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Returnal volition accept you going through the same expanse following every death, with several changes and giving you more than things to unlock as you progress farther into the game. After you defeat Phrike, the first boss in Returnal, y'all'll receive a datacube. It happens immediately after you crush the boss, and the device next to information technology turns it into a new consumable device you lot can find in time to come runs. When you die and repeat through the game, datacubes tin can appear once again, and you'll demand to turn these items, unlocking more than consumables.

When you want to commutation a datacube for consumables, you'll need to defeat the dominate in the region you found it. Where yous turn information technology in will vary each fourth dimension yous find a datacube. If you find a datacube in the Overgrown Ruins, then you demand to defeat Phrike, and submit it to that item. When you discover 1 in the Blood-red Wastes, you need to defeat that surface area's boss and submit it for a new item. You lot'll need to do this every fourth dimension y'all notice a datacube on your run, and y'all demand to place it into the device that converts the datacubes. The device does not announced to move around or appear in locations outside of the area afterwards defeating the region'south boss.

There are 18 consumables to unlock, and so the more often you want to discover these devices, you have to explore more than and seek them out.

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