Dying Light Survival Skill Guide

Survival Skill Guide











*Level requirements listed in parentheses





Tier 1

• Survival Starter Kit: Learn how to craft the most basic things needed for survival: lockpicks, firecrackers, simple throwing stars, and molotov cocktails. (Lvl 2)
• Backpacker: Learn how to use space in your backpack more efficiently. Gain 4 new slots for carrying weapons. (Lvl 3)
• Boosters: Learn how to use plants to create boosters, which allow you to fight without getting tired, run faster, see better in darkness, or develop more resistance to attacks. (Lvl 3)
• Booster XL: Boosters have much longer-lasting effects. (Lvl 6)
• Master Backpacker: Learn how to use space in your backpack more wisely. Gain 6 more slots for carrying weapons. (Lvl 6)

• Barter: Get better at haggling. Lowers prices in shops by 10%. (Lvl 4)
• Elemental Throwing Stars: Learn how to create throwing stars with 3 additional effects: freezing, burning, and exploding. (Lvl 4)
• DIY Grenades: Learn how to create 4 types of DIY grenades: regular, bleeding, freezing, and toxic. (Lvl 8)
• Haggle: Get even better at haggling. Lowers prices in shops by an additional 10%. (Lvl 8)
• Hard Bargain: Get better at trading. Increases the price of items you sell. (Lvl 11)
• Trap Bombs: Learn how to create bombs that draw the infected and then detonate with 3 additional effects: exploding, bleeding, and toxic. (Lvl 11)

• Crafting Expertise: Get better at crafting. Create more items from the same materials. (Lvl 5)
• Electric Fences: Learn how to use Electric Fence traps. (Lvl 7)
• Lucky Repair: Get better at repairs. Repairing a weapon will often not use a weapon repair slot. (Lvl 7)
• Nimble Hands: Searching dead bodies is much faster. There's also a chance to find more loot while doing it. (Lvl 10)
• Exploding Cars: Learn how to use Exploding Car traps. (Lvl 10)

• Shield Mastery: Learn how to craft a shield and use it in combat. (Lvl 8)
• Camouflage: Learn how to use dead bodies to camouflage yourself from the infected. (Lvl 9)
• Shield Crafting: Learn how to add elemental effects to shields. If you block at the right time, your shield will produce an additional effect: electrical, freezing, or impact. (Lvl 11)
• Camouflage Attack: Learn how to attack the infected while using Camouflage, without drawing unwanted attention. (Lvl 12)

• Grappling Hook: Learn how to create an use a Grappling Hook to traverse the environment with greater freedom. If you ever lose your grappling hook you can get a new one from the Quartermaster. (Lvl 12)
• Specialist: Learn how to use weapon blueprints more effectively - you'll score more critical hits. (Lvl 13)
• Craftsman: Learn how to use weapon blueprints more effectively - every time you use a crafted weapon the elemental effect is increased and you deal more damage. (Lvl 14)

• Ultimate Survivor: You are the legend of Harran. You get an additional health boost and learn how to use grappling hook, shield, and camouflage more effectively.