Skills in Far Cry Primal are traits that help you survive longer, fight more efficiently and have better control over beasts. You’ll need skill points to buy these abilities, but you’ll also have to unlock them.
This is done by bringing new people to your settlement. This guide will show you all
skills and abilities in Far Cry Primal, what they do and how much they cost.
Note: This guide is a work in progress. It will be updated with more information once the game is out.
Survival Talents
This skill tree is available right from the start. It contains skills that increase your odds of surviving in the wilderness, like more health, better sneaking, faster running and improved healing abilities.
| Name | Description | Skill Point Cost |
|---|
| Primitive Takedowns | Allows for basic takedowns | ??? |
| Primitive Heal | Heal 1 point | ??? |
| Extra Health II | Gain 1 health bar | ??? |
| Primitive Heal II | Gain 1 health bar when healing manually, up to 3 total. | 3 |
| Extra Health IV | Gain 1 health bar | 6 |
| Hunter Vision | Grants Hunter Vision for 8 seconds (for owl too) | ??? |
| Primitive Agility | Allows sliding and throwing weapons | ??? |
| Sprint Heal | Heal while sprinting | ??? |
| Crouch Sprint | Move faster when crouched | 2 |
| Sprint Forever | Allows you to sprint forever, increases sprint speed | 3 |
| Primitive Stealth | Allows you to throw rocks and hide bodies | ??? |
| Primitive Fire | Allows you to light campfires and your weapons | ??? |
| Extra Health I | Gain 1 health bar | ??? |
| Health Regeneration | Health regenerates more quickly | 3 |
| Quiet Sprint | Reduces noise when walking and sprinting | 4 |
Gathering Skills
This group of abilities is tied to having Sayla around. As soon as you’ve joined up with her, you’ll unlock it. The skills inside will grant you the power to be more efficient in looting, giving you more resources when you collect plants and skin animals.
| Name | Description | Skill Point Cost |
|---|
| Reveal Terrrain I | Increases cone of vision, uncovers more points of interest | ??? |
| Show Resources | Village resources are displayed on your map | 1 |
| Find Rare Resources | Improves chances of finding rare resources | 2 |
| Reveal Terrain II | Increases cone of vision even more, uncovers additional points of interest | 3 |
| Show Plants | Plants are displayed on your minimap | ??? |
| Find Resources I | Find more wood, stone, reeds and clay when gathering | 1 |
| Search Takedown | Automatically search an enemy while performing a takedown | 2 |
| Find Rare Plants | Improves chances of finding rare plants | 2 |
| Skinning I | Find 2 more meat when skinning most animals | ??? |
| Skinning II | Find 2 more animal fat and hide when skinning most animals | 2 |
| Beast Reviving | Use fewer red leaves to revive your beast | 2 |
| Find Resources II | Find more wood, stone, reeds, clay and rock dust when gathering | 2 |
Beast Master Abilities
These abilities will help you tame beasts and improve your usage of them. They will allow you to tame new species and upgrade their abilities. It also has skills that affect your owl. You’ll first gain access to these after you’ve met Tensey.
| Name | Description | Skill Point Cost |
|---|
| Tame Canines | Allows taming of dholes, rare dhole, wolves, white wolves and rare stripe wolves | ??? |
| Tame Wildcats | Allows taming of leopards, jaguars, rare black jaguars, cave lions and rare black lions | ??? |
| Tame Apex Predators | Allows taming of sabretooth tigers and brown bears | ??? |
| Tame Cunning Beasts | Allows taming of cave bears and badgers | ??? |
| Owl Companion | Allows you to summon the owl | ??? |
| Owl: Hunter Vision | Allows the owl to use hunter vision | ??? |
| Owl: Weapon Drop | Allows owl to drop sting bombs, berserk bombs and fire bombs | 3 |
| Owl: Tagging Range | Increases range at which owl can tag enemies | 3 |
| Owl: Attack I | Give the owl the ability to attack | ??? |
| Owl: Cooldown I | Decreases owl summoning cooldown | 2 |
| Owl: Attack II | Increases damage done by owl attack | 3 |
| Owl: Cooldown II | Further decreases owl summoning cooldown | 3 |
Hunting Skills
These skills are used to improve your usage of the bow, let you craft arrows more efficiently, do more damage to animals and use your hunter vision for more stuff. Jayma is responsible for this group of talents.
| Name | Description | Skill Point Cost |
|---|
| Hunter Vision: Sacks | Hunter vision reveals sacks | ??? |
| Craft Arrows I | Craft 2 arrows from the weapon wheel | ??? |
| Craft Arrows II | Craft 4 arrows from the weapon wheel | 2 |
| Craft Arrows III | Craft 8 arrows from the weapon wheel | 4 |
| Tag Enemies | Allos you to tag human enemies | ??? |
| Reduce Fall Damage | Receive less damage from falling | ??? |
| Tag Animals | Allows you to tag animals | 4 |
| Animal Wounds | Do more damage to animals | 6 |
| Hunter Vision: Plants | Hunter vision reveals plants | ??? |
| Bow Sprint Reload | Allows you to reload bow while sprinting | 2 |
| Bow Handling | Reduces sway when aiming a bow | 3 |
Fighting Skills
Karoosh will allow you to unlock skills from this tree. They’ll improve how you handle weapons, teach you takedowns, let you ride beasts and use weapons in difficult situations.
| Name | Description | Skill Point Cost |
|---|
| Shard Takedown | Take down several enemies at once by using shards | ??? |
| Heavy Takedown | Allows you to take down larger enemies | ??? |
| Chain Takedown | Allows you to take down multiple enemies in a sequence | 4 |
| Death From Above | Jump onto enemies for a brutal execution | ??? |
| Mammoth Rider | Allows you to ride young mammoths | ??? |
| Beast Rider | Ride sabertooth tiger, bloodfang sabertooth and brown bear after taming them | 2 |
| Club & Spear Handling | Aiming sway reduced when using spears and clubs | 1 |
| Weapon Agility | Faster weapon switching and aiming | 1 |
| Use Weapons While Moving Bodies | Allows using weapons while carrying a dead body | 1 |
| Extra Health III | Adds 1 health bar | 4 |
Crafting Abilities
Crafting skills are governed by Wogah. They will grant you more bonuses from eating food, and allow you to craft more items and weapons with less materials.
| Name | Description | Skill Point Cost |
|---|
| Double Clubs | Craft 2 clubs from the weapon wheel | 2 |
| Vicious Traps | Your traps do more damage | 1 |
| Precision Sling | Head shots with the sling will pierce enemy headgear | 2 |
| Double Spears | Craft 2 spears from the weapon wheel | 3 |
| Food Boosts I | Increases duration of food boosts | ??? |
| Double Sting Bombs | Craft 2 sting bombs instead of one | 2 |
| Double Traps | Craft 2 traps from the weapon wheel | 2 |
| Double Shards | Craft 2 shards from the weapon wheel | 3 |
| Double Bait | Craft 2 bait instead of one | ??? |
| Food Boosts II | Increases duration of food boosts even more | 1 |
| Food Boosts III | Increases food bonus duration to the maximum | 2 |
Udam Skills
The Udam skill tree is unlocked once you bring Dah to your village. Some of them will require that you build him a hut. They’ll improve your damage resistance and let you survive a little longer in combat.
| Name | Description | Skill Point Cost |
|---|
| Melee Resistance I | Receive less damage from melee attacks | 2 |
| Double Berserk Bomb | Craft 2 berserk bombs instead of one | 2 |
| Melee Resistance II | Receive even less damage from melee attacks | 4 |
| Primitive Heal III | Heal 1 point when manually healing, up to 3 total | 4 |
Izila Skills
The Izila abilities will be unlocked once you’ve brought Roshani to your encampment and built her a house. They revolve around fire – its usage and the protection against it.
| Name | Description | Skill Point Cost |
|---|
| Fire Resistance | Take less damage from fire | 2 |
| Double Fire Bombs | Craft 2 fire bombs instead of one | 3 |
| Fire Takedown | Use firebombs to perform a takedown | 3 |
| Fire Master I | You can light weapons on fire without animal fat | 6 |
| Fire Master II | When you set a weapon on fire, all others will automatically be on fire too | 4 |
