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General Overview

Research Books are books that the player can spend time reading to increase their Skill Levels denoted by the book.

These books were added on June 22 in the V.346 or "Penitent Scholar" update, along with the introduction of "First Tier" skill progression.

Book Names and Skill Bonuses

  • Frontier Rifleman (+5pts Rifle Skill)
  • Guns! Guns! Guns! (+10pts Rifle Skill)
  • Wilderness Kitchen (+10pts Cooking Skill)
  • The Frozen Angler (+10pts Fishing Skill)
  • Field Dressing Your Kill (+10pts Skinning Skill)
  • Survive the Outdoors! (+10pts Fire Starting Skill)

Locations

Possible locations for certain research book spawns.

Mystery Lake

Camp Office - always contains one of these books:

  • Wilderness Kitchen (on the shelving unit that is at the first floor)
  • Frontier Rifleman (at the first floor next to the broken radio)
  • Survive the Outdoors! (on the shelving unit upstairs next to the dresser)
  • Field Dressing Your Kill (on the shelving unit upstairs next to the dresser, seems to be found less frequently than 3 other books)

Trapper's Homestead

  • Wilderness Kitchen
  • Frontier Rifleman
  • or no book at all

Lone Lake Cabin

  • The Frozen Angler

Abandoned Lookout

  • Field Dressing Your Kill

Forestry Lookout

  • Survive the Outdoors!

Max's Last Stand

  • Survive the Outdoors! (Inside the Max's Backpack. Note: Unsure if this is possible for all backpack loot tables but i've found it in this backpack twice and not once in another)

Carter Hydro Dam

  • Wilderness Kitchen
  • Frontier Rifleman

Ice Fishing Cabins

  • The Frozen Angler

Carter River - inside a cave which connects Mystery Lake and Pleasant Valley

  • Wilderness Kitchen

Coastal Highway

Car near the spilled part of the highway which is not far away of the Quonset Gas Station. (exact location here)

  • Frontier Rifleman

Fishing Camp - (on the work bench)

  • The Frozen Angler

Pleasant Valley

Cave next to Mystic River Picnic Area

  • Guns! Guns! Guns!

Pleasant Valley Farmstead

  • Frontier Rifleman
  • Wilderness Kitchen

Abandoned Mine (another name - Cinder Hills Coal Mine)

  • Survive the Outdoors!

Hunters Blind (near the entrance to a cave which connects Mystery Lake and Pleasant Valley

  • Field Dressing Your Kill

Timberwolf Mountain

Mountaineer's Hut

  • The Frozen Angler
  • Wilderness Kitchen

Cave (Second one after walking north from Engine)

  • Survive the Outdoors!

Tail Section

  • Field Dressing Your Kill

Desolation Point

Hibernia Processing - inside the refinery, second floor

  • The Frozen Angler

Stone Church

  • Frontier Rifleman

Katie's Secluded Corner

  • Field Dressing Your Kill

Lonely Lighthouse

  • Survive the Outdoors!

The Riken

  • The Frozen Angler

Notes

  • Books can be burned in a fire. Like the unnamed Books scattered throughout the world, they provide eighteen base minutes of fire and provide a +15% boost to burning. Take care that the book isn't burned before using it, as it will be forever lost.
  • Light is required to read a book. Therefore, it must be done by a light source. During the day, being outside is often enough, but the player should watch for predators and the weather. Indoors, the player can usually have enough light being by a window. At nighttime, the player requires a Fire.
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