UPGRADE, MELD, AND BOAST:

All Central and North locations have one of these Gather benefits that is initially covered by 1 or more corruption. The Upgrade, Meld, or Boast benefit only becomes accessible when all corruption is removed from the location.

UPGRADE ():

Tuck an item card from your hand or active row under the right edge of your mech mat, or under the previous upgrade, so only the ability is visible (cover the worker icon). The ongoing portion of this ability is now activated for the rest of the game.

• Item cards have instant benefits like “gain 1 guile” that are gained whenever you play the card (and place a worker on it). However, once an item has been upgraded, only their ongoing abilities matter (ignore instant benefits).

• You may not Upgrade if you already have 4 upgraded items.

• If a worker was on the upgraded item, return it to your mech mat as an available worker.

• Upgrading items is a glory category. Additionally, each upgraded item is worth the amount of coins shown in its bottom-right corner at the end of the game.

MELD ():

Tuck a meteorite card from your hand or active row sideways under the bottom edge of your mech mat, or under the previous melded meteorite, so only the meld bonus is visible. Immediately gain the meld bonuses of all melded meteorites on your mech (including the newly melded card).

• You may not Meld if you already have 4 melded meteorites.

• If a worker was on the melded meteorite, return it to your mech mat as an available worker.

• Having 1 or 2+ melded meteorites makes each meteorite stronger when played.

• Melding meteorites is a glory category.

BOAST ():

Whenever you Boast, choose exactly one glory category on Basecamp for which (a) you have currently reached or exceeded the goal and (b) you don’t already have a glory token (ignore your opponents’ tokens; they don’t block you). Place one of your glory tokens (stars) on the selected category.

If you have 1 or 2 glory tokens on Basecamp, your character and companion grant additional benefits when played. The end of the game is triggered when any player places their 4th glory token.