No One Survived Skills Guide: Leveling, Books, Traders, and Attributes

No One Survived uses skills to shape what your character can do well, from fighting zombies to crafting weapons, cooking food, farming crops, or keeping a base functional. If you want a better survivor, you need to know which actions raise which skills and when traders or books can help.

How to View Skills

Open your inventory with the TAB key by default, then click the book icon at the top of the screen. This opens the Skills information window, where you can track your current levels.

Different skills improve through different actions. Combat skills usually improve by using the relevant weapon type, while crafting and profession skills can improve through crafting, reading books, or giving items to certain NPC merchants.

No One Survived Skills and Leveling Methods

• Constitution: Affects maximum health and stamina. Improve it by progressing through the game and maintaining your stats.
• Blunt Weapons: Affects blunt weapon damage. Improve it by using blunt weapons.
• Firearms: Affects gun damage. Improve it by using guns.
• Sharps: Affects knife and sharp weapon damage. Improve it by using knives and other sharp weapons.
• Weapon Crafting: Unlocks more weapon crafting recipes as it levels. Improve it by crafting weapons or reading the five volumes of Master of Weapons in order.
• Tailoring: Unlocks additional clothing recipes. Improve it by crafting clothes, reading the five volumes of The Tailor, or giving items to NPC merchants.
• Engineering: Unlocks additional building item recipes. Improve it by building items, reading the five volumes of Engineering, or giving items to NPC merchants.
• Electrical: Unlocks additional electrical item recipes. Improve it by building electrical items, reading the five volumes of Electrochemistry, or giving items to NPC merchants.
• Mechanics: Unlocks additional mechanical item recipes. Improve it by crafting mechanical items, reading the five volumes of Machinery, or giving items to NPC merchants.
• Agriculture: Unlocks additional agricultural item recipes. Improve it by growing plants, reading the five volumes of Breeding and Farming, or giving items to NPC merchants.
• Cooking: Unlocks more cooking recipes. Improve it by cooking food, reading the five volumes of Cooking, or giving items to NPC merchants.
• Metallurgy: Unlocks additional metal-related recipes. Improve it by crafting metal items and related materials such as Charcoal, reading the five volumes of Metallurgy, or giving items to NPC merchants.
• Medicine: Unlocks additional medical recipes. Improve it by crafting medical items, reading the five volumes of Medicine, or giving items to NPC merchants.

Skill NPCs, Trainers, and Traders

Each NPC merchant or trader can improve specific skills when you give them items. The available skill training is:

• Hank, Drawings Trader: Engineering 1 to 5 and Tailoring 1 to 3
• Hank, Food Trader: Tailor 1 to 5 and Electrification 1 to 3
• Hank, Gun Trader: Medicine 1 to 5 and Metallurgy 1 to 3
• Maria, Animal Trader: Tailoring 1 to 5 and Weapon Manufacturing 1 to 3
• Maria, Car Repair Trader: Cooking 1 to 5 and Agriculture 1 to 3
• Mike, Animal Trader: Metallurgy 1 to 5 and Mechanical 1 to 3
• Mike, Armor Trader: Agriculture 1 to 5 and Engineering 1 to 3
• Sarah, Books Trader: Weapon Manufacturing 1 to 5 and Medicine 1 to 3
• Sarah, Solar Panel Trader: Mechanical 1 to 5 and Electrification 1 to 3

Note: As of Update 0.0.6.2, NPC merchants turn on their lights at night, which makes them easier to find after dark.

Leveling Skills With Books

Books are another way to increase skills, but the volume has to match your current level. If your Medicine skill is level 3, for example, you need to read the 4th volume of Medicine to advance it.

Reading usually costs Mentality during each session, so it is best done somewhere safe. Sitting in your base with supplies nearby is much better than reading while zombies audition for your personal space.

Skill planning matters because many recipes and survival options depend on these categories. Focus first on the skills that support your current goals, such as Cooking and Medicine for survival, Engineering for base work, or Firearms and Sharps if combat is becoming your main problem.