Try To Reach The Abyss Abilities Guide

The game's own description states it directly: "Fire torpedoes and collect Research Data to unlock abilities!" So if you want abilities, your two habits while diving are simple: use your torpedo launcher, and pick up Research Data whenever it comes from your runs.

How unlocking works

The unlock loop runs through the normal dive cycle:

1. Spawn your submarine, hop in, and follow the outpost marker.
2. While exploring, fire torpedoes at targets and collect Research Data from your dives.
3. Research Data feeds into unlocking abilities.
4. Repeat on deeper dives to keep progressing.

This happens inside the game's broader loop: you step out at outposts to earn Speed, level up to move faster, and your submarine evolves into a new form every 5 levels. Torpedo fire and Research Data collection are just one strand of that loop, so you can work toward abilities while doing everything else you already do on a dive. For the bigger picture, see the progression guide and the guide on how to level up.

If you want more detail on the torpedo half of the equation, the torpedoes guide covers firing torpedoes in depth, and the Research Data side is broken down in how to get Research Data.

Abilities are not upgrade points

It's easy to mix up abilities with the game's upgrade system, but they are separate paths:

• Abilities come from firing torpedoes and collecting Research Data.
• Upgrade points come from reaching outposts ("Reach the next outpost for safety and a free upgrade point!") and are spent to improve your Speed gains, hull, and torpedoes.

Abilities are not named in the upgrade-point list, so don't expect outpost upgrade points to unlock them for you. If your goal is abilities, focus on torpedo use and Research Data; if your goal is a tougher, faster submarine, focus on reaching the next outpost. For more on that currency, see the upgrade points guide and the outposts guide.

Abilities and the rest of your dive

Abilities are unlocked through firing torpedoes and collecting Research Data. The supplied material does not establish what abilities do once unlocked or how you activate them, so the practical takeaway is simple: keep diving, keep firing torpedoes, and treat Research Data as a resource worth collecting every run. This runs alongside the rest of the dive loop — earning Speed at outposts, leveling up, and evolving your submarine — not instead of it.

If you're still learning the controls or the basics of piloting, start with how to play and the submarine controls page.