Skills
33
Descriptions are taken verbatim from the game. Only 21 of the 33 skills have one; the rest have no description in the game files.
| Skills | What it does | Occupations & traits with a bonus | recipes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | The game has no description for this skill. | 2 | — |
| Aiming | Increases your chance of hitting a target with firearms, and of doing extra damage. | 4 | — |
| Animal Care | The game has no description for this skill. | 2 | — |
| Axe | Increases attack speed and damage when using axe-type weapons, and reduces their muscle strain. | 3 | — |
| Blacksmithing | The game has no description for this skill. | 2 | 128 |
| Butchering | Increases the quality of meat harvested from animals. | 5 | — |
| Carpentry | The game has no description for this skill. | 5 | 114 |
| Carving | Allows the creation of small wooden objects. | 5 | 58 |
| Cooking | Allows the creation of more nutritious and delicious food. | 3 | — |
| Electrical | The game has no description for this skill. | 2 | 15 |
| First Aid | The game has no description for this skill. | 5 | — |
| Fishing | Increases your chance of catching a fish, the quality of your catches, and makes your fishing equipment less likely to break. | 3 | — |
| Fitness | Increases melee attack speed, and speed and success chance of climbing. Decreases exhaustion rate. | 12 | — |
| Foraging | Increases the quality of items found using Search Mode, available search categories, and the search radius. | 7 | — |
| Glassmaking | Allows the creation of glass and glass objects. | 1 | 7 |
| Knapping | The game has no description for this skill. | 2 | 9 |
| Lightfooted | Decreases the noise of your footsteps, whether running, walking, or crouching. | 4 | — |
| Long Blunt | The game has no description for this skill. | 3 | — |
| Maintenance | Decreases the chance of melee weapons being damaged. Trained through melee combat. | 11 | 44 |
| Masonry | Allows the creation of better and stronger brick and stone constructions. | 6 | 21 |
| Mechanics | Increases the effectiveness of vehicle repairs. | 2 | — |
| Nimble | Increases how quickly you move when in a "combat stance", and decreases footstep noise. | 3 | — |
| Pottery | Allows the creation of clay and pottery objects. | 1 | 5 |
| Reloading | Increases the speed you reload firearms and magazines. Trained by reloading firearms. | 2 | — |
| Running | The game has no description for this skill. | 4 | — |
| Short Blade | The game has no description for this skill. | 4 | — |
| Short Blunt | The game has no description for this skill. | 5 | — |
| Sneaking | Decreases the distance at which zombies spot you and the sound of your footsteps while crouching. | 2 | — |
| Strength | Increases melee attack damage and knockback and your inventory encumbrance limit. Reduces muscle strain. | 8 | 8 |
| Tailoring | Increases the quality of clothing repairs, and defensive padding of clothes. | 2 | 161 |
| Tracking | Increases the available information on wild animal clues found in Search Mode, and allows smaller clues to be found. | 1 | — |
| Trapping | Increases the chances of catching an animal in a trap, and allows better traps to be crafted. | 2 | 3 |
| Welding | The game has no description for this skill. | 2 | 72 |