What should I spend gems on in Primitive Brothers?

Choose a build and follow it. Companion build is currently recommended. Early on, get all muscles to +13 before unlocking Bow Bro, and prioritize totems and companion enhancements.

How do I redeem Primitive Brothers coupon codes?

Open the menu (top right), tap the gear icon, select the coupon icon, paste codes one by one, then check your mailbox for rewards.

Should I use alchemy on accessories, runes, or totems?

You should only be using Alchemy on totems for efficient progression.

Why should I get muscles to a low level first?

For attack speed, you gain a small percent of speed every time you level a muscle until it maxes. Many guides recommend +13 before unlocking Bow Bro for companion builds.

Quick Guide

Short on time? These are the most important tips:

Use all Coupon Codes to get around 20,120 free gems. Spend these gems wisely on the next steps.
Get all muscles to +13 before you unlock Bow Bro.
Think about buying the Beginner's Pack and the No Ads option. These provide big benefits.
If you are new, avoid buying chests (except for totems) until you understand the game better.
Join a guild right away. Use public chat to find a helpful guild. You can earn 300 guild tokens daily. NOTE: You will also need to complete your daily quests so that you get a spirit egg bonus, this is mandatory in most guilds.
Do Alchemy every day to improve your totems. Try to turn 8 lesser totems into Rabbit Totems daily.
Always complete daily tasks like Guild Buffs, PVP, Boss Island, Alchemy, Club, and Hospital activities.
Upgrade your totems to level 530 as quickly as you can.
Spend market tokens only on Totem Chests for better progress. Totem Chests are very important.
Before leveling any muscle further past +13, read the full guide to understand how builds work.
When possible, always buy in bulk. Every gem counts and you want to always get that discount.
Come back and read the full guide when you have more time for details.

Time until reset:

When the game resets, it’s time to do guild buffs and daily tasks.

Coupon Codes

How to Redeem Coupons:

To redeem your coupons in the game, follow these simple steps:

Click on the menu icon located at the top right-hand side of the game.
Click on the gear icon that appears.
Select the coupon icon.
Copy and paste the coupons one by one into the coupon menu.
Check your mailbox to redeem all your free gems and items.

PrimBrosDotCom 3000 free gems — our site code, partnered with the devs
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STAGEPASS 1000 free gems
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SPIRIT300 free spirit eggs
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Getting Started

Starting Tips

Spend Gems Wisely: Use gems to make your character stronger.
Unlock New Content: Play the game to open new things and activities.
Maximize Daily Activities: Do hourly and daily activities to get gems, tokens, and resources. They add up over time.

Gameplay

Use idle mode to collect resources.
Run the game all day and night for best progress.
Use Sleep Mode to save battery while staying online.
When offline, you get 1 kill per minute, up to 10 hours.

F2P and P2W

The game is free to play, but if you’re considering purchases, here’s the recommended priority order:

No Ads Forever: Removes ads, gives daily gems and chests instantly, and makes "Thor's Might" infinite. Highly recommended.
Rookie Package: Gives a permanent auto-clicker and a 2x stat boost for Bro, Turret, and HP regeneration. Very important.
Intermediate Package: Great follow-up to Rookie Package; adds more value to your early progression.
Uncle Orc: Provides a huge boost to your uncle. While not necessary, it is very convenient and takes some of the RNG element out of uncle’s attacks.
Dark Lightning: Grants 30% lightning damage when battling bosses. Good for convenience and burst damage.
Daily 300 Gems: Passive gem income is always valuable for long-term growth.

Other Helpful Purchases

Extra Totem Deck: Makes it easy to switch between farm and push skill builds.
Monthly Dungeon Pass: Grants 2 extra dungeon tickets per day for 30 days, significantly improving your portal material farming.
Double Turret: Provides a large power boost to your turret. Very helpful for turret-based builds.
Monthly Heart Package: Grants 777 hearts immediately and increases daily heart gain from 100 to 200, helping you level your girlfriend faster.
Figure Box Exchange Tickets: Lets you claim figures missed from past events. Can offer strong bonuses but results are RNG-based and may be disappointing.
Bro Level Pass / Stage Pass / Civilization Pass: These are the most cost-effective ways to acquire gems if you plan to spend real money.
Daily Package Items: Discounted daily gem purchases—another effective and efficient gem acquisition method.

Note: It is not recommended to purchase gems from the weekly or monthly gem packages until you have exhausted the above options, as they are less efficient. Buying gems directly from the “Gems” tab is never recommended due to poor value.

Dictionary

Here are some words and phrases you might hear:

Acc: Short for accessories.
Alc: Short for alchemy.
Comp: Short for companions.
Def: Short for defense.
Eva: Short for evasion.
KPO (Kills Per Overclock): Used for 'turret builds' to measure farming speed. To find your KPO, turn on an overclock and count the kills until it ends.
KPR (Kills Per Rage): Used for 'bro builds' to measure farming speed. To find your KPR, turn on a rage and count the kills until it ends.
Glyphs (Formerly known as Magic Glyphs / MG ): You can get these at stage 3001. You can infuse magic powder into them to receive a boost in power.
Pnt: This is the defense penetration skill. It lets you do damage through a monster's defense.
RM / Runes (Rune Monument): The first type of glyphs you get. You can upgrade them using runes. You should complete your RSD every day.
RSD (Rune Shard Dungeon): This dungeon gives rune shards for making runes.
The Space Wall: A point in middle game where progress first slows down. This is before reaching space (T76) and ends at stage 10641.
The Multiverse Wall: A point late in the game where progress slows down for the 2nd time. This is before reaching the Multiverse (T150) and ends at stage 26391.

Basic Mechanics

Civilization and Caps

When you reach a new civilization, you get stronger and find more Stone and Rice.
Use stones to level up Bro, Turret, Hut, and ~~Juliette~~ to advance civilizations.
Civilization levels limit some parts of the game, so advancing is important.

Farming and Pushing (Outdated)

Farm stages have the best drop rates before resetting. This makes drops better by one stage.
Farm equipment at farm stages to get stronger and move to the next stage.
There are different farm stages for Gear, Accessories, Turret, and Hut parts. Accessories are the most important.
Skip farm stages with active play until stage 2000. After stage 2000, farm and push from farm to farm.
Try to have at least 1.5 times your current farm stage's power to make pushing easier. Less power means slower farming or not reaching the next stage.
If you choose to go the route of a companion build (Highly recommended), farming becomes unnecessary and is actually a waste of time. Instead, you should focus on pushing to your maximum limits at all times.

Important Update: Farming and Pushing (Current Meta)

Farming for equipment, accessories, turrets, and hut parts is currently pointless.
You only need to farm for Rice and Stone now.
The best way to farm these is to push as many stages as possible.
Forget farming specific stages — focus on pushing your limits to maximize resource gain!

Totem Skills

Totem skills make different parts of the game better, like damage and drop rates.
You get 1 skill point for every 2 successful totem upgrades.
Use different skills for farming and pushing.
If you have an extra totem deck, create 2 skill setups for easy swapping.
Totems also deal damage based on bro strength and the amount of total totem points.

Alchemy

Alchemy lets you change equipment or resources into better items.
Use 100 points for free and refresh 3 times daily for 100, 200, and 300 gems.

Wigs and Masks

Wigs and masks give random stat boosts of 1-5%.
Use dice to change stats and boosts randomly.
For farming, focus on Strength (STR). For pushing, use Evasion (EVA) for slow bosses and Defense (DEF) for fast bosses.

Ranking

Ranking is based on the highest stage you reach.
Server-rank: The first number in your name.
Global-rank: The second number in your name.
Global rank changes your name color.

Ranking Color Guide

Ranking 1 ~ 10
Ranking 11 ~ 100
Ranking 101 ~ 300
Ranking 301 ~ 1,000
Ranking 1,001 ~ 3,000
Ranking 3,001 ~ 10,000
Ranking 10,001 ~ 30,000
Ranking 30,001 ~ 100,000
Ranking 100,001 ~ Remaining Users

The Wall of Space

Space starts at stage 10641.
You need to reach space to go past civilization 75.
Bosses get much stronger between stages 10000 and 10650.
You need a balanced build with good power and HP.

The Wall of The Multiverse

The Multiverse starts at stage 26390.
You need to reach the Multiverse to go past civilization 150.
Bosses get much stronger between stages 25001 and 26390.
You need a specialized build with good power and HP.

The Wall of The Multiverse 2

The Multiverse 2 starts at stage 42,140.
You need to reach the Multiverse to go past civilization 225.
Bosses get much stronger between stages 39,500 and 42,140.
To achieve this, a strong companion build and high HP is strongly recommended.

Battle Mechanics

Boss Battles

Defeat the boss in 12 seconds. If you don't, you lose.
~~Juliette adds an energy bar for boss battles. Keep Juliette's level at least 30 levels higher than Bro's to keep Bro attacking.~~
Use totem skill points to make bosses weaker and increase your damage.

Thor's Might

Deals 5-10% of the boss's HP per try. Use it 3 times per battle to reduce 15-30% of the boss's HP.
With Permanent No-Ads, it's very useful in battles.

Uncle

Uncle also reduces a percentage of the boss's HP.
Fully upgraded, Uncle can remove up to 19.2% of the boss's HP. This helps with the "Space push."
New players should upgrade Uncle with gems when the success rate is high. Later, focus on other parts of the game until you have a strong build.

Stat Amplifiers

Totems

Totems boost different stats. You can get them by completing stages in the Bronificent Tower.
Every 2 upgrades give you 1 skill point.
Totems make you much stronger, and you should aim to get at least 530 total enhancements as a new player.

Rune Glyph

Rune Glyphs boost different stats.
Change Rune Shards in the Rune Factory. Get Rune Shards by completing stages in the Rune Shard Dungeon.

Magic Glyph

Unlock Magic Glyphs at stage 3001. They boost different stats.
Every completed tier gives a 1% Civilization boost.
Upgrade the highest tier for the best stats. Then, upgrade from low to high.
When possible, skip upgrading magic glyphs.
When you unlock glyph transcend you can improve the civilization boost. It is expensive

Spirits

Spirits can cause damage to the enemy.
They increase all of your stats overall.
You always want to equip a spirit based on the secondary skill. This is mostly determined by lv of a spirit. This is the reason why players mostly equip blue or purple spirits in the beginning; they give the best secondary boost.
Each spirit also amplifies a specific secondary skill depending on the type you choose:

Rat: Increases Strength.
Cow: Increases HP.
Tiger: Increases Turret Engineering.
Rabbit: Increases Hut Construction.
Dragon: Increases Bow & Slingshot Companion Stats.
Snake: Increases Spear and Axe Companion Stats.
Horse: Increases Illustrated Handbook Stats.
Sheep: Increases Challenge Stats.
Monkey: Increases Gear Level Stats.
Chicken: Increases Accessory Level Stats.
Dog: Increases Turret Part Stats.
Pig: Increases Hut Material Stats.

Medals & Half Sibling

Bronze Medals are earned for each continent you finish (70 stages per continent).
Gold is required to level up medals and unlock better boosts.
Bronze Medals: 0% boost
Silver Medals: 0.75% boost
Gold Medals: 1.25% boost
Emerald Medals: 2.5% boost
Gold is collected passively by the Half Sibling and can also be purchased with gems or money in the store.
The Half Sibling collects Gold passively for you.
Upgrade Half Siblings using Gold to increase gathering speed, success rate, and the max amount gathered.
Half Sibling's max level is 50.
All gathering rates can be doubled if you purchase the Gold upgrade in the store for real money.
Efficiency Tip: To be most efficient, get the Half Sibling to level 50 as fast as possible. After that, upgrade all badges to Silver, then Gold, and finally Emerald. This is the fastest way to maximize the boost you get from Medals.

Girlfriends

Provide all stat boosts.
Unlock stages: 501, 1000, 1500, 2500, 4000, 6000, 8500, 11,500, 15,000, 19,000, 23,500, 28,500, 34,000, 40,000, 46,500.
Gain hearts passively daily up to 100 (200 if you purchase the upgrade in the store). Hearts can also be bought with gems / money.
Each level you upgrade a girlfriend grants a 1% boost.
You can modernize them and equip accessories from the Department Store (earned via VIP level).
Each modernization and accessory adds a star; modernization adds 6% boost and each accessory gives an additional 4% boost.
Note: Strategy is to upgrade all girlfriends equally.

Cube of Space-Time

Grants all stat boosts.
Requires different materials to upgrade; required materials may vary at each level.
Lv 1–10: +1% per level
Lv 11–30: +1.5% per level
Lv 31–50: +2% per level
Lv 51–59: +2.5% per level
After that, upgrades increase at irregular amounts.
Note: The Cube of Space-Time's material cost is based on its worth. Lv1 costs materials worth 500 gems per attempt, increasing by +50 gems per level until Lv67. After that, the cost increases by +100 gems for each attempt.

Slates

There are 11 slate types across 7 rarities.
Types:

All Stat — best overall slate.
Hero Stat
Gear Level
Accessory Level
Turret Engineering — 2nd best for turret builds.
Turret Part Level
Hut Construction
Hut Material Level
Illustrated Handbook Stat
Challenge Stats
Companion Stats — 2nd best for companion builds.

Rarities & Buffs:

Common — 1% buff
Uncommon — 2% buff
Epic — 3% buff
Legendary — 5% buff
Mythic — 7.5% buff
Abyssal — 10% buff
God — 12.5% buff

Relics

There are 5 tiers, each holding 12 relics, which all have 100 upgrades to max.
High risk / High reward mechanic.
Successful upgrades will randomly increase one of the relics in the current tier.
Every 12 successful upgrades in a tier will decrease the success chance by 1%.
Upgrade using pickaxes equal to the level you are upgrading.
Strategy: Max relics that complement you build in a tier first before moving to the next tier. The stat increment will increase with each level, becoming huge at the last few levels before max
Level 1 (max): +200% buff
Level 2 (max): +400% buff
Level 3 (max): +600% buff
Level 4 (max): +800% buff
Level 5 (max): +1000% buff
Relic names & buffs:

Advancing Torch — Bro Strength
War Drum — Bro HP <-- always max
Feather of Prophecy — Turret Engineering
Mask of Abyss — Spear/Axe Bro Stats <-- always max
Horn of Awakening — Bow/Slingshot Bro Stats <-- always max
Giant's Statue — Hut Construction <-- always max
Sage's Fan — Illustrated Handbook Stats
Mirror of Truth — Challenge Stats
Bell of Fate — Gear Level
Commander's Seal — Hut Material Level <-- always max
Jar of Life — Turret Part Level
Pioneer's Pickaxe — Accessory Level

Figures

Figures provide various benefits in battle. Here are some key points:

Earn figures by completing holiday events throughout the year.
Equip a figure by navigating to Artifacts and selecting the Figure tab.
Purchase a "Figure Box Exchange Ticket" to unlock a random figure.
Figures are a strategic way to enhance your stats; choose ones that complement your build.

Vehicles & Wings

Your bro rides into battle using Vehicles and his Wings. While these don't provide any direct benefits on their own, both can be upgraded to significantly boost all your stats.

Vehicles are upgraded using Fuel, which can be purchased from the in-game store or earned in the portal.
Wings are upgraded using Feathers, which can be purchased from the in-game store or earned in the portal.
Upgrading either one increases your all stats bonus, which enhances every stat across your character and is considered one of the most valuable boosts.
Try to upgrade all your unlocked vehicles and wings evenly. When upgrades become too expensive, shift focus to others until new options become available.
New vehicles and wings tend to offer a much larger benefit at low levels, so prioritize leveling them as soon as they’re unlocked.
Wings are unlocked through leaderboard progression—you’ll gain access to new sets as you climb in global rank or push to higher stages. Once unlocked, the bonus you receive from wings is permanent and will not be lost even if your rank drops, however you will not be able to upgrade them further.

Daily Activities

Portal: Bronificent Tower

Get Totem chests for each floor you complete.
Battles are boss battles.

Portal: Boss Challenge

Get resources or gems for defeating bosses.
Each boss you defeat gives a stat boost.
You can join this activity up to 5 times daily for free.

Portal: Rune Shard Dungeon

Get Rune Shards by defeating the "boss."
Change Rune Shards to Runes in the Rune Factory.
This activity refreshes daily, with 3 free tickets a day.
Rune Shards give a big power boost, making this activity very important.
Battles are boss battles.

Portal: Spirit Dungeon

Get Spirit eggs by defeating the "boss."
Change Spirit eggs to Spirits in the Spirit Egg hatchery.
This activity refreshes every 24 hours, with 3 free tries each time.
Spirits give a big power boost, making this activity very important.

Portal: Fuel Dungeon

Battle fuel barrel monsters to collect cans of fuel.
Fuel can be used to upgrade your vehicle and gain an all-stat bonus.
Complete this activity daily for maximum benefit.

Portal: Brock Dungeon

Battle a living brother stone monster to earn brocks.
Brocks are used to upgrade your companions.
Complete this daily and follow the companion build guide for optimal progression.

Portal: Magic Dust Dungeon

Battle dust monsters to collect magic dust.
Magic dust can be used to complete glyphs (unlocked at stage 3001).
You can also use magic dust to transcend glyphs (unlocked at stage 7001).
Daily completion is recommended for steady progression.

Fishing, Club, PVP, and Guild

Get Fish-tokens by selling fish you catch. You get 25 tries each day.
Get Club-tokens by joining Club activities. You get 5 chances daily.
Get Honor-tokens by joining the PVP arena. You get 7 chances daily.
Get Guild-tokens by doing g uild quests. These reset every day.
Use tokens at the Market to buy resources.

Note: When getting tokens, always have +5 in your "get special token" skill. Do this before the reset to get the most PVP tokens in your daily mail.

Guild Information

Guilds become available when you reach stage 71.
A guild is a team of up to 20 players who work together and earn special bonuses.
Every day, you can complete quests to collect eggs for your guild.
Checking in on the guild tab daily gives everyone in the guild a 0.5% bonus.
Defeating 1,000 monsters each day adds another 0.5% bonus for the whole guild.
Donating 50 gems a day to your guild results in 100 guild tokens for you to spend in the market.
These bonuses help all guild members grow stronger together. You are highly encouraged to participate in them.

Image displaying Guild Egg Rewards and their benefits.

Builds

Invest gems in a specialized build to be more efficient

~~Bro-build:~~ Very outdated and not recommended. You will likely hit a wall around Stage 25,000. Only kept on this page to show historical options. Requires Lv80 Chicken and Rabbit Totem. P2W REQUIRED.
~~Turret-build:~~ Outdated and underperforms past Stage 30,000. Still usable if you want variety, but expect slower progress. Needs Lv80 Deer and Rabbit Totem. P2W REQUIRED.
Companion-build: Currently the strongest and most recommended build. Extremely powerful without needing an auto-clicker. Does require setup and management but is F2P FRIENDLY.

Essentials

186 is the magic number for enhancements, boosting stats by 12,500%.
Alchemy is critical for changing accessories, runes, and totems to suit your build.
All builds need around 510–550 Totem Points for full skill coverage. Specific skill setups are listed on each build's dedicated page.

Companion Build

Currently the best build. It relies on companion skill triggers to do tremendous damage in boss battles. It is also F2P friendly.

Early Game

Enhance Bow Bro to +186. He will be your main damage dealer.
Get total Totem points to 530. This will cover all essential totem skills, defensive and offensive.

Mid Game

The next mechanics are used to boost your build even further. Keep in mind it can take a while as this will cost a lot of gems.

Enhance Slingshot Bro to +186. He shares a common slot for different boost mechanics.
Slates: Get all slots filled with All-Stats and Comp-Stats. Aim to get them all to Legendary.
Relics: Max the important stats of Tier 1 which complements the build. (HP, Comp-stats)
Totems: Get 700 totem points to unlock a new All-Stat slot.
Wings & Vehicle: Get everything to lv40 (first yellow star).
Cube of Spacetime: Keep this civ-maxed. The bonus might be small but it actually is an efficient power source.
Spirits: Aim for maxed blue (lv130) and purple (lv100) grade. It costs a few gems but in the end gives plenty of All-Stats.
Smithy: Get all muscle, turret and hut enhancements to 13 → 25 → 50 or 100.
Rune Monument: Aim for +500% boost to your most important stats. You can choose to use the free resources from the Portal and hourly free ads.

Late Game

Enhance Spear and Axe Bro to +186. They both share a common boost slot for different boost mechanics.
Other mechanics can be improved even further.

Long Term

Totem Alchemy is very important for this build. Rabbit totem for survivability and Wolf totem for companion damage output. Always convert 8 totems a day, costing 600 gems.

Rabbit to lv50 → Wolf to lv50
Rabbit to lv80 → Wolf to lv80
Crow to lv80

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Smithy

The Smithy unlocks at stage 1001 and provides powerful stat boosts. Be sure to allocate your Smithy points correctly to maximize effectiveness.

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Disclaimer: The Bro Build is very old, not recommended, and generally considered ineffective. It remains on the site purely for historical and reference purposes. For the best experience, use the Companion build. Companion is currently the most popular and refined option.