Thick-Skinned
Thick-Skinned reduces damage from enemy gunfire and melee attacks. Its effect is cumulative with Heart of Stone, another Brawler skill.
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Action Adventure · EQUIPMENT & PROGRESSION
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10 guidesCrystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux), NixxesPC edition · Feb 9, 2016
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Dodge Counter
Dodge Counter lets Lara incapacitate an unarmored enemy during a dodge with a well-timed press of the indicated button.
Understand this choiceArrow Retrieval
Arrow Retrieval gives Lara a chance to recover arrows when looting enemies killed with a bow, returning some ammunition through looting.
Understand this choiceBreath Control
Breath Control extends the time Lara can keep steady aim while charging a bow shot, allowing steadier aim for longer.
Understand this choiceAnimal Instincts
Animal Instincts highlights animals in Survival Instincts and makes larger animals leave trackable footprints and blood trails.
Understand this choiceNaturalist
Naturalist increases the natural crafting resources collected from each source, affecting the amount gathered for crafting.
Understand this choiceSurvivalist
Survivalist increases the man-made crafting resources Lara gathers from each source, supporting collection of materials used in crafting.
Understand this choiceIncendiary Bombs
Incendiary Bombs enables explosive bombs made from red gas cans and proximity mines made from enemy radios.
Understand this choiceDemolitions Expert
Demolitions Expert increases the detonation radius of crafted handheld items, expanding the area affected by those explosives.
Understand this choiceCrafting Mastery
Crafting Mastery enables large-capacity ammunition and resource pouches to be crafted at Base Camps and increases ammunition crafted on the run.
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