Skill Tree (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla)

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For skill trees in other Assassin's Creed games, see Skill tree.

The skill tree is an in-game user interface that allows the player to upgrade the abilities of Eivor during the Viking expansion into England. Skill points are earned every time the player gains 1000 XP, completes a cairn, or collects a Book of Knowledge from a monastery or military camp. In turn, the points are used to unlock skills, which are either passive in nature or require a command prompt to be activated. Up to 8 individual skills can be equipped at any time, split evenly between a Melee and Ranged Ability Wheel. When Eivor finds two copies of the same book, an ability is improved.

Abilities

Ranged

Ability	Description	Upgrade 1
Ranged Poison Strike	Applies a poisonous concoction to the tip of your arrows. The poison spreads on enemy impact.
Mark of Death	Hold RT / R2 then scroll your reticle to mark selected enemies. Release to let fly a deadly volley of arrows.
Raven Distraction	Use your raven, Synin, to briefly distract your enemies.
Thorn of Slumber	An arrow marked with the Svefnthorn symbol puts targets to sleep almost instantly.

Melee

Ability	Description	Upgrade 1
Rush & Bash	Hold RT / R2 to rush continuosly. While rushing, make contact with any enemy to grab and pick them up. Throw enemies you’ve grabbed off ledges, or to charge through other enemies, or throw them off ledges, or slam them into walls for extra damage.
Posion Strike	Applies a poisonous concoction to you right-hand melee weapon. Poisoned enemies suffer additional damage over time.
Kick of Tyr	A ferocious kick that sends enemies flying backwards. Enemies who strike objects or other enemies will suffer additional damage.
Throwing Axe Fury	Hurl throwing axes at all enemies in range.
Dive of the Valkyries	Launch yourself into the air and come crashing down onto your enemies.

Skills

Raven

Skill	Description
Brush With Death	Dodging just before an attack lands grants you heightened senses making others around you slower for a time.
Counter Roll	Dodge towards an enemy’s attack just before it lands to vault directly behind them.
Backstab	Landing a blow directly on an enemy’s back will inflict increased defense damage and cause them to stagger.
Advanced Assassination	Unlocks the ability to assassinate high-level targets with a timing-based attack.

Bear

Skill	Description
Dual Swap	When Dual-Wielding double tap A / X to swap weapon hands.
Stomp	When an enemy fails to the ground, press RS / R3 to stomp on their dace.
Light Bow Combo	Consecutive shots with a light bow deals extra damage.
Heavy Dual Wield	You can dual wield with heavy weapons. This will alter the stats and handling of each weapon.
Terror	Weaker enemies will cower in terror after seeing their allies fall to your fury.
Berserker’s Mettle	Fight with reckless abandon. Taking damage no longer causes adrenaline loss.

Wolf

Skill	Description
Hunter Bow Combo	Release your arrow as you finish drawing it to make the next one draw faster.
Bow Stun Finisher	Press RS / R3 when aiming at stunned enemy head to trigger a Bow Stun Finisher.
Bow to Melee Link	Alternating between bow and melee attacks deal extra damage for a short time.