The skills in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla have been divided into three different categories or trees based on how they are used. Skills possessed by wolves, ravens, and bears. Aside from skill trees, you can also unlock armor bonuses if you want to enhance your armor.
Tell Me About Wolf Skills
The blue-colored nodes on the right-hand side of the skill tree indicate skills aligned with Wolf Branch in the game. Purchasing these nodes will allow you to shoot a bow more lethally, conduct reconnaissance more effectively, and be more timely when performing these actions.
List of All Wolf Skills
| Arrow Looter | Eivor has a greater chance of looting arrows from archers. |
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| Arrow Reinforcement | With this skill, loosed arrows will never break and may be collected from fallen enemies. |
| Battleground Bolt | Press Triangle to pick up the nearest discarded weapon, and automatically throw it at an enemy in sight. |
| Bow Stun Finisher | Press R3 when aiming at a stunned enemy’s head to trigger a Bow Stun Finisher. |
| Bow to Melee Link | Alternating between bow and melee attacks deal extra damage for a short time. |
| Charged Shot | Fire two fully charged arrwos by pressing R1 with the Hunter Bow. This attack cannot be canceled. |
| Emergency Aim | Holding L2 will snap your aim to an enemy as they detect you, giving you an opportunity to kill them and remain undetected. |
| Eye of the North | Prevents flinching from hits while aiming with your bow. This effect recharges after a few seconds. |
| Grit | Regain the “red portion” of your health bar when landing successful melee hits on enemies. |
| Hunter Bow Combo | Release your arrow as you finish drawing it to make the next one draw faster. |
| Last Chance Healing | When you health reaches a critical state in conflict, everything around you will appear to move slower, giving you time to heal or flee. |
| Loot Food | Eivor has a higher chance of looting food from dead bodies. |
| Power Stroke | Press L3 to trigger a speed boost on the Longship at the cost of stamina. |
| Sprint Attack | Press R1 while sprinting to do a sprint attack. |
| 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. |
| Unstoppable | While in combat, Eivor’s sprint becomes unblockable and knocks enemies back at the cost of stamina. |
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Tell Me About Raven Skills
An alignment node, colored yellow, is aligned to the Raven Branch alignment, which is located in the leftmost third of the skill tree. It is possible to purchase nodes that provide you with abilities and bonuses related to stealth, assassination, and Hidden Blades.
| Advanced Assassination | Unlocks the ability to assassinate high-level targets with a timing-based attack. |
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| Assassin Carry | Hold R1 to automatically carry a body after a successful assassination. |
| Assassin Slide | Hold O while sprinting to slide in to enemies and knock them off balance. |
| Assassin’s Cantrip | Following a successful parry, quickly press TRIANGLE to throw a smoke bomb at your feet and disappear. |
| Auto-Loot | Loot an enemy automatically after a melee kill or a stealth takedown. |
| Backstab | Landing a blow directly on a enemy’s back will inflict increased defense damage and cause them to stagger. |
| Breakfall | Eivor automatically performs a roll when landing from a dangerous height, reducing the amount of damage taken. |
| Brush With Death | Dodging just before an attack lands grants you heightened senses, making others around you appear to move slower for a time. |
| Chain Assassination | After performing a successful assassination, throw an axe at a second NPC standing in close proximity. |
| Counter Roll | Dodge towards an enemy’s Rune Attack just before it lands to vault directly behind him. |
| Explosive Corpse | Booby-trap a dead body to damage anyone who investigates it. Hold R3 near a dead body to load it with explosive powder. |
| Guided Arrow | Your memory with the Predator Bow allows you to perform unbelievable feats of accuracy. Press R1 to adjust the arrow’s trajectory as it flies. |
| Intense Rage | Ignore hit interruptions while performing your next off-hand parry or special attack. This effect recharges after a few seconds. |
| Miasma | Enemies who die from one of your poison attacks will release a toxic cloud around them, infecting those who enter. |
| Missile Reversal | Send it right back at ’em. Catch and throw back virtually any projectile to its sender by pressing L1 just before it hits you. |
| Mounted Archer | Eivor can use their bow abilities while mounted. |
| Predator Bow Combo | Consecutive headshots with a Predator Bow deal extra damage. |
| Raven’s Loot | Your raven gathers loot from targets killed with ranged attacks. |
Tell Me About Bear Skills
On the northern third of the skill tree, there is a red skill node aligned with a bear branch that can be found. These nodes are not only able to improve the health, strength, and melee damage of the player, but they also provide skills and bonuses as well.
| Adrenaline Fiend | When 1 or more Adrenaline Slots are filled, you can a damage boost and attack speed boost. This effect augments with each slot filled. |
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| Arrow Volley | Discharge all loaded arrows at once by holding and releasing R1 with a Light Bow. Each volley of arrows has a stamina cost. |
| Battlefield Cremation | Enemies who perish from one of your fire attacks will continue to burn, dealing fire damage to enemies nearby. |
| Berserker’s Mettle | Fight the reckless abandon. A partially filled Adrenaline Slot will not be affected by an enemy’s first strike. |
| Cold Rage | Ignore hit interruptions while performing successive regular melee attacks. This effect recharges after a few seconds. |
| Dual Swap | When Dual-Wielding, hold R2 + R3 to swap weapon hands. |
| Fearless Leaper | When activated, the leap attack damage has a larger area of effect and can be done at any height. |
| Fight Ready | Always start a fight with an adrenaline slot filled. |
| Heavy Dual Wield | You can dual wield heavy weapons. This will alter the stats and handling of each weapon. |
| Light Bow Combo | Consecutive shots with a Light Bow deals extra damage. |
| Longship Brace | When you are in command of the longship, the crew will raise their shield with you. |
| Parry Damage | Successful parries also deal damage to the attacker. |
| Perfect Attack | Press R1 again during a weapon swing to do more damage on the next hit. |
| Shield Master | Eivor automatically rotates to block incoming attacks by holding up their shield. |
| Sprint Bash | Unlocks the ability to bash through breakable objects and push NPCs to the ground while sprinting. |
| Stomp | When an enemy falls to the ground, press R3 to stomp on their face. |
| Terror | After a Stun Finisher, weak enemies nearby may cower in fear. |
| Warrior Takedown | Attempt an R2 takedown on an unaware enemy with your melee weapon. It will alert all enemies around you but will fill your Adrenaline for every one of them. |
