Perks (Killing Floor)
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Perks are a feature of Killing Floor that give the player certain bonuses either for their weapons (damage, reload speed, etc.) or their character (high damage resistance, etc.). There are 7 perks in total:
Field Medic
The field medic specialises in healing others with a variety of tools such as the syringe, the MP7M, and so on. It takes a support role.
Tactical advantage: The medic is a fast running strong armor tank with ranged healing (alt fire on medical weapons) as well as close healing syringe. It will spawn with armor from level 5 and above.
| Field Medic | |||||||||
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| Rank | Requirements | Medic Guns | Medic | Spawn equipment |
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| Heal* | Larger Clips |
Discount | Body Armor Better |
Faster Syringe Recharge |
More Potent Healing |
Bloat Bile Damage |
Faster Movement Speed |
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| — | — | — | 75% | — | +10% | +10% | -10% | — | — |
| ★ | 100 | +20% | 77% | +10% | +25% | +25% | -25% | ||
| ★★ | ? | +40% | 79% | +20% | +50% | +25% | -50% | +5% | |
| ★★★ | ? | +60% | 81% | +30% | +75% | +50% | -50% | +10% | |
| ★★★★ | ? | +80% | 83% | +40% | +100% | +50% | -50% | +15% | |
| ★★★★★ | ? | +100% | 85% | +50% | +150% | +50% | -75% | +20% | Body Armor |
| ☆ | ? | +100% | 87% | +75% | +200% | +75% | -75% | +25% | Body Armor&Medic Gun |
| *MP7M, MP5M, M7A3M or Schneidzekk Medic Gun. | |||||||||
Support Specialist
The support specialist specialises in shotguns, and takes a support role. It is capable of clearing out trash as well as dealing heavy damage to large targets. Does more damage and can carry additional grenades. Increased weld rate.
| Support Specialist | ||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Requirements | Shotguns | Carry Weight |
Spawn equipment |
Grenades | Welding speed/ Unwelding speed |
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| Damage* | Welding/ Unwelding* |
Damage | Penetration | Extra ammo |
Discount | Capacity | Damage | |||||||
| — | — | — | +10% | +10% | — | 10% | — | — | — | — | 10% | |||
| ★ | 25 000 | 2 000 | +18% | +10% | 20% | +15% | +20% (6) | +5% | +25% | |||||
| ★★ | 100 000 | 7 000 | +20% | 36% | +20% | +30% | +20% | +40% (7) | +10% | +50% | ||||
| ★★★ | 500 000 | 35 000 | +30% | +54% | +25% | 40% | +25% | +60% (8) | +20% | +75% | ||||
| ★★★★ | 1 500 000 | 120 000 | +40% | +72% | 50% | +30% | +80% (9) | +30% | +100% | |||||
| ★★★★★ | 3 500 000 | 250 000 | +50% | +90% | 60% | +50% | Shotgun | +100% (10) | +40% | +150% | ||||
| ☆ | 5 500 000 | 370 000 | +60% | +30% | 70% | +60% | Hunting Shotgun |
+120% | +50% | |||||
| *With the Shotgun, HSG-1 Shotgun, Hunting Shotgun, Combat Shotgun, AA12 Shotgun or Vlad The Impaler. | ||||||||||||||
Sharpshooter
The sharpshooter specialises in rifles. Its role is using precision shots to take down medium to large enemies.
Spawns with LAR (Lever Action Rifle) at level 5 and crossbow at level 6.
| Sharpshooter | |||||||||
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| Rank | Requirements | Pistols, Rifle, Crossbow, M14, and M99 | Spawn equipment |
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| HeadShot Kills* |
Damage | Recoil | Reload Speed |
Extra Headshot Damage |
Discount | ||||
| — | — | +5% | — | — | +5% | 10% | — | ||
| ★ | ? | +10% | -25% | +10% | +10% | 20% | |||
| ★★ | ? | +15% | -50% | +20% | +20% | 30% | |||
| ★★★ | ? | +20% | -75% | +30% | +30% | 40% | |||
| ★★★★ | ? | +30% | +40% | +40% | 50% | ||||
| ★★★★★ | ? | +50% | +50% | +50% | 60% | Lever Action Rifle | |||
| ☆ | ? | +60% | +60% | 70% | Crossbow | ||||
| *9mm(dual), MK23(dual), 44 Magnum(dual), Deagle(dual), LAR, Crossbow, M14EBR, or M99. | |||||||||
Commando
The commando specialises in assault rifles. Its role is crowd-control, and can assist in taking down the big guys.
| Rank | Requirements | Assault rifles | Spawn equipment |
Detection | Zed-time Extensions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage* | Stalkers* | Damage | Recoil | Capacity | Discount | Reload Speed | Cloak | Health | |||
| — | — | — | +5% | −5% | — | 10% | +5% | — | 4 m | — | — |
| ★ | 25 000 | 30 | +10% | −10% | +10% | 20% | +10% | 8 m | 4 m | ||
| ★★ | 100 000 | 100 | +20% | −15% | +20% | 30% | +15% | 10 m | 7 m | ||
| ★★★ | 500 000 | 350 | +30% | −20% | +25% | 40% | +20% | 12 m | 10 m | 1 | |
| ★★★★ | 1 500 000 | 1 200 | +40% | −30% | 50% | +25% | 14 m | 13 m | 2 | ||
| ★★★★★ | 3 500 000 | 2 400 | +50% | 60% | +30% | Bullpup | 16 m | 16 m | 3 | ||
| ☆ | 5 500 000 | 3 600 | −40% | 70% | +35% | AK47 | 4 | ||||
| *With the Bullpup, AK47, M4, SCAR Mk 17 and FN FAL. | |||||||||||
Berserker
The berserker specialises in melee weapons (such as knife, katana or axe). As it levels up, it gains movement speed, attack speed (melee weapons) and damage resistance. Spawns with a chainsaw at level 6.
Firebug
The firebug specialises in fire-based weapons. Its role is crowd control and dealing damage over time.
Demolitions
The demolitions perk specialises in explosive-based weapons. It has mixed roles; it is effective at both crowd-control as well as taking on the larger enemies.