Lineage Piece Skill Tree Guide: Bytes, Branches & Tier IV Paths

The Currency: Bytes

The Skill Tree (NPC on Monument Isle, added in the Kokushibo update) runs on Bytes, earned by completing Simulated Sea runs — the 13-room roguelite mode. Higher Sea difficulties (Sea 1–5) pay more points, and a Bytes Shop NPC also spends the same currency on items.

The Three Lines

Your Bytes buy tiers in three categories:

  • Offensive — flat Damage tiers.
  • Defensive — flat HP tiers.
  • Efficiency — EXP tiers.

Tier IV: Where Builds Split

Each line branches once its core stat hits Tier IV:

  • Damage IV → continue to Damage V, or open Crit Dmg I and Crit Rate I for burst builds.
  • Flat HP IV → continue to Flat HP V, or branch to % HP scaling and Damage Reduction.
  • Exp IV → the economy fork: Coin I, Gem I and Luck I.

Spending Order

Damage line first (it accelerates everything), then Exp to IV for the Luck branch — luck now scales boss drop rates, which compounds across every farm on the site’s guides. HP/damage-reduce is the priority only if Extreme-boss survivability blocks you before then.

One run habit: each cleared Simulated Sea run also progresses the 10,000-point Artifact Sub-Reroll (artifact guide), so tree grinding and artifact optimization share the same loop.

Patch history for this page

  • Changed in Kokushibo update (2026-06-18) : added — Upgrade your Skill Tree using Bytesboard card
  • Changed in Kokushibo update (2026-06-18) : added — Skill Treeboard card
  • Changed in Kokushibo update (2026-06-18) : added — Simulated Seaboard card

Dates are when the update card was created on the official Trello board. Full list on the update log.

Questions players ask

Real searches that land on this page, answered in one go.

How do I get Bytes in Lineage Piece?

Bytes are earned every time you successfully complete the Simulated Sea game mode (NPC on Monument Isle). Higher Seas (Sea 1 to Sea 5) give more points. There is no other Byte source listed on the official board. More on the Bytes page.

Where is the Skill Tree NPC?

On Monument Isle, next to the Simulated Sea NPC — both were added in the Kokushibo update.

How do I get luck from the skill tree?

Luck is a Tier IV branch: upgrade Exp to Tier IV and the path splits into Coin I, Gem I and Luck I. The other listed luck sources on the board are the Tower Upgrade NPC (Luck Boost, 5% at max) and each Rank up (+10% luck).

What else can Bytes buy?

The Byte Shop on Monument Isle sells the Glamoth Planet Key (500 Bytes), Artifact Sub-Reroll (1,000), and Trait Reroll, Race Reroll and Reroll Essence (250 each).