You can select traits during creating new character, at the start of each game. In total to you will be given 8 points and each trait have a different cost, positive one – taking points, and negative ones – giving them.
Positive
-1
Speed Demon – drives very fast.
-2
Artisan – better at pottery and glass crafts.
- +1 Glassmaking
- +1 Pottery
Dextrous – Transfers inventory items quickly. Faster rope climbing speed, and less chance of falling. Faster weapon shouldering time.
Fast Reader – Takes less time to read books.
First Aider – +1 First Aid.
Gardener – +1 Agriculture.
Inventive – Has lower skill level requirements to research recipes from items or auto learn recipes.
Iron Gut – Less chance to have food illness.
Light Eater – needs to eat less regularly.
Low Thirst – needs less water to survive.
Mason – Better at building stone and brick constructions.
- +2 Masonry
Nutritionist – can see the nutritional values of any food.
Outdoorsy – less affected by harsh weather conditions.
Whittler – can carve wood and bone items.
- +2 Carving
-3
Cat’s Eyes – better vision at night.
Crafty – Increased XP gains for Crafting skills.
Vehicle Knowledge – Has knowledge of common and commercial vehicle models, and repairs.
- +1 Mechanics
Wakeful – needs less sleep.
-4
Adrenaline junkie – moves faster when highly panicked.
Angler – +1 Fishing.
Baseball Player – +1 Long Blunt.
Brave – less prone to becoming panicked.
Eagle Eyed – Faster visibility fade. Higher visibility arc. Weapon sights more effective at long range.
Graceful – makes less noise when moving.
Hearbalist – Can find medicinal herbs and craft medicines and poultices from them.
- +1 Foraging
Inconspicuous – less likely to be spotted by zombies.
Organized – increased container inventory capacity.
Resilient – Less prone to disease. Slower rate of zombification.
Runner – +1 Running.
Sewer – +1 Tailoring.
Tinkerer – +1 Maintenance.
-5
Gymnast – +1 Lightfooted, +1 Nimble.
Hiker – +1 Foraging, +1 Trapping.
Target Shooter – +1 Aiming.
-6
Blacksmith Knowledge – Can use an anvil to create metal items.
- +2 Blacksmithing
- +1 Maintenance
Brawler – +1 Axe, +1 Long Blunt.
Fast Healer – Recovers quickly from injuries and illness.
Fast Learner – increases XP gains.
Fit – +2 Fitness.
Former Scout – Start fires faster.
- +1 First Aid
- +1 Fishing
- +1 Foraging
Keen Hearing – larger perception radius.
Stout – Extra knockback from melee weapons. Increased carrying weight.
- +2 Strength
-8
Bushcrafter – Can find medicinal herbs and craft medicines and poultices from them, and make simple stone and bone tools. Start fires faster.
- +1 Carving
- +1 Foraging
- +1 Knapping
- +1 Maintenance
Handy – Faster and stronger constructions.
- +1 Carpentry
- +1 Carving
- +1 Maintenance
- +1 Masonry
Hunter
- +1 Aiming
- +1 Butchering
- +1 Short Blade
- +1 Sneaking
- +1 Tracking
-10
Athletic – Faster running speed. Can run for longer without tiring.
- +4 Fitness
Strong – Extra knockback from melee weapons. Increased carrying weight.
- +4 Strength
Negative
+1
Sunday Driver – drives very slow.
+2
All Thumbs – transfers inventory items slowly. Can’t craft anything while walking. Slower rope climbing speed, and higher chance of falling. Slower weapon shouldering time.
Clumsy – Makes more noise when moving.
Cowardly – Especially prone to becoming panicked.
Fast Metabolism – Permanent tendency to lose weight. Starts with Low Weight trait.
High Thirst – needs more water to survive.
Short Sighted – Smaller view distance. Slower visibility fade. Weapon sights less effective.
Slow Metabolism – Permanent tendency to gain weight. Starts with High Weight trait.
Slow Reader – Takes longer to read books and other literature.
Weak Stomach – Higher chance to have food illness.
+3
Slow Healer – Recovers slowly from injuries and illness.
Smoker – Unhappiness rises when tobacco is not smoked. Stress and unhappiness decrease after smoking tobacco.
+4
Agoraphobic – Gets panicked when outdoors.
Claustrophobic – Gets panicked when in small indoor rooms.
Conspicuous – More likely to be spotted by zombies.
Hard of Hearing – Smaller perception radius. Smaller hearing range.
Hearty Appetite – needs to eat more regularly.
Prone to Illness – More prone to disease. Faster rate of zombification.
Sleepyhead – needs more sleep.
+5
Fear of Blood – Panic when performing first aid on self. Cannot perform first aid on others. Gets stressed when bloody.
Reluctant Fighter – decreases combat XP gains.
Short of Breath – faster endurance loss.
+6
Disorganized – Decreased container inventory capacity. Affects world containers and bags, but not your main inventory.
Out of Shape – Low endurance, low endurance regeneration.
- -2 Fitness
Restless Sleeper – slow loss of tiredness while sleeping.
Slow Learner – decreased xp gains.
Weak – Less knockback from melee weapons. Decreased carrying weight.
- -2 Strength
+8
Thin-skinned – Higher chance of being scratched or bitten by zombies.
+10
Illiterate – cannot read any books or in-world text.
Puny – Far less knockback from melee weapons. Extremely small carrying weight.
- -5 Strength
Unfit – Very low endurance and endurance regeneration.
- -4 Fitness
+12
Deaf – can’t hear sound.