Skills

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Physical skills

Endurance

Effects:

Decreases stamina cost for jumping
Increases breath holding time
Increases breath restoring speed
Elite: Not wheezing when exhausted
Elite: Hands endurance increased
Elite: Stamina amount increased (+75%)

How to raise:

Run for long distances

Strength

Effects:

Increases jump height
Increases load amount
Increases melee weapon attack power
Increases walk/jump speed
Increases grenade throwing distance
Aiming spends less stamina
Elite: Weapon in all weapon slots weighs 0 kg
Elite: Chance to crit with melee weapon (50%)

How to raise:

Walk/run with overload (significant carry weight amount, yellow mark near your health status). For example, buy many cheap buckshot and go on Woods or Shoreline
Throw grenades
Fight with melee weapon

Vitality

Effects:

Decreases chance to bleed (60% at last level)
Decreases chance of death when losing body part (-20% at last level)
Increases health regeneration while fighting (probably when using meds or syringes)
Elite: All bleeding stops by itself after some time

How to raise:

Take damage, lose body parts, take periodic damage (bonfires for example, just take damage and heal) without painkiller effects

Health

Effects:

Decreases chance to break the bone (-60% at last level)
Decreases energy drain speed (-30% at last level)
Decreases hydration drain speed (-30% at last level)
Increases health regen while playing offline
Elite: Damage absorption
Elite: Increases poisoning resistance

How to raise:

Raise strength, endurance and vitality level

Stress resistance

Effects:

Decreases chance of pain effect appearance (-50% at last level)
Decreases tremor oscillation and pain shaking
Elite: Berserk mode

How to raise:

Take damage (including perioding damage). Easiest way to raise is to stay inside fire without painkillers and heal

Metabolism

Effects:

Decreases energy and hydration drain speed
Decreases physical skills degradation
Increases food and water positive effects duration
Elite: You receive no damage when out of energy/hydration

How to raise:

Increase energy/hydration. If you have money, try to eat in hideout - skill will raise

Mental skills

Attention

Effects:

Increases container searching speed
Increases rare items drop rate
Elite: Chance of instant search
Elite: Doubles amount of experience gained from looting items

How to raise:

Discover loot in containers and corpses (for example, drawers in Reserve basement)

Intellect

Effects:

Increases item examination speed
Increases weapon repairing effectiveness
Elite: Ammo counter
Elite: Examining items without manual
Elite: Guess item types in containers without searching

How to raise:

Repair weapons, examine items

Memory

Effects:

Decreases skill level degradation speed
Decreases skill rollback
Elite: You don't forget skills at all

How to raise:

Search containers/corpses, find items and move them to your inventory

Perception

Effects:

Increases hearing distance
Increases loot detection radius
Increased concentration while aiming
Elite: Loot proximity notification

How to raise:

Search containers/corpses, find items and move them to your inventory (Weapons with many mods are best for this)

Combat skills

Assault rifles

Effects:

Increases reloading speed
Increases weapon change speed
Decreases recoil

How to raise:

Landing hits with assault rifles, inserting rounds in ammo chamber (For example, use

TOZ Simonov SKS 7.62x39 carbine

for raising - go on Factory and hit bots in legs/arms and reload after few shots, repeat)

Designated Marksman rifles

Effects:

Increases reloading speed
Increases weapon change speed
Decreases recoil

How to raise:

Landing hits with marksman rifles, inserting rounds in ammo chamber

Throwing weapons

Effects:

Decreases stamina amount for throw
Increases throw strength
Elite: Throw doesn't take stamina, exhaustion doesn't affect throw accuracy

How to raise:

Throw grenades and kill enemies with them

Light Machine Guns

Effects:

Increases reloading speed
Increases weapon change speed
Decreases recoil

How to raise:

Landing hits with

RPK-16 5.45x39 light machine gun

, inserting rounds in ammo chamber

Pistols

Effects:

Increases reloading speed
Increases weapon change speed
Decreases recoil

How to raise:

Landing hits with pistols, inserting rounds in ammo chamber

Melee weapons

Effects:

Decreases stamina amount for hit
Increases damage with melee weapons

How to raise:

Landing hits on enemies with melee weapons

Recoil control

Effects:

Increases recoil control (46% on Elite level)

How to raise:

Landing hits with any weapons, the stronger recoil - the better

Shotguns

Effects:

Increases reloading speed
Increases weapon change speed
Decreases recoil

How to raise:

Landing hits with shotguns, inserting rounds in ammo chamber

Revolvers

Effects:

Increases reloading speed
Increases weapon change speed
Decreases recoil

How to raise:

Landing hits with revolvers

Submachine guns

Effects:

Increases reloading speed
Increases weapon change speed
Decreases recoil

How to raise:

Landing hits with SMGs, inserting rounds in ammo chamber

Sniper Rifles

Effects:

Increases reloading speed
Increases weapon change speed
Decreases recoil

How to raise:

Landing hits with bolt-action rifles (not

SVDS 7.62x54R sniper rifle

), inserting rounds in ammo chamber. Easiest way to raise - shoot Scavs in arms/legs with

Mosin 7.62x54R bolt-action rifle (Infantry)

while reloading after few shots

Aim Drills

Effects:

Increases aiming speed
Decreases aiming volume
Elite: No hand shaking first 2 seconds of aiming with ANY stamina level
Elite: Reduced hand shaking during tremor and with broken arms, first 2 seconds after aiming

How to raise:

Landing hits while aiming

Troubleshooting

Effects:

Elite: Decreases magazine malfunction chance by 50% after fixing same reason malfunction
Elite: Decreases low-durability weapons malfunctions chance by 50% after fixing same reason malfunction
Elite: Fixing malfunction doesn't require pressing 'Examine' ('L' by default)
Elite: Decreases cartridge malfunctions chance by 50% after fixing same reason malfunction

How to raise:

Fix malfunctions. Try taking broken pistol in a raid, fixing 5-10 malfunctions and dropping it in a bushes (with insurance, meaning it will return to you)

Practical skills