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Holiday Quest

The **Holiday Quest** or **The Quest for Holidays** was a Special Mission which came in update version 2.5.0, started on December 2014 and ended in the same month in Despicable Me: Minion Rush. By completing collections of Special Items: Holiday Decorations, Gifts, and Evil Minions, the player would receive Prize Pods for Perks, Tokens, or other Prize Pods and after the player completed the Special Mission, one would receive the Snowboarder.

A Prop (or sometimes referred to as a Mini-game) was also added, the Snowboard. The general structure of the mission was similar to the Jelly Lab, with three stages and 16 intermediate levels all advancing to greater prizes.

A new location, The Arctic Base, first appeared in this update, which is an actual location in the movie *Despicable Me 2*. The player can also run in the PX-Labs which is a secret area within the location.

## Trivia

* The number of special items from higher parts and stages are not visble, if the player hasn't reached them yet. However, since the next mission, Wedding Party, the numbers can be seen.
* This is the first special mission to be featured in Minion Rush.
Dad

* Original
* Golden Ticket

The **Dad** is a playable character in Minion Rush. It costs 30 costume cards and 10 coins to unlock or can be bought in occasional bundle offers in the Shop.

## Appearance

The Dad Minion Costume wears a dark brown hat, a blue and purple tie and a brown mustache.

## Trivia

* The costume's original coin price was 600, but the game makers changed it to 10 coins to help all players unlock it faster.
* Dad's old power (in the previous version) was an additional Free Revive for every race.
* This costume originated from the first Despicable Me film, when the minion Tim dresses up as the Dad, when he is sent looking for a new unicorn toy for Agnes.
* It is one of the original costumes released in v1.0.0 version on June 10, 2013.

## Costs and Upgrades

### Upgrades

 SP's given

 SP's given
Freeze Ray

The **Freeze Ray**is an item in Minion Rush. It is can be purchased once Dr. Nefario gives them the goal to purchase it. Afterwards, the item will appear randomly throughout each run. When it is picked up, the player's Minion will constantly shoot blasts from the ray, which freeze any obstacle blocking the player's path. The player's Minion can then safely smash through the frozen obstacles, increasing the Despicable Bonus with each smash.

This is one of the quickest and simplest ways to pass a Despicable Bonus goal. Also, any Minions who are using or on an obstacle before it is frozen, will be wiped out (Despicable Bonus) if their obstacle is frozen. The Hunter outfit upgrades the Freeze Ray to be able to destroy objects instantaneously when the ray hits, making the player receive more Despicable Bonuses since they no longer must crash into the frozen obstacles.

## Trivia

* The Freeze Ray will stop working when the player's Minion gets close to a secret/special area or a slide in their location. In earlier versions of Minion Rush, the Freeze Ray would disappear, but in the current version the freeze ray is merely disabled until the end of the area or slide, unless the player picks up another power-up.
* Items that are frozen can still be jumped over or slid under, which can be useful for passing levels in the Jelly Lab.
* It is not possible to Near Miss a frozen item, so in Jelly Lab missions that require having a certain number of near misses, the player should avoid picking up the freeze ray.
* If the player slides under a frozen item, the minion actually slides rather than rolling.
* The Maid Minion costume increases the chances of finding a Freeze Ray. Several costumes extend the duration of the Freeze Ray, including Jerry's Beekeeper Hat.
Prison

**Prison** is a location in *Despicable Me: Minion Rush*. It is the seventeenth location to be featured in the game and was introduced in update 5.0.0. as part of the Strike Saga Episode 5; Minion Break special mission.

## Description

In the location, there can be found lockers, laundry baskets, cameras monitoring the area and it gives you a feeling of a real prison fit for Minions. The slide area is located in the showers and has water bubbles, which if you hit, soapy water splashes on the screen, giving the player a thrilling experience.

In addition, the secret area is the prison's rooftop where toilet seats can be found and a minion waiting at the end of it.

The location is also where the special mission **Minion Break**, the fifth part of **the Strike Saga**, was held.

## Trivia

* During the Special Mission, there were two laps to finish, but the creators of the game had reinstated the 3-lap structure in order for players to enjoy the new scenery.
* The **Strike Saga** was originally announced to be composed of 6 episodes, but the fifth episode **Minion Break** lasted longer making it impossible to fit the sixth episode before the winter holidays. Consequently, Mel Minion's remaining 10 cards would need to be given in the fifth episode, so 20 Mel cards could be found in Lap 2 and Lap 3 of this update.
* New Achievements were added, making them a total of 72.
Golden Tickets

The **Golden Tickets** was a kind of special item that were introduced following the release of the Mower Minions Special Mission in Despicable Me: Minion Rush as of version 4.0.0. It is the fifth and one of the premium currencies in the game and later it was removed in 6.0.2.

Players can earn golden tickets by opening Costume Improver Prize Pods, which they can be earned by directly purchasing them or by collecting all fruits of a jelly machine in higher Jelly Lab levels. A golden ticket can be (and only) used to a costume, if the player has collected enough tickets and unlock the costume's ability (known as **golden skill**), the user can activate the Ticket Shredder to convert the remaining ticket(s) to **golden dust**, which can be converted to another ticket if enough is collected.

The golden ticket can give certain costumes for more ability, for example, if Boxer Minion's golden ability is unlocked, its abilty can be upgraded to making all power-ups last 32 seconds longer if it is also upgraded to the highest level, even longer than a fully upgraded Lucy Minion. Compared to the Blueprint, the golden ticket is much easier to unlock for the costume's additional ability, golden skill, though the ticket of costumes the player hasn't owned yet may also spawn; these tickets can't be shredded or converted to other uses.
Minion Beach

**Minion Beach** is a location in Minion Rush and is the second accessible location in the game (previously fourth location released without Jelly Lab).

It can be unlocked by achieving x7 Despicable Score Multiplier or purchasing it for 100 tokens, thus it makes here the fifth location which can be unlocked by players. As of 2.0.1 update, it is the second area of the Jelly Lab and its first level is level 11.

## Description

Minion Beach features obstacles such as moving ice cream carts, burning torches that must be rolled under, coolers that must be jumped over, split paths, slides, walls blocking the path, hammocks that must be rolled under etc. All Minions here will be dressed in bathing suits and will usually be found relaxing or walking around.

Minion Beach lacks both a boss and a secret area to date, however, there is an area that consists of three springs (one with a Banana Multiplier in front of it), which allow the player's Minion to slide down a long slide full of Bananas. When attempting to access another location, the player's Minion will take a spring into a large whirlpool before being warped to that particular location.

## Trivia

* Some reactions for minions' fail are more seen in here and don't exist in some other locations.
	+ Tripping on a hammock and groaning
	+ Falling into a cooler and eating a watermelon inside
	+ Being burned by a torch and flying off the path
Puzzle Pieces

**Puzzle Pieces**are items in Minion Rush. They are, hence the name, orange Puzzle Pieces. Puzzle Pieces can sometimes be earned after collecting three Bapples during a daily event and opening a Silver Prize Pod. They can be earned only on any of these conditions:

* Day 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 75 or any day that ends in a 5
* Sometimes you will get a puzzle piece even if it is Day 1+

Certain Minions are unlockable only with Puzzle Pieces:

1. Grandpa Minion (6)
2. Tortilla Chip Hat Minion (12)
3. Disguised Minion (16)

After Bapples have retired from the game in Update 2.0.1. (the Jelly Lab Update), Puzzle Pieces are much more difficult to come by, as Silver Prize Pods are no longer awarded to players during daily events (replaced with Tokens and Bananas mostly). The remaining ways to obtain Puzzle Pieces are by earning Silver Prize Pods or Golden Prize Pod as a reward (Players can get them by competing in global competition events), and the latter have a higher chance of rewarding players with Puzzle Pieces.
El Macho

**El Macho** appears in the boss battle in El Macho's Lair. After El Macho appears, the player's Minion must dodge his Evil Minions' cage, and tap on the various Pollo Locos to hurl them back at him. After hurling a couple of them back at him, or simply dodging, El Macho will be defeated as he slumps over and yells in a rage. In original game design, El Macho will still show up only while running in El Macho's Lair, much like with any other bosses in the game. After the July 2014 updates, El Macho only appears in some levels.
Extreme Sports

**Extreme Sports** was a Special Mission in Minion Rush that started June 23, 2015 as of update 3.0.0.

In the Mission, the Special Items were Lolipops, Ice creams and Popcorns and the main prize was the Tourist Minion Costume. This is the only mission before Back to the 80's that didn't introduce a new Prop, it instead uses all the previous props: Snowboard, Skateboard, BMX Bike and the Minion Glider.
Horror Night Party

The **Horror Night Party** was a Special Mission in Minion Rush from November 4, 2015.

The Mission was held in the Anti-Villain League. The Special Items were Witch Hats, Jack-o-lanterns, and Carboard Bats and the Vampire Minion Costume was the main prize. The Horror Night Party added a new Prop, the Minion Submarine.
Pier 12

**Pier 12** is a location in *Despicable Me: Minion Rush*. It is the fourteenth location to be featured in the game and was introduced in update 3.6.0. as part of the Trickster Stories special mission.

## Description

In the location, the scenery is a bustled streets located in a pier in night. The minion needs to jump over bollards and red fences as small obstacles while dodge billboards, surfboards, and barrels of plants as high obstacles.

Much like The Mall, there are wet floors as slides in the location, but the minion needs to avoid boxes of frozen fish. In addition, the secret area is an restaurant full of minions; after the restaurant, the minion bounces from a sail and a jumping shark almost bites him before he goes back to the track.

The location is also where the special mission **Trickster Stories** was held.

## Trivia

* Since the update for April Fool's Prank in March 25th, 2015 (Eduardo's House was introduced), there has been nearly a year that no new location is introduced in the updates of Despicable Me: Minion Rush.
* Previously, just like Eduardo's House, Banana Vacuum was the power-up that forced the player to pick up when entering secret areas, though in this location one of two could be dodged while in Eduardo's House it is impossible. The feature was removed recently in Pier 12.
* Minions can react differently when they fail:
	+ Hitting a holey plant/sign and shrugging
	+ Hitting a crate full of fish causing him to fall inside it and get a fish stuck in his mouth
The Arctic Base

**The Arctic Base** is a location in the mobile game Minion Rush. It first appeared with the Christmas update in 2014.

## Description

This location features as part of the Christmas update, as well as one of the many locations while playing in the Jelly Lab. It's the 11th permanent location in the game.

While running in this location, players must roll under or jump over gates, as well as dodge moving snowmobiles, walls, toilet stands and barrels. There are icy areas that behave similar to the slides in other locations. Much like in The Mall, the player has obstacles in his way to dodge, however, instead of plants, the player must dodge snowmen while sliding.

This location also features a secret area, which involves the player entering one of the PX-Labs and collecting Bananas inside before exiting out the other side. Two Banana Splitters and a Banana Vacuum spawn inside, however players must be aware that both items cannot be used at the same time.

This location also features an prop exclusive to it, which is the Snowboard and later on the Minion Sled. Unlike other items, Snowboards or Minion Sleds do not spawn during regular gameplay unless they are rewarded to the player (allowing three to spawn randomly in one run) or paid 50 tokens to spawn three of them randomly.

During the Festive Festivities and New Year's Chase special missions, the area was re-decorated to include Christmas decorations in the background, making the area look more festive. The Arctic Base was temporarily renamed to **Santa's Base**.

## Trivia

* For some reason, when minions are hit by the players, their clothes change - that is, before the smash they wear white coats, but after the smash they changed to their normal minion outfits instead.
* When the minion runs into a a portable toilet, the door opens and another minion can be seen inside.
* The Arctic Base is the first location that was used to hold two special missions, Holiday Quest and Festive Festivities.
Minion Shield

The **Minion Shield**is an item in Minion Rush. It is can be purchased once Nefario gives them the goal to purchase it. Afterwards, the item will appear randomly throughout each run. When the player's Minion runs into this item, he will be surrounded with a circular, transparent shield which protects them from one hit on any obstacle in their way. The Shield can be upgraded with the use of Banana, however, they only make the shield last longer. Upgrading it to the Golden Shield allows it to take infinite hits before it's timer expires.

## Trivia

* The Minion Shield, along with the Banana Splitter, Minion Launcher, Freeze Ray, PX-41 and Banana Vacuum is one of the few items in the game that do not require the player to tilt the screen to use.
* In Update 2.0.1. (the Jelly Lab Update), the Minion Shield must be unlocked (if not unlocked previously) on level 22.

## Upgrades

* With the first row of upgrades the duration of the Minion Shield can be increased to a total of 22 seconds.
* The second row of upgrades adds a 250 meters bonus after each use per upgrade level.
Downtown

The Jogger Minion runs through the streets of Downtown.

**Downtown** was a location in Minion Rush and was the sixth location available, it was available from updates 1.6.0 until 5.7.0. Downtown was the final location accessed from updates 2.0.1 until 3.7.0; However, as of the 5-Year Celebration update, this location is no longer available to play in the game, but it's still available to play in older versions of the game playable in other platforms.

## Description

Upon unlocking Area 14, Downtown was available to access. It took place, hence the name, in the Downtown area of the city Gru and his minions live in, and the location appears in all *Despicable Me* movies, *Despicable Me*, *Despicable Me 2* and *Despicable Me 3*.

Most of this location's obstacles were similar to the ones in Residential Area such as fire hydrants that spouted water, construction signs that blocked one lane (could not be jumped over), buses that could be boarded on their top (only if a ladder was in front) and cars/trucks which drove towards the player or blocked the road, however, the biggest difference between the two was that the player was forced to dodge a greater number of traffic vehicles in order to survive and the the lanes were much further apart than any other location, making the minion appear considerably smaller and everything else much bigger.

Downtown lacked a boss, its secret area was the Bank of Evil. The Grumobile was always seen at the beginning of the Downtown and occasionally it was crossing the streets.

## Soundtrack

Before the Jelly Lab update, there was a featured soundtrack played as background music in the home page in Downtown.

## Trivia

* In update 6.1.0, Downtown got removed from the game.
* It was risky to Near-Miss obstacles while running Downtown.
* Some reactions for minions' fail were more seen in here and don't exist in some other locations (except for Residential Area).
	+ Being shock by electric web and occasionally dancing like a robot
	+ Being sprayed by a fire hydrant, falling over and spouting water
	+ Screaming in pain and falling over
* This was the only location to feature no red zones.
* During the Operation Bubble Gum and Attack of the Bubbles special missions, the secret area changed into an 80's style dark arcade room with neon lights and coin-op machines.
Super Silly Fun Land

**Super Silly Fun Land** is the eighth location featured in Minion Rush.

It is unlocked immediately after downloading in 1.8.0 update for the game and the player will be warped there shortly after losing one run. In update 2.0.1., Super Silly Fun Land is the sixth area accessed in the Jelly Lab.

## Description

It features obstacles such as moving or stationary caterpillar rides, obstacles with blue bodies and three eyes that one must roll under (as shown in the picture above), tall red poles with balloons on them, boards, ticket booths, bumper cars, castles that can be jumped over and/or rolled over, small walls resembling creatures with two or three eyes with spinning pupils.

Boxing gloves are also found around the small walls which punch the player's Minion (similar to the magnets in El Macho's Lair, hair dryers in the Anti-Villain League, and the Minions with boxing gloves in Gru's Lab); this attack does not harm the player's Minion) and ropes that span across the boardwalk.

There is a secret area which has the appearance of a large hole resembling a giant green caterpillar mouth. When this hole is entered, the player's Minion will be warped onto the roller coaster where they can collect many Bananas. The Villaintriloquist is the boss of this location, and appears in a similar way to the secret area. He will try to defeat the player's minion with Jack in the Boxes. The blue boxes can be tossed back at him to deal damage to him and his puppet.

## Trivia

* In early versions, there are some minions taking photos behind Dave minion in the beginning of the location. Oddly enough, an Evil Minion appears and disturbs them, which also makes the minions run away and scream, but Evil Minions never appear in the film *Despicable Me* - they are the characters in the sequel *Despicable Me 2*.
* Minions can react differently when they fail:
	+ Tripping on a hammock, stanchion, or banner and groaning
	+ Screaming in pain and falling over
	+ Being defeated by The Villaintriloquist
Mel

Mel is the fourth runner in *Despicable Me: Minion Rush*, and he was first introduced in the update at August 9, 2017. Unlike the other three minions, his ability is not shown until he is unlocked by 60 Mel Cards.

## Costs and Upgrades

### Upgrades

 Ability
Increase Bananas collected in every race by 50% and get 1 Despicable Action for every 2
Increase Bananas collected in every race by 50% and get 1 Despicable Action and 1 Near-Miss for every 2
Increase Bananas collected in every race by 50% and get 1 Despicable Action, 1 Near-Miss and 1 Jump-Over for every 2
 DSM

### Minion Race Upgrades

 Ability
 Bonus

## Trivia

* Mel may have been seen in the Shop throughout **The Strike Saga**, but was never officially available to use until the last episode **Minion Break**. Therefore the layout of the game changed a bit leaving some space next to Jerry and Carl (see image above). As previously done with Carl and Jerry when they were first introduced, a free test run was offered.
Mega Minion

The **Mega Minion**is an item in Minion Rush. It is a large chemical bottle with a blue liquid and "XXL" on it. This liquid has the ability to turn its consumers into giant versions of themselves. After purchasing this item under the orders of Dr. Nefario, the Mega Minion will spawn randomly during runs, much like with every other item (excluding the Minion Launcher and PX-41). When the player's Minion runs into this item, they will become a giant for a few seconds. While in giant form, the player's Minion will be able to destroy obstacles that seldomly spawn in the middle of the path, as well as be able to crush other Minions in one hit.

However, the player must tilt the screen left and right in order to control their, now giant, Minion. If this item is used correctly, the player can gain a lot of Despicable Bonuses, which increase their overall score. Also, if the item is used correctly, they can also pass a Despicable Bonus goal in one try. The Mega Minion can be upgraded using Bananas to make its effects last longer. Some characters also increase the effect of the Mega Minion or increase the chance of it spawning when played as. The Mega Minion and The Moon are the only items to lack the appearance of Bananas when used. The new item, the PX-41, also makes the player invincible from damage from obstacles, much like with the Mega Minion. However, the PX-41 turns the player's Minion into an Evil Minion while the Mega Minion turns the player's Minion into a giant.

## Trivia

* Regardless of what is ahead of the player's path when the Mega Minion is used, the player's enlarged Minion will always be transported to a straight path with obstacles in the middle and several Minions screaming and running away from him.
* The Mega Minion, along with the Fluffy Unicorn, Gru's Rocket and The Moon, occasionally will spawn right in front of an obstacle (due to the fact that they warp the player to a minigame, unlike other items). Therefore, if the player misses these items, it will result in crashing into the obstacle behind it and failing the run.
* For some reason, when using the Mega Minion in Downtown, the camera will be slightly zoomed out on the player's Minion.
* El Macho's Lair and Minion Beach are the only two locations in *Minion Rush* whose Minions sport a completely different design while using the Mega Minion (Evil Minions in El Macho's Lair and Minions in swimsuits at Minion Beach).
* In Update 2.0.1. (the Jelly Lab Update), the Mega Minion must be unlocked (if not unlocked previously) on level 16.

## Upgrades

* With the first row of upgrades the duration of the Mega Minion can be increased to a total of 24 seconds.
* The second row of upgrades adds a Despicable Score Multiplier bonus of 1x per upgrade level after each use.
Cookie Bots

The cookie bots are used by Meena as a weapon in Minion Rush. There are two types, big and small; the bigger one must be kept the minion from being crashed while the smaller one can be clicked and then the robot will collide with Meena, which will make her fall from her cart after several collisions, thus the player wins.

Cookie bots can also be used by minions in Minion Races, and it appears as **Cookie Bots**. When equipping it in minion races, the minion can place it on the track. When other minions bump into it, the robot explodes and makes the minions move slower.
Golden Prize Pod

The **Golden Prize Pod**is an item in Minion Rush, and is one of the three special "golden" items in the game (the others being the Golden Banana and Golden Shield). It bears the same appearance as Silver Prize Pod earned from collecting three Bapples during a daily event, however, it has a copper/golden color instead of the regular gray color. Unlike the silver ones, the Golden Prize Pod does not appear after collecting three Bapples, can be found in the shop (classified as an item), and can be bought for 25 tokens (currently 50). Once bought, it can be opened immediately.

The main purpose of the Golden Prize Pod is that purchasing and opening one can increase the chance of earning rare items such as Puzzle Pieces and trophies. However, as mentioned above, the downside of purchasing this item is that it can only be bought using tokens, which are also very difficult items to collect regularly (without paying for them with real money).

## Trivia

* After all puzzle pieces are collected, the main prize from golden prize pods would be Claw Saver, which is a free-revival perk that can continue playing the game in a run.
Minion Rush/Items

## Power-ups

By unlocking and using power-ups, minions can have better abilities.

* *Golden Banana*
* *Golden Shield*
* *Freeze Ray*
* *Banana Vacuum*
* *Banana Splitter*
* *Minion Shield*
* *Minion Launcher*
* *Gru's Rocket*
* *Fluffy Unicorn*
* *Mega Minion*
* *Moon*
* *PX-41 (Evil Minion)*

### Props

Props are some special power-ups that are only available in certain locations, and they can be attained in special missions. If the player has no prop, they can buy one with tokens/bananas when playing. When using props, players can get more special items, bananas, and multipliers when participating in the special mission, and they can find three props for use during the run. After the mission, certain props are still available in those locations once the special mission has been held, which can still be used to gain bananas and multipliers.

## Gadgets

The gadgets used in Minion Races are:

* Defensive gadgets
	+ One-star:
		- Beach Ball Shield
		- Energy Soda
	+ Two-star:
		- Cookie Bot
		- Fart Gun
		- Jelly Pump
		- Laser Pole
	+ Three-star:
		- Minion Jetpack
* Offensive gadgets
	+ One-star:
		- Lipstick Taser
		- Boom Rocket
	+ Two-star:
		- Jelly Gun
		- Flamethrower
		- Gru's Blast Gun
		- Shrink Ray
	+ Three-star:
		- Mega Bomb

## Currency

By using following currencies, players can update power-ups, make minions revive, or unlock certain costumes/minions in the game.

* *Banana*
* *Token*
* *Puzzle Piece*
* *Blueprint*
* *Golden Ticket*
* *Market Ticket*
* Real money

## Other Items

* *Bapples **(No longer exist in Jelly Lab Update)***
* *Stars* (Replaced the Bapples for a limited time, returned in each special missions after April Fool's Prank mission, temporarily)
* Prize Pods
* Red Crosses
* Fever Mode

## Perks

* *Bananas x2*(each banana is counted twice)
* *Meters x2* (each meter is counted twice)
* *Jumps x2* (each jump is counted twice)
* *Seconds x2* (each second is counted twice)
* *Smashes x2*(each smash is counted twice)
* *Slides x2*(each slide is counted twice)
* *Multiplier Increases x2*(each multiplier increase is counted twice)
* *Special Areas x2*(each secret area visit or use of the slide is counted twice)
* *Battles x2*(each battle is counted twice)
* *Near-Misses x2* (each near-miss is counted twice)
* *Pick-ups x2* (each pick-up is counted twice)
* *Stars x2* (each star is counted twice)
* Sometimes, perks of "x3", "x4", or even "x6" are also rarely available. Note that "x4" and "x6" perks are only available if the player used the golden skill "Double the effects of perks in locations where the Costume has 2 extra revives".
Minion Races

**Minion Races** was a game mode existing in the mobile/PC video game *Despicable Me: Minion Rush*. It was first introduced in version 3.0.0 as of June 24th in 2015 and it was removed in version 5.7.0.

## Description

Minion races are held independently from Jelly Lab, and the rule of playing it is quite different from features in previous versions. Comparing with global events, playing minion races are easier to gain prizes, and it often needs no long run for being placed in rather higher rankings.

In minion races, players can play as Dave (or other his costumes), Carl or Jerry and race two other opponents chosen randomly in the world. The player can choose a/some weapon(s), called **Gadgets**, to participate the race. Some gadgets can be used offensively or defensively. In addition to defensive and offensive, gadgets are also categorized in three levels: one-star, two-star, and three-star, higher level makes the minion powerful in races.

After downloading the game, a whole set of gadgets are given to the player for free, however, after the first few races, players can spend 7,000 Bananas for a basic set of gadgets or use tokens/real money to purchase much more useful sets of gadgets.

While the other two players are chosen, a minion race starts and one can use gadgets picked from lanes to fasten, avoid the minion from being attacked or attack other minions; the final rank depends on the sequence of arrival to the end of the three minions. Players are given prizes for winning continuously in a race, and the number of continuous wins will be recorded on a counter called **Streak**. However, one will lose the winning streak if they lose once (not in the 1st place of the three minions), unless they spend some tokens to maintain the streak. The cost of revival to such races are similar to that in the Jelly Lab, as the costs of Tokens for more revivals are the same.

## Time-Attack mode

There is another type of race called **Time-Attack**. Comparing to regular minion races, time-attack is more likely a endless mode and the ending of a round is because the time runs out.

While playing, the player needs to path through checkpoint gates to gain extra remaining time to continue. Winning more scores and time can be done by attacking other minions or near-missing obstacles. In addition, during the end of time-attack, there is no so-called "losed" if the player is not the first because the ranking is more do with the final score in the whole running, which is similar to global events.
Fluffy Unicorn

The **Fluffy Unicorn** is an item in Minion Rush. You can unlock it for 500 bananas once Dr. Nefario gives you the goal to do so. Once ran into, you are warped to an area in the particular location and must tilt the screen left or right to collect bananas and possibly Bapples until the unicorn reaches the top of the area and vanishes.

The unicorn can only climb to the top if Bananas are collected, therefore, if Bananas are not collected, it will fall to the bottom of the area and vanish. When you ride it, The Unicorn Song will play. When this item is upgraded, not only does it increase the amount of bananas collected, but the route to the top gets trickier, as there will be smaller groups of bananas appearing.

## Upgrades

and Ability
(+10%)
+10% Bananas
(+10%)
+20% Bananas
(+10%)
+30% Bananas
(+10%)
+40% Bananas
(+10%)
 Blue Level Cost
and Ability
+500 meters per use
(+500 meters)
+1,000 meters per use
(+500 meters)
+1,500 meters per use
(+500 meters)
+2,000 meters per use
(+500 meters)
+2,500 meters per use

## Trivia

* The music of the Residential Area on the home screen is the exact same as the Fluffy Unicorn's except for the fact that it lacks the humming noise.This was removed when locations' home screen and traveling between locations was cancelled in Update 2.0.1.(the Jelly Lab Update).
* The Fluffy Unicorn, along with the Mega Minion, Gru's Rocket and The Moon, occasionally will spawn right in front of an obstacle (due to the fact that they warp the player to a minigame, unlike other items). Therefore, if the player misses these items, it will result in crashing into the obstacle behind it and failing the run.
* In Update 2.0.1. (the Jelly Lab Update), the Fluffy Unicorn must be unlocked (if not unlocked previously) on level 18.

## Upgrades

* With the first row of upgrades the amount of Bananas collected can be increased by up to 50%.
* The second row of upgrades adds a 500 meters bonus after each use per upgrade level.
The Volcano

**The Volcano** is a location in Minion Rush after the Jelly Lab update. This location is the 9th area in the game.

## Description

The Volcano is the ninth location accessed in the Jelly Lab, and it is also the first released new location after the Jelly Lab update. It can only be accessed by receiving at least 28 coconuts in the Anti-Villain League.

The Volcano is a unique location. It is a volcano surrounded by a tropical jungle. It features obstacles such as tall logs, smaller rolling logs, plants that must be rolled under, rolling wooden wheels, tall and short wooden spikes that either can be jumped or rolled over, large and small rocks, dark and light gray statues (the light gray statues will fall over when the player's Minion nears them) and trees in the path.

The location also features bridges over waterfalls, islands and rivers/paths surrounding lava that usually appear when going around corners, rare green beanstalks also over water/islands that split the path and lead to another path, wooden slides, and even a secret area that features the player's Minion riding through a cave in the interior of the Volcano with the help of a minecart for a short time.

While inside the volcano, the player can tilt the minecart left or right to collect Bananas. The Volcano also features white flowers with red centers tugged by other minions that will automatically push the player to another path without causing them to fail in the run, similar to the Minions with boxing gloves, magnets, and hair dryers found in other locations (Gru's Lab, Vector's Fortress, El Macho's Lair, AVL, The Arctic Base, and Super Silly Fun Land).

Regular Minions and Evil Minions can both be seen in the background, with the Evil Minions usually chasing the regular Minions.

## Trivia

* This location is the only location to feature regular and Evil Minions in the same location; however, evil minions never appear on lanes, they are only at the background.
* Sometimes while sliding, a shark will hop over the slide. It is unknown why the shark is in the estuary, as most sharks do not appear in there (excluding bull sharks).
* When using the Fluffy Unicorn, the volcano will be erupting, however, during normal gameplay it isn't.
* Some other minions on the lane are one-eyed; due to the defect of the design, they can stick on the screen after being smashed, and they disappear in some circumstances (including entering the volcano, picking up Mega Minion, Gru's Rocket, Moon, or Fluffy Unicorn).
* Some minion reactions are different here:
	+ Being hoisted by a rolling minion cage
	+ Hitting a log and finding the teeth are still there
	+ Hitting a small rock and being thrown backwards
	+ Tripping over a rolling log and giving a thumb up
	+ Hitting a plant sign and shrugging
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Partier

The **Partier** is a playable character in *Minion Rush*. The character costs 60 costume cards and 10 coins.

## Trivia

* The costume sings another version of Another Irish Drinking Song, and in the end he sings "Bello Yee!" as Tom does in *Despicable Me 2*.
* The costume's power (in the old version) was allowing Minion Shield to last longer.
Despicable Me: Minion Rush/Locations

Minions run in one of the locations listed below:

* Gru's Lab
* Residential Area
* El Macho's Lair
* Minion Beach
* The Mall
* Downtown
* Anti-Villain League
* Super Silly Fun Land
* The Volcano
* Vector's Fortress
* The Arctic Base
* Minion Park
* Eduardo's House
* Pier 12
* The Pyramids
* Bratt's Lair
* Prison

During Halloween and Christmas in 2013, Residential Area and Gru's Lab updated separately for celebration, but they recovered to the original design after the festival. These two limited-time only locations are:

* *Halloween Residential Area*
* *Holiday Lab*

The Residential Area also received Halloween decorations for the Haunted Hustle special mission in 2016. As of the Piggy Power special mission in late 2016, The Mall was decorated to promote the movie *Sing*.

After the Jelly Lab update (version 2.0.1, July 30, 2014), among the existing eight locations (from Gru's Lab to Super Silly Fun Land), players need to start the game in Jelly Lab and then choose a "level" in a the location they want to play in. And later locations were also put in Jelly Lab in a few following updates.
Magician

The **Magician** is a playable character in Minion Rush. It costs 60 costume cards and 10 coins to unlock or can be bought in occasional bundle offers in the Shop.

## Appearance

The Magician Minion Costume wears a white magician costume with a black cape, a black top hat and a red and yellow tie.

## Trivia

* The costume's original coin price was 1,000, but the game makers changed it to 10 coins to help all players unlock it faster.
* Magician's old power (in the previous version) was additional Bananas in every run. It used to collect 500% times more bananas than normal, making it the best costume for Banana events.
* This costume is inspired by a plot in Despicable Me 2. Two minions dressed as magicians appear during Agnes' birthday party, where they attempt to perform a trick with Edith and a balloon. Then they try to play a trick with a chainsaw before being shooed off by Margo.
* It is one of the original costumes released in v1.0.0 version on June 10, 2013.
* Its skills changed upon the release of the game update v.6.5.0 (formerly **shorter penalty in Avoid Missions**, currently **more Despicable Actions in Avoid Missions**). Currently, a task that this costume's skills are required is performing DA's while avoiding collecting bananas and this costume's powers may seem to be a lot better than Lab Coat's or I-Love-Gru Mel's, but avoiding bananas missions are extremely hard to complete. The old skills (shorter penalty) that were offered in the late jelly lab versions were much more helpful. As a matter of fact, until update v.6.4.0 there were no avoid missions at all, making this costume's powers useless. The game makers probably thought that giving shorter penalty in any costume made the avoid missions too easy even without any boost on Despicable Actions in this case.

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## Costs and Upgrades

### Upgrades

 Power-Up duration
 SP's given

 Power-Up duration
 SP's given
Tokens

**Tokens** are a type of game currency used in the mobile game *Minion Rush*. They have the appearance of grey and yellow coins with Gru's emblem. Like Bananas, Tokens are used to purchase costumes, upgrade power-ups, and upgrade costumes.

Tokens can also be used to purchase Bananas, Golden Prize Pods, Banana Multiplier, and Score Multiplier and unlock/access locations. Usually, Tokens need to be purchased with cash, therefore they are among the hardest of all currency items to collect. However, they can be earned by completing free offers such as daily events (seldomly), unlocking achievements, randomly earned in Silver Prize Pods or becoming a Minion of the Week (at least in the Top 1,000).

In Update 2.0.1., Tokens are still difficult to obtain, however, Tokens will occasionally spawn if all three fruits are collected in a level. However, Tokens usually spawn in an area that will usually result in dying. Tokens are also rewarded as part as daily gifts on random days, alongside Bananas and the Special Event item, such as Snowboards. In Update 2.7.1. (the April Fools Update), Tokens can no longer be collected after collecting all three fruits in a Jelly Lab level, due to the way the run now ends when all three fruits are collected or when a mission objective in a special event is completed. Due to this, Tokens are much rarer and only given to players in few ways, such as: found in a daily reward (on certain days and reward chain cycle), as one of the many rewards in a purchased or given prize pod, or via being purchased with real money.
Pollo Locos

Pollo Locos appears alongside El Macho in the boss battle in El Macho's Lair. The player's Minion must dodge El Macho's Evil Minions' cage, which he throws, and tap on Pollo Locos to hurl them back at him. After hurling a couple of them back at him, or simply dodging, El Macho, along with the Pollo Loco will be defeated.
Surfer

**Surfer** is a playable character in the mobile-action game Minion Rush. It costs 50 costume cards and 1 coin.

## Appearance

The Surfer Minion Costume wears red swim trunks with flowers on it. It also has a blue surfboard.

## Trivia

* This costume can also be seen while running on Minion Beach.
* Surfers original power (in old version) was extended time for all power-ups in the Minion Beach.

## Costs and Upgrades

### Upgrades

 Power-Up duration
 SP's given

 Power-Up duration
 SP's given
Costume Improver Platinum Prize Pod

**Costume Improver Platinum Prize Pod** is a type of prize pod in *Despicable Me: Minion Rush*. It was first introduced in the update at February 1, 2016. Each pods costs 60 Tokens and the prize the pod contains a Golden Ticket for a randomly chosen costume out of certain ones.

## TriviaEdit

* It is similar to the Costume Improver Prize Pod, but the most common tickets from the platinum pod is those of Boxer, Athenian, and Worker; tickets for Leotard and Disco Minion Costume are also available but rare.
Ticket Shredder

The **Ticket Shredder** is one of the items appears in *Despicable Me: Minion Rush*. It appears when the player has exceeded golden ticket(s), and at the description of the costume, the player can press the button to activate it. It turns the golden ticket into golden dust, which can be later converted to another golden ticket if there is enough amount.
PX-41 Serum

The **PX-41 Serum** appears as a power-up in Despicable Me: Minion Rush; it was first introduced in the same update for Super Silly Fun Land.

Unlike other items, it does not spawn during runs. However, an icon resembling a chemical bottle with purple liquid can be seen at the top left of the screen. When this is tapped, the player's Minion becomes an Evil Minion. They can then run around frantically destroying anything for a few seconds. While running, all items turn into PX-41 Serum Flasks, which increase the time to run by 3 seconds per Flask.

Also, each Despicable Action caused by destroying obstacles while using the PX-41 rapidly increases their Despicable Multiplier. Therefore, if the PX-41 is used in an area where lots of obstacles spawn at one time, the player will rapidly increase their own Despicable Multiplier to levels such as 6 or higher. This can come in handy when trying to collect fruits for Despicable Action quests in the Jelly Lab, along with the Freeze Ray and Mega Minion.

This destructive item may seem awesome, but there's absolutely no chance to abuse them. After using the PX-41, players will have to wait hours for it to be able to be used again. It also offers no protection from falling into a void. Also, much like the Minion Launcher, it can only be upgraded using tokens. The PX-41, along with the Freeze Ray, Banana Splitter, Banana Vacuum, Minion Shield and Minion Launcher is one of the few items that does not allow the player to tilt the screen in order to use.

## Upgrades

* With the first row of upgrades the duration of the PX-41 can be increased to a total of 30 seconds.
* The second row of upgrades adds a Despicable Score Multiplier bonus of 1x per upgrade level after each use.

## Trivia

* The icon used to be at the bottom left corner of the screen; due to various complaints about tapping the PX-41's icon accidentally in Minion Rush and activating it, it is moved to the current place in later updates.
* This is the only manual power-up in-game, also the only one that does not normally spawn during runs, and the only one with a CD after usage.
Romance for All

The **Romance for All** was a Special Mission in Minion Rush from January 28, 2016.

The Mission was held in Minion Park. The Special Items were Red Roses, Love Letters, Boxes with Chocolate and the main prize was the Cupid Minion Costume. The Romance For All Mission added the Roller Skates as a new Prop.
Minion Glider

The **Minion Glider** is a power-up that appears in *Despicable Me: Minion Rush*. It was added to the game in update 2.8.1. as part of the new Spring Is Back! special mission, which takes place in the Residential Area.

When this prop is activated, three will appear randomly during the run, replacing all the other power-ups. When ran into, the player will be attached to a glider being dragged by a blue car. They must simply tap the screen to glide upwards, allowing them to catch several Bananas and special items, such as umbrellas, flowers, or butterflies during the mission. To reach lower items, they can simply not tap the screen at all, allowing them to glide downwards. Special Bananas, which is much bigger than normal one and is equal 10 bananas, also appear while gliding that when collected, increase the player's Despicable Multiplier.

Minion Gliders can be obtained by paying 20,000 bananas or tokens (depending by many variables of the player), or winning them from completed levels or prize presents.

## Trivia

* The player's Minion will make the same sound as when firing from the Minion Launcher when they access the Minion Glider. And the music is as same as the one in El Macho's Lair.
* Unlike other special mission items such as Snowboards, Skateboards, and BMX Bikes, less items can be collected before the time is out.
* If a Minion Glider is missed while running, it will respawn elsewhere in the same run, and so will all usable props after the mission Extreme Sports at June 2015.
BMX Bike

The **BMX Bike** is an item in *Despicable Me: Minion Rush* in update 2.7.1., otherwise known as the April Fools Update. It is found in and can only be used in Eduardo's House during the April Fools special mission.

The BMX Bike, hence the name, takes the image of a red colored BMX bike. It can be obtained in several ways: by paying 15,000 in Bananas, receiving some from a completed special event or daily reward (ranging from one to up to seven rewarded BMX Bikes rewarded to players), or formerly, by collecting all three of the now retired Stars on a daily run. When the BMX Bike is activated at the beginning of a run, all items (excluding special mission items) will be replaced by it and won't spawn until all three BMX Bikes have shown up on the screen either used or missed.

When the player's Minion runs into a BMX Bike, one will be warped into a desert riding one. The goal here is to collect as many Chilis, Pinatas, or Fireworks within the 15 (default) seconds. The player's Minion can ride through flags and perform tricks on ramps to greatly increase his Despicable Multiplier. Running into cacti in this area, will slow down the player, therefore wasting a great amount of time. The BMX Bike is the easiest way to collect a large amount of needed items for the special mission, as a skilled player who uses all three Bikes during the run can collect at least 10 items in one run (excluding those that spawn during the run).

However, in original design, if the player misses a BMX Bike during the run, it will not spawn again, therefore decreasing the amount of times it can be used during the run; yet, in the latter minion (Extreme Sports), BMX bikes can be found again if the player misses them.