Skill Tree (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla)

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

The Ability tree.

The skill tree is an in-game user interface that allows the player to upgrade the Skills and Abilities of Eivor Varinsdottir during the Viking expansion into England. A total of 22 Abilities can be unlocked and are classified as either Melee or Ranged. Abilities are earned every time the player collects a Book of Knowledge hidden in the world, and are either passive in nature or require a command prompt to be activated.

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Ranged Poison Strike. Up to 8 individual Abilities can be equipped at any time, split evenly between the RT / R2 and scroll you control wheels. All Abilities have two levels of upgrades, with the second tier unlocking when Eivor finds two copies of the same book.iend	Sic your [[ Abilities Ranged Ability Description Upgrade 1 Poisonous Powder Trap Attaches a small pouch to your arrow that spreads a volatile powder wherever the arrow strikes. Any nearby movement causes the powder to burst into a poisonous mist. Anyone who walks near is for an unpleasant surprise! Attaches a small pouch to your arrow that spreads a volatile powder wherever the arrow strikes. Any nearby movement causes the powder to burst into a poisonous mist. Anyone who walks near is for an unpleasant surprise! Your trap can now be triggered twice. Incendiary Powder Trap Attaches a small pouch to your arrow that spreads a volatile powder wherever the arrow strikes. Any nearby movement causes the powder to burst into flames. Surprise clueless passersby! Attaches a small pouch to your arrow that spreads a volatile powder wherever the arrow strikes. Any nearby movement causes the powder to burst into flames. Surprise clueless passersby! The powder can be detonated a second time. Ranged Poison Strike Applies a poisonous concoction to the tips of your arrows. Applies a poisonous concoction to the tips of your arrows. Applied poison splashes in an arc in the flight of the arrow, poisoning all enemies caught in the arc. Ranged Fire Strike Set the tips of your arrows aflame. Anything it hits will catch fire. Set the tips of your arrows aflame. Anything it hits will catch fire. The fire blazes in an arc in front of you, instantly setting enemies caught in the arc ablaze. Piercing Shot Shoot an arrow with enough force to pierce through nearly any obstacle. Shoot an arrow with enough force to pierce through nearly any obstacle. Multiply damage for each enemy the arrow passes through. Mark of Death Hold RT / R2 to mark selected enemies. Release to let fly a deadly volley of arrows. Hold RT / R2 to mark selected enemies. Release to let fly a deadly volley of arrows. Increase maximum number of targets. Raven Distraction Use your raven, Sýnin, to briefly distract your enemies. Use your raven, Sýnin, to briefly distract your enemies. Sýnin attacks the target to begin the distraction. During combat, Sýnin stuns the target. Man's Best Friend Sic your wolf on an enemy. Sic your wolf on an enemy. Your wolf will stay to fight by your side. Axe Blizzard Aim and throw a devastating barrage of axes. Aim and throw a devastating barrage of axes. Complete the full series of Axe Blizzard by adding a bloody finishing combo of extra throws. Focus of the Nornir Use the power of the Nornir to aim and shoot at your enemies with fateful speed. Use the power of the Nornir to aim and shoot at your enemies with fateful speed. Each killed enemy increases damage dealt. Thorn of Slumber An arrow marked with the Svefnthorn symbol puts targets to sleep almost instantly. An arrow marked with the Svefnthorn symbol puts targets to sleep almost instantly. On impact, arrows expel a cloud of poison, putting anyone nearby to sleep. Melee Ability Description Upgrade 1 Rush & Bash Hold RT / R2 to rush continuously. 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. Hold RT / R2 to rush continuously. 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. Eivor takes advantage of enemies stunned from a wall slam to finish with an extra punishing attack. Blinding Rush Use stamina to move undetected. Ends upon enemy contact. Use stamina to move undetected. Ends upon enemy contact. Successful Assassination doesn't interrupt the ability. Poison Strike Applies a poisonous concoction to your right-hand melee weapon. Poisoned enemies suffer additional damage over time. Applies a poisonous concoction to your right-hand melee weapon. Poisoned enemies suffer additional damage over time. The concoction splashes in an arc in front of you, instantly poisoning enemies caught in the arc. Kick of Tyr A ferocious kick that sends enemies flying backwards. Enemies who strike objects or other enemies will suffer additional damage. A ferocious kick that sends enemies flying backwards. Enemies who strike objects or other enemies will suffer additional damage. Kicked enemies will remain down and at your mercy. Vengeance of Thor Hold RT / R2 to concentrate all your strength into an unstoppable attack. The longer you hold, the more powerful the attack will become. Hold RT / R2 to concentrate all your strength into an unstoppable attack. The longer you hold, the more powerful the attack will become. You can charge-up twice for the ultimate attack. Feign Death Fool enemies by playing dead. Fool enemies by playing dead. Trigger a surprise assassination from a prone position. Dive of the Valkyries Launch yourself into the air and come crashing down onto your enemies. Launch yourself into the air and come crashing down onto your enemies. Inflict stun damage within a large radius of impact. Harpoon Impalement Impale an enemy with your harpoon and throw them in any direction using L-stick. Enemies who strike objects or other enemies will suffer massive damage. Impale an enemy with your harpoon and throw them in any direction using L-stick. Enemies who strike objects or other enemies will suffer massive damage. Eivor can finish by pulling the enemy close and killing them with style! Rage of Helheim Enter a fit of rage and slam your enemy to the ground, leaving them helpless in face of a barrage of hits. Alternate quickly between LB / L1 and RB / R1 tabs to avoid losing balance. Enter a fit of rage and slam your enemy to the ground, leaving them helpless in face of a barrage of hits. Alternate quickly between LB / L1 and RB / R1 tabs to avoid losing balance. Land more blows with faster taps. Fire Strike Applies fire to your right-hand melee weapon. Enemies that catch fire will suffer additional damage over time. Applies fire to your right-hand melee weapon. Enemies that catch fire will suffer additional damage over time. The fire blazes in an arc in front of you, instantly setting enemies caught in the arc ablaze. Throwing Axe Fury Hurl throwing axes at all enemies in range. Hurl throwing axes at all enemies in range. Any enemy struck will also be staggered. Skills Where are the paintings? This article is in need of more images and/or better quality pictures from official media in order to achieve a higher status. You can help the Assassin's Creed Wiki by uploading better images on this page. The skill tree. Players also have access to a skill tree, which gives its own powers separate from the above Abilities. A total of 38 Skills can be unlocked and are assigned to one of 3 trees, Raven (stealth), Bear (warrior), or Wolf (ranged). Skill points are earned every time the player gains 1000 XP, completes Standing Stone puzzle or a cairn, or collects a Book of Knowledge hidden in the world. The points are used to unlock skills that are either passive in nature or require a command prompt to be activated. The "path" through the trees is not linear, with players able to allocate points anywhere as they see fit. Unlike Abilities, once a Skill is unlocked, it remains available at any time and does not need to be equipped for use. 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 Rune 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. Breakfall Eivor automatically performs a roll when landing from a dangerous height, reducing the amount of damage taken. Chain Assassination After performing a successful assassination, throw an axe at a second NPC standing in close proximity. Predator Bow Combo Consecutive headshots with a Predator Bow deals extra damage. Guided Arrow Your proficiency with the Predator Bow allows you to perform unbelievable feats of accuracy. Press RB / R1 to adjust the arrow's trajectory as it flies. Missile Reversal Send it right back at 'em. Catch and throw back virtually any projectile to its sender by pressing LB / L1 just before it hits you. Auto-Loot Loot an enemy automatically after a melee kill or stealth takedown. Assassin's Cantrip Following a succesful parry, quickly press Y / ▲ to throw a smoke bomb at your feet and disappear. Explosive Corpse Booby-trap a dead body to damage anyone who investigates it. Hold RS / R3 near a dead body to load it with explosive powder. Miasma Enemies who die from one of your poison attacks will release a toxic cloud around them, infecting those who enter. Bear Skill Description Dual Swap When Dual-Wielding, hold RT + RS / R2 + R3 to swap weapon hands. Stomp When an enemy fails to the ground, press RS / R3 to stomp on their face. 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 After a Stun Finisher, weak enemies nearby may cower in fear. Berserker's Mettle Fight with reckless abandon. A partially filled adrenaline bar will not be affected by an enemy's first strike. Battlefield Cremation Enemies who perish from one of your fire attacks will continue to burn, dealing fire damage to enemies nearby. Warrior Takedown Attempt a RT / R2 takedown on an unaware enemy with your melee weapon. It will alert all enemies around you but will fill you adrenaline for every one of them. Perfect Attack Press RB / R1 again during a weapon swing to do more damage on the next hit. Sprint Bash Unlocks the ability to bash into breakable objects and push NPCs to the ground while sprinting. Adrenaline Fiend When 1 or more adrenaline slots are filled, you gain a damage boost and attack-speed boost. This effect augments with each slot filled. Parry Damage Succesful parries also deal damage to the attacker. Arrow Volley Discharge all loaded arrows at once by holding and releasing RB / R1 with a Light Bow. Each volley of arrows has stamina cost. 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 a 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. Emergency Aim Holding LT / L2 will snap your aim to the enemy as they detect you, giving you an opportunity to kill him and remain undetected. Arrow Reinforcement With this skill, loosed arrows will never break and may be collected from fallen enemies. Stealth Adrenaline While in stealth, gain Adrenaline by looting a chest or pick-pocketing in a restricted area. Stealth Recon Automatically highlight enemies when crouched and undetected. Charged Shot Fire two fully charged arrows by pressing RB / R1 with the Hunter Bow. This attack cannot be canceled. Battleground Bolt Press Y / ▲ to pick up the nearest discarded weapon, and automatically throw it at an enemy in sight. Sprint Attack Press RB / R1 while sprinting to do a sprint attack. Last Chance Healing When your health reaches a critical state in conflict, everything around you will appear to move slower, giving you time to heal or flee. Grit Regain the "red portion" of your health bar when landing successful melee hits on enemies. References