First Aid in Project Zomboid (Build 42)

XP needed for each level

What you actually earn is scaled first. Starting with no levels in First Aid cuts every gain to ×0.25; a starting +1 is ×1, +2 ×1.33 and +3 or more ×1.66. Fast Learner adds ×1.3, Slow Learner ×0.7. How the multipliers work.

First Aid skill books

Reading a volume multiplies the First Aid XP you earn while your level is inside its range: every tenth of the book read adds a tenth of the multiplier. The game lets you open a volume from one level below its range, and not once you are past it (ISReadABook.lua).

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  First Aid I: "A Scouts Injury Guide"

  Levels

  1–2

  Pages

  220

  XP up to

  ×3

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFirstAid1"
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  First Aid II: "Bandaging and Suturing"

  Levels

  3–4

  Pages

  260

  XP up to

  ×5

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFirstAid2"
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  First Aid III: "Emergency Paramedics Manual"

  Levels

  5–6

  Pages

  300

  XP up to

  ×8

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFirstAid3"
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  First Aid IV: "Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body"

  Levels

  7–8

  Pages

  340

  XP up to

  ×12

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFirstAid4"
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  First Aid V: "Surgical Techniques of the Operating Room"

  Levels

  9–10

  Pages

  380

  XP up to

  ×16

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFirstAid5"

Multipliers from the game's skill-book table (lua/server/XpSystem/XPSystem_SkillBook.lua); “where it spawns” opens the map's item finder on the loot tables.

Start with First Aid

Levels a new character gets in First Aid — and, through them, a faster XP rate (see above):

• Doctoroccupation · +6
• Nurseoccupation · +3
• Park Rangeroccupation · +1
• First Aidertrait · +1
• Former Scouttrait · +1

First Aid from TV and VHS

5 VHS tapes give 1,600 XP. Both stop counting once the skill reaches level 3 in the default sandbox settings, and before the multipliers above. Shows and tapes, by name.

Recipes you learn by levelling First Aid

Reaching the level teaches the recipe — no magazine needed.

• Lv 5Grind Up Comfrey
• Lv 5Grind Up Plantain
• Lv 5Grind Up Wild Garlic