Ghost Recon Wildlands Skills Guide

Ghost Recon Wildlands doesn’t restrict players to one playstyle. Instead, it encourages experimentation and different ways to tackle a situation. For instance, if you prefer a stealthy approach, the game won’t force you to go all in with guns ablaze. Therefore, in order to execute your game plan, you need appropriate Ghost Recon Wildlands Skills which is where this guide comes in.

For more help on Ghost Recon Wildlands, check out our Guns Locations Guide.

Ghost Recon Wildlands Skills

Skills in GR Wildlands are acquired depending on your Player Level, Resources, and Skill Points. Resources are found all across the in-game world and Player Levels are gained as you progress through the game.

Skill Points, on the other hand, can be acquired in different ways. You can earn Skill Points by simply increasing your Player Level which isn’t sufficient. In order to earn a ton of Skill Point, you need to gather intel by finding a piece of intel or by interrogating some enemy personnel.

Due to this, you should always keep your eyes open while you’re out in the field and try not to miss any pieces of intel in the surroundings.

In our Ghost Recon Wildlands Skills Guide, we’ve detailed everything you need to know skills, their effects, and how to unlock them.

This section of the guide basically details all the skills available in the game e.g. weapons, drones, items, etc. Before we start, here’s the key according to which we’ve formatted the entire guide.

Key: Skill Level – Skill Point Cost – Required Resources – Effect Decrease/Increase

Weapon Skills

These skills basically put emphasis on improving your experience with weaponry in Ghost Recon Wildlands.

Stable Aim
This reduces sway while aiming with a sniper rifle.

Level 1 – 1 – 75 Food – 15% Reduction
Level 2 – 2 – 625 Tools – 30% Reduction
Level 3 – 3 – 2100 Food – 45% Reduction
Level 4 – 4 – 5000 Gas – 65% Reduction

Hip Fire Spread
This increase hip-fire accuracy with every weapon.

Level 1 – 1 – 50 Gas – 10% Reduction
Level 2 – 2 – 625 Tools – 20% Reduction
Level 3 – 3 – 1750 Food – 30% Reduction
Level 4 – 4 – 5500 Meds – 40% Reduction

Grenade Launcher
This attaches an underbarrel grenade launcher on certain weapons.

Level 1 – 2 – 450 Tools – Weapon Unlocked
Level 2 – 3 – 1875 Meds – 2 Ammo Increase
Level 3 – 4 – 4725 Gas – 2 Ammo Increase
Level 4 – 5 – 7000 Food – 2 Ammo Increase

Ammo Capacity
This increases the ammo capacity of all the weapons.

Level 1 – 2 – 300 Food – 25% Increase
Level 2 – 3 – 1250 Meds – 50% Increase
Level 3 – 4 – 3500 Gas – 75% Increase
Level 4 – 5 – 6000 Tools – 100% Increase

VHS Destruction
This increases the damage against vehicles.

Level 1 – 2 – 550 Gas – 20% Increase
Level 2 – 3 – 1500 Gas – 40% Increase
Level 3 – 4 – 4725 Tools – 60% Increase
Level 4 – 5 – 7400 Food – 80% Increase

Time to Aim
This reduces the time it takes to ADS.

Level 1 – 3 – 1500 Tools – 10% Increase
Level 2 – 4 – 4375 Food – 20% Increase
Level 3 – 5 – 8750 Meds – 30% Increase
Level 4 – 6 – 11000 Gas – 40% Increase

Ammo Retention
Respawning replenishes your ammunition.

Epic Skill: Ranged Elite
This increases the weapon accuracy at long range by 30%. It requires first rank in all Weapon Skills.

Advance Suppressor
it removes the damage reduction of using suppressors with weapons

Drone Skills

Battery Increase
This increases the duration for which you can use your Drone.

Level 1 – 1 – 25 Gas – 50% Increase
Level 2 – 2 – 550 Tools – 125% Increase
Level 3 – 3 – 1250 Meds – 200% Increase
Level 4 – 4 – 2500 Gas – Infinite

Night Vision
This allows you to use Night Vision while using the Drone.

Range
This increases the horizontal distance you can send your Drone without losing signal.

Level 1 – 2 – 50 Meds – 25% Increase
Level 2 – 3 – 700 Food – 51% Increase
Level 3 – 4 – 1450 Meds – 82% Increase
Level 4 – 5 – 2750 Gas – 129% Increase

Speed
This increases the speed and mobility of your Drone.

Level 1 – 2 – 300 Tools – 40% Increase
Level 2 – 3 – 1250 Food – 60% Increase

Mark Area
This increases your Drone’s ability to mark targets.

Level 1 – 2 – 450 Gas – 40% Increase
Level 2 – 3 – 1625 Meds – 80% Increase
Level 3 – 4 – 4375 Food – 120% Increase
Level 4 – 5 – 8000 Tools – 180% Increase

Stealth
This reduces the noise produced by the Drone, allowing you to stay undetected.

Cooldown
This reduces your Drone’s cooldown duration.

Level 1 – 2 – 550 Meds – 35 Seconds Reduction
Level 2 – 3 – 1750 Food – 30 Seconds Reduction
Level 3 – 4 – 4725 Meds – 25 Seconds Reduction
Level 4 – 5 – 7000 Gas – 20 Seconds Reduction

Noisemaker
Gives the Drone a usable payload that emits noise to attract nearby enemies. Must be equipped in the Loadout.

Level 1 – 2 – 400 Meds – Unlocked
Level 2 – 3 – 1375 Meds – 30 Meters
Level 3 – 4 – 3850 Food – 40 Meters
Level 4 – 5 – 8000 Tools – 50 Meters

Zoom
Increases the maximum zoom distance on your Drone.

Explosive
This gives your Drone a payload option of a remote-detonated explosive.

Level 1 – 3 – 1500 Gas – Unlocked
Level 2 – 4 – 3375 Meds – 25 Meters Increase
Level 3 – 5 – 7000 Food – 30 Meters Increase
Level 4 – 6 – 9400 Gas – 40 Meters Increase

EMP
This gives your Drone an EMP which can disable all nearby electronic devices.

Level 1 – 3 – 1500 Food – Unlocked
Level 2 – 4 – 3375 Tools – 25 Meters Increase
Level 3 – 5 – 6650 Gas – 40 Meters Increase
Level 4 – 6 – 10000 Meds – 50 Meters Increase

Armor
This increases the amount of damage your Drone can withstand.

Level 1 – 3 – 1200 Meds – 200% Increase
Level 2 – 4 – 3125 Gas – 400% Increase
Level 3 – 5 – 5425 Tools – 600% Increase
Level 4 – 6 – 10000 Food – 800% Increase

Thermal Vision
This gives your Drone the ability to use Thermal Vision.

Epic Skill: Medic
You can use the Drone to revive your teammates.

Items Skills

Parachute
This unlocks parachutes which can be used to land safely from a distance.

Binocular Zoom
This increases the maximum zoom distance of your binoculars.

Mine
This unlocks Mines which can be placed on choke points and used to capture objectives.

Level 1 – 1 – 75 Meds – Unlocked
Level 2 – 2 – 1000 Food – 3 Mines
Level 3 – 3 – 2625 Tools – 4 Mines
Level 4 – 4 – 5000 Meds – 5 Mines

Diversion Grenade
This unlocks the Diversion Grenades which can be used to lure enemies to a position.

Level 1 – 1 – 50 Meds – Unlocked
Level 2 – 2 – 500 Gas – 5 Grenades
Level 3 – 3 – 2625 Food – 7 Grenades
Level 4 – 4 – 6000 Tools – 10 Grenades

Frag Grenade
Increases your total number of Frag Grenades. Must be equipped in the Loadout screen.

Level 1 – 2 – 600 Gas – Max 3 Grenades
Level 2 – 3 – 1750 Tools – Max 4 Grenades
Level 3 – 4 – 4375 Food – Max 5 Grenades
Level 4 – 5 – 6500 Meds – Max 6 Grenades

C4
This allows you to unlock C4 which needs to be equipped and can be used to capture objectives.

Level 1 – 2 – 650 Meds – Unlocked
Level 2 – 3 – 1500 Gas – Max 3 Packs
Level 3 – 4 – 3500 Tools – Max 4 Packs
Level 4 – 5 – 6000 Food – Max 5 Packs

Binocular Marking
This allows you to mark enemies using the binoculars.

Level 1 – 2 – 400 Meds – 10% Increase
Level 2 – 3 – 1000 Gas – 20% Increase
Level 3 – 4 – 2200 Tools – 30% Increase
Level 4 – 5 – 3500 Food – 40% Increase

Thermal Vision
This enables Thermal Vision which allows you to see heat signature of enemies.

Flash Bang
This unlocks Flashbangs which is used to disorient enemies.

Level 1 – 3 – 1500 Tools – Unlocked
Level 2 – 4 – 2500 Food – Max 4 Grenades
Level 3 – 5 – 4000 Meds – Max 6 Grenades
Level 4 – 6 – 5000 Gas – Max 8 Grenades

Flare Gun
This unlocks the Flare Gun which is used to attract enemies to a location.

Level 1 – 3 – 1500 Gas – Unlocked
Level 2 – 4 – 3750 Meds – Max 4 Flares
Level 3 – 5 – 7875 Food – Max 5 Flares
Level 4 – 6 – 12000 Food – Max 6 Flares

Epic Skill: Explosion Radius
This increases the explosion radius.

Physical Skills

Stamina
Increases the duration for which you can sprint without having to rest.

Level 1 – 1 – 50 Tools – 20% Increase
Level 2 – 2 – 625 Food – 40% Increase
Level 3 – 3 – 2100 Meds – 60% Increase
Level 4 – 4 – 5000 Gas – Infinite

No Pain
This increases the duration of damage resistance immediately after being revived.

Level 1 – 1 – 50 Food – 30% Increase
Level 2 – 2 – 750 Meds – 60% Increase
Level 3 – 3 – 2275 Gas – 90% Increase
Level 4 – 4 – 5000 Tools – 120% Increase

Car Shield
This decreases the amount of damage you take from enemy fire while driving.

Level 1 – 2 – 300 Meds – 10% Decrease
Level 2 – 3 – 1250 Gas – 20% Decrease
Level 3 – 4 – 3500 Tools – 30% Decrease
Level 4 – 5 – 6500 Food – 40% Decrease

Quiet Running
This makes it harder to enemies to detect you while you’re sprinting.

Level 1 – 2 – 450 Meds – 5% Increase
Level 2 – 3 – 1875 Gas – 10% Increase
Level 3 – 4 – 4375 Tools – 15% Increase
Level 4 – 5 – 7400 Food – 20% Increase

Bullet Resistance
This decreases the amount of damage you receive from bullets.

Level 1 – 2 – 650 Gas – 5% Decrease
Level 2 – 3 – 1875 Tools – 10% Decrease
Level 3 – 4 – 4900 Food – 15% Decrease
Level 4 – 5 – 8000 Meds – 20% Decrease

Detection
This makes it harder for enemies to detect you while you’re crouching or lying down.

Level 1 – 3 – 1500 Meds – 5% Decrease
Level 2 – 4 – 3375 Tools – 10% Decrease
Level 3 – 5 – 6650 Gas – 15% Decrease
Level 4 – 6 – 10000 Meds – 25% Decrease

Explosion Resistance
This decreases the amount of damage you receive from explosions.

Level 1 – 3 – 1500 Gas – 10% Decrease
Level 2 – 4 – 3500 Tools – 20% Decrease
Level 3 – 5 – 7000 Food – 30% Decrease
Level 4 – 6 – 10000 Meds – 40% Decrease

Aircraft Shield
This decreases the amount of damage your vehicles receive.

Level 1 – 3 – 1250 Meds – 5% Decrease
Level 2 – 4 – 3125 Food – 10% Decrease
Level 3 – 5 – 7000 Gas – 15% Decrease
Level 4 – 6 – 10000 Tools – 20% Decrease

Epic Skill: Faster Regen
This Epic Skill decreases the amount before HP regeneration kicks in.

Squad Skills

Revive Speed
This increases the speed of teammate revival.

Level 1 – 1 – 50 Meds – 6% Increase
Level 2 – 2 – 500 Tools – 12% Increase
Level 3 – 3 – 1750 Food – 18% Increase
Level 4 – 4 – 4000 Gas – 24% Increase

Sync Shot Extra Target
This increases the number of sync shot targets.

Level 1 – 1 – 50 Gas – +1 Sync Shot target
Level 2 – 2 – 1500 Tools – +2 Sync Shot targets

Teammate Resilience
This decreases the amount of damage your AI teammates receive from bullets.

Level 1 – 1 – 500 Food – 4% Decrease
Level 2 – 2 – 1625 Meds – 8% Decrease
Level 3 – 3 – 4375 Gas – 12% Decrease
Level 4 – 4 – 8400 Tools – 15% Decrease

Rebel Icon
This makes the freed rebels to become better fighters.

Level 1 – 2 – 450 Food – 5% Improvement
Level 2 – 3 – 1500 Meds – 10% Improvement
Level 3 – 4 – 3500 Gas – 15% Improvement
Level 4 – 5 – 8500 Tools – 20% Improvement

Bleed Out Time
This increases the duration you have before bleeding out.

Level 1 – 3 – 1450 Meds – 10% Increase
Level 2 – 4 – 3625 Tools – 20% Increase
Level 3 – 5 – 7875 Food – 30% Increase
Level 4 – 6 – 11000 Gas – 40% Increase

Born Leader
This makes the AI teammates to become better killers.

Level 1 – 3 – 1500 Food – 8% Improvement
Level 2 – 4 – 4750 Meds – 16% Improvement
Level 3 – 5 – 7875 Gas – 22% Improvement
Level 4 – 6 – 11000 Tools – 30% Improvement

Epic Skill: Last Chance
This Epic Skill increases the number of times your teammates can revive you.

Rebel Support

These skills allow you to call for support from the close Rebel army in Bolivia. To improve these abilities you need to complete extra Rebel Side Missions while discovering Bolivia.

Every side mission you complete will increase one point of these Rebel Skills by one unit. You can search the locations of Rebel Side Missions by seeing Intel, questioning foes or communicating with the citizens.

Vehicle Drop-Off
Can ask Rebel forces to drop a vehicle at the location. There are three ranks which are follows:

Rank 1 – request an SUV
Rank 2 – request an Armored vehicle
Rank 3 – request a helicopter

Guns for Hire
Asks group of Rebel fighters to temporarily fight with you.

Rank 1 – small group of Rebels
Rank 2 – medium sized group of Rebels
Rank 3 – large group of Rebels.

Mortar
Call in a mortar strike on a mentioned area.

Rank 1 – one target mortar strike,
Rank 2 – multiple mortar strikes on a target,
Rank 3 – multiple mortar strikes over a wide area,

Diversion
Target a position for Rebels to be a diversion against enemies.

Rank 1 – small group of Rebels,
Rank 2 – large group of Rebels,
Rank 3 – largest group of Rebels.

Spotting
Requests the marking of enemies within a given area close.

Rank 1 – recons a small area,
Rank 2 – recons a large area,
Rank 3 – recons the largest area.

NOTE: Does not mark Intel or objective-based items, only enemies within the given area will be marked