Hardened

Summary

After opening a chest and cleansing or blessing a totem, suppresses screams and instead reveals the Killer's aura when you would scream.

In-game description

Live long enough, and survival will run in your blood.

Effect

After unlocking a Chest and either blessing or cleansing a Totem, Hardened activates:

Suppresses the urge to scream from any cause and instead causes the Aura of the Killer to be revealed to you for 3/4/5 seconds.

Quote

Got to keep quiet. That thing is still out there.

— Lara Croft

Hardened Mini Guide

Hardened mini guide: info-driven usage with explicit activation, pairing, and correction rules.

After unlocking a Chest and either blessing or cleansing a Totem , Hardened activates: Suppresses the urge to scream from any cause and instead causes the Aura of the Killer to be revealed to you for 3 / 4 / 5 seconds .
Practical effect: After unlocking a Chest and either blessing or cleansing a Totem , Hardened activates: Suppresses the urge to scream from any cause and instead causes the Aura of the Killer to be revealed to you for 3 / 4 / 5 seconds .
Tier values shown: 3 / 4 / 5
Treat activation timing as the core skill check for this perk, then build around reliable follow-up value.

First phase: force one clean trigger before committing to risky tempo lines.
Mid-match phase: convert triggers into objective or survival stability.
If two activations are missed: fallback to your safest baseline pattern and re-enter later.
Role: Survivor (167 perks in role pool)

Common throw: Playing this perk as passive value and never routing around its trigger.
Fix line: Choose one match phase where this perk is your primary decision anchor, then pivot after conversion.
Character: Lara Croft
Chapter: 32.5: Tomb Raider
Tag profile: Chest, Totem, Aura, Bless, Cleanse, Unlock, Solo
Bloodpoint categories: Survival