Attitudes

Overview

A survivor's attitude (or mood) determines their actions and effectiveness. It is affected by various player-triggered events, such as the  death of a fellow survivor or acquisition of resources, or the game's random events.

In terms of gameplay mechanic, attitude, along with improving skills, is another incentive for the player to keep rotating player-controlled characters instead of sticking to a few favorite ones.

Improving attitudes

Many players complain about how certain survivors constantly trigger Morale missions or go missing, and chalk them up to being useless. However, this behavior is actually caused by a negative attitudes. Attitudes change for the worse in the following cases (inexhaustive list):

• Death of a fellow survivors: attitude of every survivor worsens.
• Fights at home. For example, "survivor1 stirred up trouble, survivor 2 took the brunt of the abuse; survivor2's attitude worsens."
• Getting sick/injured for a few days: attitude of the sick/injured survivor worsens.

In most cases, attitudes can only improved by completing missions with the character whose mood needs improving. The following tasks can improve attitudes (inexhaustive list):

• Killing Hordes (only when the note "Too many Hordes" appears) is the most efficient, but rarely available method.
• Bringing resources home.
• Aiding another survivor in a Supply Run mission (note: completing this mission improve both survivors' attitude)
• Clearing Infestations.
• Bringing needed components home (for example, when building/upgrading facilities).
• (Minor) Finishing a task with facility (for example, the Healer character receives an attitude boost after creating painkiller/stims, the Chef character after completing a Feast)
• (Unconfirmed) Bringing home belongings of a fallen ally.

As a rule of thumb, players should try to maintain at least a neutral attitude for all survivors, to keep from being overwhelmed with Morale or Missing survivor missions. This is especially true for players who intentionally kill less useful characters to make room for new ones.

List of Attitudes

Attitudes

Attitude	Type	In-game text	Effect	Notes
Abashed	Guilty	I really just don't know what to say.
Ambitious	Proud	I've got plans. Big plans.
Assertive	Confident	If you're not sure about something, just ask me
Bitter	Angry	Am I supposed to just take this abuse day after day?
Boastful	Proud	Did you see me out there today?
Brusque	Neutral	We've got better things to do than sit and chat
Charitable	Proud	Hey, let's not get caught up in pointing fingers, right?
Chippy	Angry	It's not my fault, I'll tell you that much.
Concerned	Neutral	Can't say this is the safest I've ever felt
Confident	Confident	We're doing pretty well.
Determined	Neutral	We're going to get through this
Depressed	Sad	There's no point in any of this. (Suicide risk)	Might commit suicide
Distant	Guilty	Sorry, did you say something?
Frustrated	Angry	I've had just about enough of this shit.
Grim	Scared	Damn. That was too close
Helpful	Grateful	I'm happy to do what I can.
Insensitive	Confident	I learned a long time ago that there are two kinds of people in this world: People who appreciate my sense of humor and people who can go fuck themselves.	Might cause fights and reduce morale
Meek	Sad	Yeah, sure. Whatever you say.		Might trigger "Melancholy" mission
Moody	Angry	Just leave me alone, okay?
Nervous	Scared	Did my hands always shake like this?		Might trigger "Fear Itself" mission
Numb	Scared	I don't know anymore.
Overbearing	Proud	Stick with me, do what I say, and you'll be fine.	Might cause fights and reduce morale
Overeager	Guilty	Hey, if there's anything I can do, just let me know. I'm ready to go. Ready. To. Go.
Panic	Scared	We're not gonna make it!	Might run away
Paralyzed	Guilty	I can't do this right now.
Pathetic	Guilty	I'm such a fuck up. Why do you even keep me around?
Pissed Off	Angry	This sucks.
Punchy	Angry	Back off. I don't have time for this shit.
Quiet	Sad	I don't have anything to say.		Might trigger "Melancholy" mission
Ran Away		Hey, call me a coward, but things were going to hell. It didn't make sense to stick around.	Makes it impossible to see the "real" attitude (possibly a bug)	If the character runs away (go missing), this status sticks and never goes away.
Relaxed	Confident	I'm not saying there's nothing to worry about, but there's no need to panic. We're doing pretty well, all things considered
Secretive	Guilty	I'm fine. Don't worry about me...
Shaken Up	Scared	SCARED. I'm not sure we're gonna make it.		Usually after recovering from an injury/ illness
Short Tempered	Angry	How about getting out of my face? How does that sound?
Spiteful	Angry	You're all a bunch of assholes	Might attack and injure other survivors	Might trigger "Anger Management" Morale mission
Stressed	Scared	I can't remember what it's like not having a knot in my stomach.
Sulking	Sad	I don't want to talk about it.
Sullen	Sad	Are things going to get better? I doubt it.		Might trigger "Melancholy" mission
Supportive	Proud	You can do it. I'll help.
Trusting	Confident	The most important thing, at a time like this, is knowing somebody has your back.
Uncertain	Neutral	I don't know. What do you think?
Welcoming	Grateful	We'll be fine as long as we keep working together.
Wigged Out	Scared	I'm not sure we're gonna make it.	Might run away
Worried	Scared	Honestly, I'm not sure we're gonna make it.		Might trigger "Fear Itself" mission