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Contents

  • Changelog
    • Updates
  • Introduction
    • Central Europe 10,000 BCE
  • Surviving the Wild
    • The HUD
    • Movement
    • Healing and Food
    • Resources and Crafting
    • The Map
    • Combat
    • Throwables
    • Surviving Oros
    • Animals of Oros
    • Journey Progression
    • Collectible Items
  • Land of Oros
    • Oros
  • Takkar's Journey
    • The Journey Begins
    • Hunting Mammoth
    • Path to Oros
    • Journey Progression
    • Main Missions
      • Unlocking the Missions
      • Sayla the Gatherer
        • About Sayla
        • Deep Wounds
        • The Bone Cave
        • Into Udam Land
      • Tensay the Shaman
        • About Tensay
        • Vision of Beasts
        • Beast Master
        • Vision of Ice
        • The Taken Wenja
        • Vision of Fire
        • The Mask of Krati
        • Attack of the Udam
      • Wogah the Crafter
        • About Wogah
        • Trapped
        • Blood of Oros
        • The Peak of Oros
        • The Lost Totem
      • Jayma the Hunter
        • About Jayma
        • On the Hunt
        • The Tall Elk
        • The Great Beast
      • Karoosh the Warrior
        • About Karoosh
        • Brother in Need
        • Stomp Udam
        • Eye for an Eye
      • Urki the Thinker
        • About Urki
        • Fly Like Bird
        • Strong Like Rock
        • Urki's New Stink
        • Capture Udam Big Darwa Fort
      • Dah of the Udam
        • About Dah
        • Wenja Welcome
        • Bone Dust
        • Sisters of fire
        • Udam Homeland
        • Capture Izila Fire Screamer Fort
      • Roshani of the Izila
        • About Rashani
        • Seeds of the Sun
        • Blood Sacrifice
        • The Blaze
        • Izila Homeland
  • Secondary Quests
    • Beast Master Hunts
      • About Beast Master Hunts
      • Bloodfang Sabretooth
      • Bloodtusk Mammoth
      • Great Scar Bear
      • Snowblood wolf
    • Village Missions
      • About Village Missions
      • The Rotten River
      • Spirit Totem
      • Moon Heart
      • Sick Beasts
      • Blood and Honey
      • Missing Hunters
      • Song of the Spirits
      • Beyond the Stones
      • Spirit Gifts
      • Biter in the Deep
      • Lost in Ice
      • Rings of Fire
    • Help Wenja: Beast Kill
      • Helpful Tips
      • Dholes
      • Wild Boars
      • Jaguars
      • Wolves
      • Cave Lions
      • Badgers
      • Leopards
      • Bears
      • Cave Lions 2
      • Woolly Rhino
    • Help Wenja: Tribal Clashes
      • Tribal Clash: Kill
      • Tribal Clash: Destroy
      • Escort
      • Search and Rescue
      • Save Captive
    • Caves
      • About Caves
      • Cave of Blood Claws
      • Cave of the Drowned
      • Cave of Weeping Roots
  • Locations
    • Outposts
      • About Outposts
      • Kapal Outpost
      • Swara's Outpost
      • Payska River Outpost
      • Piki Meat Outpost
      • Snow Shwalda Outpost
      • Fallen Tashla Outpost
      • Platu Cave Outpost
      • Ring Wall Outpost
      • Tushwarha Outpost
      • Twarsha Cave Outpost
      • Kaba Blade Outpost
      • Kwacha Stone Outpost
      • Nada Swamp Outpost
      • Nasan Horn Outpost
      • Rotten Lake Outpost
    • Bonfires
      • About Bonfires
      • Nakuti Bonfire
      • Roaring Falls Bonfire
      • Stone Watch Bonfire
      • Gwarashnar Bonfire
      • Night Watch Bonfire
      • Stone Galu Bonfire
      • Yagi Arrow Bonfire
      • Burning Spear Bonfire
      • High Cliff Bonfire
      • Hold Rock Bonfire
      • Shaha Bush Bonfire
      • Stone Beak Bonfire
      • Sun Daughter Bonfire
      • Hisu Sister's Bonfire
      • Saja's Hill Bonfire
    • Lost Caves
      • About Lost Caves
      • Cave of Bones
      • Cave of Hasari
      • Cave of Strength
      • Cave of Sun Walkers
      • Chanting Cave
      • Charnga Cave
      • Chishta Cave
      • Cold Swim Cave
      • Cut Mamaf Cave
      • Dangu Cave
      • Freezing Caves
      • Gwashtru Cave
      • Hagwi Drink Cave
      • Hungry Walkwa Cave
      • Marsa Cave
      • River Bagwi Cave
      • Shanma Cave
      • Sharp Stone Cave
      • Shayu's Cave
      • Split Rock Cave
      • Wisya Hurt Cave
      • Yachawha Cave
    • Campfires
    • Unknown Locations
  • Village Construction
    • How It Works
    • Takkar's Cave
    • Sayla's Hut
    • Tensay's Hut
    • Wogah's Hut
    • Jayma's Hut
    • Karoosh's Hut
    • Dah's Hut
    • Roshani's Hut
  • Appendices
    • Enemy Tribes
      • About Enemy Tribes
      • Udam Tribe
      • Izila Tribe
    • Wildlife
      • About Wildlife in Oros
      • A Beast by Your Side
      • Canines
      • Wildcats
      • Apex Predators
      • Cunning Beasts
      • Great Beasts
    • Gear
      • About Gear
      • Weapons
      • Bags
      • Tools
    • Skills
      • About Skills
      • Survival Skills
      • Gathering Skills
      • Beast Master Skills
      • Hunting Skills
      • Fighting Skills
      • Crafting Skills
      • Udam Skills
      • Izila Skills
      • Food Recipes
    • Resources
      • About Gathering Resources
      • Weapon Resources
      • Food
      • Village Resources
      • Animal Skins
  • Collectibles
    • About Collectibles
    • Cave Paintings
    • Daysha Hands
    • Izila Masks
    • Spirit Totems
    • Wenja Bracelets
  • Achievements
    • Achievements & Trophies
  • World Map
    • Oros World Map
  • Videos
    • Bloodtusk Mammoth Hunt
    • Snowblood Wolf Hunt
    • Bloodfang Sabretooth Hunt
    • Great Scar Bear Hunt
  • DLC Missions
    • Legend of the Mammoth
      • Overview
      • Duel of Beasts
      • Trapped Elder
      • Hunt the Hunters

Far Cry Primal Guide › Appendices › Skills

Beast Master Skills

UNLOCKED: Find Tensay and complete Beast Master mission

Tame Canines

Unlocked for Purchase: Find Tensay and complete Beast Master mission

Skill Requirement: Owl Companion

Cost: -

Now tamable: Dholes, Rare Dholes, Wolves, White Wolves, and Rare Stripe Wolves. Use bait to tame them.

Tame Wildcats

Unlocked for Purchase: Build Tensay’s Hut

Skill Requirement: Tame Canines

Cost: 1 Skill Point

Now tamable: Leopards, Jaguars, Rare Black Jaguars, Cave Lions, and Rare Black Lions. Use bait to tame them. Wildcats are great for stealth missions, especially Jaguars who attack unsuspecting targets without alerting nearby enemies.

Tame Cunning Beasts

Unlocked for Purchase: Tame eight beasts

Skill Requirement: Tame Apex Predators

Cost: 3 Skill Points

Now tamable: Cave Bears and Badgers. Use bait to tame them. Use a Cave Bear to keep enemies focused on it. A Badger revives itself once and terrifies all wildlife in Oros, keeping unwanted animals away.

Owl Companion

Unlocked for Purchase: Bring Tensay to your village

Skill Requirement: -

Cost: -

Press Up on the D-Pad to summon your Owl. Scout ahead to tag enemies.

Tame Apex Predators

Unlocked for Purchase: Tame five beasts

Skill Requirement: Tame Wildcats

Cost: 2 Skill Points

Now tamable: Sabretooth Tigers and Brown Bears. Use bait to tame them. These are two great additions to your beast roster; Brown Bears collect nearby resources when idle and Sabretooth Tigers skin carcasses and gather the resources after making a kill.

Owl: Hunter Vision

Unlocked for Purchase: Bring Tensay to your village

Skill Requirement: -

Cost: -

Hold the Takedown button to use Hunter Vision with your Owl. Other Hunter Vision skills extend to your Owl. Helps spot enemies much easier when scouting an area.

Owl: Weapon Drop

Unlocked for Purchase: Build Tensay’s Hut

Skill Requirement: Owl: Hunter Vision

Cost: 3 Skill Points

The Owl can drop your sting bombs, berserk bombs, and fire bombs. This is great for causing chaos from above. Concentrate your fire on tougher enemies such as Chieftains.

Owl: Attack I

Unlocked for Purchase: Build Tensay’s Hut

Skill Requirement: Owl Companion

Cost: 1 Skill Point

Your Owl can perform a dive attack with the Quick Attack button. This kills most regular enemies and can free caged animals. It has a 80 second cooldown time and is useful for taking out those pesky Slingers or Archers who stand guard. Finish off your recon by getting rid of an enemy.

Owl: Cooldown I

Unlocked for Purchase: Build Tensay’s Hut

Skill Requirement: Owl: Attack I

Cost: 2 Skill Points

The Owl attack cooldown is reduced from 80s to 65s.

Owl: Tagging Range

Unlocked for Purchase: Build Tensay’s Hut

Skill Requirement: Owl: Weapon Drop

Cost: 3 Skill Points

The Owl’s tagging range for enemies is greatly increased. If the Tag Animals skill is learned, the tagging range for animals is also increased. Quicker recon of an area means you are quicker to the fight.

Owl: Attack II

Unlocked for Purchase: Build Tensay’s Hut

Skill Requirement: Owl: Cooldown I

Cost: 3 Skill Points

The dive attack can now kill the large and powerful Elite enemies.

Owl: Cooldown II

Unlocked for Purchase: Build Tensay’s Hut

Skill Requirement: Owl: Attack II

Cost: 3 Skill Points

The Owl attack cooldown is reduced from 65s to 40s.

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