Assassin’s Creed Mirage skill points don’t involve experience bars or enemy grinding. Basim earns skill points only by finishing specific in-game content. Once the tutorial completes and Basim joins the Hidden Ones, the skill tree opens up with three branches unlocked. You can spend skill points to unlock tool upgrades, stealth bonuses, combat perks, and eagle abilities. There’s a fixed number of skill points in the game, and you can unlock everything if you earn all of them. Here’s every way by which you can get skill points in AC Mirage.
How to Earn Skill Points in Assassin’s Creed Mirage
Finish the Main Story Missions
Follow the main story missions or assassinations to collect the 41 skill points out of 51 total available in Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Every main quest gives skill points once you complete it, and you’ll see a large on-screen notification. High-level missions toward the end of the story even reward multiple skill points at once, depending on the quest’s complexity and length. If your goal is steady progress without stress, stick to the main path.
Complete Contract Missions
Contracts are Basim’s side hustle as an assassin, and some of them pay out in skill points. Contracts unlock after you complete the Zeroing In quest, but not every contract nets skill points, so check its rewards before accepting one. You will find the Contracts Board in the Hidden Ones Bureau along the wall, which rotates available jobs over time. If any contracts offer skill points, it will show the same diamond icon you see on the skill tree menu.
If none of the available contracts give points, complete other contracts and progress through the main story to get new board tasks, and a few among them will definitely reward you with one or two skill points.
Some best contracts for this include:
- The Bronze Mirror Heist
- The Kidnapped Scholar
- The Perfume Trader
- The Fake Message
- The Informant
Collect Lost Books
Lost Books are gold collectibles you can find all over Baghdad City, and each one gives you a single skill point once picked. You can collect 6 Lost Books in Mirage as soon as free exploration opens, which means you can obtain 6 skill points this way. Talk to Al-Jahiz near the House of Wisdom in Abbasiyah to trigger the Lost Books side quest, find all the books, and deliver them at House of Wisdom to receive the rewards. Some are located in restricted areas, and others can be found in plain sight. Look for the book icons on the map and go collect them.
Complete Tales of Baghdad Quests
Tales of Baghdad are short story-driven side quests you can encounter in every region, though only three of them reward points. You need to complete Leap of the Faithful, Curse of the Si’la, and A Life’s Work to earn 3 skill points. These quests don’t overstay their welcome. They bring more activity to the city and help round out your build without much effort. If you’re after 100% completion, they’re mandatory anyway.
The Missing Skill Point Problem
Some players were stuck, finishing everything but still missing a skill point or two, which was confusing at the game’s launch. Keep doing contracts, even if the game says you’re done. Sometimes a new contract will spawn, like “The Fake Message” – it can give you two points even if it shows up after you think you’ve cleared all contracts.
The contract system might hold back some missions until you do others. So, if you’re still short on points after doing the main story, all the Tales, Lost Books, and visible contracts, just keep checking the bureau. Do whatever contracts are available, and new ones will arrive.
How to Use Skill Points in AC Mirage
Open the Pause menu and head to the Skills section. You’ll see three different skill trees, including Phantom, Trickster, and Predator for stealth, combat, and tools. Each skill costs one or more points to unlock, and a few of them give access to new tools like smoke bombs or throwing knives. Others can increase your eagle Senu’s abilities. Many skills make you deadlier in fights or better at stealth. So, pick what you prefer for your playstyle.
You can reset your skills for free whenever you want. Simply go to the skill tree menu and look at the bottom right for the refund button. You can refund all your skills at once or only individual ones with no cost or penalty. Respec as much as you want to experiment with different builds in Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
