========Mega Man X Guide========

by Reeve
: http://www.megaman-x.com/
: reeve@megaman-x.com

 1. Introduction
 2. Boss Weaknesses / Recommended Order
 3. Power-Up Uses and Locations
 4. Stage Changes
 5. Highway stage 
 6. Snow Mountain stage (Chill Penguin)
 7. Power Plant stage (Spark Mandrill)
 8. Gallery stage (Armored Armadillo)
 9. Ocean stage (Launch Octopus)
 10. Tower stage (Boomer Kuwanger)
 11. Forest stage (Sting Chameleon)
 12. Sky stage (Storm Eagle)
 13. Factory stage (Flame Mammoth)
 14. Sigma's base stage 1 
 15. Sigma's base stage 2 
 16. Sigma's base stage 3 
 17. Final stage
 18. Secrets and Tips 
 19. Legal

1. Introduction:
Welcome to the official Mega Man X Online guide for Mega Man X, the first installment in 
the MMX saga. Refer to the index above for an easy reference guide, and go to 
http://www.megaman-x.com/guides/ to find HTML versions of this guide, along with guides for 

2. Boss Weaknesses / Recommended Order:
-Chill Penguin ---------- Fire Wave (Mammoth) 
-Spark Mandrill --------- Shotgun Ice (Penguin) 
-Armored Armadillo ------ Electric Spark (Mandrill) 
-Launch Octopus --------- Rolling Shield (Armadillo) 
-Boomer Kuwanger -------- Homing Torpedo (Octopus)
-Sting Chameleon -------- Boomerang Cutter (Kuwanger) 
-Storm Eagle ------------ Chameleon Sting (Chameleon) 
-Flame Mammoth ---------- Storm Tornado (Eagle)

3. Power-Up Uses and Locations:
Power-Up          Use              Location
Leg Upgrade - allows X to dash - Found in Chill Penguin's stage. 
Helmet Upgrade - headbutt some ceilings - Found in Storm Eagle's stage. 
Arm Upgrade - more powerful X-Buster - Found in Flame Mammoth's stage. 
Body Upgrade - upgraded defense - Found in Sting Chameleon's stage. 
Heart Tanks - more life added to meter - One per stage
Sub-Tanks - life energy reserve - Found in the stages of: 
				   Storm Eagle 
				   Flame Mammoth 
				   Spark Mandrill 
				   Armored Armadillo

4. Stage Changes:
Certain stages change their appearance, becoming less hazardous if another has been beaten 
before it. They are as follows:
1. Defeating Chill Penguin before entering Flame Mammoth's stage cools down the lava, making 
   it safe to walk on. 
2. Defeating Launch Octopus before entering Sting Chameleon's stage fills a pit with water, 
   allowing access to a Heart tank.
3. Defeating Storm Eagle before entering Spark Mandrill's stage powers out the electricity, 
   making it darker, but removing the floor hazards.

5. Highway Stage:
Basically a warm-up for the rest of the game, this stage should be fairly easy. Dispatch your 
first few enemies through frequent charging of your X-Buster. Before long, you'll find your 
real threat; a large bee robot. Keep charging your Buster and firing to take it down. A 
mid-range charge of the Buster is enough to destroy the walker robots that it drops toward 
you. Eventually it will be destroyed, and you can climb up the wall leading toward the rest 
of the stage. You'll have one more bee encounter as you progress, but it can be taken down 
in the same manner. After a bit, you'll reach the stage "boss," Vile. He's impossible to beat. 
You can fight if you'd like to, but it won't do any good. Eventually he'll prevail and a 
story sequence will save you. 

6. Chill Penguin's stage:
At the start of the level, you'll meet the woodcutter enemy. Jump onto the log that he's 
chopping and jump behind him to defeat him. Moving on you'll find bat robots and some wheel 
enemies such as the ones from the Opening Stage. After climbing some walls, you'll find the 
first Light Capsule, the only mandatory one. 

Leg Upgrade
This capsule is in plain sight, and can't be avoided. 

Moving on, you'll find some more enemies, such as floating robots and an ostrich robot. These 
are fairly easy to defeat, and after you do so you'll find the Ride Armor. While inside, 
you're invulnerable, making it fairly easy to breeze through the Ride Armor pilots you face. 
Just be careful not to go over an edge while in the Ride Armor. 

Heart Tank
At the entrance of the cave is a small platform that sticks up out of the snow. In the Ride 
Armor, jump up and then out of the Armor, and onto the ceiling of the cave. Use the Fire Wave 
on the first structure you see, and underneath will be a Heart Tank. 

The only threat left is the snoball throwers. Some snoballs cascade into much larger snoballs, 
posing a more significant threat, but they can be jumped over fairly easily. After moving 
through this area, you'll find yourself at the entrance to the boss. 

Chill Penguin Strategy
Certainly the Fire Wave is the optimum weapon to use here, as it not only hurts Chill Penguin 
greatly, but it also debilitates him for a few seconds, stopping his current attack in its 
tracks. He has four basic attacks. 
1. Shotgun Ice - Simply four shots of ice in a row. Cling to the wall to avoid these. 
2. Ice Penguins - Partly a shield and partly an attack, Chill Penguin will sometimes form two 
penguins in front of him made of ice. You can shoot through these to get to him with a few 
shots. He'll either try to blow these toward you with the Snowstorm, or break them himself by 
Sliding. Either way, clinging to the wall avoids damage.
3. Sliding - Sometimes unexpected, a slide that moves all across the floor. Staying securely 
clung to the wall or simply jumping over it works. 
4. Snowstorm - A strong gust of snow and wind that blows both X and the Ice Penguins to one 
side of the room or the other. 

7. Spark Mandrill's stage:
The first part of this stage is a pretty straightforward path of ladders and platforms. The 
only enemies in this section are the missile launchers, and they can be blasted with only a 
few charged shots, and dodging their attacks is easy. Eventually you'll come to a place where 
an option leads downward, and another upward. 

If you have the Boomerang Cutter, take the lower path and lean against the wall that you can 
see the Sub-Tank. Jump up and use the Boomerang Cutter to nab it. 

The next area involves total darkness, except for the occasional fly-by of a bug robot 
that lights the path. Be careful not to fall in any pits here, and you'll safely reach 
the mini-boss, Thunder Slimer. Dash to avoid getting stuck in the goo he'll drop, and attack 
him with charged shots when he lands. You can also cling to the wall to attack. Next comes an 
area full of robots, all over. You might sustain a hit or two here, but your life should be high 
enough that it won't matter. 

Heart Tank
At one point, you'll see a ladder leading downward and a solid wall on the right side. 
Climb the wall, and you'll see the Heart Tank. Either use the Boomerang Cutter to grab it, 
or Dash-Jump off the wall and jerk quickly right to latch onto the ledge.

Next comes another dark section. This one is longer, but it isn't much harder. Once you 
make it safely through this section, you'll find the boss. 

Spark Mandrill Strategy
The Shotgun Ice makes Spark Mandrill immensely easier. It freezes him in place, making him 
unable to move. If using it, you can just freeze him over and over while sustaining minimum 
damage. If using the X-Buster, you need to know how to avoid his three basic attacks. 
1. Electric Spark - Two large sparks in either direction running along the ground and walls. 
Cling to the wall and jump off when the spark comes near, being careful to avoid Spark 
Mandrill himself as well. 
2. Ceiling Climb - Quite frequently, Spark Mandrill will cling to the ceiling and climb 
across it, readying himself to jump on X when over him. Dash under him to throw off the 
3. Dash Punch - Usually directly after the Ceiling Climb, he'll charge, fist out. Cling to 
the wall instantly directly after dashing under the Ceiling Climb to avoid this attack. 
Usually you'll have to ready yourself for the Electric Spark as well. 

8. Armored Armadillo's stage:
At the start of the level, there is a wheeled cart. If you take it, you will destroy the 
enemies in your path, but get flung off when it comes to an abrupt stop at the end, falling 
down a pit. A well-timed jump can let you soar over the enemies and be fine, sustaining no 
injuries, but more likely you'll get hit by the ostrich robot. This doesn't do too much 
damage, and there are plenty of bat robots around to fill up your life gauge, so don't 
worry. If you want to take the safe path, though, start the wheeled cart and let it go, and 
blast your way through. Next there will be a small pit for you to go down.

Instead of jumping down, cling to the wall and slide down. Jump back up when you see the 
rock crusher, and let him go by you, and go into the alchove that he was in. You'll find the 
Sub-Tank there.

Now, try to destroy the robot as quickly as you can. If you have the Fire Wave weapon, it 
works fantastically to defeat him. Otherwise, fire your Buster fast and furiously. It's not 
important yet, but practice could help for when you actually have to hurt one in time. The 
award for defeating this one quickly is a few containers of energy, if you have the helmet 
upgrade. Afterwards, there will be a large section with more wheel, bat, and hard hat robots. 
These shouldn't be a problem, despite the fact that it goes on for a while. Eventually, 
you'll come to another wheeled cart. You don't have to fire at all on this one, and it's much 
easier to time your jump so you don't run into any enemies. Afterwards, there will be another 
pit, with another rock crusher robot at the bottom. This is the one that is important to 
defeat quickly.

Heart Tank
If you destroy him in time, you will be able to climb up a wall with a Heart Tank at the top. 
For this one you don't need your helmet upgrade. 

Now there will be a few more bat robots, and yet another wheeled cart. This is the only cart 
that is absolutely necessary to ride. You can avoid being hit while riding it by firing off 
two normal shots, or one charged shot, for the short moment that the cart is on level ground 
right before the first jump. If you get hit, though, it shouldn't matter, since the spike of 
the cart will wipe out the pickaxe robots and they usually supply you with life. Fire at the 
birds to bring them down when you're on level ground, and cling to the wall just after the 
long jump to make your way through to the boss.

Armored Armadillo Strategy
Armored Armadillo is very difficult using the X-Buster, as most shots simply bounce off of 
his armor. The Electric Spark is the only weapon that can pierce and rid him of this armor, 
and he's weak to it afterwards. At this point, it's important to know how to avoid his three 
basic attacks.
1. Rolling Shield -  His most frequent attack, this involves rolling into a ball and bouncing 
all over the walls of the room rather quickly. Fast footwork is the only way to avoid this. 
Be ready to dash and cling to walls. 
2. Blast Attack - Usually directly after the Rolling Shield, Armored Armadillo will shoot 
plasma shots from his helmet. He'll continue to do this until he's hit, and then usually go 
into the Rolling Shield again. Clinging to the wall works, but he'll do it for a very long 
time if you do this. More recommended is to jump over the blasts and attack him. 
3. Guarding - This is his Guarding ability that's debilitated by use of the Electric Spark. 

9. Launch Octopus's stage:
At the beginning of the level, there will be a few water skipper and turtle robots. These 
shouldn't be a problem. While you're on the ground level of the water, your Buster shots will 
line up directly with the water skippers, and there is plenty of room to dodge the turtles' 
missles. Once you get into the deep water, a few sea horse robots will attack you. No matter 
how many you shoot, they'll always come back, so it's better to simply jump over them and move 
on in the level. Eventually you'll meet a large submarine enemy. It has a few basic attacks. 
The most deadly is when spiked missles come out, twisting unpredictably. It takes a little 
while to get used to, but you can get in between the two sets of missles, saving you from any 
hits. Other than that, just blast him as quickly as you can. He'll sometimes try to suck you 
in or blow you out, but running the opposite direction from either saves you from that. There 
are a few spikes on the ground, but the hightened jump you get from being inside the water 
should make it easy to jump over them. There will also be a few fish robots. You can destroy 
them quickly, or you can get sucked in. Once inside the fishes, blasting them quickly will 
destroy them before they get any damage on you. You'll meet up with another submarine robot. 
The same strategies apply here, except that it's much more dangerous when he tries to suck 
you in or blow you away because of the spikes on both sides. If running doesn't work, try 
jumping. This will get you out of the path of the wind. Next there will be some wind 
generators pushing upwards. The first one leads to a platform with some energy. The third one 
leads to an enemy that you should try beating. It's not necessary, but it is worth it. 

Heart Tank
To get this one, you have to destroy two fairly hard enemies. First, the large Cruiziler boat. 
Fire at the blue crystal at the front of it (your Buster should be directly aimed towards it). 
Stay near the edge so the robot enemies can't grab you, and dodge the missles if they come at 
you. Eventually it will go down and create a new path underwater. Go to your right, and jump 
over the spike pits. A sea-serpent robot, Utuboros, will come out. Jump on its back and fire at 
the head. When the head is out of range, fire at the tail. If he's getting too close to the 
ceiling, jump off and wait for him to come back down and repeat the process. When he dies, 
he'll drop to the floor, and you along with him. If you're in front of the pillars in the 
background, you'll land fine. Now you can enter the area to the right and get the Heart Tank. 
Exit this area and move on in the stage. 

You will have to fight [another] Utuboros robot here. Follow the same strategy as is pointed 
out above, except two notable exceptions. For one, this one can burrow back underground, and 
it will do so sometimes. For another, there is no ceiling, so you don't have to worry about 
that. After you defeat him and pass by a few more fish robots, you'll find the entrance to the 

Launch Octopus Strategy
Launch Octopus' weakness is the Rolling Shield, but that alone can't do the trick. One could 
use the Rolling Shield to dispatch his Homing Missiles, but he fires off too many, and you'd 
run out of your Rolling Shield weapon very fast. You also have to know how to avoid his three 
basic attacks. Also, if you have the Boomerang Cutter, you can hit him with it a few times and 
slice off his tentacles, removing some of his nastier attacks.
1. Homing Torpedo - This should be taken care of with a charged X-Buster blast, and then 
switched to the Rolling Shield to inflict damage on Launch Octopus.
2. Energy Drain - Sometimes Launch Octopus will take you in his grasp and drain energy, adding 
it to his own. He doesn't use this very often, and as long as you don't get too close to him 
at a constant rate he'll never get the opportunity. 
3. Whirlpool - Fairly often, he'll swirl around, creating a whirlpool with the potential to 
suck you in, damaging you and giving him the perfect opportunity to use the Energy Drain. Dash 
constantly away from the direction of the whirlpool and you'll be fine. 

10. Boomer Kuwanger's stage:
Making your way up the ladders, you'll eventually come to a shielded robot with a ball and 
chain. You can either try to attract his attack and fire at him as he does this, or switch 
to your Homing Torpedo weapon and use that against him. There will be a few wall-mounted gun 
robots and more ball and chain robots, and they shouldn't be a problem. You'll next come to 
some lasers. If you walk in front of these when they're red, you'll be fired at, so try to 
cross them only when they aren't red. Up the next few sets of ladders are some turtle robots, 
which shouldn't be a huge problem. There's plenty of room to dodge their missles. Next there 
will be a platform that rises up, trying to run you into blocks of spikes. Just run from one 
side to another, sometimes dashing, to make sure you don't get hit by them. There will also be 
a few spiked enemies, but you should be able to dodge them too. Next, climb up the walls and 
onto the platforms that stretch out. Destroy the gun-mounted enemies on the platforms, and the 
lizard-like robots on the ladders, and make your way to the top.

Heart Tank
If you have the Shotgun Ice and your X-Buster upgrade, you can get this Tank. Charge up your 
Shotgun Ice until it turns pink, and then let it go. It will turn into a sliding ice penguin 
that you can ride on top of. Get on it, and let it go out past the platform. Jump from it to 
the platform that the Heart Tank is on, and move on in the level. 

Destroy the platform enemies and climb up on the floating platforms they're on. Use these to 
climb up to a ladder. Once at this ladder, destroy the mounted gun and climb up the left side 
of the wall to the ladder. This will lead to the boss.

Boomer Kuwanger Strategy
Boomer Kuwanger is one of the easiest bosses in the game, especially if you have the Homing 
Missile. If so, stay on the wall and fire repeatedly until he goes down. If you have the 
X-Buster, use it while avoiding his three basic attacks.
1. Boomerang Cutter - Lifting the crescent boomerang off his head and throwing it, it moves 
in a circle and goes back to him. Staying on the wall will easily avoid this. 
2. Dead Lift - If you're caught on the ground when he's near, he'll pick you up with his head 
and throw you to the ceiling, incurring significant damage. He usually uses this in correlation 
with his Vanish manuever, and staying clung to the wall avoids it fairly easily. 
3. Vanish - Boomer will often vanish and reappear, usually using the Dead Lift directly 
afterward. Staying clung to the wall avoids this connection, and gives you the upper hand to 
fire when he reappears. 

11. Sting Chameleon's stage:
Through the beginning of the stage, there's a few wood cutter robots and water skippers. These 
aren't too hard to handle, especially seeing as it's fairly easy to dash past them. You can 
destroy them, of course, but watch out for the small worms in the water. Once you reach the 
end of the brown rocks, you can go up, down, or straight ahead.

Heart Tank
If you choose the downward path, and you've beaten Launch Octopus, it will be partially filled 
with water. Strangely enough, you don't need the Helmet upgrade to crush the rocks. As long as 
you jump from the side, you can crush them. If you get under them and try to crush them by 
jumping straight up, you need your Helmet upgrade. But it's not necessary to get the Heart 
Tank. Dash and then jump to the right, and then cling to the wall and jump up to the Heart 
Tank. Do another Dash-Jump to get back to where you were. 

Body Upgrade
This upgrade is fairly easy to find, but hard to obtain. By doing a well-timed Dash-Jump and 
clinging to the wall, you get to a higher level. Once there, the walls will close in on you, 
and a large robot named RT-55J will drop from the ceiling. His head is the only vulnerable part 
on him, and you will be able to tell when you hit it by the difference in sounds of when you hit 
his body or legs. His head, while vulnerable, takes a lot of hits. The easiest method is to stay 
near a wall so that when he fires his grappling hook you can cling to it, then Dash-Jump off the 
wall to the opposite side of the battle ground. Dash or run under him when he jumps over you. 
Keep this up for quite a while, and he'll eventually start smoking. Smoke will appear from him 
more and more until he's finally destroyed, at which time the capsule will appear. This upgrade 
reduces damage done when you're hit by fifty percent. 

Moving on in the straight path, you'll face some rock robots. You can't destroy them while 
they're rocks, but when they "unfold" themselves, they're vulnerable. If you've charged your 
Buster, it will takeone of those and a few extra rapid hits to destroy them, and you should 
be able to take them outbefore they can get a hit off on you. Once you exit the cave, there 
will be some woodpecker enemies.These aren't hard, and can be skipped if you'd like. Just a 
charged up blast should destroy them. When you climb up the hill, you'll be greeted by a 
ball-and-chain robot. Wait for him to start to attack, then jump over their ball and hit him 
with a charged X-Buster shots, plus a few more singular shots. Next you'll find some Riding 
Armor. You can't be hurt while in this, but it will be destroyed if it gets hit too much. 
Given the relatively small area you have to cross in it, you don't have to worry about it 
being destroyed. You have to jump constantly to avoid getting too deep in the mud, but this 
shouldn't be aproblem. If something does happen and your riding armor is destroyed, make sure 
you charge up your X-Buster before entering any unfamiliar enemies. You'll then find the 
entrance for the boss.

Sting Chameleon Strategy
Sting Chameleon is fairly easy, especially if you have the Boomerang Cutter. Staying on the 
ground is your best bet for Chameleon, and using your charged Buster or Boomerang Cutter 
while avoiding his three basic attacks.
1. Chameleon Sting - Clinging to the ceiling with his tongue, he'll shake the trees so spikes 
fall, posing danger. If you hit him with his Boomerang Cutter enough, he'll seldom if ever use 
this. Otherwise, Dash to avoid the attacks.
2. Irontongue - A tongue whip. This is his most infrequently used attack. If you keep your 
distance, he'll never even get the chance to use it. 
3. Blend - Being a chameleon, Sting Chameleon can blend into his surroundings for a short while 
and reappear with a different position. This also makes him invulnerable to your attacks for a 
few seconds. Just wait for him to reappear and then attack. 

12. Storm Eagle's stage:
The most prevalent danger in Storm Eagle's stage is the falling hazard. Be 
careful. As you progress through the level, you'll find some floating platforms 
with robots. These are easily destroyed with charged shots.

Heart Tank
When the conveyor belt platform reaches the highest point of the far left, do a 
Dash-Jump to the left. You'll reach the top of the building with the Heart Tank. 

Moving on, you'll find cannons posing a threat to you. Some will be on the 
ground, and later some will be on floating platforms. Blast them with powered 
Buster shots and move on. 

From the first platform, you can go left instead of right, which leads to a glass 
tower. Blast a hole in the wall and move to the middle of it. The Sub-Tank lies 
there. Grab it and go right to continue. 

You'll next find some spitfire robots, but they should be far enough away that they 
don't pose any threat to you. Simply be patient and destroy them one by one. After 
this, you'll be on safe ground once again, and be faced with a very tall tower. Climb 
it to move on. 

Helmet Upgrade
Dash-Jumping off the right side of the tall tower will land you near some explosive 
gas tanks. Blast them to open the way to the capsule. 

After moving through some more of the usual enemies, you'll come to the gunship with 
some heavy-duty cannons. Still, they shouldn't be a problem, especially as you can 
easily hide under them through the provided lower ground. After this, you'll find 
yourself at the boss. 

Storm Eagle Strategy
Whether using the Chameleon Sting or the X-Buster, the strategy is basically the same. 
The advantage of using the Chameleon Sting is that it takes off more damage per hit, and 
it fires diagonally upwards, making it easier to reach him when he hovers. He has four 
basic attacks.
1. Storm Wind - A steady stream of wind intended to push you off the ledge. Dashing forward 
is just about the only way to avoid being blown off. 
2. Storm Tornado - A gust attack that fires off one visible tornado. Also intended to blow 
you off the ledge, but dashing isn't needed for as long as it is to avoid the Storm Wind.
3. Diving - Moving out of range, he dives from the left or right repeatedly. Since there's 
no way to know which side he'll dash from, dashing from side to side works well to avoid 
4. Egg - Storm Eagle will occassionally fire off an egg and small eagles will come out. If 
you destroy the egg or the small eagles early, it's not a problem. Otherwise, you have to 
try your best to jump over the small eagles. 

13. Flame Mammoth's stage:
Hopefully you've beaten Chill Penguin before you came here. If so, dash along the grey bottom 
level and avoid all of the enemies. If you haven't, you'll have to run along the conveyer 
belts, destroying and avoiding enemies as you go. Eventually there will be a chasm to fall 
down. Go down it, and go towards another area with the grey bottom level. 

Arm Upgrade 
Once at the bottom level, stand on the green platform. There will be a small crack in it, and 
that should be a guide for your feet. That should be the edge of where your foot is. Dash-Jump 
to the left and cling to the wall, bashing it with your Helmet upgrade. When you climb up this 
wall, you'll find the capsule, which allows X a more powerful charged shot and the ability to 
charge any weapon. 

Heart Tank 
Again, tracing along the bottom level of grey, all the way to the end, there will be a Heart 
Tank waiting for you. You can only get this if you've beaten Chill Penguin, and you have to 
avoid some pickaxe robots attacks, but it shouldn't be a problem. 

Now climb up the wall at the end of the platforms. You can go forward (right) to move on in 
the level, or you can go back (left).  

Traveling left, fight your way through the pickaxe robots with powered up Buster shots, moving 
from platform to higher platform. You're near the end when you meet some hardhat robots. 
Destroy them, and collect the extra life at the end of the platform. Dash-Jump from it onto 
the wall at the left and find an area where you can crush the blocks with your head. After you 
do, you can get inside to the Sub-Tank.  

Now you'll have some more conveyer belts to face. This time, you can't simply trace along the 
bottom. Jump over the robots that will be firing at you and avoid the compressors trying to 
crush you. It's best to get the enemy robots trapped in them. Next will be a small network of 
pipes. Take the first ladder and simply jump over the spiked robot. Have a charged shot 
prepared to take on the ball-and-chain robot, and entice his weapon so he's vulnerable. 
Continue this process for the next network of pipes, and then you'll find yourself at the 
entrance to the boss.

Flame Mammoth Strategy
Flame Mammoth is the only boss with a larger battle field, leaving room for more freedom of 
movement. The conveyor belt on the floor hinders that movement slightly, but it can still be 
moved upon. The Storm Tornado, both in normal and charged form, work well against him, but 
whether using the X-Buster or Storm Tornado, the strategy for avoiding his three basic attacks 
remains the same. 
1. Fire Wave - This is hardly a wave, but more of a small shot that lands on the ground and 
stays on the conveyor belt. Simply dodging or clinging to the wall works to avoid this. 
2. Oiling - If you're near Flame Mammoth he'll sometimes fire an oil blot at you, making you 
stick to your position as he hits you with a Fire Wave. Again, normal dodging through the use 
of jumping, dashing, or clinging to the wall will render this useless for him. 
3. Jump Press - Occasionally Mammoth will jump up and land, making the ground shake and 
debilitating your movement for a few seconds. This can be avoiding by careful timing of jumping 
just before he hits ground. 

14. Sigma's base stage 1:
The first of the Sigma's Base stages isn't all that hard, especially since now you should 
be versed inhow to beat all of the normal enemies. When first entering, there will be some 
turtle and flying spikeenemies, but these shouldn't be a problem. As usual, there's plenty 
of room for fighting the turtles. Once you get to a giant pit with some hovering pads, it 
helps to charge up your Rolling Shield and use it. This will protect you from any flying spike 
enemies that try to hurt you as you jump from platform to platform. If you don't have the Arm 
Upgrade that allows you to do this, simply charge up your Busterbefore moving on every time 
so you can kill them quickly. Next there will be an area a lot of enemies. Mounted guns, 
turtles, walkers, flying spikes, missle launchers, you name it. You might get hit a few times, 
but as long as you make it up the ladder at the end alive, it won't matter. Charge up your 
Buster to destroy the walkers quickly, and keep moving up the ladders. Once at the top, you'll 
find Vile and Zero.

Vile Strategy
Like the first time, Vile will eventually trap you. Also like the first time, Zero will bail 
you out of trouble. But this time you have to take on Vile himself. His armored carrier has 
been destroyed, but he remains. Luckily, your life will be fully recharged before you do 
battle. The Homing Torpedo is the best weapon to use against him. Fire off about two at a 
time and then concentrate on dodging until those hit him, at which time you should fire off 
two more. Simply jumping over his net attack and when he charges at you isn't hard. Sometimes 
he'll hover over you and fire down energy blasts that will trace the ground. These aren't 
hard to jump over, with a well-placed Dash-Jump. In time, the Homing Torpedos will get the 
best of him, and victory will be yours.

Now there will be some ball-and-chain robots, and a few that will fire at you if you cross 
their lasers while they are red. Now that you have the Arm Upgrade (if you didn't have it 
before, Zero should've just given it to you), charging it up to full and letting the 
ball-and-chain robots have it will kill them in one hit. Other than that, jump over the 
springs that try to run you into the lasers. If you do cross in front of them, dodging the 
fire isn't that hard. Next you'll reach an area that you climb up a wall for a long time. 
Use your Homing Torpedo weapon to destroy the ball-and-chain robots. Afterwards, charge up 
your Rolling Shield weapon and use it to avoid the other enemies. Switch back to your Homing 
Torpedo whenever you need to get rid of the ball-and-chain robots, but always switch back to 
a charged Rolling Shield to protect yourself. Once you get through this, you'll be facing 
Boomer Kuwanger once again. Simply utilize the same strategies outlined above. There will be 
quite a few spiked robots, hardhats, and spiked wheels in this next area. You can blast them 
away pretty easily, or you can get through extremely easily by simply charging up your 
Rolling Shield once again. It destroys all the enemies in this area, keeping you completely 
safe. Just make sure you only walk up to the hardhats when they aren't shielded. Either that, 
or just dash past them. Once you're through here, you've made it to the boss.

Spider Strategy
The boss of this level is a robotic spider. There are four poles lined up on the wall, and 
he will make his web out of that, forming bars between the poles to walk on. He'll come down 
to your level, randomly, and expose his weak spot for a moment. The more he's hit, the faster 
he'll come down, increasing your chances of being hit by him, which takes away the small 
window of time when he's vulnerable. He'll also sometimes fire four small spiders down to 
ground level with you. Dash-Jump over these when you can, or fire at them with a charged up 
X-Buster shot or your Shotgun Ice. The Shotgun Ice is the spider's weakness, but a charged 
X-Buster shot will do well too. Dash from one side to the other to throw him off, and stop 
when you're getting an idea of which side he's going to stay on. Sometimes he'll only make 
the bars appear on one side, making where he'll go very predictable. In this case, go to the 
side the bars aren't on and wait to fire at him. 

15. Sigma's base stage 2:
You might want to, once again, equip yourself with the powered up Rolling Shield weapon to 
null the risk of being knocked off the platforms by the bats. After the floating platforms, 
you'll have to deal with a couple of ostrich robots, one on the ground and one after you 
climb up a wall. Neither of these should be a problem, and after them you'll go through a 
boss door to face Chill Penguin. Like Boomer Kuwanger in the previous stage, utilize the 
same strategies as before to defeat him. Power up your X-Buster and move on. Inch onto the 
screen a robot enemy who will be looking around. Blast him and take his armored carrier. If 
you don't, he'll get into it and pose a serious threat. But if you blast him, the armored 
carrier is yours and it will carry you easily to the point that you'll have to get off, at 
the ladder. Climb up the ladder, charge up your Rolling Shield again, and go on the path to 
the right. You'll make it up easier with your shield guarding you. Moving on, you'll run into 
Storm Eagle. Defeat him and blast your way through the bat and wheel robots, and use your 
Homing Torpedo on the ball-and-chain robots. You don't need that weapon for any bosses in the 
level, so it shouldn't be a problem to use it here. Before long, you'll find yourself at the 

Rangda Bangda Strategy
Hope you saved a little bit of that Chameleon Sting from Storm Eagle, because that's what 
Ramba Bamba is weak against. Dodge the shots that come from the eyes and fire at them with 
the C. Sting when they're exposed. When the walls close in, cling onto them to avoid falling 
into the pits, and fire at the nose-structure robot that will float around the room when it 
exposes its weak spot. Drift down the wall or climb up it to avoid being hit by the nose that 
will richochet off the walls, but make sure you don't fall down into the pit. That's instant 
death. This boss is, overall, the easiest inside Sigma's fortress.

16. Sigma's base stage 3:
This stage is, more or less, a bout of Maverick boss after Maverick boss. Expect a lot of 
deja vu. Upon entering, climb up the wall and take out the turtle. There will be two guns 
mounted on the ceiling, but neither of them should be pointed anywhere that will pose a threat 
to you. If they do, do the obvious thing and move out of their way. There's plenty of room to 
take out the turtle without getting hit. After this, you'll be facing Armored Armadillo again. 
After defeating him, you might want to power up your Rolling Shield weapon to be on the safe 
side, in order to destroy the bats so that the pickaxe robot won't be as much of a hassle. 
After you take out these minor threats you're going against Sting Chameleon. Defeat him, and 
then move on and cling to the wall as you take out the first pickaxe robot, and then charge up 
your Buster to destroy the cycle and the other pickaxe robot at the same time. Then use the 
Boomerang Cutter to snag the energy and weapon energy capsules inside the wall. If you want to 
charge up a different weapon than the Boomerang Cutter (like the Rolling Shield, for example), 
switch to it right before the weapon energy gets to you. You'll next face Spark Mandrill. 
Shooting down the big fish that are in this next underwater area isn't that hard, and if you 
get sucked in, you can still kill them without sustaining any damage fairly easily. The water 
will give you a heightened jump that will make it easy to reach the energy and weapon energy 
resting on a pipe above you. And, as if being underwater didn't make it obvious enough, you'll 
next be facing Launch Octopus. The next area is jam-packed with enemies, and simply using a 
charged up Rolling Shield isn't going to help much. So what's the answer here? Charged up 
Chameleon Sting, of course. Take the higher path, the one with all the spikes, and use a 
charged up Chameleon Sting to make sure the spikes don't hurt you. There will be energy, 
weapon energy, and even an extra life on this path, and using the Chameleon Sting assures that 
if you do it fast enough, none of the enemies in this area will hurt you. And you'll be 
well-prepared to face Flame Mammoth. After defeating him there are no enemies, and therefore 
no potential to refill your life meter. You go straight from Flame Mammoth to the boss. 

Tank Strategy
The boss of this Maverick-packed stage is a giant two-piece tank. The best weapon to use here 
is the Boomerang Cutter, and aim for the eye on the top part of the tank. He uses one of three 
attacks. The first is to make the bottom and top part separate, and ram them both against the 
wall. Dash-Jump between these two and cling to the walls occasionally to avoid being crushed. 
The other is to get you to stand on the bottom part, and have the top part come on top of you. 
This is why you Dash-Jump between them instead of staying there. The third is to gather on the 
right side of the screen and make a huge blast of energy. Cling to the wall and Dash-Jump out 
of the way of the blast. It's easy to draw it off-course and go over where it lands. Be 
forewarned; the more you hit it, the faster and more deadly it will be. 

17. Final stage:
Here it is: the final level. It helps to have all your Sub-Tanks full, and have gathered your 
Heart Tanks and capsule upgrades. The level itself is simply climbing up a wall to meet Sigma. 
To avoid these, simply climb up the left wall until you see a hole, then jump to the right 
wall. Once done climbing up the wall, you'll face the three bosses.

Velguader Strategy (1st Boss)
Sigma chooses to test you using his mechanical partner, and this robotic pooch doesn't want to 
let its master down. Of all the weapons in X's arsenal, the Shotgun Ice works best. If you run 
out of this for some reason (like having to play him more than once), use the Storm Tornado. 
His moves are fast and furious, and require quick reflexes. Dash-Jump out of the way when he 
lunges for you, and try to find your way to a wall. From there, you can Dash-Jump accordingly 
to his next attack. He will somtimes jump towards the wall, and from there onto the ground, so 
be prepared to jump off the wall if need be. He will also use a fairly easy to avoid 
flamethrower attack, which can usually be dodged simply be clinging to a wall and jumping off 
of it. His other attack is a row fo energy blasts that go to different points in the room. 
Cling to a wall and Dash-Jump towards him, but not quite at him, when he does this. Then be 
prepared to dash or Dash-Jump away when he prepares his next move. Use your weapon as much as 
possible, and remember that the Shotgun Ice weapon can ricochet. Powering up the Shotgun Ice 
or Storm Tornado isn't a bad idea either. If you don't use any of your Sub-Tanks here, you 
should be in pretty good shape for the other two bosses.

Sigma Strategy (2nd Boss)
Upon destroying his dog, Sigma shows no remorse, but rather chuckles at your impressive 
abilities. At this, he sheds his cape and takes you on himself. This is probably the easiest 
boss of the three in this final stage, simply because his patterns are more predictable than 
the other two. Use the Electric Spark weapon, and cling to the left wall, staying at the very 
top, as far as you can go. Sigma will jump from wall to wall, getting higher and higher, 
trying to hit you. Fall when he's just jumped from right below you, and fire off your Electric 
Spark. Sometimes you should also consider charging it. It will hit him on the way back, and 
he'll start coming down. You can stay on the ground if it looks safe, or cling to the wall if 
he looks like he'll run into you (the second is the more likely of the two). Either way, cling 
to the wall before or just after he comes back to the ground and repeat the process. Keep 
doing this over and over again until he's gone. If you don't exploit his pattern like this he 
has an attack that he fires rapidly from his head, but this is the best way. You shouldn't 
have to use a Sub-Tank here, and if you didn't in the last one or here, the final boss will be 
much easier. 

Wolf-Machine Strategy (3rd Boss)
All four Sub-Tanks should be conserved for this fight if possible. His weakness is the most 
unwieldy of the weapons, the Rolling Shield. And charging it does no good. All of his attacks 
penetrate the shield. When the wolf head's eyes light up, he'll soon do one of two attacks. 
The best method for both of these is to get far to one side of the screen, and adjust your 
actions according to which it is. It also helps to know his four basic attacks, and how to 
avoid them. 
1. Head Attack #1: Electricity - Balls of electric energy will spew out at an alarming rate, 
all the way across the screen. There's only one safe spot for this, on the claws (discussed 
later). If you aren't on the claws, though, you're not doomed; you just have to work harder. 
Dash just after you see the one right in front of you touch down. It takes a bit of practice, 
but you can dodge them completely this way. 
2. Head Attack #2: Fire - Unlike the individual balls of electricity in Head Attack #1, his 
second attack is a giant wall of fire, that also moves across the entire screen. You can't 
simply dash through this. Remember getting to one side of the screen? Stay there. Distract 
the electric shocks coming from the claws by going a little off the edge of the screen, 
waiting for them to shake (meaning they're about to do one of their two attacks), and moving 
over to the far side of the screen as you were before. This should keep you safe. While it 
requires practice, it doesn't require as much as it does to withstand Head Attack #1.  
3. Claw Attack #1: Electricity. When you see the claw shake, get out from under it, or off of 
it if you're on top of a claw. It is possible to be on top of a claw and not be hit by this, 
if you're on the very edge, but it's pretty hard to do, and jumping off is a safer bet.  
4. Claw Attack #2: Scratch. The second claw attack is the one that is necessary to the 
completion of the game. After it shakes, it will come down on you. Dash out of its way 
quickly. But it will remain on the ground for a moment, and that's your opportunity. Jump on 
top of the claw to rise high enough to hit Sigma's head with the Rolling Shield.
If you feel brave, you can try to climb up the side walls, dodging the claws that come so 
close to them, and get to his head that way. This is dangerous, however, and I don't recommend 
it for beginners. Don't be afraid to use your Sub-Tanks; you're not conserving them for 
anything anymore. After enough pelting he'll be down for the count, and you'll earn yourself 
the ending to the game. Enjoy.

18. Secrets and Tips:
1. Easy Sub-Tank Fill - To quickly and easily fill up your Sub-Tanks, go to Armored 
   Armadillo's stage after you have beaten him, and once you have the Arm Upgrade. At the 
   beginning of the stage, power up the Rolling Shield weapon and use it to have the shield 
   surround you. Now run up and down the downward at the beginning of the level. The bats will 
   die when you hit them with your powered up Rolling Shield, rendering you invulnerable, and 
   they drop life frequently. This will quickly fill up your Sub-Tanks to full in only a minute 
   or two.
2. Zero's Arm Cannon - If you neglect to pick up the Arm Upgrade, you still obtain it through 
   slightly different means. After Zero self-destructs on Vile, while he is talking to X, he 
   offers X his Arm Cannon. Through this, X gets the same effect of the Arm Cannon upgrade.
3. "Haduken" Fireball - Fans of Capcom's Street Fighter series recognize the term "Haduken," 
   while the rest of the world simply calls it a fireball. No matter what it is, it's powerful. 
   To get it, you must have collected all the power-ups (that means 8 Heart tanks, 4 Sub-tanks, 
   and 4 capsule upgrades) and have beaten all 8 Maverick bosses. Once this is accomplished, go 
   through Armored Armadillo's stage without dying. At the end of the stage, when the wheeled 
   cart goes flying over the large pit, jump off of it and onto a ledge. Collect the energy at 
   the top, and then go to where you would be fighting Armored Armadillo, and X will leave. Go 
   back into Armored Armadillo's stage and repeat this 4 to 6 times without dying. Eventually, 
   there will be a new capsule where the energy once stood on the ledge, and he will give you 
   the ability to use the Haduken. To do this, follow the motion you would follow in a 
   Street Fighter game. Down, Down/Left, Left, Y, all in one smooth motion. 
   Note: Lefts are exchangable for Rights, depending on which way you're facing.)

19. Legal:
credit must be given to Mega Man X Online (http://www.megaman-x.com/). All associated 
characters and games are copyright to Capcom.