In-match upgrades spend gold on the unit you selected and raise that copy for the current stage. Evolution is a lobby craft. It needs a catalyst, DNA, and a 100,000 coin fee. The evolution menu is reported to list the missing items and where they drop. Use that list when this page has no count.
Shared costs
- Evolution fee: 100,000 coins.
- Light or Dark stones in the hourly shop: 75,000 coins each. The shop resets every hour. These may be the same items as Light and Dark essences. Check your inventory before you buy both.
- A full buy of the two rare stones plus the fee is the roughly 200,000 coin estimate. It does not cover Earth, Water, or Wind if those are farm-only.
- Nightmare gold is reported around 17,000 per clear, so the fee is several clears even before materials.
- Essences come from the 15-minute challenges: Dark, Earth, Water, Wind, and Light.
Hollow Mask, the complete recipe
This recipe is written for Ichigo and matches the published Ishgo (Perfect Mask) kit.
- Craft a Hollow Mask from 1 Dark, 1 Earth, 1 Water, 1 Wind, and 500 DNA.
- Evolve with the mask, 500 more DNA, and 100,000 coins.
- The evolved addition in that writeup is Final Moon: every 40 seconds a follow-up deals 300 percent damage, or 600 percent against bosses.
The pre-evolution kit already has the 15-hit gauge, eight seconds of bleed, and the every-third-attack crescent. You do not need the mask to use those.
Items without counts
- Honored Eye: named for the Goju / Gojo evolution and as a raid drop. No essence counts.
- Shadow Sword: named for Sid or Cid. Not confirmed as Zid (Atomic). No counts.
- Cursed Fingers: raid drops for the Sukuna / Sokonu evolution. No counts.
A Perfect Atom is not an evolution item. It raises one stat grade by a tier, up to Triple, at the stat station. Stat Tokens are the reroll currency. Trait Crystals do not change those grades.
When to evolve
Evolve the carry you will still place after the next banner. The 100,000 coin fee and 1,000 DNA on the Hollow path are too much for a unit the early notes already tell you to sell, such as Vegira, or for Zid, Joren, and Itoshi while their kits are blank.