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Evolution preview, daily challenges, plasmids, difficulty settings, and pickup rules explained from official update notes.

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Pathogenic Evolution Preview — Test Layouts Before Evolving

Pathogenic’s evolution preview lets you test different organelle builds before confirming. Learn what the official update changed and how to use the preview safely.

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Pathogenic Daily Challenges — Seeded Runs & Random Conditions

Pathogenic Daily Challenges use random parasites, plasmids, and antibiotics with seeded runs for repeat practice. Learn the verified rules and difficulty context.

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Pathogenic Plasmids Guide — Skill Trees & Shared Level Cap

Understand Pathogenic plasmid progression using official notes on pathogen-specific skill trees, cheaper upgrades, the shared plasmid level cap, and demo progress transfer.

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Pathogenic Difficulty Customization — Health & Heart Drops

Pathogenic difficulty customization can adjust enemy health and heart drop rates, with an option tied to the Stomach death zone. Learn the verified settings scope.

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Pathogenic Organelle Pickups — Cancel Before Equipping

Learn when Pathogenic lets you cancel an organelle reward, why mutation rewards are different, and how the pickup rule helps protect focused builds.