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Evolving Traits World (ETW) [B41/B42] - alternative to "Dynamic Traits"
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Evolving Traits World (ETW) [B41/B42] - alternative to "Dynamic Traits"

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Description
Welcome to the world of Evolving Traits
This mod allows you to get really ripped in PZ and see an actual character progression besides getting your skills from lvl 0 to lvl10. You'll be able to purge the majority of negative traits and earn a lot of positive ones (but also earn some negative ones as well). This would help you to go from your average Joe to actual GigaChad in-game. You repair a lot of cars? You get better at it. You train yourself to take long-range kills with proper rifles? Why wouldn't it warranty getting Eagle-Eyed? You pick up thousands of plants through your lifetime and still can't call yourself Herbalist? Yea, that doesn't sound right to me. You maintain great sleeping schedule but for some reason you still need same amount of sleep as when you were sleeping whenever? Not anymore. Welcome to the Dynamic Traits World, ladies and gentlemen!

Features
  • UI with all needed mod information in-game! Default hotkey is "[", changeable in settings.
  • 70+ dynamic traits (vanilla + added by the mod).
  • FULL sandbox customization. Choose which perks you want to be dynamic, choose how fast you get them, choose how fast you lose them, customize anything with more than 150 sandbox options. Nothing is forced upon player, if you like 1% of the mod, you can literally set it up so you get to use that 1% and nothing else.
  • Advanced systems that affect a lot of traits. Affinity system, that allows you to stick to your starting traits better. Delayed traits system, that allows you to get/remove traits with random delay.
  • (B41 ONLY) QOL (Quality of Life) submod - mark all traits that are dynamic so in character creating you can see which perks are obtainable during gameplay! Can be enabled without enabling main mod, so if you don't like main features added by this mod and just want to see which traits are dynamic in your game with SOTO/MST/MT/DT - you can do that.
  • For new traits (aka not vanilla game), customization is also present. Want Hoarder perk to give you more carry weight per point of STR? Go adjust it in Sandbox. Want to be even happier under rain with Pluviophile? Sandbox it is.
  • (B41 requires mod, B42 has in-game mod options now)Client-sided configuration available with Mod Options.
  • (B41 ONLY) Don't like some/all traits added by this mod but only want to have vanilla traits dynamic? Also possible, with help of Evolving Traits World (ETW) - Disable Selected Traits.

Compatibility and Installation
Installation instructions can be found in this discussion.
List of compatible/incompatible mods can be found in this discussion, including details on: Dynamic Traits, Expanded Taits, More Traits, zRe ARMOR PACK by kERHUS, Simple Overhaul: Traits and Occupations (SOTO), More Simple Traits (MST), Explorer Trait, SixthSense, Superb Survivors!, Snake's Mod Pack 41.77

Recommended Mods (b41)

GitHub and Discord
If you want to submit translation files, make suggestions or report bugs, the easiest way to do it would be on Discord.
[discord.gg][github.com]

Credits and Translations
List of credits, contributors and translators can be found in this discussion (hitting description limit so had to move it).
Currently mod supports following languages (note that not all translations are 100% complete as mod is getting updates):
  • English
  • Italiano / Italian
  • Español / Spanish
  • 簡体中文 / Chinese
  • 繁體中文 / Traditional Chinese
  • Português Brasileiro / Brazilian Portuguese
  • 한국어 / Korean
  • Türkçe / Turkish
  • Deutsch / German
  • Українська / Ukrainian
  • Русский/Russian

Afterword and Permission
If you like this mod, check out collection on top of page for other mods I made or collaborated on! Rate ups are appreciated, and if you wanna send me a coffee, that's a real homie move, and you can do it here:
[ko-fi.com]

⛔ Permissions
Redistribution of this mod without explicit permission from the creator is prohibited under any circumstances. This includes, but not limited to, uploading this mod to the Steam Workshop or any other site, distribution as part of another mod or modpack, distribution of modified versions.
© 2026 MusicManiac (SteamID64: 76561198152820942)

Workshop ID: 2914075159
Mod ID: EvolvingTraitsWorld
Mod ID: EvolvingTraitsWorldMarkDynamicTraits <--- (doesn't work for b42.13+)
Popular Discussions View All (15)
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Jun 8 @ 10:20am
PINNED: Bugs report thread
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May 18 @ 9:06am
How does Alcoholic work? [Addendum: It's from a different mod, I'm just dumb]
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B42 (Unstable) Thread
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MusicManiac  [author]
Jun 11 @ 11:44pm 
No idea, try it
Jun 11 @ 5:35pm 
Would this mod work with Modern Status? I run all of Rocco's UI mods
Jun 10 @ 8:59am 
Thanks so much for fixing cats eye in MP!!
Jun 5 @ 10:32pm 
42.19 MP pain tolerance trait adds after each logging in
Also if delayed traits system is on, it doesn't add traits to list of delayed gain. On 42.18 delayed traits system was working as intended.

Does anyone having the same bugs?
MusicManiac  [author]
Jun 4 @ 2:01pm 
Ew, no
Jun 4 @ 1:42pm 
Does this mod also have an overdose mechanic like Dynamic Traits or no?
Jun 3 @ 11:16am 
brave system bugged?
MusicManiac  [author]
Jun 3 @ 5:45am 
(Properly formatted changelog can be found here) [github.com]

v.12.0.2

Fixes:
- Fixed Cat Eyes not recording progress in MP.
MusicManiac  [author]
Jun 2 @ 9:28am 
@Neraizel
You have some other mod that sets carry weight and overrides this mod carry weight. You need to figure which mod is it and ask author to use UCWF (Unified Carry Weight Framework). It's the only way to have multiple mods that edit carry wight to play well with each other.

@Aaron Storm
It appears so, will fix soon tm
Jun 1 @ 10:09pm 
Cats eyes are glitched in MP in SP works same mods --- All other traits seem to be working fine in MP And SP