Making your way to the top of the ladder inThe Precinctwill take time and effort, but there are many things you can do to make your ride much easier. Leveling up your rank will grant points you can use to unlock upgrades and skills that will help you in the field, and we’ll help you get the best ones first.

From new ways to slow down perps to increasing your own defenses, here are our top picks for the best skills to unlock first. Prioritizing some or all of these will help you patrol the streets of Averno City with relative ease.

The Precinct Upgrade skill reinforced glass.

Reinforced Glass

You’ll spend a lot of time driving in The Precinct, andgang members are hiding in plain sight. As such, they canopen fire on your vehiclewhile you’re out on patrol,popping your tiresand putting you (as well as all nearby civilians) in danger.

The reinforced glass perkmakes your vehicle tougher, granting youmore time to catch the culpritsbefore your car becomes a giant paperweight and explodes on impact. While you’llstill take damagewhen your car is shot at, it won’t be as devastating anymore.

The Precinct Upgrade skill timed breath.

This does not apply to ramming cars.

Timed Breath

Chasing after suspects is exhausting, and you’llneed a lot of staminato catch up to them. With the Timed Breath skill, you may regularly tap the right input tocontrol Nick Cordell’s breathingso he regains stamina while sprinting–effectivelygiving you infinite staminaso long as you time your inputs right.

However, if your timing is off, youwon’t regain any staminaand the minigame will stop. You’llrun out of stamina quicklyand lose ground in the chase to catch your suspect.

The Precinct Upgrade skill fast recovery.

Fast Recovery

When you’restuck in a shootout or caught by surprise, you might takesome risky movesto restrain suspects. With the Fast Recovery perk, you can replenish your depleted health fasterwhen you take cover and wait a few moments.

This means youwon’t need to hide for as longas you would prior to the perk, and you canjump right back into the actionto take down the bad guys corrupting Averno City.

The Precinct Upgrade skill Additional holster.

Additional Holster

By default, you canhave three weaponsequipped. You have yourbaton, your stun gun, and your pistol. You’ll unlock more weapons as you progress through the story, but unless youpurchase the additional holster perk, you won’t be able to hold any more.

With this perk, you cancarry an additional weaponand reduce the number of times you have to swap gear in the car.Customizing your loadoutwill make it much easier to bring suspects to justice.

The Precinct Upgrade skill road block support.

Roadblock Support

When chasing down suspects, you’llneed all the support you can getto ensure that civilian lives are safe. In addition to the spike strip and support cars you can call in, you can alsorequest a road blockwith the right perk.

Road blocks will helpcorral the suspectand potentially stop them in their tracks. Thisreduces the amount of time you’re stuck in a high-speed chase, giving you more availability to catch other criminals.

The Precinct Upgrade skill intimidating order.

Intimidating Order

With this perk,you can deescalate thingsfaster. Not only is theradius for voice commands increased, but so is the effectiveness. By unlocking this perk, thesuspect’s resistance meter will deplete faster.

Suspects are lesslikely to flee or attackif you use voice commands right away, so it’s worthinvesting in this perkif you’d prefer to save your bullets for the real criminals instead of the vandals or drug dealers.

The Precinct upgrade skill reinflating tires.

Reinflating Tires

Your car is themain way you get aroundthe city (unless you like commuting on the subway). Shootouts or high speed chases can result in yourtires being damagedor completely popped. This canprevent you from catching suspects,resulting inlost experience and other penalties.

Rather than risk the perp getting away, catch up to them withreinflated tires that deployinstantly. You’ll never have to worry about your car having a flat tire again!

The Precinct Upgrade skill commandeer.

Commandeer

By far the skill thatopens the most doors(literally) in the Commandeer upgrade. This enables you to not onlyuse civilian vehiclesat will, but alsosmash the windows of parked carsand drive them whenever you’d like. No vehicle is safe from your antics.

When crimes break out, you won’t have to run back to your car. Instead, you cancommandeer any nearby vehicle, pull a driver from the wheel, and even take gang cars for a ride. This is the most important and exciting perk you can unlock!