Learn How to Unlock Skills & What Each Stat Means
5 Things You Need to Know About God of War
We’ve already alluded to God of War’s somewhat bloated progression and upgrade system in our review, but the level of depth in its RPG mechanics will likely surprise you even still. God of War is no longer just an action romp, and there really are oodles of skills to upgrade via the skill tree. Yet it’s not always super obvious as to how you’re supposed to unlock them so as to actually give you the option of spending points on them in the first place.
What you likely won’t initially realize is that in order to actually unlock more skills, you’ll need to upgrade Kratos’ axe and Atreus’ bow. The two are interlinked in the sense that one can’t be accessed without upgrading the other. Each time you upgrade one of these weapons, go and check the skill tree to see which new abilities you now have access to.
With regards to the stats themselves, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with just what each actually corresponds to as quickly as possible to get the most out of Kratos in combat. Strength, Defense, and Vitality will be pretty obvious to most, but others can be much more confusing.
Essentially, if you want to use more magic, boost Runic and Cooldown. These dictate both the damage inflicted by magic and how quickly you recover it after use. The Luck stat increases the chance of activating a perk, as well as boosting the XP and Hacksilver earned. Whichever stat you opt to pour points into improving, make sure to keep checking that the numbers are actually building Kratos the way you intended.
