| Stats Affected: | [Slightly affects muscle definition] Description: This is your ability to run faster. Very useful for thieves, scouts, and assassins. It is improved by doing lots of running, at full speed, without encumbrance from a heavy inventory. |
| -Max run speed | |
| Ways to Train: | |
| -Running fast, with a light inventory | |
| -Athletics- | |
Athletics is one of Kenshi's in-game stats, that in combination with encumbrance, affects your movement speed.
Experience is gained for Athletics when moving on land. The amount of experience is multiplied by your racial XP multiplier for the skill as well as your Athletics XP % shown at the bottom left. The Athletics XP % is reduced by encumbrance, however in-return for being encumbered you will gain a strength percentage bonus as you move, for more information see the strength page. Important to add that changing your characters movement icon at the bottom right to anything but the running icon will reduce athletics XP. Your movement speed of your character does not factor in for XP.
| Racial Experience Multipliers | |
|---|---|
| Negative Multiplier: -Shek |
Positive Multiplier: -Alpha Fishman -Deadhive Prince -Deadhive Worker -Fishman -Hive Prince -Hive Worker Drone -Scorchlander -Southern Hive Prince -Southern Hive Worker Drone |
| All multipliers are either 0.8x or 1.2x unless marked otherwise. | |
Speed[]
The following table shows the maximum run speed for an unencumbered character of a certain race at milestone levels. These numbers are in Kenshi units per second. 1 Kenshi unit is 0.1 meters. To get the meters per second value, divide the Kenshi unit speed by 10. Then multiply that by 2.237 to get mph (or 3.6 for km/h). Round to nearest whole number to get the value shown in-game.
The ranges of these values for humans when compared to our world's running speeds, start from around 15+ mph - a speed that an average human can run with extensive training to nearly 27 mph - a current speed world record for a 100m sprint. Needless to say, people in Kenshi run very fast compared to Earth's standards.
| Level | Hive Worker Drone | Hive Prince | Hive Soldier Drone | Scorchlander | Greenlander | Shek | Skeleton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 80 (17.896 mph) | 70 (15.659 mph) | 70 (15.659 mph) | 80 (17.896 mph) | 70 (15.659 mph) | 70 (15.659 mph) | 70 (15.659 mph) |
| 10 | 86 (19.2382 mph) | 77 (17.2249 mph) | 76 (16.9936 mph) | 84 (18.7908 mph) | 75 (16.7775 mph) | 74 (16.5538 mph) | 74 (16.5538 mph) |
| 20 | 92 (20.5804 mph) | 84 (18.7908 mph) | 82 (18.3434 mph) | 88 (19.6856 mph) | 80 (17.896 mph) | 78 (17.4486 mph) | 78 (17.4486 mph) |
| 30 | 98 (21.9226 mph) | 91 (20.3567 mph) | 88 (19.6856 mph) | 92 (20.5804 mph) | 85 (19.0145 mph) | 82 (18.3434 mph) | 82 (18.3434 mph) |
| 40 | 104 (23.2648 mph) | 98 (21.9226 mph) | 94 (21.0278 mph) | 96 (21.4752 mph) | 90 (20.133 mph) | 86 (19.2382 mph) | 86 (19.2382 mph) |
| 50 | 110 (24.607 mph) | 105 (23.4885 mph) | 100 (22.37 mph) | 100 (22.37 mph) | 95 (21.2515 mph) | 90 (20.133 mph) | 90 (20.133 mph) |
| 60 | 116 (25.9492 mph) | 112 (25.0544 mph) | 106 (23.7122 mph) | 104 (23.2648 mph) | 100 (22.37 mph) | 94 (21.0278 mph) | 94 (21.0278 mph) |
| 70 | 122 (27.2914 mph) | 119 (26.6203 mph) | 112 (25.0544 mph) | 108 (24.1596 mph) | 105 (23.4885 mph) | 98 (21.9226 mph) | 98 (21.9226 mph) |
| 80 | 128 (28.6336 mph) | 126 (28.1862 mph) | 118 (26.3966 mph) | 112 (25.0544 mph) | 110 (24.607 mph) | 102 (22.8174 mph) | 102 (22.8174 mph) |
| 90 | 134 (29.9758 mph) | 133 (29.7521 mph) | 124 (27.7388 mph) | 116 (25.9492 mph) | 115 (25.7255 mph) | 106 (23.7122 mph) | 106 (23.7122 mph) |
| 100 | 140 (31.318 mph) | 140 (31.318 mph) | 130 (29.081 mph) | 120 (26.844 mph) | 120 (26.844 mph) | 110 (24.607 mph) | 110 (24.607 mph) |