Upgrades

This is a list of the 25 upgrade trees and 100 upgrades in 20 Minutes Till Dawn. Each tree starts with choosing a first tier upgrade, then it progresses to second-tier upgrades. Only one second-tier upgrade is necessary to unlock the third-tier upgrade, with it being possible to obtain all 4 upgrades in the tree if desired.

Note that this is just a comprehensive guide on their upgrades and their paths. If you want to see what each upgrade does, check the link of the upgrade.

Upgrades are grouped by type.

Damage & Guns

Fast Bullets Tree

Take Aim Bullet Speed +30% Spread -15
Penetration Bullet Speed +15% Piercing +1	Sniper Bullet Speed +25% Bullet Damage +15%
Assassin Automatically kill enemies below 20% HP.

Bullet Damage Tree

Power Shot Bullet Damage +40% Knockback +20%
Big Shot Bullet Damage +45% Bullet Size +40%	Splinter Enemies explode into 3 bullets when killed. These bullets deal 10% damage.
Reaper Rounds Bullet Damage +20% Piercing +1 Bullets additionally pierce killed enemies.

Fire Rate Tree

Rapid Fire Fire Rate +25%
Light Bullets Fire Rate +15% Max Ammo +1 Bullet Speed +15%	Rubber Bullets Bullet Bounce +1 Fire Rate +10%
Siege Shooting when standing still has a 40% chance of not consuming ammo.

Multi Shots Tree

Double Shot Projectiles +1 Spread +10 Bullet Damage -10%
Fan Fire When shooting your last ammo, also shoot 10 additional bullets in a circle around for 15% damage.	Split Fire Shoot an additional bullet behind you.
Fusillade Projectiles +1 Spread +15 Bullet damage -25% Doubles base projectiles.

Reload Boost Tree

Quick Hands Reload Rate +20% Fire Rate +5%
Armed and Ready Reload Rate +10% Max Ammo +2	Fresh Clip Reload Rate +5% Increase Bullet Damage by +50% for 1 second after reloading.
Kill Clip Increase Reload Rate +5% for every enemy killed. This bonus resets after reloading.

Summons

Dragon Tree

Dragon Egg Summon an egg that will hatch into a Dragon in 3 minutes.
Aged Dragon Your Dragon gains 15 damage every 60 seconds. This ability works even if your Dragon is still in its egg.	Trained Dragon Your Dragon gains 10% attack speed every 60 seconds. This ability works even if your Dragon is still in its egg.
Dragon Bond Your bullets deals additional damage equal to 10% of your Dragon's damage.

Ghost Friend Tree

Ghost Friend Summon a Ghost Friend that rapidly shoots piercing projectiles for 8 damage.
Best Friends Fire Rate +10% Ghost Friend's attack speed is increased by your Fire Rate.	Ghost Wizard Ghost Friend's projectiles inflict Burn for 6 damage per second. They also trigger your on-hit effects.
Vengeful Ghost Your Ghost Friend shoots 1 additional projectile.

Magic Lens Tree

Magic Lens Summons a rotating Magic Lens that gives all bullets that pass through it +30% damage and size. Bonus damage is increased by your Summon Damage.
Igniting Lens Bullets that pass through the lens will inflict Burn on hit.	Refraction Bullets that pass through the lens gain +2 bounce.
Focal Point All effects of the lens are doubled, and its size is halved.

Magic Scythe Tree

Magic Scythe Summon a Magic Scythe that deals 40 damage.
Shadowblade Magic Scythe inflicts Curse on enemies. Curse damage is increased by 15%.	Windcutter Move Speed +10%. Magic Scythe's damage is increased by bonuses to your Move Speed.
Scythe Mastery Bullet Damage +10% Magic Scythe's damage is increased by bonuses to your Bullet Damage.

Magic Spear Tree

Magic Spear Summon 2 Magic Spears that deal 20 damage.
Holy Spear Magic Spear deals +10 damage for every Max HP you have.	Soul Drain Every 500th enemy killed by a summon drops a Soul Heart.
Soul Knight Magic Spear gains +15 damage every time you gain a Soul Heart.

Trainer Tree

Trainer Summon Damage +30%
Pulsing Summons Summon Damage +20% Your summons deal 50 summon damage to nearby enemies every 2 seconds.	Feed the Beasts Increase Summon Damage by +1% after every 15 enemies killed.
Bloodsuckers Summon Damage +10% Every 500th enemy killed by a summon drops a healing item.

Frenzy Tree

Frenzy Summon Attack Speed +30%
Hellspawns Summon Attack Speed +20% Your summons inflict Burn on hit for 3 damage per second.	File:Thunderspawns.png Thunderspawns Summon Attack Speed +20% Your summons have a 30% chance on hit to call down Lightning for 22 damage.
Culling Summon Attack Speed +15% Your summons have a 15% chance on hit to instantly kill an enemy. Does not affect Boss enemies.

Status Effects

Electromancy Tree

Electro Mage On every 2nd shot, call down Lightning to strike a nearby enemy for 22 damage.
Electro Bug Summon an Electro Bug that calls down Lightning to strike 2 nearby enemies.	Energized When Lightning strikes an enemy, there's a 20% chance to automatically refill 3 of your ammo.
Electro Mastery All Lightning damage increased by 12. Increase Lightning area of effect by 75%.

Ice Tree

Frost Mage Your bullets have a 35% chance to inflict Freeze for 1.5 seconds. Boss enemies are only affected by Freeze for 0.3 seconds.
Frostbite When an enemy is inflicted with Freeze, they lose 15% of their Max HP. Boss enemies lose 1% of their Max HP.	Ice Shard When shooting your last ammo, also shoot 3 additional ice shards that inflict Freeze.
Shatter Enemies which are affected by Freeze explode when killed and deal damage to nearby enemies equal to 7% of their Max HP.

Pyromancy Tree

Pyro Mage Your bullets have a 50% chance to inflict Burn for 3 damage per second.
Fire Starter On every 5th shot, launch a Fireball that deals 40 damage. The Fireball also inflicts Burn to enemies in a large area for 3 damage per second.	Intense Burn Burn Damage +35%
Soothing Warmth When you inflict Burn, there is a 0.05% (1 in 2000) chance to heal you for 1 HP.

Dark Arts Tree

Dark Arts Your bullets have a 35% chance to inflict Curse. Cursed enemies, after 0.75 seconds, take damage equal to 200% of your Bullet Damage.
Doom Curse damage is increased by an additional 100% of your Bullet Damage.	Wither Enemies inflicted with Curse take 30% more damage.
Ritual Every 10 enemies killed by Curse will increase your Bullet Damage by 1%.

Holy Arts Tree

Holy Arts After shooting your last ammo, Smite nearby enemies for 20 damage.
Holy Might Smite deals +10 extra damage for every HP you currently have (not Max HP).	Justice Increase your Max HP by 1 for every 500 enemies killed with Smite (Max 3).
Angelic Every 500 enemies killed with Smite heals you for 1 HP.

Defense

Health Tree

Vitality Max HP +1
Anger Point Increase Bullet Damage and Fire Rate by 75% when you get hit. This bonus lasts for 30 seconds.	Giant Max HP +2 Character Size +25%
Regeneration Heal 1 HP every 90 seconds.

Shield Boost Tree

Holy Shield A Holy Shield protects you from damage once. The Holy Shield regenerates in 2 minutes after breaking.
Divine Blessing Increase Reload Rate and Move Speed by 25% while Holy Shield is active.	Divine Wrath Call down Lightning to strike a random nearby enemy for 22 damage every second while Holy Shield is active.
Stalwart Shield Holy Shield now regenerates in 1 minute.

Dodge Boost Tree

Evasive Dodge +20%
Nimble Dodge +10% Move Speed +10%	Tiny Dodge +5% Charater Size -25%
Reflex Move Speed +15% Your Dodge chance is increased by bonuses to your Move Speed.

Soul Heart Tree

File:Soul Shield.png Soul Shield Gain a Soul Heart. Every 90 seconds, gain a Soul Heart. Max 3.
Soul Expand Gain a Soul Heart. Increase max amount of Soul Hearts by 2.	Soul Powered Your bullets deal 10% more damage for each Soul Heart you currently have.
Soul Link Gain a Soul Heart. When you lose a Soul Heart, enemies also lose 80% of their Max HP. Does not affect boss enemies.

General

Magnet XP Tree

Magnetism Pickup Range +50%
Recharge Pickup Range +20% Every XP orb pickup has a 10% to refill 1 ammo.	Watch & Learn Pickup Range +30% Vision Range +25%
Excitement Pickup Range +30% After picking up XP, gain 50% Fire Rate for 1 second.

Speed Boost Tree

Haste Move Speed +20% Fire Rate +5%
Blazing Speed Move Speed +10% Inflict Burn on nearby enemies as you run. The effect occurs more often the faster you move.	Run and Gun Walk Speed +100%
In the Wind Increase Bullet Damage and Move Speed by 10% every 10 seconds (max 40%). This bonus resets when you get hit.

Vision Tree

Glare Vision Range +25% All enemies within your Vision Range take 15 damage every 1 second.
Intense Glare Vision Range +25% The damage of Glare is doubled.	Sight Magic Vision Range +15% Damage from Glare also applies the on-hit effects of your bullets.
Saccade Vision Range +25% The damage of Glare occurs twice as often.

Aero Tree

Aero Magic Every 2 seconds shoot out a Gale of wind. Gale deals 20 damage every 0.5 seconds.
Windborne Move Speed +15% Gale's damage is increased by bonuses to your Move Speed.	Eye of the Storm Deal double of Gale's damage to nearby enemies every 2 seconds. Gale damage is increased by 5.
Aero Mastery Gale damage increased by 15.

Other Upgrades

Synergies

Main article: Synergies

These upgrades require specific combinations of other upgrades to appear.

Character-specific Upgrades

Main article: Character Upgrades

These upgrades are only available in the chests dropped by Elites, and the upgrades are different among characters.

Tomes

Main article: Tomes

These upgrades are only dropped by the Bosses.

Change Log

in 1.0.0 Balance Changes.

In 0.9.0 Summoning Rework:

• Magic Daggers (Light Weaponry) were removed, and now the whole upgrade tree is focused on powering up the Magic Scythe!
• Its damage increases based on your bullet damage and move speed.