Every skillbook found on an Interloper playthrough

[Seajay]

A picture of every skillbook I've found in my nearly 300 day fully explored Interloper playthrough.

 

In total there are;

• 8 Harvesting

• 7 Sewing

• 6 Cooking

• 8 Firestarting

• 6 Gunsmithing

• 6 Revolver

• 5 Fishing

• 7 Archery

• 6 Rifle shooting

• 3 Advanced Rifle shooting

My aim was to get all skills to level 5 on an Interloper playthrough, I've taken the well-read feat so I gain 10% more skillpoints per book but I will still not have enough to get either gunsmithing or shooting to level 5 with what I have.

I've been quietly hoping then Trader will introduce a way to get more books or Perseverance Mills will add some lootable locations and I get lucky.

Thought you'd all enjoy the final tally though.

[Leeanda]

Nice collection..😊

If you can get the crafting stuff to make bullets then you can get gunsmithing up to level 5 at least..

[ManicManiac]

@Seajay

Some good science.
Well done.

[I_eat_only_wolf_meat]

You have the world's finest collection of Canadian literature.

[mfuegemann]

Oh, the temptation to use these books during Your run must be overwhelming, especially for cooking and fire starting.
Respect!

[Veskaida]

On 10/20/2024 at 6:49 AM, Seajay said:

My aim was to get all skills to level 5 on an Interloper playthrough, I've taken the well-read feat so I gain 10% more skillpoints per book but I will still not have enough to get either gunsmithing or shooting to level 5 with what I have.

 

It isn't clear yet if Hinterlands will release new regions to Survival. Raph has made ambiguous statements in this thread about the new regions inclusion in Survival Sandbox, so it doesn't sound definitive yet. Personally though I would be surprised if TLD did not receive any more regions to Survival Mode, but all we can really do is wait and see.

It 'was' possible (and quite easy actually) to get Gunsmithing/Shooting skills to 5 in an earlier build this year when the 'Skill Exploit' was still in effect. But I believe that that has since been patched out. Currently it's very RNG-dependent to max out these vanity skills on Interloper/Misery: it's purely down to how many books spawn. The only player input that can affect this (aside from burning unread books) is, 'wasting' Rifle skill points by reading the basic Hunting books before "Guns! Guns! Guns!".

Gunsmithing isn't too difficult to max even on Interloper because there will be a number of spare Car Batteries scattered about GBI, you can hacksaw these into Lead (to be lighter) and then craft them into Bullets for some more skill points. Just wait until you finish repairing all of the Transponders, or you'll be stuck unable to complete TALES and likely quite sad.

Shooting is harder, and like I said it's quite RNG dependent. There really isn't anything you can do other than pray enough books spawn, or like you suggested, pray more regions get added.

Edited October 26 by Veskaida

[Glflegolas]

Don't forget that it's possible to make gunpowder in Interloper too, which can be useful for making noisemakers. This allows players to level up Gunsmithing while still making something useful.

[manolitode]

Nicely done judging from the picture I think I can safely assume that you're an assiduous player with a talent for order. I collected all the books too, way back during Covid, on loper and was also unable to achieve level 5 in the pistol, rifle and gunsmithing skills. Though I Will try the suggestion mentioned above for gunsmithing.