In Far Cry Primal you are able to unlock various skills in the game that help you level up your character.
Far Cry Primal has various skills that you will need to unlock in the game as you progress through it and unlock various objectives that help you level up your skills. As you play Far Cry Primal you will gain XP which will help you unlock the various skills below. Want to become a beast master or survive the various objectives in the game then take a look at below on how to unlock all skills.
TOC: Walkthrough | Crafting Guide | Achievements & Trophies | Primal Cave Locations | Spirit Totem Locations | Wenja Bracelets Locations | Izila Masks Locations | Skills Guide | Crafting Weapons Parts
Far Cry Primal Survival Skills
This skill section is unlocked from the very beginning of the game.
| Name | Description | Skill Points | Learned When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primitive Takedowns | Lets you kill an enemy from behind or cover silently as well as drag bodies. | 0 | N/A |
| Primitive Heal I | Grants you the ability to manually heal 1 health bar along with more healing options in the food menu. | 1 | After meeting with Sayla. |
| Extra Health II | Gain +1 health bars. | 2 | Build your first cave upgrade. |
| Primitive Heal II | Heals +1 health bars when manually healing, up to 3 total, along with more healing options in the food menu. | 3 | Build your first cave upgrade. |
| Extra Health IV | Gain +1 health bars. | 6 | Build your first cave upgrade. |
| Hunter Vision | Allows for enhanced vision, being able to view enemies, animals, resources, and blood trails for 8 seconds. Extends to your owl companion. | 0 | N/A |
| Primitive Agility | Allows for sliding while sprinting as well as throwing any throwable weapons. | 0 | N/A |
| Sprint Heal | Allows you to heal yourself while sprinting. | 1 | After meeting with Sayla. |
| Crouch Sprint | Move faster when crouched. | 2 | Build your first cave upgrade. |
| Sprint Forever | Sprint forever without slowing down, as well as having increased sprint speed. | 3 | Build your first cave upgrade. |
| Primitive Stealth | Grants the ability to throw rocks on land to distract enemies as well as being able to move dead bodies. | 0 | N/A |
| Primitive Fire | Use hardwood to light campfires and set your weapons on fire. | 0 | N/A |
| Extra Health I | Gain +1 health bars. | 1 | After meeting with Sayla. |
| Health Regeneration | Partially drained health bars will automatically regenerate much faster. | 3 | Build your first cave upgrade. |
| Quiet Sprint | Greatly reduce the noise you make when walking and sprinting. | 4 | Build your first cave upgrade. |
Far Cry Primal Gathering Skills
| Name | Description | Skill Points | Learned When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reveal Terrain I | Reveal +200 feet of terrain around you in the Map menu, uncovers more activities and missions. | 1 | After you help Sayla. |
| Show Resources | Wood, stone, and other village resources are displayed on your minimap. | 1 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Find Rare Resources | Improved chance of finding more rare wood, stone, and reeds when gathering. | 2 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Reveal Terrain II | Reveal +400 feet of terrain around you in the Map menu, uncovers more activities and missions. | 3 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Show Plants | Plants are displayed on the minimap. | 1 | After you help Sayla. |
| Find Resources I | Find more wood, stone, reeds, clay, and rock dust when gathering. | 1 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Search Takedown | Automatically search an enemy while performing a takedown. | 2 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Find Rare Plants | Improved chance of finding more rare plant parts when gathering. | 2 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Skinning I | Find +2 meat when skinning most animals. | 2 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Skinning II | Find +2 animal fat and +2 animal hide when skinning most animals. | 2 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Beast Reviving | Reviving your tamed beasts requires fewer red leaves. | 2 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
| Find Resources II | Find even more wood, stone, reeds, clay, and rock dust when gathering. | 2 | Build Sayla’s hut. |
Far Cry Primal Beast Master Skills
| Name | Description | Skill Points | Learned When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tame Canines | Now tamable: dholes, rare dholes, wolves, whiet wolves, and rare stripe wolves. | 0 | After you progress through Tensay’s missions. |
| Tame Wildcats | Now tamable: leopards, jaguars, rare black jaguars, cave lions, and rare black lions. | 1 | Build Tensay’s hut. |
| Tame Apex Predators | Now tamable: sabretooth tigers and brown bears. | 2 | Tame 5 beasts. |
| Tame Cunning Beasts | Now tamable: cave bears and badgers. | 3 | Tame 8 beasts. |
| Owl Companion | Allows you to summon an owl to scout and tag enemies. | 0 | Bring Tensay to your village. |
| Owl: Hunter Vision | Allows your owl to use hunter vision and other hunter vision skills. | 0 | Bring Tensay to your village. |
| Owl: Weapon Drop | The owl can drop your sting bombs, berserk bombs, and fire bombs. | 3 | Build Tensay’s hut. |
| Owl: Tagging Range | The owl’s tagging range for enemies is greatly increased, if the Tag Animals skill is learned, the tagging range for animals is also increased. | 3 | Build Tensay’s hut. |
| Owl: Attack I | Your owl can perform a dive attack that kills most regular enemies and frees caged animals. | 1 | Build Tensay’s hut. |
| Owl: Cooldown I | Owl Attack cooldown is reduced from 80s to 65s. | 2 | Build Tensay’s hut. |
| Owl: Attack II | The dive attack can now kill powerful elite enemies. | 3 | Build Tensay’s hut. |
| Owl: Cooldown II | Owl Attack cooldown is reduced from 65s to 40s. | 3 | Build Tensay’s hut. |
Far Cry Primal Hunting Skills
| Name | Description | Skill Points | Learned When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Vision: Sacks | Resource sacks can now be seen with hunter vision, extends to owl companion. | 1 | Bring Jayma to your village. |
| Craft Arrows I | Craft 2 arrows instead of 1. | 1 | Bring Jayma to your village. |
| Craft Arrows II | Craft 4 arrows instead of 2. | 2 | Build Jayma’s hut. |
| Craft Arrows III | Craft 8 arrows instead of 4. | 4 | Build Jayma’s hut. |
| Tag Enemies | Grants you and your owl companion the ability to tag enemies permanently. | 1 | Bring Jayma to your village. |
| Reduced Fall Damage | Receive less damage when falling from a great height. | 1 | Build Jayma’s hut. |
| Tag Animals | Grants you and your owl companion the ability to tag animals permanently. | 4 | Build Jayma’s hut. |
| Animal Wounds | Increase the amount of damage your weapons inflict on animals. | 6 | Build Jayma’s hut. |
| Hunter Vision: Plants | Plants can now be seen with hunter vision, this extends to your owl companion. | 1 | Bring Jayma to your village. |
| Bow Sprint Reload | Reload any bow with a fresh arrow while sprinting. | 2 | Build Jayma’s hut. |
| Bow Handling | When aiming with a bow, the sway is greatly reduced. | 3 | Build Jayma’s hut. |
Far Cry Primal Fighting Skills
| Name | Description | Skill Points | Learned When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shard Takedown | When you begin a takedown on an enemy, you can throw a shard at a second enemy at the same time. | 2 | Build Karoosh’s hut. |
| Heavy Takedown | Grants you the ability to takedown the large and powerful chieftain enemies. | 3 | Build Karoosh’s hut. |
| Chain Takedown | Kill multiple enemies in a sequence. | 4 | Build Karoosh’s hut. |
| Death From Above | Jump or fall onto an enemy below you for a quick and brutal kill. | 1 | Bring Karoosh to your village. |
| Mammoth Rider | Grants the ability to ride young mammoths. | 2 | Build Karoosh’s hut. |
| Beast Rider | Grants the ability to ride more beasts after taming them, such as the Sabertooth Tiger, Bloodfang Sabertooth, and the Brown Bear. | 2 | Build Karoosh’s hut. |
| Club and Spear Handling | Aiming sway is greatly reduced for clubs and spears. | 1 | Bring Karoosh to your village. |
| Weapon Agility | Switching between weapons is much faster even when sprinting. Aiming with your weapon is also much faster. | 1 | Build Karoosh’s hut. |
| Use Weapons While Moving Bodies | While moving a dead body, you can aim and throw any club or spear. | 1 | Build Karoosh’s hut. |
| Extra Health III | Gain +1 health bars. | 4 | Build Karoosh’s hut. |
Far Cry Primal Crafting Skills
| Name | Description | Skill Points | Learned When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Clubs | Craft 2 clubs instead of 1, applies to all club types. | 2 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Vicious Traps | Traps deal more damage when triggered by enemies or animals. | 1 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Precision Sling | Sling head shots will pierce through enemy headgear. | 2 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Double Spears | Craft 2 spears instead of 1. | 3 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Food Boosts I | Effects of Food recipes are increased from 60s to 90s. | 1 | Bring Wogah to your village. |
| Double Sting Bombs | Craft 2 sting bombs instead of 1. | 2 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Double Traps | Craft 2 traps instead of 1. | 2 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Double Shards | Craft 2 shards instead of 1, applies to all shard types. | 3 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Double Bait | Craft 2 bait instead of 1. | 1 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Foost Boosts II | Effects of Food recipes are increased from 90s to 120s. | 1 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
| Food Boosts III | Effects of Food recipes are increased from 120s to 150s. | 2 | Build Wogah’s hut. |
Far Cry Primal Udam Skills
| Name | Description | Skill Points | Learned When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melee Resistance I | Receive less damage from animal and enemy melee hits. Also reduces the chance of being knocked down. | 2 | Bring Dah to your village. |
| Double Berserk Bomb | Craft 2 berserk bombs instead of 1. | 2 | Build Dah’s hut. |
| Melee Resistance II | Receive even less damage from animal and enemy melee hits. | 4 | Build Dah’s hut. |
| Primitive Heal III | Heals +1 health bars when manually healing, up to 3 total, along with more healing options in the food menu. | 4 | Build Dah’s hut. |
Far Cry Primal Izila Skills
| Name | Description | Skill Points | Learned When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Resistance | Reduce the amount of damage you take from fire. | 2 | Bring Roshani to your village. |
| Double Fire Bombs | Craft 2 fire bombs instead of 1. | 3 | Build Roshani’s hut. |
| Fire Takedown | Allows you to smash fire bombs into the enemy during a takedown. | 3 | Build Roshani’s hut. |
| Fire Master I | You no longer need animal fat to set your weapons on fire. | 6 | Build Roshani’s hut. |
| Fire Master II | If you set a weapon on fire, all subsequent weapons you equip will be automatically set on fire. | 4 | Build Roshani’s hut. |
