Dying Light The Beast: Skill Tree Explained

In this guide, we shall dissect the entire skill tree of Dying Light The Beast, helping you understand each category within.

Kyle Crane has some new skills up his sleeve this time (Source: Techland)
Kyle Crane has some new skills up his sleeve this time (Source: Techland)

Dying Light The Beast’s skill tree may not be as extensive as Dying Light 2’s, but it delves much deeper into the element of a power fantasy. Each skill in the skill tree serves to make you a superhuman zombie killing machine, and its four trees allow you to focus on a build across each playthrough. There are four types of skills to pick from: 

  • Agility Skills
  • Power Skills
  • Survival Skills
  • Beast Skills

If you’re wondering what these skills are or how they work, this guide is for you. 

All Agility Skills in Dying Light The Beast

Agility Skills improve your parkouring abilities (Image via Techland)
Agility Skills improve your parkouring abilities (Image via Techland)

The Agility Skills allow you to improve your overall movement in Dying Light The Beast. These skills grant you tools to navigate the parkour sandbox efficiently, making you a master of parkour as you get them all.

Agiliy SkillWhat It Does
Active LandingAllows you to drop to the ground from greater heights, letting you roll at the last second to reduce fall damage. 
DashAllows you to dash for as long as your stamina lasts. 
Vault KickAllows you to vault over enemies or obstacles and kick the next enemy. 
Enemy Jump Allows you to jump over enemies while dashing. 
AfterboostMomentarily boosts your speed after certain parkour moves.
Bash Cross your arms and charge through enemies, clearing your path. 
Parkour ShotAllows you to use ranged weapons during parkour. 

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All Power Skills in Dying Light The Beast

The Power Skills are combat-focused skills that improve your efficiency at killing zombies. The more of these you unlock, the more tools you’ll have to deal with the combat challenges in your way.

Power SkillWhat It Does
Dropkick Jump into the air and attack your enemies with a vicious dropkick. 
Charged Kick Allows you to perform a stronger variant of the kick. 
Power ShotAllows you to time your shots for increased damage. 
Advanced ReloadGrants a brief damage boost after reloading. 
Head Stomp Stomp the enemy’s head while they’re on the ground. This is an insta kill. 
Efficient FightingYour attacks eat less of the weapon durability. 
WindmillSwing your weapon around like a tornado to hit everyone with a 360-degree sweep. 

All Survival Skills in Dying Light The Beast

The Survival Skills make survival easier (Image via Techland)
The Survival Skills make survival easier (Image via Techland)

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The Survival Skills are general skills that help you survive in Castor Woods. These skills are tied to the basics of stealth, crafting, and driving.

Survival SkillWhat It Does
Stealth ExpertMakes you harder to detect. 
FlamethrowerAllows you to craft a Flamethrower.
Efficient DrivingReduces fuel consumption when driving. 
Advanced GrenadesAllows you to craft the Flash Grenade, Pipe Bomb, and Gas Grenade.
Grenade LauncherAllows you to craft a Grenade Launcher.
Collision ExpertVehicles take less damage. 
CamouflageAllows you to smear yourself with the blood of the undead to stay briefly undetected. 

All Beast Skills in Dying Light The Beast

The Beast Skills help you add more moves to your Beast Mode arsenal. You can only unlock these by hunting down the Chimera bosses.

Beast SkillWhat It Does
BeastEnter Beast Mode when the meter is full. 
Charged Smash Smash the ground and knock enemies away. 
Heavy LiftLift heavy objects and toss them at enemies. 
Furious ChargeRun at extremely fast speeds.
Beast Controlled Grants manual control over Beast Mode. 
Battering RamRam into enemies during Furious Charge. 
Launch Jump greater distances. 
Beast ConqueredStun all enemies around you when entering Beast Mode. This skill also makes the Beast Mode meter fill up faster while also extending the overall duration. 
Aerial SmashJump into the air and smash into the ground. 
Ferocious SwipeSwing your arm around in a 360-degree sweep to hit enemies. 
Beast UnleashedRegain health when attacking in Beast Mode. 
Hook ThrustUse the Grappling Hook to thrust yourself forward. This skill modifies the tool to work more like its Dying Light 1 variant. 
Agonizing RoarLet out a roar to stun all enemies. 
Apex PredatorEnter Beast Mode even if the meter is not full. You also enjoy a greater duration of the mode.  

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