Tactical Breach Wizards Perk Guide

Understanding the perk system is key to building powerful characters. This guide explains how perk points work, how to earn XP, and which upgrades to prioritize for each character.

How Perk Points Work

Earning XP: Complete missions and achieve Confidence Goals to earn experience points. Each character levels up independently.

Spending Points: Between missions, spend perk points to unlock ability upgrades. Each ability has 2-3 possible upgrades.

Innate Upgrades: Complete a character's Anxiety Dream sequence to unlock their innate upgrade — a permanent passive buff.

Respec: You can replay old missions to earn more XP, effectively letting you unlock everything eventually.

How to Get XP Fast

  • Complete all Confidence Goals in each mission for bonus XP
  • Seal doors and gather intel for additional rewards
  • Replay earlier missions on higher difficulty
  • Complete the Dreams sequences for innate upgrades

Character Upgrade Priorities

Zan Vesker

DPS / Support Hybrid

3 Bolt Burst

  • +1 damage
  • Supportive Fire (free shot when a teammate attacks)
  • +3 knockback (innate)

Predictive Bolt

  • +1 damage
  • Gain mana if fired during your turn
  • Reuse if it knocks someone out

Time Boost

  • Boosts all allies in a small radius

False Prophet

  • Dummy attacks before expiring
  • Mana refunded if it dies early
  • Interacts with objects

Jen Kellen

Knockback / Mobility Specialist

Static Blast

  • +2 knockback in melee
  • Refreshes movement after use

Chain Bolt

  • Hit up to three targets
  • Refresh action cost when chaining through allies
  • +2 knockback to the final target

Broom Breach

  • Pushes a target if they block re-entry

Gale Grenade

  • +1 use per encounter
  • Refreshes ally movement
  • Deals 2 damage if thrown directly at an enemy

Dessa Banks

Support / Crowd Control

Sedative Cocktail

  • +1 sedated
  • +1 unsteady to the central target
  • All targets take 1 damage

Spectral Skull (Gary)

  • +1 damage
  • Makes targets unsteady
  • The skull becomes wider

Resurrect

Death's Door

  • +1 use per encounter
  • Pulls in targets standing near the portal
  • Creates a portal beneath anyone

Dall Sabin

Tank / Utility

Charge

  • +3 knockback if traveling at least 3 squares
  • Refunds action point if it hits
  • Can pass through targets

Censer Slam

  • +2 damage

Swap

  • Enemies target the swapped person
  • Mana refunded if swapping with a teammate
  • Can swap with objects

Throw Riot Block

  • Explodes when destroyed
  • Blocks direct attacks
  • Returns to you when destroyed

Rion

Damage Dealer / Debuffer

Rabid Bite

  • Adds sedative, causing the victim to lose health each turn

Impaling Vine

  • Applies Brittle
  • Pulls Rion towards open ground
  • Refunds action when targeting a teammate

Brittling Dart

  • Destroys any gas mask the target may have

Spore Bomb

  • +1 use per encounter
  • +1 knockback per target
  • Doesn't affect allies but still counts them as targets

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