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There are quite a lot of things you get to unlock as your progress through Sniper Elite: Resistance, with a lot of those things unlocked in different ways. There are quite a few weapons and attachments that are unlocked by progressing through the campaign, or else by finding a particular thing in a mission, or killing that mission’s Kill Target in a certain way.
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One thing that’s always unlocked the exact same way are skills. Skill points are earned at a regular click, and the abilities that they give you can make a huge difference in whether a mission ends in success, or whether you need to start from scratch.
How To Earn Skill Points
Earning skills points is easy: you get them for leveling up. Your level is displayed at the top right of your pause menu, just below your username. Every time you level up, you earn one skill point. In order to level up, you’ll need to earn XP.
How To Earn XP
The only thing you’ll need to do to earn XP is work your way through missions. You’ll earn XP for every objective that you complete, both main and side, along with Kill Targets. You also earn XP for simply killing Nazis, which you’re naturally going to do as you complete objectives.
You’ll also earn XP for every other game mode outside the campaign, and in the same way: killing enemies, and completing objectives.
You gain a variable amount of XP for getting kills in certain ways; generally, the more modifiers to your kill, the more XP you’ll earn. Gaining a Ghost Kill alongside a heart shot, for example, will award you more XP than killing a Nazi that already knew you were there, and with a simple body shot. Other things, like distance, Nazi type, and more, will affect XP gains.
How To Apply Skill Points
To apply your hard-earned skills points, pause the game, and navigate to the ‘Skills‘ section at the top left of the screen, between ‘Options’ and ‘Map’.
From there, you’ll be met with the ‘Campaign & Co-Op Skills‘ screen. You can automatically apply skill points by following the button prompt at the bottom of your screen, or you can decide exactly what you’d like to do with those skill points yourself.
While you earn skill points that can be used across every game mode, you’ll need to apply those skill points separately for each mode.
There are three skill trees, each revolving around a different facet of combat. Each tree has nine different skills, making for 27 different skills overall.
Combat Skill Tree
The skills in the Combat skill tree revolve around quickly interacting with nearby objects, or else improving certain physical mechanics of your character.
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Skill |
Description |
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Back In The Fight |
Allows you to use a Med Kit to revive yourself. |
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Grenade Throwback |
Allows you to throw a live grenade that landed near you. |
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No Time To Bleed |
Allows you to use your secondary weapon while you’re downed. |
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Triangulation |
Tags enemies when they damage you. |
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Steady Hand |
Reduces scope sway when taking damage. |
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Quick Trap (costs 2 skill points) |
Allows you to quickly throw a trap down, and enemies cannot see the trap. |
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Combat Medic (costs 2 skill points) |
Allows you to use all of your bandages to revive yourself instead of a Med Kit. |
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Advanced Triangulation (costs 2 skill points) |
Tags enemies when they shoot at you. |
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Swift Hands (costs 2 skill points) |
Automatically search enemies when you use a takedown. |
Equipment Skill Tree
The Equipment skill tree allows you to bring more equipment and ammo types.
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Skill |
Description |
|---|---|
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Scavenge Weapon Ammo |
Allows you to take ammo from dropped weapons. |
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Extra Item Slot I |
Gives you an extra item slot. |
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Carry More Decoys |
Allows you to carry more decoys and more bottles. |
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Carry More Explosives |
Allows you to carry more TNT and grenades. |
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Carry More Traps |
Allows you to carry more Schu-Mines and Teller Mines. |
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Extra Item Slot II (costs 2 skill points) |
Gives you another extra item slot. |
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Pistol Special Ammo (costs 2 skill points) |
Allows you to carry a second type of special ammo for your pistol. |
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Secondary Special Ammo (costs 2 skill points) |
Allows you to carry a second type of special ammo for your secondary weapon. |
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Rifle Special Ammo (costs 2 skill points) |
Allows you to carry a second type of special ammo for your rifle. |
Body Skill Tree
The skills in the Body skill tree has many effects that improve your focus and heart rate.
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Skill |
Description |
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Maintain Focus |
This extends the tail-end of the Focus effect based on how long you were in Focus. |
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Cardio |
Reduces the amount your heart rate increases from sprinting. |
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Focus Range |
Increases the range of your Focus. |
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Health Boost I |
This gives you an extra health segment. |
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Speedy Recovery |
This speeds up your health recovery. |
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Deep Breath (costs 2 skill points) |
Reduces the amount your heart rate increases from emptying your lungs. |
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Focus Movement (costs 2 skill points) |
Allows you to move faster while you’re in Focus. |
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Health Boost II (costs 2 skill points) |
This gives you another extra health segment. |
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Stabilized (costs 2 skill points) |
This reduces your heart rate while you use a bandage or a Med Kit. |
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