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

• Stomach Stash
"During Hibearnation season, food is 20% more filling."
• Well-Stocked I
"When Hibearnating on a full stomach, gain defense against planar damage and your Ground Pound damage at close range will hit harder." - +10 Planar Defense, x2 Close-Range Damage
Well-Stocked II
"When Hibearnating on a full stomach, gain full knockback immunity."
Well-Stocked III
"When Hibearnating on a full stomach, carry heavy objects faster."
Well-Stocked IV
"Decrease Hibearnation's full stomach benefits threshold to 20%." - By default you gain the benefits if you're fuller than 50% of your max hunger (>115), this makes it so you only need to be 20% (>46)
• Calorie Champion
"Gain the benefits of your Hibearnating Full Stomach outside of Hibearnation season." - Learn 5 Hibearnation skills to unlock.
• Unbadgered and Flourishing
"Gain increased sleep resistance while out of Hibearnation season." - Default sleep resistance is 3, increases to 10. Won't be knocked out by Yawns, Mandrakes, etc.
Slumbeary I
"During Hibearnation, gain increased benefits from sleeping." - Healing and Sanity Gain are increased by 30% from all sleeping sources
Slumbeary II
"During Hibearnation, lose less hunger while sleeping." - Hunger drain is drastically reduced from all sleeping sources
Slumbeary III
"During Hibearnation, no longer yawn when attempting a Ground Pound. Natural Grogginess after sleeping is reduced."

• Shedding
"Increase the rate you naturally shed Fur Tufts." - Natural fur tuft shedding rate time halved, ground pounds can yield more than 1 fur tuft
Furrier Finery
"Learn how to use your Fur Tufts to craft Thick Fur more efficiently." - Craft Thick Fur with only 40 Fur Tufts, gives 3
Hat Crafting
"Learn how to use your Fur to craft a soft Hibearnation Hat for chilly weather." - Insulates, provides sanity, reduces hunger drain by 25%
Fur Bag Crafting
"Learn how to use your Fur to craft a dutiful Bearger Bag for stashed goods." - 6 slots, can be carried in the inventory
Fur Bed Building
"Learn how to use your Fur to craft a cozy Bearger Fur Bed Roll to hibernate on." - Heavily insulates, -.33 hunger drain, 12 uses, wakes at night but doesn't at day

Hairy Handiwork
"Learn how to use your Fur Tufts to repair clothing." - Fur Tufts can be used to repair roughly 9% for clothing items, consuming the tuft
Fur Rug Rolling
"Learn how to use your Fur to craft a toasty Bearger Fur Rug." - Can be placed on the ground to mildly warm those around on it.

• Surplus Slamming I
"Chance to increase your Slam's harvest improved by 15%." - Chance to yield an additional drop from renewable plants on slam, such as Grass & Twigs & Berries.
Surplus Slamming II
"Chance to increase your Slam's harvest improved by 50%."

• Shadow Slammer
"The Queen will reward your loyalty by embellishing your Ground Pound. Summon Shadow Tentacles from your crater. Quicker, triple damage to trees and foes."

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

- Quicker slamming animation, increased aoe damage (75), i-frames, shadow tentacles deal 34 damage and spawn on each enemy hit in the aoe, increased damage to trees (only two slams needed to knockdown fully grown trees), close-range damage can hit flying targets and deals up to 175 damage with "Well-Stocked I".

• Lunar Epicure
"The Cryptic Founder will reward your curiosity by enhancing your Ground Pound. Leap at your foes to slam at a distance with devastating damage and no cool down."

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

- Slam can be done at longer distances or to cross longer distances, i-frames during leap, short startup instead of cooldown, heavily increased damage to trees (only one slam needed to knockdown fully grown trees), increased aoe damage (175), increased damage to trees, close-range damage can hit flying targets and deals up to 300 damage with "Well-Stocked I".


Author's Note
This is my first of hopefully 4 skill tree updates this year, following Klei's new updates to its characters featuring insight. You can disable the skill tree in the configs.
I'm open to feedback on both this update and any upcoming skill trees. About balance, content, or bugs. I know skill trees can be contentious!

I'd say the way Klei handles character updates has developed a long way since late-2019 when I first developed this mod.
With the introduction of Skill Trees, the Runts seemed more and more lacking in that regard. I'm still aiming to keep my original goals, having these Runts be simple and balanced without being over complicated.
Bearger here is the tamest example and its skill tree reflects that. The other Runts' trees aren't likely to have a focus on Crafting new items, and may have more involved skills.

Speaking of, assuming it's year of the Dragonfly, a certain Runt may be celebrating it...?