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Destructoid Sunday, February 15, 2026 4:32 AM
    

Two cats in the starting scene of Mewgenics

Mewgenics has plenty of quests to complete with your cat army, and doing so will get you some really useful rewards.

Quests in Mewgenics don't take the usual main and side missions route. Instead, you have Progression Quests, which are the main missions in the game. Then there are Invention Quests that work as the side stuff you can complete for more rewards.

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All Progression Quests in Mewgenics and how to complete them

Progression Quests are obtained by defeating different bosses in Mewgenics. These quests can be slightly tricky, and they will apply certain modifiers to your runs. Every Progression Quest has a specific item that you'll have to bring to a fixed location to begin the quest.

Quest Item Location Effects
Throbbing Gristle Caves: Wall of Flesh All units will die when they lose their HP. Killing enemies with this item will turn them into meat.
Putrid Leech Boneyard: Throbbing Artery Prevents the user-controlled cats from levelling up and kills them if they go down. However, the cats also gain Lifesteal on all their attacks.
Guillotina's Head Throbbing Domain: Meat Altar Play all the battles in hard mode. Every attack on the enemies has a chance to inflict Fear with an attack.
Scalding Orb Man in the Moon Grants +3 SPD, but you have to toss the item to cats with open weapon slots so that they don't take 3 Burn each turn. When equipped on a cat, all adjacent allies will take 3 Burn instead.
Black Shard N/A You have to absorb a unit with low health to power up the item. The item transforms once you absorb 20 cats, and the power applies across multiple runs. The item grants you more damage from kills.
Glowing Black Shard Stab it into the Coven Deal 5 DMG with Lifesteal and apply 5 Burn. The item also purges all debuffs and can be used only once. The item instantly kills the Coven.
Pyrophina/Zaratana's Collar Moon for Pyrophina
Core for Zaratana		 The creature will join you on your journey. However, they can also damage your own cats if they're caught in the crossfire.
Cryogenic Time Chamber Put the Throbbing King's heart in the container at the Throbbing Domain All enemies revive to +30% HP at the end of every round. Also grants you a random pull at the end of a round.
Receiver Antenna Place the item in Jurassic Grants you a +8 Shield and gains a charge when an ally casts mana. All events will also have some unique special happenings.
Transmitter Antenna Place in The End All spells will cost -2 mana. However, the ability gets scrambled for the remainder of the fight if one of your cats casts a spell.
Signal Amplifier The Rift: Place it in a floating end Spawns a random robot with Madness at the end of the first round. The item energizes all robots and gives All Stats Up.

All Invention Quests in Mewgenics and how to complete them

Invention Quests are side activities that you can obtain from Dr. Beanies. Once you upgrade Dr. Beanies, you'll get more Invention Quests. Unlike Progression Quests, you can keep at most five Invention Quests active at any given time.

Item Modifier Reward
Persuasion Device Lose -2 SPD and permanently charm a non-boss enemy to add to your squad. N/A
Bubble Boy All units rebound with Knockback 5 upon contact. Create a bubble with Wind and Water. Hitting an enemy with it inflicts Confusion.
Angry Face Equipped cat changes into an enemy, and they must be defeated for you to win a battle. It can't be worn by a Collarless cat. Happy Face: Spawn around enemies and take a bonus turn (not controlled by you) at the start of every battle.
Experimental Treatment Your team's passive will offer disorders when they level up. Disorder Decoder: Spells cost -1 mana for every disorder you have.
The Loner Kill all allies at the start of each battle The Loner Mark 2: Deal 5 DMG to anything in line of sight. Reload whenever an ally dies.
Chaos Device Cats get abilities from all classes when they level up. Chaos Controller: Get offered abilities from all classes, and get up to three rerolls.
Redacted All status icons and health bars are hidden in the battle Paper Bag: Your Charisma will be equal to your highest stat.
Storage Locker Level-ups offer rare items. Armory Key: Get an extra item after each attack.
Me Stone Guarantees level-ups for your cats even if they go down (only for the equipped). Suck Stone: Drain up to 5 mana from every ally at the end of your turn.
Magic Mirror Endure bad luck during events and gain +2 Thorns. Magic Mirror: Get +20% chances to reflect projectiles and spawn a friendly Spookie if a cat goes down.
Unidentified Pills Gain +8 Shield, but the enemies become tougher to defeat. Truck Stop Pills: Gain +3 Brace.
Ultravision 3000 All events are harder, and normal ones have two extra events. Ultravision 3000 v1.1: Gain +4 LCK and all basic attacks inflict Marked that guarantees hits and critical damage.
Glass Cannon Fill the map with glass at the start of a battle. A glass ball that moves everywhere on the map.
Mysterious Dice Team's level-up options are complete chaos. The D6: Permanently upgrade one of your abilities randomly.
Party Detonator All cats explode on death. You can use the item to explode an additional one per battle (happens randomly). Party Detonator: Explodes a random unit near the target once every battle.
Nuclear Knife Gain and stack charges per turn, and does an equivalent amount of damage. The charges explode if they go over 10, and drop by five when you kill an enemy. Nuclear Gun: Does 40 damage to the target and 20 to everyone else. The item has 20% chance to break.
Spider Injector Debuffs all allies with 4 Infested at the start of a battle. Spider Baby: Deals 1 Infested to all enemies at the start of a battle.
Princess Hat Grants +10 Shield, but restricts your mobility. If the unit is downed, the item will always break. Used Princess Hat: Grant +6 Shield at the start of a battle.
Stopwatch Allows you to control your team for the first five seconds. Then, all units will act on their own. Stopwatch: You or the target takes an AI-controlled bonus term.
Fart Face Apply 1 Poison to all units at the start of a battle. Robo Fart Face: Apply 1 Poison to all enemies at the start of a battle.
Air Horn Get ambuses every battle. Amplified Air Horn: Apply Madness to a unit that's within 5 tiles in your line of sight.

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