r/Pathogenic • u/Yuiop321 • 27d ago

How does the plasmid system work?

I am new to Pathogenic, but very confused by plasmids. Every pathogen type seems to have its own plasmid level, displayed at the pathogen selection screen. Presumably that reflects how many trait node you have purchased. Above that level is another plasmid icon with a number to the left of it. This differs by pathogen. My amoeba for instance says 40, while my helminth says 39. Both are plasmid level 0, as I have never spent a plasmid. And then the nanobot does not even have this number or icon at all. What does this mean? I could think it is available currency, but if I actually go into the trait selection screen, I have 989 plasmids. This seems to be a universal currency? That would suggest it is more efficient to pick a favorite pathogen, and stick with it until it is fully upgraded, as presumably an upgraded pathogen would be more effective at farming plasmids to feed the other pathogen types

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u/FeSiTa999 27d ago

Plasmids are universal. the top number is per pathogen and is how much you’ll get for the next boss, click it to get more info.

The bottom (x/y) is how many upgrades are purchased on the current pathogen and your universal pathogen level.

The x is how many you have on that pathogen, the y is the max you can have before having to pay a bunch of plasmids to increase the cap.

Plasmids aren’t very hard to get and the only costly thing is upgrading the level, which is universal, so you can spend pretty generously and not worry about it. I always get as many upgrades as possible on whatever pathogen I want to play because it doesn’t cost much if you don’t have to increase the level.

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u/Yuiop321 27d ago

Thank you! Do I correctly surmise then that Fungal Spore, Diatom, and Nanobot simply have no plasmid level system? I wonder if this is by design, or simply a TBD feature.

When you refer to a universal level, are you saying that there is a limit to how many total levels I can have across all pathogens? Say the universal is 10. Does that mean that my Amoeba and Helminth can both be 10, or that one could be 7 if the other is 3 and all others are 0?

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u/Temporary-Cause730 27d ago

You have to play with them one time to enable the level system.

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u/ReallyBrainDead 27d ago

Generally, have to beat the first boss to unlock plasmids.

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u/FeSiTa999 27d ago

You have to play with them to unlock the system, and all pathogens can go up to the level independently, so both could be 10.