Decaying Winter Perks Guide

Last Updated on 12 August, 2023

Decaying Winter Perks Guide – Basic, Support, Frontline & Backline Perks – Abilities, Pros & Cons of each Perk

Basic Perks

• Survivalist Perk:
  • Start with all inventory slots. (Backpack)
  • Start Nourished and Quenched. (Full Hunger and Thirst Bar)
• Damned Perk:
  • Does not suffer from Death Morale.
  • Chadness+
  • Reduced combat capabilities.
  • Reduced movement capabilities.
  • Starved.
  • No access to Auxiliary Equipment.

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Decaying Winter Perks Guide – Support Perks

• Lazarus Perk:
  • Increased max health. (+20 HP)
  • Immune to Bleeding
  • Drops ranged weapons on damage.
  • Slower reloading.
  • Reduced melee damage.
• Zealot Perk:
  • (+) Increased resistances to damage.
  • (+) Increased max health
  • (-) Reduced movement speed
  • (-) Reduced heavy swing speed
• Prophet Perk:
  • Increased max health. (+10 Max HP)
  • Faster movement speed.
  • Faster Harvesting. (~+33%)
  • No fall damage.
  • Increased crafting costs. (needs 10 Salvage to craft)
  • Reduced melee damage. (-10%)
• Sovereign Perk:
  • Increased max Stamina. (+50 stamina)
  • Cursed Dagger. (Shoving deals Hex and 10 damage, Stacks with Ballistic Dagger to deal 22 damage)
  • Reduced melee damage.
  • Reduced movement speed.
• Mindflayer Perk:
  • Faster movement speed.
  • Faster Shoves.
  • Reduced crafting costs
  • – recoil control.
  • Reduced max health.
  • Reduced defense.
• Apostle Perk:
  • Increased max Stamina. (+50 max Stamina)
  • Increased max Health. (+25 max Health)
  • Immune to Fracture.
  • Theourgia’s Hand.
  • Immune to Hanger’s Influence.
  • When one of your allies die, your charge is automatically recharged.
  • Reduced movement speed.
  • Inability to aim ranged weapons.
  • Reduced recoil Control.
  • Can only use Theourgia’s Hand as your melee.

Decaying Winter Perks Guide – Frontline Perks

• Vagabond Perk:
  • Increased Melee swing speed.
  • Faster movement speed.
  • Increased melee damage
  • Reduced max health.
  • Reduced defense.
• Arbiter Perk:
  • Increased melee damage.
  • Immune to Cripple.
  • Increased max health.
  • Heavily slower reloading.
  • Heavily reduced hipfire accuracy.
• Executioner Perk:
  • Increased resistance to damage.
  • Increased max stamina.
  • + Melee swing speed.
  • Heavily reduced hipfire accuracy.
  • Reduced Recoil control.
  • Unable to use Scrappers.
• Immolator Perk:
  • Immune to Burning.
  • Increased melee damage.
  • Cannot aim with ranged weapons.
  • Slower reloading.
• Berserker Perk:
  • Increased melee damage.
  • Increased resistances to damage.
  • Unable to be Grappled.
  • Heavily reduced recoil.
  • Heavily reduced hipfire accuracy.
  • Scavenge less ammo.
• Drifter Perk:
  • Increased melee damage.
  • Immune to Cripple.
  • Immune to Exhaustion.
  • Heavily reduced recoil control.
  • Slower reloading.
  • Reduced max health. (-10 HP)

Decaying Winter Perks Guide – Backline Perks

• Artillerist Perk:
  • Faster reloading.
  • Increased hipfire accuracy.
  • Scavenge more ammo. (about +33% increase)
  • Reduced defense. (-25% Defense)
  • Slower Shoves.
• Riskrunner Perk:
  • Greatly increased hipfire accuracy.
  • Greatly increased recoil control.
  • Unable to be Grappled.
  • Inability to aim ranged weapons.
  • Scavenge much less ammo.
• Hivemind Perk:
  • Faster shoves
  • Immune to bleed
  • HIVE Aura
  • Reduced max health
  • Reduced recoil control and max stamina
• Blitzer Perk:
  • Increased aiming speed.
  • Increased resistances to damage.
  • Immune to Fracture.
  • Immune to Explosive effects.
  • Reduced melee damage.
  • Slower trap deployment.
• Tickspider Perk:
  • Increased damage with Explosives.
  • Faster trap deployment.
  • Increased recoil control.
  • Reduced movement speed.
  • Reduced melee damage.
• Crosslink Perk:
  • Faster trap deployment.
  • Increased hipfire accuracy.
  • Faster movement speed.
  • Reduced defense.
  • Reduced max stamina. (-40 Decrease)