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- How To Unlock Skills
- All Skills You Can Unlock
- What Resources Are Needed
- Unlocking Hex Buffs
Blacktail is a fairytale-based game following the path of a young witch called Yaga. One of the main parts of the game is choosing the path in which you want to take, whether that be Good or Evil. The decisions you make will impact how the forest evolves around you and how creatures will react to you.
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While you make your way through the story and side missions in search of your older sister, you need to collect resources and find lost pages. This is really important because these are needed for unlocking your new skills.
How To Unlock Skills
There are lots of skills to unlock in Blacktail that control the sorts of arrows you can craft, movement skills, Broom skills and also Hocuses. One of the unique aspects of this skill system is needing resources to be able to unlock the skills. Before you can start unlocking skills you will need to have played the game up to the point where you find the Hut. Once you have found the Hut you will unlock the Cauldron there, and this is the only way for you to brew the skills.
This is because you need to use the Cauldron to brew the potion with the correct resources to unlock them. Not only do you need the resources, but you also need to find Lost Pages. These unlock the recipe for the skill to be brewed. Lost Pages are found by completing main missions and side quests, but can also be found in Chests, Chest Beasts and Warden Treasures.
Bear in mind that Warden Treasures can only be unlocked with certain Morality Titles. Some Skills are unlocked through progress and do not require Pages. In total there are 27 Lost Pages to find.
All Skills You Can Unlock
Skill
What It Does
Hex
The Broom
A Broom that you can place down to taunt nearby enemies.
None
Dash
The ability to Dodge quickly.
None
Potion Of Vitality
Increased Health.
None
Wooden Arrows
Craftable wooden arrows.
None
Deep Pockets
You are able to carry more resources.
None
Deflect Hocus
A forcewave is sent out in an arc, within melee range.
None
Mana
Mana is required in order to cast Hocuses.
Snake
Witch Apprentice
Unlocks Sunlight Hocus for Good Morality and Leech Hocus for Evil Morality.
None
Fletcher
You craft two Hex Arrows instead of one, for the same resources.
Goat
Knock Knock
You load arrows to your bow a lot faster.
Goat
Sharp Arrows
The basic Wooden Arrows will deal more damage.
Goat
Sticky Arrows
You are able to craft Sticky Arrows now.
Raven
Glass Slippers
The cooldown for your Dash is shorter.
Goat
Antidote
It cures you when poisoned, and you will be immune to poison for a short amount of time.
Raven
Sharpshooter
When you draw back your bow it is now a lot faster.
Snake
Adrenaline Burst
When down to your last heart you become focused.
None
Adrenaline Rush
If down to your last heart, you become hastened.
None
Abracadabra
You now have three extra Mana.
Raven
Alakazam
You have three more Mana on top of the Abracadabra Skill.
Goat
Animal Heart
You will heal faster with Regeneration.
Raven
Bloodlust
When an enemy dies you will be hastened.
Goat
Crystal Arrows
Crystal Arrows are now craftable.
Snake
Darting Eyes
When you use a Blink Idol you become hasted.
None
Dread Gaze
You can stun enemies on impact.
None
Fairy Dust
The rate of fire for Magic Arrows is increased.
Snake
First Blood
If you land a power shot as your first shot then the damage is increased.
Snake
Fungal Infusion
The Hunter potion will now slow down time when you ADS.
Snake
Grandma's Syrup
You get a longer immunity to poison when using the Antidote.
Raven
Hunter Potion
Temporarily muffles your footsteps, makes you hasted and immune to confusion, it also prevents tiring from nocking arrows.
None
Imaginary Friends
You will collect Wood and Feathers automatically now.
Goat
Old Soul
Your Mana will refill quicker.
Snake
Pocus
Hocuses now have increased damage.
Goat
Razor Arrows
Razor Arrows can now be crafted.
Goat
Seven League Boots
The distance of the Dash is increased.
Raven
Spring Cleaning
If you shoot the Broom when placed it will slow any enemies in its range.
None
Starry Eyes
When you use the Blink Idol you regain the arrow used.
Raven
Sticky Bee Arrows
Sticky Arrows now slow down the enemy for longer and do damage over time.
Raven
Survivalist
You can hold more resources, get less fatigued when loading arrows, and harvest more meat when hunting.
Raven
The Eye
The Broom's eye will look around and slow any enemies in its view.
None
Third Times The Charm
You become Focused after the third shot each time.
Snake
Toxic Veil
Create a toxic cloud on impact.
None
Unicorn Blood
When you use any Potion you regain some health.
Snake
What Resources Are Needed
The main resource you are going to need when unlocking skills is Teeth. These can be found in any Chest or Beast Chest, with some giving out one Tooth and others three Teeth. You will also need to find:
- Red Herb: Located on the forest floor.
- Eyes: These are dropped when the Spiders are killed.
- Wood: Found scattered around the forest.
- Feathers: Found on the forest floor, when killing birds, or looting their nests.
- Honey: You can get this by killing Wisps, offering flowers to bees, or on the forest floor.
- Crystals: Found by dashing over the Vodniks or breaking Crystals.
- Shelloks: These are the wooden statues found in the trees, they can be shot down or knocked down with the forcewave.
Unlocking Hex Buffs
Certain skills will be linked to a Hex animal, which is shown at the top of the skill tree. Each skill that links to a Hex will have the corresponding animal on it. By unlocking a certain amount of each Hex Skill you will unlock that Hex, which will give you a buff. The Hexes are as follows:
- Goat Hex: Six more Wooden Arrows are added to your carrying capacity, and you become focused temporarily on each dash.
- Hare Hex: More of an all-rounder Buff, you are able to access three more of each arrow type and all healing becomes more effective.
- Raven Hex: You have the capacity for six more Sticky Arrows. The Sticky arrow and Toxic Veil area of effect is bigger, and enemies may drop Honey on death.
- Snake Hex: You get six further Crystal Arrows, and each Magic Arrow applies two Crystal Shards when it impacts. Any damage is increased and enemies have a chance to drop a crystal upon death.
Once you have unlocked the Hexes, you can only have one active at a time. You can change them as and when you want at the Cauldron in the Hut.
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