
===Passives===
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|-  
|-
! Name
! Name
! Effect
! Effect
|-
|-
|'''Sprinting'''
|[[Strength]]
|This affects how fast the player runs and sprints.
|''Strength'' affects several of a character's physical abilities, including:
This can be leveled by Running (hold '''SHIFT''') and Sprinting (press '''Left ALT'''). Note that if the player is too unfit/obese/overexerted/overburdened they may simply "power-walk" instead, but they can still gain sprinting XP by doing so.
*Some combat elements, such as the player's melee damage, push knockback, and knockdown chance.
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*The player's default maximum encumbrance.
|-
*The chance to successfully force locked windows open.
! Sprinting level
*The chance to successfully climb tall fences.
|0
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|-
! Run/Sprint Speed multiplier
|90%
|110%
|115%
|120%
|125%
|130%
|135%
|140%
|145%
|150%
|160%
|-
|-
|[[Fitness]]
|''Fitness'' affects several of the player's physical abilities, including:
*Some combat elements, including the player's attack speed, chance of automatically pushing a zombie away when attacked, and chance of tripping when a zombie that has just fallen over a window or fence lunges at the player's feet.
*The rate of [[Endurance|endurance]] loss and recovery.
*The player's exercise speed.
*Damage taken from long falls.
|}
|}
|-
|'''Lightfooted'''
|This skill affects how far the sound of a player's footsteps can be heard by zombies.


This skill can be leveled by sneaking near zombies without being detected.
===Agility===
 
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This skill affects all movement types.
{| class="pztable"
|-
|-
! Lightfooted level
! Name
|0
! Effect
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|-
|-
! Footsteps sound radius multiplier
|[[Sprinting]]
|99%
|The ''sprinting'' skill affects how fast a character runs and sprints, including running while sneaking.
|90%
Experience is gained in random intervals while running (hold {{Key|SHIFT}}) and sprinting (press {{Key|L. ALT}}). Note that if the player is too [[Endurance|overexerted]] or [[Heavy Load|overburdened]] they may simply "power-walk" instead, but they can still gain sprinting experience while doing so. Zombies do not need to be nearby for the player to gain sprinting experience.
|79%
 
|71%
The speed increase is added (not multiplied) to movement speed, so it may not stack intuitively with other effects.
|65%
|59%
|52%
|45%
|37%
|30%
|20%
|-
|-
|}
|[[Lightfooted]]
|The ''lightfooted'' skill affects how loud a character's footsteps are, and as a result, how far away zombies can hear those footsteps from. All movement types are affected, including walking, running, etc., and the noise reduction from the lightfooted skill stacks with the noise reduction from the nimble skill. The effects of lightfooted are particularly evident with sprinting; at level 0 in the lightfooted skill, a sprinting character's footsteps will alert zombies from several tiles away, even when behind those zombies. However, at level 10 in the lightfooted skill, a character will produce so little noise while sprinting that even sprinting within a few tiles behind a zombie may not alert it.
|-
|-
|'''Nimble'''
|[[Nimble]]
|The Nimble skill affects how fast you move while in the Combat Stance.
|The ''nimble'' skill affects how fast a character moves while in 'combat stance', and how loud their footsteps are. The footstep loudness reduction of the nimble skill affects all movement types, not just while in combat stance, and stacks with the loudness reduction from the lightfooted skill. Much like the lightfooted skill, the footstep noise reduction of the nimble skill is particularly noticeable when sprinting behind zombies.


Experience is gained by walking in Combat stance (Holding '''Left-Ctrl''' or '''Right-Click''').
Experience is gained in random intervals by walking in combat stance (Holding {{Key|L. CTRL}} or '''{{abbr|RMB|Right Mouse Button}}'''). Zombies do not need to be nearby for the player to gain nimble experience, but the player will not gain any experience points if they aren't moving anywhere. For example, continuously walking into a corner will not grant any nimble experience because the character's position isn't actually changing as they walk.
{| class="pztable"
|-
! Nimble level
|0
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|-
! Combat walk Speed multiplier
|100%
|110%
|114%
|118%
|122%
|126%
|130%
|134%
|138%
|142%
|150%
|-
|}
|-
|-
|'''Sneaking'''
|[[Sneaking]]
|Sneaking affects how loud a player's footsteps are when sneaking.
|The ''sneaking'' skill affects how loud a character's footsteps are when sneaking, and how likely zombies are to spot them.
This can be levelled by Sneaking (pressing '''C''') near zombies while undetected.
Experience is gained by sneaking (pressing {{Key|C}}) near zombies while undetected.
 
This skill only affects sneak walking and running. Sneak walking/running has a default 20% sound radius multiplier.


(Example) With 0 Sneaking, you multiply 20% with 120%, which is 24%. Your sound radius when sneaking is only 24%.
Walking/running while sneaking has a default 20% sound radius multiplier, and a 40% detection chance multiplier. For example, at level 0 in the sneaking skill, the base 20% sneak sound radius multiplier will be multiplied by the level 0 sneaking skill multiplier of 120%, leading to an effective footstep sound radius of 24% while sneaking. (20% * 120% = 24%)
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|-
! Sneaking level
|0
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|-
! Footsteps sound radius multiplier for sneaking
|120%
|90%
|80%
|75%
|70%
|65%
|60%
|55%
|50%
|45%
|40%
|-
|}
|}
|}


===Combat===
===Combat===
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|-  
|-
! Name
! Name
! Effect
! Effect
|-
|-
|'''Axe'''
|[[Axe (skill)]]
|Influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using the Axe weapon type.
|The ''axe'' skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using [[Weapons#Axe|axes]], such as [[Hand Axe|hand axes]] and [[Wood Axe|wood axes]].
Increases when the player hits zombies with axes. Hitting trees no longer grants Axe combat experience.
{{SkillDamageBonus}}
Affects [[Weapons#Axe|Axe]] weapons only.
|-
|'''Long Blunt'''
|Influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using Long Blunt weapons, such as the [[Baseball Bat]] and [[Crowbar]].
Increases when the player hits zombies with Long Blunt weapons.
{{SkillDamageBonus}}
Affects [[Weapons#Long_Blunt|Long Blunt]] weapons only.
|-
|'''Short Blunt'''
|Influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using Short Blunt weapons, such as the [[Wrench]] or the [[Nightstick]]
Increases when the player hits zombies with Short Blunt weapons.
{{SkillDamageBonus}}
Affects [[Weapons#Short_Blunt|Short Blunt]] weapons only.
|-
|'''Long Blade'''
|Influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using Long Blade weapons, such as the [[Katana]].
Increases when the player hits zombies with Long Bladed weapons.
 
Affects [[Weapons#Long_Blade|Long Blade]] weapons only.
|-
|-
|'''Short Blade'''
|[[Long Blunt]]
|Influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using Short Blade weapons, such as the several different types of knives. Increases the chance of jaw stabs when using knives.
|The ''long blunt'' skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using [[Weapons#Long Blunt|long blunt weapons]], such as [[Baseball Bat|baseball bats]] and [[crowbar]]s.
Increases when the player hits zombies with Short Blade weapons.
Affects [[Weapons#Short_Blade|Short Blade]] weapons only.
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|-
|-
!Level
|[[Short Blunt]]
| 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10
|The ''short blunt'' skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using [[Weapons#Short Blunt|short blunt weapons]], such as [[wrench]]es and [[nightstick]]s.
|-
|-
! Chance to Jawstab multiplier
|[[Long Blade]]
| 100% || 103% || 106% || 109% || 112% || 115% || 118% || 121% || 124% || 127% || 130%
|The ''long blade'' skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using [[Weapons#Long Blade|long blades]], such as [[katana]]s and [[machete]]s.
|-
|-
|}
|[[Short Blade]]
|The ''short blade'' skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using [[Weapons#Short Blade|short blades]], such as [[Kitchen Knife|kitchen knives]] and [[Hunting Knife|hunting knives]]. This skill also affects the chance of jaw stabs when using [[Weapons#Short Blade|short blades]] that have a 'stabbing' attack type.
|-
|-
|'''Spear'''
|[[Spear]]
|Influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using Spear weapon type.
|The ''spear'' skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using [[Weapons#Spear 2|spears]].
Increases when the player hits zombies with Spears.
 
Unlike the short blade, the special animation chance does not seem to be affected by skill level.
{{SkillDamageBonus}}
Affects [[Weapons#Spear_2|Spear]] weapons only.
|-
|-
|'''Maintenance'''
|[[Maintenance]]
|Increases the chance for any melee weapon to not lose condition when used. Does not apply to Firearms; Aiming handles that.
|The ''maintenance'' skill reduces the chance for a [[Weapons#Melee weapons|melee weapon]] to lose [[Durability|condition]] on each hit. For the [[Weapons#Firearms|firearms]] equivalent, see [[Skills#Firearm|''aiming'']].
This gains XP by using weapons, with one caveat; no XP is gained if the weapon loses condition from that use. To train this, players will need to use a weapon that doesn't break easily.
|}
|}


The effects of weapon proficiencies are additive with changes coming from other sources such as moodles, Strength or Fitness.
The effects of weapon skill levels are additive with changes coming from other sources such as [[moodles]], [[strength]], and [[fitness]].


The critical chance from skills is added on top of the base critical chance of the weapon. The critical chance of attacks is capped between 10% and 90%.
The critical chance from skills is added on top of the base critical chance of the weapon. The critical chance of any attack has a minimum of 10% and a maximum of 90%.


Whenever a zombie performs an attack the player has a chance to block it. If an attack is blocked the damage is simply negated. When an attack goes through it checks the player's resistances, which is a separate calculation using the player's injury chance.
Whenever a zombie performs an attack, the player has a chance to block it. If an attack is blocked the damage is simply negated. When a zombie's attack successfully hits the player, the attack is checked against the player's resistances through a separate calculation which uses the player's injury chance.


Weapon skills except for Axe are reduced by one when used in the following calculations, such that Level 1 is equivalent to Level 0 and Level 10's stat boosts are unachievable. When reading the following tables with weapon skills other than Axe, subtract 1 from the player's Weapon Proficiency Level on the table.
All weapon skills other than the [[axe (skill)|axe skill]] are reduced by one when used in the following calculations, such that level 1 is equivalent to level 0 and level 10's stat boosts are unachievable. When using this table with weapon skills other than the [[Skills#Combat|''axe'']] skill, subtract 1 from the player's weapon skill level on the table.


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! Proficiency Level
! Proficiency level
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 0
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 0
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 1
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 1
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| style="width: 1.3em;" | 130%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 130%
|-
|-
! Crit Chance
! Crit chance
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 0%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 0%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 3%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 3%
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| style="width: 1.3em;" | 30%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 30%
|-
|-
! Attack Speed
! Attack speed
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 0%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 0%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 3%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 3%
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| style="width: 1.3em;" | 30%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 30%
|-
|-
! Block Chance
! Block chance
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 0%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 0%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 3%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 3%
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| style="width: 1.3em;" | 30%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | 30%
|-
|-
! Injury Chance
! Injury chance
| style="width: 1.3em;" | -5%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | -5%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | -2%
| style="width: 1.3em;" | -2%
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Maintenance and weapon proficiency reduce the chance of a weapon losing condition when hitting an enemy. The Maintenance Modifier M is added to the Condition Lower Chance of the weapon N for a 1 in N + M chance of lowering the weapon's condition by one on a hit. The modifier is calculated by adding the Maintenance level with half of the weapon proficiency level rounded down, dividing the result by 2 rounded down, and multiplying by 2.
===Crafting===
 
{| class="wikitable theme-red" style="text-align: left;"
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|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Maintenance Modifier
! colspan="11" | Weapon Proficiency Level
|-
|-
! 0!! 1!! 2!! 3!! 4!! 5!! 6!! 7!! 8!! 9!!10
|-
! rowspan="11" | Maintenance Level
! 0
| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 2|| 2|| 2|| 2|| 4|| 4|| 4
|-
! 1
| 0|| 0|| 2|| 2|| 2|| 2|| 4|| 4|| 4|| 4|| 6
|-
! 2
| 2|| 2|| 2|| 2|| 4|| 4|| 4|| 4|| 6|| 6|| 6
|-
! 3
| 2|| 2|| 4|| 4|| 4|| 4|| 6|| 6|| 6|| 6|| 8
|-
! 4
| 4|| 4|| 4|| 4|| 6|| 6|| 6|| 6|| 8|| 8|| 8
|-
! 5
| 4|| 4|| 6|| 6|| 6|| 6|| 8|| 8|| 8|| 8||10
|-
! 6
| 6|| 6|| 6|| 6|| 8|| 8|| 8|| 8||10||10||10
|-
! 7
| 6|| 6|| 8|| 8|| 8|| 8||10||10||10||10||12
|-
! 8
| 8|| 8|| 8|| 8||10||10||10||10||12||12||12
|-
! 9
| 8|| 8||10||10||10||10||12||12||12||12||14
|-
!10
|10||10||10||10||12||12||12||12||14||14||14
|}
===Crafting===
{| class="pztable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Name
! Name
! Effect
! Effect
|-
|-
|'''[[Carpentry]]'''
|[[Carpentry]]
|Raising the [[Carpentry]] skill gives a higher chance of repairing items and restores more durability, unlocks more building options, increases plank barricades' health, increases barricading speed, reduces sound made by building actions, and allows the construction of higher-quality buildings with more health.
|The ''[[carpentry]]'' skill allows the player to [[Carpentry (crafting)|construct wooden structures and furniture]], and also affects the [[Durability#Factors affecting repair|chance of repairing items and the durability restored by doing so]], the health and construction speed of [[Barricade|wooden barricades]], the amount of noise made while building, and the health and quality of constructed buildings and structures.
The carpentry skill is levelled by barricading, crafting anything that uses [[Plank|planks]], dismantling furniture and shelving, or by sawing [[Log|logs]] into planks.
|-
|-
|'''[[Cooking]]'''
|[[Cooking]]
|Raising the [[Cooking]] skill allows the player to detect poison better, and make more filling and nutritious [[Crafting#Food|crafted food]]. In addition, raising the cooking skill to level 7 allows players to safely use rotten ingredients in certain food types, such as in [[Pot of Soup|soups]] and [[Pot of Stew|stews]].
|The ''[[cooking]]'' skill allows the player to [[Cooking (crafting)|create more nutritious and filling food]], and also affects the player's ability to detect poison. In addition, raising the cooking skill to level 7 allows the player to safely use rotten ingredients in certain food types, such as in [[Pot of Soup|soups]] and [[Pot of Stew|stews]].
 
The cooking skill is levelled by cooking food in a [[Heat Source|heat source]] or by crafting [[Crafting#Food_and_Drinks|food recipes]].
|-
|-
|'''[[Farming]]'''
|[[Farming]]
|Raising the [[Farming]] skill allows players to check up on a crop plant's status. The detail of the information available increases with each level.
|The ''[[farming]]'' skill affects the player's ability to check the status and health of crops. The information available to the player when checking their crops increases with each level.
The farming skill is levelled by harvesting crops. The more health a crop has when harvested, the more XP is gained.
|-
|-
|'''[[First Aid]]'''
|[[First Aid]]
|Raising the [[First Aid]] gives many benefits in treating wounds:
|The ''[[First Aid|first aid]]'' skill affects the player's ability to evaluate the severity of [[Health#Types of injuries|injuries]], as well as the speed at which the player performs [[First Aid#First Aid flow|medical actions]]. It also affects the effectiveness of the [[poultice]]s and [[splint]]s that the player applies, as well as the lifespan of any [[bandage]]s they apply.
Fractures/Stitched deep wounds will heal faster, have less impact on movement/combat speed, and cause less pain.
 
All [[First Aid|medical actions]] will be performed faster.
 
Bandages and Poultices last longer. It also allows the player to more accurately evaluate the severity of wounds and infections.
 
At level 3, players can see the severity of wounds.
 
The first aid skill is levelled by performing [[First Aid|medical actions]] on the player themselves or other players.
{| class="pztable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
|-
! Level
|[[Electrical]]
| 0  || 1   ||  2   || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10
|The ''[[electrical]]'' skill allows the player to perform a wide range of electrical-related actions as their skill level in electrical increases. Some examples include the ability to [[Vehicles#Hot-wiring|hot-wire vehicles]] at level 1 electrical (though level 2 in mechanics is required as well), convert [[lamp]]s to run on [[Battery|batteries]] at level 5 electrical, and [[Electrical (crafting)|crafting various devices]] using the materials the player receives through disassembling electrical items they find. Higher electrical levels also improve the efficiency or success chance of the player's electrical-related actions, including the effectiveness of [[Generator#Materials to repair|generator repairs]] and the success rate of hot-wiring attempts, as well reducing the likelihood of triggering car alarms when hot-wiring.
|-
|-
! Bandage life multiplier
|[[Metalworking]]
| 100% || 115% || 130% || 145% || 160% || 175% || 190% || 205% || 220% || 235% || 250%
|The ''[[metalworking]]'' skill allows the player to [[Metalworking (crafting)|craft metal structures and items]], as well as repair some metal objects such as [[Mechanics#Maintaining vehicles|vehicle parts]]. Crafted metal structures are generally stronger than their wooden equivalent, and the player's metalworking skill level when crafting those structures will increase the durability of those structures.
|-
|-
! Fracture healing speed multiplier
|[[Mechanics]]
| 50% || 100% || 150% || 200% || 250% || 300% || 350% || 400% || 450% || 500% || 550%
|The ''[[mechanics]]'' skill affects the player's ability to work on [[vehicles]], including the success rate of [[Mechanics#Maintaining vehicles|installing or removing components]] and how effective [[Mechanics#Salvaging parts and repairing engines|repairs]] are. The player also gains the ability to [[Vehicles#Hot-wiring|hot-wire vehicles]] at mechanics level 2, provided they also have at least level 1 in electrical.
|-
|-
! Fracture combat/run speed modifier
|[[Tailoring]]
| 0.25 || 0.30 || 0.35 || 0.40 || 0.45 || 0.50 || 0.55 || 0.60 || 0.65 || 0.70 || 0.75
|The ''[[tailoring]]'' skill allows the player to apply fabric patches to clothes, increasing the defense of those clothes. The player applies patches using [[Tailoring#Fabrics|fabric]] they receive from ripping up clothes, with different types of clothes providing different fabric when ripped up. The amount of defense that a patch provides is determined by the player's skill level in tailoring, as well as the type of fabric they use to create the patch. At tailoring level 8, the player gains the ability to completely repair holes in clothes, restoring the clothes' original defense and appearance.
|}
|-
|'''[[Electrical]]'''
|Raising the [[Electrical]] skill allows players to hot wire vehicles (1 Electrical + 2 Mechanics), change lights to be battery-powered (5 Electrical) as well as repair generator better and create devices. It also reduces the chance of setting off car alarms while hot-wiring.
The Electrical skill is leveled by repairing generators, dismantling electronics (Radios, CD players, etc.), and crafting makeshift electronics.
|-
|'''[[Metalworking]]'''
|Raising the [[Metalworking]] skill allows players to build metal structures (which are stronger than wood), makes welding quieter, and makes metal barricades more durable. Metalworking can also be helpful to repair certain parts of vehicles.
The Metalworking skill is levelled by building or dismantling metal constructions and barricades.
|-
|'''[[Mechanics]]'''
|Raising the [[Mechanics]] skill allows players to repair and install car parts. Combined with [[Electrical]], it can help players start a car without a key by [[Vehicles_Guide#Hot-wiring|hotwiring it]] without needing the Burglar profession.
The Mechanics skill is levelled by repairing cars, or by installing and removing car parts.
|-
|'''[[Tailoring]]'''
|Raising the [[Tailoring]] skill allows players to patch and fortify clothing, as well as fully repair clothing to its original protective/insulation values and appearance at higher skill levels. The amount of defense repaired or increased depends on the skill level. At high levels, players can patch holes in clothing back to their original undamaged state.
The tailoring skill is levelled by repairing and fortifying any clothing piece that can be inspected and repaired.
|}
|}


===Firearm===
===Firearm===
{| class="pztable" style="text-align:left;"  
{| class="wikitable theme-red" style="text-align: left;"
|-  
|-
! Name
! Name
! Effect
! Effect
|-
|-
|'''Aiming'''
|[[Aiming]]
|The Aiming skill determines five key weapon stats— accuracy, precision, range, firing angle, and aiming time. It can be leveled up by successfully hitting enemies with a shot with a firearm.
|The ''aiming'' skill determines five key stats for [[firearms]]: accuracy, precision, range, firing angle, and aiming time. Aiming experience is gained whenever the player successfully lands a shot on an enemy with a firearm.
* Accuracy: The basic chance to hit a target. Every firearm has a base accuracy value, which gains a fixed amount of accuracy for each level of Aiming increase.
* Precision: The chance to score a critical hit, or "crit." On a crit players deal massively increased damage, usually at least 2x or more. Being similar to Accuracy, this is a fixed percentage that increases with each level of Aiming increase.
* Range: The maximum distance a firearm can hit a target. Each level of Aiming slightly increases maximum effective range for most weapons, except Shotguns.
* Firing Angle: How wide a cone you can hit targets in; the narrower this is, the more precisely you have to aim at a particular target.
* Aiming Time: How disruptive movement is to your accuracy. High aiming skill slightly reduces the effects of movement on accuracy.
The bonuses granted by Aiming vary by the weapon. For example, the [[M9 Pistol]] gains less Range from high Aiming than the [[MSR788 Rifle]], for example.
 
Finally, the Aiming skill also reduces the chance firearms will lose Condition when fired, which is a fixed amount that increases per level.
 
In respect to experience gain, note that at Aiming level 5+, xp is reduced to ~37%.
 
|-
|-
|'''Reloading'''
|[[Reloading]]
|The reloading skill determines how long it takes the player to perform the following reloading-related tasks—
|The ''reloading'' skill determines how long it takes the player to perform the following reloading-related tasks:
* Removing and inserting magazines.
*Removing and inserting [[Magazine (firearms)|magazines]].
* Loading and unloading magazines with bullets.
*Loading [[Ammo|rounds]] into magazines.
* Loading weapons directly if they use a cylinder (''e.g.'' [[M36 Revolver]]), are breech-loaded (''e.g.'' [[Double Barrel Shotgun]]), or use an internal magazine (''e.g.'' [[MSR700 Rifle]], [[JS-2000 Shotgun]]).
*Unloading rounds from magazines.
 
*Loading weapons directly if they use a cylinder.
Reloading can be leveled up by inserting bullets into a magazine, reloading any firearm with a new magazine, or inserting bullets directly into any firearm. This means players can slowly but safely practice this skill by unloading and reloading magazines with bullets, or simply reloading a weapon repeatedly.
 
In respect to experience gain, as above, Reloading level 5+ is reduced to 37%.  
|}
|}


===Survivalist===
===Survivalist===
{| class="pztable" style="text-align:left;"  
{| class="wikitable theme-red" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Name
! Effect
|-
|'''[[Fishing]]'''
|The fishing skill determines how long it takes players to catch a fish, the chance of breaking the line, the chance of the fish escaping, the chance of losing bait or tackle, and finally the size of the fish caught.
This can be leveled up by casting your line into the water or using a spear to fish. No matter what the outcome of the cast you will gain some XP. Larger fish will bring in more XP.
|-
|'''[[Trapping]]'''
|The trapping skill gives players a better chance of catching something in a trap and also gives the players the ability to make new traps.
This can be leveled by retrieving the animals caught in traps.
|-
|-
|'''[[Foraging]]'''
|The foraging skill increases the effectiveness of Search (Forage) mode by increasing its radius, item detection speed, as well as the chance to find items. More items are unlocked as a player's foraging skill increases.
This can be leveled by going into search mode to find and pick up items.
|}
==Passives==
{| class="pztable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Name
! Name
! Effect
! Effect
|-
|-
|'''Strength'''
|[[Fishing]]
|Strength determines the player's carry weight, as well as certain other factors, such as the chance to open locked windows, the player's melee damage, push knockback, and knockdown chance, and the chance to successfully climb a tall fence.
|The ''[[fishing]]'' skill affects how long it takes the player to catch a [[fish]], the chance of breaking the [[Fishing Line|fishing line]], the chance of the fish escaping, the chance of losing [[Bait|bait or tackle]], and finally the size of the fish caught.
 
Fishing experience is gained by casting a fishing line into the water or [[Crafted Spear#Spear-fishing|using a spear to fish]]. The player will gain fishing experience regardless of the outcome of the catch. Larger fish will provide more experience per catch.
Strength can be levelled up mainly by doing [[Exercise|Strength Exercises]], carrying more than 50% of the player's weight capacity, and running. Strength experience is also granted when hitting zombies with melee attacks, and cutting trees.
 
{| class="pztable"
|-
! Strength
|0
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|-
! Block chance
| +0%
| +2%
| +4%
| +6%
| +8%
| +10%
| +12%
| +14%
| +16%
| +18%
| +20%
|-
!Carry capacity*
|6
|7
|8
|9
|11
|12
|14
|15
|16
|18
|20
|-
!Melee damage multiplier
|75%**
|80%**
|85%
|90%
|95%
|100%
|105%
|110%
|115%
|120%**
|125%**
|-
!Actual melee damage multiplier with Strong
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|168%
|175%
|-
!Actual melee damage multiplier with Weak
| 45%
| 48%
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
!Push knockdown multiplier
|75%
|80%
|85%
|90%
|95%
|100%
|105%
|110%
|115%
|120%
|125%
|-
!Chance to climb tall fences bonus multiplier
|0%
|2%
|4%
|6%
|8%
|10%
|12%
|14%
|16%
|18%
|20%
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note that carry capacity is affected by various [[Moodles]] such as [[Moodles|Hungry]] and [[Moodles|Injured]].
 
<nowiki>**</nowiki>These values shouldn't appear in the base game without bugs or [[Debug mode|debug/admin mode]], as respective skills should be automatically gained.
|-
|'''Fitness'''
|Fitness increases a multitude of player abilities. It reduces [[Moodles#Endurance|Endurance]] loss, increases Endurance recovery, increases attack speed, reduces damage from long falls, increases the chance to push a zombie off when attacked, increases exercise speed, and reduces trip chance when a zombie lunges after falling over a window or fence.
 
Fitness can be leveled by sprinting (50/50 chance to gain XP in Fitness or Sprinting every XP update while running), doing [[Exercise|Fitness Exercises]] and performing melee attacks when the player is not overexerted.
{| class="pztable"
|-
! Fitness
|0
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|-
! Block chance
| +0%
| +2%
| +4%
| +6%
| +8%
| +10%
| +12%
| +14%
| +16%
| +18%
| +20%
|-
![[Moodles#Tired|Fatigue]] gain multiplier
|100%
|95%
|92%
|89%
|87%
|85%
|83%
|81%
|79%
|77%
|75%
|-
![[Moodles#Endurance|Endurance]] loss multiplier*
|90%
|80%
|75%
|70%
|65%
|60%
|57%
|53%
|49%
|46%**
|43%**
|-
!Actual [[Moodles#Endurance|Endurance]] loss multiplier with Athletic
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|27.6%
|18.4%
|-
![[Moodles#Endurance|Endurance]] recovery multiplier
|70%
|80%
|90%
|100%
|110%
|120%
|130%
|140%
|150%
|155%
|160%
|-
!Attack speed increase
|0%
|2%
|4%
|6%
|8%
|10%
|12%
|14%
|16%
|18%
|20%
|-
!Trip reduction
|0%
|2%
|4%
|6%
|8%
|10%
|12%
|14%
|16%
|18%
|20%
|-
!Chance to climb tall fences bonus multiplier
|0%
|2%
|4%
|6%
|8%
|10%
|12%
|14%
|16%
|18%
|20%
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note that endurance loss multiplier is not exact, as endurance loss has multiple calculations and it does not affect [[Exercise|Exercises]]. Weapon endurance loss multiplier has its own calculation.
 
<nowiki>**</nowiki>These values shouldn't appear in the base game without bugs or [[Debug mode|debug/admin mode]], as respective skills should be automatically gained.
|}
 
<div style="background-color:lightgrey">
'''Note''': Upon leveling Strength or Fitness, a player's character will gain or lose traits.<br />
::'''Ex.''' A character with [[traits|Feeble]] will lose it upon leveling strength to 5.<br />
::'''Ex 2.''' A character with no strength modifying traits will gain [[traits|Stout]] upon leveling strength to 6.
:: Players should note that these positive traits gained through [[Occupation|Occupations]] or [[Traits|Hobbies]] during character creation and [[Exercise|Exercise]] after character creation are purely cosmetic and do not have any effect on gameplay.
:: For example, if a player's Strength is raised to 6 during gameplay, they will receive the [[File:TraitStout.png]] Stout icon on the character screen but they will not benefit from the additional +2 Strength they would have received by choosing the trait during character creation.
::{| class="pztable"
|-
|-
! Strength/Fitness
|[[Trapping]]
|0-1
|The ''[[trapping]]'' skill affects the player's chances of successfully catching [[Animal#Game|animals]] in a [[Trapping#Traps|trap]], and also determines what traps they are able to craft.
|2-4
Trapping experience is gained by retrieving the animals that get caught in the player's traps.
|5
|6-8
|9-10
|-
|-
!Trait
|[[Foraging]]
|Weak/Unfit
|The ''[[foraging]]'' skill affects [[Foraging#Investigate area & search mode|search mode]]; higher levels increase search mode's radius, item detection speed, chances of finding items, as well as what [[Foraging#Items|items can be found while foraging]].
|Feeble/Out of Shape
Foraging experience is gained whenever the player finds items in search mode, and additional experience is gained by choosing to either collect or reject the found items. Both collecting and rejecting items reward the same additional experience.
|None
|Stout/Fit
|Strong/Athletic
|}
|}


</div>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Pzskillpoint.jpg|Skills in [[Version history|old game versions]] back from 2012
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Traits|Trait]]s
*[[Traits]]
* [[Player|Player]]
*[[Moodles]]
* [[Crafting|Crafting]]
*[[Occupation]]
*[[Player]]


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[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:Skills]]

Revision as of 02:32, 20 April 2024

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Skills are abilities the player can advance in over time, with their proficiency at that skill quantified by it's skill level.

Overview

Each skills level can be increased by gaining a sufficient amount of 'experience points (also referred to as 'experience' or XP) in that skill. XP can be gained by completing specific tasks.

Skills are grouped into categories. There are currently six skill categories: passive, agility, combat, crafting, firearm, and survivalist. Each category contains multiple skills.

Status

The player's current skill levels are found by opening the health panel (click the heart symbol at the top-left of the screen) and selecting the skills tab, or by pressing L.

B41Skills.png

Advancement mechanics

Experience points and skill points

As the player performs tasks they gain experience points that count towards the skill used. Skills level up and become more effective when a character's experience points reach predefined levels, with successive levels requiring greater increases in experience. The experience points a character requires to gain another level are shown when hovering over a skill:

SkillsWindow ExperienceTooltip.png

The experience points required to level up skills in build 41.78.16 are:

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Passive skill 1500 3000 6000 9000 18000 30000 60000 90000 120000 150000
Regular skill 75 150 300 750 1500 3000 4500 6000 7500 9000

The skills in the passive category (strength and fitness) are unique in that they require significantly more experience points to gain levels in than any other skill. For example, advancing to level 1 in strength requires 1,500 experience points, whereas advancing carpentry to level 1 would only require 75 experience points.

The figures shown here are not cumulative. For example, improving 'regular skills' such as carpentry from level 3 to 4 would require 750 experience points, but raising carpentry from level 0 to level 4 would require the cumulative experience of reaching level 1, then level 2, then level 3, and finally level 4, which would add up to a total of 1,275 experience points.

Skill books

Skill books can be used to increase the rate at which the player trains a given skill. These books can be found throughout the world on bookshelves or in other containers. Books are only available for skills in the "crafting" and "survivalist" categories. Additionally, books only apply to specific levels of skill advancement, with a book for every two levels of skill, totaling 5 volumes of books for each skill. For example, reading Carpentry Vol. 1 will only increase experience points gained until the player reaches level 2. Books can only be read if they apply to a character's current skill level; for example, Carpentry Vol. 2 can only be read once the player reaches level 2 carpentry.

Reading a book multiplies the rate at which the player gains experience points in the associated skill, and as a result significantly reduces the amount of time and effort required to level up skills. The experience multiplier increases in steps as the player reads the skill book, with the multiplier increasing for each 10% of the book that the player reads. For each 10% of the book finished, the multiplier will become equal to the appropriate percentage of the max multiplier for the book. If the resulting multiplier is below 1, it will be ignored; for example, 10% of a Vol. 1 book would result in a 0.3x multiplier, but the player will still receive 1x experience points.

The presence of a multiplier on a given skill is indicated by animated arrows in the skill tab. Hovering the cursor over a skill level reveals the current multiplier. Below, the player has a multiplier of 3x on their cooking skill.

SkillsWindow skillMultiplier.gif

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Actual XP required 75 150 300 750 1500 3000 4500 6000 7500 9000
Total XP required 75 225 525 1275 2775 5775 10275 16275 23775 32775
Skill book multiplier 3 3 5 5 8 8 12 12 16 16
Effective XP required 25 50 60 150 187.5 375 375 500 468.75 562.5
Effective total XP required 25 75 135 285 472.5 847.5 1222.5 1722.5 2191.25 2753.75

Starting skill levels

The occupation and traits chosen during character creation determine a character's initial skill levels. The player's initial choices during character creation (and the skill levels they confer) are very important, and should be given careful consideration since skills a character begins with bonus levels in will receive a permanent 'XP boost' (a misnomer, as it overwrites the character's base rate of experience gain to the new value, rather than adding to or multiplying it). This bonus is dependent on the level a character begins with in that skill, and the experience point boost the character ends up with during character creation reflects permanently in the color of the skill's name in the skills menu. The image below shows each color a skill name can be, with yellow/gold, white, light gray, and dark gray reflecting boosts of 125%, 100%, 75%, and 25% (default), respectively.

SkillsWindow StartingSkillBoostColors.png

Note that since characters normally start with strength and fitness of 5, the character will by default begin with a 125% experience point bonus in these skills, unless the player's occupation and trait choices lower either of these skills' starting levels to less than 3.

The base experience multipliers ('XP boosts') gained with different starting levels are as follows:

Starting level 0 1 2 ≥3
'XP boost' 25% 75% 100% 125%
Relative experience gain 100% 300% 400% 500%

However, in-game data reveals actual experience gain corresponds to the following table:

Starting level 0 1 2 3
'XP boost' 25% 100% 133.33% 166.66%
Relative experience gain 100% 400% 533% 666%

Exceptions:

  • The sprinting skill has experience gains set to 100%, 125%, 133%, and 166%, respectively.
  • The aiming and reloading skills suffer an overall multiplier of 0.37037 upon a character reaching level 5 in the respective skill.

List of skills

Passives

Name Effect
Strength Strength affects several of a character's physical abilities, including:
  • Some combat elements, such as the player's melee damage, push knockback, and knockdown chance.
  • The player's default maximum encumbrance.
  • The chance to successfully force locked windows open.
  • The chance to successfully climb tall fences.
Fitness Fitness affects several of the player's physical abilities, including:
  • Some combat elements, including the player's attack speed, chance of automatically pushing a zombie away when attacked, and chance of tripping when a zombie that has just fallen over a window or fence lunges at the player's feet.
  • The rate of endurance loss and recovery.
  • The player's exercise speed.
  • Damage taken from long falls.

Agility

Name Effect
Sprinting The sprinting skill affects how fast a character runs and sprints, including running while sneaking.

Experience is gained in random intervals while running (hold ⇧ Shift) and sprinting (press L. ALT). Note that if the player is too overexerted or overburdened they may simply "power-walk" instead, but they can still gain sprinting experience while doing so. Zombies do not need to be nearby for the player to gain sprinting experience.

The speed increase is added (not multiplied) to movement speed, so it may not stack intuitively with other effects.

Lightfooted The lightfooted skill affects how loud a character's footsteps are, and as a result, how far away zombies can hear those footsteps from. All movement types are affected, including walking, running, etc., and the noise reduction from the lightfooted skill stacks with the noise reduction from the nimble skill. The effects of lightfooted are particularly evident with sprinting; at level 0 in the lightfooted skill, a sprinting character's footsteps will alert zombies from several tiles away, even when behind those zombies. However, at level 10 in the lightfooted skill, a character will produce so little noise while sprinting that even sprinting within a few tiles behind a zombie may not alert it.
Nimble The nimble skill affects how fast a character moves while in 'combat stance', and how loud their footsteps are. The footstep loudness reduction of the nimble skill affects all movement types, not just while in combat stance, and stacks with the loudness reduction from the lightfooted skill. Much like the lightfooted skill, the footstep noise reduction of the nimble skill is particularly noticeable when sprinting behind zombies.

Experience is gained in random intervals by walking in combat stance (Holding L. CTRL or RMB). Zombies do not need to be nearby for the player to gain nimble experience, but the player will not gain any experience points if they aren't moving anywhere. For example, continuously walking into a corner will not grant any nimble experience because the character's position isn't actually changing as they walk.

Sneaking The sneaking skill affects how loud a character's footsteps are when sneaking, and how likely zombies are to spot them.

Experience is gained by sneaking (pressing C) near zombies while undetected.

Walking/running while sneaking has a default 20% sound radius multiplier, and a 40% detection chance multiplier. For example, at level 0 in the sneaking skill, the base 20% sneak sound radius multiplier will be multiplied by the level 0 sneaking skill multiplier of 120%, leading to an effective footstep sound radius of 24% while sneaking. (20% * 120% = 24%)

Combat

Name Effect
Axe (skill) The axe skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using axes, such as hand axes and wood axes.
Long Blunt The long blunt skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using long blunt weapons, such as baseball bats and crowbars.
Short Blunt The short blunt skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using short blunt weapons, such as wrenches and nightsticks.
Long Blade The long blade skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using long blades, such as katanas and machetes.
Short Blade The short blade skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using short blades, such as kitchen knives and hunting knives. This skill also affects the chance of jaw stabs when using short blades that have a 'stabbing' attack type.
Spear The spear skill influences attack speed, damage done, critical chance, and the chance of the character automatically pushing zombies away when grabbed (front grabs) while using spears.
Maintenance The maintenance skill reduces the chance for a melee weapon to lose condition on each hit. For the firearms equivalent, see aiming.

The effects of weapon skill levels are additive with changes coming from other sources such as moodles, strength, and fitness.

The critical chance from skills is added on top of the base critical chance of the weapon. The critical chance of any attack has a minimum of 10% and a maximum of 90%.

Whenever a zombie performs an attack, the player has a chance to block it. If an attack is blocked the damage is simply negated. When a zombie's attack successfully hits the player, the attack is checked against the player's resistances through a separate calculation which uses the player's injury chance.

All weapon skills other than the axe skill are reduced by one when used in the following calculations, such that level 1 is equivalent to level 0 and level 10's stat boosts are unachievable. When using this table with weapon skills other than the axe skill, subtract 1 from the player's weapon skill level on the table.

Proficiency level 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Damage 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110% 120% 130%
Crit chance 0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% 21% 24% 27% 30%
Attack speed 0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% 21% 24% 27% 30%
Block chance 0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% 21% 24% 27% 30%
Injury chance -5% -2% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 5% 6% 7%

Crafting

Name Effect
Carpentry The carpentry skill allows the player to construct wooden structures and furniture, and also affects the chance of repairing items and the durability restored by doing so, the health and construction speed of wooden barricades, the amount of noise made while building, and the health and quality of constructed buildings and structures.
Cooking The cooking skill allows the player to create more nutritious and filling food, and also affects the player's ability to detect poison. In addition, raising the cooking skill to level 7 allows the player to safely use rotten ingredients in certain food types, such as in soups and stews.
Farming The farming skill affects the player's ability to check the status and health of crops. The information available to the player when checking their crops increases with each level.
First Aid The first aid skill affects the player's ability to evaluate the severity of injuries, as well as the speed at which the player performs medical actions. It also affects the effectiveness of the poultices and splints that the player applies, as well as the lifespan of any bandages they apply.
Electrical The electrical skill allows the player to perform a wide range of electrical-related actions as their skill level in electrical increases. Some examples include the ability to hot-wire vehicles at level 1 electrical (though level 2 in mechanics is required as well), convert lamps to run on batteries at level 5 electrical, and crafting various devices using the materials the player receives through disassembling electrical items they find. Higher electrical levels also improve the efficiency or success chance of the player's electrical-related actions, including the effectiveness of generator repairs and the success rate of hot-wiring attempts, as well reducing the likelihood of triggering car alarms when hot-wiring.
Metalworking The metalworking skill allows the player to craft metal structures and items, as well as repair some metal objects such as vehicle parts. Crafted metal structures are generally stronger than their wooden equivalent, and the player's metalworking skill level when crafting those structures will increase the durability of those structures.
Mechanics The mechanics skill affects the player's ability to work on vehicles, including the success rate of installing or removing components and how effective repairs are. The player also gains the ability to hot-wire vehicles at mechanics level 2, provided they also have at least level 1 in electrical.
Tailoring The tailoring skill allows the player to apply fabric patches to clothes, increasing the defense of those clothes. The player applies patches using fabric they receive from ripping up clothes, with different types of clothes providing different fabric when ripped up. The amount of defense that a patch provides is determined by the player's skill level in tailoring, as well as the type of fabric they use to create the patch. At tailoring level 8, the player gains the ability to completely repair holes in clothes, restoring the clothes' original defense and appearance.

Firearm

Name Effect
Aiming The aiming skill determines five key stats for firearms: accuracy, precision, range, firing angle, and aiming time. Aiming experience is gained whenever the player successfully lands a shot on an enemy with a firearm.
Reloading The reloading skill determines how long it takes the player to perform the following reloading-related tasks:
  • Removing and inserting magazines.
  • Loading rounds into magazines.
  • Unloading rounds from magazines.
  • Loading weapons directly if they use a cylinder.

Survivalist

Name Effect
Fishing The fishing skill affects how long it takes the player to catch a fish, the chance of breaking the fishing line, the chance of the fish escaping, the chance of losing bait or tackle, and finally the size of the fish caught.

Fishing experience is gained by casting a fishing line into the water or using a spear to fish. The player will gain fishing experience regardless of the outcome of the catch. Larger fish will provide more experience per catch.

Trapping The trapping skill affects the player's chances of successfully catching animals in a trap, and also determines what traps they are able to craft.

Trapping experience is gained by retrieving the animals that get caught in the player's traps.

Foraging The foraging skill affects search mode; higher levels increase search mode's radius, item detection speed, chances of finding items, as well as what items can be found while foraging.

Foraging experience is gained whenever the player finds items in search mode, and additional experience is gained by choosing to either collect or reject the found items. Both collecting and rejecting items reward the same additional experience.

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