Venture AOT Skill Planner

Use this planner before you open the in-game skill menu. The full argument is unlock skills. The ranks are on the skill tier list. This page is the spreadsheet.

Cost curve

Creators described the rule as: the first two skills cost points, then the cost doubles every time. We do not print fake numbers (no “12 / 12 / 24 / 48”) unless the studio publishes them. The shape is what matters.

Slot	Cost rule	Fill this in
1	Listed price	Gas Burst (already chosen for you)
2	Listed price	Survival / mobility that matches your deaths
3	Double	Only if you can nape on command
4	Double again	Luxury. Most scouts should stop.
5+	Keeps doubling	Cosmetics for your hands

If slot 1 is not Burst, erase the page and start over. Skill builds.

Fill-in for slot 2

Write one sentence:

• “I die to grabs, so slot 2 is ____.”
• “I die empty, so slot 2 is ____.”
• “I miss napes, so slot 2 is empty and I go practice.” How to kill titans.

If you cannot finish the sentence, you are not ready to spend.

Slot 3 gate

Check all of these before a doubled buy:

• I own Burst.
• I can cross two blocks without grass. How to swing.
• I blind before I slash.
• I checked G this life. Gas management.
• The skill has a job besides looking loud.

Four yeses: buy. One no: hunt.

Wipes

Testers have reset skills for videos and patches. The planner still starts at Burst. Do not wait for a respec NPC that may not exist. Closed testing.

What not to plan

• Revolution family trees.
• “I will save 400 points for a secret.”
• A script that unlocks the tree for you.

Print this table, pencil your slot 2, tape it next to the controls reference. That is the whole toolkit. When named skills beyond Burst are stable in public Freeplay, we will add a row with a real name — not before.

Worked example (no fake point totals)

You finish a street with enough points for slot 1. The planner says Burst. You buy Burst. You die twice to grabs the next night. Slot 2’s sentence becomes “I die to grabs, so slot 2 is escape.” You still miss napes, so you do not fill slot 3. You go to how to kill titans for a week. Then you buy a nape-assist if it exists in your build. That is a complete plan. A montage of four skills in one evening is not a plan; it is a wallet fire.

If testers wipe you, copy the same sentences onto a new printout. The doubling curve does not care that you already learned the lesson. Closed testing.

If a Discord stranger posts “real numbers” (12, 24, 48) without a screenshot from the live menu, ignore them. Use the listed in-game price. This planner is a shape, not a calculator app, on purpose.

Keep the printout beside the controls reference. If you cannot explain slot 2 to a squadmate in one breath, you are not ready for the doubled row. Go hunt. How to kill titans is still the real planner for most scouts in early access.

If a patch wipes you, do not rebuild four skills in a panic. Burst, then the same slot-2 sentence as last week. Updates will tell you if testers changed gas, not if they invented a new first buy.