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Survival Skill
Survival is a skill that indicates how well you are able to survive in the wild.
Survival at a glance
- Attribute: Intelligence
- Recipes it decides: 148
- Materials saved: 28% at Above Advanced
How you raise it
You raise it by crafting related items.
What it changes
It influences number of materials needed for crafting items, compass complexity and unlocks crafting recipes.
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 148 recipes it decides, 18 are base parts and 130 are things you craft. At Above Advanced they take 28% fewer materials, all told, than with no skill.
What each level is worth
| At each level | No Skill | Basic | Medium | Advanced | Above Advanced |
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| Compass detail (level) | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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What a level saves you
One recipe from each of its biggest shelves; the building and crafting pages have all 148.
Cutting up a whole carcass, in seconds
| Animal | No Skill | Advanced |
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| Bear | 108 | 36 |
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| Horse | 108 | 36 |
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| Boar | 84 | 28 |
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| Deer | 84 | 28 |
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| Donkey | 84 | 28 |
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| Goat | 84 | 28 |
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| Wolf | 84 | 28 |
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| Chicken | 14 | 6 |
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| Rabbit | 14 | 6 |
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The game times every cut to Advanced; these are the totals for the whole animal.
What the game itself tells you
- Hold [Focus] to view the compass at the top of your screen. Compass detail depends on your Survival Skill and any compass items in your possession.
Server settings that change it
Common questions
How do you level up Survival in SCUM?
By crafting related items. A server can speed it up with Survival Skill Multiplier, 1 by default.
What does levelling Survival change in SCUM?
Compass detail goes from 1 at Basic to 2 at Above Advanced.
Which attribute is Survival under in SCUM?
Intelligence, with Awareness, Camouflage, Cooking, Engineering, Farming, Medical and Sniping.
Does Survival save materials in SCUM?
Yes, 28% of them across its recipes at Above Advanced. The Improvised Backpack takes 6 Rags with no skill and 4 at Above Advanced.
Does Survival make butchering faster in SCUM?
Yes: a whole bear takes 108 seconds with no skill and 36 at Advanced.
Recipes it decides, by shelf
- Clothing: Clothing: 39
- Tools: Misc: 28
- Melee Weapons: 26
- Fishing: 15
- Miscellaneous: 11
- Ammunition: Arrows And Bolts: 11
- Utilities: 4
- Traps And Defence: 3
- Ranged Weapons: Attachments: 3
- Ranged Weapons: Bows And Crossbows: 3
- Clothing: Clothing Repairs: 2
- Ranged Weapons: Firearms: 2
- Lockpicking: 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 · Engineering · Farming · Medical · Sniping
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