Skills

Skills are a numerical representation of your character's ability to perform specific tasks.

There are two main ways to increase your skills: reading skill books and using skill points that you earn every level.

All of your skills have a cap, i.e., a limit on how high they can go. In most cases, you can overcome that limit via the Learning skill.

Some of the skills apply passively and some can be used directly. The table below lists the active skills' associated action point costs as well as the base cap of each skill.

Some support perks require a specific skill level before they can be acquired. For example, Educated requires Science ≥ 100%.

Skill	Default cap	Base AP use cost
Small Guns	300	-
Big Guns	300	-
Energy Weapons	300	-
Close Combat	300	-
Throwing	300	-
First Aid	200	5
Doctor	200	5
Sneak	300	5
Robbery	200	5
Engineering	200	5
Traps	150	5
Science	200	5
Repair	200	5
Speech	300	-
Barter	150	-
Crafting	200	-
Outdoorsman	200	-

Small Guns

Small Guns (SG) is a combat skill that determines your ability to handle:

• Assault Rifles
• Damage Pistols
• Explosive Small Guns
• Fast Pistols
• Range Pistols
• Shotguns
• SMGs
• Sniper Rifles
• Support Rifles

The higher your Small Guns skill, the higher your chance to hit with the listed weapon types and the less condition they lose every time you fire them.

Big Guns

Big Guns (BG) is a combat skill that determines your ability to handle:

• Flamers
• Heavy Sniper Rifles
• Machine Guns
• Miniguns
• Rocket Launchers

The higher your Big Guns skill, the higher your chance to hit with the listed weapon types and the less condition they lose every time you fire them.

Energy Weapons

Energy Weapons (EW) is a combat skill that determines your ability to handle:

• Electric Weapons
• Fire Weapons
• Laser Weapons
• Plasma Weapons

The higher your Energy Weapons skill, the higher your chance to hit with the listed weapon types and the less condition they lose every time you fire them.