MINA UPGRADES DATABASE
Compare Mina the Hollower upgrade types, route value, priority, and build planning notes inside the Mina Guide Hub database.
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28
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10
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A scan-friendly list for planning combat, survival, movement, route, and economy upgrades without linking to unfinished detail pages.
Weapon power
Improves the combat value of a main weapon and helps a familiar weapon stay useful through tougher rooms. Best for players relying on one main weapon for bosses and hard rooms. Use this as the general weapon-upgrade reference when planning service visits and resource use.
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Health capacity
Raises Mina's staying power and gives beginners more room to learn enemy and boss patterns. Best for beginners, boss preparation, and late-route cleanup. Treat this as an early comfort upgrade when survival is limiting route progress.
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Trinket capacity
Expands build flexibility by making trinket planning more forgiving across combat and exploration routes. Best for build planning, survivability builds, and completion cleanup. Prioritize this when your route depends on swapping utility and survival effects often.
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Death recovery
Reduces retry pressure and supports safer learning during difficult combat routes. Best for new players, boss learning, and dangerous cleanup routes. Use this when repeated deaths are costing more progress than damage upgrades would save.
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route support
Supports exploration clarity by helping players organize backtracking and cleanup goals. Best for completion cleanup and backtracking. Treat this as a route-planning aid once the main path starts branching.
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Weapon-specific upgrade
Improves Nightstar-focused play for players who want a reliable baseline melee route. Best for baseline melee progression and boss learning. Choose this when Nightstar is your main punish tool and you want steadier combat pacing.
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Weapon-specific upgrade
Supports fast-hit weapon planning and helps pressure windows feel more consistent. Best for fast-hit builds and safer pressure windows. Use this when your route favors speed, frequent hits, and quick recovery after attacks.
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Weapon-specific upgrade
Supports heavy-weapon planning for players who prefer larger punish windows and burst damage. Best for high-impact attacks, slower fights, and burst windows. Pick this when you are comfortable waiting for openings instead of trading quick hits.
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Weapon-specific upgrade
Improves Battery Buster route planning for players building around its weapon role. Best for players testing Battery Buster as a route weapon. Use this when Battery Buster is part of your regular combat setup rather than a side option.
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Weapon-specific upgrade
Supports defensive weapon planning and gives cautious routes a stronger safety identity. Best for defensive learning, safer boss attempts, and cautious exploration. Choose this when blocking, patience, and controlled punishes fit your route better than speed.
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Resource capacity
Improves sidearm uptime so utility tools can carry more of the route plan. Best for sidearm-heavy routes and safe ranged play. Prioritize this when ranged pressure or utility sidearms are doing important work in rooms.
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Resource efficiency
Makes utility sidearm planning more comfortable by reducing pressure around repeated use. Best for players relying on utility sidearms for safer rooms. Use this when a favorite sidearm is part of your default room-control plan.
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Healing capacity
Increases healing comfort and gives boss attempts more room for mistakes. Best for beginners and boss progression. Treat this as a strong survival pick before routes where mistakes are expensive.
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Recovery effectiveness
Improves recovery value and helps sustain routes with frequent chip damage. Best for boss attempts and damage-heavy routes. Use this when you are surviving hits but recovery still feels too tight.
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Currency capacity
Supports longer economy routes by making resource handling easier during farming and shopping. Best for farming, shopping, and completion cleanup. Consider this after core combat and survival needs are stable.
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Conversion service
Supports economy planning by connecting higher-value resources with upgrade and shopping decisions. Best for completion economy and achievement planning. Use this when resource conversion becomes part of your cleanup route.
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Inventory expansion
Expands shopping options and gives route planners more ways to prepare before harder sections. Best for route planning and item purchase tracking. Check this when shop routing starts affecting your build or collection plan.
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Fast travel
Improves backtracking speed and makes cleanup routes easier to organize. Best for backtracking and completion cleanup. Prioritize this when moving between distant objectives starts slowing the route.
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Shortcut access
Improves route safety and return speed by making repeated travel less punishing. Best for cleanup and repeated boss attempts. Use this when a shortcut meaningfully reduces travel risk or retry time.
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World progress
Supports main progression by connecting route objectives with broader world access. Best for main progression and completion planning. Treat this as a route milestone when planning larger objective chains.
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Key item access
Supports route access and helps organize which objectives matter for story progress. Best for story progression and cleanup routing. Use this entry to group route-opening upgrades tied to key gear.
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Underlab service
Adds service options that support midgame upgrade planning and route preparation. Best for midgame progression and upgrade planning. Check this when Underlab services become part of your route economy.
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Cloak equipment
Adds cloak or equipment planning to builds that care about utility and completion tracking. Best for equipment completion and build tracking. Use this when equipment options start shaping your route identity.
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Minigame reward
Connects optional activities with rewards that may support completion or resource planning. Best for completion and minigame cleanup. Track this when optional activities become part of the cleanup route.
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Quest reward
Groups quest rewards that can affect services, resources, or permanent progress. Best for sidequest cleanup and completion planning. Use this when quest routing affects build or collection goals.
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Boss reward
Connects boss clears with route progress, rewards, or optional cleanup goals. Best for story progress and optional boss cleanup. Track this when boss rewards determine the next route decision.
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Secret reward
Supports hidden-room cleanup and rewards that matter for completion planning. Best for completion cleanup and hidden-room checking. Use this when secret routing becomes part of your collection plan.
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Run modifier
Supports advanced route goals by grouping optional rule or challenge modifiers. Best for achievement hunters and advanced replay goals. Save this for players who are already comfortable with the core route.
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NG+ mode
Supports replay planning and postgame goals after a completed route. Best for replay, completion goals, and advanced completion goals. Use this when planning what carries into a replay-focused route.
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completion notes support
Supports completion planning by grouping cleanup goals into a clearer route view. Best for completion cleanup and completion notes use. Treat this as a utility entry for organizing endgame collection work.
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Weapon planning
Reserved for an additional weapon upgrade entry that supports combat planning once route notes are expanded. Best for weapon planning and build comparison. Use this as a grouped planning entry until a named weapon upgrade receives its own route note.
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Sidearm planning
Reserved for an additional sidearm upgrade entry that supports utility planning and ranged setup choices. Best for sidearm planning and utility comparison. Use this as a grouped planning entry for sidearm improvements tied to route comfort.
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Health planning
Reserved for an additional health-focused upgrade that supports survivability planning. Best for survival planning and boss preparation. Use this as a grouped planning entry for health improvements that affect route safety.
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Energy planning
Reserved for a resource-focused upgrade that supports ability or sidearm usage planning. Best for resource planning and longer room sequences. Use this when resource capacity or efficiency becomes a route decision.
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Capacity planning
Reserved for a capacity-focused upgrade that helps organize inventory, build, or resource planning. Best for build planning and resource comfort. Use this as a grouped planning entry for capacity choices beyond the core upgrade list.
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Travel planning
Reserved for an additional travel unlock that supports backtracking and route cleanup. Best for backtracking and route cleanup. Use this when a travel option changes how quickly objectives can be chained together.
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route planning
Reserved for an exploration support upgrade that helps players organize route knowledge. Best for exploration planning and cleanup routing. Use this as a grouped planning entry for route-related route support.
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Burrow planning
Reserved for a movement upgrade that supports traversal planning and route access. Best for traversal planning and route access. Use this when movement options affect how routes connect.
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Underlab planning
Reserved for an Underlab upgrade that supports service planning and midgame route choices. Best for service planning and upgrade routing. Use this as a grouped planning entry for Underlab-related service decisions.
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Shop service planning
Reserved for a shop service unlock that supports economy planning and purchase routes. Best for economy planning and shop routing. Use this when shop services become part of build or collection planning.
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Exchange service planning
Reserved for an exchange service unlock that supports resource conversion and resource choices. Best for economy planning and resource routing. Use this when exchange services matter for route economy.
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Objective planning
Reserved for a route objective unlock that supports main progression planning. Best for main-route planning and objective chains. Use this when a route objective gates the next major planning step.
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Boss-route planning
Reserved for a boss-route unlock that connects encounter progress with route access. Best for boss-route planning and progression checks. Use this when boss progress changes where the route can go next.
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Secret planning
Reserved for a secret unlock that supports hidden-room cleanup and collection routes. Best for secret cleanup and collection planning. Use this when secret access changes a cleanup route.
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Challenge planning
Reserved for a challenge unlock that supports optional goals and replay planning. Best for challenge planning and advanced goals. Use this when optional challenges become part of the route plan.
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Minigame planning
Reserved for a minigame unlock that supports optional activity and reward planning. Best for activity planning and completion routes. Use this when minigame progress contributes to route cleanup.
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Generator planning
Reserved for a generator unlock that supports main-route planning and objective chains. Best for main-route planning and world progress. Use this when generator progress changes the next route objective.
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Late-game planning
Reserved for a late-game upgrade that supports difficult route decisions and cleanup goals. Best for late-route planning and advanced preparation. Use this when late-route goals require a dedicated upgrade planning entry.
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Postgame planning
Reserved for a postgame upgrade that supports replay and completion planning. Best for postgame planning and replay goals. Use this when postgame goals need separate upgrade tracking.
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Completion planning
Reserved for a completion unlock that supports final completion notes and cleanup routing. Best for completion tracking and final cleanup. Use this when final-route cleanup depends on a grouped unlock entry.
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