Type Soul: Hollow Complete Guide & Progression (Arrancar)

If you’ve chosen the Hollow life in TYPE://SOUL, congratulations, you’ve picked the grind-heavy, patience-testing, occasionally soul-crushing race. But don’t worry, while Arrancar progression might be clunky compared to other factions, I’m here to guide you from your humble Fishbone beginnings all the way to Vasto Car glory (and maybe even Segunda Etapa if you’re feeling spicy).

Hollow Complete Guide & Progression (Arrancar)

Hollows are corrupted souls that devour others to grow stronger. Arrancars are Hollows who have ripped off their mask to gain humanoid form and better control over their powers. In return, they keep part of their Hollow mask as a reminder of their origins and gain access to powerful abilities like Cero and Resurrección — their unique transformation form.

The stage where you remove your mask affects your starting grade:

• Menoscar → Grade 5 (weak start, avoid this if possible)
• Adjucar → Grade 3
• Vastocar → Semi-Grade 2

Your ultimate goal? Climb through Hollow evolution, unlock Partial and Full Resurrección, and dominate with Segunda Etapa.

If you’re just starting out and want to understand every race’s progression path, check out my full guide here: Type Soul: Complete Beginner’s Guide (Soul Reaper, Quincy, Fullbringer & Hollow).

Starting Out – Fishbone to Menos

Your first goal is to stop being a Fishbone ASAP.

Fastest method: Ask another player to help you kill a Menos NPC. Eat the remains, and you’ll instantly evolve into a Menos.

If solo: Grind normal Hollow NPCs until you naturally evolve into a Menos. This is slower but works fine.

Menos Stage – Menos to Adjuchas

Good news — this stage is quick.

• Kill one Menos NPC.
• Use M1s, Stomps, and Menos Cero (unlock it in your skill tree by pressing N).
• Defeat it and you’ll transform into an Adjuchas.

Adjuchas Stage – To Albino Adjuchas

Here’s where the grind really starts:

• Fight Adjuchas NPCs (not players).
• Each kill gives 2 mask cracks.
• At 25 mask cracks, you evolve into an Albino Adjuchas.

Albino Adjuchas – Two Paths to Vasto Lorde

Path 1: Boss Route

• Follow the whispers and glowing trail to a Vasto Lorde boss.
• Defeat it (or cheese it — YouTube is your friend) to evolve.

Path 2: PvP Route

• Find another Albino Adjuchas player.
• Beat them in a 1v1 to instantly evolve into Vasto Lorde.
• Pro tip: Farm mask cracks on an alt to make this easier.

How To Become Vasto Lorde

If you’d rather skip straight to Arrancar life:

• As an Albino, press Ctrl+K (PC), D-Pad Down + Y/Triangle (Console), or Transform button (Mobile).
• You’ll spawn as a Grade 3 Arrancar.
• From here, you can focus on Hōgyoku Fragments instead of full Hollow evolution.

How To Get Hogyoku Fragments

Doing Raids

One of the easier ways to get Legendary Loot and Hogyoku Fragments is through doing raids. There are a lot of different raids in Type Soul with varying objectives that you’ll have to do. This is the beginner or noob-friendly way of getting Legendary Items.

The catch is that the loot can be a hit or miss since the ones who’ll get it are the first ones to take it. That means people using skills to knock back other players to get to the Lootbox is common, so you should do that too.

There are a lot of different raids to choose from and here are all of them divided into two types:

• Faction Raids
  • Conquest
  • Art of the Soul
  • Gladiators
• Karakura Town Raids
  • King of the Hill
  • Team Deathmatch
  • Capture The Flag

Fighting In Ranked

Another way to get Legendary items fast is to go and fight 1v1 Ranked matches. This depends on your actual ELO and the higher your rank gets, the higher the chances of getting Legendary loot and Hogyoku Fragments.

The more you fight and win, the faster you increase your ELO and the better the loot you’ll get.

At lower ELOs, you’ll only get commons. But when you reach around Silver, that’s where you get a chance to loot Legendary items.

When you’re at the highest rank of Semi-Master, which is around 100,000 ELO, then you’re guaranteed to get Legendary and Rare items only.

Becoming a Vastocar (Lesser)

From Grade 3 Arrancar:

• Gather 7 Hōgyoku Fragments via:
  • Raids (Hueco Mundo, Soul Society, Wandenreich)
  • Ranked PvP
  • Clan wars
  • Keyscape instance bosses
• Use all 7 in your inventory to instantly evolve into Vastocar.

Grading Up & Partial Resurrección

Grade Up

• Do mission board quests to progress to Grade 2.
• Reroll your weapon/element if needed for your build.
• Learn Flashstep and Soul Style early — they’re free and essential.

Partial Resurrección Quest

1. At Grade 2, talk to Harribel in Hueco Mundo Coluseum (Middle of the Map).
2. Head to Espada Castle → Upstairs lab → Pink orb.
3. The orb gives you a quest item based on your element.
   • You must grip 2 opposite-faction players (Shinigami or Quincy) before starting the quest.
4. Carry it to the pit without dying (getting knocked = permanent slow).
5. Complete the Obby (jump puzzle). Fail it, and you must wait 30 minutes or grip 2 opposite-faction players to retry.

Once you’re Elite Grade, you can aim for True Vastocar by obtaining a True Hōgyoku Fragment.

True Vastocar – Getting True Hogyoku Fragment

Hogyoku Fragments let you progress past the Elite state into “?” and “???” ranks. For Hollows/Arrancar, this means unlocking Vastocar and then upgrading to True Vastocar, which comes with powerful variant buffs.

Arrancar/Vastocar Requirements:

• 7 Hogyoku Fragments → Lesser Vastocar (only if you removed your mask as an Adjuchas).
• True Hogyoku Fragment → True Vastocar (any Grade). Grants 1 of 5 variant buffs.
• 9 Hogyoku Fragments → Unlock Gran Rey Cero.
• Total: 16 Hogyoku Fragments + 1 True Hogyoku Fragment.

If you became Vastocar normally, you can skip the 7 fragments for Lesser Vastocar.

Best Variant – Proficiency:
Replaces Hierro with Charge, built up through attacks. Certain moves consume Charge for massive damage boosts, making it extremely strong for aggressive playstyles.

How to Get True Hogyoku Fragments

• Clan Wars
• Boss Raids
• AFK World
• Trading (often for skill boxes from server raids)
• Ranked PvP (only from Silver rank and up; not fully consistent but good alongside other loot)

Extra Info:

• Mythical rarity – very rare.
• Can be used at any Grade for Vastocar.
• A second True Hogyoku can change your variant, but this isn’t recommended due to rarity.

Full Resurrección

Stage 1 – Raid/Ranked Points

• 13 raid wins OR 25 ranked 1v1s (Clan Raids = 2.5 pts, Ranked = 0.5 pts).
• Check progress with V-Unequaled, Unrivaled in Karakura Town.

Stage 2 – Combat Kills

• 50 Hollow NPC kills
• 10 Elite Grade player grips
• 1 boss kill (Bawabawa in Hueco Mundo or Jidanbo in Soul Society)

Stage 3 – Inner Hollow Maze

• Go to Menos Forest, find the tree with the sword, meditate for 5 mins.
• Inside the maze, avoid the Shadow Adjuchas and find the blue-eyed Hollow.
  • For possible locations, check out our guide on All Ressurection NPC locations in Type Soul!
• Talk to it to unlock Full Resurrección.

For more details, you can check out our guide on how to do Stage 3 Full Ressurecion for Hollows in Type Soul!

Segunda Etapa

After Full Resurrección:

• Talk to the sword again.
• Grip 20 players in Bankai/Vollständig/Full Res.
• Complete this and you’ll unlock your Segunda Etapa — the peak of Arrancar power.

Final Tips & Wrap-Up

The Hollow life in TYPE://SOUL isn’t for the faint of heart — it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Whether you claw your way through every stage from Fishbone to Vasto Lorde, or take the cheeky Ctrl+K express lane, the key is balancing patience with smart shortcuts.

• Don’t rush Vasto/Visored status — get your main transformation first.
• Always travel cautiously during item-carry quests — enemy players love to grief Arrancars.
• Learn to cheese bosses — it will save hours.

Use raids, ranked PvP, and boss farming to stockpile Hōgyoku Fragments, push your grade up, and unlock your Resurrección forms. And remember, Segunda Etapa isn’t just a power-up, it’s your badge of survival in one of the game’s grind-heaviest paths. Play smart, fight dirty when you have to, and above all… keep devouring your way to the top.

Up next, if you’re interested in becoming an Ancient Vasto, be sure to check out my full guide on that too. I covered all Husk locations and requirements!