Try To Reach The Abyss Speed Gain Upgrades: What Each Point Does

Quick answer

Speed Gain raises the Speed value of every Speed award you earn. You buy it at an outpost's Upgrade Store by spending 1 upgrade point, and the panel previews the exact change before you confirm — for example, Speed per award going from +20 to +40. It changes how much each award gives, not how often awards happen.

In detail: spending an upgrade point on Speed Gain increases the amount of Speed you receive from each Speed award — the stat is labelled "Get more Speed from each award" in the outpost store's UPGRADES tab. The upgrade is applied by pressing its button, which spends 1 upgrade point from your balance; your first upgrade is free in that it uses an upgrade point and costs no Robux.

How to apply the upgrade

The upgrade store is located at outposts. While you are on the outpost platform near the upgrade stall, an interaction prompt appears reading "E — Upgrade Store — Open Store", and each outpost has its own store (for example, STORE — Shallows Outpost 1 or STORE — Shallows Outpost 2). Inside, switch to the UPGRADES tab and find the Speed Gain entry:

1. Step out of your submarine on the outpost platform and open the store with the prompt beside the upgrade stall.
2. In the UPGRADES tab, locate SPEED GAIN, labelled "Get more Speed from each award".
3. Check the SPEED PER AWARD preview, which shows the next change the upgrade will make.
4. Press the button — shown as "FREE — USE 1 POINT" on a first upgrade — to spend 1 upgrade point and apply the change.

What the numbers mean

The store shows a concrete preview of what your next Speed Gain point buys. In one recorded player's state at Shallows Outpost 1, the SPEED PER AWARD preview read +20 -> +40; later, at Shallows Outpost 2, the same panel previewed +70 -> +90. These are examples from that player's progress, not a confirmed universal schedule — your own panel will show the exact before-and-after values for your current state. Check the preview on your screen to see what you will get before spending the point.

The official HOW TO PLAY confirms the purpose of the purchase: "Spend upgrade points to improve your Speed gains, hull, and torpedoes." Speed Gain is the Speed portion of that trio.

Where upgrade points come from

You earn upgrade points by progressing to new outposts. The game states "Reach the next outpost for safety and a free upgrade point!" and the outpost store itself instructs "Every new outpost earns 1 free upgrade point." So the loop is: sail to the next outpost, receive 1 point, and decide whether Speed Gain, hull, or torpedoes gets it. For more on the broader loop, see the progression guide and upgrade points guide.

Speed Gain vs. Upgrade Rate

The UPGRADES tab also lists Upgrade Rate, labelled "Earn Speed more often", with a TIME BETWEEN AWARDS preview (for example, Every 1.0s -> 0.9s). These are two separate stats:

• Speed Gain — increases the amount of Speed per award.
• Upgrade Rate — shortens the time between awards, so they arrive more often.

A Speed Gain point does not change award frequency. If your goal is bigger jumps per award, buy Speed Gain; if you want awards to tick faster, that is Upgrade Rate's job.

How Speed Gain interacts with earning Speed

Speed Gain does not replace the base way of earning Speed — it multiplies the value of it. You earn Speed by stepping out of your submarine at outposts ("Step OUT of your submarine at outposts to earn Speed"), and the game tells you to "Earn Speed at outposts and level up to move faster!" With Speed Gain upgraded, each of those outpost awards is worth more. For the earning side in detail, see how to get speed.

Paid Speed Gain options

Beyond spending earned points, the game's catalog lists paid Speed Gain products: a "Speed Gain rank" developer product at R$ 9 and a "2x Speed Gain" game pass at R$ 139. Prices come from a third-party tracker listing, and the supplied material does not demonstrate these purchases' in-game effects, so check the in-game store listings for current details before buying. If you are weighing the 2x pass against submarine speed, see 2x speed gain vs 2x submarine speed.

For context on where all of this fits, the how to play and outposts guide pages cover the outpost loop that feeds your upgrade points.