All Tool Skills for Naoe in Assassin's Creed Shadows, and how to unlock them

Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally out, and players are enjoying their time playing as Naoe and Yasuke. If you have chosen to go the assassin route, you will be spending hours unlocking tools for Naoe, which can be used during gameplay. These also have skills attached to them that are crucial for making your equipment powerful.

That said, here are all the Tool Skills that can be unlocked in the game for Naoe.

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All available Tool Skills for Naoe in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Tool Skills in AC Shadows (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Ubisoft)

Your Knowledge Rank is tied to your skills, playing a crucial part in unlocking them. Here are all of Naoe's Tool Skills available in the game.

Knowledge Rank 1

Tool Skills	Unlock Condition	Effect
Tools Mastery	Spend 4 / 11 / 18 / 28 / 39 / 49 / 60 Mastery Points	Chance to refill a Tool on use - 1% / 2% / 3% / 4% / 5% / 6% / 7% / 8%.
Tool Professional	Spend 1 / 2 / 3 Mastery Points	Increase damage with Tools by 3% / 9% / 18%.
Smoke Bomb	1 Mastery Point	Throw a smoke bomb and break all lines of sight.
Kunai	TBD	Throw a Kunai that deals 400% damage. Headshots on unsuspecting enemies will remove 1 Health Segments.
Quick Throw	1 Mastery Point	Automatically throw the equipped tool at the closest enemy or object.

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Knowledge Rank 2

Tool Skills	Unlock Condition	Effect
Larger Tool Bag I	2 Mastery Points	Increase maximum capacity for all tools. +1 Kunai, +1 Shuriken, +1 Smoke Bomb, +1 Shinobi Bell.
Shinobi Bell	1 Mastery Point	Throw a Shinobi Bell that distracts nearby enemies.
Enduring Haze	2 Mastery Points	Smoke bomb has its duration increased to 10 seconds.
Kunai Assassination Damage I	3 Mastery Points	Naoe removes 1 additional Health Segment with Kunai.
Shuriken	2 Mastery Points	Throw a Shuriken that deals 100% damage. Staggers enemies and can be used on the environment.

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Knowledge Rank 3

Tool Skills	Unlock Condition	Effect
Adrenaline Generator	Spend 1 / 2 / 3 Mastery Points	Increase Adrenaline Gain by 3% / 8% / 15%.
Golden Bell	2 Mastery Points	Shinobi Bell is now golden, and its shine can attract enemies from afar.
Armor Piercing	Rank 1: 2 Mastery Points Rank 2: 1 Mastery Point	Rank 1: Kunai now have 50% Armor Piercing. Rank 2: Increase Kunai damage by 10%.

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Knowledge Rank 4

Tool Skills	Unlock Condition	Effect
Larger Tool Bag II	3 Mastery Points	Increase maximum capacity for all tools. +1 Kunai, +2 Shuriken, +1 Smoke Bomb, +2 Shinobi Bell.
Widespread	TBD	Smoke Bomb has its radius increased to 10 meters.
Kunai Assassination Damage II	5 Mastery Points	Naoe removes 1 additional Health Segment with Kunai.
Bank Shot	Rank 1: 3 Mastery Points Rank 2: 1 Mastery Point	Rank 1: Shuriken can now bounce between targets. Rank 2: Increase Shuriken damage by 10%.

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Knowledge Rank 5

Tool Skills	Unlock Condition	Effect
Tool Affliction Proficiency	Spend 1 / 2 / 3 Mastery Points	Increase Affliction buildup with Tools by 2% / 5% / 9%.
Louder Chimes	2 Mastery Points	Shinobi Bell has its radius increased to 5 meters.
Triple Threat	TBD	Throw 3 Shurikens at the same time for the cost of 1.

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Knowledge Rank 6

Tool Skills	Unlock Condition	Effect
Everlast	TBD	Kunai no longer breaks and can be retrieved
Kunai Assassination Damage III	TBD	Naoe removes 1 additional Health Segment with Kunai.

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How to unlock skills for Naoe in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Completing open-world activities in the game will allow you to increase your Knowledge Rank. This is a leveling system in which crossing certain levels will give you Mastery Points that you can use to unlock skills for Naoe's arsenal of weapons.

Getting these points is fairly simple, as they are tied to the game's XP system. You can acquire XP by completing side quests, main missions, and various objectives in AC Shadows.