MICHIKO'S ITEM GUIDE v1.0.0
Foods, skills and shop upgrades. Compare effects and plan your next choice.
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ITEM GUIDE / 01
Build your dimensions and stats together.
This shift
Become slightly taller, with more critical chance and Max HP.
Become slightly taller; Critical chance +3 percentage points; Hardness -1; Max HP +4. The first body-size change is smaller.
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
This shift
Become slightly shorter and move faster.
Become slightly shorter; Hardness +1; Move speed coefficient +0.02. The first body-size change is smaller.
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
This shift
Become slightly wider, with more pickup range and attack power. Move more slowly.
Become slightly wider; Move speed coefficient -0.04; Attack power +2; Hardness -1; Pickup range increases slightly. The first body-size change is smaller.
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
This shift
Become slightly narrower, with more movement and ball speed.
Become slightly narrower; Move speed coefficient +0.06; Hardness +1; Ball speed coefficient +0.03. The first body-size change is smaller.
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
This shift
Gain Hardness and Max HP without changing dimensions.
Hardness +12; Max HP +3
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
This shift
Boost ball speed and critical chance, and recover HP. Hardness drops.
Ball speed coefficient +0.08; Hardness -4; Critical chance +2 percentage points; Heal 10 HP on pick, up to max HP
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
ITEM GUIDE / 02
Add ways to fight with the body you have built.
This shift
Fire more balls at once. Each fired ball uses ammo.
Shots per fire +1
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Maximum level: 3
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
This shift
Add a phantom to rescue balls you miss.
Add one phantom paddle to rescue missed balls, up to 2 phantoms.
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Maximum level: 2
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
This shift
Time a parry to boost a ball. Watch out for whiffs.
Unlock parrying. Success boosts ball power and critical chance; a miss weakens the ball.
Availability
Bonus upgrade choices
Maximum level: 3
Picks accumulate within a run. Maxed-out skills leave the choice pool.
ITEM GUIDE / 03
Change your outline and the way balls bounce.
While in this shape
Become a triangle and reflect balls off your slopes.
Become a triangle that reflects balls diagonally. Normal damage taken increases by 15% while in this shape; existing fixed damage is unchanged.
Availability
Only a different shape can appear in bonus choices
Shape modifiers end when you change shape and never stack through repeated changes.
While in this shape
Return to square and remove the previous shape-specific modifiers.
Return to a square with normal bounces. This removes the previous shape-specific modifiers.
Availability
Only a different shape can appear in bonus choices
Shape modifiers end when you change shape and never stack through repeated changes.
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ITEM GUIDE / 04
May appear from W9 onward. Each counts as three picks of a regular food.
This shift
Three picks of Canned Tuna. Become noticeably taller, with more critical chance and Max HP.
Applies 3 picks of Canned Tuna. Become noticeably taller; Critical chance +9 percentage points; Hardness -3; Max HP +12. Body-size changes depend on first-pick discounts and limits.
Availability
From W9 onward, eligible body cards may become premium variants.
For a first-time food, the first-pick size discount applies once. Normal limits still apply; the final stat is not simply tripled.
This shift
Three picks of Cat Grass. Become noticeably shorter, with more movement speed.
Applies 3 picks of Cat Grass. Become noticeably shorter; Hardness +3; Move speed coefficient +0.06. Body-size changes depend on first-pick discounts and limits.
Availability
From W9 onward, eligible body cards may become premium variants.
For a first-time food, the first-pick size discount applies once. Normal limits still apply; the final stat is not simply tripled.
This shift
Three picks of Chicken Strip. Become noticeably wider, with more pickup range and attack power, but less movement speed.
Applies 3 picks of Chicken Strip. Become noticeably wider; Move speed coefficient -0.12; Attack power +6; Hardness -3; Pickup range increases more than with regular Chicken Strip. Body-size changes depend on first-pick discounts and limits.
Availability
From W9 onward, eligible body cards may become premium variants.
For a first-time food, the first-pick size discount applies once. Normal limits still apply; the final stat is not simply tripled.
This shift
Three picks of Dried Sardine. Become noticeably narrower, with more movement and ball speed.
Applies 3 picks of Dried Sardine. Become noticeably narrower; Move speed coefficient +0.18; Hardness +3; Ball speed coefficient +0.09. Body-size changes depend on first-pick discounts and limits.
Availability
From W9 onward, eligible body cards may become premium variants.
For a first-time food, the first-pick size discount applies once. Normal limits still apply; the final stat is not simply tripled.
This shift
Three picks of Pudding: ball speed, critical chance and healing.
Applies 3 picks of Pudding. Ball speed coefficient +0.24; Hardness -12; Critical chance +6 percentage points; Heal 30 HP, up to max HP
Availability
From W9 onward, eligible body cards may become premium variants.
For a first-time food, the first-pick size discount applies once. Normal limits still apply; the final stat is not simply tripled.
This shift
Three picks of Fish Cake. Build durability without reshaping.
Applies 3 picks of Fish Cake. Hardness +36; Max HP +9
Availability
From W9 onward, eligible body cards may become premium variants.
For a first-time food, the first-pick size discount applies once. Normal limits still apply; the final stat is not simply tripled.
ITEM GUIDE / 05
Buy with your pay and carry the upgrades into your next shift.
Carries over
Start the next shift with more balls.
Start your next run with more balls. +5 balls per level.
Availability
Available from the start
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Shorten the interval between shots.
Shoot balls more often. Reduce the interval by 8% per level, compounded.
Availability
Available from the start
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Raise Max HP for your next shift.
Raise your max health. +15 HP per level.
Availability
Available from the start
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Pickup range for balls and bow ties increases with each purchase.
Each purchase increases the range for picking up balls and bow ties.
Availability
Available from the start
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Widen your aiming angles.
Aim at wider angles. +3 degrees per level.
Availability
Available from the start
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Receive regular ball supplies sooner.
Receive regular ball supplies sooner. Reduce the interval by 5% per level, compounded.
Availability
Unlocks at BALL Lv50
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Make critical hits more powerful.
Make critical hits more powerful. +0.1 multiplier per level.
Availability
Unlocks at BALL Lv50
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Raise Hardness to reduce incoming damage.
Raise hardness to reduce damage taken. +2 stat per level.
Availability
Unlocks at BALL Lv50
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Fill the bonus gauge faster with each bow tie.
Collect bow ties to fill the bonus gauge faster. Add 0.05 to the base multiplier per level, up to x1.4.
Availability
Unlocks at BALL Lv50
Maximum level: 8
Carries over
Add the option to start at W17.
Choose a later start. Keep permanent upgrades only. Choose to start at W17.
Availability
Unlocks after defeating the W16 boss. Once owned, choose W1 or W17 to start.
Maximum level: 1
Permanent upgrades and BALL level carry over. Run level starts at 1 with no run upgrades.
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READING THE DETAILS
Run upgrades and permanent progression are separate. Rebuild food and skills each shift. Shape-specific modifiers are replaced when changing shape; they do not stack by switching back and forth. Shop purchases and BALL level carry over.
The first body-size change for each food is smaller within that shift. Width and height have lower and upper limits. Changes beyond those limits are not stored. An opposing food changes the dimensions from their current values. One pick of each opposing food will not necessarily restore your starting dimensions.
Premium snacks count as three regular picks, including first-pick adjustments and per-pick dimension limits. They do not triple your current body size. Increasing Max HP also increases current HP by the same amount. Pudding heals only when picked.
Coefficients and probabilities: Adding to a speed coefficient is not the same as multiplying current speed. Critical chance gains are percentage points. Hardness is a stat, not a direct damage-reduction percentage.
Shop reductions to firing and regular-supply intervals compound. Supply-speed upgrades do not change emergency supplies.
