Strength

 is a Physical skill in Escape from Tarkov.

Description
Increasing strength allows you to jump higher, sprint faster, hit harder, throw farther, and carry more weight.

Hideout

 * Level 2 is required for upgrading Vents to level 3.

Effects

 * Aiming drains less stamina (+20% at elite level)
 * Increases jump height (+30% at elite level)
 * Increases carrying weight (+30% at elite level → 97 kg)
 * Increases melee strike power (+30% at elite level)
 * Increases movement and sprint speed (+30% at elite level)
 * Increases throw distance (+20% at elite level)
 * Elite level : Weight of guns on your back and sling is not counted
 * Elite level : Chance to deal critical melee damage (50%)

How to raise

 * Using throwable weapons (3 skill points limit per raid):
 *  129% progression speed: The first 7 grenades give 1.3 skill point (+0.195 skill point per grenade)
 *  100% progression speed: Once 1.3 skill points are earned, the next 7 grenades (8 to 14) give 1 skill point (+0.15 skill point per grenade)
 *  50% progression speed: Once 2.3 skill points are earned, every subsequent grenade gives +0.075 skill point per throw


 * Using Melee weapons (3 skill points limit per raid):
 *  129% progression speed: The first 10 hits give 1.3 skill points (+0.13 point per hit)
 *  100% progression speed: Once 1.3 skill points are earned, the next 10 hits (11 to 20) give 1 skill point (+0.1 skill point per hit)
 *  50% progression speed: Once 2.3 skill points earned, every subsequent hit gives +0.05 skill point per hit


 * Walk or sprint while carrying more than ~47% of your maximum carry weight (no skill point limit per raid):
 *  129% progression speed: The first kilometer gives 6 skill points
 *  100% progression speed: Once 1.3 skill points are earned, the next kilometer (1 to 2) gives 1 skill point
 *  50% progression speed: Once 2.3 skill points are earned, every subsequent kilometer gives 0.5 skill points

Tips

 * Creating a special loadout that has sufficient weight is the fastest way to level strength, as most raids will not make you overweight enough to actually get any progress in the skill; some cost effective examples are:
 * Acquiring the Epsilon or Kappa container which is large enough to fit a tank battery, which will put the character overweight immediately with no chance of losing it.
 * Getting multiple documents cases and filling them with SAS Drives (0.8 kg/slot) or Technical Documentation (0.5 kg/slot but much cheaper)
 * Carrying around stacks of shotgun shells, each stack of 20 weighs 1 kg
 * Wearing heavy, highly damaged armor so that nobody will pick it up. Such as 6b13 in combination with the above methods.
 * Augment the training speed by bringing cheap grenades, such as Zarya stun grenade or RDG-2B Smoke grenade. Though this would incur significant extra cost.

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