Skill · Build 42.21

Foraging

in Spanish: Rebuscar

Survival0 to 10: 32,775 XP

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Traits

The bar asks for 32,775 XP from level 0 to 10.

11,015 XP to earn doing things (the XP each recipe shows), with your ×0.25

LevelsWhat to readBarTo earn
0 → 2Foraging I: "A Feast in the Forest" ×3225300
2 → 4Foraging II: "Dean's Guide to Sticks & Stones" ×51,050840
4 → 6Foraging III: "Finding The Treasure in the Trash" ×84,5002,250
6 → 8Foraging IV: "Survival Foraging: How Nature Can Save Your Life" ×1210,5003,500
8 → 10Foraging V: "US Park Service Complete Nature Census - Kentucky" ×1616,5004,125

Without books: 131,100 XP. Each book can be read from one level before its range. Half-read gives part of the multiplier, and only one book counts at a time.

With the server's XP multiplier at 1, the default.

XP per level

LevelXPTotalBook
17575×3
2150225×3
3300525×5
47501,275×5
51,5002,775×8
63,0005,775×8
74,50010,275×12
86,00016,275×12
97,50023,775×16
109,00032,775×16

Traits and professions

Starting levels

XP multiplier

Skill books5

Read it whole and it multiplies all the XP you earn until you reach the last level of its range.

VHS tapes that give XP2

  • VHS: Exposure Survival E5+50 XP
  • VHS: Exposure Survival E7+350 XP

Base XP, before multipliers, and only while the skill is below level 3. Each line of a tape counts once; "up to" means part of the tape is also on another one.

TV shows that give XP2

Life and Living TV

  • Day 5 · 18:00–23:30+200 XP
  • Day 7 · 18:00–23:30+400 XP
  • In totalup to 600 XP

Each show airs once, on that day of your game (day 1 is the day you start) and in that time slot: tune in within it and it plays from the start. Base XP, before multipliers, and only while the skill is below level 3.

Thanks to The Indie Stone for creating Project Zomboid (https://projectzomboid.com/), which made this possible. This is an unofficial fan production for non-commercial purposes made under the Indie Stone Terms.

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