Tribes

Wildfrost features 3 different Tribes, each of which has their own unique mechanics and playstyle. Varying from a focus on elements like Snow or Spice, to summoning versatile Shades, to reliance on Junk, the style of each Tribe must be mastered separately. Players start with the Snowdwellers Tribe, while the rest are unlocked through playing the game.

Each Tribe has their own pool of Companions, Clunkers, Items, and Charms that can appear in a run, along with a number of cards that are shared across all Tribes. When beginning a run, the player chooses a Tribe and then picks one of three Leaders from that Tribe. This determines the available cards in the run, as well as the starting deck. (The very first run has its own unique starting deck, however.)

Snowdwellers

A collection of clans who banded together in the town of Snowdwell to lead the battle against the Wildfrost. Mastering the elements is key to their strategy in battle, using snow and shrooms to hinder enemies, shells to protect themselves, and flaming hot spice to gain more power.

The Snowdwellers are the first playable Tribe. They utilize relatively straightforward mechanics, although they are still very powerful in their own right. Their unique mechanics are healing, Snow, Shroom, Shell, and Spice. Their starting deck consists of:

Image	Card Name	Health	Attack	Description
	Scrappy Sword		2	A traditional trusty weapon
	Scrappy Sword		2	A traditional trusty weapon
	Scrappy Sword		2	A traditional trusty weapon
	Snow Stick		1	Apply 2 Snow
	Snow Stick		1	Apply 2 Snow
	Sun Rod			Count down Counter by 2
	Flamewater			Increase Attack by 1
	Woodhead	1 Scrap		Does nothing, but will take a hit for you :)

Snowdwellers-Exclusive Cards and Charms

Image	Card Name	Health	Attack	Counter	Other	Description
	Chompom	3	1	3	3 Shell	Deal additional damage equal to Shell
	Firefist	12	2	5		When Health lost, gain equal Spice
	Fungun	10	0	5		Apply 2 Shroom Increase by 1 when hit
	Kernel	8	3	4		When hit, apply 3 Shell to ally behind
	Pootie	1	1	3		When destroyed, add x1 Frenzy to a random ally
	Pyra	8		5		Apply 6 Spice to ally ahead
	Shelly	4	1	3		When an enemy is killed, apply 3 Shell to the attacker
	Tiny Tyko	2	1	4	x2 Frenzy	When hit, gain x1 Frenzy
	Wallop	9	4	4		Deal 8 additional damage to Snow'd targets
	Wort	6	0	3	x2 Frenzy	Apply 2 Shroom Aimless
	Yuki	1	1	4		Whenever anything is Snow'd, gain equal Attack

Image	Name	Description	Unlock
	Acorn Charm	Gain 8 Shell	Unlocked by default.
	Peppernut Charm	Replace Shell effects with Spice and vice versa	Stack 50 Shell on a single target.
	Scrap Charm	Add 1 Scrap	Unlocked by default.
	Shield Charm	Gain 3 Shell on kill	Unlocked by default.
	Shroom Charm	Apply 1 Shroom	Unlocked by default.
	Spice Charm	Gain 2 Spice when hit	Unlocked by default.
	Truffle Charm	Apply 3 Shroom -2 Health	Stack 20 Shroom on a single target.

Image	Card Name	Attack	Description
	Dragon Pepper		Apply 7 Spice Consume
	Flamewater		Increase Attack by 1
	Hongo's Hammer	1	Apply 3 Shroom
	Nutshell Cake		Apply 9 Shell Reduce Health by 2 Consume
	Peppereaper	1	Apply 4 Spice
	Peppering		Apply 2 Spice to all allies
	Scrap Pile		Add 1 Scrap
	Scrappy Sword	2	A traditional trusty weapon
	Shellbo	2	Apply 5 Shell Barrage
	Snow Stick	1	Apply 2 Snow
	Spice Stones		Apply 1 Spice Double the target's Spice
	Spore Pack	0	Apply 2 Shroom Barrage
	Stormbear Spirit	8	Target must be Snow'd
	Sun Rod		Count down Counter by 2

Image	Card Name	Attack	Other	Description
	Fungo Blaster			When a Shroom'd enemy dies, apply their Shroom to a random enemy
	Heartforge			When an ally is healed, apply double Spice
	Kobonker	3		Trigger against anything that is hit with Snow
	Mobile Campfire			While active, add +3 Attack to allies in the row
	Moko Totem	0	x5 Frenzy	Trigger when Spice reaches 10 Destroy self
	Pepper Flag			While active, all allies retain Spice
	Shroominator			Whenever anything is Shroom'd, double the amount and lose 1 Scrap
	Shroomine			When hit, apply 4 Shroom to the attacker
	Spice Sparklers			While active, add +3 Attack to Items in your hand
	Woodhead			Does nothing, but will take a hit for you :)

Shademancers

These skilled warriors unleash the power of darkness by summoning spirits known as Shades to aid them in battle. Shades can absorb enemy attacks, be powered up to create devastating opponents, or strategically sacrificed to gain various boons.

The Shademancers are the second playable Tribe, unlocked by killing 100 enemies. Their cards can summon a multitude of different Shades, each with their own roles and abilities. Their unique mechanics are Shades, sacrifice, Teeth, and Overburn. Their starting deck consists of:

Image	Card Name	Attack	Description
	Tar Blade	0	Deal additional damage equal to Tar Blades in hand
	Tar Blade	0	Deal additional damage equal to Tar Blades in hand
	Tar Blade	0	Deal additional damage equal to Tar Blades in hand
	Tar Blade	0	Deal additional damage equal to Tar Blades in hand
	Tar Blade	0	Deal additional damage equal to Tar Blades in hand
	Blizzard Bottle	0	Apply 3 Snow
	Sunburst Tootoo	1	Count down Counter by 2
	Berry Bell		Increase Health by 1 Barrage
	Junjun Mask		Summon Junjun

Clunkmasters

The lost tribe of the Gnomes! These master tinkerers use junk and scrap to fuel powerful Clunkers and weapons. Striking a balance between creating and recycling junk to power machinery and weaponry is fundamental to the Clunkmaster strategy.

The Clunkmasters are the third playable Tribe, unlocked by dealing 1000 total damage. Many of their cards have extremely powerful effects, but are balanced by the Recycle ability that requires them to destroy Junk to play them. Their unique mechanics are Scrap, Bom, Ink, Haze, and Junk.

Image	Card Name	Health	Attack	Description
	Gearhammer		2	Gain +1 Attack
	Gearhammer		2	Gain +1 Attack
	Gearhammer		2	Gain +1 Attack
	Gearhammer		2	Gain +1 Attack
	Snowzooka		0	Apply 2 Snow Critical
	Sunsong Box			Increase Attack by 1 Count down Counter by 1 Recycle 1
	Flask of Ink		0	Apply 4 Ink
	Junk		0	Does absolutely nothing...
	Junkhead	3 Scrap		Trash 1 when hit