Headshots, burning or frozen kills, defeating enemies with heavy weapons - nearly any skillful action you take on top of simply killing something will get you a nice bonus. Introducing an entirely new skill tree into the equation, players will now be able to purchase a total of eight new skills from the Traveler skill tree. Aim for bits of armor plating or attached weaponry and you can score yourself up to 300 XP. Horizon Zero Dawn already head a ton of great skills for players to choose from, and the new DLCThe Frozen Wildsonly adds more to the jam-packed lineup of great skills. Hide in gras or behind obstacles, lure call the enemy and dispatch it quietly. The PERFECT combination with Silent Strike. Sneak up on an enemy guard and take it out quietly? That's an extra 25-100 XP on top of what you normally get. Leader Strike is kinda useful later on but cannot compete with several other skills, particularly because you need to spend 5 points into meh skills (Above/Below) to even reach it.

Each kill offers rewards based not only on the difficulty of the enemy (low level Watchers will net you only a few hundred XP while the nefarious Stormbird can get you 3680 for surviving it), but you'll also gain bonuses based on whether you were stealthy, knocked off components, or used various status effects to take it out. Killing bandits and destroying robots nets you XP, which is nice, but if you put a little effort into how you take them out, you'll reap even more rewards.

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