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Evolve Official Strategy Guide
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Contents

  • BASICS
    • Introduction
    • Menus
    • Controls
    • Selecting a Character and Perk
    • Map Effects
    • The HUD
    • Using the Map
    • The Environment
    • Game Modes
    • AI or Human
  • MONSTER TRAINING
    • Overview
    • Getting Around
    • Tracking the Hunters
    • Monster Differences
    • Evolving
    • Perks
    • Choosing the Best Monster
    • Character Mastery
    • Medals
    • Monster Tutorial: Goliath
  • HUNTER
    • Overview
    • Team Compositions
    • ASSAULT
      • Overview
      • Markov
      • Hyde
      • Parnell
    • Trapper
      • Overview
      • Maggie
      • Griffin
      • Abe
    • Medic
      • Overview
      • Val
      • Lazarus
      • Caira
    • Support
      • Overview
      • Hank
      • Bucket
      • Cabot
  • Monsters
    • Overview
    • Choosing the Best Monster
    • Monster Awards
    • Goliath
      • Overview
      • Bio
      • Mastery Unlocks
      • Feeding
      • Abilities
      • Fighting as Goliath
      • Fighting Against Goliath
    • Kraken
      • Overview
      • Bio
      • Mastery Unlocks
      • Feeding
      • Abilities
      • Fighting as the Kraken
      • Fighting Against the Kraken
    • Wraith
      • Overview
      • Bio
      • Mastery Unlocks
      • Feeding
      • Abilities
      • Fighting As Wraith
      • Fighting Against Wraith
  • PERKS
    • Overview
    • Hunter Perks
    • Monster Perks
    • Elite Wildlife Buffs
  • Player Progression
    • Character Mastery
    • Player Progression
    • Hunter Character Mastery
    • Monster Character Mastery
  • Awards And Accolades
    • Overview
    • Awards
    • Accolades: General Medals
    • Accolades: Game Mode
    • Accolades: Hunter
    • Accolades: Monster
  • Badges
    • Overview
    • Foregrounds
    • Backgrounds
  • Map Table
    • Updates
  • HUNTER TRAINING
    • Overview
    • Getting Around
    • Tracking
    • Hunters Loadout
    • Perks
    • Wildlife
    • Reviving Teammates
    • Swapping Between Hunters
    • Team Play
    • Minions
    • Fighting Goliath
    • Fighting Kraken
    • Fighting Wraith
    • Character Mastery
    • Assault Tutorial: Markov
  • Wildlife
    • Overview
    • Wildlife Inhabitants
  • MAPS
    • Overview
    • Acid Biome
    • Desert Biome
    • Forest Biome
    • Ice Biome
  • MAP EFFECTS
    • Overview
    • Favors Hunters
    • Favors Monsters
  • Achievement Trophies
    • Overview
    • As the Monster
    • As the Hunters
    • As Either Monster or Hunter
  • GAME MODES
    • Overview
    • Evacuation
    • Hunt
    • Nest
    • Rescue
    • Defend

Evolve Official Strategy Guide › BASICS

Selecting a Character and Perk

After selecting your role, you are given the chance to select your character. For Hunters, simply choose whom you wish to play. If you have unlocked extra weapon skins, you can change that at this time. Skins are purely cosmetic; they provide no extra benefits. For Monsters, you must pick your Monster and then put three points into the four available abilities.

At this point, a Perk is selected to assist in your gameplay. To start out, only Level 3 Jump Height for Hunters and Level 3 Climb Speed for Monsters are available. As you level up, eight more Perks unlock for both sides. Once all nine are open, the second and third levels are unlocked for each.

Select a Perk that complements your play style, although you may occasionally want to select one that goes best with the mode or map you are playing next.

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