Primitive Brothers: Idle Game
Unofficial Strategy Guide

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Quick Guide

Short on time? These are the most important tips:

  • Use all Coupon Codes to get around 17,000 free gems. Spend these gems wisely on the next steps.
  • Level all muscles to 25 first. This boosts your speed and is the top priority.
  • 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.
  • 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 above 25, read the full guide to understand how builds work.
  • Come back and read the full guide when you have more time for details.
Muscle Level 25 Guide

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

Guild Buffs Guide

Coupon Codes

How to Redeem Coupons:

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

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


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Getting Started

Starting Tips

Gameplay

F2P and P2W

The game is free to play, but some purchases help a lot:

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Dictionary

Here are some words and phrases you might hear:

Librarian

Basic Mechanics

Civilization and Caps

Farming and Pushing

Totem Skills

Alchemy

Alchemy Workshop

Wigs and Masks

Ranking

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

The Wall of The Multiverse

totem chest

Battle Mechanics

Boss Battles

companions

Thor's Might

companions

Uncle

Uncle's head

Stat Amplifiers

Totems

Rune Glyph

Magic Glyph

Spirits


Vehicles

Your bro rides a vehicle into battle! While the vehicle doesn't provide any benefits on its own, there's an opportunity to upgrade your vehicle using "Fuel", which can be purchased from the in-game store.

  • Upgrading your vehicle increases all stats, giving a great boost to your power.
  • Try to upgrade all your available vehicles evenly. When upgrades become more expensive, prioritize different upgrades until you unlock the next vehicle.
  • When you unlock a new vehicle, you'll find it cheaper and providing a much larger benefit initially.
  • Vehicles are a strategic way to amplify your stats, so balance your resources wisely.
vehicles

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.
figures
tower

Daily Activities

Portal: Bronificent Tower

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

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.
Boss Challenge

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.
Rune Dungeon

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.
Spirit Dungeon

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.
Fuel Dungeon

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.
Brock Dungeon

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.
Magic Dust Dungeon

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.
Market

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.


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Farm Stages

Accessory Farm Levels

These stages are ideal for farming accessories while you build power:

101, 149, 234, 390, 598, 785, 965, 1121, 1261, 1403, 1556, 1709, 1863, 2016, 2170, 2323, 2477, 2630, 2784, 2937, 3081, 3221, 3361, 3512, 3684, 3855, 4026, 4195, 4341, 4481, 4627, 4782, 4937, 5092, 5246, 5401, 5556, 5711, 5870, 6021, 6161, 6301, 6441, 6651, 6861, 7077, 7299, 7521, 7743, 7965, 8195, 8413, 8632, 8854, 9077, 9299, 9522, 9745, 9967, 10203, 10431, 10641, 10851, 11061, 11271, 11490, 11714, 11941, 12168, 12394, 12621, 12848, 13075, 13302, 13528, 13755, 13982, 14209, 14421, 14631, 14841, 15051, 15471, 15695, 15919, 16141, 16365, 16589, 16824, 17067, 17305, 17543, 17781, 17991, 18201, 18411, 18621, 18831, 19055, 19285, 19514, 19742, 19971, 20203, 20438, 20673, 20907, 21141, 21351, 21561, 21771

Farm Stages
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Gear Farm Levels

These stages are ideal for farming gear while you build power:

109, 176, 284, 464, 690, 841, 993, 1153, 1313, 1474, 1634, 1794, 1954, 2101, 2241, 2381, 2521, 2661, 2801, 2945, 3099, 3265, 3425, 3588, 3775, 3921, 4061, 4213, 4375, 4537, 4700, 4862, 5025, 5181, 5321, 5461, 5601, 5741, 5886, 6036, 6185, 6336, 6507, 6735, 6963, 7185, 7413, 7641, 7869, 8097, 8331, 8541, 8751, 8961, 9171, 9381, 9591, 9801, 10011, 10224, Open the image to see more details.

Farm Stages
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Builds

Invest gems in a specialized build to be more efficient

Essentials

Companion-Build

companions

As of 12/1/2024, this is the strongest and most recommended build for new players following the latest update. While it requires careful management, its power is unmatched. No auto-clicker is needed since companions always attack. Keep in mind that enhancement resources are 4 times more expensive, and it relies heavily on companions' skills for boss battles.

Order of Enhancements

  1. Enhance Muscles, Turret, and Hut Parts Evenly: Upgrade your muscles, turret, and hut parts evenly until you unlock the Bow Bro. This balanced approach ensures you have a solid foundation.
  2. Daily Totem Management: Use daily tokens from fishing, club, PvP, and guild to convert them into Rabbit Totems via the Alchemy workshop. Continue using relevant totems like Mantis and Wolf while saving and converting others into Rabbit Totems.
  3. Enhance Bow Bro to 186: Upgrade the Bow Bro companion to 186 for significant boosts to your build.
  4. Maximize Totem Enhancements: Aim to enhance your total totem upgrades to 530 to maximize effectiveness.
  5. Enhance Slingshot Bro to 186: Upgrade Slingshot Bro to 186, as this companion synergizes well with Bow Bro to increase your power.
  6. Get Spear and Axe Bro to 186: Upgrade Spear Bro and Axe Bro to 186 to strengthen your companion team further.
  7. Enhance All Companions to 200: Once you’ve maxed out Bow, Slingshot, Spear, and Axe companions to 186, upgrade all your remaining companions to level 200.
  8. Rabbit Totem to 50, Then Wolf Totem: By this point, you should have Rabbit Totem at level 50. Start working towards upgrading your Wolf Totem to level 50.
  9. Invest Gems in Spirits: Spend spare gems on leveling up Spirits. Focus on achieving level 100 for Purple Snake, Cow, and Dragon Spirits for powerful boosts.
  10. Minimize Spending on Magic Glyphs: Avoid spending gems on Magic Glyphs unless necessary. If you need to, only invest the bare minimum to keep progressing. Skip glyphs whenever possible to save gems.
  11. Level Vehicles Evenly: Upgrade your vehicles evenly, aiming for level 20 to 25 to maintain consistent progression and resource gathering.
  12. Transcend Glyph to Level 40, Then Stop: Once you’ve transcended your glyph to level 40, stop upgrading. Beyond this point, the cost becomes too high for little benefit.

Alchemy

  • Totems are very important for this build. Convert totems in this order and make sure you do so every day. Always convert 8 totems per day, which will cost 600 gems.
    • Rabbit totems up to level 50
    • Wolf totems up to level 50
    • Rabbit totems up to level 80
    • Wolf totems up to level 80
    • Crow (Health) or Chick (Stength for totem damage) totems up a level 80.
Pushing
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Smithy

The Smithy unlocks at stage 4001 and provides powerful stat boosts. Be sure to allocate your Smithy points correctly to maximize effectiveness.

Smithy
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Bro-Build

Bro

Bro-Build Playstyle

  • Balanced build that improves both strength and HP.
  • Needs a permanent auto-clicker because Bro does not attack by himself.
  • High risk, high reward. Upgrading accessories needs 2 same materials but has a lower success chance.

Order of Enhancements

  • Enhance all muscles to 25 for maximum attack speed.
  • Enhance finger muscle to 186-250 for strong rings.
  • Enhance ear muscle to 186-250 for strong earrings.
  • Enhance biceps muscle to 186-200 for strong weapons.
  • Enhance finger, ear, and biceps muscles to 250.
  • Enhance forearm muscle to 250.
  • Enhance trapezius muscle to 250.

Alchemy

  • Change accessories into rings to increase upgrade chances.
  • Convert runes into Yellow runes to improve accessory stats.
  • Convert Totems to boost specific accessories like Mantis (ring), Monkey (bracelet), Snake (earring), and Rhino (necklace).
Alchemy

Totem Awakening (Optional)

Though expensive, adding the totem lightning attack can be useful as it gets stronger with Bro's power. You need 60 extra totem points for full skill coverage. More effective for long farm sessions.

Accessories Chests (Optional)

Higher levels increase accessory drop rates. Higher levels close to your civilization give better drops than farming. It’s expensive but gives steady accessories.

Pushing
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Smithy

The Smithy unlocks at stage 4001 and provides powerful stat boosts. Be sure to allocate your Smithy points correctly to maximize effectiveness.

Smithy
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Turret-Build

Engineer

A strong but slow-attacking build that doesn't need an auto-clicker since the turret always attacks. Great for free-to-play players, it depends on the Engineer's skill to defeat bosses.

Order of Enhancements

  • Enhance all turret parts to 25 to get the highest turret attack speed.
  • (Optional) Enhance all muscles to 25 for better HP.
  • Enhance turret part A to 186-200.
  • Enhance forearm muscle to 186-200 to improve bracelet (best HP).
  • Enhance turret parts B, C, and D to 186-200.
  • Enhance all turret parts and forearm muscle to 250.

Engineer

This build relies on the Engineer's skill to defeat bosses. Upgrade it to at least level 40 to improve the skill's effectiveness. Each level after 40 makes it stronger.

Alchemy

  • Change accessories into bracelets to boost upgrade chances.
  • Convert runes into Green runes to improve turret stats.
  • Convert totems to enhance specific turret parts like Fox (turret part A), Phoenix (turret part B), Lion (turret part C), and Owl (turret part D).

Turret Chests (Optional)

Higher levels increase turret part drop rates. Higher levels are better than farming for getting useful drops.

Pushing
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Smithy

The Smithy unlocks at stage 4001 and provides powerful stat boosts. Be sure to allocate your Smithy points correctly to maximize effectiveness.

Smithy
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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are answers to some common questions new players ask.

She provides energy for battles. Keep her 30 levels above your Bro to ensure you always have enough energy. Right now she does nothing, she is under development.

Obtain gems by advancing through stages, receiving daily mail, completing continents, or purchasing them from the shop with real money.

In a 'Bro build,' the ring provides the highest raw damage boost, making it the most powerful accessory.

Enhancing muscles boosts gear level, increases attack speed, and reduces energy required for the corresponding weapon or armor.

Choose a build and follow it. If you don't have 25 in every muscle yet, start there.

Consider alchemizing totems into Rabbit totems. Sometimes, converting accessories into rings is useful for pushing.

Mr. Bow is a game developer who sends in-game mail about updates, bug fixes, and news. Check his messages for rewards.

Shrompy is a legendary player, considered to be one of if not the best english speaking player. By default you are automatically in his fan club, it is not possible to opt out.

Totems are purely cosmetic. Equip the one you like the look of the most.

You can get them through the Spirit Egg Hatchery which is located in the summon tab or the Spirit Egg Dungeon.

Yes, many players use multiple Android accounts to play on different profiles. This is a common practice.

The exact release date isn’t confirmed, but developers sometimes drop hints in the game update notes. You can check them by going to Settings and clicking 'Update Notes'.

You don't need gear fast, focus on following your build / upgrading your muscles, totems, ect.

You need to dedicate more totem points into defense, upgrade your bracelet muscle, or upgrade your hut parts.

You get the biggest boost increment till +186. After that you will only gain +100% per level

Only do the highest level one you have unlocked, and then try and skip as many as possible. Only do them if you are stuck.

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If you are doing a bro build or have a high total totem enhancement it is worth upgrading.

They are extremely expensive / not worth it. The only chests you should be buying is totem chests.

For attack speed, you gain a small % of speed everytime you level up until it maxes out at 25.

Read all the builds and make your own decision, all of them are viable.

Its for when you max the lv of spirits. For example, max level for purple is lv 100. But purple spirits keep on dropping. So what do you do with them? 3 purple spirits = 1 yellow spirit. Thats compose

Hut construction is when you level up the hut with stones. Material level are the Hut-parts

100 a day for the duration of the event.

The highest level spirits aren’t necessarily the most optimal to equip. Look at the % increase added for each item to determine which one is highest. For example a lot of people with equip the Epic spirits (purple) instead of the higher ranked God spirits (cyan) because the % benefit is higher for the purple equipped items.

Both add a good % increased boost for your “all-stats”. Spirits have the added benefit of increasing specific spirits (up to three spirits) for boosts on components that you choose to equip.

If the event ends and you haven’t used the even coins, you can still cash them out for gems. But it is beneficial to use them in the exchange while the even is active for more efficient items (spirit eggs, totem chests, gasoline, brocks etc)

The figure decks are independent of each other. Similar to the totem decks A and B. You benefit from the one you have equipped. After collecting a large enough amount of figures, it may be beneficial to consider if you want the decks (typically one for farming and one for pushing bosses)

Glyphs, by spending magic dust, can give good power increase at the highest level glyph. This is a power boost for pushing. However, this can cost quite a few gems and it won’t have long term benefits as other items will provide (brocks, grease, spirits, totems etc). Once you move past the highest glyphs, the benefits will no longer be beneficial to your power like other upgraded items. It’s basically a quick, but temporary, power solution if you’re willing to spend the gems to push forward.

Gear currently has limited benefits to power especially as you move forward in stages. Keep it equipped in the beginning. Test out unequipping gear to see how it affects your combat power. Also, it shows off my figure.

Market tokens are just like gems but a few items are more efficient to purchase in the shop (Yellow bag with a C on it in the top right corner under “enhance”). Most items have a 10% discount if you buy in in the shop under enhance. Market tokens are well spent on items like totem chests for efficiency.

Upgrade a single companion and do not spread out the brocks evenly between multiple ones. The power increase for one companion will be much more beneficial quicker. Try to get to 186 on one of them ideally. For example, one companion at 150 will give greater benefits than 3 companions at 50.

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Emulators

  1. BlueStacks

    • Pros: Popular, user-friendly, good performance, supports gaming and productivity apps, integrates with Google Play Store.
    • Cons: Resource-intensive, ads in free version.
    • Website: BlueStacks
  2. NoxPlayer

    • Pros: Great for gaming, high performance, customizable controls, supports multiple instances, less resource-intensive than BlueStacks.
    • Cons: Stability issues, some report bloatware.
    • Website: NoxPlayer
  3. LDPlayer

    • Pros: Gaming-optimized, good performance, multi-instance support, customizable controls, frequent updates.
    • Cons: Focuses on gaming, less suitable for general app use.
    • Website: LDPlayer

Tools

Here you can estimate how many items you need to reach a certain level based on chance of success.

Upgrade Calculator: Chicken / Eggs / Hammer / Wrenches


Upgrade Calculator: Brocks

upgrade materials

Webapp

I’m excited to announce that PrimitiveBrothers.com has been developed into a web app! This means you can now enjoy quicker access and a more seamless experience by adding our site directly to your smartphone’s home screen.

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How to Add to Your Home Screen:

For iPhone Users:

  1. Open Safari and navigate to www.primitivebrothers.com.
  2. Tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen.
  3. Scroll down and select Add to Home Screen.
  4. Tap Add in the upper right corner.

For Android Users:

  1. Open Chrome and visit www.primitivebrothers.com.
  2. Tap the Menu icon (three dots) in the top-right corner.
  3. Select Add to Home Screen.
  4. Customize the name if you’d like, then tap Add.

By adding the website to your home screen, you’ll get an app-like experience with instant access to the the website, all while enjoying the convenience of your mobile device. Plus, with our new transparent icon, it looks great on any background!

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Unbound

A top-rated English-speaking guild known for its high standards. Members are expected to participate daily in buffs, complete quests, and stay active on Discord.

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Paradox

A competitive English-speaking guild focused on daily participation in buffs and quests, with a commitment to excellence.

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Everlast

An ideal guild for newer players aiming to compete at the highest levels while building a strong foundation.

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420High

The oldest active English-speaking guild, known for being one of the highest-rated while maintaining a laid-back and chill atmosphere.

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Sigil

The sister guild of 420High, offering the same welcoming vibe for players who may not meet higher competitive requirements.

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Mighty

An independent guild, home to many legendary players, and renowned for leading the leaderboards for years with unmatched consistency and dedication.

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Jumbo

From humble beginnings, Jumbo has grown into one of the best guilds for players to thrive and excel.

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REVOLUTION

An independent English-speaking guild with a proud history. From the start, they’ve held a top 25 ranking, welcoming seasoned veterans and driven newcomers alike. Their greatest pride lies in their strong, supportive community.

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