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 Deadpool
Successfully complete the game.
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.
Play as Professor Xavier
Successfully complete all Danger Room missions.
Team bonuses
Use a team with the indicated characters to get the indicated bonus:
Age of Apocalypse (Any four heroes with Age of Apocalypse skins): +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
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
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)
Complete Act 2 to unlock the "Age of Apocalypse Costume" for all characters that have them.
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 Secret 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)
Final area
First, step into the power chamber in the middle of the vault of ages. Because 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 is 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 is 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.
Easy items
In Act 2 after you rescue Beast on Mikhails 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 is undamaged. You can go back and get all the items again. Repeat this as many times as desired.
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.
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.
Note: You need Magneto with Magnetic Grasp, a lot of energy potions, and the "Death Touch" cheat. In Act 4, go to the holding cells. If you came in from the sewer, go up from the sewer entrance and take a right into the first room. If you came from the stockade, go up from the stockade entrance, take a left, and go through the next few rooms. Both ways should lead you into a room with two spawners and a scanner-like platform. Run through the scanner and it will "scan you". After this, enemies should start spawning. Have the player controlling Magneto run onto a spawner and constantly use Magnetic Grasp. Enemies that spawn on your spawner will be instantly killed and they will fly from the other spawner and die as well. If you have the "God Mode" cheat enabled, this will level you up indefinitely until the level cap. If you use potions, you will only be able to level up while Magneto has energy.
