Hi there, welcome to another Feature Breakdown! This time we'e going to look at how you can enhance your three basic abilities using MODs and The Ability Forge!
What is The Forge?
It's a special interactable object which can be found in various locations, usually before a boss fight or when you enter a new location for the first time.
interacting with The Forge
The forge can be used to upgrade your basic abilities, however to do so you will need MOD Slots. You will be able to obtain 5 MOD Slots throughout the game. One can be bought in a shop (which is usually located in the same area as The Forge), the other 4 are dropped by bosses (2) and mini-bosses (also 2).
MOD Slot pickup
After obtaining these MOD Slots you will be able to activate MODs in The Forge.
If you activate a MOD it will use one or more MOD Slots (depends on how powerful the MOD is). You can always return to The Forge and deactivate the MOD which will free up the used MOD Slot(s). This means that you can change your MODs any time you visit the forge. For example, you may use your MODs to upgrade your ranged attack but then you decide that you prefer melee, so you return to The Forge, deactivate your ranged MODs and use them instead to upgrade the melee attack. Some MODs are locked until you reach a certain point in the game.
selecting and deselecting MODs in The Forge changes used MOD Slots
One other thing is that the MODs (in most cases) influence all the abilities of a certain type (melee/ranged/shield). This means that if you activate the "Split Projectiles" MOD, all of your projectiles will split on impact, even those fired by Special Abilities.
firing projectiles with "Split Projectiles" MOD
That will be all for this Feature Breakdown! If you have any questions be sure to leave them in the comments or join the community on our Discord server :) Stay safe! Bye!