Skills — Project Lazarus Original Wiki

Spending Skill Points

Skill points come from Lazarus Pass quest completion. Every quest you knock out rewards XP and skill points — the further into the Pass you climb, the more you bank across the wipe.

Open your phone with /phone and tap the Skills app. Every line works the same way: a set of Tier 1 perks you can buy in any order, a set of Tier 2 perks that unlock once you've spent 25 points in that line, and a single capstone at the very top that only switches on after you own every other perk in the line.

Skill lines

Perks total

Capstones

Monthly

Skill point reset

Skills reset each wipe — schematics don'tThe monthly force wipe resets your skill point allocation, so plan your spending around what the current wipe needs. Schematic ownership is tracked separately and carries forward permanently.

How capstones workA capstone unlocks once you own every other perk in that line, then costs 60 points to switch on. There's no respec and no swap fee — finishing the line is the cost — and you can run multiple capstones at once if you complete more than one line.

The eight lines fall into two families. The four economy trees are about making money and gathering: Farmhand grows and harvests, Smuggler deals drugs and gold, Guerrilla fights and mines, and Operator speeds up your machines. The four survivor lines are built for the DayZ side of the island: Medic keeps the squad alive, Slayer survives the swarm, Scavenger reads the map for loot, and Survivalist slips through a hostile world. Spread your points around or pour everything into one line and claim its capstone.

Farmhand

The grower and gatherer. Crops, drugs, lumber and livestock — Farmhand turns the land into income, and its capstone squeezes even more out of every planter.

Crop SellerCrops sell for more

Drug Harvester+10% drug harvest

ButcherMore from animals

Well RestedRespawn at 100 HP

Seed SaverChance to return seed

LumberjackAlways hit tree marker

Master GrowerCapstone · planter yield

Perk	Tier	Cost	Effect
Crop Seller I	1	5	Your crops sell for 25% more.
Drug Harvester	1	15	Harvest 10% more product from drug plants.
Crop Seller II	1	20	Your crops sell for 35% more.
Butcher	2	30	Harvest more meat, cloth and leather from animal corpses.
Well Rested	2	35	Respawn on a sleeping bag or bed with a full 100 HP.
Seed Saver	2	40	Harvesting a crop has a chance to return a seed.
Lumberjack	2	50	Every tool hit lands on the tree marker, so you gather bonus wood.
Master Grower	Capstone	60	Your planter harvests yield 25% more, and each harvest has a chance to hand back a seed.

Capstone · Master GrowerFinish the Farmhand line and every planter works harder — 25% bigger harvests with a chance to hand a seed straight back, so your grow operation keeps feeding itself. Pairs directly with the Drugs production chain.

Smuggler

The black-market specialist. Bigger drug margins, gold-bar bonuses, a passive paycheck and extra gold from bank heists — then Kingpin stacks a cut on top of it all.

Drug DealerDrugs sell for more

Scavenger+50% scrap

Enhanced GripAuto-grab components

Gold DealerGold sells for more

Welfare CheckCash every 14 min

Backpacks+3 backpack slots

Bank RobberMore heist gold

KingpinCapstone · +10% sales

Perk	Tier	Cost	Effect
Drug Dealer I	1	5	Your drugs sell for 15% more.
Scavenger	1	15	Gain an extra 50% scrap from everything you scavenge.
Enhanced Grip	1	20	Components from barrels are collected automatically as you smash them.
Drug Dealer II	1	25	Your drugs sell for 25% more.
Gold Dealer I	2	30	Your gold bars sell for 15% more.
Welfare Check	2	35	Collect a small cash payout every 14 minutes.
Gold Dealer II	2	40	Your gold bars sell for 30% more.
Backpacks	2	45	Adds 3 extra slots to any backpack you carry.
Bank Robber	2	50	Walk away with more gold bars from every bank heist.
Kingpin	Capstone	60	Your drugs and gold sell for an extra 10% on top of your dealer skills.

Capstone · KingpinThe dealer's dealer. On top of your Drug Dealer and Gold Dealer bonuses, everything you sell earns an extra 10% — the reward for owning the whole Smuggler line. Built for survivors who run bank heists and cash out gold regularly.

Guerrilla

Combat and survival. Faster infection recovery, one-hit barrels, ore hotspots, drone-dropped grenades, less melee damage — and a capstone that hands you a free second life every fight.

ImmunityRecover 50% faster

Heavy HitterOne-hit barrels

Last Stand+15% get-up chance

RuggedAlways hit ore hotspot

Combat ExpertFree extended mag

Shrug It Off−15% melee damage

Drone OperatorDrone-drop grenades

Second WindCapstone · self-revive

Perk	Tier	Cost	Effect
Immunity	1	5	When a zombie infects you, you recover 50% faster than a normal player.
Heavy Hitter	1	15	Smash any barrel in a single hit with a salvaged sword.
Last Stand	1	20	You have a 15% better chance to get back up while downed.
Rugged	1	25	Every tool hit lands on the ore hotspot, so you gather bonus ore.
Combat Expert	2	40	All your firearms fire with an extended magazine — no attachment needed.
Shrug It Off	2	45	You take 15% less melee damage.
Drone Operator	2	50	Drop beancan grenades and flashbangs from a drone while flying it.
Second Wind	Capstone	60	The first time you're downed every 30 minutes, you pull yourself back up.

Capstone · Second WindOnce every 30 minutes, the first time you're downed you simply get back up — no teammate, no bleed-out. A free second life in every serious fight. Geared kills also pay Redemption Points, so Guerrilla pairs naturally with aggressive PvP.

Operator

Machines and momentum. Faster drug processor, faster recycler, faster defibrillator, weapon-part sale bonuses and a shorter chinook crate hack — capped by Overclock, which makes every machine pay out extra.

Swift ProcessFaster drug processor

GrinderFaster recycler

MedicFaster defibrillator

WeaponsWeapon parts sell more

HackerEarlier chinook hack

OverclockCapstone · machine bonus

Perk	Tier	Cost	Effect
Swift Process I	1	5	The drug processor runs 15% faster for you.
Grinder	1	10	The recycler runs 15% faster for you.
Medic I	1	15	Revive teammates with the defibrillator 15% faster.
Swift Process II	1	20	The drug processor runs 30% faster for you.
Weapons I	1	25	Your weapon components sell for 15% more.
Hacker I	2	30	The locked crate from the Chinook unlocks 2 minutes sooner.
Weapons II	2	35	Your weapon components sell for 35% more.
Medic II	2	40	Revive teammates with the defibrillator 30% faster.
Hacker II	2	50	The locked crate from the Chinook unlocks 4 minutes sooner.
Overclock	Capstone	60	Machines run hot for you — recyclers return more materials and the drug processor finishes each batch with a bonus unit.

Capstone · OverclockYour machines run hot. Recyclers hand back more materials and every drug batch finishes with a bonus unit — the passive-income payoff for maxing Operator. This tree was previously called Ninja.

Medic

Keep the squad alive. Durable yourself — slower to bleed, break or catch the infection — and the one who patches everyone else up, right up to a channelled field revive.

ClottingBleed out slower

Strong StomachEat rough, no rads

Steady LegsFewer broken legs

Iron ConstitutionResist the bite

AntibodiesSlow the infection

Field SurgeonCapstone · heal & revive

Perk	Tier	Cost	Effect
Clotting	1	15	You bleed out slower and bandages stop your bleeding faster, so wounds are far less likely to kill you.
Strong Stomach	1	15	Eating raw or spoiled food and using field stims hits you much less hard — less radiation and no throwing up.
Steady Legs	1	20	You're less likely to break a leg from a fall, and splints heal you back up faster.
Iron Constitution	2	25	When an infected lands a hit on you, you have a reduced chance of actually catching the infection.
Antibodies	2	25	Your infection gets worse more slowly, and the Anti-Viral cure still works even once you've reached the critical stage.
Field Surgeon	Capstone	60	Look at a hurt or downed teammate and hold still to run a field surgery that heals or revives them on the spot.

Capstone · Field SurgeonLook at a hurt or downed teammate and hold still to run a field surgery (move and it cancels). It patches a wounded ally back up, and on a downed one it's a premium revive that stands them up at real health — no defibrillator required.

Slayer

Survive the swarm. Not about killing one zombie — about surviving the numbers and the Brute, and getting paid for headshots along the way.

HeadhunterHeadshot cash bounty

Sixth SenseOutline your hunters

AdrenalineKill for a heal

Horde BreakerDouble horde kills

BloodlustCapstone · life-steal

Perk	Tier	Cost	Effect
Headhunter	1	15	Headshot kills on infected have a 50% chance to pay a cash bounty.
Sixth Sense	1	20	Any infected that starts hunting you is briefly outlined, so you always see the threat coming.
Adrenaline	1	25	Kill an infected while you're low on health and you get a short burst of healing.
Horde Breaker	2	25	During a horde event your kills count double toward clearing it, and you take less damage from the Brute.
Bloodlust	Capstone	60	Each infected you kill stacks up life-steal and bonus damage against infected — wade into the swarm and it powers you up.

Capstone · BloodlustNo button — killing infected is the trigger. Each kill stacks life-steal and bonus damage against the infected, so you can wade into a horde and heal off the bodies. Stop killing and it fades within seconds.

Scavenger

Read the map, leave with more. The survivor who walks the same street as everyone else and finds the stash they missed — then digs up caches only they can see.

Keen EyeExtra ground loot

Pack MuleMore backpack slots

Salvage ExpertMore from barrels

Route RunnerBetter high-tier loot

Distress ResponderBonus cache salvage

Vault CrackerFaster vault drill

Cache FinderCapstone · buried caches

Perk	Tier	Cost	Effect
Keen Eye	1	15	Ground loot near you sometimes gives an extra item, and you can spot it from a little farther away.
Pack Mule	1	20	You get extra backpack slots so you can haul more loot home in a single trip.
Salvage Expert	1	20	Barrels and junk piles give you more components each time you break them.
Route Runner	2	25	You find better-quality loot at higher-tier monuments — the riskier the route, the bigger the reward.
Distress Responder	2	30	You get a head-start marker to distress events and bonus salvage from their supply caches.
Vault Cracker	2	40	You drill vaults faster and the military takes longer to respond during a bank heist.
Cache Finder	Capstone	60	As you run your routes, hidden buried caches appear that only you can find and dig up.

Capstone · Cache FinderRun your usual routes and hidden buried caches surface that only you can see and dig up — a private bonus roll layered on top of everyone else's loot. Enemies walking the same ground see nothing.

Survivalist

Move through a hostile world. Where the Slayer fights the swarm, the Survivalist slips past it — quiet, warm, radiation-proof, and at the top, a near-silent ghost.

ForagerFood restores more

Light FootQuieter movement

AcclimatedEndure temperature

WeatheredLess cold/heat damage

Rad ShieldLess radiation

MuffledQuieter gunshots

DecontaminateRads clear faster

Night StalkerUnseen at night

FireproofLess burn damage

Ghost WalkCapstone · near-silent

Perk	Tier	Cost	Effect
Forager	1	15	Food and water items restore more than normal, so you spend less time managing hunger and thirst.
Light Foot	1	20	You move quietly — infected are slower to notice you even while walking upright.
Acclimated	1	20	Your body holds a comfortable temperature longer, and your food and water drain slower out in the wild.
Weathered	1	25	You take less damage from extreme cold and heat.
Rad Shield	1	30	You take less radiation in hot zones (never zero), so you can safely push the risky high-tier routes.
Muffled	2	25	Your gunshots make less noise, so suppressed weapons pull far fewer infected toward you.
Decontaminate	2	25	Once you leave a radiation zone, the rads clear from your body faster.
Night Stalker	2	30	At night, infected notice you from a shorter range and lose track of you sooner.
Fireproof	2	30	You take less burn damage from fire, campfires, and incendiary weapons.
Ghost Walk	Capstone	60	Use the Scent-Mask Salve for a short window where infected almost can't detect you — even while sprinting.

Capstone · Ghost WalkDraw a Scent-Mask Salve from the Skills app (never crafted), then use it for a short window where the infected almost can't detect you — slip past a pack or break your trail even while sprinting. Their eyes still work up close; it's not invisibility.

Keep Building

Skills are only one piece of the progression ladder. Pick a direction and go deeper:

Lazarus Pass

Quests that earn you XP and skill points every session.

Drugs

Grow, dry, mix and sell — the loop Farmhand, Smuggler and Operator are built around.

Redemption Points

Earn RP from geared kills and spend it in the Crates Shop.

Infection & Medical

The survival system the Medic, Slayer and Survivalist lines are built to beat.