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Progression and Upgrades - Version 1 vs Version 2
Aug 20, 2026, 02:53 AM
Initial version (2026-08-19)
Aug 26, 2026, 07:42 PM
Replaced the flat claim that levelling up gives no extra health with both sides of the unresolved suits-versus-health question, and added the hands-on menu reading of eight suits at 165 percent maximum health
1-Progression in Marvel's Wolverine runs on two currencies and one equipment budget. Technique Points buy and improve combat moves, upgrade points earned through exploration feed the same trees, and Adaptations are passive perks equipped against a limited allowance rather than stacked without cost. Logan does not gain more health from levelling up; the healing factor covers survivability instead.1+Progression in Marvel's Wolverine runs on two currencies and one equipment budget. Technique Points buy and improve combat moves, upgrade points earned through exploration feed the same trees, and Adaptations are passive perks equipped against a limited allowance rather than stacked without cost. Levelling up on its own does not raise Logan's maximum health; the healing factor carries survivability instead. One hands-on session did report that unlocking suits raised a maximum-health figure in the menus, which sits awkwardly against the official line that suits are purely cosmetic. Neither reading is settled.22Technique Points44Technique Points are earned as you play and spent across the game's progression trees, mainly on Special Techniques, the unlockable combat moves assigned to shortcut slots. Techniques can be upgraded as well as unlocked, and Insomniac's own settings list refers to suit and technique purchases as menu actions, so both are bought through a storefront-style interface rather than found in the world.66Four points can be granted before you start: three come with the Digital Deluxe Edition and one with any pre-order. See Editions and Pre-Order Bonuses.88Adaptations and the strand allowance1010Adaptations are passive perks that upgrade long-term effects and skills, including Logan's health and his Rage meter. They are mixed and matched to suit how you fight, and some can be used to make the game harder rather than easier.1212The catch is capacity. Adaptations are equipped against a limited strand allowance, sometimes described as mutation strands, so building a loadout means choosing between perks instead of taking all of them. Raising that ceiling is one of the rewards for finishing Nightmare Door trials quickly.1414More on those trials is on Nightmare Doors.1616Suits and crafting1818Suits are crafted rather than simply unlocked. Mike Daly has said plainly that the game lets you craft suits, and hidden crates scattered through the levels contain the raw materials that feed it. Official material describes the crates as holding raw upgrade materials; hands-on coverage is more specific and ties them directly to suit crafting.2020Hands-on sessions counted 27 suit slots and roughly 20 claw designs in the customisation menus. Only a subset of those has been named.2222That same session reported a second effect: unlocking suits appeared to raise Logan's maximum health, with eight suits unlocked showing a maximum-health figure of 165% against a menu total of 27. Insomniac's own wording is that the suits and claws are purely cosmetic, so the two accounts have not been reconciled and neither should be treated as settled.24+The named suits and claws are listed separately.2426Collectibles2628CollectibleWhat it givesHidden cratesRaw materials used for crafting suits.Whisky bottlesScent-triggered memories that also award upgrade points.Nightmare Door memoriesPuzzle pieces of Logan's past, plus medals and upgrade points.2830The whisky bottles are the most unusual of the three because the collectible and the story are the same object. Mike Daly has described Enhanced Senses tracking smells that trigger lost memories, in the form of whiskey bottles Logan had an experience with and simply could not recall until he had that smell in hand again. The spelling appears both ways in official and press material.2931Finding any of them relies on the same exploration tools; see Enhanced Senses.3133Mission Replay3335Mission Replay lets you return to any completed mission to find collectibles you missed. In a linear campaign that is the mechanism that keeps completion possible without a second playthrough, and it pairs with the Nightmare Doors as the studio's stated reason for encouraging mission replays at all.3537Puzzles3739The game contains puzzles, confirmed by a Skip Puzzle option in the settings that lets you bypass them outright. No puzzle type has been described in detail.3941New Game Plus4143New Game Plus is supported at launch. Mike Daly has confirmed that it carries over all progression and lets you start the story again, and it adds optional modifiers that can be mixed and matched.4345Those modifiers change the pace rather than just the numbers. Daly has described them as able to really accelerate combat and make it feel extreme, both in how quickly you can take out enemies and in how quickly you can get a game over. Senior project director Jess Reiner-Reed has confirmed that some Adaptations are only available in New Game Plus. The individual modifiers have not been named.
