Survival

Survival is one of two skinning skills, along with First Aid. While the skill has other functions, skinning seems to be the primary reason a character would train in this skill. Survival also affects a character's ability to forage, resist damage due to weather (Such as near Pinefar), build a fire, or find a hidden passageway.

Survival will help prevent a skinner from being Poisoned when skinning a creature such as a snake.

Training in Survival will also assist in movement in some areas, such as the marshy areas outside of the Marsh Keep hunting ground.

Maximum Ranks and Training Costs

Survival is generally a low-cost skill. Every profession can train in it up to twice per level, except wizards.

Type	Square			Semi			Pure
Profession	Rogue	Warrior	Monk	Bard	Paladin	Ranger	Cleric	Empath	Savant	Sorcerer	Wizard
Max Ranks Per Level	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	1
Training Point Cost	2/2	1/3	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/1	3/2	3/2	-	3/2	3/2

References

• http://www.play.net/gs4/info/skills.asp#survival
• Poison and skinning (saved post)
• River's Rest hunting expansion (saved post)