Ghost of Yotei: Best Stealth Skills To Unlock Early

Unlocking the best stealth skills early in Ghost of Yotei will make assassinations and sneaking around quite a bit easier.

If you want to make stealth easier for yourself, especially in the early game of Ghost of Yotei, you should unlock the correct skills. These skills will make your life easier by allowing you to sneak around and assassinate easily.

Although you will have the Hunter’s Ear skill to detect nearby enemies (Yotei’s counterpart of Focused Hearing), there are many other skills that can be great for stealth missions. By the endgame, you can unlock every skill in the game. However, early on, you will need to be more careful with which skill to unlock since your points are limited.

Best Stealth Skills To Unlock Early in Ghost of Yotei

Be fast and hidden in stealth with these early stealth skills in Ghost of Yotei (Source: Deltia's Gaming | Sucker Punch)
Be fast and hidden in stealth (Source: Deltia’s Gaming | Sucker Punch)

These are three of the best stealth skills you should unlock as early as possible. The reasons for the same will be listed below:

  • Killer’s Instinct
  • Brute Assassination
  • Chain Assassination

These are all skills you can get fairly early, and they will help you immensely. Apart from these, you can consult our beginner’s guide to ensure that you do not miss out on early game tips, which can enhance your experience.

Killer’s Instinct

Killer's Instinct (Source: Deltia's Gaming | Sucker Punch)
Killer’s Instinct (Source: Deltia’s Gaming | Sucker Punch)

This is one of the first skills you should unlock for a simple reason. It acts as a warning system, telling you whether an assassination will be safe to perform or not. How many times have you performed a stealth attack only for nearby enemies to notice you and get alerted?

Killer’s Instinct ensures that you know it is safe before performing a kill. With this, you will never again be caught unaware by an enemy you failed to notice around a corner.

Brute Assassination

You will want to take out Brutes through stealth (Source: Deltia's Gaming | Sucker Punch)
You will want to take out Brutes through stealth (Source: Deltia’s Gaming | Sucker Punch)

Brutes are a larger variant of normal enemies. They stand out from the grunts due to their hulking frame, higher endurance, and inability to be assassinated normally. During stealth, you will want to prioritize taking out these bigger enemies.

However, you will soon find that since they cannot be assassinated normally, the Brute Assassination skill becomes essential. Now you will be able to sneak in the shadows and take out the biggest enemies in the pack without trouble. This will be immensely helpful once you get into combat, as you will have already eliminated the bigger threat.

Chain Assassination

Chain Assassination (Source: Deltia's Gaming | Sucker Punch)
Chain Assassination (Source: Deltia’s Gaming | Sucker Punch)

If you have played stealth games before, you are likely aware of the utility of multiple assassinations at the same time. Chaining together stealth kills and taking out multiple foes simultaneously is not only satisfying but also extremely rewarding.

You do not have to wait around hoping to catch an enemy alone or distract an enemy to lead them away from the rest of the group. With this skill, you will be able to take out multiple enemies at once, which will be crucial for clearing enemy camps.

Apart from these, other skills you should try to focus on for stealth later on are Wolf Assassination and Slaughter Leader. Wolf Assassination lets you get an additional stealth kill if the wolf is nearby. Meanwhile, Slaughter Leader terrifies nearby foes and fills up your kill streak as well.

Make sure to visit any Altar of Reflection to get skill points for unlocking every skill in the game.


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