General Perks( ‘cog’ icon on perk tab)

Asylum Overhaul

General Perks are universal progression skills available to all players. These perks improve armor use, mobility, stamina, looting, crafting efficiency, and weapon handling across all playstyles. They form the foundation of most builds before specialization.

Armor & Survival

• Light Armor (0/4)
  Improves effectiveness and mobility when wearing light armor.

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Medium Armor (0/4)

Improves protection and stamina efficiency with medium armor.

• Heavy Armor (0/4)
  Increases damage resistance and durability while wearing heavy armor.
  
  

• Living Off the Land (0/3)
  Improves crop yield and farming efficiency.
  
  

Inventory, Loot & Economy

• Lock Picking (0/3)
  Improves lockpicking success and reduces break chance.
  
  

• Lucky Looter (0/5)
  Increases loot quality and chance of rare items.
  
  
  

• Increased Pack Mule (0/10)
  Reduces encumbrance penalties and increases carry capacity.
  
  

• Increased Scavenger (0/10)
  Improves harvested loot and scavenging returns.
  
  

• Increased Looter (0/10)
  Further improves loot quality and container rewards.
  
  

Movement, Stamina & Core Stats

• Increased Runner (0/10)
  Improves sprint speed and movement efficiency.
  
  

• Increased Mass Health and Stamina (0/10)
  Increases maximum health and stamina pools.
  
  

• Increased Stamina Efficiency (0/10)
  Reduces stamina usage for actions and movement.
  
  

Melee Combat Skills

• Increased Punch (0/10)
  Improves unarmed damage.
  
  

• Increased Rapid Blows (0/10)
  Increases melee attack speed.
  
  

• Increased Clubs (0/10)
  Improves club weapon damage and handling.
  
  

• Increased Sledgehammer (0/10)
  Improves sledgehammer damage and stamina efficiency.
  
  

• Increased Spears (0/10)
  Improves spear damage and reach effectiveness.
  
  

• Increased Knuckles (0/10)
  Improves knuckle weapon damage.
  
  

• Increased Knives (0/10)
  Improves blade weapon damage and bleed effects.
  
  

• Increased Batons (0/10)
  Improves baton weapon effectiveness.
  
  

Ranged Combat Skills

• Increased Rifles (0/10)
  Improves rifle damage and handling.
  
  

• Increased Shotguns (0/10)
  Improves shotgun damage and close-range effectiveness.
  
  

• Increased Pistols (0/10)
  Improves pistol damage and accuracy.
  
  

• Increased Assault Rifles (0/10)
  Improves assault rifle performance.
  
  

• Increased Demolitions (0/10)
  Improves explosive damage and efficiency.
  
  

• Increased Bow Hunter (0/10)
  Improves bow damage and precision.
  
  

• Increased Head Hunter (0/5)
  Increases headshot damage.
  
  

Tools, Crafting & Utility

• Increased Tools (0/10)
  Improves tool damage and harvesting speed.
  
  

• Increased Penetration (0/10)
  Improves armor penetration for weapons.
  
  

• Increased Magazine Size (0/5)
  Increases weapon magazine capacity.
  
  

• Increased Durability (0/5)
  Increases weapon and tool durability.
  
  

• Increased Robotic (0/10)
  Improves robotic tool effectiveness.
  
  

• Increased Turret Handling (0/5)
  Improves deployed turret performance and handling.
  
  

Notes

• General Perks apply to all builds and stack with Infernal skills.
  
  

• These perks are recommended early to mid-game before deep specialization.
  
  

• Many perks synergize strongly with Infernal Ascension paths.