Mechanical

Mechanical is a supportive stat in Death Road to Canada. Survivors who specialize in the mechanical stat are capable of technological feats, including repairing vehicles, tinkering with machinery, and aiding with a rather long list of events.

Mechanics are capable of picking open safes with loot in office buildings and junkyards, altering the settings on a coffee machine to improve their dexterity, and siphoning gas out of arcade machines.

Progression

As a survivor improves their mechanical skill, they will be able to repair increasingly complex and preferable vehicles. Vehicle repair starts being a viable option at level 2 mechanical, but it is limited to older models, such as the Putt Putt and Hotrod. At higher levels (5-6), newer models such as the Hybrid and UFO can be repaired.

After the initial repair, vehicles require higher levels of mechanical skill to perform subsequent repairs, making a high mechanical stat valuable for that purpose alone. Mechanical can also be used in various events that allow players to modify their vehicles with different improvements.

Training

The mechanical stat can be trained in the following ways:

• Mechanic Savant, The Tool School
• The Handyman's Bible book
• Cars-N-Gadgets magazine

Mechanics

The following survivors will have mechanical skill when recruited:

• Survivors with Car Nut (+3), Gungineer (+2) or Mechanic (+2) perks
• Survivors with Civilized (+1) or Inventive (+2) traits
• George (+6), Gordo (+5), Mad Scientist (+6), and Santa (+4)

Events

Characters with a high mechanical stat can be used for a large number of events, and they may gain mechanical skill if they are successful. The following events can be solved with mechanical:

A Trip to the Farm Armored Garage Audio Repair Bandit Raid Defense Barricading Before Bed Bomber Zombie Death Road Radio Driving Range Last Stand Hand Upgrade

Helping with Car Trouble Lonely Garage Lonely Gas Station Ma Hooth Repair Shop Repair Service Engine Soon Shiny Garage Town of Traps Twinkie Truckin

The following events do not have to be solved with strength, but may still increase it:

• Burnt Library
• Cloud Watching
• Death Road Radio
• GameBronus Entertainment System
• Last Computer, Last Chance for the Internet
• Like a Normal Day
• Prepared Preppers Magazine
• SERVICE ENGINE SOON