Saints Row may be a wacky open-world laugh-fest of a sandbox where you can commit all kinds of unbelievable acts (and crimes), but that also means that there is no shortage of quests and activities to be tackled solo or with friends. Completing these activities also causes you to level up your character and unlock new abilities on the Saints Row skill tree as you play.
Unlocking the game’s abilities is an important endeavour because it allows your character to use new skills and tricks as they build up flow and roar around the rural landscape.
Our Saints Row skill tree guide will tell you all the skills you can unlock and what level you have to reach to gain access to them. As if the series wasn’t crazy enough, how do you feel about unlocking an ability called Pineapple Express or maybe flipping about like you are Spiderman?
Saints Row skill tree
Saints Row has a wealth of abilities that you can unlock as you play through the game, with a new skill unlocked when you reach each new level. Here is the full Saints Row skill tree:
- Pineapple Express – Grab an enemy, drop a grenade down their pants, and throw them (unlocked at level 2)
- Smokescreen – Drop a smoke bomb at your feet to confuse your enemies (unlocked at level 3)
- Proximity Mine – Place a sticky mine that explodes when enemies are near (unlocked at level 4)
- Health Upgrade – Maximum health increased permanently (unlocked at level 5)
- Tough Mother – Gain a temporary health boost to absorb damage from enemies and negate staggers (unlocked at level 6)
- Frag Out – Throw an explosive anti-personnel device (unlocked at level 7)
- Flow Upgrade – Maximum Flow increased permanently (unlocked at level 8)
- Flaming Punch – Ignite your fist for an explosive punch (unlocked at level 9)
- Health Upgrade – Maximum health increased permanently (unlocked at level 10)
- Transfusion – While active, heal yourself and your friends by hurting your enemies (unlocked at level 11)
- Overscope – Pull out a powerful sniper rifle. Headshots explode and damage nearby enemies (unlocked at level 12)
- Impulse Trap – Throw an anti-gravity device that lifts enemies into the air, making them vulnerable to a quick shot (unlocked at level 13)
- Flow Upgrade -Maximum Flow increased permanently (unlocked at level 14)
- Health Upgrade – Maximum health increased permanently (unlocked at level 15)
- Berserker – While active, your melee attacks do more damage (unlocked at level 16)
- Intercession – Call in some Saints to help you fight (unlocked at level 17)
- Quick Draw – Pull out a powerful revolver then shoot to quickly gun down up to four enemies (unlocked at level 18)
- D4th Blossom – Spin around and fire bullets in every direction (unlocked at level 19)
- Flow Upgrade – Maximum Flow increased permanently (unlocked at level 20)
That is the whole Saints Row skill tree showing all the abilities you can gain and at what level you unlock them. As you can see, some of them are permanent buffs, but others provide some big damage increases or will help you out when facing off against some of the tougher threats in Santo Ileso.
For more gangster goodness, why not read our Saints Row mission list guide to see all the quests that make up the main story or take a look through our other guides in our Saints Row walkthrough?