What each chip reportedly does, what it costs in Cores, and which of those two facts is a community report rather than something we filmed. Checked 2026-09-22.
Chips are bought with Cores in the in-game currency shop and applied to a slot. Five of them replace the ability your creature already has; the other five change a value, grant a mutation, or add a movement ability.
Evidence boundary: Two sources are mixed here and they are labelled separately below. The chip names and the fact that they are sold in the in-game currency shop were recorded in creator footage on 2026-09-07, which showed nine chips priced between 10 and 30 Cores each. The individual effects and individual prices come from the community-run Fandom wiki's Chips page, read on 2026-09-22. That page is player-maintained, so no effect below is a developer number, and the game was updated again on 2026-09-20, after both readings.
Prices below are worth reading in one place only: your own shop screen. Two readings a fortnight apart put the cheapest chips 2–3 Cores apart, and the game updated again on 2026-09-20.
Effects and individual prices are from the community wiki page read 2026-09-22. The names and the shop they are sold in also appear in footage recorded 2026-09-07.
| Chip | Reported effect | Price | What it does to your slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| JumpchipCheapest row on the community list. Below the 10–30 Cores range the recording showed. | Unlocks the ability for your creature to jump. | 7 Cores | New ability |
| BurstchipAlso below the range the recording showed. | Replaces your ability with Fireburst, a small area-of-effect blast that knocks flyers out of the sky and burns the target. | 8 Cores | Replaces ability |
| Armorchip | When an enemy attacks you first, you gain +10 armor for 20 seconds and take reduced damage. | 10 Cores | Passive |
| Hyperchip | When an enemy attacks you first, you gain 20% extra speed for 20 seconds. | 10 Cores | Passive |
| Spinechip | Defensive bleed: an enemy that bites you is given 1 Bleed. | 10 Cores | Passive |
| SwimchipThe only chip on the community list that names a mutation. | Gives you the Seastrider mutation, which doubles your oxygen and adds +40% speed in water. | 10 Cores | Grants mutation |
| Explodachip | Replaces your ability with Bomb Blast, a large area-of-effect blast that knocks flyers out of the sky and burns the target. | 15 Cores | Replaces ability |
| Invisichip | Replaces your ability with Lesser Invisibility, letting your creature turn mostly invisible. | 20 Cores | Replaces ability |
| TelechipMost expensive row in both readings. | Replaces your ability with Teleportation. | 30 Cores | Replaces ability |
| GravichipOn the community list but not among the nine the recording showed on the shop screen. | Replaces your ability with a gravity throw that pulls a player in from a distance and fractures their legs. | No price shown | Replaces ability |
The community page repeats one line for every chip: it can be applied to a slot, and it can be bought in the currency shop. Read that next to the effect column, because half of these chips replace the ability your creature already has rather than adding to it.
One chip on this list does something different from the other nine: Swimchip grants a mutation instead of a stat line. What that mutation is, and what the other twenty-two reported mutations do, is on the mutation list.
This is written down instead of smoothed over. A single look at your own shop screen settles both.
Our footage of the shop screen showed nine chips at 10–30 Cores each. The community list prices Jumpchip at 7 Cores and Burstchip at 8. Either the shop rows we filmed were a subset with different prices, or a price changed between the two readings. The in-game shop is the number that matters.
Gravichip is on the community list with an effect but no price, and it is not one of the nine chips visible on the shop screen in our footage. Treat it as reported until you see it in your own shop.
The chip table looks like ten equal purchases. It is not: five of the ten take something away.
Jumpchip, Armorchip, Hyperchip, Spinechip and Swimchip change movement, damage taken, speed, bleed or oxygen. Your existing ability stays where it is.
Burstchip, Explodachip, Invisichip, Telechip and Gravichip swap your ability for theirs. If your species ability is the reason you picked the creature, these are a trade, not an upgrade.
Nothing we read explains how many slots exist or how a chip comes back off. Confirm that on your own avatar before buying a 30-Core Telechip.
Cores are the currency behind every row on this page. Where they come from and what else they buy is on the items and rewards reference, and the research those Cores feed into is on the research panel page.
Footage this page is built from: Ultimate Guide! (Late Kate, recorded 2026-09-07) — the currency shop selling chips and Cores. Community page read 2026-09-22: https://harp-isles.fandom.com/wiki/Chips Found a chip that is missing or a price that has moved? Say so on the contact page and this table gets corrected rather than quietly dropped.
The community chip list prices ten chips between 7 and 30 Cores: Jumpchip 7, Burstchip 8, Armorchip, Hyperchip, Spinechip and Swimchip 10 each, Explodachip 15, Invisichip 20 and Telechip 30, with Gravichip listed without a price. Our own footage of the shop screen showed nine chips at 10–30 Cores each, so the two readings disagree on the two cheapest rows. Check the price on your own shop screen before you spend.
In the in-game currency shop, paid for with Cores. That is the one instruction both the recording and the community page agree on. Cores are the premium-side currency; DNA converts into Cores one way, at 550 DNA = 1 Core in a currency transfer recorded on 2026-09-07.
This page does not rank them, because the honest answer depends on your creature. Split them by what they do instead: Jumpchip adds a movement ability, Armorchip, Hyperchip, Spinechip and Swimchip change a value or grant a mutation without touching your ability, and Burstchip, Explodachip, Invisichip, Telechip and Gravichip replace the ability you already have. If you like your species ability, the second group costs you that ability, not just Cores.
Unknown. The community page says a chip can be applied to a slot, and nothing we read shows a chip being removed, replaced, or reused after a death. Do not assume a 30-Core Telechip is a one-time purchase either way.
It is the mutation the community page ties to Swimchip: doubled oxygen and +40% speed in water. It is the only chip-to-mutation link we found, and it is a community report rather than an official description. Our own footage never showed a chip being equipped or measured.
No. The community page that lists the chips also lists a Secret Key, which it says is implanted into a secret vial for special rewards. It is not bought with Cores in the chip rows and it does not apply to a chip slot. We have no recording of it.
