# SCUM tier lists

> Rankings of characters, weapons, or picks, with the reasoning behind each tier. Player-made SCUM guides on QnA.GG.

The page: https://qna.gg/games/scum/tier-lists. Every guide as JSON: https://qna.gg/api/guides?q=tier+list&game=SCUM.

## Guides, most read first

- [SCUM: Survival Guide](https://qna.gg/g/scum-survival-guide-920435d1.md), by Qloud: A practical survival guide to SCUM in 2026: your first hour on the island, metabolism and the BCU, attributes and skills, fame points and traders, base building, puppets and mutants, and the new TEC1 Research Facilities.