Documentation › Hunting System › Features › Levels & Perks

Levels & Perks

XP, ranks and real level unlocks.

XP comes from kills (scaled by size and weight), headshots, hide quality, quests and contracts. The maximum level is 25, and every level adds a small sell bonus and extra loot chance.

Level Unlock Setting
3 Bait in the shop minLevel = 3 on the shop item
5 GPS animal map in the shop minLevel = 5
10 Camouflage: animals flee from 30% closer camouflageFleeMult
15 Master skinner: +10% perfect hide chance masterSkinnerPerfect
20 Legend tracker: live position of legends legend_tracker
25 Black market VIP: +15% black market prices blackMarketBonus

Gating a shop item by level

lua
{
    label     = 'shop.item_gps_label',
    item      = 'hunting_map',
    priceEach = 800,
    minLevel  = 5, -- locked in the tablet until level 5
    event     = 'smilescripts_hunting:BuyGPS',
},

Perks are listed in config_progression.lua → unlocks; entries with perk = '...' grant a gameplay bonus, the others are informational.