As the name suggests, The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG, The Outer Worlds. As you navigate a new colony with various challenges, you’ll want skills on your side to help you through all the action The Outer Worlds 2 has to throw at you.
The number of skills has been reduced from 18 skills in the first iteration of the game to 12 in The Outer Worlds 2. Specific details of half of these skills have been revealed, so you can get a glimpse at some of the changes. This was spotted in The Outer Worlds 2 direct by an eagle-eyed fan on Reddit.
Combat, loot, Science!
- Guns – The Guns skill increases damage dealt with all types of guns, including ballistic, shock, plasma, and bio guns. Investing in the Guns skill allows you to select perks that further improve your ability to use guns of various types. +40% damage range, +4% armour penetration.
- Melee – The Melee skill increases damage dealt with Melee weapons. Investing in the Melee skill allows you to select perks that further improve your ability to use melee weapons of various types. +50% melee damage, -12.5% damage received while blocking.
- Sneak – The Sneak skill makes it harder for enemies to detect you while crouched. Investing in the Sneak skill allows you to select perks that avoid traps and perform sneak attacks. 280% sneak attack damage, -20% NPC awareness detection rate.
- Medical – The Medical skill increases maximum Toxicity, allowing more uses of the Pharmaceutical Inhaler at a time and increase resistance to Zyranium poisoning. Investing in the Medical skill allows you to select perks that further improve your Inhaler, temporarily tame creatures, and make better use of corrosive weapons. For every level of Medical +7 toxicity crash threshold, 10% damage to creatures.
- Science! – The Science! skill increases your maximum Gadget Energy, allowing you to use gadgets like Tactical Time Dilatation for longer. Investing in the Science! skill allows you to select perks that further improve your gadget and potency with shock weapons. +7 gadget energy metre max, 10% more stacks of non-physical damage type side-effects.
- Observation – The Observation skill reveals hidden objects in the world and subtle behaviours in conversations. Investing in the Observation skill allows you to select perks that lets you find more loot, track enemies, and more effectively use enemy weakspots. For every level of Observation, +1 difficulty and lower hidden objects can be found, 15% weakspot damage.
- Lockpick
- Engineering
- Explosives
- Hack
- Speech
- Leadership
Of course, just how these skills will function will be uncovered when players get their hands on the game or if the developers show off gameplay relating to the skills. The Outer Worlds 2 hits Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC on October 29, 2025.
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