Aside from the active Techniques in Marvel’s Wolverine, Logan also has access to a pool of passive Adaptations. These abilities are unlocked separately through the earning and expending of Ability Points (AP), and you’re going to need a lot of them in order to unlock and upgrade Adaptations, as well as the Strands to slot them into.
This guide for Marvel’s Wolverine has all the salient points you need to know about gaining Ability Points as quickly and efficiently as possible, in order to level up Logan’s Adaptation level..
Whiskey Finder Adaptation
Unlike XP, Ability Points are a finite resource, and are gained in just two possible ways. One of these are the Whiskey Bottles secreted across the world. The Whiskey Finder Adaptation makes discovering these a piece of cake, and should be prioritized for unlocking right away. The 2 AP gained from each of the 20 odd Whiskey Bottles you will discover, should carry you through the most important Adaptations you will need.
Nightmare Door Trials
The 14 Nightmare Doors are trials or challenges that award you between one and four AP depending on the rank you finish with. While a bronze ranking grants a mere 1 AP, it is more likely you will get silver or gold on your first attempt for 2 AP or 3 AP respectively. Adamantium grants 4 AP, but bear in mind that these are cumulative numbers, which means putting in a great deal of effort into achieving it after having already gotten 3 AP from a gold ranking, will only net you a single additional AP.
Save retries intended to beat the higher difficulty tiers for until later in the game, after your build and your playing skills have improved, and all other easier sources of AP have already been exhausted.
Level Cap And New Game Plus
The level cap for Adaptations in the base game is set to 10, but increases to 15 in New Game Plus. Since all possible AP that can be earned in the game is already accessible in the normal mode, you could well hit Adaptation level 15 as soon as you begin New Game Plus.
While only a single Strand slot is unlocked per Adaptation level in normal mode for 10 in total, levels 11 through 15 grant two Strands each, for a grand total of twenty in New Game Plus. You could potentially slot in almost every useful Adaptation there is to be had, only excluding those that have no further utility at this point in the game, such as Whiskey Finder and Crate Finder.
The maximum pool of 25 Adaptations that were previously accessible, now increases to 29 in New Game Plus, and includes the four new “Reckless” Adaptations.
That is everything there is to know about grinding for Ability Points quickly and efficiently in Marvel’s Wolverine.
