PokéBonk Lab Guide: Permanent Upgrades, Prices and Item Pool

Quick answer

Open Lab from the main menu to spend Stardust on permanent Training upgrades (damage, HP, speed, experience, money, luck, pickup range, regeneration, armor) and on “Run team” upgrades. A second tab, Items, shows the item pool. The first levels cost 80–140 Stardust each.

What do the Training upgrades do?

Observed, Beta v0.7.2. The header reads “Upgrades 0/87 levels”, so there are 87 upgrade levels in total; these nine Training cards account for 56 of them, and the rest sit under “Run team — slots, options and tools”, which we did not record.

Which upgrade should I buy first?

The screen does not rank them. Our reading, untested: cheap levels that help every run — Magnetism (80) for pickups, Training or Stamina (100) for damage or HP — are an easy start, and Trading boosts the money you spend on Poké Balls and Meowth.

How do I earn Stardust?

The Lab shows your Stardust balance at the top right. Stardust from KOs is capped at 780 per run (Patch #4), and the Lab’s reward from a run shows in the summary as “Star Sand” with the same icon. Higher difficulties pay more — see the difficulty guide. Official / Observed.

What is on the Items tab?

The Items tab reads “67/102 in your pool” on a fresh guest profile: 102 items in total, with filters All (102), Discovered (0), In your Poké Balls (67), To discover (35) and Archived (0). Items are grouped by rarity (Legendaries, Epics, Rares…) and each card shows its effect and a maximum. An “Archive” button reads “Unlock it in Upgrades”; we did not check what it unlocks. Observed, v0.7.2. See the items guide for the cards we recorded.

Does the Lab differ between profiles?

Yes. What you have discovered, the pool and your balance belong to your profile, so another player may see different numbers.