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Starfield Shattered Space

Intimidation Skill Rank Up Guide

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Intimidation is an Advanced Social skill that lets you force a target NPC to flee in Starfield. Read on to learn the effects of the Intimidation skill, how to unlock and rank up the Intimidation skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Intimidation How to Unlock and Overview

Intimidation Skill Overview

Intimidation Skill
Starfield - Intimidation Skill Skill Tree:
Social
Tier:
Advanced
The ability to strike fear into an opponent, causing them to flee so that you can escape or attack first, can prove critical in a battle.

How to Unlock Intimidation

Spend 4 Skill Points in the Social Tree

As Intimidation is a higher-tier Advanced skill, it is unlocked by spending a total of 4 skill points in the Social skill tree before it can be learned.

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How to Rank Up Intimidation Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Rank Challenge Effects
1 Spend a total of 4 Skill Points in the Social tree. You can force a target NPC at or below your level to flee for a limited time.
2 Successfully intimidate 5 different people. You can force a target NPC up to 10 levels higher than you to flee for a limited time.
3 Successfully intimidate 25 different people. You can force a target NPC up to 20 levels higher than you to flee for a limited time.
4 Successfully intimidate 50 different people. Intimidated targets now flee for substantial amount of time.

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