Your character has a perception radius even behind them, supposed to represent hearing. https://discord.gg/theindiestone, Press J to jump to the feed. Provides a 30% XP boost on top of existing boosts to ALL skills. If you want to fish to survive this is a must have for the 75% XP boost, if not don't take the perk lol. More annoying than anything, gives you less time in the day. I play with all loot set to extremely rare except for melee weapons set to rare and guns/ammo set to normal. It helps peel away some of them from larger groups. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Unlike in real life, being a smoker in Project Zomboid is not all that bad and doesn't cause any health risks. Underweight is your friend. Traits Traits are attributes or behaviors that effect how your character interacts with the world. Don't bother. It is 99% the answer to all these posts. Starting the list off with one of my favorite negative perks it is time to talk about high thirst. For experienced players this can actually be a positive-ish trait once you get past the early game. Cigarettes are easy to find, and i think smoking every so often adds a neat little bit of immersion. .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} I'd rather level up dancing or piano (an actual mod skill). 2 High Thirst. For many task that involves you being out in the open near obstructed sight lines (Foraging, Looting zombies, Fishing, Farming, fixing/fueling vehicles, etc), the extra warning in many cases is the difference between life or death. It depends on whether youre doing MP or SP In general, Slow Healer, Prone to Illness, High Thirst and Weak Stomach are probably the free-est traits. The major reason obese is considered bad (though I usually take it anyways) is because it reduces your fitness. In short, when you get injured, just avoid combat and take it easy for a few days and let your wounds heal. It's entirely unnecessary. Panic cancels out boredom, turning claustrophobia into a big-brain strat. Running XP boost will be very useful, as it can be slow to level up, but there are more important traits you can take first. I wanna make a full late game character. ._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa{margin-top:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._3EpRuHW1VpLFcj-lugsvP_{color:inherit}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa svg._31U86fGhtxsxdGmOUf3KOM{color:inherit;fill:inherit;padding-right:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._2mk9m3mkUAeEGtGQLNCVsJ{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;color:inherit} Allows you to keep a regular schedule, stay out of the dark, and excercise/forage/run/fight more before getting sleepy. In addition to slow reader and slow learner, it looks like pacifist is just an XP penalty for weapons, so it could be taken alongside them if you're willing to put up with all that extra grind. They need to balance the other crops so that there's reason to grow them, and maybe add a requirement to farming to grow corn or wheat (which could be converted into non-perishables). Not worth it, dexterous is too useful, and the 400% transfer rate is insane. This Negative trait can also be mitigated by simply ensuring you cook your food correctly in Project Zomboid. 22. r/projectzomboid. Although the description of the negative trait says it decreases theplayer's vision, It appears not to affect the character in any noticeable way. Pacifist, despite what it says, only makes you get 30% less experience with weapons. The only reason it isn't more highly ranked is after a few months you get less and less panic from zombies anyway. Unfortunately you arent able to get this trait if your character has the Veteran job as this removes panic from your character completely. Rather than the game auto slowing down from fast forward when you get attacked from behind, the game will auto slow down when a zombie enters that short circle behind your character that you get with keen hearing. Consensus I've gotten from others on Cat's Eyes definitely makes it at least a 3. No one can fight . For only 2 points, this trait is a steal. One of them is asthmatic, which I don't think should be too much of an issue if I'm going for a stealth build. Yes. Slow reader: 3/5. It doesn't make it trash, but it does make it weaker than many people thought. Very useful for finding Axes and Sledgehammers. It's a pretty genuine tradeoff, not to mention it's annoying to listen to most game sounds muffled. This also applies to backpack storage but is still a convenience perk. More annoying than anything. PERSONALLY my ideal car is a Horizon or Dart with a 100/100 performance muffler so I would not want Speed Demon to ruin the stealthmobile. If an attack is blocked the damage is simply negated. Find the official Discord here: 1. I'd put Speed Demon at 2. Otherwise, 5 free points. Significantly defeats the purpose of using vehicles. This increases how far you can "see" behind your character and is enough of a buff that you can fast-forward and still react to zombies that attack from behind. Ranking All Negative Traits in Project Zomboid (SOTO Edition) Kokoplays MB 45.3K subscribers Subscribe 5.1K views 2 months ago I'm ranking all negative traits from Simple Overhaul mod. By using the aforementioned exercise system and making sure youre only eating your greens, you can shed off some kilos easily after picking this perk. Inconspicuous and Graceful: you probably didn't look into how these work. This means that the player can start the game with only negative traits if they choose to do so, but if the player wants positive traits they will have to make some compromises. Allows you to detect zombies behind you at a greater distance. Long-term, these traits can be great for getting some of the good traits. Feeble and Weak: 3/5 strength is much easier to level than Fitness, and is also less important. inconspicuous actually sucks. But at that point you might as well give your character 2 extra points in the settings. Asthmatic: 2/5 very viable since it doesn't actually reduce Fitness, which is what decides how sleepy you get and how fast you attack. So, here is the list of all Positive Traits in Project Zomboid ranked from best to worst: Fast Learner . The bonus to crafted structures is nice too but not a major selling point. I'd love to hope in Discord and go over some mechanics of the game in debug mode while streaming if anyone is curious! A great one to take with pacifist is Fast Learner as it will end up in a net positive multiplier for weapons. Only downside is sometimes you have nothing to do in a day, leaving your character to get bored and depressed, but thats what sleeping pills and exercise are for. Stress from being bloody is annoying and can be an issue unless you have a lot of water collectors or are set up by a river. Each trait takes a certain amount of points away from the player's total of points, so they will also need to select negative traits to balance trait point count. Probably gonna go back and alter some things. Unhappiness rises when tobacco is not smoked. Under the hood . Before posting try the sledgehammer. -4 Fitness, Very Underweight: Very low strength, very low endurance and prone to injury. Costs - 2 points (reduces points) Effect - Increases reading speed by 130%. Stops you from reading skill books, massively reducing your skill XP gains. One of the best traits frequently recommended by the Project Zomboid community is Short-Sighted. Cannot take Wakeful, and also has the opposite effect of Wakeful. I'll pose this question to you all so that a list may be compiled: what are all the negative traits that can go away with time? Athletic is non negotiable. When fast forwarding tasks, it gives you enough time to react and kill surprise zombies. The first one is called Positive Traits and these perks make your character stronger. -1 Fitness. You can just eat more or less and eventually it will be free points. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Remember now, try the sledgehammer then post your questions. 4 & 5- Always worth considering when making a new character. This list will show you my personal favorites and make you think of some traits you didn't consider before. This is a real challenge to start with and a pain in the ass to raise your fitness. This is intended to be more a general guide for new players- what to consider taking and what to absolutely avoid. ._3K2ydhts9_ES4s9UpcXqBi{display:block;padding:0 16px;width:100%} I agree that dexterous is mandatory and I couldnt play without it. People be doing a lot of running in this game. I don't see very many discussions on this topic, and the wikis are barren with which traits can go away aside from those as a result of the recent Fitness update. Some people don't care though hence why in the middle at 3/5. Ideally paired with fire officer so you can pick underweight and still keep athletic. You can really live without this one, 6 points is costly too. Positive Traits: Speed Demon 1/5 Waste of one point. (It has positive and negative traits in mind) Until next time, stay frosty survivors! Eventually Claustrophobic will wear off in Project Zomboid as well. Only reason it's not 4 is because it's not required. I don't understand why people like it. It does make the early game a lot easier, though. The reason is because the penalty is given to you from being overweight, and not picking the trait itself. 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I wanted to spice up my character with some positive and negative traits to make zomboid a little more interesting. This included a list of some of the strongest positive traits that one can pick up in the game. Prone to illness + outdoorsman somewhat cancel out for +2 points. It makes getting bitten extremely easy. Handy: 5/5 literally the only trait to give Maintenance, AND the only trait to give Carpentry. ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} The Weak Stomach trait causes the player to have more food illnesses but is easily avoided if you watch what you eat in the game. Cooking is so useless taking this for -6 will hurt your character. This one will really depend on the type of character you want to play and which version of the game you are playing. Could be worth taking in conjunction with the negative perk "Prone to Illness" as it gives you 2 free points, which is why I didn't rate this lower. You should just rest when you get hurt and avoid combat for a few days so that your wounds can heal. However, there are a ton ofboth positive and negative traits to choose from. They need to give it more features and make it much stronger. Copyright 2023 Pro Game Guides. It doesnt make your attacks less powerful or anything like this. Scratches and Lacerations you can heal from but theres no coming back from bites. So over time your panic generation decreases so it kinda goes away, also you can stand outside and click on something to sleep on and it'll work, you can also speed up time and your panic will go down, then right click sleep. Just sleep through the nights or carry a flashlight, its that easy. This trait would be a hard sell even as a negative. Towing is broken in the latest update but Sunday Driver has always made towing difficult to impossible. Claustrophobia on a no sleep MP server is just free points. This perk isnt working at all as of the time im writing this, so its free points. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'setreadygame_com-leader-1','ezslot_15',114,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-setreadygame_com-leader-1-0'); Along with this you have the option to pick up the positive trait known as Brave. NEVER take this. I can recommend using agorophobic and Adreneline junkie so you run much faster while outside at the trade for being panicked. Both farming and foraging are essential to long term play throughs but both those skills can easily be leveled up before you actually need them later on. Expensive for what it is, but it gives cars extra storage space which is occasionally very useful. ._2cHgYGbfV9EZMSThqLt2tx{margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{width:75%;height:24px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-,._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{background:var(--newCommunityTheme-field);background-size:200%;margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-{width:100%;height:46px} Funnily enough this is the one negative trait that actually includes a little positive effect as well. Find the official Discord here: Then you will already have a extra point or two into your category of choice from this. Avoid this like the plague. Id always take one of these. I picked ugly, underweight, social anxiety, bald, oversleeper and underachiever. If you don't want to use the skill don't bother, but id encourage anyone to use this skill as much as possible. To play and make specific character builds in Project Zomboid, players must balance their builds with both positive and negative traits. If you're not a Burglar (or Police) it's a very good pick. I can just imagine wheezing around, unable to run, unable to carry much, struggling to fight off even a single zombie, having to hyper-focus on nutrition, and none of your skills will develop, yikes! When you want to be a peace-loving character, it makes you less likely to kill zombies with a weapon, but it's a nice trait to debuff your character with. For more information, please see our There's also an unlisted benefit that's hard to quantify but lets you literally hear zombies from behind you as if they were in front of you. Positive traits are available if you have some extra points spare to use before jumping into the game. While water will shut off during the first month of the game, it's easy to find . Some additional thoughts from me: Speed demon has an unlisted downside of making your engine rev WAY faster, and since engine noise is based on RPM this means that cars are WAY louder. If you're an experienced driver with a PC that can run the game well you are simply NEVER going to die to Speed Demon, and the increase in acceleration speeds up gameplay; particularly when it comes to towing. Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Unfit: Very low endurance, very low endurance regeneration. This means driving through bushes, towing vehicles, and having to life-or-death plow through zombies, will fail horribly. ._2a172ppKObqWfRHr8eWBKV{-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;margin-right:8px}._39-woRduNuowN7G4JTW4I8{margin-top:12px}._136QdRzXkGKNtSQ-h1fUru{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:8px 0;width:100%}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_,._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{margin-left:auto}._1-25VxiIsZFVU88qFh-T8p{padding:0}._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetTextColor)}