Destructible Physics - Breaking the Environment

Destructible Physics allows certain attacks to break environmental elements: trees, walls, hidden entrances... It's both a farming tool (breaking trees gives Wooden Planks) and an exploration key, as several secret passages only open by destroying them.

How to get it

Nothing to unlock: you just need to use an attack that has the destructive property. Many fruits (Bomb, Magma, Ice...), some fighting styles (Death Step...), multiple swords and guns, and even ship cannons have it.

How It Works

Each attack in the game either has or doesn't have the destructive property: the same weapon can break the environment with one move but not with another. Generally, it's the powerful attacks and large AoE explosions that trigger destruction.

An explosion breaking the environment, the signature effect of Destructible Physics

Breaking the environment serves three purposes: style, opening hidden passages (like the treasure room in the Upper Skylands, below the Instinct Teacher), and gathering Wooden Planks by destroying pretty much anything, especially trees.

What You Can Break

Trees (the source of Wooden Planks)
The Jungle treehouse
The temple walls in the Upper Skylands
The secret wall in the Kingdom of Rose
The Hot Zone door at Hot and Cold
The engine in the Engine Room of the Cursed Ship
The shelves near Sabi at the Castle on the Sea
The Secret Temple door
The Tiki Outpost barrel
The holes on Prehistoric Island during the Volcano Event
The large tree at the center of Diamond's boss spawn

Fruits: Destructive Moves

Legend: ✅ breaks the environment, ❌ doesn't break, - no relevant move on this key.

Fruit	Z	X	C	V	F	M1
Rocket	✅	✅	✅	-	❌	-
Spin	❌	❌	❌	-	❌	-
Blade	❌	❌	❌	-	❌	❌
Spring	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	-
Bomb	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	-
Smoke	❌	❌	✅	-	❌	-
Spike	✅	❌	❌	✅	-	-
Flame	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	-
Ice	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Sand	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	-
Dark	❌	❌	❌	✅	-	-
Eagle	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Diamond	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	-
Light	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Rubber	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Ghost	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	-
Magma	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	-
Quake	✅	✅	✅	❌	-	-
Buddha	✅	✅	✅	✅	-	-
Love	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	-
Creation	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅
Spider	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	-
Sound	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	-
Phoenix	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	-
Portal	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	-
Lightning	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	-
Pain	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	-
Blizzard	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	-
Gravity	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Mammoth	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
T-Rex	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Dough	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	-
Shadow	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	-
Venom	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	-
Control	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	-
Gas	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Spirit	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	-
Tiger	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Yeti	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅
Kitsune	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Dragon (West)	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
Dragon (East)	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌

Fruit V2 (Raids) and Transformations

The V2 versions of fruits (unlocked through Raids) have their own grid:

Fruit V2	Z	X	C	V	F	M1
Flame	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	-
Ice	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Sand	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	-
Dark	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	-
Light	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	-
Magma	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	-
Quake	✅	❌	✅	❌	-	-
Buddha	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	-
Spider	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	-
Phoenix	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Lightning	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	-
Dough	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌

And the transformed forms (they completely change the character):

Transformation	Z	X	C	V	F	M1
Mammoth	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
T-Rex	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Yeti	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅
Gas	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Kitsune	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
Dragon (West)	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌
Dragon (East)	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌

Swords

Sword	Z	X
Bisento	❌	✅
Buddy Sword	❌	❌
Canvander	❌	❌
Cursed Dual Katana	✅	❌
Cutlass	❌	✅
Dark Blade	✅	❌
Dark Dagger	❌	❌
Dragonheart	✅	✅
Dragon Trident	✅	✅
Dual Katana	❌	❌
Dual-Headed Blade	❌	✅
Fox Lamp	✅	✅
Gravity Blade	✅	✅
Hallow Scythe	✅	❌
Iron Mace	✅	✅
Flail	❌	❌
Katana	❌	✅
Koko	✅	✅
Longsword	✅	✅
Midnight Blade	✅	✅
Pipe	✅	✅
Pole (1st Form)	✅	✅
Pole (2nd Form)	✅	✅
Rengoku	❌	✅
Saber (V2)	✅	✅
Saishi	✅	✅
Shark Anchor	✅	✅
Shark Saw	❌	❌
Shizu	❌	✅
Soul Cane	❌	❌
Spikey Trident	❌	❌
Trident	❌	✅
Triple Katana	❌	❌
True Triple Katana	✅	✅
Tushita	❌	❌
Twin Hooks	❌	❌
Oroshi	✅	✅
Wardens Sword	❌	✅
Yama	❌	❌

Guns

Gun	Z	X	M1
Slingshot / Refined Slingshot	❌	✅	❌
Musket	✅	❌	❌
Flintlock	❌	✅	❌
Magma Blaster	✅	❌	❌
Cannon	❌	✅	✅
Bazooka	✅	❌	✅
Kabucha	✅	❌	❌
Venom Bow	✅	❌	❌
Acidum Rifle	✅	❌	❌
Bizarre Revolver	✅	❌	❌
Dragonstorm	✅	✅	❌
Skull Guitar	❌	✅	✅

Fighting Styles

Style	Z	X	C	V
Dark Step	❌	❌	❌	❌
Electric	✅	❌	❌	-
Water Kung Fu	❌	❌	❌	-
Dragon Breath	❌	✅	✅	-
Superhuman	❌	✅	❌	-
Death Step	✅	✅	✅	✅
Electric Claw	❌	✅	✅	-
Sharkman Karate	✅	✅	❌	-
Dragon Talon	❌	✅	✅	-
Godhuman	❌	✅	❌	-
Sanguine Art	❌	✅	✅	-

Good to Know

Most destructive moves also break Instinct, but none can pass through the unique wall created by Creation's M1.
Some enemies also have Destructible Physics.
Most swords from the Second Sea don't break trees.
Nothing is destructible in Raids, on Treasure Island, or on Mirage Island: trees and buildings there are unbreakable.
The Awakened Buddha jump also breaks objects.
Outside classic weapons: Cyborg V4 breaks the environment with its Energy Control Tier 2 jump, just as do the cannon shots from Brigade, Grand Brigade, Guardian, and Lantern ships.