Skill · Build 42.21

Trapping

in Spanish: Trampas

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 → 2Trapping I: "Basic Pest Control" ×3225300
2 → 4Trapping II: "Better Trapping, with Dean" ×51,050840
4 → 6Trapping III: "Park Rangers Wildlife Handbook '93" ×84,5002,250
6 → 8Trapping IV: "Research on Rodents and Mammals of Kentucky" ×1210,5003,500
8 → 10Trapping V: "The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Psychology" ×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.

Magazines2

They teach recipes that use the skill. They don't give XP.

VHS tapes that give XP1

  • VHS: Exposure Survival E6+500 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 XP1

Life and Living TV

  • Day 6 · 18:00–23:30+400 XP
  • In totalup to 400 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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