Introducing the final Skill Tree update. Gain Insight to unlock new unique skills.

• Deerclops' Pupil
"See eye-to-eye with a Deerclops, 1-hit most structures with your claws."

• Frigorific Feeling I
"Decrease the spoil rate of your inventory by 20%."
Frigorific Feeling II
"Decrease the spoil rate of your inventory by 40%."
Frigorific Feeling III
"Decrease the spoil rate of your inventory by 60%."

• Ice Crafting
"Sacrifice health to craft Ice." - -5 Health per Ice
Mini Glacier Building
"Use ice to craft a Mini Glacier." - 10 Ice

• Insulation Isolation I
"Learn how to encase yourself in a frigid ice-casing. Gain slow health regeneration while encased in ice." - 10 seconds, 30 second cooldown, heals up to +15, +50% damage absorption when encased, -10 temperature, cannot encase when overheating, any action will break you free
Insulation Isolation II
"Increase the time you can stay encased in ice. Gain increased health regeneration while encased in ice." - 20 seconds, 60 second cooldown, heals up to +60

• Cold Shoulder I
"When at a low temperature, gain a chilling aura that cools nearby survivors." - at 20 in-game temperature and below
"Cold Shoulder II
"When at a low temperature, have your icy attacks deal coldness in an area outside of Winter."
Defrosting I
"Freezing a creature will slow it down for a few seconds." - 2/3 speed, ~18 seconds
Defrosting II
"Freezing a creature will slow it down for a few more seconds." - Increase to ~30 seconds

• Forburst Bite
"Deal double damage to frozen creatures." - Defeat a Deerclops to unlock.
Shattered Dreams I
"Killing a frozen creature will cause it to shatter, dealing a fair amount of damage in a small area." - 75 shatter damage
Shattered Dreams II
"Significantly increase the damage of shattered creatures." - 150 shatter damage, increased range

• Cold to the Touch I
"Enemies that attack you will become colder, and colder." - Experience Winter to unlock.
Cold to the Touch II
"Double the time creatures frozen by your claws stay frozen."
Cold to the Touch III
"Increase the amount of coldness your claws naturally deal to creatures."

• A Smashing Success
"After destroying 5 structures gain a large sanity boost." - +50

• Shadow Stalker
"The Queen will reward your loyalty by providing laser-eye surgery. Use a Deerclops Eyeball to see things in a new light."

(Take 10% less damage from Shadow Aligned creatures and deal 10% more damage to Lunar Aligned creatures.)

- Peer through a Deerclops Eyeball in your inventory to activate a reticle that will allow you to shoot a deadly laser beam. Deals 150 aoe damage, 300 to frozen creatures with "Forburst Bite". Deals a small amount of work. 12 second cooldown.

• Lunar Lurker
"The Cryptic Founder will reward your curiosity by teaching you a new chilling way to attack. Use a Deerclops Eyeball to harness your icy exterior."

(Take 10% less damage from Lunar Aligned creatures and deal 10% more damage to Shadow Aligned creatures.)

- Peer through a Deerclops Eyeball in your inventory to activate a reticle that will allow you to toss a deadly ice lance. Deals 150 aoe damage, 300 to frozen creatures with "Forburst Bite". Adds coldness to creatures. 12 second cooldown.


Author's Note
All four Runts now have Skill Trees! Thanks for playing!
I'll be on hiatus again soon after this, but feel free to keep all and any comments coming! Even if I don't respond often, I read them and am grateful for the kind words and feedback!
Hopefully these trees have been enjoyable and brought new life to these Runts, and for those that don't like skill trees hopefully all the other changes have too! This update comes with a major change to how Deerclops handles the cold, open to feedback!

I've enjoyed making these updates! It's nearly been 5 years since release now, I'm happy to Return to Runts now and then.