1-read mechanics for begginners 2-watch a single carzone VHS done, you are level 2 mechanics.

Mechanics VHS tape

Automechanics is a fun mod, as well as autoreloading and autotailoring. I hate grinding stats manually so it's very useful

You can repair seats for infinite mechanic and tailoring xp at the cost of rags

Haha this is awesome, this method feels more akin to something you'd find in OSRS and im all for it

I absolutely love your content!! AND THERE IS OSRS MUSIC TO BOOT! Subbed, no questions asked, no strings attached! Keep up the good work mate!

Well I always go for bulbs, 20-30 and screwdriver and its can be macroed but not as easly, + of that it works for higher levels, you get xp for instaling and uninstaling bulb its per each bulb a day, so take more bulbs or more cars (not really hard because you can even do it on wrecked cars)

Nice one bro ! I usually go for windshields and windows on the odd cars !

This method works for other parts as well. For example the trunks of standard cars also require 7 mechanics and give 0.98xp if you read the xp book, you only need a screwdriver and wrench but it's also slower to uninstall.

Wow nice! I really wish I added this to my Mechanics video! Nice job

That's actually very useful

light bulbs are quite quick too, you just need to collect a bunch of them and/or use multiple vehicles. Good thing about lightbulbs is that they work until 10 (although that would be quite the grind, particularly without starting with 1 or more mechanics skill)

Duuude thank you for shouting out the mod at the end I was wondering how to get that

man what a good video!

Good sh!t, Sir. Left a like

I got a mod called Automechanics which runs a script automating all the removal and installing of the parts. Can't play without it as it allows me to speed up time. Saves me all the click spam.

Perfect timing, am just about to start leveling Mechanic, I have 100 light bulbs ready... but this looks waaaaay faster. Thanks!

Well, there's a recently released mod for Multiplayer, Udderly Vehicle Respawns, that helps with the whole lack of cars thing

You could just use the broken down sports car (assuming it's not a jeep or the FAT) then you don't need a lug wrench and jack because it's already missing the tire.

This brings back one of my worst surviving days. In the first week I found a survivor house and a decent D-6 truck, I was well prepared for the roflcopter. And when shit hit the fan, I hop on my truck and go as far as I can. Welp... thing doesn't go smoothly, I crashed the truck three times. First time the engine start making noises, second time made the engine stall every 15 seconds. The the third time, my truck is dead and I'm forced to walk to the Army Surplus Store to look for vehicles. I found 2 crashed car with keys and tow my truck back to my temporary base, the gas station. I reclaimed most of my rainy day supplies and try to drive away with the crashed car, which burst its tire while not even leave the town. My character was a feeble, underweight girl, there's no way she can survive on foot and travel to other town. So the next week, she has to grind her mechanic skill to lv2 by assemble and dissemble a van near the station, over and over again. The process is extremely painful cuz she has to switch from different tires and parts to grind exp. After she trashed 2 originally good van and finally learnt to hot wire, thank god she made it to Ekron before food runs out. Anyway, after a month in Ekron, she stockpiled some engine parts and went back to her old partner. 6 month passed, she's still travel with her trusty black D-6 pickup truck.

another good way is to grab like 40 lightbulbs, and place/remove each one in 1 car, then move onto another car once youve replaced all 40

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Great info! Thank you.

Guys, dismantle seats. You're welcome.

That's a really nice trick! Will make next playthroughs much easier to get to hotwiring levels. Any tips for what to do to grind the next levels? I kinda wanna get to Mechanics 5 but Mechanics is the one skill that I can't seem to get a bead on how to grind efficiently without suffering.

man, that's gonna be really helpful in my challenge with sprinters setting off house alarms by themselvs

Grub

This be me using ghost mouse to train strength xD

Huh...interesting, I totally wont abuse this in my friends next zomboid server.

nah I feel bad about damaging cars what so ever.

I don't think it is 100%, but there has been a sports car in the bar parking lot every play through that I have spawned in Riverside.

Hey man great video, what is the name of the mod that shows the xp you are winnig?

Whats the osrs style xp tracker mod?

Hey Retanaru, any chance you know where to find a list of the xp given by things and activity done in the game? Or how much time (real life time) it would take to grind skills from 0 to 10 without any "boost" (be it from the initial skill levels, professions, or book multiplier) from initial skills present.

desperation can get you very far car's engine at 5% condition with a broken hood needs mechanics lvl 6 to fix it

Or use the vhs tape plus book to get to level 2 instantly.

Hate to be another nay-sayer, but it's an understatement that this requires too much time. 1. Finding the Performance magazine (1 out of a dozen magazines). 2. Finding a sports car (the rarest of all vehicle types and by a mile). 3. Finding the tools (the easiest part of the strat, but still requires going on a mission) Like others have mentioned, read a book and watch a Carzone episode. You only need to travel to two places (1 if you luck out and find the book in a house while traveling).

Easier solution. Set xp rate to 1000x

Easier to find book and tape lmao

Why does this require the Sport Car? cant you do this with any car?

Why sports car in particular?

You get a like just because you mentioned the xp mod. Most people have mods but dont ever mention non of them and if they did, the video would be many time more useful.