Mega Man X3 – Complete Walkthrough (Step by Step Guide)

By: José Ricardo Fortes da Silva (Ash_Riot)

“In the year 21XX all Mavericks were neutralized thanks to the efforts of a reploid scientist called Dr. Doppler using his neural computer he was able to suppress any abnormal behavior in the reploids and thus prevent them from going out of control. Many of the most advanced reploids were gathered near their new mentor and founded Dopple Town, a perfect utopian community. With Dr. Doppler guiding them, the world seemed poised to enter a new golden age… But after a few months… The Mavericks, who had supposedly been neutralized by the neural computer, suddenly appeared and began a riotous rebellion… Maverick Hunters, investigations ended up indicating that Dr. Doppler was the mastermind behind this rebellion. It didn’t take long for X and Zero to spring into action and destroy the invading Mavericks and bring Dr. Doppler to justice. A few hours later an emergency contact made by the Maverick Hunters HQ warned that they were under attack by Doppler forces.”

MAVERICK HUNTER HEADQUARTERS

Move forward, destroying everything that appears. Soon, Mega Man will be captured by Mac; you now control Zero. Continue forward and when you climb the wall, watch out for the iron balls. In the next area, finish off Mac, he’s pretty easy. Then, destroy the machine holding Mega Man; Once again controlling Mega Man, go forward and climb the wall to reach the stage boss.

BOSS: GIGANTIC MECHANIROID

ATTACKS: Giant Punch

Obviously you have no other option than the X-Buster, so hit charged shots at the head and try to dodge his attacks, although they don’t do much damage.

From now on you can use Zero, but only until the bosses of the level, at that point he leaves and Megaman comes back and another inconvenience is that Zero only has a single life in the entire game, if he dies once, you won’t You can use it again, let’s destroy the eight bosses, follow the script below and you shouldn’t have many problems.

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FROZEN CITY

The biggest problem here is the slippery floor that can make you slip on the spikes, otherwise just keep moving forward until the boss.

HEART TANK – Take the Ride Armor N, break the ice blocks ahead to reach the location where the heart tank is.

ARMOR CAPSULE (LEG PART) – When you reach a part with a passage in front of a platform, climb on the platform and use a dash + jump to reach the passage, but the jump must be done right at the tip, it is difficult, but not impossible, When you get it, just go forward to the capsule, the Leg Part allows you to air dash to the sides and upwards.

SUB-TANK – You will need the Leg Part to get it, right after climbing a ladder, you will be able to see it, on top of a platform, climb to the highest part just ahead, destroy the robots so they don’t get in your way, now Jump to the left and air-dash up to reach the platform where the sub-tank is.

BOSS: FROZEN BUFFALO

ATTACKS: Frost Shield; Bull Ride; Frost Beam

His weak point is the Parasitic Bomb weapon, but in its absence the X-Buster will have to do, enter the fight with it loaded and hit him as soon as the fight starts, climb the wall when he comes towards you, jump behind him and hit him again, when he throws the ice spikes, dodge and try not to let them stay on the wall, after he loses half his life, he will use a large freezing ray, easy to escape as long as you are close from a wall, just climb up to the top, when you defeat him, you get the Frost Shield weapon.

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HYDROELECTRIC PLANT

The biggest problem here is in the underwater part where there are spikes on the ceiling, be careful when jumping or it’s gone.

HEART TANK – Easy, in the part where you have to climb a lot of walls, just go as high as you can, and you will see it behind a cannon robot, the rest is up to you.

CHANGE-K (RIDE ARMOR) – As soon as you reach the water part, stay on the edge of the first hole and then carry the Frost Shield weapon, climb onto the ice block and let it take you up, you should see the item in a platform, get it.

ARMOR CAPSULE (LEG CHIP) – In the water part, use the Ride Armor F, go to the fan and destroy it, get out of the armor and carry the Frost Shield weapon, climb onto the ice block and climb the wall at the top to reach In the capsule, the Leg Chip allows you to perform two Air Dashes in a row, but if you pick it up you won’t be able to pick up any other chips, so think carefully.

SUB-BOSS: HOTAREECA

ATTACKS: Missile Flurry; Spike Balls

Hit him with a charged shot, he will come at you, go under him with the dash and hit him again, repeat this scheme until you get him out of the way.

BOSS: TOXIC SEAHORSE

ATTACKS: Acid Burst; SuperJump; Double Acid Ball; Melt Away

Easy, his weak point is the frost shield weapon, when he jumps, shoot and use a dash to escape, he will fall right on top of the ice, repeat this scheme and you won’t lose a single bit of life, when you defeat him you win the Acid Burst weapon.

From now on you can (or should I say, must) face Dr. Doppler’s henchmen: Bit and Byte, as well as an old acquaintance from the first episode, so I advise you to always have your sub-tanks full.

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UNDERGROUND MINES

The biggest problem in this stage are the drill robots, which can be a bit annoying, but keep moving forward and be careful in the part with spikes.

HEART TANK – When you climb a wall and there are two paths, go to the right and use the charged Triad Thunder weapon to move the stone out of the way and get the heart tank.

SUB-TANK – Easy, I would even say that it is almost mandatory to get it, just before going down to the first gate, climb the highest wall on the right and get it.

ARMOR CAPSULE (HEAD PART) – When you reach a place where a rock prevents you from following the path to the left, carry the Triad Thunder weapon to get rid of it and get to where the capsule is, the Head Part has a radar that shows a map of the stage and also the location of its items, in addition, on the stage selection screen it shows the items that each stage has, the ones in pink are the ones you haven’t picked up yet.

SUB-BOSS: HELL CRUSHER

ATTACKS: Charge

The only thing he does is come at you, climb the wall when this happens, then fall down and hit him with charged shots, repeat this scheme until you detonate him.

BOSS: TUNNEL RHINO

ATTACKS: Drill Horn; Tornado Fang

Use Acid Burst here, when the battle starts he will come at you, climb the wall jump behind him and hit him, go to the other wall and repeat the scheme, his attacks take a lot of energy, so it’s good to have a sub -full tank, just in case, when you defeat him, you get the Tornado Fang weapon.

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POWER PLANT

Be careful with the spikes in the elevators, get out at the right time so you don’t get hurt, another annoying part is where there are some electric balls on the wall, when you get halfway through the level, if you have already defeated Vile (more details below.) you will face Bit, prepare yourself:

BOSS: BIT

ATTACKS: Pursuit Flame; Air Slash; Hold Ring

Pedreira, I advise you to have at least two full sub-tanks here, he has several attacks that are very difficult to dodge, his weak point is the Frost Shield weapon, hit him whenever you can and don’t hesitate to use sub-tanks if necessary, good luck.

HEART TANK – When you get on the second elevator, go to the end and exit to the right, slide down the left wall and use an air dash to reach the one on the right, slide to get the heart tank and be careful not to fall on the spikes.

ARMOR CAPSULE (BODY PART) – When you go up the third elevator, go to the end and exit to the right, carry the Gravity Wheel weapon to get to where the capsule is. The Body Part increases your defense and when you are hit it generates a field of temporary strength.

SUB-TANK – Right after getting the Body Part, go forward, when you reach the orange part, go to the top, get a Ride Armor, and come back, fall down and you will open a secret passage, go to the end to get it the Sub-Tank.

ALTERNATIVE PATH – Right at the beginning of the level, when you arrive at an elevator, go down and follow it to a teleportation capsule. You will end up in a factory. Keep moving forward and, when you climb the wall, be careful with the scrap that falls. Soon, you will reach a gate and find that old acquaintance: Vile is back and is going on the attack.

BOSS: VILLE AND GOLIATH

ATTACKS: Goliath Punch

He uses his Goliath ride armor; all he does is get at you and punch you. Use the same scheme you used against Tunnel Rhino; the difference is that this time you will use the X-Buster. Upon defeating him, Vile does not give up and continues the attack.

BOSS: VILLE

ATTACKS: Fire Pillar; Machine Gun

He alternates between two attacks, one in which he jumps towards you and launches a pillar of fire that travels across the ground. Climb the wall to the top and jump to the other side to escape, and hit him then. Then he will shoot from above with his machine gun. Wait for him to start shooting and then climb the wall to the top to escape. Keep repeating this scheme and this can be an easy battle, although it takes a long time.

Note: If you want to get Zero’s sword towards the end of the game, you must defeat Vile with Crush Crawfish’s Spinning Blade weapon. This will cause him to die once and for all and not come back later. If you use another weapon, Vile will run away and you will face him again, and you won’t get the sword. But this is just the first step to achieving it, I’ll explain more later.

Now you have 50 seconds to get out of here, before the factory explodes, go ahead and detonate whatever appears in front, be careful especially in the part where the floor collapses, when you reach the teleportation capsule, you return to the start of the phase.

BOSS: VOLT CATFISH

ATTACKS: Ground Spark; Jump Bite ; Triad Thunder; Electric Field

Its weak point is the Tornado Fang weapon, shoot it when it jumps on top of you, climb the wall and move to the other side, repeat this scheme and when it loses half its life, it will be in the middle of the screen, stay close to him, without fear and when he jumps shoot him to land right on top of the drill, when you defeat him you get the Triad Thunder weapon.

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THE DOCKS

This is the easiest phase of the eight, just move forward and when you reach an apparently dead end, shoot the rocket to clear the path and reach the boss:

CHANGE-H (RIDE ARMOR) – Right after the start of the level, a little ahead of the place where you get the Ride Armor, load the Triad Thunder weapon to open a secret passage, fall into it to find the item.

HEART TANK – Take the Ride Armor N and go to the place where a red robot falls, destroying the platform, fall down holding the directional pad to the left, punch the cracked part to reveal a secret passage where the heart tank is.

ARMOR CAPSULE (BODY CHIP) – Right after getting the Heart Tank, still with the Ride Armor, continue forward and fall into the first hole you find, punch the cracked part to reveal another passage that leads to the capsule, the Body Chip increases further your defense, but I don’t advise taking it, later you’ll know why.

BOSS: CRUSH CRAWFISH

ATTACKS: Claw Launch; Spiral Shot; Back Charge

Use the Triad Thunder weapon on it, climb the wall and go to the other side, repeat this scheme until you detonate this lobster, when you defeat it, you get the Spinning Blade weapon.

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BOTANICAL GARDEN

In this stage there is an interesting enemy, some mosquito robots that are invincible but that only attack if you shoot them, they can also help you from time to time, however this stage also has a lot of thorns, be careful, if you have already defeated Bit and Vile and are following the script, you should find Byte at this stage, let’s go:

BOSS: BYTE

ATTACKS: Repell Mine; Shoulder Tackle; Spinning Punch

At first you might think it’s impossible, because the guy is really tough, he throws a kind of magnetic mine on the wall, which makes it difficult for you to climb it and dodge his next attack, a super punch that sends you forward and then back. up, use the Tornado Fang weapon against him, when he launches the mine, wait for it to reach the wall, shoot and do a triangular jump, that is, jump on the wall and then over Byte, repeat this scheme and have at least two Full sub-tanks, good luck.

SUB-TANK – When the stage starts, move forward until you can’t go any further, detonate the red robot and stay where you were, when the mosquito swoops down, climb on it to reach the sub-tank that is clearly visible.

ARMOR CAPSULE (ARM PART) – After getting the sub-tank, follow the platforms to a ladder, climb it and follow it to the end, use the Tornado Fang weapon on the cracked wall, go forward until you see the capsule, jump and use an air dash up to get there, the Arm Part allows you to fire two charged shots or a super shot if you charge and fire both quickly, as well as allowing you to charge the bosses’ weapons.

SUB-BOSS: WORM SEEKER

ATTACKS: Dig; Cub Toss

Annoyingly, he keeps releasing puppies that bother him, use the Triad Thunder weapon to finish him off quickly.

HEART TANK – At the end of the level, on top of the gate that leads to the boss, use the mosquito robot to get there.

BOSS: NEON TIGER

ATTACKS: Ray Splasher; Claw Punch; Wall Crawler; Shinning Claw

Use the Spinnig Blade weapon on him, he will just keep passing from one side to the other, shoot until you finish him, simple as that, when you beat him you get the Ray Splasher weapon.

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AIRPORT

Easy phase, without many secrets, move forward detonating whatever appears until you reach the boss.

HEART TANK – You can only get it after beating the boss of this stage, it is right at the beginning behind some metal boxes, when you come back here after beating Gravity Beetle, the boxes will have disappeared and you can get it.

CHANGE-F (RIDE ARMOR) – After passing through the part of the metal boxes and climbing the ladder, you will see it on a platform above, climb the wall to the top, slide a little, jump to the right and use a dash up to reach It’s difficult and you’ll have to practice a little until you get it right.

ARMOR CAPSULE (ARM CHIP) – After passing through the second gate, climb the wall and get the Ride Armor N, now go to a cracked wall, punch it to reveal a secret passage, follow it to the capsule, the Arm Chip gives the Hyper Crush weapon which allows you to use charged shots simply by pressing Y, you don’t need to hold it, but don’t pick it up, trust me.

BOSS: GRAVITY BEETLE

ATTACKS: Gravity Well; Horn Sliding; Black Hole

Use the Ray Splasher gun, shoot when he jumps, if he gets too close, move to the other side and keep shooting, when you defeat him, you get the Gravity Well gun.

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FACTORY

Another very easy level, just be careful in the conveyor belt area, so you don’t die on the spikes.

SUB-BOSS: SHURIKEIN

ATTACKS: Star Ram; Square Ride

Send charged shots at it and try to dodge its attacks, it’s good to have at least one full Sub-Tank.

ARMOR CAPSULE (HEAD CHIP) – After going up the first elevator, go up through the opening in the ceiling and take the Ride Armor H, fall and walk a little, use a dash + jump (hold the jump) to reach the passage on the other side where it is the capsule, the head chip, allows you to recover health by standing still, don’t catch it, believe me, you’ll thank me later.

CHANGE-N – (RIDE ARMOR) – Right after passing the sub-boss you go to a part with some boxes, destroy them with the Tornado Fang weapon until you find a secret passage, go down it and you will find the Ride Armor, destroy the machine that holds her to catch her.

Note: You will only be able to use the other Ride Armors after you get this one first.

HEART TANK – After getting the Ride Armor, go forward with it until you can’t anymore, go out and climb the wall to get to where the heart tank is.

BOSS: BLAST HORNET

ATTACKS: Bee Swarm; Sting Attack; Parasitic Bomb

Use the Gravity Wheel weapon, charged if possible to cause even more damage, be careful with the little bees he launches, have at least one full sub-tank, just in case, when you defeat him, you get the Parasitic Bomb weapon.

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DR.’S LABORATORY DOPPLER (PART 1)

Be careful with the ceiling full of spikes, in some parts it lowers and can surprise you, when you reach a robot using a Ride Armor, finish it off before the ceiling crushes you, now just move forward until the boss that can vary.

ARMOR CAPSULE (GOLD ARMOR) – Shortly after finding Zero, in a hole before the scrap floor, slide down the right wall until you enter a secret area, the capsule will only be there if you have collected the 4 sub-tanks, the 8 hearts tanks, the 4 armor parts and no armor chip and you still have to get here with full life, the gold armor gives you all the chip abilities that you didn’t get, such as the double air dash, the Hyper Crush weapon, and the ability to recover life by standing still.

BOSS: GODKARMACHINE O INARY

ATTACKS: Living Hand; Sword Beam

This time Bit and Byte are united, but in this case, the union is not strength, simply use the Ray Splasher weapon and they won’t give you the slightest trouble, don’t worry about their attacks.

BOSS: PRESS DISPOSER

ATTACKS: Extended Claw; Junk Fall; Acid Shot; Acid Flood

You will face this boss if you have destroyed Bit and Byte with the Frost Shield and Tornado Fang weapons respectively, well, let’s get to the strategy, use the Tornado Fang weapon against this creature, be careful with its claw, and with the scrap that falls from the ceiling, After he loses his big nose, he will fill the floor with acid, stay on the wall and keep shooting at the top.

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DR.’S LABORATORY DOPPLER (PART 2)

The most dangerous part here is when you have to climb onto platforms with walls full of spikes, you must be very careful when moving from one to the other, so as not to hit them, otherwise just move forward until the boss who also may vary:

BOSS: GOLIATH

ATTACKS: Goliath Punch; Barrier Maker; Spiral Shot

Use the Parasitic Bomb weapon, the scheme is the same as the first fight, you can win without losing life, but just like the first fight it doesn’t end here.

BOSS: VILE MK-2

ATTACKS: Fire Pillar; Machine Gun; Stun Gun; Strangle

He has the same attacks as before and some new ones, but they are all easy to dodge, the secret is not to get too close to him, use the Spinning Blade weapon to finish him off once and for all.

BOSS: VOLT KURAGEIL

ATTACKS: Torpedo Flurry; Triangle Shot; Tentacle Claw

None of his attacks are really worrying, since the battle is underwater and this makes it very easy to dodge them, if you are facing this boss then you should have Zero’s Beam Saber, use it against him a couple of times and you should finish him off. .

Note: In this phase you can get Zero’s Beam Saber, if you have killed Vile with the Spinning Blade weapon, as soon as the phase starts switch to Zero and go to the first gate you will see an insect robot that changes color as it is hit, he is not difficult and you should not have difficulty beating him, when he succeeds the robot falls on top of Zero causing great damage, at that time X appears and Zero says he will return to Dr. Cain’s laboratory to make repairs and delivers the X your Beam Saber, to use it just charge the X-Buster until the energy turns green, just like the Hadouken in Mega Man X and the Shoryuken in Mega Man X2, the Beam Saber causes extremely high damage to enemies and what It’s better, you don’t need to have full health to use it.

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DR.’S LABORATORY DOPPLER (PART 3)

Continue forward until you reach a place full of teleportation capsules, here you will have to face the eight bosses again, the plan to beat them is the same, but now the battles will be much easier, when you’re done just move forward until you find the boss of the stage.

BOSS: DR. DOPLER

ATTACKS: Triple Shot; Barrier Ram; Absorb Field

Easy, I managed to beat him without losing any life, use the Acid Rush weapon, dodge the energy balls and wait for him to come at you, then jump from behind and only then shoot, if you shoot at another time he will absorb the attack and recover life, repeat this scheme until you detonate it.

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DR.’S LABORATORY DOPPLER (END)

Go forward until you find Zero, after he is gone, go up the stairs and climb the wall, prepare for the final battle.

BOSS: SIGMA

ATTACKS: Speed ​​Fire; Air Fire Shot; Shield Slash

He is very fast so don’t hesitate, dodge the fireballs and hit him with the Spinning Blade weapon when he jumps, after losing half his life, he will throw his shield, be quick to dodge him, try not to use any sub -tank, or at most one, I know it’s difficult, but what comes after isn’t any easier.

FINAL BOSS: KAISER SIGMA

ATTACKS: Kaiser Bomb; Kaiser Missile; Kaiser Beam

I advise you to have the 4 sub-tanks full here, even so it won’t be easy, you must hit his head, use the Hyper Crush weapon and when it runs out use the X-Buster, no other weapon is effective against him, if If you have the Beam Saber, it can make things a little easier, the secret is to shoot the upper red part of the armor, all its attacks are very difficult to dodge, but if you have the Gold Armor, the damage will be minimized, good luck, but When you defeat him, it doesn’t end there, you still have to escape the rising lava, climbing the wall, it won’t be easy, you will have to use all your skill here, and what’s worse, if you die now, you will have to face him. do it again, but if you can get to the top, enjoy the end.

“X has destroyed Sigma’s plans once again, but many questions still occupy his mind: Why do humans have to fight the Reploids and why do the Reploids have to fight each other? As X looks at the burning rubble of Dr. Doppler’s Laboratory, his body shakes with a strange sadness. What fate has in store for me, he ponders. He can only hope that Dr. Light’s plan for him will finally be revealed. Oblivious to X, his destiny has already been decided, to save humanity he must destroy Zero, but only time will tell when and why…”