When you start playing Guardians Of The Galaxy and receive a message asking for upgrades instantly then, do not trouble yourself with it. The upgrading criteria require some mechanisms to perform the task. You can not do so unless you have those mechanics.
How Upgrades Work In Guardians of the Galaxy
To upgrade peter’s basic abilities including:
- Shield
- Health
- Combat
- Gear
You need to collect:
- The Basic Components such as glowing resources
- Advanced Components.
To upgrade for the first time, you need to have a collection of 100 Basic Components and will perform this task on the workbench. You don’t need to sweat yourself with the upgrading system until you reach to Install The Last Thumper. It is a mission where you will confront a yellow door and you need to push it.
Once you do it, you will see a whole menu of upgrading things. Till now, you were only allured by the upgrading perks. Now is the real-time where you can do it.
From this point of the game, you will easily discover the workbenches and upgrade peter’s abilities more often. In other words, once you have opened the abilities menu, you will get to access it at any time and unlock special items, upgrades by using XP for Peter and other Guardians.