Skills

Skills are a new gameplay element/mechanic featured in Resident Evil 6. They take the place of the shop system from RE 4 and 5, 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	ホワイト・フェザー	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	ラストシュティング	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	コンバットルゲージUP	Level 2	70000 90000	Increases your Combat Gauge by 3/5 blocks.
Breakout	デスパレション	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	プレイパートナー	Level 1	14000	Strengthens your partner's attacks when you are near each other.
Field Medic	ベストーパートナー	Level 2	12000 95000	Allows your partner to give you a few health tablets when you're rescued.
Lone Wolf	DO NOT HELP!!	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	ランチャーの弾取得UP	Level 1	22000	Allows you to pick up an increased number of 40mm explosive, acid, and nitrogen rounds.
Arrow Pickup Increase	クロスボウの弾取得UP	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	ショットガンマスター	Level 1	38000	Increases damage dealt with Shotguns.
Magnum Master	マグナムマスター	Level 1	40000	Increases damage dealt with Magnums.
Sniper Master	ライフルマスター	Level 1	39000	Increases damage dealt with Sniper Rifles.
Machine Pistol Master	Unknown	Level 1	38000	Increases damage dealt with Machine Pistols.
Assault Rifle Master	Unknown	Level 1	37000	Increases damage dealt with Assault Rifles.
Grenade Launcher Master	ランチャーマスター	Level 1	40000	Increases damage dealt with Grenade Launchers.
Crossbow Master	クロスボウマスター	Level 1	40000	Increases damage dealt with Crossbows.
Infinite Handgun	Unknown	Level 1	79000	Unlimited ammo for the Handgun.
Infinite Shotgun	Unknown	Level 1	89000	Unlimited ammo for the Shotgun.
Infinite Magnum	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Magnum.
Infinite Sniper Rifle	Unknown	Level 1	79000	Unlimited ammo for the Sniper Rifle.
Infinite Machine Pistol	Unknown	Level 1	89000	Unlimited ammo for the Machine Pistol.
Infinite Assault Rifle	Unknown	Level 1	89000	Unlimited ammo for the Assault Rifle.
Infinite Grenade Launcher	Unknown	Level 1	99000	Unlimited ammo for the Grenade Launcher.
Infinite Crossbow	Unknown	Level 1	79000	Unlimited ammo for the Crossbow.

Agent Hunt Skills

Skill Name	Original Name	Max Level	Required Points	Description
Creature Offense	クリーチャー攻撃	Level 3	5000 15000 60000	Increases damage dealt by 10/20/50%.
Creature Defense	クリーチャー防御	Level 3	5000 15000 60000	Reduces damage taken by 10/20/30%.
Creature Health	クリーチャー体力	Level 3	5000 15000 60000	Increases your health by 20/50/100%.
Creature Stamina	クリーチャースタミナ	Level 3	5000 15000 60000	Increases the stamina bar by 6/7/10 units.

Mercenaries Skills

Skill Name	Original Name	Max Level	Required Points	Description
Eagle Eye	ホワイト・フェザー	Level 1	3000	Adds an extra level of magnification to all weapons which have a scope.
Item Drop Increase	アイテムドロPプUP	Level 1	35000	Causes defeated enemies to drop random items more frequently.
Go For Broke!	エクステンションハント	Level 1	60000	When timer is below 30 seconds, you will have 17 seconds to chain kill combo instead of 15 seconds.
Time Bonus +	タイムボーナスプラス	Level 1	90000	All time bonuses (yellow hourglasses) are now provide 70 seconds instead of 60 seconds.
Combo Bonus +	コンボボナスプラス	Level 1	50000	All combo times (Extended combo bonuses/green hourglasses) now last for 10 seconds longer.
Limit Breaker	リメットブレイカー	Level 1	60000	Increases the points earned for surpassing 50 combos. When the kill combo reaches over 50 kills, you will receive an extra 50 points per kill. For example, you will receive 350 points instead of 300 for killing a zombie.
Blitz Play	ラビッドアタック	Level 1	5000	Increases your attack power if you attack immediately after another player by 50%.
Quick Shot Damage Increase	クイックショットダメージUP	Level 1	15000	Increases the damage from Quick Shot by 50%.
Power Counter	クロスカウンター	Level 1	8000	Increases the damage made by Counter moves by 25%.
Second Wind	インスティルエナジー	Level 1	6000	Increases your damage (both firearm and melee) by 10% when your health is at 2 bars or below.
Martial Arts Master	マーシャルアーツマスター	Level 1	25000	Melee damage goes up by 25%, but firearm damage goes down by -50%.
Target Master	シュティングマスター	Level 1	25000	Firearm damage goes up by 25%, but melee damage goes down by -50%.
Last Stand	ラストスタンド	Level 1	30000	Damage dealt goes up by 30%, but damage taken goes up as well by 300%.
Pre-emptive Strike	プリエンティブストライク	Level 1	7000	Attacks from behind deal 75% more damage.
Dying Breath	ラストリゾート	Level 1	15000	Increases damage of attacks on enemies while in dying status by 300% and shortens recovery time to 5 seconds.
Pharmacist	ボタニスト	Level 1	17000	Each herb tablet now restores two blocks of health instead of one.
Medic	メディック	Level 1	12000	You will Heal 1 block of teammate's health at any range when you use a health tablet.
First Responder	レスキュー	Level 1	15000	When you rescue your partner he will receive one free health block (as if you given him health tablet).
Take It Easy	レスティングカバー	Level 1	20000	Your health recovery is twice faster while using Cover.
Natural Healing	ナチュラルヒーリング	Level 1	15000	Both your health and combat gauge recovery speed is increased by 25%.

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 stated in one of the game's load screen messages, completing one campaign will unlock seven new sets of skill, with eight different sets in total.^[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 or Piers and switch to Leon or Helena, Set 4 will also be equipped for them).