2.9 KiB
Below are some of the stats that will increase with play and reset during augmentation installs as you progress through the game.
Your stats can be found in the Overview panel, the Stats subpage of the side menu, or with API methods like ns.getPlayer().
Hack Skill
For many aspects of Bitburner, increasing your Hack skill will be an important goal. Primarily affected by the efficiency of your hacking strategies, you will also be offered Augmentations that greatly enhance your Hack Skill level and how effective its results are.
Affects:
- Time needed to execute
hack,grow, orweakenand similar methods - Your chance to successfully hack a server
- Percent of a server's money stolen when hacking it
- Success rate of certain crimes
- Time needed to create a Program
- Faction Reputation gain when carrying out Hacking Contracts or Field Work
- Company Reputation gain for certain jobs
Gain Hack experience by:
- Manually hacking servers through the Terminal
- Using
ns.hack(),ns.grow(), orns.weaken()through scripts - Committing certain crimes
- Carrying out Hacking Contracts or doing Field work for Factions
- Some Company jobs and other types of work
- Studying at a university
Combat Skills
Strength, Defense, Dexterity, and Agility
These represent your physical skill and attributes, including your ability to sneak, inflict or endure damage, and pull off high precision tasks. Similar to your Hack skill, you will be offered Faction Augmentations to multiplicatively enhance your Combat Skills and exp gain.
Affects:
- HP scales with Defense. Infiltration and some jobs may cause you to take damage.
- Success rate of certain crimes
- Faction Reputation gain for Security and Field Work
- Company Reputation gain for certain jobs
Gain experience by:
- Working out at a gym
- Committing certain crimes
- Doing Security or Field Work for a Faction
- Working certain jobs at a Company
Charisma
Rarely as useful as Hacking and Physical skills, Charisma can help get a company job, gain trust, or calm chaos in social situations.
Charisma can also be enhanced with Augmentations.
Affects:
- Success rate of certain crimes
- Faction Reputation gain for Field Work
- Company Reputation gain for most jobs
Gain experience by:
- Committing certain crimes
- Studying at a university
- Working certain jobs at a Company
- Doing Field work for a Faction