Into The Hive equipment upgrades: how to install augments

Quick answer

Start in AUGMENTS → THROWABLE to install an owned Throwable Damage I augment on Blast Grenade. This augment displays +10% throwable damage. Check the target and effect before pressing INSTALL AUGMENT.

Before you start, you need:

• Throwable Damage I in your inventory.
• Blast Grenade available in the target list.
• An available slot on that grenade. The procedure below uses an empty SLOT 1.

Install Throwable Damage I on Blast Grenade

1. Open AUGMENTS and select the THROWABLE tab.
2. Select Throwable Damage I. Its detail panel identifies it as a Common Throwable Augment and displays +10%.
3. Select INSTALL. On CHOOSE THROWABLE, choose Blast Grenade.
4. Select the empty SLOT 1. Check that the confirmation panel reads INSTALL INTO Blast Grenade - SLOT 1 and shows THROWABLE DAMAGE I +10%.
5. Press INSTALL AUGMENT. The button’s instruction says this moves the augment from your inventory into the selected slot.

Selecting the augment opens its details; selecting the equipment and slot establishes where it will go. The final confirmation brings those choices together, so check both the destination and the displayed effect before installing.

Read Blast Grenade’s slot requirements

Blast Grenade’s augment screen shows the following slot states and requirements:

The Mastery 4 and Mastery 8 requirements govern access to additional slots on Blast Grenade. An empty slot and a locked slot mean different things: the empty SLOT 1 is the installation destination in this example, while the other two display Mastery requirements.

Keep these thresholds attached to Blast Grenade. When choosing another piece of equipment, read that equipment’s own slot labels rather than treating this grenade’s requirements as a universal slot schedule.

Read the effect and Scrap controls separately

The selected Common Throwable Damage I augment displays three useful values:

• +10% is its throwable-damage effect.
• REROLL — 9 SCRAP is the displayed reroll cost.
• DISMANTLE +10 SCRAP is the displayed dismantle value.

The reroll instruction says you can choose which roll to keep, but the cost is spent either way. Keeping the previous roll therefore still spends the reroll cost; the choice concerns which roll you retain.

These Scrap figures belong to this selected Common Throwable Damage I augment. Read the amounts on the augment you have selected before using either control. The installation confirmation also repeats the augment’s name and +10% effect, letting you check the modifier alongside its destination.

Where unlocking and other upgrades fit

Equipment Tokens unlock Augments at base. That gives you access to performance modifiers; installing an owned augment places it into a chosen equipment slot. Different Augments affect different properties: increased firing speed and longer turret duration are examples, while Throwable Damage I supplies the damage modifier used above. See the augments guide for the broader topic.

The Mastery Booster game pass lists two separate benefits for owners: double Mastery XP for every weapon and piece of equipment, and halved Cash and ore costs for equipment upgrades. Keep those benefits distinct when reading upgrade requirements: Mastery appears on Blast Grenade’s additional-slot locks, while the selected augment’s reroll and dismantle controls display their own Scrap amounts.