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Haiku's 9 Abilities | Wall Climbing, Ball, Teleport, Hook, and 5 Sockets

Added main story, full collection tables, additional areas/modes, and lore locations · Updated 2026-10-13

Abilities open routes through different obstacles. Frequency Receptor, which provides the map, and tools such as the wrench and whistle are not included in the 9 acquired abilities.

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Obtaining and using the 9 abilities

Starting controls such as Dash are distinguished from abilities acquired later.

Ability	Location/requirement	Route opened
Electro-Magnetism	Beyond Trash Magnet	Wall climbing
Body Modifier	Beyond Power Saw in Factory	Pass small holes in ball form
Heat Treatment	Central Core treatment room / 200	Enter hot areas
Sealant Treatment	Same treatment room / 200	Enter water
Bulblet	Core's Bulbhive	Light for dark areas
Power Bomb	Beyond Core's lasers via the connection below Water	Break weak floors and walls; ascend in ball form
Jump Booster	Beyond Water's Helmet Crawlers	Double jump
String and Hook	Core's double-jump and ball route	Cross long gaps and walls
Space Disruptor	Deep in Research Lab	Teleport through thin walls/electrical pillars

3 initial sockets + 5 pickups

Of 8 total sockets, 5 are additional pickups. Check the 3 found in the world separately from the 2 shop purchases.

Color	Location	Requirement
Blue 1	Water Ducts, above the waterfall	Head upward after Jump Booster
Blue 2	Sonnet's train	500
Red 1	Blazing Furnace, above and right of the eastern repair point	Falling-lava route
Red 2	Sonnet's train	500
Green	Lower First Tree	Proceed after the key battle

Return collections by ability

After gaining an ability, check obstacles and items seen earlier. Routes that skip abilities through advanced movement are not presented as the normal required route.

Ability	Return targets
Body Modifier	Fragment above Factory, Core treatment room, Splunk
Jump Booster	Socket above Water, Core's Hook, high Surface wall
Hook	Water fragment, Core electrical-room Power Cell, upper First Tree
Space Disruptor	Northeast Core fragment, ruins pillars, Surface tombs
Power Bomb	Small hole toward TV, Power Cell under Bunker's shaking floor, hidden floors

Coverage and unverified points

Added 32 progression/revisit stages, main collection tables, and 29 normal-layout lore reading points with entrance requirements. Lore 28's location, L24's regional landmark, all display differences, every passage/wall across 339 cells, enemy HP/attack frames, and lore text are not included.
Sources disagree on Quatern's chip/fragment reward thresholds, Lune's poem count, and the older area text's red-skull price. No fixed thresholds are asserted: finish dialogue after all 24 Power Cells, hear every poem, and use the dedicated shop price of 750 for the skull.
Separates 40 normal achievements from 8 additions and checks the 2 added stations in normal mode too. Added Corrupt's 16 relocations/23 temporary health points, spare-parts uses without merchants, a PC record's saving cost of 100, and Atom's 3 phases. All chips/cells/platform-specific costs in that mode, all modified trial HP, and no-hit procedures remain uncovered. The normal 28-chip list is not copied as a complete Corrupt list.
Competitor prose, translated full chapters, map layouts, game screens, and sprites are not reproduced. Internal verification distinguishes text readable in the public browser from originals that could not be obtained due to native 403 responses.

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