A Skill Training Encyclopedia

Guide created using 0.D (Danny) of Cataclysm

Please use ctrl + f to find the particular skill you are looking to train.

USING BOOKS (at higher levels) INSTEAD IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!

Bartering + Speaking + Computers are trainable through books and are generally un-grindable.

Swimming + Driving can be learned through practice.

SKILL TRAINING GUIDE

-able to deconstruct to get all materials from crafting back

--crafting recipe

CRAFTING SKILLS

(This section mostly refers to items which may be crafted without a recipe. Some notable craftable items, however, are an exception and therefore included due to ease in crafting and acquisition.)

TAILORING

• 0->1: Makeshift Bandage
• 1->2: pair of arm warmers
• 2->3: balaclava
• 3->4: boonie hat
• 4->5: pair of metal armguards || drop leg pouches || sleeping bag
• 5->6: pair of metal armguards || drop leg pouches || sleeping bag || pair of iron greaves
• 6->7: sleeveless leather trenchcoat ||Bone Body Armor ||Ski mask || flame-resistant hood--

FABRICATION

• 0->1: improvised lockpick || cudgel || fishing hook
• 1->2: washboard
• 2->3: distaff and spindle
• 3->4: wooden smoother
• 4->5: small plastic bottle || Banded Wooden Cartwheels
• 5->6: small plastic bottle || Banded Wooden Cartwheels || pilot light (mechanics 2)
• 6->7: lawn dart (throwing 1)

SURVIVAL

• 0->1: makeshift sling- || bindle- || forage underbrush
• 1->2: plant fiber (from cattail stalks or dogbane) || digging stick || forage underbrush
• 2->3: wild vegetable stems || any seeds || forage underbrush
• 3->4: bone flute || stone axe
• 4->5: mushroom spores
• 5->6: mushroom spores || morel mushroom spores

COOKING

• 0->1: clean water || cooked meat || cooked wild vegetables
• 1->2: pine nuts ||boiled egg || herbal tea || bone broth || cooked cattail stalk || scrambled eggs
• 2->3: dehydrated meat || acid water || cooked dandelion greens || broth
• 3->4: meat jerky || lard || woods soup
• 4->5: dog food || aspic
• 5->6: dog food || aspic || pemmican
• 6->7: salt || pickled meat

ELECTRONICS

• 0->1: antenna
• 1->2: electric firestarter

(May make a soldering iron at lv2)

• 2->3: electrolysis kit-

MECHANICS

"Pipe" method (credits to Vormithrax):

• 0->1: repair pipe with soldering iron/welder (25 batteries) (approximately 30 minutes)
• 1->2: repair pipe with soldering iron/welder (75 batteries) (approximately 1 hour 45 minutes)

(Recommended to make a homemade suppressor instead if the player has the required parts as it costs significantly less time (only requiring 4 rags, 1 pipe, and 36 seconds per craft))

• 2->3: repair a pipe with a soldering iron/welder (200 batteries) (approximately 5 hours)
• 3->4: repair a pipe with a soldering iron/welder (450 batteries) (approximately 10 hours 30 minutes)

Note: These numbers are times are from 100 a base 100 focus including decay with 0 morale. Higher morale and focus significantly reduce the required repair time to level up.

• 0->1: make a light wooden frame, start vehicle construction with it and disassemble the vehicle, repeatedly
• 1->2: homemade suppressor || remove/reattach car parts
• 2->3: remove/reattach car parts || pipe shotgun
• 3->4: remove/reattach car parts || pipe rifle: 9mm

UTILITY SKILLS

TRAPPING

Craft a nail-board trap, place, and disarm it repeatedly. This takes a long time in the real world, so training trapping is best done with a macro. This is feasibly done up to 3 (4 if the player has patience). Useful for lower perception characters since 1 trapping = 2 perception for the sake of trap detection.

FIRST AID

• 0->1: applying 6 makeshift bandages
• 1->2: applying 27 makeshift bandages || arm-splints
• 2->3: applying 81 makeshift bandages
• note: These numbers are obtained from consecutive crafting from 0 to 3 (from 100 focus 0 morale) without refreshing focus to 100 every level. The number of bandages per iteration is significantly reduced by morale and higher

focus.

• 3-4: applying 144 makeshift bandages (from 100 focus and 0 morale consecutively)

RANGED COMBAT SKILLS

• Marksmanship + Archery: May be trained up to 3 along with archery by crafting a bow, and shooting arrows at the floor or a marked target.
• Throwing: Throw things on the floor or at a practice target to train throwing up to 3 for little in-game time.
• Handguns: The same as training Archery. Requires crafting the pistol Crossbow (Recipe locked). Viable up to level 3.
• Rifles: The same as training Archery. Requires crafting the Crossbow (Recipe locked). Viable up to level 3.
• Submachine guns: The same as training Archery. Requires crafting the repeating Crossbow (Recipe locked). Viable up to level 3.
• Launchers: No real way to train other than usage and books.
• Shotguns: No real way to train other than usage and books.

MELEE COMBAT SKILLS

• Dodging: viably train dodge to 6 by waiting while surrounded by rats while wearing full turnout gear or survivor suit.
• Melee: No real way to train other than usage and books.
• Unarmed combat: No real way to train other than usage and books.
• Bashing Weapons: No real way to train other than usage and books.
• Cutting Weapons: No real way to train other than usage and books.
• Piercing weapons: No real way to train other than usage and books.
• Note: There are no crafting recipes which train combat. However, there are a few ways to train certain skills up without the need to confront enemies (see ranged combat skills).