Classes

• No bonuses - and nothing essential needs one
• Every mechanic in the game works for you

Starts with nothing extra. Just your own two hands.

• Inspecting a searched cupboard or drawer can turn up one overlooked small supply (once per container, for the whole party)
• Inspecting an unopened container tells you if it likely holds food, tools or household things

Starts with 1 L Bottle: a small sealed water bottle. Finds are modest and finite; containers never refill.

• Builds and resets pigeon traps faster
• Uses half the bait per attempt
• Disturbs the flock less when walking near it or servicing traps

Trap build and reset time

x0.6

Bait per attempt

x0.5

Flock scare radius

x0.5

Starts with Wire Mesh Roll: a small bundle of trap mesh. A trap still holds one bird; the flock comes only so often; every catch needs cooking.

• Throws noise makers accurately, with a landing preview
• Short bursts of running cost less stamina while carrying ordinary things
• Marks routes for the team: shortcuts and blocked doors, seen by everyone

Sprint stamina while carrying

x0.7

Starts with Noise Makers: three throwable noise makers (harmless). A distraction pulls infected toward the sound - it doesn't stop a chase. Running is still loud.

• Walking and crouching make 40% less noise
• Opens ordinary doors and containers more quietly
• Gets stamina back faster while standing still and listening

Footstep noise

x0.6

Door and container noise

x0.55

Stamina back while still

x1.7

Starts with Hand Flashlight: a small flashlight (limited charge). Sprinting, falls, fighting and loud equipment still draw them normally.

• Starts wearing a basic backpack (+2 slots)
• Half the slowdown from heavy containers
• Drags furniture faster and steadies open buckets against small spills

Slowdown from heavy containers

x0.5

Furniture drag speed

x1.35

Starts with Backpack: a basic backpack (worn). Can't climb ladders holding furniture or an open bucket. Bigger packs found later still help.

• A full batch on a cooker gives one bonus portion
• Uses half the cooker fuel per batch
• Cooked meals stay fresh two days longer

Bonus portions a full batch

+1

Cooker fuel a batch

x0.5

Cooked food keeps

+2 days

Starts with Covered Cooking Pot: a covered cooking pot. Needs ingredients, a cooker and fuel. No food from empty tins, no recooking for bonuses.

• Frees stuck valves and fixes leaking connections faster
• Wastes less when drawing from damaged containers or the fallen tank
• Rain collectors they set up fill a little faster

Time to free a valve

x0.6

Draw rate from damaged tanks

x1.3

Water wasted from damaged tanks

x0.8

Rain collector fill rate

x1.2

Starts with Adjustable Wrench: a compact wrench. Can't bring back the mains, and untreated water still needs treating.

• Battery equipment (flashlights, radios) runs 40% longer
• The hand-crank charger puts in 50% more per turn
• Refits radio and flashlight batteries faster

Battery drain

x0.6

Charge per crank turn

x1.5

Starts with AA Batteries (4): one spare battery pack (AA x4). Can't restore the grid, restart the lifts, or make candles and lanterns last longer.

• Repairs doors, braces and damaged fixtures 40% faster
• Inspecting a damaged door shows its weakest part and what's needed
• Doors they repair take 15% less damage afterwards (once per door)

Repair time

x0.6

Damage to doors they repaired

x0.85

Starts with Screwdriver: a screwdriver. Building still needs the normal materials, and repairs are noisy.

• Bandages restore more health and work faster
• Stabilises downed teammates in half the time, and they get up stronger
• Treats their own wounds better when playing alone

Bandage heals

50 health

Teammates get up with

60 health

Starts with Bandage: a small medical pouch: two bandages. Never heals for free, can't cure starvation, can't reverse anyone's infection.