Ability

Abilities are active skills available to the five playable characters in Weird West, and they require Nimp Relics to unlock.

Notes[]

Abilities are divided into two main groups: class abilities which are unique to each character, and weapon abilities which are available to all.
Weapon abilities are persistent across a playthrough, but each protagonist has to learn their own class abilities.
Activating Abilities cost Action Points, which can be replenished by sleeping or using Invigorating Tonics.
Some abilities, once activated, can be deactivated to recover the AP cost.
Ability points can regenerate but only up to 5AP.
Killing an enemy gives 1AP.

Class Abilities[]

Bounty Hunter[]

Bounty hunter abilities are Jane Bell's unique abilities.

Care should be taken while placing Shrapnel Mines when there are rats around as they can trigger the mines.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Roundhouse Kick	1	5	1s	For 20 seconds, your kick deals more damage and objects are thrown further.
Shrapnel Mine	1	10	1s	Set a trap that explodes when enemies approach and can cause bleeding.
Charm	1	5	1s	For 8 seconds, enemies around you become your allies.
Quick Thinker	1	5	1s	For 6 seconds, time slows but you move more quickly.

Pigman[]

Pigman abilities are available to Cl'erns Qui'g's and other pigmen.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Putrid Cloud	1	5	1s	Emit a cloud of poison from your location for 3 seconds.
Rubber Skin	1	10	1s	For the next 10 seconds, all bullets ricochet off your skin to hit near by enemies.
Unstoppable Charge	1	5	1s	Charge forward, breaking objects and hurling aside anyone in your path, dealing 80 damage and leaving them stunned.
Shockwave	1	5	1s	Hit the ground and deal 70 damamge around you, stunning enemies.

Protector[]

Protector abilities are available to Across Rivers. Other protectors of the Lost Fire Nation also have access to Cousin Bear and Western Wind.

Due to its low cooldown, Thunderbird Strike can be used repeatedly to stun-lock a group of enemies.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Cousin Bear	1	5	1s	Summon a bear to fight by your side for 15 seconds.
Western Wind	1	10	1s	Create a tornado that hurls enemies and objects from its path. The tornado can take on the elemental properties of obstacles it encounters.
Surefooted	1	5	1s	Move quietly (even when running) and 25% faster (even when crouched) for 10 seconds. Rolls also recharge faster.
Thunderbird Strike	1	5	1s	Summon a lightning bolt to strike enemies around you.

Werewolf[]

Werewolf abilities are available to Desidério Ríos and other Absolutionist devotees.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Shapeshift	-	10	1s	Allows you to enter wolf form, which increases melee damage and max HP. While shapeshifted, attack rate increases for every kill. Fire damage received is increased.
Yeb’s Fire	1	5	1s	Surround yourself withe fiery nova that burns everything nearby for 8 seconds.
Yeb’s Invisibility	1	5	1s	You and your allies become invisible for 10 seconds. Reduces speed.
Inun’s Strength	1	5	1s	For 10 seconds, Inun grants their strength to any living creatures (allies or enemies) stepping onto the consecrated ground. While in the affected area, characters' armor protection is boosted by 20%.
Inun’s Healing	1	10	1s	For 10 seconds, Inun heals any living creatures (allies or enemies) stepping onto the consecrated ground. While in the affected area, characters' regenerate their HP.

Oneirist[]

Oneirist abilities are available to Constance Driftwood and other Oneirists.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Summon Wisps	1	5	1s	Call forth three lightning wisps to protect yourself from nearby enemies.
Shift	1	2	1s	Teleport 8 meters forward and stun any enemies at the arrival location.
Spirit Ward	1	5	1s	Create a magic shield that absorbs projectiles and and converts them into health for 8 seconds.
Astral Projection	1	5	1s	Become briefly invisible and manifest an illusory double, which draws enemies' attention from yourself for 8 seconds.

Weapon Abilities[]

Unlike Class abilities, weapon abilities are not only available to the protagonists but also to a wide array of characters across the West.

Revolver[]

Combine High Noon with Lightning Rounds to electrify up to 6 enemies in quick succession.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Lightning Rounds	3	5	5s	For 10 seconds, all pistol bullets are electrified, and targets take electric damage.
High Noon	3	5	1s	On your next trigger pull, automatically fire a single shot at every target within sight. Each shot uses a bullet from your magazine, up to a maximum of 6 shots.
Fan The Hammer	3	5	5s	Your next shot fires all the remaining bullets in your magazine, combining all of their damage into a single, deadly blow.

Shotgun[]

Rapid Reload is particularly useful for the Stubbs Double-Barrel shotgun due to its high damage but limited ammo capacity.
Explosive Shells work like dynamites and can destroy reinforced doors, rock piles, and stalagmite.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Rapid Reload	3	5	5s	Fire shells without having to reload for 5 seconds.
Explosive Shells	3	10	5s	Fire an explosive round that detonates on impact. Uses 2 shells.
Both Barrels	3	5	5s	Your next shot does critical damage and has a 100% chance to make enemies bleed. Uses 2 shells.

Rifle[]

Bullet Hail is typically used during opened combat, and paired well with the Bolt-Action Forester rifle due to its faster firing rate.
Sentry Silencer can stealthily take out enemies one by one, especially when paired with an upgraded Gowser Service Rifle.
Sentry Silencer and Right between the Eyes cannot activated at the same time.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Bullet Hail	3	5	5s	Firing speed is increased by 20% for 10 seconds. During that period, each successful shot increases firing speed by an additional 10%.
Right Between the Eyes	3	5	5s	Your next shot is a guaranteed critical hit that ignores the target's armor protection.
Sentry Silencer	3	5	5s	Your next shot is silent and also increases damage to unaware targets by 200%.

Bow[]

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Swift Shots	3	5	5s	Arrow fire rate is increased by 10 seconds.
Heartfinder Arrow	3	5	5s	Your next arrow ignores 100% of enemy's armor and make targets bleed for 5 seconds.
Splash Arrows	3	5	5s	For the next 10 seconds, all arrows shot deal damage in an area around the target. Any effect currently applied to your arrows (Fire, Poison, Stun or armor piercing) is also dealt to any target in the area of effect.
Ambush Arrow	3	5	5s	Your next arrow stuns its target for 5 seconds.

Melee[]

Combine Spinning Strike with Bloodthirsty to deal high damage to all nearby enemies.
Charge can also be used first to cause bleeding, which further enhances the damage bonus from Bloodthirsty.
Spinning Strike can stun enemies, which allows the protagonists to knock them out. This is useful for capturing a bounty alive, even during combat.
Some creatures such as bears and ravenous can also use Bloodthirsty.

Ability	Unlock Cost	AP Cost	Cooldown	Description
Bloodthirsty	3	5	5s	For 10 seconds, attacks do an additional 50% damage. Damage bonus increases to 100% if the target is currently bleeding.
Spinning Strike	3	5	5s	Strike all targets within melee range in a single spinning slash, damaging them and leaving them stunned for 3 seconds.
Adrenaline	3	5	5s	Melee attack speed is increased by 50% for 10 seconds.
Charge	3	2	2s	Rush quickly into melee range and deal high damage to your target.

Trivia[]

Sentry Silencer visually adds a silencer to the rifle barrel, while Right Between the Eyes adds a scope.
When activating Explosive Shells, sparks can be seen coming out of the chamber.
Summon Wisps generates three lightning balls that are similar to those wander around the Ancient Temples.