7 Days to Die progression in the supplied passages includes skill-point perks, crafting skills advanced by reading magazines, and permanent bonuses from perk books. Weapon perks specialize in named families such as rifles, shotguns, bows, and batons; many have attribute-level gates. Crafting magazine levels determine listed recipes and craftable qualities, while a perk-book series grants a completion bonus after its volumes are read. The records below focus on those concrete choices and milestones. Their source passages span different version contexts, so the reference preserves stated effects and requirements without claiming a single unified build snapshot or recommending an optimal allocation.
If you are checking weapon specialization, begin with these perks and their listed attribute gates; the passages name rifle, shotgun, bow, baton, and armor-penetration effects.
Dead Eye Boomstick Archery Electrocutioner The PenetratorIf you are checking craftable weapon milestones, use the magazine record for that family; each lists named recipes and the crafting-skill levels stated in the guide.
Handgun Magazine Shotgun Weekly Rifle World Bow HuntersIf permanent book bonuses are your focus, compare these completion effects; each passage identifies its trigger or condition, including point-blank shots, spear kills, or nighttime knife sneak attacks.
Pistol Pete completion bonus Spear Hunter completion bonus The Night Stalker completion bonusChoose a topic to see how it works, where it helps and what to consider.
Dead Eye is a Perception perk for rifle specialization, with five ranks gated by listed attribute levels from 1 through 10.
Understand this choiceBoomstick is a Strength shotgun perk described as increasing shotgun damage and fire rate, while also speeding reloads.
Understand this choiceArchery is an Agility perk for bows and crossbows, with five ranks gated by Agility levels 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10.
Understand this choiceElectrocutioner is an Intellect perk for batons; its description says it improves baton use, damage, and ability to incapacitate victims.
Understand this choiceThe Penetrator is a Perception perk about armor weak spots; its description names spears, archery, specialized ammunition, and AP rifle shots through organic targets.
Understand this choiceReading Handgun Magazine issues advances its crafting skill, with listed recipe milestones from Pipe Pistol at level 1 to .44 Desert Vulture at 71.
Understand this choiceShotgun Weekly advances its crafting skill and lists four shotgun recipes, from Pipe Shotgun at level 1 to Auto Shotgun at level 61.
Understand this choiceRifle World advances rifle crafting and lists Pipe Rifle, Hunting Rifle, Lever Action Rifle, and Sniper Rifle recipe milestones.
Understand this choiceBow Hunters advances its crafting skill and lists bow and crossbow recipes, including Compound Bow at 36 and Compound Crossbow at 56.
Understand this choicePistol Pete’s completion bonus affects point-blank 9mm shots: they ignore 20% of armor and cause bleeding damage, and the bonus includes bulk ammunition crafting.
Understand this choiceThe Spear Hunter series grants Primal Kill on completion, which refills stamina when a spear kill occurs.
Understand this choiceCompleting The Night Stalker series adds Cutthroat, granting knives 200% extra sneak-attack damage at night.
Understand this choiceThe progression guide separates skill-point spending on attributes and perks from crafting magazines, which raise crafting skills and unlock recipes or craftable qualities. It also says perk books cost no skill points.
Many listed perk ranks have an attribute-level requirement. The Perks article also says a temporary attribute boost can meet a prerequisite, but if the boost wears off and the requirement is no longer met, the character loses that perk-level benefit until the requirement is met again.
The Perks article warns that it may contain outdated information and was last updated for version 2.0. Other supplied passages describe version 3.2 or 3.3, so their details do not establish one unified version snapshot.
A source-bounded reference to weapon perks, crafting magazine milestones, and selected perk-book set bonuses. The inspected material does not provide comprehensive equipment tiers, weapon mods, or full rank-by-rank perk effects. Version contexts vary, so the records describe only the effects and progression details stated in their cited passages; comparative effectiveness and current meta are not assessed.
Explanations prepared with GPT-6 Luna and checked against the linked references. These are source-reviewed guides. They do not establish independently tested optimal builds or exact upgrade budgets. How coverage works.
