

All of these skills can be leveled as you play Project Zomboid. Doctors and Nurses get big bonuses to First-Aid, while Burglars are able to sneak around and use stealth to stay away from zombies. These bonuses are crucial in the early game, as they let you get a headstart in certain activities or deal with dangerous situations. For example, Carpenter gets a +3 bonus to carpentry and a +1 bonus to Short Blunt. When selecting an occupation or certain traits, you will see that some give positive or negative bonuses to certain skills. Increased chance of scratches, lacerations, or bites breaking the skin. Low strength, low endurance, and prone to injury. Recovers slowly from injuries and illness. Panic when performing first aid on self, cannot perform first aid on others, gets stressed when bloody. Unhappiness rise when tobacco is not smoked.

Stress and unhappiness decrease after smoking tobacco. Less chance of scratches or bites breaking the skin. +1 Aiming | +1 Short Blade | +1 Sneaking | +1 Trapping Recovers quickly from injuries and illness.Ĭan find medicinal herbs and craft medicines and poultices from them.įaster and stronger constructions.

Has a detailed knowledge of common and commercial vehicle models, and repairs. Not affected by harsh weather conditions.Ĭan see the nutritional values of any food.
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Here is a full list of every trait in Project Zomboid, including its description and cost: Trait If you want to see some of the best traits, take a look at our character builds later in this guide. Likewise, more severe negative traits give you more points back. Less useful traits, like Speed Demon (which lets you drive faster) cost fewer points. Since this is a very useful trait, it costs 8 points. The Thick Skinned trait makes it much harder for zombies to scratch and bite your character, for example. Traits can have an immense impact on your character in Project Zomboid. If you select the unemployed occupation, you will get 8 points to spend on positive traits. Positive traits are available if you have some extra points spare to use before jumping into the game. Negative traits give you points back, which you’ll need if your occupation puts you in the negative. Traits are positive and negative bonuses that you can apply to your character in Project Zomboid. If you need to gain or lose points, head over to the trait menu. You can not proceed until this number is 0 or higher. When you select an occupation, it will change your points to spend total in the lower right corner of the creation menu. If you prefer foraging or farming, we’d recommend selecting Park Ranger or Farmer respectively. If you want to build a base and do lots of crafting, Carpenter might be for you. When selecting your occupation, you should think about your preferred playstyle.

While they aren’t all true professions (I don’t think you could list hotwiring cars as a burglar on the census), they all come with various bonuses for different skills. This lets you select what job your survivor had before the apocalypse began. The first section in the character creation menu is occupation. Watch on YouTube What is an occupation in Project Zomboid?
