
Skill books can also be used to give additional experience in a Community Skill to a survivor who already has it. Both of these skill types can be randomly generated when a survivor is spawned into the world, and Community Skills can be taught to a survivor with skill books found in the world if they do not already have an Optional Skill. The optional skills that can occupy a survivor’s fifth skill slot are divided into two different categories: Community Skills, which directly affect your base, and Quirk Skills, which can affect the community, the survivor, or neither.
Weapon Handling: Unlocks the ability to clear jammed firearms in the field and improve durability. Sharpshooting: Improved steadiness, bullet penetration and limb damage.
Gunslinging: Reduced reload times, and you become a crack shot with small arms. Unlocks a close-range kick attack while aiming. Assault: Significantly reduced recoil. Shooting: Reduces firearm sway and recoil. Sword Play: Improved combat moves and increased lethality for bladed weapons. Striking: Improved combat moves and increased knockdown for blunt weapons. Close Combat: Improved fighting and reduced stamina use with close combat weapons (no equipped melee weapon). Fighting: Affects how much Health a survivor has.
Silently open locked doors while crouched.
Stealth: Quiet interactions, and reduced visibility to enemies. Scouting: Increased container visibility range and enemy detection range. Resourcefulness: Increased carrying capacity more effective Health and Stamina items. Discipline: Increased Stamina, light encumbrance limit, and weapon durability. Improve by searching containers and exploring the map. Powerhouse: Reduced Stamina costs for melee, grappling, and finishers. Drop Kick unlocked. Marathon: Reduced Stamina costs for sprinting. Backpacking: Major increase to carrying capacity. Acrobatics: Dodging and climbing are quicker and cost less Stamina. Flying Strike unlocked. Cardio: Affects how much Stamina a survivor has. These skills, and their specializations, are listed below. Once a skill reaches level seven, that survivor is given the opportunity to specialize, choosing from one or more options from a total of four possible specializations for each skill. Core Skills:Īs your survivors use their Core Skills, they will gain experience and level these skills. Thanks to Reddit user AslanMed, we now have a pretty good start on a guide to State of Decay 2’s Core Skills and Optional Skills. In State of Decay 2, all survivors are generated with four key skills and a fifth skill slot that may or may not be empty.