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You can modify a total of four Stats, each one of them is unique and will help change certain aspects such as player HP, damage, maximum weight that he/she can carry etc.

For all stats, minimal values are 4 and increasing values above 14 will cost 2 points instead of 1! 14 is considered to be very high, the max human value. Players can go higher, but those values should be considered exceptionally high.

'''At the default value of 8 the bonuses are the following:'''
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!width="25%"|Strength 8
!width="25%" style="border: 1px dashed darkgreen"|Dexterity 8
!width="25%" style="border: 1px dashed darkgreen"|Intelligence 8
!width="25%"|Perception 8

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* Base HP: 84
* [[Weight#Carrying_Capacity|Carry Weight]]: 170lbs (45kg)
* [[Melee]] Damage: 4

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* Melee to-hit bonus: +5
* Throwing Bonus: 0
* Ranged Penalty: -60

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* Reading Time: 100%
* Skill Rust: 50%

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* Ranged Penalty: -60

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| colspan="4" style="padding:1em; text-align:center" | ''Note that the starting values are 8. Below that the points you receive may not follow the formulas below.

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!Strength
!style="border: 1px dashed darkgreen"|Dexterity
!style="border: 1px dashed darkgreen"|Intelligence
!Perception
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* Each point increases your HP by 3.
* Each point increases your Carry Weight by 9lbs. (4kg)
* Every 2 points increase your Melee Damage by 1.
Strength also makes you more resistant to many [[diseases]] and poisons, and makes actions which require brute force (pushing heavy stuff, bashing down furniture and walls) more effective.

[http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/doxygen/Effects_Stat_Strength.html Detailed Strength Effects]
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* Every 2 points increase your Melee to-hit bonus by 1.
* Every point above 9 (10, 11, etc.) increases your throwing bonus by 1.
* Each point decreases your Ranged Penalty by 15. It cannot be brought above zero.
Dexterity also enhances many actions which require finesse, such as dodging, [[martial arts]] special attacks and bonus attacks granted by [[mutation]]s.

[http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/doxygen/Effects_Stat_Dexterity.html Detailed Dexterity Effects]
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* Each point decreases your Read Times by 5%.
* Each point decreases you Skill Rust by 3.5% (rounded up).
Intelligence is also used, reduces [[crafting]] failure, installing [[bionics]], and interacting with [[NPC]]s. Advanced books also have intelligence requirement. Not meeting this requirement significantly increases reading time.

[http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/doxygen/Effects_Stat_Intelligence.html Detailed Intelligence Effects]
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* Each point decreases your Ranged Penalty by 15. It cannot be brought above zero.
Perception is also used for detecting [[traps]] and other things of interest

[http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/doxygen/Effects_Stat_Perception.html Detailed Perception Effects]

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==Hit points==
The hight of the strength value and any hit point reducing or increasing [[Traits|starting trait]] you picked determine how many hit points each body part has. The default for a strength of 8 is 84 hit points for each body part.

Normally the exact remaining hit point value of each body part is hidden, unless you have the [[Self-aware]] trait. If your torso or head ever goes below 1 hit point, you [[Fun|die]]. If any other body part is reduced to zero hit points or lower, it gets [[Broken limb|broken]]. Which might be a bit hard to [[Broken_limb#How to fix it|heal]].

The easiest ways you can regain your hit points is by using [[Healing|healing]] items, [[Sleep|sleeping]] if you are [[Hidden_stats#Health|healthy]].

If the bodypart is {{igs|red|c_red}}, that body part is [[Bleeding|bleeding]], and will lose hit points over time.

Important to note is that not only can your body parts get damaged, you can also get [[Infection|Infected]]. Which can end the live of your survivor in a different way, read the [[Infection|infection]] page for more information. You can get infected from deep bite wounds, which turn the body part {{igs|blue|c_blue}}. Over time these bite wounds fester and turn infected, which changes the color of the body part {{igs|green|c_green}}.

==[[Stamina]]==
{{:Stamina}}
==Hidden Stats==
There are also various hidden stats, you cannot directly influence them during character creation, but they do have an effect.

See the [[Hidden stats]] page for more information.
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