Ribbon Gaming › SCUM wiki › Skills › Engineering Skill
Engineering Skill
Engineering is a skill that enables you to build various constructions and craft various items.
Engineering at a glance
- Attribute: Intelligence
- Recipes it decides: 464
- Materials saved: 45% at Above Advanced
How you raise it
You raise it by crafting and upgrading base building elements, repairing base building elements and other items and fixing vehicle tires.
What it changes
It influences number of materials needed for base building elements, repairing quality, charging and fueling speed.
Its attribute: Intelligence
Intelligence itself rises with upgrading BCU with BCU Memory Modules, and it influences global experience gain for skills of all attributes and squad size limit (if you are the leader).
What it saves you
Of the 464 recipes it decides, 360 are base parts and 104 are things you craft. At Above Advanced they take 45% fewer materials, all told, than with no skill.
What each level is worth
| At each level | No Skill | Basic | Medium | Advanced | Above Advanced |
|---|
| Battery charging time (of the base) | 1.3 | 1.15 | - | 0.85 | 0.7 |
|---|
| Draining time (of the base) | 1.3 | 1.15 | - | 0.85 | 0.7 |
|---|
| Refuelling time (of the base) | 1.3 | 1.15 | - | 0.85 | 0.7 |
|---|
| Repair reach (m) | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
|---|
| Repair time (of the base) | 0.55 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.05 |
|---|
| Tool wear (of the base) | - | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
|---|
What a level saves you
One recipe from each of its biggest shelves; the building and crafting pages have all 464.
Server settings that change it
Common questions
How do you level up Engineering in SCUM?
By crafting and upgrading base building elements, repairing base building elements and other items and fixing vehicle tires. A server can speed it up with Engineering Skill Multiplier, 1 by default.
What does levelling Engineering change in SCUM?
Battery charging time goes from 1.3x with no skill to 0.7x at Above Advanced, draining time goes from 1.3x with no skill to 0.7x at Above Advanced and refuelling time goes from 1.3x with no skill to 0.7x at Above Advanced, and 3 more figures change with it.
Which attribute is Engineering under in SCUM?
Intelligence, with Awareness, Camouflage, Cooking, Farming, Medical, Sniping and Survival.
Does Engineering save materials in SCUM?
Yes, 45% of them across its recipes at Above Advanced. The Concrete Airplane Door Frame takes 46 Metal Scrap with no skill and 27 at Above Advanced.
Recipes it decides, by shelf
- Upgrades: 176
- Cosmetics: Twitch Drops: 42
- Ammunition: Bullets: 32
- Cosmetics: Asian Decor Pack: 28
- General Elements: Furniture: 28
- Miscellaneous: 28
- General Elements: Outdoor Elements: 18
- Storage: 15
- Cosmetics: BB Decor Pack: 13
- Modular Kit: Flooring: 10
- Modular Kit: Walls: 10
- Modular Kit: Doors: 9
- Lockpicking: 9
- Tools: Misc: 9
- Traps And Defence: 8
- Modular Kit: Stairs: 7
- Utilities: 6
- Ranged Weapons: Attachments: 3
- Cosmetics: DLC: 3
- Modular Kit: Roofs: 2
- Cosmetics: Quest Rewards: 2
- Flags: 2
- Ranged Weapons: Firearms: 2
- Tools: 1
- Other: 1
The other Intelligence skills
How it compares with the rest is on the skills page.
More on the skills page
Archery · Brawling · Handgun · Melee Weapons · Rifles · Endurance · Running · Aviation · Demolition · Driving · Motorcycling · Stealth · Thievery · Awareness · Camouflage · Cooking · Farming · Medical · Sniping · Survival
The rest of the SCUM wiki
Back to the SCUM wiki · Ribbon Gaming's live island map