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Improving Aloy's potential in Horizon Forbidden West comes primarily from investing skill points and unlocking both passive and active abilities. With six skill trees at your disposal from the very beginning, we wanted to highlight ten very game skills that you can pick up before you've finished your first salvage contract in the Forbidden West. You'll have to invest some extra skill points to work down the trees long enough to unlock these, but we can guarantee that they'll be worth your while.

How to Get Past Vines and Metal Flowers in Horizon Forbidden West