All Skills and How to Get Them in Scars Above

Scars Above is gamers’ new chance to dive into a hostile futuristic science-fiction journey filled with horrors not meant for this world. But with so much combat to offer its adventurous new players, there’s sure as heck of a lot to learn about Scars Above if you’re just going into it. That’s why we’ve gone ahead and done the dirty work of rounding up all of the game’s abilities and putting them on a list and can explain how you can unlock them! So, let’s go over all skills and how to get them in Scars Above!

All Skills and How to Get Them in Scars Above

Skills/Abilities

Engineering

• Force – nanorobotic technology enhances all weapons to deal 15% more damage.
• Synthesis – Consumables are engineered to have an additional effect. Using non-healing consumables heals 20% of Kate’s health.
• Mass Reload – Successfully performing rapid-reload on any weapon reloads all weapons.
• Improved Gadgetry – Duration of all gadgets increased.
• Recon – Pulse scanner gets an attachment and can now highlight all interactive objects and resources in the area.
• Efficiency – 20% chance that a consumable will reconstruct itself and not be drained when used.
• Improved Backpack – Ammo cap and fiber cap are increased by 50%.
• Xenotronics – Increase capacity of Kate’s battery for using gadgets.
• Rapid Reload – An advanced injection system allows 50% faster reloading, if timed correctly.
• Running on Fumes – When a weapon runs out of ammo, 25% of the clip will be replenished after 5 seconds.
• Load Management – Kate manages her backpack. This increases stamina by 20%.

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Xenobiology

• Carapace – A xenoessance layer envelopes Kate. She receives 15% less damage from enemy attacks.
• Resist the Killing Blow – Kate can resist 1 killing blow per save. This gives her an extra fighting chance.
• Remedy – Kate gains +1 additional health charge.
• Xeno Syntrophy – Kate becomes immune to stagger and knockdown effects.
• Conductive Bio-Enzymes – 20% chance hat a gadget won’t drain battery power when used.
• Resist the Elements – Kate’s immune system is fortified and status effects duration is reduced by 30%.
• Melee Killing Blow – Dealing a killing blow with a melee weapon heals 25% of health.
• Constitution – Xenoessence strengthens Kate’s body. Her health increases by 20%.
• Cellular Regeneration – Cells soak up more protein. This increases healing of a heal charge from 50% to 80%.
• Extraction – Kate gains extraction effectiveness. Plants and monsters have 25% chance to grant extra resources.
• Biomass Combining – Consumables cost 20% less.

How to Get Experience Points

Players can earn experience points that are used to unlock new abilities in a couple of ways. Discovering new wildlife, scanning new enemies, and various resources from around the world can give you a boost in experience, as well as geometrically-shaped objects that can be found hidden throughout environments. Pick them up and you’ll also get a boost.

If you don’t like the abilities or skills you’ve unlocked, you can unequip what you have at will, and equip new ones. Once you’ve collected enough XP, you’ll be able to Ability Points for abilities. Each ability has a set price amount of Ability Points it needs to redeem, the better the tier, the more Points it costs to the player.

Well, now you know what all of the skills are in Scars Above, as well as how they’re obtainable! If this guide helped, then be sure to check out some of our other ones, such as “Where to Use Power Nodes in Dead Space Remake”. And for more on Scars Above, make sure you like Gamer Journalist on Facebook for the latest!