Far Cry Primal: the 7 best tips

In Far Cry Primal you fight with Takkar in the Stone Age. You can read the best tips for the new Ubisoft Open World offshoot in this practical tip.

Far Cry Primal: Tips for stealth attacks on camps

As the game progresses, you'll need to conquer numerous camps to unlock fast travel points and beds.

Always try to silence camps. This brings significantly more experience and significantly less trouble with the reinforcement teams.
First, you should call the owl to mark enemies. Be sure to crouch in a good hideaway so you don't get spotted.
You can also use the owl to hurl grenades at enemies, for example to eliminate enemies that can call for reinforcements.
Before you leave the owl view, you can still use it to kill an enemy in a dive. The owl's subsequent cooldown will not bother you.
Then infiltrate the camp and use bow, javelin throw and takedowns to kill the remaining enemies.
Always be careful to destroy alarm systems (marked by the white horn) and kill enemies who call for reinforcements first. Then you will receive at least the XP bonus "No alarm triggered".

One of the most essential components of Far Cry Primal is hunting.

The animal world is divided into harmless and dangerous animals. Dangerous animals like honey badgers or lions will attack you while deer or monkeys run away from you.
You need skins of both kinds of animals for crafting. In principle, there is no harm in killing as many animals as possible and skinning dead animals.
They need skins to make new huts and upgrades in the village and for weapons and tools.
It is also worth following up on the animals you hit, as they usually bleed to death after a short time.

In addition to stealth deposits, there is often open contact with the enemy fighters of the Udam or Izila.

In close combat you should use a two-handed club. Not only do they hit more enemies at the same time, they also do much more damage than with the spear or the normal club.
Even if the fight is already open, look for opportunities to kill enemies with takedowns. It's quick, easy and brings more XP.
Heavy enemies in particular should be killed with takedowns once you have unlocked the relevant skill.
Take care of your companion beast. If it dies, lure the opponents away so that the beast can be revived in time.
Tip: You shouldn't miss our article on the 5 best weapons in Far Cry Primal if you want to be well prepared for the fight.

The most powerful weapon in Far Cry Primal are the tame predators.

In the first few hours of the game, you play the first Beast Master mission, in which you unlock the owl and then learn how to tame.
First you tame the white wolf in the mission. This is already the strongest animal of the first rank.
If you invest skill points, you can move up the next rank and tame more animals.
With comparatively little effort, you quickly have dangerous animals, such as the cave lion, as a companion.
Then look for a saber-toothed tiger. You can usually find one in the northern snow region. Try to tame it to have one of the most powerful companions.
The only more powerful predator is the blood-saber-toothed tiger, which you can tame in a mission later in the game.
You can assign a companion a target with [right mouse button] + [G] and call him with [Alt].
Use [B] to access the beast menu. Here you can revive companions who have died.

In Primal you can choose from a wide range of skills. The eight most important characters each have their own skill tree.

Survival skills: Most skills make sense here. The most important, however, relate to the life announcement. Invest in "Improved Health" as early as possible.
Collecting skills: Above all, the skills for marking the raw materials on the minimap and uncovering the terrain are useful.
Beastmaster Skills: Here you can upgrade the owl and unlock larger predators for taming. Learn at least "How to tame big predators" here.
Hunting Skills: If you play bow and arrow a lot, this tree is important. Not only can you produce up to eight times more arrows for the same raw materials, but you can also significantly improve bow stability.
Combat Skills: The combat skills are also of great importance. First and foremost, you will learn new takedowns here. If you activate "Beast tab", you can, for example, ride a saber-toothed tiger and move much faster.

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As the campaign progresses, you must continue to expand your village

Try to play the missing Wenja's first missions as early as possible to unlock them for your village.
If you then build the huts of these characters, you will unlock new skills and weapons or tools.
The second upgrade of most cabins is very expensive and brings no new opportunities, but you still get 3, 000 XP. If you already have the necessary raw materials, the upgrade is worthwhile.
Complete the randomly appearing Wenja missions. This increases the population of the village. This not only brings new opportunities for upgrades, but later also decent XP bonuses.

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In the Stone Age world of Far Cry Primal you have to collect a lot of raw materials and skins.

You need the raw materials for new arrows, spears, upgrades and more. You get them when you collect them in the game world.
As an alternative to collecting, you will find new raw materials in the raw materials warehouse every day. After each sleep until dawn, the camp is a little full.
Wherever there is a bed, you have access to the warehouse. If you need a raw material, always take a look inside. But don't take the raw materials out when you don't need them. Otherwise your pockets will quickly be full.
Always loot the small raw material containers that mostly hang on trees and are marked on the minimap. You then have to shoot them down with an arrow.
Learn the resource "Raw material discovery" early so that raw materials are marked on the map. This makes grazing much faster and easier if you are riding a fast animal.

Read in the next practical tip whether you can also play in the co-op in Far Cry Primal.