Greed

Greed is an endgame progression system in Vault Hunters that functions as an endless scaling mode. It becomes available after defeating the Herald and is centered around repeatedly entering Greed Trials, surviving as long as possible, earning Greed Coins, and increasing your Greed Tier.

The Greed system is designed as an infinite difficulty climb with its own progression tree, special rewards, and scaling encounters.

Unlocking

After completing the Herald, players unlock access to Greed Trials.

A new tab is added to the skill tree UI, which acts as the main hub for the Greed system. This tab shows:

Your current Greed Tier
The statistics of your current tier
The statistics of the next tier
Your available Greed progression nodes
A button labeled Take Trials

Using Take Trials sends the player into the Greed Trial arena.

Core Mechanics

The Greed system revolves around repeated trial runs and escalating difficulty.

Each time a player dies in a Greed Trial, their Greed Tier may increases
Higher tiers increase the overall difficulty and scaling of encounters
Progressing through tiers unlocks Greed Nodes
Greed Nodes provide powerful upgrades and progression options
At higher tiers, enemies become stronger and encounters become more dangerous

At Tier 1+, special Greed Assassins can appear when killing mobs.

Killing Greed Assassins rewards Greed Coins
Greed Assassins also reward Greed Reputation

Greed Coins

Greed Coins are the primary currency of the Greed system.

Coins can be earned through:

Surviving longer in Greed Trials
Killing Greed Assassins
Completing requests in the Greed Cauldron

They can be spent at Mr Greedy over the Greed Anchor.

Greed Tier

Greed progression is divided into tiers.

Tier	Threshold
0	0
1	50
2	100
3	200

Each Greed Tier increases the difficulty of the system and pushes builds further with stronger enemies and tougher encounters.

Greed Trial

The Greed Trial is a dedicated boss-fight-style arena accessed through the Greed interface.

The goal is to survive for as long as possible. The longer the run continues, the more Greed Coins are earned.

Vessel Phases

The Greed Trial vessel scales through multiple damage phases. Each phase defines a damage goal and the number of coins earned per minute.

Damage Goal	Coins per Minute
25,000	1
50,000	2
100,000	5
200,000	10
400,000	15
800,000	22
1,600,000	32
3,200,000	45
6,400,000	65
12,800,000	90
25,000,000	120
50,000,000	160
100,000,000	210

Greed Skill Tree

The Greed skill tree has three main branches:

Offensive
Defensive
Utility

Each branch starts from the central Greed root and contains multiple node types, including stat boosts, special effects, skill points, and Greed Reputation bonuses.

Offensive

The Offensive branch focuses on increasing damage output and combat pressure.

Common effects in this branch include:

Increased Attack Damage
Increased Ability Power
Increased damage against specific enemy types
Double Hit Chance
Lucky Hit Chance
Stun Chance
Attack Chain
Increased damage to Greed Assassins

Defensive

The Defensive branch focuses on survivability and durability.

Common effects in this branch include:

Increased Health
Increased Armour
Increased Resistance
Knockback Resistance
Healing Effectiveness
Durability Wear Reduction
Critical Hit Mitigation
Damage reduction from Greed Assassins

Utility

The Utility branch focuses on mana, mobility, loot, and general efficiency.

Common effects in this branch include:

Mana Regeneration
Max Mana
Cooldown Reduction
Movement Speed
Effect Duration
Item Quantity
Item Rarity
Soul Quantity
Mining Speed
XP Gain
Fruit Effectiveness
Imbuement Chance

Branch Overview

Branch	Focus	Examples
Offensive	Damage and combat scaling	Attack Damage, Ability Power, Double Hit, Stun, Assassin Damage
Defensive	Survivability and mitigation	Health, Armour, Resistance, Healing, Crit Mitigation
Utility	Resource efficiency and support	Mana Regen, Cooldown Reduction, Item Rarity, XP Gain, Movement Speed

Each main branch also contains a +25% Greed Reputation node.