I love how you covered up your death around 3:40, I almost missed it hahaha

A huge tip if you don't already know, traits like graceful can be something you don't need, when you want to jump a short fence/object as you sprint towards the fence stop sprinting just before you're about to jump & manually jump it with E, by manually jumping you will never trip over a fence again, I hope I explained that well enough

There were tests done on Lucky trait recently. It does increase the drop of valuable tools some, but you can get by without it just fine. What is more noticeable - it greatly increases the drop rates of high end ammo. So if you dream of going LV blasting with your trusty M16, consider getting the trait

Every positive trait timestamp 0:54 Speed Demon 1:51 Cats Eyes 2:22 Dexterous 2:41 Fast Reader 3:13 Outdoorsman 3:44 Wakeful 4:00 Iron Gut 4:18 Angler 4:52 Baseball Player 4:58 Brave 5:29 First Aider 5:56 Gardener 6:13 Graceful 6:49 Inconspicuous 7:15 Light Eater 7:43 Lucky 8:05 Nutritionist 8:22 Resilient 8:45 Runner 9:15 Sewer 9:41 Amateur Mechanic 10:07 Gymnast 10:31 Brawler 10:57: Cook 11:19 Eagle Eyed 11:43 Fast Healer 12:10 Fast Learner 12:32 Fit 13:02 Former Scout 13:23 Herbalist 13:46 Hiker 14:07 Keen Hearing 14:39 Low Thirst 15:01 Organized 15:25 Stout 15:46 Adrenaline Junkie 16:11 Handy 16:30 Hunter 16:48 Thick Skinned 17:31 Athletic 17:51 Strong

Nnnooo! not my nutritionist trait! Its lets me read the labels about the different fats, carbs, etc!

I really like sewer. I like to be the group tailor and armor everyone up.

Speed Demon is a great perk. The best argument ive heard against it was something like "I keep slamming into shit and getting myself killed so i never take speed demon anymore". Essentially "Im terrible at videogames so this perk is bad" 😂

Bro why is no one talking bout the thumbnail pose

For anyone curious, there are mods like standardized exp gain that make things like maintenance, nimble, sneaking, etc, all level at a reasonable rate. Pair that with a mod that adds skill books for all skills and you're golden

They need to fix smoker so that it affects your fitness level in some way.

Iron Gut saved me so many times in my 6ML playthrough, I don't know what would I do without it tbh

I've noticed that Inconspicuous and Conspicuous only really work in one or two scenarios: the zombie is facing away to the side of you, so you're in their peripheral vision, and/or you're inside/ the line of sight is obscured. WIth conspicuous you will get spotted through the window much more than with inconspicuous, even by zombies that are just passing by the window/doors. But that would be it, that's the entire use of these two.

We should make a discord to let people ask questions. Also for that survivors that are looking for friends to play. It will be very nice to expand our community. It will also be great to make a project zomboid server

Tbh the keen senses trait *can* be circumvented by good situational awareness, but I think you take it anyways, because its a good last line of defense for when you've been caught slipping, as opposed to learning this while they're politely tapping you on your shoulder

There seems to be some RNG on the Lucky trait. Sometimes I notice no difference and sometimes it's pure comedy how many Axes, Crowbars and Generators I find!

Outdoorsman? S tier???? It's situational, for sure. It's absolutely worthless if you gear up like normal, use "walk to" to avoid getting scratched from bushes, and the like. That said, some folks simply won't gear up for winter. And if you have sprinters enabled, or something like that, you'll be forced to run through bushes from time to time, in which case it's a great trait. But for standard Apoc??? Only if you're doing a niche play style. I've done dozens of runs that go through first winter. Getting through first winter is usually my win condition. I haven't caught a cold in forever, and even if I did, colds can't kill you. The involuntary sneezing doesn't matter so long as you're clearing zeds regularly. The Lucky trait will be great if you're going for specific builds. It changes the loot tables all around and enables things like turning hand axes into Fireman's axes on zombies, upgrading backpacks to larger backpacks, and things like that. I'd never recommend it as a priority pick, in any case, but just figured it should be known that it does. Also, it was discovered that Keen Hearing's drawn perception radius is fake, proven by counting frames and comparing them. The zombies spawn in at exactly the same distance and at the same speed. We ALL were imagining that it was helping us. It's an F tier trait unless they fix this. Adrenaline Junkie is S tier with sprinters enabled, but yeah, on normal play it's trash.

I would love to see you make a Tier List of these traits for when versing Sprinters! Thanks for making this great video.

My go to traits I ALWAYS pick and are like in every build of mine: -Gymnast -Keen hearing -Outdoorsman -brawler or baseball player -Stout or strong -fit or atlethic -organized Ones I often pick but also switch out for whatever I am feeling. I still pick these but I also pick others. also depending on my proffesion and points: -Hunter -Hiker -Herbalist (I have had a few times where RNG sucked and I looked in 8 book stores/school before finding it, so even tho its a waste of points I have gotten stuck before and it took a very long time) -Amateur machanic -Nutritionist combined with Cook -dextrous -cats eyes I Do always pick a lot of negatives so these block the positives, my negatives that I almost always take -Unlucky (you cant pick on multiplayer/co op. Not when I have heavy foraging build) -Slow reader (not on multiplayer/co op) -smoker -thin skinned -slow healer -Prone to illness -weak stomach -high thirst -underweight -short sighted (not when I have a heavy foraging build) -Conspicuous I do play co op with friends so that has lead me to experiment with other traits and occupations. Also I sometimes just add like 10 bonus trait points. if I am going to play with sprinters or something crazy with mods or high zombie pop I like to give myself more bonus trait points.

traits like brawler, amateur mechanic are great for early game but you know you can grind everything but traits like organised are great cuz you cant just get it from grinding

I adamantly take lucky every time. The amount of times I frustratingly couldn't find a simple tool or a box of nails is incredible. Ever since I started talking lucky I consistently find everything I need in one town. Including rare vehicle spawns I found 2 tire change events one block away from each other a jeep and a Corvette with the keys and guess what a block away from those a construction crew with a sledge hammer chilling on the ground.

Keen Hearing gang when the Deaf gang shows up: 💀💀💀

Dextrous God tier

@7:41 about Light Eater, because of the existence of the other food mechanic, calories intake, you have to eat proper amounts of food regardless of the hunger meter. Which in my book makes Light Eater an F tier, and the negative trait Hearty Appetite an S tier.

Lucky adds axes to zombie drop tables iirc. I may be wrong.

Naw the lightfooted on Gymnast is actually good. It is sound-based stealth, and without the bonus exp, you'd likely never get high levels which caps out at -80% _running_ /walking/sneaking sounds. It's at least worth ~1-2 trait points imo.

I picked lucky so maybe next time i dont walk into my campfire after 3 months

Speed demons go brrr

i saw the thumbnail and i had to double check because it looked like the austrian salute

Good video helps me out as a new player

As someone who might get the game, this guide was extremely informative. Keep up the great work!

The plus of speed demon is that perk good for towing cars and trailers and in that case you you wouldn’t reverse anyway)

Going from a planned out careful play style to a I dont care lets 1v1000 because im bitten is my favourite part of the game so I like taking resilient for the slower zombifaction

Now we need a Negative trait tier list

Great content, i like this

This is a really good video for people to watch =D

Thanks for the guide, and btw, could you add 2 columns for SP and MP and rank the traits side-by-side?

I SWEAAAR luck is worth taking, mainly for the higher chance of gun cases and ammo in residences

The Battleblock soundtrack in the background is underappreciated

Waaait. Gotta grab that coffee! :D

Amateur mechanic with tinkerer allows you to Hotwire cars without requiring burglar, which together is only 10 points. Amateur mechanic is a better choice than the mechanic occupation as the 2 extra points mechanic gives doesn’t really matter when you start with 2 and have a 100% exp boost. I’m pretty sure mechanic is 12 points as well although I could be wrong. Also amateur mechanic solves the problem of reading if you take illiterate.

Love the background music! What games was if from again?

Are you gonna do mods list or comparisons as well?

Very good video :)

I don't even play this game but i found the video interesting

what if im eat a stale food witth trait weak stomach.Can im realy this way die?

Idk how cat eyes would be better than wakeful, specially when talking about qol

I’ll just say most of the F tier at least have something and doesn’t really effect the player badly. I feel like F tier is just supposed to be very bad for the player some of the time. Right?

Does organized work online?

I pick light eater in most of my playthroughs because I'm always on the run , i never find or stay at home , unless i need to sleep for 1 night , but it honestly depends if i like a base i would clear the area to make it my home but it rarely happens lol. But i also hate getting hungry every 3 seconds (Especially with the hearty of appetite trait) so its a solid choice for me. Idk if i should change the way i play or no lol

yall not brain good work 😂

How do you make it say what the perk actually does instead of the poppy description it gives by default

lol im epic lololololololol

no one uses hunter...

12 min in to the video and my 10th add starts. Sorry. you got Good content but not gonna watch more of it.