Trait

See Bridge Officer Traits for traits available to your bridge officers.

The traits tab of the character menu of an Alien (i.e., with a total of 20 instead of 18 Personal traits). The non-customizable racial trait can be viewed by clicking the "Details" button next to the character portrait (Aliens do not have an innate species-trait). The "Personal Traits" may be changed at any time. Reputation and other traits are below.

Traits add extra bonuses to attributes or abilities of your game character. Most traits are passive bonuses, but some also include a special ability your character can activate. Each passive trait either gives a bonus for ground or for space combat. Traits therefore have a direct influence on the overall strengths of your character and, along with your skills and Captain Specializations, are a key to adapting your character to your play style. Unlike skills, however, traits can be reassigned in-game without cost anywhere within social hubs or in sector space.

A level 65 character has slots for the following amount of traits:

• 1 Species Trait: A permanent, non-customizable trait (which may consist of more than one bonus) based on the choice of the player race. Alien captains have no species trait but instead receive two additional personal trait slots (one for ground, one for space) upon character creation.
• 18 Personal Traits (9 slots each for space and for ground; 3 each at beginning, 1 additional slot each every 10 levels until level 60): Additional selectable traits which can be changed in-game. Some are available to every character, while some are restricted based on the player's career path (adding four specific traits to the player's choice) as well as race, or are exclusively obtainable by finishing Research & Development schools or purchasing Genetic Resequencers (found by opening lockboxes or sold on the exchange under the Reward Pack category).
• 4 Starship Traits (4 slots unlocked at level 50; 1 extra slot purchasable at the Fleet Research Lab): Additional selectable traits which can be changed in-game and only affect space combat. Traits can be unlocked either via the Captain Specialization system or by achieving Starship Mastery level 5 in a tier 6 ship.
• 16 Reputation Traits (4 slots each for Active Space , Active Ground, Passive Space and Passive Ground Traits, all unlocked at level 50; 1 extra slot for each category purchasable at the Fleet Research Lab): Traits which are unlocked via the reputation system. Active Traits grant a clickable ability for either space or ground combat depending on the respective reputation faction.
• Other Traits: Special traits obtained from certain missions that are automatically slotted.

Species traits

Each playable race (except for Aliens) has an innate, i.e., built-in and unchangeable, trait. Not occupying any trait slot, race-specific innate traits are usually a combination of two or three Personal traits (which are then no longer among the selectable trait pool for a given species).

	Species	Innate traits
	Andorian	Ground bonus: +10 Perception +10% Exploit Damage +25% Resistance to Flanking Damage Bonus damage for each point of missing health which increases greatly as health nears zero
	Bajoran	Ground bonus: +0.2% Healing to Shields and Hitpoints 10% bonus to healing abilities used on you +0.1 Regeneration
	Benzite	Ground bonus: +10 Resistance to Physical damage +33.33 resistance to Toxic and Radiation damage +5 Resistance to Energy damage
	Betazoid	Ground bonus: +10 Perception +1.5% Expose Chance +1 sec Expose Duration Reduced threat Increased Team Regeneration
	Bolian	Ground bonus: Chance for Toxic DoT against attackers who bite you +10% Maximum Hitpoints +20 Resistance to Toxic damage
	Caitian	Ground bonus: 10% chance to Dodge half damage of ranged attacks +75% Jump Height +10 Perception +10% Exploit Damage
	Cardassian	Space bonus: Gain a stack of Recalled Tactics once every 5 seconds during combat +2 Accuracy Rating Per Stack (5 Stacks Max) +2 Defense Rating Per Stack (5 Stacks Max) +2% Weapon Damage Per Stack (5 Stacks Max) Ground bonus: Bonus Resistance to: Placate Confuse Hold/Stun
	Ferasan	Ground bonus: +5% Damage with Melee Attacks +75% Jump Height +5% Stealth +10% Exploit Damage +5 Perception
	Ferengi	Ground bonus: +10 Perception .25 Flank Damage Reduction +10% Exploit Damage 20% energy credit/gold-pressed latinum store discount +.33 Resistance to Toxic and Radiation
	Gorn	Ground bonus: 17.5% bonus to Melee Damage 15% chance to knock down the target of your melee attacks +5 Physical Damage Resistance Rating +5 All Energy Damage Resistance Rating +10 Plasma Damage Resistance Rating +25 Fire Damage Resistance Rating
	Human	Space bonus: +30% Subsystem Repair and Hull Regen Rate (+60% out of combat) Ground bonus: +5% team exploit damage
	Jem'Hadar	Ground bonus: Bonus Damage For Ranged Weapons and Melee attacks, Critical Chance, Critical Severity
	Jem'Hadar Vanguard	Space bonus: Bonus Weapon Damage, Critical Chance, Critical Severity Ground bonus: Bonus Damage For Ranged Weapons and Melee attacks, Critical Chance, Critical Severity
	Klingon	Ground bonus: +15% Physical Damage +5 All Damage Resistance Rating +5% All Energy Damage +15% Critical Severity +10% Threat Generation
	Lethean	Ground bonus & clickable ability: Rapture ability +10 Perception +1.5% Expose Chance +1 sec Expose Duration
	Liberated Borg	Space bonus: +30 Starship Warp Core Efficiency Ground bonus: +10% Health Regeneration +6% Shield Regeneration
	Nausicaan	Space bonus: +0.02 bonus to all damage +10 Perception Ground bonus: 0.15 bonus to Melee damage 15% chance to knock down the target of your melee attacks.
	Orion (female)	Ground bonus & clickable ability: Seduce ability +20 Confuse Resistance Rating -9.1% Threat Generation +20 Placate Resistance Rating
	Orion (male)	Ground bonus & clickable ability: Seduce ability +15% Physical Damage 15% chance to Knocks target back +0.66 meters
	Pakled	Ground bonus: +4% Critical Chance -30 Stun resistance -30 Confuse resistance -30 Placate resistance
	Reman	Ground bonus: +20 Perception +1.5% Expose Chance +1 sec Expose Duration +10% Exploit Damage +25% Resistance to Flanking damage +5 Resistance Rating to Energy and Physical damage
	Rigelian	Ground bonus & clickable ability: Spirit Walk ability +60 Hit Points +9 Hit Points/sec for 6 sec +100 All Damage Resistance Rating for 6 sec
	Romulan	Space bonus: +150 Stealth while Cloaking +20% damage when exiting Cloak Ground bonus: +10% Physical Damage Bonus Chance to knock down foes when using Melee attacks
	Saurian	Ground bonus: +10 Plasma Damage Resistance Rating +40 Toxic Damage Resistance Rating +25 Fire Damage Resistance Rating +10 Perception +5% Exploit Damage +20% Resistance to Flanking Damage
	Talaxian	Space & Ground bonus: +5% Incoming Healing to Self and Team +5% Skill Points and Expertise to Team
	Tellarite	Ground bonus: +Res (Physical, Kinetic), +Res (Placate, Hold, Knock) 50% chance for +20% All Damage for 20 sec when receiving a critical hit. Click "Stubborn" to free yourself from Confuse and Placate effects.
	Trill	Ground bonus: +33% Radiation Damage Resistance Rating +33% Toxic Damage Resistance Rating 0.1 Health Regeneration
	Trill (joined)	Space bonus: Bonus Skill points +3 in Hull Repair, Inertial Dampers, Power Insulators, Sensors, Shield Emitters, Weapons Training, Warp Core Potential +7 in Graviton Generators, Particle Generator, Subspace Decompiler Ground Bonus: +10% Health regeneration +24.6% Radiation damage resistance +24.6% Toxic damage resistance
	Vulcan	Ground bonus: Bonus resistance to Psionic, Placate, and Confuse 0.15 bonus to Melee damage 15% chance to knock down the target of your melee attacks

Gallery

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External link

• Official Dev Blog - Trait System Improvements (13 Nov 2015)
• STO Character Planner @ STO-Academy.com (including Trait planner)