Skills are an important part of No One Survived as they allow players to craft more items and progress through the game by having better equipment.
To unlock and upgrade skills, players will need to visit traders, use books, or craft items related to that skill.
Also, before unlocking and upgrading skills, consider checking out our guide on how to get better weapons in the game.
In this guide, I will explain all methods that players can use to unlock and upgrade their skills in No One Survived.
Unlock Skills via Books or Traders in No One Survived
To unlock skills, players will need to either learn them from a trader that teaches the specific skill they are interested in or find/buy books and read them.
Here are all skills taught by traders:
| Trader | Skills Offered | Location Coordinates |
| Maria – Animal Trader | Tailoring 1-5, Weapon Manufacturing 1-3 | 1.723, 889 |
| Hank – Gun Trader | Medicine 1-5, Metallurgy 1-3 | 994, 1.098 |
| Maria – Car Repair Trader | Cooking 1-5, Agriculture 1-3 | 429, 866 |
| Hank – Drawings Trader | Engineering 1-5, Tailoring 1-3 | 317, 212 |
| Mike – Animal Trader | Metallurgy 1-5, Mechanical 1-3 | 225, 1.702 |
| Sarah – Books Trader | Weapon Manufacturing 1-5, Medicine 1-3 | 1.250, 1.496 |
| Mike – Armor Trader | Agriculture 1-5, Engineering 1-3 | 1.818, 1.486 |
| Sarah – Solar Panel Trader | Mechanical 1-5, Electrification 1-3 | 1.244, 624 |
| Hank – Food Trader | Tailor 1-5, Electrification 1-3 | 1.589, 330 |
Based on the skill you’re trying to learn, visit the respective merchant and that’s all!
Upgrade Skills by Crafting Items Related to That Skill
The most common way of upgrading skills is by crafting items that are related to that skill. for instance, to level up electrification, players should craft any items that need the electric skill in general.
Similarly, players can level up metallurgy by crafting items at the furnace.
However, for this method, players will need to be on the crafting menu when the crafting ends to get XP. You can leave and do something else while the item is crafting, but you have to return to the crafting menu a few seconds before the crafting completes to get any XP rewards.
Due to that, unless you’re efficient and careful at timing everything right, the safest way to level up is by crafting a lot of items and staying AFK while at the crafting menu.
Use Books to Level Up Skills Faster in No One Survived
Thankfully, there is a method that allows players to level up their skills faster and that’s via books.
I recommend getting the first few levels from the trader and then using a book to level up further in combination with any crafting you normally do.
However, there’s no guaranteed way of getting the book for the specific skill you’re interested in, so this method will require patience and some luck.
Keep searching all around the open world until you find the books you’re looking for.
Wrapping up
To summarize, the best ways to unlock and upgrade skills in No One Survived involve learning them from traders, reading books, and crafting items related to the skill you want to level up.
Now that you have upgraded your skills, consider checking out our guide on the best tips to survive horde nights in the game. Based on the difficulty you chose, these can be extremely challenging.
Which skill are you trying to upgrade? Do you want to craft a specific item, or just want to upgrade every skill? Let us know in the comments below.
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