Upgrades

Upgrades are crafted items that modify another item's stats when applied. Apply a fuel-efficiency upgrade to your jetpack to use less fuel per second. Apply a durability upgrade to your hammer to mine more before repair. Apply a speed upgrade to a smelter to process faster.

Upgrades are the optimization layer. Once you've built the basics, upgrades let you tune your kit.

Where upgrades apply

• Tools (hammers, picks, axes, shovels) — durability, mining speed, area
• Weapons (swords, axes) — durability, attack speed
• Armor (chestplates, helmets, etc.) — durability, defensive stats
• Machines (smelters, pulverizers, generators) — speed, efficiency, capacity
• Jetpacks — fuel efficiency, max speed, hover capability
• Pipes / logistics — throughput, range

How to apply

Most upgrades use an anvil or a dedicated upgrade station:

1. Place the item to upgrade in slot 1
2. Place the upgrade item in slot 2
3. Pay the XP cost
4. Pull the upgraded item out of slot 3

Some upgrades stack — apply multiple of the same upgrade for additive effects. Some have a max stack (you can apply 3, not 5).

Common upgrade types

Durability upgrades

Add to the item's max durability pool. Apply 3 durability upgrades to a hammer to make it last 3x as long before repair.

Speed upgrades

Faster attack speed (weapons), faster mining speed (tools), faster process speed (machines).

Fuel-efficiency upgrades

Use less fuel per operation. Critical for jetpacks; very useful for fuel-burning machines.

Capacity upgrades

Bigger fuel tanks (jetpacks), bigger input/output buffers (machines), longer pipe range.

Specialty upgrades

Niche additions: silk-touch upgrade for tools without silk touch (sometimes), a "no-pickup" upgrade for tools (mine without auto-pickup), etc. Variable by item type.

Practical upgrade priorities

For your daily hammer

Priority: durability upgrades (so you mine more between repairs). Then speed upgrades (faster mining).

For your daily jetpack

Priority: fuel efficiency (longer flights per tank). Then capacity (bigger tank). Then speed.

For your machine factory

Priority: speed upgrades on the highest-throughput machine first. Then fuel efficiency on generators.

For your weapons

Priority: depends on play style. PvP fighters favor speed; PvE favors durability.

Where to acquire upgrade items

• Crafting — most upgrades have recipes using basic + advanced materials
• Structure loot — some upgrade items appear in dungeons
• Trading with players — common, since upgrades are stackable inventory items
• Boss drops or special rewards — rare upgrades sometimes drop from special encounters

Stacking and limits

Each item type has a max number of upgrades it can hold (often 3–5). You can't endlessly upgrade — at some point you've maxed the slot count and need a higher-tier item if you want more upgrades.

This caps the power creep — a Legend with maxed upgrades is meaningfully better than a fresh Member, but not infinitely better.

Removing upgrades

You generally can't. Once an upgrade is applied, it's part of the item. To "remove," you typically have to break/recraft the base item (losing the upgrade in the process).

This makes upgrade choice commit-or-don't. Don't apply a speed upgrade to a hammer if you secretly wanted durability; you can't take it back.

Upgrades vs enchantments

Most items can carry both upgrades and enchantments. They don't conflict — they're parallel systems.

See also

• Hammers — the obvious upgrade target
• Jetpacks — fuel-efficiency upgrades pay off fast
• Machines — speed upgrades for the factory
• Tool enchantments — the parallel system