Strength is a passive skill.
Overview
Strength experience is gained by performing 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.
Skill effects
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.
| 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% |
| Push knockdown multiplier | 75%** | 80%** | 85% | 90% | 95% | 100% | 105% | 110% | 115% | 120%** | 125%** |
| Actual push knockdown multiplier with Strong | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 168% | 175% |
| Actual push knockdown multiplier with Weak | 45% | 48% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chance to climb tall fences bonus multiplier | 0% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 20% |
*Carry capacity is also affected by various moodles, such as being hungry or injured.
**These values shouldn't be possible in the base game without bugs or debug/admin mode, as the respective traits for low or high strength levels should be automatically gained.
Note: As a character gains levels in strength and fitness, they will gain or lose certain traits.
- A character with the feeble trait will lose it upon reaching level 5 in strength.
- A character without any strength-related traits will gain the stout trait upon reaching level 6 in strength.
Players should note that the strength and fitness levels gained as a result of the stout, strong, fit, and athletic traits, as well as the strength and fitness levels lost as a result of the feeble, weak, out of shape, and unfit traits, only affect the character's respective skill levels when they are selected during character creation.
For example, if a character gains the strong trait as a result of reaching level 9 strength during gameplay, they will receive the trait's icon (
) in their traits list and the trait's boost to knockback power, but not the +4 to strength that the trait offered during character creation.
| Strength/Fitness | 0-1 | 2-4 | 5 | 6-8 | 9-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trait | Weak | Feeble | None | Stout | Strong |