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Choose an Upgrade

On level up this pill card panel appears on the left side. Each pill has a colored square icon, a description, and a lyric tag that activates when the lyric word is sung.

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE

Absorbs damage

Increased damage output

(GRAND)

Increased collection range

(ADVENTURE)

Burn enemies on contact

(GRAND)

Extended attack range

(GRAND)

Homing projectiles

(ADVENTURE)

Pushes enemies away

(GRAND)

See further and clearer

(ADVENTURE)

Lyric tags drive synergy with the song. When the lyric says "grand", every upgrade with the (GRAND) tag activates a temporary bonus. Your build syncs with the lyrics.

Corrupted variant

A pill option sometimes appears with x3 effect but a -50% penalty on another random stat. Marked with a skull in the corner.

+3% Fire Rate

+18% Damage (-9% Speed)

Corrupted, x3 bonus plus penalty

+5% Range

Choose a Relic

Loot crates and shops offer categorized relics. Large cards with a prominent icon, 6px tier border, gradient badge.

Gold

Iron Skin

+3 armor and 5% damage reduction. Hard caps respected.

Red

Glass Cannon

+35% damage. -35% maxHp. Real tradeoff.

Purple

Shrapnel Solo

Each hit fires 3 fragments at 30% damage. No recursion.

Character relic drop (boss loot)

Bosses drop relics specific to the chosen character. Not shared between instruments.

Red

Fortissimo Cannon

Below 50% HP: boomerang becomes a blast for x6 damage in 320px.

Gold

Last Fanfare

Hit below 25% HP: shockwave push plus 2s invuln. CD 45s.

Blue

Echo Shield

3+ boomerangs in flight: incoming damage reduced by 35%.

Choose a Branch

At key moments you pick which talent branch to progress. 4 branches per character, 5 tiers each. T5 unlocks a unique talent relic.

Char vs Elem. Each character has 2 char branches (themed to the instrument) and 2 elem branches (fire, ice, lightning, shadow, wind, light, earth). Elem branches are shared between characters but each T5 is distinct.