Perks

Perks are lasting bonuses you earn by doing things. The game counts what you do (how far you walk, how many zombies you kill, how often you extract) and unlocks a perk once its count is reached. Perks are kept for good: dying does not take them away.

Perk	How to earn it	What it does
Endurance	Walk 20,000 tiles	Stamina drains slower and comes back faster. (stamina drains −15%, stamina refills +15%)
Steady hands	Kill 50 zombies	Less aim sway. (aim sway −20%)
Strong back	Harvest 200 times (fell trees, chop trunks, mine ore and stone)	Carry 5 kg more. (carry limit +5 kg)
Survivor	Extract alive from 10 raids	Hunger and thirst grow slower. (hunger and thirst grow −15%)
Smith	Smelt 100 ingots	Knows metal: the top metal recipes and pieces.
Chemist	Craft 30 things at the chem bench	Knows chemistry: the top chem bench recipes.
Engineer	Build 40 building pieces	Knows building: metal walls and doors, power and the turret.
Alien tech	Craft 30 things from the far worlds’ materials (smelting alien ore counts)	Knows the far worlds’ materials: alien alloy, crystals and void matter.

Crafting skills

Smith, Chemist, Engineer and Alien tech give no bonus of their own: they let you make the best things. You still have to learn each of these first (from a blueprint or by practice), and then you need the skill to make or build it. See Crafting.

Smith

Recipes: Pistol and Shotgun.

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