--- title: What the Buck Prestige Tree: Best Nodes and Market Maker description: Every prestige-tree unlock, which nodes to buy first, and what Market Maker does to the shift price. url: https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/prestige-tree/ --- Upgrades # What the Buck prestige tree _[Image: The prestige tree on a dark purple board, with a central chevron node, branches of coin and ATM icons, and the buttons Reset Points and Start Shift]_ _The prestige tree opens between shifts. Reset Points refunds your PP; Start Shift begins the next shift. Official Steam screenshot, © kohlgames / Loerting Games._ The What the Buck prestige tree is where you spend Prestige Points between shifts, and everything you buy there is permanent. confirmed It holds the game’s automation (Auto Swiper, second ATM, Idle Hands), Frenzy, the nodes that keep your upgrades between shifts and Market Maker, which lowers the price of ending a shift. confirmed ## How the prestige tree works - You reach it by ending a shift; the tree opens before the next shift starts. confirmed - Nodes cost Prestige Points (PP). There is a **Reset Points** button that returns spent PP and a **Start Shift** button to begin. confirmed - Maxing every node earns **Board Member**; most single unlocks have their own achievement. confirmed How PP are earned is on [shifts and Prestige Points](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/shifts-and-prestige-points/). ## First What the Buck prestige nodes to buy After the first shift (about 20 PP on release day) these were on offer: confirmed | Node | Effect (release day) | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | End Shift Shortcut | Adds the end-shift button to the main screen | Free; unlocks **End Shift Shortcut** | | Petty Cash (3 levels) | +$2K funds at the start of every shift | 1 PP per level | | Start with 5% | Start every shift with 5% of the money you had when you ended | Speeds up every later shift | | Income for $1, $2, $5 | +57% income per level | Cheap and strong | | Clocking In | +9% to all prestige progress | First of a long prestige-progress line | | Frenzy | Combo stages up to 5, +25% income each | See [Frenzy](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/combo-and-frenzy/) | | Auto Swiper | The card swipes itself at your current swipe speed | The biggest early upgrade | Spend the first PP on the Auto Swiper and prestige progress. Players in the release-day and pre-release runs agreed the Auto Swiper changed the pace more than anything else. confirmed ## Mid-game prestige nodes The second ring opened up after the second shift: confirmed - Minus 10% time between swipes (to a minimum of 0.18 seconds). - **Overcharge**: the ATM drops a battery; hit it and the card swipes much faster for 5 seconds. - Prestige coins can roll golden, explosive, electric, collector or fuel. - **Lower shift price**: −20% on the money price of ending a shift. The 1.0.1 patch notes call the price reducer **Market Maker**. confirmed - **Second ATM** for 22 PP. - Keep Withdrawal upgrades (10 PP), keep Breaker upgrades (15 PP), keep every skill tree upgrade (40 PP). ## Late prestige nodes - **Money Printer**: doubles all income. confirmed - **Idle Hands**: unlocks idle mode, where the breaker moves over the table by itself. It needed about 60 PP in release-day clears. confirmed - Frenzy upgrades (2.5-second grace, +1 stage, damage and crit per stage). - Income multiplier for the first seconds of every shift. - Diamonds can roll special effects. ## What the Buck Market Maker Market Maker lowers the money price of ending a shift. Before patch 1.0.1 the shift price kept rising ×100 per shift after the ending, which put the last prestige nodes out of reach. Since 1.0.1, every shift from the ninth on costs 1 sextillion, or less with Market Maker. confirmed One player on the forum was stuck one node short of Board Member at a 50 sextillion shift price before the fix. reported ## A prestige order that works - Shift 1 → End Shift Shortcut, Auto Swiper, prestige progress, Petty Cash. - Shift 2 → Frenzy, income for $1/$2/$5, Overcharge, more prestige progress. - Shift 3 → Second ATM, the price reducer, keep Withdrawal and Breaker upgrades. - Shift 4+ → keep skill tree upgrades, Money Printer, Idle Hands, then fill what is left for Board Member. The demo includes the first ring, so demo saves carried into the full game already have the Auto Swiper, End Shift Shortcut and Frenzy. confirmed ## Sources Last checked: 10 November 2026. Marks: confirmed = official notes, the store page, the game itself or a recording of it; reported = two or more players; unverified = one source. - [Release-day 100% run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtjuwrgHzQU&t=822s) · at 13:42, 29:13, 43:59, 45:02, 30:17 - [Japanese release-day clear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_58s9JvCR8&t=885s) · at 14:45, 10:36, 21:52 - [Patch 1.0.1](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4832970/view/1848664643357595) - [Store screenshot](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4832970/What_the_Buck/) - [Steam achievements](https://steamcommunity.com/stats/4832970/achievements/) - [itch.io page](https://kohlgames.itch.io/what-the-buck) - [Pre-release key run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL1DyJptysQ&t=1481s) · at 24:41 ## More in Upgrades - [Panel upgrades All nine panel upgrades, their maximum levels, what each one does and which to buy first.](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/breaker-and-withdrawal-upgrades/) - [Skill tree How the skill tree works, what each branch unlocks, and a buying order that keeps the table busy.](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/skill-tree/) - [Shifts and Prestige Points What ending a shift costs, how Prestige Points are earned, when to end a shift, and the 1.0.1 price cap.](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/shifts-and-prestige-points/) - [Idle and automation Can the game play itself? Auto Swiper, Idle Hands, the second ATM, Money Printer and Overcharge explained.](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/idle-and-automation/)