Completion bonuses:
Successfully complete the game to unlock the hard difficulty
setting (enemies at level 50). You can also start a new game
with your previous characters at their current experience
level.
Play as Dark Phoenix:
Successfully complete the game to unlock Dark Phoenix.
Play as Deadpool:
Successfully complete the game to unlock Deadpool.
Play as Iron Man:
Find the four homing beacons in Act 1 through 4 and collect
the piece of his armor that each set unlocks. Then, save Iron
Man after finding the four homing beacons in Act 5 to unlock
him.
Play as Professor Xavier:
Successfully complete all Danger Room missions to unlock Professor
Xavier.
Alternate costumes:
Some characters begin the game with some alternate costumes
available:
• Bishop: 70's costume
• Colossus: Xtreme costume 2
• Cyclops: Xtreme costume 2
• Jean Grey: Dark Phoenix costume
• Juggernaut: Original costume
• Magneto: Ultimate Non-Helmet costume (starting costume
without helmet)
• Nightcrawler: Xtreme costume 2
• Rogue: Coat costume
• Scarlet Witch: 70's costume
• Storm: 70's costume
• Sunfire: 70's costume
• Toad: Brown costume
• Wolverine: Ultimate costume
Successfully complete Act 1 to unlock the following costumes:
• Colossus: 70's costume
• Cyclops: Original costume, 70's costume
• Iceman: Snowman costume
• Jean Grey: Phoenix costume, 70's costume
• Nightcrawler: 70's costume
• Storm: 70's costume (another one)
• Wolverine: Original costume (Brown and Gold)
Successfully complete Act 2 to unlock the "Age of Apocalypse"
costume for all characters that have them.
Successfully complete Act 4 to unlock the following costumes:
• Colossus: Xtreme costume, Gladiator costume, Ultimate
Non-Steel Skin costume (starting costume with normal skin)
• Cyclops: Xtreme costume, Snowfields costume
• Iceman: Non-Ice Skin (the same as in X-Men Legends)
• Juggernaut: Original Non-Helmet costume
• Nightcrawler: Xtreme costume
• Storm: Xtreme costume, Snofields costume
• Wolverine: Weapon X Experiment costume, Xtreme costume,
Snowfields costume
The bonus characters already have the following costumes
available:
• Deadpool: Unmasked costume
• Iron Man: 2099's costume, Age of Apocalypse costume
• Professor X: Shadow World costume (the same from X-Men
Legends)
Team bonuses
Use a team with the indicated characters to get the indicated
bonus:
• Age of Apocalypse (Any four heroes with Age of Apocalypse
costume): +100% attack rating
• Agile Warriors (Nightcrawler, Sunfire, Toad, Deadpool):
+5% experience points
• Brotherhood of Evil (Juggernaut, Magneto, Scarlet
Witch, Toad): +5% experience points
• Bruiser Brigade (Juggernaut, Colossus, Wolverine,
Rogue): 20 energy gained per knockout
• Dark Past (Rogue, Deadpool, Gambnit, Wolverine): 5%
damage inflicted goes to health
• Double Date (Rogue, Gambit, Jean Grey Cyclops): 20
health gained per knockout
• Energy Corps (Gambit, Bishop, Cyclops, Iron Man):
+5% damage
• Family Affair (Magneto, Professor X, Scarlet Witch,
Juggernaut): +5 health regeneration
• Femme Fatale (Storm, Scarlet Witch, Rogue, Jean Grey):
5% damage inflicted goes to health
• Forces of Nature (Storm, Iceman, Sunfire, Magneto):
+10 to all resistances
• Heavy Metal (Colossus, Juggernaut, Iron Man, Magneto):
+10 to all stats
• New Avengers (Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Wolverine,
Bishop): +15% maximum health
• New X-Men (Nightclawler, Storm, Colossus, Wolverine,
Sunfire, Bishop): +15% maximim health
• Old School (Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Magneto, Toad,
Professor X): +15% max energy
• Raven Knights (Iceman, Professor X, Iron Man, Deadpool):
+60% techbit drops
• Special Ops (Bishop, Deadpool, Nightcrawler, Gambit):
+5% damage
Saving anywhere:
Use the Blink Portal to save the game almost anywhere. You
do not need to wait for an Xtraction point. Just open up a
Blink Portal when you want to save then use the Xtraction
point in the Sanctuary.
Easy experience:
For easy leveling up, go to the Holding Pen level. There is
a location where enemies keep teleporting onto the screen;
it is just before the last area entrance. Note: If you stay
too long without saving, your game will freeze.
Easy items:
In Act 2 after you rescue Beast on Mikhail's Warship, Blink
will open a portal back to Avalon. Go through the portal to
Avalon then immediately return to the warship. The scene of
rescuing Beast will play again, and the ship will be undamaged.
You can go back and get all the items again. Repeat this as
many times as desired. Additionally, to get easy Techbits,
health packs, energy packs, and items, return to the top of
Apocalypse's tower where you fight Archangel. Smash all of
the containers to get random free items. Repeat this as many
times as desired.
Have Gambit and Toad on your team. Have Gambit use Prince
of Thieves, and Toad use Plunder (this requires at least two
extreme points). Do this when near a weapons cache and you
can get about five times the amount of what you would normally
get. This includes health/energy packs, and Techbits, but
you still only get one special item.
Good combo:
This combo works when you have Wolverine and Juggernaut on
your team. With Juggernaut, walk over to Wolverine and pick
him up, just as you would do to a chair or other item. When
you throw Wolverine, he will do a diving attack to nearby
enemies. This also works if you need to send Wolverine over
large holes.
Strong Gambit:
Once your characters get to about level 30, use Sunfire, Bishop,
Toad, and Gambit as your team. The idea is to pump up Gambit
as much as possible. Put as much of the stats as possible
into each ability as follows: Sunfire = Flaming Fury, Bishop
= Energy Fury, Toad = Secretion, Gambit = Energy Form. Also,
put an extra 6 or 7 stats into each characters Mutant Mastery
so that they will recover EP faster. During the game, activate
all the abilities listed above and switch to Gambit. He will
be able to run very fast and be super strong. Eventually he
will have +200% movement, +400% or more attack and many of
damage and defense bonuses. Also, because they regain their
EP fast, you can reuse the abilities as soon as the affects
wear off.
Strong Iceman:
Iceman is the strongest character in the game. If you boost
him correctly, he can kill most of his opponents with just
a single hit on melee attack. Distribute his Status Points
wisely, developing more on his Focus and Speed. At his Projectiles
Mutant Powers, concentrate on his Cold Crush, and a little
in Freeze Beam and Ice Slide. Do not spend Skills Points in
Boost Mutant Powers, as they are useless. Also, if the rest
of this is done correctly, Iceman will grow strong enough
to easily fight alone. Spend the maximum you can in his Passive
Skills, particularly in Ice Combat and Cold Mastery. Get the
Danger Room Disk: Challenge - Iceman, and get and equip his
Signature Unique Item, Cryogenic Booster. That brings a very
good trait, Double Cold Damage. As for other equipment, put
some that give bonus to Damage (not Energy Damage, Electric
Damage, or Radiation Damage). If done correctly, Iceman can
hit easily his enemies (because of the high Speed), hit lots
of enemies with the Cold Crush Projectile Mutant Power, and
will inflict lots of damage. For example, you can do 500 and
even more damage with melee attack, depending on your level,
because of the Passive Skills, Ice Combat, Cold Mastery, and
the Cryogenic Booster Signature Unique Item.
Recommended team:
Having two blasters (for example, Magneto) and two brawlers
(for example, Wolverine) works well. The following team is
highly useful, because there are times where you will need
a mutant with super strength to move an object out of the
way. If you need a bridge formed, use Magneto. If you need
a flyer, both Magneto and Ironman will work. The heavy metal
group is Colossus, Juggernaut, Ironman, and Magneto.
Iceman is the most powerful character in
the game; keep him on your team. The other three characters
are recommended for a great team:
Iron Man: He is a combination of all types
of characters (good at melee and ranged attacks, can fly,
can smash easily and push or lift massive objects). Expend
Skills Points in his Mutant Attack Power Gamma Bolts (if the
Projectile hits a wall, it comes back), and all his Passive
Skills.
Nightcrawler: He has very fast melee attacks
and can do a lot of damage if you expend lots of Skill Points
in the Mutant Power Attack Teleport Frenzy and all his Passive
Skills, Sword Mastery (you do not need to improve this very
much), Teleport Mastery, Uncanny Reflexes, and Critical Strike.
Also, his Xtreme Attack, Master Of Chaos, is the best against
Bosses (you can do nine hits when at maximum level) and PVP
(Player VS Player).
Professor X: He cannot do more damage than
Iceman, but is faster (because of the Passive Skill Clairvoyance)
and all his skills are very useful.
If Iron Man and Professor X are not unlocked, try these characters: Bishop: A good choice if you do not have
Professor X. He can even become more powerful than Professor
X. He can inflict even more damage and has Passive Skills
that make him fast (Power Trip) and gives energy damage (Energy
Combat). Develop this Mutant Power Attacks: Full Auto, Bio
Beam, and Bio Blast. However, Professor X is better because
of his low cost of EP for Mutant Attacks and walks and melee
attacks faster.
Cyclops: If you do not have Iron Man, use
Cyclops. He can inflict much more damage with ranged attack
than Iron Man (but can only hit one or two, while Iron Man
can hit five or six) with the Mutant Power Attacks Fusion
Beam and Polarized Beam. Also, improve his Visor Upgrade and
Mutant Master as much as possible. However, Iron Man is better
because he can do more damage with melee attacks, can fly,
and lift massive objects.
A great team for Story mode is Colossus, Sunfire, Gambit,
and Iceman. Colossus is strong and has a powerful attack.
This allows you to avoid using a special attack. Sunfire has
fire power, can hit people from far away, and can fly. Gambit
can hit from far away, is fast, and has strong attacks. Iceman
has ice power, can hit from far away, build bridges, and fly
with his ice slide.
Another great team is Iron Man, Deadpool, Juggernaught, and
Professor X. Professor X can hit enemies hard and fast. Iron
Man can fly and has a good ranged attack. Deadpool is a good
melee brawler. Juggernaut has the best Xtreme power in the
game, Path Of Destruction.
Final area
First, step into the power chamber in the middle of the vault
of ages. Since there is only a limited amount of time you
have to use the harmonic powers, choose a faster character
to do this. There is a yellow meter that will show you how
much harmonic power time you have remaining. Go straight up
or straight down to reach the generators. The downward path
has a small maze in it. Go right instead of left. At the generator,
Apocalypse will be waiting. You must beat him up before you
can destroy the generator. Destroy the generator and repeat
the same process with the other one. It does not have a maze,
and it will be a straight shot directly to it. Just like before,
Apocalypse will be waiting for you at the generator. After
destroying the power of the harmonic machine, he will bring
statues of the horsemen to life. You must focus your attacks
on the horsemen and get them out of the way before tackling
Apocalypse. When you kill the horsemen, they will return to
statue form. Then, kill Apocalypse twice to complete the game.
Note: Make sure you have a full load of health and energy
packs before attempting this.