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.