Tanya Harrison
One of three civilians with a maxed 10 in personality, and the lowest capability of the starters.
Read on the numbers: Maxed personality, lowest capability on the open roster. A specialist, not an all-rounder.
About
Tanya Harrison is the mirror image of Rachel Callahan. Where Rachel bottoms out at two personality, Tanya sits at the cap of ten, one of three civilians (with Thomas Armitage and Alexis) to max that column. She pays for it with four capability, the lowest among civilians you can play from the start.
She works part-time selling and spinning records at the local store and is written as the person who always knows where the next party is. That places her socially at the centre of Haddonfield, which is where the game's civilian objectives tend to live.
Her traits are Hi-Fi, Survival Skills and Guardian Shadow. Two of them read the map for her (noisemakers and phones) and the third protects the residents following her.
Every civilian carries three signature traits, shown on the character-select screen next to their stats. They are separate from the perk deck, which is built from cards unlocked in the graveyard and is not tied to the character.
| Trait | What it does |
|---|---|
| Hi-Fi | You see Michael's outline when he is within 5 metres of a noisemaker you turned on. |
| Survival Skills | Phones within 5 metres are outlined with their status: green for ready, yellow on cooldown, red disabled. |
| Guardian Shadow | Your followers take 10% less damage. |
Tanya Harrison’s four values add up to 25 out of 40. Treat that as a rough shape, not a power ranking: a maxed column is worth more than a spread if the thing it feeds is what your group keeps losing to. The Loadout Lab sorts every civilian by any single column.
Most of her challenges are about calming, convincing and escorting residents, which is what her personality is built for. Check all of Tanya's Progressive Challenges and their goals before you pick a deck.
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