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There are a total of six expanded skill trees that Aloy can invest in. These trees are named Warrior, Trapper, Hunter, Survivor, Infiltrator, and Machine Master. Each skill tree has a specific weapon type and fighting style that it enhances. We’ll break down each of these trees and what players need to know before investing in them.
Warrior skill tree
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The Warrior skill tree focuses on giving Aloy more melee attacks and enhanced skills with the Warrior bow type. This tree offers a good amount of support for a player who wants to be closer to their enemies. That said, here are all the skills available in this tree.
- Resonator Blast – Aloy’s spear energizes over time. Once fully charged, she can use a charged attack to place an energy disc on her target. Players can then shoot this disc with an arrow before it disappears to deal additional damage.
- Nora Warrior – Melee combo that knocks down smaller enemies and stuns larger machines.
- Block Breaker – Melee combo that will break an enemy’s block.
- Resonator Blast+ – Allows the Resonator Blast to charge faster.
- Melee Damage – Melee attacks will deal more damage.
- Critical Hit+ – Critical hits deal more damage.
- Energized Duration – Enemies will stay Energized longer.
- Resonator Damage – Resonator Blast will now deal more damage.
- Aerial Slash / Jump Off – Jump off enemies to reposition yourself and have slow archery.
- Power Attack + – Charged attacks deal more damage.
- Spread Shot – Fires five arrows from the Warrior’s Bow.
- Resonator Buildup – Resonator Blast charges faster.
- Melee Detonator – Fires a special arrow from a warrior bow that explodes when attacked in melee.
- Burst Fire – Fires three arrows in a burst from the Warrior’s Bow.
- Halfmoon Slash – Melee combo that closes in on enemies.
- The Destroyer – Melee combo which is slow but deals bonus damage.
- Spinning Scythe – AOE melee spinning attack.
- Melee Might – Valor Surge that increases Aloy’s melee damage for a short time.
- Energy Surge – Melee combo that quickly energizes Aloy’s spear.
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Trapper Skill Tree
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The Trapper skill, just as it sounds, focuses on giving Aloy boosts to her traps and tripwires. This includes an increase in the number she can drop at any given time. In addition to adding perks, it also adds Tripcaster and Ropecaster specific skills.
- Quick Trapper – Places traps faster.
- Skilled Scavenger – Receive more resources by breaking his traps.
- Nimble Crafter – Lays traps slightly faster.
- Trap Limit – Increases the number of traps that can be set.
- Resilient Trapper – Aloy is more resistant to damage from her own traps.
- Elemental Fury – Valor Surge that boosts elemental effects.
- Duration of food – The effect of food will last longer.
- Quickwire – Instead of placing each end of a tripwire individually, players can activate this skill to place an automatic tripwire.
- Penetrating Rope – The Rope Launcher can now connect to any part of a creature, including armored parts of a machine without being charged.
- Trap Specialist – Valor Surge which makes traps more powerful.
Hunter skill tree
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The Hunter skill tree aims to allow Aloy to deal more ranged damage with Boltblaster and Hunter bows. This is one of the most needed skill trees in all Horizon Forbidden West playstyles. These abilities will push Aloy to become the best archer around.
- Focus+ – Increases focus time.
- Deep Focus – Focus depletes slower.
- Concentration Regen – Concentration regenerates faster.
- High Volley – Hunter’s Bow fires arrows in the air to rain down on the target for a short time.
- Spread Blast – Boltblaster fires eight bolts in a spread.
- Valor Surge Master – Valor surge loads faster.
- Weapon Stamina + – Weapon stamina depletes slower.
- Stamina Regen – Aloy regenerates stamina faster.
- Ammo Expert – Craft more ammo for the same amount of resources.
- Heavy Weapon + – Heavy weapons will deal more damage.
- Triple Notch – Add up to two additional arrows to the Hunter Bow to fire.
- Sustained Burst – Boltblaster can now unleash a full clip at a time while standing still.
- Powershots – Valor Surge that charges a specific number of shots after being activated.
- Workbench Expert – Ammo is cheaper to craft at workbenches.
- Knockdown Shot – Hunter’s bow shot that deals no damage but knocks enemies down.
- Ultra Shot – Boltblaster shot that will go much further.
Survivor Skill Tree
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The Survivor skill tree aims to give Aloy greater healing ability when in danger. In addition to enhancing potions and offering natural health regeneration, the Survivor skill tree gives skills to two types of weapons. These include the Shred Gauntlet and Bomb Slings.
- Powerful Medicine – Medicinal Berries heal Aloy for more.
- Low Health Regeneration – Recovers health over time when Aloy’s is below 25%.
- Low Health Defense – Aloy will resist more damage when her health is below 25%.
- Bouncing Bomb – Bombs fired at the ground can bounce up to three times, dealing more damage.
- Triple Shredder – Launches three shredding gauntlets at once.
- Toughened – Valor Surge that increases damage resistance and health recovery.
- Potion Mastery – Drink potions faster and they will heal longer.
- Medicine Ability – Hold more potions at once.
- Valor on Impact – Gain value by killing enemies.
- Burst Dodge – Dodge backwards while firing bombs.
- Shredder Mine – Shredder gauntlets can be placed as mines.
- Overshield – Places an overshield on Aloy’s base health.
- Low Ranged Health – Deal more ranged damage when health is below 25%.
- Low Health Melee – Deal more melee damage when health is below 25%.
- Sticky Bomb – Fires a bomb that sticks.
- Plant Forager – Get more resources from plants.
- Power Shredder – Shredder will deal more damage but won’t come back.
Infiltrator Skill Tree
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Stealth is a great ability to have in the wild when dealing with machines that dominate the player. The Infiltrator skill tree allows Aloy to be less detectable when outside of red grass as well as benefits for stealth attacks. This tree also grants skills to the Sharpshot and Hunter bows.
- Silent Strike+ – Deals more damage on his silent strikes.
- Stealth Ranged+ – Deal more damage with his bows while in stealth mode.
- Stealth Tear+ – Deals more tear damage in stealth mode.
- Silent Strike Heal – Silent strikes will heal Aloy.
- Smoke Bomb Capacity – Carry more smoke bombs at once.
- Silent Movement – Sneak more quietly.
- Low Profile – Aloy is harder to notice when weaving through red grass and/or cover.
- Silent Spear – Melee attacks are quieter.
- Silent Strike Gain – Gain more stamina and bravery from silent strikes.
- Braced Shot – Sharpshot archery that explodes on impact.
- Double Notch – Nock up to two arrows on a Sharpshot bow.
- Focused Shot – Valor Surge that increases aim and damage while hitting anything dangerous on the ground.
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Machine Master Skill Tree
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Machine Master is a skill tree that boosts Aloy’s replacement abilities. This ability will become increasingly useful as the player completes more and more cauldrons through the game. These skills will increase the overloaded machine’s health, damage, and more.
- Mounted Defense – Take less damage while mounted.
- Lasting Replacement – Replacements last longer on selected machine.
- Machine Damage – Overcharged machines deal more damage than originally.
- Spike Trap – Thrown Spikes can now be thrown on the ground with this ability to create additional traps.
- Boost Spike – This skill adds jet propulsion to the spike to launch it farther and deal more damage to the target.
- Machine Health – Aloy’s Overcharged Machine will have more health than others of the same type.
- Heavy Lifter – Move slightly faster while holding a heavy weapon.
- Efficient Repair – Aloy can repair her mount for less metal shards.
- Machine Elemental+ – Aloy’s overloaded machines will deal more elemental damage.
- Splitting Spike – Spike throw that splits into three spears.
- Replace Routines – Set a replaced machine to aggressive or defensive.
- Mounted Archer – Deals more bow damage while in the saddle.
- Chain Bust – Grouped enemies will take damage from a nearby party member.
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