Secondary tree

Your secondary upgrade points unlock either the Basic Shield or the Basic Bow, then advance that choice through 3 tiers. You start without a secondary item, and your choice lasts until respawn resets your upgrades.

How it works

Each selection spends 1 secondary point. Weapon and structure points cannot pay for this tree. You must take each upgrade in order and meet its level requirement, even with saved points. Choosing an item costs no resources, including when you choose a bow.

You carry a melee weapon and secondary together, but you must equip the secondary to block or shoot. Upgrading replaces its previous tier; if that secondary is equipped, the replacement enters your hand immediately. Choosing your starting secondary leaves your held item selected.

Tree

Basic ShieldLv 5
- ShieldLv 11
  - Great ShieldLv 14
Basic BowLv 5
- BowLv 11
  - Great BowLv 14

Taking a shield closes the bow line for that life, and taking a bow closes the shield line. Later selections offer the next item in your chosen line.

Shields

These reductions apply when an attack hits your equipped shield. A reflected melee hit damages the attacker instead of you. Shields cannot reflect arrows.

Shield	Melee damage reduction	Projectile damage reduction	Melee reflection chance
Basic Shield	40%	65%	0%
Shield	55%	80%	8%
Great Shield	70%	95%	12%

Bows

Each arrow costs resources when you shoot, so misses still cost resources. Higher bow tiers raise arrow damage and shot costs. Bow fires faster than Basic Bow; the Great Bow keeps Bow’s fire rate.

Bow	Base player damage per arrow	Shots per second	Cost per arrow
Basic Bow	6	1.5	2 wood
Bow	8	2	6 wood, 2 stone
Great Bow	12	2	12 wood, 6 stone

Tips

Holding either secondary leaves you at 70 % of normal speed, against 100 % with the Stick. Carrying the secondary without holding it does not slow you.
If you cannot pay the full shot cost, the bow does not fire. Keep your melee weapon available when your resources run low.