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🏰 Warden tree

Labor, walls, traps and raid defense. Every talent, rank and requirement is listed below.

Last updated: October 12, 2026

The Warden is the base-defence tree. It boosts survivor labor, tripwires, turrets and wall garrisons, and softens the damage a lost raid does to your base.

11TALENTS
45POINTS TO MASTER
6TIERS
TIER 1 · UNLOCKS AT 0 POINTS IN THIS TREE

Foreman

5 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +4% Survivor production
At max rank: +20% Survivor production

Trapper

5 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +10% Tripwire strength
At max rank: +50% Tripwire strength

Drill Sergeant

5 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +10% Wall garrison strength
At max rank: +50% Wall garrison strength
TIER 2 · UNLOCKS AT 3 POINTS IN THIS TREE

Overseer

3 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +5% Survivor production
At max rank: +15% Survivor production
Requires: Foreman rank 3

Turret Tech

5 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +10% Turret strength
At max rank: +50% Turret strength
Requires: Trapper rank 2

Sentinel

5 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +3 Armor
At max rank: +15 Armor
Requires: Drill Sergeant rank 2
TIER 3 · UNLOCKS AT 7 POINTS IN THIS TREE

Disaster Plan

3 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • A lost raid takes 5 points less of your base
At max rank: A lost raid takes 15 points less of your base
Requires: Drill Sergeant rank 3

Logistics

5 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +6% Food and Meat found
  • +2% Survivor production
At max rank: +30% Food and Meat found, +10% Survivor production
Requires: Foreman rank 2
TIER 4 · UNLOCKS AT 12 POINTS IN THIS TREE

Fortress Mind

3 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +15% Tripwire strength
  • +15% Turret strength
At max rank: +45% Tripwire strength, +45% Turret strength
Requires: Trapper rank 3, Turret Tech rank 3
TIER 5 · UNLOCKS AT 18 POINTS IN THIS TREE

Warlord

3 RANKS · 1 POINT EACH
  • +20% Wall garrison strength
At max rank: +60% Wall garrison strength
Requires: Drill Sergeant rank 4
TIER 6 · UNLOCKS AT 25 POINTS IN THIS TREE · CAPSTONE

Lord of the Gates

1 RANK · 3 POINTS EACH
  • +15% Survivor production
  • +20% Tripwire strength
  • +20% Turret strength
  • +20% Wall garrison strength
  • A lost raid takes 10 points less of your base
At max rank: +15% Survivor production, +20% Tripwire strength, +20% Turret strength, +20% Wall garrison strength, A lost raid takes 10 points less of your base
Requires: Overseer rank 3, Fortress Mind rank 2

The capstone

Lord of the Gates costs 3 points and gives: +15% Survivor production; +20% Tripwire strength; +20% Turret strength; +20% Wall garrison strength; A lost raid takes 10 points less of your base. To take it you need Overseer at rank 3, Fortress Mind at rank 2, and 25 points spent in the tree. Plan your path backwards from the capstone: spend your early points on the talents it requires, then fill in the rest.

Pairs well with

Warden works best alongside Engineer and Netrunner. Engineer feeds the build with materials, and Netrunner boosts traps and turrets even further.

See all trees on the talent overview, check the gear that supports this tree in the item database and read the five complete builds.