Crackdown 3 has a big world for you to blast through, and if you want to it in style then you’ll need to skills to match. There are five core skills and abilities available in Crackdown 3, and each will improve as it levels up. Knowing what to pick can be tough, so to help you out we’ve put together a list of all of the skills and abilities in Crackdown 3, with descriptions of what they do.
All Skills and Abilities in Crackdown 3
The five core ability paths in Crackdown 3 are Agility, Driving, Explosives, Firearms and Strength. Each time you level up a particular ability it’ll get stronger and you’ll gain a new skill from that path. We’ve listed all of them below so you can see which route you want to level up first.
All Agility Skills
Unlock Level |
Skill |
Description |
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0 |
Combat Roll |
An evasive roll to help dodge incoming damage. |
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1 |
Boosters |
Allows you to double jump in the air by firing boosters. |
|
2 |
Air Dash |
A mid-air dash that helps dodge incoming damage. |
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3 |
Agency Launch Pad |
Boosts you high into the air. |
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4 |
Double Dash |
Grants a second mid-air dash. |
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5 |
Triple Jump |
Grants a third jump while airborne. |
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6 |
Escape Velocity |
Jump boosters can be kept on for some time. |
All Strength Skills
Unlock Level |
Skill |
Description |
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0 |
Grab |
Magnetic gloves that let you pick up objects from a distance. |
|
1 |
Energy Grip |
Improves grab to be stronger and work from longer range. |
|
2 |
Ground Pound |
Sends the agent crashing into the ground in a classic superhero landing. Launches nearby enemies. |
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3 |
Flying Fist |
Charges you at an enemy for a powerful punch. |
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4 |
Resilience |
Passive upgrade providing resistance to fire, cold, electricity and chimera damage. |
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5 |
Graviton Gloves |
Improvement to grab that lets you pick up items faster and from further away |
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6 |
Boomfist |
Unarmed attacks cause an explosion when they hit. |
All Driving Skills
Unlock Level |
Skill |
Description |
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0 |
Vehicle Requisition |
Allows you to commandeer vehicles for use. |
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1 |
1. Agency Lightning 2. Delivery on Demand 3. Ejector Seat |
1. Transforms your Agency vehicle to its speed form. 2. Summons the Agency vehicle to you. 3. Lets you escape your Agency Vehicle safely. |
|
2 |
Agency Spider |
Transforms your Agency vehicle to the all-terrain form that can scale small vertical surfaces. |
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3 |
Self Destruct |
Allows you to remote detonate the Agency vehicle to damage surrounding enemies. |
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4 |
Agency Minotaur |
Transforms your Agency vehicle into its combat form, including a mounted gun. |
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5 |
Mean Machine |
Maxes out the abilities of every form of the Agency vehicle. |
All Firearms Skills
Unlock Level |
Skill |
Description |
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0 |
Armed & Dangerous |
Allows you to use any firearm. |
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1 |
Deadeye |
Allows critical hits on enemies. |
|
2 |
Ammo Pack |
Increases ammunition capacity. |
|
3 |
Vortex Cannon |
Fires a blast of kinetic energy, launching enemies backwards. |
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4 |
Agency Ammo Field |
Automatically refills ammo for nearby agents. |
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5 |
Graviton Tether |
Energy weapon which links targets together. |
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6 |
Damocles Rounds |
Refill all ammo and deals high damage and impulse. |
All Explosives Skills
Unlock Level |
Skill |
Description |
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0 |
Demolition |
Allows use of explosives and grenades |
|
1 |
Bag o’Tricks |
Increases grenade and gadget capacity, as well as improving recharge rate or duration length. |
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2 |
Limpet Grenade |
A sticky grenade which can be remote detonated. |
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3 |
Rocket Rack |
Increases explosive ammo capacity. |
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4 |
Big Bag o’Tricks |
Further increases grenade and gadget capacity, as well as recharge rate or duration length. |
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5 |
Singularity Grenade |
Special grenade that creates a black hole and draws in nearby enemies and objects before exploding. |
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6 |
Apocalypse |
Explosive ammo and gadgets recharge quickly and deal massively increased damage and knockback. |
Don’t expect to be able to max out these skills quickly, as it takes a long time to level them all the way up. Hopefully this list has helped you decide which ability paths you do want to upgrade to have the most fun in Crackdown 3.
You’ve now learned about all the skills and abilities in Crackdown 3, but there’s plenty more to discover in and about the game. Check back again soon with us here at AllGamers for more guides, tips and tricks!
