Advanced Survival challenges
10 challenges in the Basics tab of the challenges screen. Redeeming them all gives the group reward.
Spend Skill Point
Spend a Skill Point to upgrade an Attribute or Perk.
Spend Skill Points by accessing the Skills menu with [Skills], then highlighting the desired Attribute or Perk and clicking the Shopping Cart symbol.
Perks grant you abilities and some increase the chance to find more loot related to that Perk.
For example, perking into Boomstick will increase the chance to find Shotguns, Shotgun Shells, Shotgun Parts, and Shotgun Weekly Magazines.
Higher Perk levels require certain Attribute levels.
- Purchase Any Skill Level(s)
Reward: 500 XP
Hunt Animals
Hunt animals for meat and other resources.
Hunting Animals may require using Stealth.
Attacks while crouched on sleeping or un-alerted enemies apply a Stealth Damage Bonus.
The Stealth Damage Bonus has a default cooldown of 10 seconds in PvE and 60 seconds in PvP.
- 2× Kill Animals
Reward: 500 XP
Harvest Animals
Harvest resources from a dead Animal with a knife.
Use Knives or other bladed tools and weapons to butcher an animal for resources.
Perks can increase your harvest yield.
Nearby Zombies will be attracted to dead Animals so work quickly to secure your kill.
- Harvest 10×
Raw Meat
Reward: 500 XP
Place Campfire
Place a Campfire to cook food and drinks.
Campfires are used to keep you Warm, cook Food, purify Water and for simple Chemistry.
You must place Wood or other Fuel in the fuel slots to use it and have all recipe ingredients in your Inventory.
Craft even more recipes in the Campfire by adding a Cooking Pot, Cooking Grill or Beaker in the Utensils slot.
Hint: Press [Secondary] to Place the Campfire.
- Place Campfire
Reward: 500 XP
Craft Charred Meat
Craft some Charred Meat.
Use the Campfire to make Charred Meat from Raw Meat to keep your Food level up to improve Healing. Your Food level is visible as the Green bar on the HUD.
Make better recipes with improved bonuses by reading Home Cooking Weekly Magazines.
Installing a Cooking Pot allows you to boil Murky Water, a Cooking Grill unlocks additional Food recipes and the Beaker enables basic Chemistry crafting.
- Craft 2×
Charred Meat
Reward: 500 XP
Eat Charred Meat
Eat some Charred Meat.
Select a Food or Drink item on your Toolbelt then consume it with [Primary].
Consuming Food and Drinks affects your Food and Water levels and can cause Debuffs like Dysentery. Dysentery can be reduced with Perks such as Iron Gut or treated using items such as Goldenrod Tea.
- Use 2× Charred Meat
Reward: 500 XP
Drink From Water Source
Drink from a water source.
Water is a factor in how fast your Health and Stamina recovers.
Drink from pools of Murky Water by hovering the Crosshairs over them with Empty Hands, then pressing [Activate][Activate] when the prompt appears. As with Drinking Murky Water from your Inventory, there is the risk of contracting Dysentery.
You can boil Murky Water with a Cooking Pot at a Campfire into clean Water. Your water level is visible as the Light Blue bar on the HUD.
Water will affect regen speed when it is below 50% and 25%. All Drinks will provide a small bonus to Stamina regeneration while the Drink buff is visible.
- Drink Water From Lake
Reward: 500 XP
Place Dew Collector
Place a Dew Collector to collect water.
A Dew Collector is a Workstation that allows you to passively obtain Water over time. Initially it will collect Murky Water, but can be upgraded with Workstation Modifications to provide cleaner Water more efficiently.
- Place Dew Collector
Reward: 500 XP
Kill Zombies
Kill some zombies.
Zombies are the primary threat to your survival.
Normal zombies walk during the day but move faster at night.
Feral zombies have glowing orange eyes, run during the day, hit harder, and take more damage.
Radiated, Charged, and Infernal zombies regenerate their health and deal severe damage, making them a stubborn threat until eliminated.
- 5× Kill Zombies
Reward: 500 XP
Craft Farm Plot
Craft a Farm Plot Block.
Use your Empty Hand or any Tool to harvest Crops.
Craft Farm Plots and plant Seeds on them using [Secondary].
Seeds can be crafted after reading Crafting Skill Magazines.
The Living Off The Land Perk and some Armor will help you boost harvested Crop yields.
Hint: Craft a Farm Plot Block.
- Place Farm Plot Block
Reward: 500 XP
Reward loot groups
A loot reward that names several groups picks one of them at random, then rolls one item from it at the quest's loot stage. The chance of each item per roll comes from 4,000 rolls of the game's loot tables; the count is the usual stack size.
Skill Magazines
24 possible items: Knife Guy, Pack Rat Magazine, Explosive Magazine, Southern Farming…
| Item | Stage 1 | Count |
|---|---|---|
 Knife Guy | 4.8% | 2 |
 Pack Rat Magazine | 4.8% | 2 |
 Explosive Magazine | 4.5% | 2 |
 Southern Farming | 4.5% | 2 |
 Wiring 101 | 4.5% | 2 |
 Furious Fists | 4.4% | 2 |
 Get Hammered | 4.4% | 2 |
 Handy Land | 4.4% | 2 |
 Shotgun Weekly | 4.3% | 2 |
 Electrical Traps | 4.2% | 2 |
 Scrapping 4 Fun | 4.2% | 2 |
 Handgun Magazine | 4.1% | 2 |
 Rifle World | 4.1% | 2 |
 Tactical Warfare | 4.1% | 2 |
 Tools Digest | 4.1% | 2 |
 Vehicle Adventures | 4.1% | 2 |
 Armored Up | 4% | 2 |
 Home Cooking Weekly | 4% | 2 |
 Bow Hunters | 3.9% | 2 |
 Sharp Sticks | 3.9% | 2 |
 Tech Planet | 3.9% | 2 |
 Big Hitters | 3.8% | 2 |
 Medical Journal | 3.7% | 2 |
 Forge Ahead | 3.6% | 2 |
