As we eagerly await the release of Dying Light 2 sometime in 2021, it’s the perfect time to revisit the original game developed and published by Techland. In Dying Light, players can upgrade their character through 4 skill trees: Survivor, Agility, Power, and Legend. In this guide, we’ll focus on the Survivor rank upgrades that you can unlock as you progress through the game, surviving multiple days and nights while fending off zombies and hostile humans. So, what kind of upgrades can you expect from the Survivor skill tree?
Novice Skills: Building a Solid Foundation
Novice skills are the essential abilities you’ll need to enhance your survival game in Dying Light.
Survival Starter Kit
- Learn how to craft basic survival items like Lockpicks, Firecrackers, simple Throwing Stars, and Molotov Cocktails.
- This is the first Survivor upgrade you can unlock in the game.
Backpacker
- Maximize your backpack space and gain 4 new slots for carrying weapons.
Master Backpacker
- Further optimize your backpack space and gain 6 additional slots for carrying weapons.
Boosters
- Learn how to use plants to create Boosters, which allow you to fight without getting tired, run faster, see better in darkness, or develop more resistance to attacks.
Booster XL
- Enjoy longer-lasting effects from your Boosters.
Barter
- Improve your haggling skills and lower shop prices by 10%.
Haggle
- Become even better at haggling and lower shop prices by an additional 10%.
Hard Bargain
- Enhance your trading abilities and increase the selling price of your items.
Elemental Throwing Stars
- Learn how to create Throwing Stars with 3 additional effects: freezing, burning, and exploding.
DIY Grenades
- Learn how to create 4 types of DIY Grenades – regular, bleeding, freezing, and toxic.
Trap Bombs
- Learn how to create Bombs that attract the Infected and then detonate with 3 additional effects – exploding, bleeding, and toxic.
Adept Skills: Taking Your Survival Game to the Next Level
Adept skills are more advanced than Novice skills, providing greater benefits but requiring higher levels to unlock.
Crafting Expertise
- Improve your crafting abilities and create more items from the same materials.
Electric Fences
- Learn how to use Electric Fence traps.
Exploding Cars
- Learn how to use Exploding Car traps.
Lucky Repair
- Enhance your repair skills. Repairing a weapon will often not use a weapon’s repair slot.
Nimble Hands
- Search dead bodies much faster and increase your chances of finding more loot.
Camouflage
- Learn how to use dead bodies to camouflage yourself from the Infected.
Camouflage Attack
- Learn how to attack the Infected while using Camouflage, without drawing unwanted attention.
Shield Mastery
- Learn how to craft a Shield and use it in combat.
Shield Crafting
- Learn how to add elemental effects to Shields. If you block at the right time, your Shield will produce an additional effect: electrical, freezing, or impact.
Expert Skills: Becoming the Ultimate Survivor
Expert level skills are the cream of the crop, offering elite abilities that require much higher levels to unlock but are well worth the effort.
Grappling Hook
- Learn how to create and use a Grappling Hook to traverse the environment with greater freedom. If you ever lose your Grappling Hook, you can get a new one from the Quartermaster.
Craftsman
- Learn how to use weapon Blueprints more effectively – every time you use a crafted weapon, the elemental effect is increased, and you deal more damage.
Specialist
- Learn how to use weapon Blueprints more effectively – you’ll score more critical hits.
Ultimate Survivor
- Become the legend of Harran. Gain an additional health boost and learn how to use Grappling Hook, Shield, and Camouflage more effectively.
So there you have it, a comprehensive guide to every Survivor upgrade in the base game of Dying Light. Which of these do you use regularly in the game? Which ones are your favorites? Personally, I can’t wait to get my hands on the Grappling Hook again, as it was my lifeline throughout the entire endgame of Dying Light. The Grappling Hook makes traversing the city of Harran easier, faster, and let’s be honest, way cooler. Which of these Survivor upgrades do you think will make a return in Dying Light 2? We already know that the sequel will bring back the Grappling Hook, so count me in!
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