Evolution

The ten lines of Adaptations, their perks, times and costs, and line mastery.

How it works

Your bug grows one Adaptation at a time, in real time, for small lasting perks. The Amber is paid when it starts, and growing can’t be sped up. Within a line each stage needs the one before it.

Stage	Time	Amber
1	3 hours	200
2	6 hours	500
3	10 hours	1,200
4	16 hours	2,500
5	1 day	5,500
6	36 hours	12,000
7	2 days	20,000
8	3 days	35,000
9	4 days	70,000
10	5 days	95,000
11	6 days	125,000
12	7 days	150,000
13	8 days	210,000
14	10 days	350,000
15	12 days	480,000
16	14 days	630,000

The ten lines

Line	Grows	All 16 stages	Mastery perk	Title
Nervous System	Faster nerves learn faster: bigger training gains.	+25% training gains	+10 max Energy	“Hive Mind”
Regeneration	Wounds close on their own: faster HP regen.	+160% HP regen	HP regenerates twice as fast	“Ember Rebirth”
Molting	A new shell grows sooner: shorter Molts (recovery after a lost fight).	−48% Molt time	Healing Nectar ends a Molt (recovery) at once	“Thousand Skins”
Compound Eyes	More eyes, sharper sight: more Focus and better expedition finds.	+24 max Focus, +24% expedition finds	2 expeditions at a time	“All-Seeing Eye”
Migration	Read the magnetic winds: shorter flights between moons.	−48% flight time	Free flights between moons	“Star Path”
Instinct	Calm under threat: a bigger Nerve bar.	+32 max Nerve	Nerve refills twice as fast	“Heart of the Swarm”
Foraging	Better noses and claws: more foraging success and Foraging XP.	+16% foraging success, +80% Foraging XP	Failed foraging jobs never hurt or sting you	“Master Forager”
Metabolism	Digest more from every kill: more Amber from NPC wins.	+32% Amber from NPC wins	Daily Amber doubled	“Living Larder”
Pouches	Pouches and hollows to carry goods: more cargo space.	+16 cargo space	+10% for goods sold at the Trade Post	“Caravan Body”
Glands	Glands that work with nectar and salve: healing items heal more.	+48% healing from items	Healing items and Nectar cost half in the Shop	“Fountain Gland”

Mastery

Growing all 16 stages of a line masters it: its mastery perk, its title and 150 Flux to claim on the Evolution page. Growing all ten lines adds 500 Flux and the title “Fully Evolved”.

Nervous System

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Ganglion Knot	+1.6% training gains
2	Twin Ganglia	+1.6% training gains
3	Nerve Cord	+1.6% training gains
4	Reflex Arc	+1.6% training gains
5	Sensory Bristles	+1.6% training gains
6	Fast Synapses	+1.6% training gains
7	Nerve Sheath	+1.6% training gains
8	Ganglion Cluster	+1.6% training gains
9	Deep Reflexes	+1.6% training gains
10	Neural Lattice	+1.6% training gains
11	Swarm Sense	+1.6% training gains
12	Echo Memory	+1.6% training gains
13	Coral Folds	+1.6% training gains
14	Thought Bloom	+1.6% training gains
15	Second Brain	+1.6% training gains
16	Hive Mind	+1.6% training gains

Regeneration

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Clotting Ichor	+10% HP regen
2	Wound Foam	+10% HP regen
3	Scab Plating	+10% HP regen
4	Fast Division	+10% HP regen
5	Living Sutures	+10% HP regen
6	Ichor Surge	+10% HP regen
7	Limb Budding	+10% HP regen
8	Stem Reservoir	+10% HP regen
9	Healing Fat-Body	+10% HP regen
10	Sealing Resin	+10% HP regen
11	Night Repair	+10% HP regen
12	Tissue Memory	+10% HP regen
13	Bone Weaving	+10% HP regen
14	Deep Renewal	+10% HP regen
15	Undying Tissue	+10% HP regen
16	Ember Rebirth	+10% HP regen

Molting

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Soft Molt	−3% Molt time
2	Quick Ecdysis	−3% Molt time
3	Shedding Glands	−3% Molt time
4	Split-Seam Shell	−3% Molt time
5	Inner Lining	−3% Molt time
6	Molting Fluid	−3% Molt time
7	Spare Carapace	−3% Molt time
8	Folded Wings	−3% Molt time
9	Pre-Grown Plates	−3% Molt time
10	Instant Harden	−3% Molt time
11	Ghost Shell	−3% Molt time
12	Shell Memory	−3% Molt time
13	Rapid Instar	−3% Molt time
14	Endless Molt	−3% Molt time
15	Seamless Shed	−3% Molt time
16	Thousand Skins	−3% Molt time

Compound Eyes

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Eye Spots	+3 max Focus
2	Lens Facets	+3% expedition finds
3	Twin Lenses	+3 max Focus
4	Polarised Sight	+3% expedition finds
5	Night Facets	+3 max Focus
6	Heat Pits	+3% expedition finds
7	Wide Compound Eye	+3 max Focus
8	Ultraviolet Sight	+3% expedition finds
9	Third Eye	+3 max Focus
10	Motion Lattice	+3% expedition finds
11	Deep-Ice Vision	+3 max Focus
12	Spectral Eyes	+3% expedition finds
13	Crown of Eyes	+3 max Focus
14	Storm Sight	+3% expedition finds
15	Far Focus	+3 max Focus
16	All-Seeing Eye	+3% expedition finds

Migration

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Wind Sense	−3% flight time
2	Drifter Bond	−3% flight time
3	Magnetic Compass	−3% flight time
4	Updraft Riding	−3% flight time
5	Storm Reading	−3% flight time
6	Drifter Whisper	−3% flight time
7	Tide Timing	−3% flight time
8	Gas Sacs	−3% flight time
9	Long Haul	−3% flight time
10	Jet Stream	−3% flight time
11	Flux Sense	−3% flight time
12	Moon Pull	−3% flight time
13	Slipstream	−3% flight time
14	Swarm Flight	−3% flight time
15	Orbit Instinct	−3% flight time
16	Star Path	−3% flight time

Instinct

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Startle Reflex	+2 max Nerve
2	Bold Ganglia	+2 max Nerve
3	Risk Sense	+2 max Nerve
4	Cold Ichor	+2 max Nerve
5	Hunter’s Patience	+2 max Nerve
6	Danger Musk	+2 max Nerve
7	Steady Pulse	+2 max Nerve
8	Stone Nerve	+2 max Nerve
9	Predator Calm	+2 max Nerve
10	Fight Glands	+2 max Nerve
11	Fearless Brood	+2 max Nerve
12	Pack Courage	+2 max Nerve
13	Apex Instinct	+2 max Nerve
14	Unbroken Will	+2 max Nerve
15	Primal Drive	+2 max Nerve
16	Heart of the Swarm	+2 max Nerve

Foraging

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Burrow Sense	+2% foraging success
2	Scent Trails	+10% Foraging XP
3	Digging Claws	+2% foraging success
4	Sticky Pads	+10% Foraging XP
5	Nectar Memory	+2% foraging success
6	Hoard Instinct	+10% Foraging XP
7	Pheromone Map	+2% foraging success
8	Spore Tasting	+10% Foraging XP
9	Quiet Steps	+2% foraging success
10	Nest Mimicry	+10% Foraging XP
11	Root Reading	+2% foraging success
12	Deep Digger	+10% Foraging XP
13	Raider’s Patience	+2% foraging success
14	Thief’s Musk	+10% Foraging XP
15	Larder Sense	+2% foraging success
16	Master Forager	+10% Foraging XP

Metabolism

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Fat Body	+2% Amber from NPC wins
2	Resin Gut	+2% Amber from NPC wins
3	Second Stomach	+2% Amber from NPC wins
4	Slow Burn	+2% Amber from NPC wins
5	Sugar Sacs	+2% Amber from NPC wins
6	Amber Glands	+2% Amber from NPC wins
7	Cud Chamber	+2% Amber from NPC wins
8	Lean Hunter	+2% Amber from NPC wins
9	Gut Flora	+2% Amber from NPC wins
10	Feast Storage	+2% Amber from NPC wins
11	Waste Not	+2% Amber from NPC wins
12	Deep Reserves	+2% Amber from NPC wins
13	Resin Hoarding	+2% Amber from NPC wins
14	Golden Gut	+2% Amber from NPC wins
15	Endless Appetite	+2% Amber from NPC wins
16	Living Larder	+2% Amber from NPC wins

Pouches

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Carry Hooks	+1 cargo space
2	Brood Pouch	+1 cargo space
3	Abdomen Sac	+1 cargo space
4	Stretch Plates	+1 cargo space
5	Saddle Hollow	+1 cargo space
6	Twin Pouches	+1 cargo space
7	Expanding Segments	+1 cargo space
8	Back Basket	+1 cargo space
9	Hold Chamber	+1 cargo space
10	Deep Pouch	+1 cargo space
11	Folded Sacs	+1 cargo space
12	Pack Ridge	+1 cargo space
13	Great Pouch	+1 cargo space
14	Hauler’s Back	+1 cargo space
15	Living Hold	+1 cargo space
16	Caravan Body	+1 cargo space

Glands

Stage	Adaptation	Gives
1	Honey Gland	+3% healing from items
2	Nectar Sac	+3% healing from items
3	Salve Glands	+3% healing from items
4	Sweet Ichor	+3% healing from items
5	Balm Ducts	+3% healing from items
6	Royal Gland	+3% healing from items
7	Healing Saliva	+3% healing from items
8	Sap Filter	+3% healing from items
9	Resin Balm	+3% healing from items
10	Jelly Glands	+3% healing from items
11	Mending Musk	+3% healing from items
12	Bloom Glands	+3% healing from items
13	Elixir Sac	+3% healing from items
14	Golden Nectar	+3% healing from items
15	Queen’s Milk	+3% healing from items
16	Fountain Gland	+3% healing from items