Skills Leveling

Weapons are leveled up by the number of hits on a target. It doesn’t matter what you shoot at (a target at the shooting range, a mob, an NPC, or another player), the only thing that matters is the hit itself.

Weapon leveling speed is affected by:

• Intelligence (character stats) – gives 20-30% per stat point;
• “Sneaky” Stimulant – gives an additional 1-3 Intelligence (up to 10 in total);
• “Attentive Student” (Engineer class skill tree, top branch) – gives from +5% to +25% (depending on the number of unlocked skills);
• “Fast Learning” (clan skill in the PvP branch) – gives from +10% to +20% (depending on the number of unlocked skills);
• Premium status – increases weapon leveling XP by 30%;
• When leveling a Prospector’s weapon, you should use “buckshot” ammo (since each shell contains 8 pellets, which speeds up the shotgun leveling process);
• Gas grenades are leveled faster on mobs (e.g., rats) so the damage registers;
• For leveling grenade launchers, hand grenades, and mines, the actual shot \ throw \ explosion is what counts (you don’t need to hit the target or deal damage).

To level up mining XP, you need to mine ore with a pickaxe (thanks, Captain Obvious). Mining XP is leveled not by the number of pickaxe hits on the ore, but by the amount of ore mined. Therefore, if you need to level up mining XP quickly, you should mine rock (as it has the highest drop chance) and put all free skill points into Luck (with Luck, the amount of mined ore increases).

Mining XP leveling speed is affected by:

• Intelligence (character stats) – gives 20-30% per stat point;
• “Sneaky” Stimulant – gives an additional 1-3 Intelligence (up to 10 in total);
• “Attentive Student” (Engineer class skill tree, top branch) – gives from +5% to +25% (depending on the number of unlocked skills);
• “Gatherer” and “Mining” (Prospector class skill tree, top branch) – increases resource drop chance by +26% (when all skills are unlocked);
• “Fast Learning” (clan skill in the PvP branch) – gives from +10% to +20% (depending on the number of unlocked skills);
• Premium status – increases pickaxe leveling XP by 30%;
• Luck (character stats) – increases ore drop chance, which directly affects leveling speed;
• “Fortuna” Stimulant – gives an additional 1-2 Luck (up to 10 in total).

For example, let’s take a Prospector:

• 8 Luck, 2 Intelligence, “Gatherer” and “Mining” +26%, “Fast Learning” +20%. Only coal was mined. 1 upgraded pickaxe gave +1.09% to mining XP.
• 8 Luck, 2 Intelligence, “Gatherer” and “Mining” +26%, “Fast Learning” +20%, “Resource Extraction Chance” +5%. Only rock was mined. 1 upgraded pickaxe gave +1.95% to mining XP.

This means that to level up mining XP to 100%, you will need to use approximately 50 – 100 pickaxes (depending on the mined ore and character stats).

To level up character repair XP, you need to repair worn-out weapons and armor (but do this ONLY using repair kits, NOT through the gunsmith!!!).

To effectively develop this skill, it is recommended to use repair kits right from the very start of the game, which can be bought at any NPC shop, rather than going to the gunsmith.

Advantages of this approach:

• You will start leveling the skill from the very beginning.
• You will avoid accidentally selling an item you need. There are frequent cases where players habitually sell an item instead of repairing it. Such items cannot be returned, even through the game administration, so it’s better not to risk it.

Previously, repair XP could be leveled by repairing items of any level. For example, high-level players would stand in Solnechny town and repair items for beginners for free. This way they gained XP, and beginners saved money on repairs.

There was also a method to level repair from 0 to 100% in just 4–6 hours of real time. For this, you needed an Engineer and Valenki (felt boots). Players would set up an MTL, put on the Valenki, and then the person leveling repair would shoot at them (at the other player’s Valenki in the MTL) with a weak weapon (e.g., a PPSh-41), leveling both weapon and repair at the same time. There was an alternative: a high-level player would walk around in Valenki and gather crowds of Watchers, rats, or dogs. They would bite the Valenki, damaging them, but dealing almost no damage to the player themselves. When the Valenki broke – they were repaired, and the process repeated. Later, the administration recognized this method as unfair and changed the XP reward system.

Now, to level repair on a high-level character, you need to repair weapons and armor of the appropriate level. To speed up leveling, players most often use a level 35 rapid-fire weapon (e.g., Vepr-12), modified so that wear is maximum (i.e., it breaks quickly), and repair it regularly.

There is also a minor “not a bug, but a feature”. Any use of a repair kit still grants a minimum percentage of XP. Therefore, some players do this: one shot – repair, one shot – repair, and so on. The method is long, requires patience (or a macro, which is prohibited by the rules), but it consumes almost no resources.

Important note: Watch the condition of your weapons and armor so it doesn’t drop below 12%. Otherwise, you will need a “Master” repair kit from the donate shop, which makes leveling significantly more expensive.

Repair XP leveling speed is affected by:

• Intelligence (character stats) – gives 20-30% per stat point;
• “Sneaky” Stimulant – gives an additional 1-3 Intelligence (up to 10 in total);
• “Attentive Student” (Engineer class skill tree, top branch) – gives from +5% to +25% (depending on the number of unlocked skills);
• “Fast Learning” (clan skill in the PvP branch) – gives from +10% to +20% (depending on the number of unlocked skills);
• Premium status – increases repair leveling XP by 30%.

For example, let’s take an Engineer: 7 Intelligence, “Attentive Student” +25%, “Repair Master” +15%, “Fast Learning” +20%.

Repaired an MSR-10 M6 at 15.81% condition. It took almost 6 medium repair kits. The increase to repair XP was 0.19%.

When repairing a completely dead gun with a “Master” repair kit, it adds +0.2%..+0.29% (PvE and PvP branches respectively).

This means that to level up repair XP to 100%, you will need to use approximately 3,000 medium repair kits or repair 500 almost dead guns.