In Escape from Duckov, most players don’t lose value because they can’t fight—they lose value because their inventory decisions are sloppy. They grab the wrong items, overfill too early, get overweight, panic-sort in unsafe places, and extract with a backpack full of things that look good but don’t actually push their bunker, quests, or economy forward.

Blueprints are one of the biggest “power spikes” in Escape from Duckov, but most players don’t realize it until they’ve made the same painful mistake: they find a blueprint, keep looting “just a little longer,” die, and suddenly that permanent upgrade is gone. Or they survive… and then leave the blueprint sitting in the warehouse unregistered for ten raids, wasting space and accidentally picking up duplicates.

Weapon modding in Escape from Duckov looks simple at first: you find a sight, slap it on, and expect your gun to feel better. Then you load into a raid and realize your “upgrade” made the weapon slower, wobblier, or weirdly inconsistent—especially when you’re panicking, moving, and trying to extract with loot you actually care about.

Choosing the “right gun” in Escape from Duckov isn’t about chasing a tier list—it’s about matching your weapon to how you actually play. Duckov is a top-down PvE extraction shooter where you can equip two firearms plus one melee weapon, customize guns with attachments, and run different ammo types that change how your shots behave (from basic rounds to armor-piercing). That sounds simple—until you realize the best weapon for a fast looter is often a terrible weapon for a slow, methodical boss hunter.

This page explains Duckov’s perk/skill trees in a practical way, then gives you the best early skills for faster progress, plus a few build paths depending on your playstyle. If you follow the priorities here, you’ll extract more often, upgrade your bunker sooner, and stop getting “stalled” by inventory and survival problems.

In Escape from Duckov, the difference between “I’m always broke” and “my bunker is leveling up every session” usually isn’t aim—it’s crafting. Duckov is full of items that look like junk at first glance: bolts, nuts, broken tools, cheap electronics, empty bottles, random plates, lamps, scraps, and weird odds-and-ends that clog your warehouse. New players either sell everything (then get stuck when upgrades require materials), or hoard everything (then drown in storage chaos and never build anything).

Your hideout (the Bunker) is where Escape from Duckov turns from “fun raids” into real, permanent progress. Every successful extraction gives you two kinds of rewards: the loot you carry back, and the long-term power you unlock when that loot becomes stations, crafting, vendors, shortcuts, and passive bonuses. If you build the right things early, you’ll feel stronger fast: you’ll craft essentials instead of praying to find them, you’ll replace kits cheaply instead of going broke, and you’ll unlock NPCs and features that make every raid smoother.

Extraction is the whole point of Escape from Duckov. You can win every fight, fill your backpack with valuables, and still “lose the raid” if you don’t make it out. That’s why understanding extraction isn’t just beginner knowledge—it’s the core skill that makes everything else (quests, bunker upgrades, crafting, skill trees, and better gear) actually stick.

In Escape from Duckov, your “starter loadout” isn’t the gear you wish you had—it’s the kit you can deploy again and again without fear. Early progress comes from a simple loop: enter → complete a small goal → grab high-impact loot → extract → upgrade. The loadout that supports that loop is automatically the best one, even if it looks basic.