GTA 5: How to increase skills and abilities

As in "GTA San Andreas", the three main characters from "GTA 5" have different skills. We explain the general skills and how you can pimp the special skills of Michael, Franklin and Trevor.

GTA 5 Skills: Endurance

You should be on the move quickly on foot, in the water and on a bike if you want to escape the annoying LSPD officers. The better your "stamina" ability, the longer you can move at full speed.

• Every 17 meters you walk and every minute of swimming or cycling improve your "Endurance" value by 1%.
• A triathlon also significantly increases your endurance skill.

"GTA 5" skills: shooting

The "Shooting" ability affects three things: it increases the maximum magazine capacity, reduces the recoil of weapons and also reduces the reload time.

• At the shooting range of "AmmuNation" you can complete challenges and receive badges. Bronze fills the "Shoot" bar by 1%, silver by 2% and gold by 3%.

"GTA 5" skills: strength

The "strength" influences your clout at brawls and your taker qualities in close combat. It also increases the speed at which you climb ladders, for example.

• With every 20th hit, the "strength" ability increases by 1%.
• Tennis, darts and golf also improve the value.

"GTA 5" Skills: Sneak

Even as a full-time gangster, you should occasionally put away the rocket launcher and leave your sports car in the garage. Instead, use soft tones and train your "sneak" skills.

• Sneaking 45 meters brings 1% and every switched off opponent in stealth mode (press left analog stick) brings even 1.5%.

"GTA 5" skills: flying

Inexperienced pilots usually don't land in "GTA 5" on the airfield, but quickly in one of the hospitals in San Andreas. A higher "flying" value facilitates handling in the event of turbulence, take-off and landing.

• 10 minutes on the plane improves "flying" ability by 1%. In addition, the special flight exercises bring between 1% and 6% per successful flight figure.

"GTA 5" Skills: Driving

After a robbery, their cronies are reluctant to land in the next tree with the getaway car. So practice hard with the motorized two- and four-wheelers, then you can steer the cars better in the air and master tricks like the wheelie without any problems.

• Simple jumps increase the value by 1% for every second you are completely in the air with the vehicle.
• Wheelies increase the value by 1% every 10 seconds.
• The "driving" bar fills up even faster with successful monster stunts.

"GTA 5" skills: lung volume

If your car has just exploded and all escape routes are blocked, then only diving into the water helps. A large "lung volume" helps so that you do not immediately run out of air. It extends the time you can stay under water unscathed.

• Every minute of diving brings you a 1% larger "lung volume".
• Yoga also improves your lung volume.

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"GTA 5": Fill up Michael's special ability

With Michael you can slow down the time if you are walking. You may be familiar with this from the "Max Payne" game, also from "Rockstar Games".

• Fast driving, headshots and murders in crawl mode replenish the special ability. You'll also get 20% when Michael's health drops below 25%.

"GTA 5": replenish Franklin's special ability

Franklin's special ability is similar to that of Michael. However, Franklin can only slow down time in vehicles.

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• The special ability fills up again by driving close to other road users, drifting through curves and driving at full throttle or in oncoming traffic.
• Accidents, on the other hand, reduce the skill bar.

"GTA 5": Top up Trevor's special ability

Trevor becomes a berserk when his special ability is activated and takes an inhuman amount of damage. In this way you can also shoot larger hordes of opponents on your own.

• In order to replenish Trevor's special ability, you can drive fast, distribute headshots, take damage, bump into passers-by, or better still transport passers-by to the afterlife.

More tips on GTA V: In the large CHIP Guide

More skills, more money & the best cars - the coolest tricks for the action game can be found in the exclusive CHIP Guide. Price: 2.49 euros.

• We show you where the fastest cars are hiding, how you can easily earn money and RP and which hardware is best suited for the PC variant.
• In the CHIP kiosk you can download the CHIP guide as a PDF

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