Exactly how does Survival work?

[Zachary09]

A very basic question - how does Survival work? (The skill value, of course)
I am mainly interested in how big can Survival be without rending the other points put in it useless. I've seen / heard a rumour it's 300 points max. Is it true? Also, how does it relate with a skinning tool when it comes to cutting cadavers? Is it maybe a softcap = (AxeQ+Survival)/2?

[Minion]

A very basic question - how does Survival work? (The skill value, of course)
I am mainly interested in how big can Survival be without rending the other points put in it useless. I've seen / heard a rumour it's 300 points max. Is it true? Also, how does it relate with a skinning tool when it comes to cutting cadavers? Is it maybe a softcap = (AxeQ+Survival)/2?

Survival doesn't have a cap.
300 survival is required for troll bones so that you do not cap the bones.
However as the world is old, there are probably domesticated animals above 300 that would requrie more survival.

In most cases it will be capped by the cutting tool you have. here is roughly how it works:
(QAnimal + Q(Cutting Tool))/2 = Q_Max

If Q_Max is greater than survival the following equation is applied.
(Q_Max + Survival) / 2
Otherwise its the Q_Max.

In future I would throw these questions here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22391