The Skill Tree with skills unlocked.

The Skill Tree (スキルツリー, Skill Tree) is a menu item in Adventure Mode: World of Light. In it, the player can spend Skill Spheres in order to learn Adventure Skills. These are effectively power-ups akin to the skills granted by Support Spirits (and can sometimes stack with their equivalent Spirit skills), and are active in World of Light only. The icons resemble the stat boost icons found in Super Smash Bros. 4's Smash Tour and Smash Run. Obtaining a power-up also makes power-ups further down the tree available. The player can spend SP to forget a power-up and gain back all of the Skill Spheres spent on it. The skills can be carried over from a completed save file to a new one via the New Game+ feature.

Obtaining all of the skills on the tree unlocks the Drill challenge, which rewards the player with 3 Classic Tickets. Additionally, Skill Spheres will no longer appear in shops or be awarded after battles, and treasure chests containing Skill Spheres will instead contain Spirit Points.

The total amount of Skill Spheres required to obtain all skills is 3,000.

List of skills

Some skills are different from support skills of the same name, resulting in different multipliers. For example "Special-Move Power ↑" is separate from its support skill counterpart, leading to a multiplier of ×1.1025 (1.05×1.05) instead of ×1.13. "Strong Throw", however, is identical and results in the normal ×1.18 multiplier.

Below is a list of all skills on the Skill Tree.

Skill	Cost	Description	Base Effects	Notes
Neutral Attack ↑	10	Slightly increases the power of neutral attacks, such as jabs.	1.05× Neutral attack damage	—
Neutral Attack ↑ ↑	70	Increases the power of neutral attacks, such as jabs.	1.08× Neutral attack damage	—
Tilt Attack ↑	15	Slightly increases the power of tilt attacks (tilting L + attack button).	1.05× Tilt attack damage	—
Tilt Attack ↑ ↑	40	Increases the power of tilt attacks (tilting L + attack button).	1.08× Tilt attack damage	—
Air Attack ↑	90	Slightly increases the power of items and attacks used in the air.	1.05× Airborne damage	—
Air Attack ↑ ↑	130	Increases the power of items and attacks used in the air.	1.08× Airborne damage	—
Special-Move Power ↑	80	Slightly increases the power of all special moves.	1.05× Special attack damage	Effects are identical to the skill of the same name, but is treated as a unique skill.
Special-Move Power ↑ ↑	120	Increases the power of special moves.	1.08× Special attack damage	—
Hyper Smash Attacks	100	Increases attack power and smash-attack charge speed.	1.05× Smash attack damage	—
			1.1× Charge speed
Strong Throw	30	Slightly increases the power of grabbing and throwing attacks.	1.1× Throw & pummel damage	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Mighty Throw	80	Greatly increases the power of grab and throw moves.	1.18× Throw & pummel damage	—
Shield Damage ↑	10	Increases the damage dealt to enemy shields.	1.3× Shield damage	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Meteor Smashes ↑	30	Slightly increases the power of moves that have a meteor effect.	1.05× Meteor attack damage	Affects attacks with angles between 240-300.
Critical Hit ↑	40	Grants a 5% chance to land a devastating critical hit.	1.2× damage	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
			5% chance
Metal Killer	90	Increases damage dealt to metal opponents.	1.4× damage	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Poisoned Smash	130	Sometimes poisons opponents hit by smash attacks.	30% chance	Poisoned opponents have a purple aura effect and bubbles around them.
			1 damage per activation
			0.5 seconds between activation
			6 second duration
Shield Durability ↑	20	Increases shield strength.	1.4× shield health	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
			1.5× shield recovery rate
Easier Perfect Shield	70	Widens the window for performing a perfect shield.	1.4× perfect shield duration	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Fire/Explosion Resist ↑	50	Slightly reduces damage taken from explosion and fire attacks.	0.6× Flame & Darkness damage received	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Weapon Resist ↑	100	Decreases damage taken from melee weapons like swords and whips.	0.6× Weapon damage received	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Perfect-Shield Reflect	30	Reflects incoming projectiles when you perform a perfect shield.	1.2× reflected damage	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Unflinching Charged Smashes	50	Gain super armor while charging smash attacks.	130 knockback-based armor	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
			0.9× damage received
Sprinting Endurance	40	Makes it harder to be launched while running.	100 knockback-based armor	—
			0.95× damage received
Airborne Endurance	50	Makes it harder to be launched when in the air.	100 knockback-based armor	Not to be confused with the support skill Air Defense ↑.
			0.95× damage received
Recovery Items ↑	30	Increases the efficacy of healing items.	1.5× healing	—
Perfect-Shield Recovery	30	Restores health relative to an attack when it is blocked by a perfect shield.	0.2× damage converted to healing	Not to be confused with the support skill Healing Shield.
Heal with Smash Attacks	70	Sometimes steals opponents' health when they're hit with a smash attack.	0.03× damage dealt converted to healing	Similar to the vampire bonus effect in SSB4, but only activates for smash attacks.
			30% chance
Braking Ability ↑	15	Makes stopping easier when walking or running.	2.0× friction	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Landing Lag ↓	20	Reduces vulnerability when landing, making movement possible sooner.	0.7× landing lag duration	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Landing Lag ↓ ↓	70	Reduces vulnerability when landing, making movement possible sooner.	0.6× landing lag duration	—
Easier Dodging	30	Increases period of invincibility when dodging, and air dodges travel farther.	1.2× intangibility frames	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
			1.2× dodge distance
Super Easy Dodging	70	Greatly increases period of invincibility when dodging, and air dodges travel farther.	1.3× intangibility frames	—
			1.3× dodge distance
No Penalty for Continuous Dodging	100	Removes the penalty for repeatedly dodging.	—	—
Masterful Fall Break	30	More effectively breaks your fall with the shield button after being launched.	2.0× tech window	—
Additional Midair Jump	100	Increases the number of midair jumps by one.	+1 jump	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Shooting Items ↑	40	Increases the power and ammo of shooting items.	1.1× Shooting item damage	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
			1.2× ammo
Thrown Items ↑	30	Increases the distance and power of thrown items.	1.1× Throwing item damage	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
			1.3× throw speed
Battering Items ↑	40	Increases the power of battering items.	1.1× Battering item damage	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Healing-Item Attraction	30	Pulls nearby recovery items closer.	0.5 units/frame	Similar to the support skill Item Gravitation, but only activates for healing items.
			45 unit range
Stats ↑ after Eating	50	Slightly increases attack, defense, and move speed after eating food.	1.1× All damage sources	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
			1.3× Defense
			1.2× Ground mobility & air max speed
			5 second duration
Strong-Wind Resist	30	Reduces the effect of strong winds.	0.4× wind influence	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Lava-Floor Resist	40	Reduces damage taken from lava floors.	0.4× lava-floor damage received	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Poison Damage Reduced	40	Reduces the damage taken from poison.	0.4× poison damage received	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Attack ↑ When Healthy	40	Slightly increases attack power when damage is less than 30%.	1.05× All damage sources	Active while under 30% damage or above 70% health
Defense ↑ When Healthy	20	Slightly increases defense when damage is less than 30%.	1.05× Defense	Active while under 30% damage or above 70% health
Undamaged Attack & Speed ↑	70	Slightly increases attack and move speed while at 0% damage.	1.1× All damage sources	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
			1.3× Ground mobility & air max speed
Critical-Health Attack ↑	30	Increases attack power for a while when badly damaged.	1.1× All damage sources	Identical to the support skill of the same name. Activates when above 80% damage or below 30% health. Lasts 20 seconds.
Critical-Health Defense ↑	30	Increases defense for a while when badly damaged.	1.1× Defense	Identical to the support skill of the same name. Activates when above 80% damage or below 30% health. Lasts 20 seconds.
Endless Smash Holding	20	Grants the ability to hold smash attacks indefinitely.	—	—
Transformation Duration ↑	30	Extends the amount of time transformation items like the Super Mushroom last.	1.5× Transformation & equipment duration	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Activities ↑	90	Increases Gym and Dojo efficiency, and increases loot in Explore.	1.1× experience in Gym & Dojo training speed	Active across save-files and outside of Adventure Mode as long as the player has one save-file with the skill active.
Edge Grab ↑	60	Grants longer reach when grabbing edges and longer invincibility after the grab.	1.3× edge-grab radius	Similar to the Gluey Edge/Edge-Gripper bonus effect in SSB4.
			1.3× intangibility duration
Improved Escape	20	Makes grabs and stuns easier to escape.	0.6× trapped duration	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Fast Final Smash Meter	100	Increases FS Meter charging speed.	1.3× Charge rate & charge from attacks	Identical to the support skill of the same name.
Double Final Smash	150	Grants a second Final Smash after using a Final Smash.	—	Identical to the support skill of the same name. Equipping a support spirit with Double Final Smash and enabling this skill will not give the player a third Final Smash.

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