# How do you level up your character?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-level-up-your-character/1751>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [June 13, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-level-up-your-character/1751 "2013-06-13T03:43:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-level-up-your-character/1751/1 "2013-06-13T03:43:28Z")

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I know reading books is the main way but, are there any other ways to level up a character. Also is there a way to level up stats like resistance and health or can you not level those up?

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-level-up-your-character/1751/2 "2013-06-13T03:54:05Z")

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Right now the only ways to level up a character are reading books, learning through real-life experience (which gains bonuses with higher focus), and learning from NPC’s (which can be very buggy at times).

Stats can currently only be raised through traits/bionics (though I’m currently working on balancing a system that lets you gain some stat boosts through work) and resistance can only be raised through traits/bionics. (Small other note, currently HP is bugged in that it doesn’t go up when STR does, this is a bug that should eventually be addressed.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-level-up-your-character/1751/3 "2013-06-13T04:19:52Z")

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Thank you I was wondering if you could learn skills by using them, again thank you.

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**Author:** ![xLemor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ea5d25/32.png) [@xLemor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/xLemor)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-level-up-your-character/1751/4 "2013-06-13T06:04:30Z")

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books will only get you so far. you will have to train certain skills yourself