about WX-78 skill Tree Design

[1988fly]

I have designed a  skill  Tree  about WX-78  as follows.

Part 1: System Upgrades
Power Meter
1Tier 1: Unlock a secondary power meter with 2 slots.

Primary and secondary meters charge independently. Secondary meter activates only when primary is fully charged.

2Tier 2: Secondary meter slots increased to 4.

3Tier 3: Unlock Concealed Circuit Slot (exclusively for Frenzy/Faction boards).

Mechanics:

Provides 2 special slots (each Frenzy/Faction board occupies both slots).

Charge recovery: 1 unit per 3 minutes (unaffected by skills, food, or charging).

Right-click at full charge to enter Frenzy Mode (activates board effects for 2 minutes; resets charge to zero afterward).

Internal Combustion
4Tier 1: Can consume Ashes/Snowballs to regulate temperature:

Grants 4.9 Hunger and restores 15°C body temperature over 15 seconds.

5Tier 2: Can craft Electric Bottles using Charged Volt Goat Milk:

Recipe: 1 Charged Volt Goat Milk → 2 Electric Bottles (no spoilage, stack limit: 20).

Effect: Restores 1 charge per use.

Part 2: Stable Current
Rapid Recharge
6Tier 1: Natural charge recovery speed +50%.

7Tier 2: Natural charge recovery speed +100%.

Reduced Drain
8Tier 1: Charge loss when removing circuits reduced to 1/2 (rounded up).

9Tier 2: Retain equipped circuits upon death (no drop).

Good as New (Requires 2 points in "Rapid Recharge" + "Reduced Drain")
10Passive: Restores 15 Sanity and 20 Health per naturally recovered charge unit.

Part 3: Artificial Intelligence
11Multifunctional Scan:

Scanning Suspicious Dirt Piles directly identifies prey species.

12Threat Alert:

Broadcasts warnings 1.5 minutes before Hound/Worm/Boss attacks (specifies type and ETA).

13Primitive Battery:

Unlocks structure Circuit Communicator (Recipe: 4 Electrical Doodads + 2 Gears + 8 Scraps).

Effects:

Other characters carrying this item gain 25% of WX-78's circuit stats and 50% of circuit bonuses (excludes Photoelectric/Frenzy boards).

Non-stackable; vanishes at zero durability (consumes durability only when equipped).

Part 4: Circuit Modification
Cost Efficiency
14Tier 1: Circuit durability increased to 6 uses.

15Tier 2: Biological Data cost for crafting circuits halved.

16Tier 3: Unlock Circuit Repair Station (Recipe: 1 Automatic Repair Kit + 4 Worn Electrical Tapes).

Function: Upgrades Chests/Scaled Chests → Dedicated Circuit Storage:

Stores circuits only; restores 1/12 durability per day.

No refund when Hammered/Deconstructed.

17New Circuits (Unlocked by scanning specific mobs)
Circuit Board    Unlock Condition    Slots    Effect    Crafting Cost
Waterproof Circuit    Scan Giant Tentacle    4    Grants 80% Water Resistance    4 Biological Data + 2 Tentacle Spots
Cryogenic Circuit    Scan Squid/Pengull    1    Converts Water Balloons/Watering Cans → Ice    3 Biological Data + 3 Ice
Reinforced Circuit    Scan Rock Lobster    3    40% Damage Reduction + Knockback Immunity (effects stack multiplicatively)    6 Biological Data + 1 Marble Suit
18Frenzy Circuits (Unlocked after allocating 12 skill points)
Circuit Board    Unlock Condition    Effect    Crafting Cost
Thunderstrike Circuit    Scan Varg/Volt Goat    Enter Electrified State    10 Biological Data + 3 Volt Goat Horns + 1 Electrical Circuit
Steam Circuit    Scan Dragonfly    Clear Wetness; convert to Movement Speed    10 Biological Data + 1 Waterproof Circuit
Thermostat Circuit    Scan Klaus (Enraged)    Lock body temperature at 25°C    10 Biological Data + 1 Thermal Circuit + 1 Cryogenic Circuit
Dash Circuit    Scan Twins of Terror    Gain Dash ability    10 Biological Data + 4 Pure Horror
Faction-Exclusive Frenzy Circuits (Requires faction path selection)
Circuit Board    Unlock Condition    Effect    Crafting Cost
19Cloak Circuit    Shadow + Scan Snake Horror    Enter Invisibility (breaks on attack/AOE hit)    10 Biological Data + 4 Shadow Thulium
20Spike Circuit    Lunar + Scan Brightshade    After taking 15 damage, retaliate with 50 Physical + 8 Planar Damage (2-tile radius + knockback)    10 Biological Data + 4 Brightshade Husk
Part 5: Factions
Moonlight Assassin (Lunar)
21Tier 1: Craft Electric Bottles using Lunaloo (1 Lunaloo → 1 Electric Bottle).

22Tier 2: Upgrade scanner with 10 Charged Lunar Fragments → Scan targets in combat to increase damage (up to +30%) + grants small map vision.

Shadow Mercenary (Shadow)
23Tier 1: Damaged Clockwork Creatures are neutral to WX-78 (no group aggro).

24Tier 2: Enter Void Charge State → Each empty slot grants 5% Speed + 5% Damage (excludes Concealed Slot).

Edited June 24, 2025 by 1988fly