diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/ast/PbsAst.java b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/ast/PbsAst.java
index 3c017d88..150e99a7 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/ast/PbsAst.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/ast/PbsAst.java
@@ -416,7 +416,14 @@ public final class PbsAst {
         Span span();
     }
 
+    public enum WildcardSwitchKind {
+        DEFAULT,
+        UNDERSCORE,
+        RECOVERY
+    }
+
     public record WildcardSwitchPattern(
+            WildcardSwitchKind kind,
             Span span) implements SwitchPattern {
     }
 
diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/parser/PbsExprParser.java b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/parser/PbsExprParser.java
index 2a44a2e8..01ad48f8 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/parser/PbsExprParser.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/parser/PbsExprParser.java
@@ -522,12 +522,16 @@ final class PbsExprParser {
 
     private PbsAst.SwitchPattern parseSwitchPattern() {
         if (cursor.match(PbsTokenKind.DEFAULT)) {
-            return new PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern(span(cursor.previous().start(), cursor.previous().end()));
+            return new PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern(
+                    PbsAst.WildcardSwitchKind.DEFAULT,
+                    span(cursor.previous().start(), cursor.previous().end()));
         }
 
         if (cursor.check(PbsTokenKind.IDENTIFIER) && "_".equals(cursor.peek().lexeme())) {
             final var wildcard = cursor.advance();
-            return new PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern(span(wildcard.start(), wildcard.end()));
+            return new PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern(
+                    PbsAst.WildcardSwitchKind.UNDERSCORE,
+                    span(wildcard.start(), wildcard.end()));
         }
 
         if (cursor.check(PbsTokenKind.IDENTIFIER)
@@ -545,7 +549,9 @@ final class PbsExprParser {
         final var token = cursor.peek();
         report(token, ParseErrors.E_PARSE_INVALID_SWITCH_FORM, "Invalid switch pattern");
         cursor.advance();
-        return new PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern(span(token.start(), token.end()));
+        return new PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern(
+                PbsAst.WildcardSwitchKind.RECOVERY,
+                span(token.start(), token.end()));
     }
 
     private PbsAst.Expression parseLiteralPatternExpression() {
diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/semantics/PbsFlowExpressionAnalyzer.java b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/semantics/PbsFlowExpressionAnalyzer.java
index 6f1f7aee..d0a837f4 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/semantics/PbsFlowExpressionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/semantics/PbsFlowExpressionAnalyzer.java
@@ -850,17 +850,37 @@ final class PbsFlowExpressionAnalyzer {
 
         final var seenPatterns = new HashSet<String>();
         boolean hasWildcard = false;
+        PbsAst.WildcardSwitchKind wildcardKind = null;
+        int wildcardCount = 0;
         TypeView armType = null;
 
         for (final var arm : switchExpr.arms()) {
-            final var patternKey = switchPatternKey(arm.pattern());
-            if (arm.pattern() instanceof PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern) {
+            if (arm.pattern() instanceof PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern wildcardPattern) {
                 hasWildcard = true;
-            } else if (!seenPatterns.add(patternKey)) {
-                p.studio.compiler.source.diagnostics.Diagnostics.error(diagnostics, 
-                        PbsSemanticsErrors.E_SEM_SWITCH_DUPLICATE_PATTERN.name(),
-                        "Duplicate switch pattern",
-                        arm.pattern().span());
+                if (wildcardPattern.kind() != PbsAst.WildcardSwitchKind.RECOVERY) {
+                    wildcardCount++;
+                    if (wildcardCount == 1) {
+                        wildcardKind = wildcardPattern.kind();
+                    } else if (wildcardKind != wildcardPattern.kind()) {
+                        p.studio.compiler.source.diagnostics.Diagnostics.error(diagnostics,
+                                PbsSemanticsErrors.E_SEM_SWITCH_DUPLICATE_PATTERN.name(),
+                                "Switch wildcard arms cannot mix 'default' and '_'",
+                                arm.pattern().span());
+                    } else {
+                        p.studio.compiler.source.diagnostics.Diagnostics.error(diagnostics,
+                                PbsSemanticsErrors.E_SEM_SWITCH_DUPLICATE_PATTERN.name(),
+                                "Duplicate switch wildcard pattern",
+                                arm.pattern().span());
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                final var patternKey = switchPatternKey(arm.pattern());
+                if (!seenPatterns.add(patternKey)) {
+                    p.studio.compiler.source.diagnostics.Diagnostics.error(diagnostics, 
+                            PbsSemanticsErrors.E_SEM_SWITCH_DUPLICATE_PATTERN.name(),
+                            "Duplicate switch pattern",
+                            arm.pattern().span());
+                }
             }
 
             final var patternType = switchPatternType(arm.pattern(), model, diagnostics);
diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/parser/PbsExprParserTest.java b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/parser/PbsExprParserTest.java
index 0d008f00..031e82fd 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/parser/PbsExprParserTest.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/parser/PbsExprParserTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class PbsExprParserTest {
         final var source = """
                 fn flow(cond: bool, state: int) -> int {
                   let a: int = if cond { 1 } else { 2 };
-                  let b: int = switch state { default: { 0 } };
+                  let b: int = switch state { default: { 0 }, _: { 1 } };
                   let c: int = handle run apply () { Err.fail -> Other.fail, _ -> { 1 } };
                   return 0;
                 }
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ class PbsExprParserTest {
 
         final var switchExpr = assertInstanceOf(PbsAst.SwitchExpr.class,
                 assertInstanceOf(PbsAst.LetStatement.class, body.get(1)).initializer());
+        assertEquals(2, switchExpr.arms().size());
+        final var defaultPattern = assertInstanceOf(PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern.class,
+                switchExpr.arms().getFirst().pattern());
+        assertEquals(PbsAst.WildcardSwitchKind.DEFAULT, defaultPattern.kind());
         assertInstanceOf(PbsAst.IntLiteralExpr.class, switchExpr.arms().getFirst().block().tailExpression());
+        final var underscorePattern = assertInstanceOf(PbsAst.WildcardSwitchPattern.class,
+                switchExpr.arms().get(1).pattern());
+        assertEquals(PbsAst.WildcardSwitchKind.UNDERSCORE, underscorePattern.kind());
+        assertInstanceOf(PbsAst.IntLiteralExpr.class, switchExpr.arms().get(1).block().tailExpression());
 
         final var handle = assertInstanceOf(PbsAst.HandleExpr.class,
                 assertInstanceOf(PbsAst.LetStatement.class, body.get(2)).initializer());
diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/semantics/PbsSemanticsControlFlowTest.java b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/semantics/PbsSemanticsControlFlowTest.java
index 7b8ee5ae..6b71d9e4 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/semantics/PbsSemanticsControlFlowTest.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/frontends/prometeu-frontend-pbs/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/pbs/semantics/PbsSemanticsControlFlowTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import p.studio.compiler.pbs.PbsFrontendCompiler;
 import p.studio.compiler.source.diagnostics.DiagnosticSink;
 import p.studio.compiler.source.identifiers.FileId;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 class PbsSemanticsControlFlowTest {
@@ -39,4 +40,46 @@ class PbsSemanticsControlFlowTest {
         assertTrue(diagnostics.stream().anyMatch(d ->
                 d.getCode().equals(PbsSemanticsErrors.E_SEM_BARE_METHOD_EXTRACTION.name())));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldRejectDuplicateSwitchWildcardArms() {
+        final var source = """
+                fn flow(state: int) -> int {
+                  let value: int = switch state {
+                    default: { 1 },
+                    default: { 2 },
+                  };
+                  return value;
+                }
+                """;
+        final var diagnostics = DiagnosticSink.empty();
+
+        new PbsFrontendCompiler().compileFile(new FileId(0), source, diagnostics);
+
+        final var duplicateWildcardCount = diagnostics.stream()
+                .filter(d -> d.getCode().equals(PbsSemanticsErrors.E_SEM_SWITCH_DUPLICATE_PATTERN.name()))
+                .count();
+        assertEquals(1, duplicateWildcardCount);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldRejectMixedSwitchWildcardSpellings() {
+        final var source = """
+                fn flow(state: int) -> int {
+                  let value: int = switch state {
+                    default: { 1 },
+                    _: { 2 },
+                  };
+                  return value;
+                }
+                """;
+        final var diagnostics = DiagnosticSink.empty();
+
+        new PbsFrontendCompiler().compileFile(new FileId(0), source, diagnostics);
+
+        final var duplicateWildcardCount = diagnostics.stream()
+                .filter(d -> d.getCode().equals(PbsSemanticsErrors.E_SEM_SWITCH_DUPLICATE_PATTERN.name()))
+                .count();
+        assertEquals(1, duplicateWildcardCount);
+    }
 }