Upgrade Priorities: Match the Current Bottleneck

Which upgrade types are confirmed?

The official page names range, width, water efficiency, node cost, budding chance and soil penetration. Treat those as the published categories. It does not provide all levels, formulas or unlock requirements, and a category name alone cannot establish its precise numerical effect.

How can you choose between categories?

Check why the next useful connection is difficult. A reach issue, a resource shortage and hard terrain are different problems. Compare the relevant tooltip with that obstacle, then review the outcome. This is a decision framework, not a claim that any category must always be purchased first.

What would make a reliable upgrade table?

A useful table needs version, level, displayed price and observed effect together. Demo 2.0 explicitly changes balance, so older screenshots may no longer match. Until those values are checked, preserving unknowns is more useful than inventing exact costs or a mathematically optimal purchase route.

Related guides

• Water and Food: Planning Resource Connections
• Upgrade Points: Growth, Demo Limits and Progress
• Beginner Guide: Your First Fungal Network