Profession

What are Occupations?

Before you start a game, you’ll be greeted with spawn locations. Afterwards, you’ll have a page to select occupations and traits. Occupations dictate what traits you have, and some occupations start out with special traits that you’d otherwise have to level up to achieve or can’t be gained throughout the game.

Some occupations will leave a positive amount of points to spend on positive traits. Others may give negative points, meaning you’ll have to select some negative traits to counter the benefits given by the occupation.

Current Occupations

Occupations	Starting Skills	Traits	Points Available	Abilities
Unemployed	None	None	+8	None
Fire Officer	+1 Axe +1 Fitness +1 Sprinting +1 Strength	None	0	Can carry and run more.
Police Officer	+3 Aiming +1 Nimble +2 Reloading	None	-4	Effective with firearms.
Park Ranger	+1 Axe +1 Carpentry +2 Foraging +2 Trapping	None	-4	Speed boost in forests. Improved search mode.
Construction Worker	+1 Carpentry +3 Short Blunt	None	-2	Slightly good at base building. Best with short blunt.
Security Gaurd	+1 Light Footed +2 Sprinting	Night Owl Requires little sleep. Stays extra alert while sleeping.	-2	Good for moving around.
Carpenter	+3 Carpentry +1 Short Blunt	None	+2	Best for base building
Burglar	+2 Lightfooted	BurglarCan hotwire cars. Less likely to break window locks.	-6	Good for sneaking. Good for moving. Good for hotwiring vehicles, not needing keys to drive
Chef	+3 Cooking	CookKnows cooking recipes.	-4
Repairman	+1 Carpentry +2 Maintenance +1 Short Blunt	None
Farmer	+3 Farming	None
Fisherman	+3 Fishing +1 Foraging	None
Doctor	+3 First Aid +1 Short Blade	None
Veteran	+2 Aiming +2 Reloading	DesensitizedDoes not reach states of panic.	-8
Nurse	+2 First Aid +1 Lightfooted	None	2
Lumberjack	+2 Axe +1 Strength Moves slightly faster through woodland and forested areas.	Axe ManBetter at chopping trees, and has a faster axe swing.	0
Fitness Instructor	+3 Fitness +2 Sprinting	NutritionistCan see the nutritional values of any food item.	-6
Burger Flipper	+2 Cooking +1 Maintenance +1 Short Blade	CookKnows cooking recipes.
Electrician	+3 Electrical Can operate generators.	None	-4
Engineer	+1 Carpentry +1 Electrical Can make traps and explosives.	None	-4
Metalworker	+3 Metalworking Knows how to weld.	None	-6
Mechanic	+3 Mechanics +1 Short Blunt	Amateur MechanicAlready familiar with the mechanics of any type of vehicle.	-4

Possible future choices

(ATTENTION: Needs Updating) Military soldier, Military officer, Sales person, IT worker, Office worker, Truck driver, Farmer, Cashier, Shop clerk, Fast food cook, Cook, Chef, Burglar, Drug dealer, Nurse, Doctor, Waiter, Customer service, Janitor, Book keeper, Accountant, Teacher

Strategies

• Burger Flipper
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• Burglar
  • The Burglar Profession starts off with the ability to be able to hotwire cars from the very moment the player spawns in. Any other profession has to train for that ability. The player can hotwire the first working car they see and beeline to locations that are rich with resources and start off more equipped than the average survivor. This can be useful in multiplayer if you want to escape a crowded town fast.
• Carpenter
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• Chef
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• Construction Worker
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• Doctor
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• Electrician
  • https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GAEANk98y4Q N/A
• Engineer
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• Farmer
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• Fire Officer
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• Fisherman
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• Fitness Instructor
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• Lumberjack
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• Mechanic
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• Metalworker
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• Nurse
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• Park Ranger
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• Police Officer
• Repairman
• Unemployed
• Veteran
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Trivia

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