HUD
1. One bar, two names
The game calls it power on the HUD and energy in help and pickups. Same battery. The fill turns low under 30% and critical under 10% — that is when the low-energy warning kicks in.
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Your power bar is the battery. Guard it.
In CLASHROIDS energy and power are the same bar on your HUD. It runs your shield and your boost, it recharges on platforms, and when it runs dry you are easy prey. Build a base for faster regen, buy the Power upgrade to raise the cap, and grab green Full Energy pickups when the bar flashes low. Free in the browser. Steam Coming Soon (app 4296990), wishlist toward 10K+.
How power works
Recharge
2. Platforms refill you
Fly onto your hex platform to recharge power and open the upgrade shop. The tutorial line is blunt: platforms recharge power and sell upgrades.
Regen
3. Bigger base, faster regen
A 3-hex triplet base adds +25% power regen, repairs, and a respawn point. A 7-hex fortress adds +50% power regen and the full upgrade menu.
Pickup
4. Green = Full Energy
The green power-up instantly refills your battery. If you are already full, it stays on the map instead of being wasted. Rapid Fire, Triple Shot and Magnet are the other colors.
What drains the bar
- » Shield drains power continuously while it is on, blocks regeneration while active, and drops when power is too low. Level 1 blocks 30% of incoming damage; level 3 blocks up to 70%.
- » Boost is a 5-second speed burst that costs power. The 9-second cooldown starts the moment you trigger it, not when the burst ends. Higher Boost levels make the burst faster.
- » Dying also taxes the battery on respawn: you keep 80% after being shot down, 60% after a hazard crash, and 40% after a ship-to-ship ram.
Raise the cap
| Source | Effect on power |
|---|---|
| Base max (Vanguard) | 120 power before ship and upgrade multipliers |
| Interceptor hull | 85% max power · 140% regen — fast, smaller battery |
| Vanguard hull | 100% max power · 100% regen — balanced |
| Bastion hull | 160% max power · 70% regen — huge energy bank |
| Power upgrade L1 | +20% max (rank 3+, cost 150) |
| Power upgrade L2 | +50% max (rank 3+, cost 350) |
| Power upgrade L3 | +100% max (rank 4+, 7-hex fortress, cost 700) |
Power level 3 doubles your bank once the ship multiplier is applied. Rank gates and the 7-HEX lock are the same ones on the rank page.
Habits that keep you alive
- » Drop a 3-hex base early so regen and repairs kick in before long dogfights.
- » Toggle the shield off between bursts of fire so regen can catch up.
- » Park on your platform after a fight — that is the recharge, not just the shop.
- » On the web the bar and upgrades reset when you leave. Steam is built to keep your pilot; wishlist so you hear when permanent power progression lands.
Pair it with
- Fortress: +25% / +50% regen from your base size.
- Shields: the ability that spends the bar to absorb hits.
- Boosters: the 5-second burst that also costs power.
- Power-ups: Full Energy and the timed combat pickups.
- Respawn: how death taxes the battery.
- Rank: when Power upgrades unlock.
- Wishlist: Steam app 4296990.