Discover the best Traits in Hunt: Showdown 1896, including top choices for PvP, healing, movement, team play, solo Hunters, and weapon builds. Learn which Traits deserve your Upgrade Points and which combinations provide the most practical value.
Traits can completely change how a Hunter performs.
Some improve healing.
Some make movement safer.
Others unlock stronger weapon combinations, improve gun handling, provide information through Dark Sight, or give you another chance after being downed.
The important part is understanding that there is no perfect Trait build for every Hunter.
Your priorities should change depending on:
whether you are playing solo, duo, or trio;
which weapons you bring;
how aggressively you play;
how many Upgrade Points you have;
which weaknesses your loadout needs to solve.
The current Trait system includes Regular, Burn, Scarce, and other conditional Traits. Regular Traits can be purchased with Upgrade Points, while Burn Traits disappear after their effect is used. Hunters can equip up to 15 Traits.
For this guide, we primarily rank Traits you can realistically build around.
Our overall priority tiers are:
S Tier:
Surefoot, Doctor, Necromancer, Resilience for teams
A Tier:
Quartermaster, Physician, Blast Sense, Lightfoot, Pack Mule, Bloodless, Salveskin, Iron Eye when compatible
B Tier:
Determination, Greyhound, Vigor, Witness, Vigilant, Conduit, Serpent, Magpie, Frontiersman
Build-Specific:
Fanning, Levering, Fast Fingers, Scopesmith, Steady Aim, Hundred Hands, Bolt Thrower, Martialist, Bulletgrubber
A Build-Specific Trait can easily become S-tier for the correct weapon.
That distinction is important.
Fanning is not universally better than Doctor.
But if your entire close-range plan depends on a single-action revolver, Fanning may be one of the most important Traits on that specific Hunter.
These Traits have strong practical value across a large number of Missions.
Surefoot is one of the strongest general-purpose Traits currently available.
It costs 6 Upgrade Points and allows you to sprint while using or priming Tools and Consumables. That includes actions such as using a First Aid Kit or preparing a throwable.
That may sound like a quality-of-life bonus.
In PvP, it is much more than that.
Normally, healing or preparing equipment restricts your movement and makes you vulnerable.
Surefoot allows you to:
heal while repositioning;
prepare explosives without becoming stationary;
maintain distance from a shotgun push;
escape while using medical equipment;
move unpredictably while preparing utility.
Movement is one of Hunt's strongest defensive tools.
A Hunter who can continue moving while performing actions that normally make players easier targets is significantly harder to punish.
Consider a common fight.
You take rifle damage.
Without Surefoot, healing forces you into a slower and more predictable state.
With Surefoot, you can begin healing while continuing to move toward better cover.
That reduces the enemy's opportunity to finish you.
Recent experienced-player discussions also frequently place Surefoot among the strongest competitive Traits because it changes what you are allowed to do while under pressure.
Best for: almost every playstyle.
Priority: Extremely high.
Doctor remains one of the strongest healing Traits in Hunt.
It costs 9 Upgrade Points, making it expensive, but doubles the amount restored by a First Aid Kit from 50 Health to 100.
The advantage is simple:
you need fewer healing actions to recover from serious damage.
That matters because healing is dangerous.
Every additional heal:
consumes time;
creates sound;
restricts your ability to shoot;
gives enemies time to rotate or push.
Doctor makes your First Aid Kit dramatically more efficient.
Suppose you take heavy damage but survive.
Without Doctor, you may need several healing actions.
With Doctor, one First Aid Kit use can restore 100 Health.
That means you can return to the fight sooner and preserve more healing resources for later encounters.
Doctor becomes especially powerful during long compound fights where teams repeatedly trade body shots without securing immediate kills.
Its downside is the cost.
Nine Upgrade Points is a serious investment.
On a fresh Hunter, cheaper combat or survival Traits may sometimes provide better immediate value.
On a Hunter that has already survived and accumulated Upgrade Points, Doctor becomes much easier to justify.
Best for: almost everyone.
Priority: Extremely high once you can afford it.
Necromancer costs 4 Upgrade Points and works differently depending on whether you play with teammates or solo.
In teams, Necromancer allows you to revive a downed teammate through Dark Sight from up to 25 meters away.
The revive takes ten seconds.
Necromancer is now a Burn Trait, meaning it disappears after being used.
Despite being single-use, its tactical impact can be enormous.
A normal revive often requires physically reaching the body.
That can mean exposing yourself to:
a sniper angle;
shotgun range;
traps;
explosives;
another team's crossfire.
Necromancer gives you another option.
Do not automatically use Necromancer whenever someone dies.
Experienced enemies often watch downed Hunters.
Reviving your teammate directly into another bullet accomplishes very little.
Instead, Necromancer becomes strongest when:
enemies rotate away from the body;
your teammate died behind solid cover;
you create pressure from another direction;
enemies are distracted by your third teammate;
you cannot safely reach the body yourself.
Think of Necromancer as a tactical revive, not an emergency button.
Solo Necromancer works differently.
It allows you to revive yourself once after being downed and triggers a full Health Restoration when the revive succeeds.
That makes it one of the most important solo Traits.
It does not guarantee survival.
An enemy can still watch or burn your body.
But without it, a solo player's first death normally ends the Mission.
With Necromancer, there is at least a possibility of recovery.
Best for: teams and solos.
Priority: Extremely high.
Resilience costs only 3 Upgrade Points.
When you are revived, your remaining Health Chunks are restored to full Health. It does not restore Health Chunks that have already been lost.
For team players, this is exceptional value.
Without Resilience, a revived Hunter can be extremely vulnerable.
An enemy may only need a weak follow-up hit to down them again.
Resilience gives the revived player a much better chance to:
reach cover;
shoot back;
heal;
rotate;
help their teammates.
This is one of the strongest team combinations.
Necromancer allows a teammate to revive you remotely.
Resilience makes that revive much safer.
That does not mean every remote revive becomes good.
Position still matters.
But together, these Traits greatly improve your team's ability to recover after losing the first player in a fight.
For only three points, Resilience should be one of the first Traits considered on almost every duo or trio Hunter.
It has essentially no value for solo players because solo Necromancer already provides its own full Health Restoration.
Best for: duos and trios.
Priority: Extremely high for team play.
These Traits are excellent but either cost more, depend somewhat on your loadout, or solve a more specific problem.
Quartermaster underwent a major change with Update 2.8.
The current inventory system gives Hunters a normal maximum Weapon Capacity of 5.
Quartermaster increases that to 6.
Its price was increased from 6 to 8 Upgrade Points alongside the inventory rework.
That makes Quartermaster less of an automatic purchase and more of a loadout-building Trait.
One additional Weapon Capacity point can completely change which guns you can combine.
You may be able to pair:
a stronger secondary with a rifle;
two Size 3 weapons;
a ranged primary with a more capable close-range backup;
weapon combinations that otherwise cannot fit within the normal capacity limit.
Quartermaster is therefore not simply a weapon Trait.
It changes the architecture of your entire loadout.
Do not buy it automatically.
If your preferred weapons already fit within five Capacity, you have spent eight Upgrade Points for almost no benefit.
Those eight points could instead purchase several survival or combat Traits.
Best for: specific high-value weapon pairings.
Priority: Very high when your build needs 6 Capacity; unnecessary otherwise.
Physician costs 5 Upgrade Points and allows you to use a First Aid Kit in half the normal amount of time.
It combines exceptionally well with Doctor.
Doctor improves how much your First Aid Kit heals.
Physician improves how quickly you receive that healing.
Together, they significantly reduce your downtime during a fight.
This is one of the strongest defensive Trait combinations.
You take heavy damage.
You reach temporary cover.
Instead of spending a long period performing several healing actions, you can rapidly restore a large amount of Health.
That allows you to return to the engagement before the enemy fully exploits your absence.
The downside is price.
Doctor and Physician together represent a substantial Upgrade Point investment.
This combination makes the most sense on Hunters you expect to keep playing rather than sacrificing most of your starting points immediately.
Best for: PvP-focused Hunters and survivors with extra Upgrade Points.
Priority: High.
Blast Sense costs only 2 Upgrade Points.
While in Dark Sight, gunshots and explosions can be highlighted at distances up to 200 meters. Silenced weapons using Subsonic Ammo do not appear.
For two points, this is excellent information value.
Hunt is already a game built around sound.
Blast Sense gives you another method for interpreting that sound.
You can use it to:
identify the direction of distant fighting;
understand which compound contains another team;
locate a shooter after hearing a shot;
prepare wallbangs when the shooter remains nearby;
decide whether a rotation route is dangerous.
Information does not directly appear on a damage stat.
That makes information Traits easy to undervalue.
But knowing where another team is located can prevent you from walking directly into them.
Recent community discussions also show many experienced players treating Blast Sense as a regular early purchase because of how efficiently it converts sound into positioning information.
Best for: solos, duos, and trios.
Priority: High, especially considering the low price.
Lightfoot costs 5 Upgrade Points.
It reduces the sounds produced by actions such as vaulting, falling, climbing ladders, and moving through environmental noise traps such as glass and hanging objects.
Hunt's audio system makes this extremely useful.
Many pushes fail before an enemy is ever visible because a ladder, vault, or piece of broken glass announces exactly where the attacker is coming from.
Lightfoot reduces that information.
It is particularly strong when:
rotating inside compounds;
moving between floors;
attacking defenders from unusual entrances;
using ladders;
approaching buildings quietly.
Lightfoot no longer gives solo Hunters completely silent crouch movement; that solo effect was removed in Update 2.3.
That is important because some older Hunt guides still describe the obsolete version.
Best for: aggressive rotations and stealth-oriented PvP.
Priority: High.
Pack Mule provides an additional Tool or Consumable when looting a Hunter or Tool Box.
Its strength becomes more noticeable as a Mission becomes longer.
After using explosives, healing, traps, or utility, looting normally helps refill your resources.
Pack Mule makes those loots significantly more efficient.
This is especially valuable after winning the first PvP fight.
Your team may have survived, but several Consumables could already be gone.
Pack Mule helps rebuild your resources before the next engagement.
Best for: players who regularly use Consumables and Tools aggressively.
Priority: High.
Bloodless costs 3 Upgrade Points and prevents Bleeding from escalating beyond the Light stage.
Bleeding creates enormous pressure because you must eventually stop it.
An enemy using Bleeding can force you to choose between:
continuing to fight while losing Health;
stopping the Bleed and becoming vulnerable.
Bloodless reduces the intensity of that problem.
It is especially useful against:
Dumdum;
Flechette;
arrows and bolts;
Concertina;
Bleeding AI;
other Rending damage sources.
At only three points, Bloodless is an excellent defensive filler Trait once your core build is established.
Best for: almost anyone.
Priority: High when Bleeding pressure is common.
Salveskin currently costs 2 Upgrade Points.
While alive, it reduces Fire Damage and prevents burn intensity and extinguish time from escalating. It also prevents Incendiary Ammo from immediately igniting you on the first hit.
This is excellent value for two points.
Fire is dangerous because it can damage Health Chunks rather than only temporary Health.
Preventing or reducing that pressure can save resources and stop a bad engagement from becoming significantly worse.
Salveskin is especially attractive when you have a few spare Upgrade Points after purchasing your core Traits.
Best for: general survival.
Priority: High-value low-cost defensive option.
Iron Eye costs 3 Upgrade Points.
It allows compatible bolt-action, lever-action, and pump-action weapons to remain in iron sights between shots, slightly improving their follow-up handling.
The compatibility list includes many popular weapons such as:
Mosin-Nagant;
Krag;
Lebel;
Berthier;
Vetterli;
Frontier 73C;
Slate;
Specter;
Terminus.
If your primary weapon benefits from Iron Eye, the Trait can provide more direct combat value than many general-purpose options.
If your loadout does not benefit from it, it does absolutely nothing.
That is why Iron Eye belongs in A tier rather than the universal S tier.
Best for: compatible rifles and shotguns.
Priority: Very high when your primary benefits from it.
A Trait does not need to be expensive to be valuable.
Several low-cost Traits offer excellent efficiency.
Determination costs only 1 Upgrade Point after its price was dramatically reduced in Update 2.3.
It reduces the delay before both Sprint and Combat Stamina begin recovering.
That makes it one of the easiest filler Traits to recommend.
One point is a very small investment.
You gain more comfortable:
map movement;
melee management;
AI clearing;
stamina recovery after fights.
The official beginner guide also directly recommends Determination alongside Necromancer.
Priority: Excellent one-point purchase.
Greyhound currently costs 2 Upgrade Points and significantly increases how long you can sprint before exhausting Sprint Stamina. Its price was reduced from 5 to 2.
Greyhound does not win a gunfight directly.
It improves everything between gunfights.
You can rotate farther, cross dangerous areas faster, chase Bounty carriers more effectively, and reach objectives with less stamina downtime.
It becomes especially useful for players who dislike relying heavily on Stamina Shots.
Priority: Good low-cost mobility Trait.
Vigilant allows you to see traps within approximately 25 meters while using Dark Sight.
With Catalyst, the range doubles to 50 meters.
It is inexpensive and potentially life-saving.
The problem is that you must actually remember to use it.
A Trait that detects traps does nothing if you sprint through every doorway without checking Dark Sight.
Vigilant becomes more valuable when attacking compounds where you suspect:
Bear Traps;
Alert Trip Mines;
Poison Traps;
Concertina traps.
Priority: Useful filler Trait.
Vigor doubles Health and Stamina regeneration while you are using Dark Sight.
It pairs particularly well with Regeneration effects.
After taking damage, you can briefly enter Dark Sight to accelerate the recovery process rather than immediately consuming another healing resource.
This makes Vigor attractive for players who frequently use Regeneration Shots.
The danger is spending too much time inside Dark Sight during PvP.
Information from normal vision and sound still matters.
Use Vigor purposefully rather than standing blind in the middle of a firefight.
Priority: Strong with Regeneration-focused builds.
Hunt rewards information as much as mechanical aim.
Several Traits improve your ability to understand what is happening around you.
Witness costs 4 Upgrade Points.
It highlights dead Hunters and monsters in Dark Sight within approximately 75 meters. Dead Hunters appear differently from dead AI.
This provides more information than it initially appears.
Suppose you enter a compound and see multiple dead AI enemies.
Another team may already have passed through.
If you see dead Hunters, you immediately know PvP occurred nearby.
Witness is also useful during chaotic multi-team fights because it helps confirm:
where bodies are;
which locations have already seen combat;
whether the Hunter you shot actually died;
whether an apparent battlefield contains additional corpses.
Priority: Strong information option.
Pain Sense highlights Burning, Bleeding, or Poisoned Hunters in Dark Sight within approximately 75 meters.
With Catalyst, it can also identify Hunters who have exhausted their Sprint Stamina.
This Trait becomes particularly interesting when your loadout regularly causes Status Effects.
If you apply Bleeding and the enemy retreats behind a wooden wall, Pain Sense can provide information about their position.
That can create opportunities for:
wallbangs;
coordinated pushes;
throwables;
denying healing.
It is much more valuable in a build designed around it than as a random purchase.
Priority: High for status-focused builds.
Team play changes Trait priorities significantly.
The ability to remotely revive a teammate is enormously valuable.
Buy it with the understanding that the revive is not automatically safe.
A good Necromancer user creates pressure first and revives second.
For only three points, Resilience should be one of the highest priorities for duo and trio Hunters.
It gives you a realistic chance to participate after being revived instead of immediately dying again.
Frontiersman increases the maximum number of Tools you can carry by one per slot.
Its cost was increased from 5 to 6 Upgrade Points in Update 2.8.
Extra Tool uses can provide significant value with:
First Aid Kits;
Choke Bombs;
Throwing weapons;
traps;
other reusable utility.
Its synergy with Doctor is particularly important.
More First Aid Kit charges become much more valuable when Doctor makes each charge heal 100 Health.
Priority: Strong on developed Hunters.
Some Traits gain special solo effects, while others lose much of their value without teammates.
This is arguably the first Trait every serious solo build should consider.
It gives you one opportunity to return after being downed.
That can transform a Mission-ending mistake into another chance.
Picking up a Bounty Token normally activates Antidote, Stamina, and Regeneration effects for two minutes and 30 seconds.
For solo Hunters, the effects last five minutes, and Magpie also doubles the amount of Dark Sight Boost available and lootable.
That is an extremely useful solo bonus.
A solo extracting with a Bounty needs information because every nearby team may be hunting them.
Additional Dark Sight Boost directly helps solve that problem.
Priority: Excellent solo Bounty Trait.
Serpent allows Dark Sight interaction with Clues and Bounty Tokens from 25 meters.
For solos, the range doubles to 50 meters.
That gives solo Hunters several tactical options.
You can potentially collect an objective without physically entering the most dangerous part of the compound.
The biggest value comes from reducing exposure.
You are one player.
You cannot afford to trade bodies the way a trio can.
Priority: Very useful solo objective Trait.
Conduit grants three minutes of Stamina when you or a teammate collects a Clue.
Solo Hunters receive six minutes and also receive two Clues' worth of investigation progress from one Clue interaction.
For objective-focused solo gameplay, that is significant.
You receive mobility and faster Boss-location progress from the same Trait.
Priority: Strong solo utility option.
Weapon Traits should be judged separately.
Their value can range from useless to essential depending on your equipment.
Fanning drastically increases the hip-fire rate of single-action revolvers, although accuracy is reduced.
With the right revolver, Fanning creates enormous close-range pressure.
It is particularly useful when your primary weapon struggles indoors.
For example:
long rifle + Fanning sidearm
gives you a close-range emergency weapon without committing your primary slot to a shotgun.
Do not automatically fire the entire cylinder.
Short controlled bursts are often much more effective.
Levering increases hip-fire speed with compatible lever-action weapons.
This can dramatically change how aggressively those weapons can be used at close range.
It works best when the underlying weapon already fits your strategy.
Do not pick a weapon simply because you have Levering.
Pick Levering because you already want to use that weapon.
Fast Fingers costs 4 Upgrade Points after a reduction introduced in Update 2.4.
It improves reload speed for compatible single-shot rifles such as:
Sparks;
Springfield 1866;
Martini-Henry;
Maynard Sniper.
For these weapons, reload speed is one of their largest weaknesses.
Reducing that weakness can have a significant PvP impact.
Fast Fingers is therefore much more valuable for a dedicated single-shot rifle user than for the average Hunter.
Scopesmith allows compatible scoped bolt- and lever-action rifles to remain in scope after firing.
That improves target tracking and follow-up shooting.
It should be considered whenever a scoped weapon forms the core of your build.
Steady Aim reduces sway while using scoped or Aperture sights.
For dedicated long-range Hunters, reduced sway can improve consistency more than a general utility Trait.
For shotgun players, it is irrelevant.
That is exactly why weapon Traits should never be ranked without context.
Hundred Hands increases fully drawn Hunting Bow arrow damage by 10% and gives the Bow a specialized Piercing melee attack.
Update 2.8 increased its price from 2 to 3 Upgrade Points.
If the Hunting Bow is a major part of your loadout, this is an easy Trait to consider.
Otherwise, spend the points elsewhere.
Traits become much stronger when their effects solve related problems.
Doctor increases First Aid Kit healing.
Physician decreases First Aid Kit use time.
Together they create one of the strongest healing setups available.
Doctor makes each First Aid Kit charge stronger.
Frontiersman gives you another Tool charge.
More charges multiplied by stronger healing creates excellent long-Mission sustain.
One teammate can revive remotely.
The revived teammate returns with their remaining Health restored.
This is one of the strongest team recovery combinations.
Doctor gives stronger healing.
Surefoot allows you to continue sprinting while using medical equipment.
The combination gives you much more freedom to heal under pressure.
Blast Sense identifies the location of recent gunshots.
If the enemy remains around penetrable cover, that information can help create wallbang opportunities.
This is not guaranteed information about the Hunter's current exact position.
Use the shot location as a clue, not as permanent tracking.
Quartermaster is strongest when the extra Weapon Capacity allows two guns with different roles.
A good example is:
ranged primary + close-range secondary.
The Trait should eliminate a weakness in your loadout rather than simply allow you to carry two larger guns.
There is no universal perfect order.
A useful way to prioritize is:
Team Hunter:
Resilience, Necromancer, then weapon-specific or movement Traits.
Solo Hunter:
Necromancer, then Traits that improve information, objective control, or survivability.
Developed Hunter with many Upgrade Points:
Doctor, Physician, Surefoot, Frontiersman, plus weapon-specific Traits.
Weapon-focused build:
Buy the Trait that directly improves your main weapon before spending heavily on luxuries that do not affect your combat plan.
The key is not blindly copying a list.
Ask:
What weakness does this Trait fix?
If you cannot answer that question, another Trait may be a better purchase.
Quartermaster costs eight points.
If your weapons already fit into five Capacity, those points are wasted.
Build the weapons first.
Then decide whether Quartermaster improves them.
Iron Eye, Fanning, Levering, Scopesmith, Fast Fingers, and similar Traits have specific weapon compatibility.
Always verify that your current equipment benefits.
Players sometimes save points because they are waiting for Doctor or Quartermaster.
Meanwhile, inexpensive options such as Determination, Salveskin, Blast Sense, or Resilience can provide immediate practical value.
Several smaller Traits may improve your Hunter more than one expensive purchase.
The enemy can still watch the body.
A bad Necromancer revive can simply give the opposing team another kill.
Create pressure before attempting the revive.
Necromancer is no longer a permanent repeatable revive ability.
Once its effect is used, the Trait disappears.
Older guides may describe previous versions incorrectly.
Utility matters.
But your weapon should still function properly.
If Iron Eye, Fast Fingers, Scopesmith, or another weapon Trait dramatically improves your primary, skipping it to collect six minor convenience Traits may weaken the actual fight.
The opposite mistake also happens.
Having perfect weapon handling does not help when:
you cannot heal quickly;
you are revived with vulnerable Health;
you cannot reposition safely;
you repeatedly walk into traps.
A good Hunter balances direct combat bonuses with survival.
Not every Trait should be evaluated the same way.
Regular Traits are the core build options.
They can be purchased with Upgrade Points after being unlocked through Bloodline progression.
These are the Traits you should primarily use when planning a build.
Burn Traits provide their effect and then disappear.
Necromancer is the most important regularly purchasable example.
Other powerful Burn Traits can be found through in-Mission systems.
Because they are temporary, their value is often extremely high but cannot be treated as permanent Hunter progression.
Scarce Traits cannot simply be purchased whenever you want them.
Examples include powerful effects such as Catalyst, Shadow, Rampage, Remedy, and Relentless.
If you find one, consider its value carefully.
But do not build a standard Trait guide around assuming you will always have access to it.
Update 2.9 has been announced with additional Trait-related systems, including the ability to save Traits inside Loadouts and new Event-related Traits such as Siphon and Chupacabra.
Those Traits are not included in this ranking because they are not part of the current live Trait environment yet.
That distinction matters.
Pre-release information should not be presented as though players can already build around it.
This guide therefore ranks the Traits you can meaningfully evaluate in the current live game.
There is no single objectively best Trait for every Hunter.
Surefoot is one of the strongest universal mobility options.
Doctor is one of the strongest healing Traits.
Necromancer is extremely important for both teams and solos.
Resilience offers exceptional value for team players.
The best choice depends on your loadout and team size.
Usually, yes, especially on a Hunter that has already survived a Mission.
Doctor doubles First Aid Kit healing from 50 to 100, meaning fewer healing actions are required.
Nine points is expensive, however.
A fresh Hunter may gain more immediate value from several cheaper Traits first.
Yes, but its role changed.
Quartermaster now increases Weapon Capacity from 5 to 6 and costs 8 Upgrade Points.
It is excellent when the sixth point enables a powerful weapon combination.
It is unnecessary when your preferred loadout already fits inside five Capacity.
Yes.
Solo Necromancer allows one self-revive and triggers full Health Restoration when the revive succeeds.
Enemies can still camp or burn the body, so it is not guaranteed survival.
Not really.
Resilience improves standard revives, while solo Necromancer already provides a full Health Restoration.
Its real value is in duo and trio play.
For only two Upgrade Points, Blast Sense provides excellent information.
It highlights gunshots and explosions in Dark Sight up to roughly 200 meters, except silenced weapons firing Subsonic Ammo.
It is particularly useful for identifying distant fights and locating shooters.
Strong team priorities include:
Resilience;
Necromancer;
Doctor;
Physician;
Surefoot;
Frontiersman;
Blast Sense.
Weapon-specific Traits should then be added depending on your loadout.
Solo Hunters should strongly consider:
Necromancer;
Surefoot;
Magpie;
Serpent;
Conduit;
Doctor;
Blast Sense.
Solo Traits should help compensate for the fact that you have no teammate to revive you, watch another angle, or provide additional information.
The best Hunt: Showdown 1896 Trait build is not the one with the largest number of expensive Traits.
It is the build where every Trait has a purpose.
Surefoot keeps you mobile while using equipment.
Doctor and Physician improve your ability to recover during PvP.
Necromancer and Resilience make team recovery much stronger.
Blast Sense provides valuable information at a low cost.
Quartermaster opens entirely new weapon combinations.
Iron Eye, Fanning, Levering, Fast Fingers, and Scopesmith can dramatically improve the correct weapons.
And cheaper Traits such as Determination, Salveskin, and Bloodless prove that you do not need large amounts of Upgrade Points to meaningfully improve a Hunter.
Do not buy Traits because they are generally considered meta.
Buy them because they solve a problem your Hunter actually has.
If you can explain exactly why every Trait is part of your build, you are probably spending your Upgrade Points well.
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