Carpenter

Carpenter is the base-builder pick — it makes the single most important survival skill cheaper to develop.

Summary

Starts with a Carpentry bonus, accelerating barricades, walls and base construction.

Bonuses

• Significant head start in Carpentry
• Faster, stronger early barricades and base building

Why Carpentry First

Carpentry underpins base defence. Barricades, walls, stairs and rain collectors all run through it. Starting with the skill means your first base is genuinely defensible instead of theoretically defensible.

Long-Term Outlook

Carpentry never stops being useful — base expansion, repairs and furniture all draw on it. A Carpenter front-loads that value and keeps benefiting from it for the entire run.

Verdict