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Skills

Strength, Resilience and Intelligence grow as you use them. Each level changes damage, carry capacity, stamina, pain and the recipes you can make.

Characters

SAW-01 "Experiment"

Normal XP gain for all three skills.

SAW-03 "Milky"

Strength and Resilience XP x0.5.

SAW-12 "Dune"

Intelligence XP x0.5. Can't read notes.

Three skills

Strength, Resilience and Intelligence.

XP gain depends on run and character

XP is multiplied by the Experience gain run setting and by the character's gain for that skill.

Experience gain by preset

Tough x1, Relaxed x1.15, Paradise x1.25, Desolate x1.

Levels 1 to 9 cost 60 XP each

Level 10 costs 100. Level 10 needs 640 XP in total.

From level 11 each level costs 18% more

From level 21 each step also costs 15% more, and from level 30 twice as much again.

No level cap

From level 30 each level costs 2.714 times the one before.

Several levels at once

A large XP gain can raise more than one level.

New characters start at their base level

With exactly the XP that level needs.

Zero skills challenge

All three skills start at 0.

Mindwiped challenge

Intelligence starts at 0. A mind wipe during a run also sets it to 0.

Achievement at 16

A Steam achievement unlocks when all three skills reach 16.