Destroy the Sun Upgrades Guide: All Stations and Stats
Upgrades in Destroy the Sun increase backpack capacity, weapon fire rate, cooling power, and movement speed through the computer terminal located inside your parked RV van.

Upgrades in Destroy the Sun increase backpack capacity, weapon fire rate, cooling power, and movement speed through the computer terminal located inside your parked RV van.
What Upgrades Are Available at the RV Terminal?
Upgrade terminals are computer stations found inside the parked RV that divide run improvements into three categories: core stats, weapons, and special abilities. Cooling down the star awards cash on every hit, while picking up falling items lets you earn cash rapidly between combat rounds.
You spend collected coins at the terminal to raise your core attributes:
- Backpack Capacity: Increases the number of ice cubes you can carry simultaneously. Base capacity begins at 3 cubes, upgrading through 5, 8, 13, 19, 39, 55, 77, 140, and capping out at higher tiers.
- Cooling Power: Increases the temperature reduction dealt per shot, directly speeding up how fast the sun cools while increasing your cash payout per connection.
- Attack Speed: Accelerates the launch rate of thrown ice and automatic weapons.
- Movement Speed: Speeds up your character walk speed across the sand or alien ground, which helps you gather distant fragments and dodge charging monsters.
Purchasing every upgrade at the terminal awards the Upgrademaxxing badge, as detailed on the Destroy the Sun Roblox page by creator group Lapis Works.
Which Weapon Upgrades Should You Purchase First?
Weapon upgrades are direct replacements for your starting arm that increase firing cadence and eliminate manual throwing charge times. The computer unlocks four primary tiers in sequence during a run:
- Thrown Ice Cubes: The default free tool. It requires charging throws manually and holding small batches from the freezer.
- Ice Cannon: Costs $225. This weapon fires a continuous stream of ice cubes as long as you hold down the fire button. It consumes regular backpack capacity but hits weak spots far more reliably.
- Cryo Ray: Costs $16,000 to $16,500. It projects a continuous freezing beam that deals sustained damage across the sun's surface and shreds approaching monsters.
- Comet Catcher: Costs $38,000. It latches onto floating space debris and hurls massive frozen rocks at the star, dealing several thousand degrees of temperature reduction in single hits.
| Weapon Upgrade | Primary Role | Cost & Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Cannon | Early-game weak spot rapid firing | $225; drains your early backpack storage quickly |
| Cryo Ray | Mid-game horde defense and steady beam cooling | $16,500; requires constant trips to the ice freezer without infinite perks |
| Comet Catcher | Massive burst damage against high temperatures | $38,000; features a slower grab-and-launch animation |
How Do Terminal Abilities and Survival Perks Work?
Terminal abilities are activatable skills purchased on the right-hand panel of the computer to provide temporary power surges during tough waves:
- Instant Refill: Restores your backpack ice to full instantly on activation, bypassing the trip back to the RV freezer.
- Adrenaline Rush: Temporarily increases movement speed, firing speed, and ice scoop rate.
- Critical Rush: Spawns multiple super weak points across the face of the star, allowing coordinated strikes to shave off massive chunks of heat.
Whenever the sun enters a solar instability phase, hostile entities like Solar Ghouls, Solar Eyes, Leeching Wisps, and Solar Brutes swarm your position. Clearing every enemy in the wave drops a perk selection menu. Choosing defensive perks like Fragment Magnet pulls valuable shards directly toward your character, while Pinpoint Fracture and Critical Mass amplify damage against target rings to help you freeze the world and protect your melting treat.
Where does this guide's official Destroy the Sun information come from?
Official details in this guide follow Destroy the Sun on Roblox, which describes the game in its own words.
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