Skills

Skills are a new gameplay element/mechanic featured in Resident Evil 6. They take the place of upgrading weapons, allowing characters to upgrade abilities with weapons such as firearm damage, reload speed, or steady aim. Other upgrades are available, including attributes such as defense or making a character more effectively handle J'avo or zombies, or even alter the behavior of an AI partner for single-player. Many skills are universal between characters, however there are some unique skills based upon a character and their unique playstyle (such as Leon's dual-wielding or Jake's Hand-to-Hand). Some skills are only unlocked under certain conditions such as killing a certain number of enemies, getting a certain number of kills with a weapon-type or even completing campaigns.

Buying Skills

Skills can be bought at the end of a chapter or at any point from the menu. Skill Points that are shared between all characters are obtained during the campaign as well as Mercenaries, and can be used to purchase or upgrade skills. Some skills are available to more than one character, and when they are bought for one character they immediately become available to all applicable characters.^[1]

Following are a list of known skills.^{[notes 1]}

Campaign Skills

Skill Name	Original Name	Max Level	Required Points	Description
Firearm	ファイアアーム	Level 3	12000 29000 75000	Increases firearm power by 10/20/50%.
Melee	バトルアタック	Level 3	10000 25000 75000	Increases power during melee attacks by 10/20/50%.
Defense	ティフェンス	Level 3	3200 28000 80000	Reduces damage from enemy firearms by 10/20/50%.
Lock-On	コンセントレート	Level 2	2800 31000	Steadies hand when shooting (Red dot).
Rock Steady	ステディエイム	Level 2	3500 33000	Reduces recoil after shooting (Recticle).
Critical Hit	クリティカルレート	Level 3	3500 13000 32000	Increases the chances of scoring a critical hit by 50/75/100%.
Piercing	ペネトレーション	Level 3	12000 28000 55000	Increase chance of piercing through multiple enemies with firearms.
J'avo Killer	ジュアヴォキラー	Level 2	3000 25000	Increases strength of attacks on a J'avo by 20/50%.
Zombie Hunter	ゾンビキラー	Level 2	3000 25000	Increases strength of attacks on a zombie by 20/50%.
Eagle Eye	Unknown	Level 1	3000	Adds an extra level of magnification to sniper rifle scope.
Quick Reload	クイックリロード	Level 1	10000	Reload your weapons quickly.
Last Shot	Unknown	Level 1	55000	Greatly increases the strength of your final remaining shot.
Shooting Wild	フリーシューター	Level 1	65000	Removes your targeting sight, but increases your firepower.
Combat Gauge Boost	Unknown	Level 2	70000 90000	Increases your Combat Gauge by 3/5 blocks.
Breakout	Unknown	Level 1	2800	Allows you to break free easily from an enemy's grasp.
Item Drop Increase	アイテムドロップUP	Level 1	3500	Causes more defeated enemies to drop items.
Recovery	リカバリー	Level 2	10000 70000	Speeds up recovery time when dying.
Team-Up	Unknown	Level 1	14000	Strengthens your partner's attacks when you are near each other.
Field Medic	Unknown	Level 2	12000 95000	Allows your partner to give you a few health tablets when you're rescued.
Lone Wolf	Unknown	Level 1	100	Keeps your partner from helping you when you're in trouble.
AR Ammo Pickup Increase	アサルトライフルの弾取得UP	Level 1	8000	Allows you to pick up an increased amount of 5.56 NATO ammo.
Shotgun Shell Pickup Increase	ショットガンの弾取得UP	Level 1	8000	Allows you to pick up an increased number of 10- and 12-gauge shotgun shells.
Magnum Ammo Pickup Increase	マガナムの弾取得UP	Level 1	25000	Allows you to pick up an increased amount of .50 Action-Express and .500 S&W Magnum ammo.
Rifle Ammo Pickup Increase	ライフルの弾取得UP	Level 1	8000	Allows you to pick up an increased amount of 7.62 NATO and 12.7mm ammo.
Grenade Pickup Increase	Unknown	Level 1	22000	Allows you to pick up an increased number of 40mm explosive, acid, and nitrogen rounds.
Arrow Pickup Increase	Unknown	Level 1	20000	Allows you to pick up an increased number of normal and pipe bomb arrows.
Grenade Power Up	Unknown	Level 1	40000	Increases damage dealt with Grenades.
Handgun Master	ハンドガンマスター	Level 1	37000	Increases damage dealt with Handguns.
Shotgun Master	Unknown	Level 1	38000	Increases damage deat with Shotguns.
Magnum Master	Unknown	Level 1	40000	Increases damage deat with Magnums.
Sniper Master	Unknown	Level 1	39000	Increases damage deat with Sniper Rifles.
Machine Pistol Master	Unknown	Level 1	38000	Increases damage deat with Machine Pistols.
Assault Rifle Master	Unknown	Level 1	37000	Increases damage deat with Assault Rifles.
Grenade Launcher Master	Unknown	Level 1	40000	Increases damage deat with Grenade Launchers.
Crossbow Master	Unknown	Level 1	40000	Increases damage deat with Crossbows.
Infinite Handgun	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Handgun.
Infinite Shotgun	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Shotgun.
Infinite Magnum	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Magnum.
Infinite Sniper Rifle	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Sniper Rifle.
Infinite Machine Pistol	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Machine Pistol.
Infinite Assault Rifle	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Assault Rifle.
Infinite Grenade Launcher	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Grenade Launcher.
Infinite Crossbow	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Crossbow.

Agent Hunt Skills

Skill Name	Original Name	Max Level	Required Points	Description
Quick Shot Damage Increase	Unknown	Level 1	8000	Increases power of quick shots.
Power Counter	Unknown	Level 1	15000	Greatly increases the power of counters.
Second Wind	Unknown	Level 1	20000	Increases the power to firearms and melee attacks when life gauge is low.
Martial Arts Master	Unknown	Level 1	9000	Increases strength of physical attacks, but the power of firearm-related attacks is greatly reduced.
Target Master	Unknown	Level 1	9000	Increases the strength of firearm-related attacks, but the power of physical attacks is greatly reduced.
Last Stand	Unknown	Level 1	18000	Greatly increases attack power, but attacks on you hurt three times as much.
Preemptive Strike	Unknown	Level 1	7000	Increases attack power when you attack from behind.
Dying Breath	Unknown	Level 1	3000	Greatly increases attack power when dying, but recovery time is comparably shortened.
Pharmacist	Unknown	Level 1	Unknown	Increases the potency of health tablets.
Take It Easy	Unknown	Level 1	3000	Increases speed of natural recovery when using cover.
Natural Healing	Unknown	Level 1	15000	Increases speed of natural recovery.

Mercenaries Skills

Skill Name	Original Name	Max Level	Required Points	Description
Go for Broke!	Unknown	Level 1	40000	Makes it easier to pull off combos as time runs out.
Time Bonus +	Unknown	Level 1	30000	Increases time awarded by a Time Bonus.
Combo Bonus +	Unknown	Level 1	15000	Increases time for a Combo Bonus.
Limit Breaker	Unknown	Level 1	20000	Increases the points earned for surpassing 50 combos.
Blitz Play	Unknown	Level 1	5000	Increases your attack power if you attack immediately after another player
Medic	Unknown	Level 1	12000	Heals a teammate that's far away when you use a health tablet.
First Responder	Unknown	Level 1	6000	Makes it easier to rescue dying teammates.

Equipping Skills

Player will be able to create individual sets of skills. A set comprises of three different skills equipped by a player (upgrades replace lower levels, so it is not possible to have J'avo Killer Lvl. 1 and J'avo Killer Lvl. 2 equipped simultaneously). To start, players will only be able to create one set. However, as skills are unlocked and the game progresses, they will eventually be able to create up to eight different sets of skill.^[2]

Sets can be changed and equipped at any moment by accessing the character's menu. It should be noted however that the game will not pause while changing or equipping skills, so it leaves the player vulnerable if there are enemies around. As suggested previously, of a character purchases a skill that is accessible to other characters, all of those other characters will also be able to equip the skill without needing to purchase it again. Only one set can be equipped at a time and sets carry on between characters as well (so if you have Set 4 on for Chris and switch to Leon, Set 4 will also be equipped on Leon).