7 Days to Die

Perception Perks in 7 Days to Die

ByYurii LuzhkoSource: 7 Days to Die V3.3 game files
AttributeCombat Perks 4General Perception Perks 4Scavenging Perks 2

Perception is the measure of your sensory awareness. Increasing Perception raises the headshot bonus and dismemberment chance with spears, rifles, explosive weapons and tools.

Skill points per Perception rank

17 skill points from rank 1 to 10.

Combat Perks

Dead Eye

Specialize in taking keen aim with rifles and wasting your target with an expertly-placed bullet. One shot, one kill.Boost loot odds of Rifle World magazines.

Weapons it boosts

  1. Rank 1 · Pot Shot — needs Perception 1Pot Shot. You can hit the broad side of a barn and do 10% more damage with rifles. Aim and reload 10% faster.Find more rifles, parts, and 7.62mm ammo in loot.
  2. Rank 2 · Rifleman — needs Perception 3You are a rifleman and can hit a large rock at 30 yards. Rifles deal 20% more damage, aim 20% faster, reload 15% faster.Find more rifles, parts, and 7.62mm ammo in loot.
  3. Rank 3 · Marksman — needs Perception 5Marksman, you can hold your own. Rifles deal 30% more damage, aim 32% faster, reload 20% faster, and use 10% less stamina while aiming down the sights.Find more rifles, parts, and 7.62mm ammo in loot.Kill Streak: Successive kills increase damage bonus by 10%, 20% to a maximum of 30%.
  4. Rank 4 · Sharpshooter — needs Perception 7You are now a sharpshooter. Rifles deal 40% more damage, aim 45% faster, reload 25% faster, and use 20% less stamina while aiming down the sights.Find more rifles, parts, and 7.62mm ammo in loot.Kill Streak: Successive kills increase damage bonus by 20%, 30% to a maximum of 40%.
  5. Rank 5 · Dead Eye — needs Perception 10You are now a dead eye sniper. Rifles deal 50% more damage, aim 60% faster, reload 30% faster, and use 30% less stamina while aiming down the sights.Find more rifles, parts, and 7.62mm ammo in loot.Kill Streak: Successive kills increase damage bonus by 30%, 40% up to a maximum of 50%.

Demolitions Expert

Specialize in explosive weapons to cripple and dismember your foes.Boost loot odds of Explosive Magazine magazines.

Weapons it boosts

  1. Rank 1 · Grenadier Initiate — needs Perception 1You are now a grenadier initiate, be careful with those explosives. Increase damage 10%, reload speed 15%, aim 10% faster, and a 5% greater chance to dismember. Find more explosives and parts in loot.
  2. Rank 2 · I'm TNT, I'm dynamite. — needs Perception 3Increase damage by 20%, reload speed 20%, aim 20% faster, and a 10% greater chance to dismember. Find more explosives and parts in loot.
  3. Rank 3 · Explosives Handler — needs Perception 5You are now an explosives handler. Increase damage 30%, increase reload speed by 25%, aim 30% faster, have a 33% chance to cripple enemies and a 20% greater chance to dismember. Find more explosives and parts in loot.
  4. Rank 4 · Rocket Man — needs Perception 7You are now a Rocket Man. Increase damage 40%, reload speed by 30%, aim 40% faster, have a 66% chance to cripple enemies and a 30% greater chance to dismember. Find more explosives and parts in loot.
  5. Rank 5 · Demolitions Expert — needs Perception 10Demolitions expert. You make things go boom in a big way. Increase damage 50%, reload speed by 35%, aim 50% faster and a 45% greater chance to dismember. Find more explosives and parts in loot.

Spear Master

Learn to inflict more damage and slow your enemies with power attacks.Boost loot odds of Sharp Sticks magazines.

Weapons it boosts

  1. Rank 1 · Sharp Sticks — needs Perception 1Sticks and stones can't break my bones, but if combined make a nice spear. Spears do 10% more damage and power attacks have a 20% chance to slow enemies. Stamina costs are reduced by 8% and 15% for power attacks. Find more spears and parts in loot.
  2. Rank 2 · Impaler — needs Perception 3Spears inflict 20% more damage and power attacks have a 40% chance to slow enemies. Stamina costs are reduced by 15% and 30% for power attacks. Find more spears and parts in loot.
  3. Rank 3 · Spearman — needs Perception 5Spears inflict 30% more damage and power attacks have a 60% chance to slow enemies. Stamina costs are reduced by 20% and 40% for power attacks. Killing blows grant 10 stamina. Find more spears and parts in loot.
  4. Rank 4 · Lanceman — needs Perception 7Spears inflict 40% more damage and power attacks have a 80% chance to slow enemies. Stamina costs are reduced by 25% and 50% for power attacks. Killing blows grant 20 stamina. Find more spears and parts in loot.
  5. Rank 5 · Spear Master — needs Perception 10You're now a Spear Master! If this wasn't the apocalypse, you could be in the Olympics! Spears inflict 50% more damage and power attacks have a 100% chance to slow enemies. Killing blows grant 30 stamina. Find more spears and parts in loot.

Quick and Perceptive

You are quick and perceptive. Improve attack speeds with spears.

Weapons it boosts

  1. Rank 1 · Quick Hands — needs Perception 2You have developed quick hands.Attacks with spears are 5% faster.
  2. Rank 2 · Sudden Strike — needs Perception 4Your training has paid off! You've now mastered the sudden strike.Attacks with spears are 10% faster.
  3. Rank 3 · Rapid Onslaught — needs Perception 6A relentless flurry of blows overwhelms your enemy.Attacks with spears are 15% faster.
  4. Rank 4 · Swift Execution — needs Perception 8You waste no motion; every attack is lethal.Attacks with spears are 20% faster.
  5. Rank 5 · Lighting Reflexes — needs Perception 10With lightning reflexes, most opponents never see it coming.Attacks with spears are 25% faster.

General Perception Perks

The Infiltrator

Use your heightened senses to take less damage from traps.

  1. Rank 1 · Mole — needs Perception 1You are now a mole and can move through dangerous traps easier. Loose board traps and land mines trigger half a second slower.Take 20% less damage from land mines.Can pick up Tin Land Mines.
  2. Rank 2 · Trespasser — needs Perception 2A trespasser can move with confidence through dangerous settings.Loose board traps and land mines trigger 1 second slower.Take 35% less damage from land mines.Can pick up Cooking Pot Land Mines.
  3. Rank 3 · The Infiltrator — needs Perception 3The Infiltrator can safely navigate the most dangerous minefields.Loose board traps and land mines trigger 2 seconds slower.Take 50% less damage from land mines.Can pick up Hubcap Land Mines.
  4. Rank 4 · Light Foot — needs Perception 5Traps can't catch a Light Foot.Loose board traps and land mines trigger 3 seconds slower.Take 60% less damage from land mines.Can pick up Air Filter Land Mines.
  5. Rank 5 · Land Mine Savant — needs Perception 7Land Mine Savants walk freely without fear.Loose board traps and land mines trigger 5 seconds slower.Take 75% less damage from land mines.

Animal Tracker

Learn to detect and track animals within 100m and never go hungry.

  1. Rank 1 · Trail Finder — needs Perception 1Crouch down and use your keen eyesight to find the tracks of small animals like chickens, rabbits, or snakes.Tracked animals are marked on your compass and map.
  2. Rank 2 · Ranger — needs Perception 2Your hawk like senses can detect deer and boars.
  3. Rank 3 · Tracker — needs Perception 3Become the ultimate tracker. You can detect predators like coyotes, wolves, and zombie dogs.
  4. Rank 4 · Big Game Hunter — needs Perception 5When the tracks get bigger, so does the danger. Track bigger game like mountain lions and bears.
  5. Rank 5 · Predator's Instinct — needs Perception 7Dire wolves and zombie bears might rule the wasteland, but you can track them with ease.

The Penetrator

You find weak spots in a target's armor with spears, archery, and other specialized ammo.Use AP rifle bullets to shoot through multiple organic targets.

  1. Rank 1 · Piercing Shot — needs Perception 1Ignore 10% of armor with firearms and archery, 20% on anything with Target Armor reduction.
  2. Rank 2 · Perforator — needs Perception 4Ignore 15% of armor with firearms and archery, 30% on anything with Target Armor reduction.Armor-piercing rounds can penetrate an additional target or a block of up to 500 hit points when using Hunting, Lever Action, or Sniper Rifles.
  3. Rank 3 · Puncturer — needs Perception 6Ignore 20% of armor with firearms and archery, 40% on anything with Target Armor reduction.Armor-piercing rounds can penetrate two additional targets or a block of up to 750 hit points when using Hunting, Lever Action, or Sniper Rifles.
  4. Rank 4 · Impaler — needs Perception 8Ignore 20% of armor with firearms and archery, 50% on anything with Target Armor reduction.Armor-piercing rounds can penetrate three additional targets or a block of up to 1000 hit points when using Hunting, Lever Action, or Sniper Rifles.
  5. Rank 5 · The Penetrator — needs Perception 10Ignore 20% of armor with firearms and archery, 50% on anything with Target Armor reduction.Armor-piercing rounds can penetrate four additional targets or a block of up to 1000 hit points when using Hunting, Lever Action, or Sniper Rifles.

Perception Mastery

Master Perception Skills

  1. Rank 1 · Cushion Crawler — needs Perception 6Harvest dukes and cash from cushioned seating, beds, shopping baskets, shopping carts, car seats, suitcases, and clothing piles.
  2. Rank 2 · Salvage Specialist — needs Perception 7Harvest steel from cars, gun safes, and shopping carts.
  3. Rank 3 · Vital Wound — needs Perception 8Spear and rifle primary attacks cause bleeding damage.
  4. Rank 4 · Blood Rush — needs Perception 9Sprinting power attacks with spears deal 25% more damage.
  5. Rank 5 · Long shot — needs Perception 10Rifle shots deal 50% more damage.

Scavenging Perks

Treasure Hunter

Become one of the greatest treasure hunters of all time learning tricks that would even make Blackbeard envious.

  1. Rank 1 · Plunderer — needs Perception 1Treasure radius decreases 1m for every 7 blocks dug instead of 10.Do 50% more damage to dirt.Find 10% more items in buried chests.
  2. Rank 2 · Marauder — needs Perception 2Treasure radius decreases 1m for every 5 blocks dug.Do 100% more damage to dirt.Find 20% more items in buried chests.
  3. Rank 3 · Treasure Hunter — needs Perception 3Treasure radius decreases 1m for every 3 blocks dug.Reduces damage taken from enemies by 50% when near buried chests.Find 30% more items in buried chests.
  4. Rank 4 · Gold Digger — needs Perception 5Adds extra dukes and cash to all buried chests.
  5. Rank 5 · Relic Finder — needs Perception 7Adds an extra weapon, armor, or rare item to all buried chests.

Salvage Operations

Waste not, want not! Salvage items for more resources with a wrench, ratchet or impact driver.Boost loot odds of Scrapping 4 Fun magazines.

  1. Rank 1 · Junk Collector — needs Perception 1Who knows what useful items can be found when tearing things apart? Salvage tools deal 10% more damage and gain up to 20% more resources with a wrench, ratchet or impact driver. Stamina costs are reduced by 8% and 15% for power attacks. Find more salvage tools and parts in loot.
  2. Rank 2 · Scavenger — needs Perception 2Most people call you “Scavver”, but at least it's an honest living. Salvage tools deal 20% more damage and gain up to 40% more resources with a wrench, ratchet or impact driver. Stamina costs are reduced by 15% and 30% for power attacks. Find more salvage tools and parts in loot.
  3. Rank 3 · Salvager — needs Perception 3You have a knack for salvaging more useful parts than the average scrapper. Salvage tools deal 30% more damage and gain up to 60% more resources with a wrench, ratchet or impact driver. Stamina costs are reduced by 20% and 40% for power attacks. Find more salvage tools and parts in loot.
  4. Rank 4 · Parts Collector — needs Perception 5Your ability to gather salvaged parts is remarkable. Salvage tools deal 40% more damage and gain up to 80% more resources with a wrench, ratchet or impact driver. Stamina costs are reduced by 25% and 50% for power attacks. Find more salvage tools and parts in loot.
  5. Rank 5 · Master Scavenger — needs Perception 7You're king of the junk dealers and envy of the grease monkeys of the apocalypse. Salvage tools deal 50% more damage and gain up to 100% more resources with a wrench, ratchet or impact driver. Find more salvage tools and parts in loot.

Perception ranks

RankCostEffect
1 · Oblivious1You are pretty oblivious in the perception department. Deal 200% head shot damage and have a 5% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
2 · Unaware1You are still unaware of most things around you. Deal 210% head shot damage and have a 10% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
3 · Unobservant1You are sometimes unobservant but getting better. Deal 220% head shot damage and have a 15% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
4 · Incognizant1Your incognizant perception is usually just a small setback. Deal 230% head shot damage and have a 20% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
5 · Observant1You are observant and notice just enough to make a big difference. Deal 240% head shot damage and have a 25% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
6 · Attentive2Your attention to detail is clearly aiding you in combat. Deal 250% head shot damage and have a 30% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
7 · Discerning2You can discern weak points in enemies with ease now. Deal 260% head shot damage and have a 35% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
8 · Perceptive2Your perception is astounding. Deal 270% head shot damage and have a 40% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
9 · Astute Awareness3Your awareness is astute. Deal 285% head shot damage and have a 45% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.
10 · Boom Headshot3You are unrivaled at making heads go boom. Deal 300% head shot damage and have a 50% chance to dismember with rifles, explosives, spears and tools governed by Salvage Operations.

Perception — FAQ

What does Perception do in 7 Days to Die?
Perception is the measure of your sensory awareness. Increasing Perception raises the headshot bonus and dismemberment chance with spears, rifles, explosive weapons and tools.
What are the Perception perks?
10: combat perks — Dead Eye, Demolitions Expert, Spear Master, Quick and Perceptive; general perception perks — The Infiltrator, Animal Tracker, The Penetrator, Perception Mastery; scavenging perks — Treasure Hunter, Salvage Operations.
How many points does it take to max Perception?
Attribute ranks cost 1 point for ranks 1–5, 2 points for ranks 6–8, 3 points for ranks 9–10. Each perk rank costs 1.

Other attributes

Rank names and descriptions are the game's own text, read from the 7 Days to Die V3.3 files (progression, localization). PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with The Fun Pimps.