Skills represent the survivors' abilities to stay alive in the World of the Living Dead. Skills are vital as they increase the odds of success for survivors to kill zombies, scavenge for useful items or help them avoiding injuries, fear and fatigue, among many others. Survivors originally come with no skills, so it's up to the player to develop their skills using Survival Points (SP). Each survivor gains their own SP at a different rate, and they can only be spent to develop that survivor. If a survivor dies, none of the SP invested in them will be regained.
Skills that affect the whole Squad stack[1], boosting the usefulness of larger squads.
There are over 30 skills, split into a number of categories.
Combat Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Bow Mastery | 10 | 10% | 51 |
Deadeye | 10 | 10% | 51 |
Pump Master | 10 | 10% | 51 |
Shootist | 10 | 10% | 51 |
Skull Crusher | 10 | 10% | 51 |
Spray and Pray | 10 | 10% | 51 |
Three-Round Burst | 10 | 10% | 51 |
Steady Aim | 5 | 5% | ? |
Death Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Born Survivor | 5 | 1% | 51 |
Bodyguard | 1 | 1% | 40 |
Coagulator | 5 | 5% | 51 |
Fatigue Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Insomniac | 5 | 10% | 51 |
Slave Driver | 1 | 1% | 40 |
Fully Charged | 5 | -5% | 51 |
Coach | 1 | -1% | 40 |
Fear Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Counselor | 1 | 1% | 40 |
Cold Fish | 5 | -5% | 51 |
Cheerleader | 1 | -1% | 40 |
Optimist | 5 | 10% | 51 |
Infection Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Genetic Mutation | 5 | 10% | 51 |
Rhinoceros | 5 | 10% | 51 |
Maintenance Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Armorer | 5 | 10% | 51 |
Careful Handling | 5 | 10% | 51 |
Gunsmith | 5 | 10% | 51 |
Scavenging Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Looter | 1 | 1% | 40 |
Urban Forager | 5 | 1% | 51 |
Magpie | 5 | 10% | 51 |
Greedy Guts | 5 | 1% | 51 |
Hell Of A Thirst | 5 | 1% | 51 |
Bulk Up | 5 | 20% | 51 |
Survival Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Camel | 5 | -5% | 51 |
Crumb Catcher | 5 | -5% | 51 |
Plumber | 1 | 1% | 40 |
Chef | 1 | 1% | 40 |
Other Skills[]
Name | Available Levels | Bonus Per Level | Total SP Cost |
Raider | 1 | 1% | 40 |
Thief | 5 | 5% | 51 |
Suspicion | 1 | 1% | 40 |