Strength

Strength affects a soldier's carrying capacity as well as how far objects may be thrown.

Starting Values

New recruits will always begin with a value between 20 and 40.

Maximum Caps

An X-COM soldier's strength is capped at 70.

Improvement

Strength increases any time you perform at least one primary action (see Experience). Just one is enough - additional actions do not cause more points to be applied.

The possible points earned are dependent on your current Strength. At recruit minimum (Strength=20), an average of 2.5 points are earned (range 0-5). At cap minus one (69), an average of 1.0 points are earned (range 0-2). Thus it is possible to have a value of 71 (cap+1).