Mystery Chip

Equip the Mystery Chip and complete Block Man’s stage to get bonus Screws. Completing the stage under a certain time limit provides double the amount of Screws!

Newcomer: Over 7:30—500/Under 7:30—1,000

Casual: Over 5:00—500/Under 5:00—1,000

Normal: Over 5:00—250/Under 5:00—500

Superhero: Over 5:00—250/Under 5:00—500

Upon entering the stage, head right and jump over a crate and then a stack of crates. You face the first of many bottomless pits. Shoot the two Lyrics closing in on you and then jump across the two gaps while avoiding the falling blocks.

On the other side, you encounter a Mawaru C. Jump over him and he’ll continue to the left to his doom; or use the Speed Gear and shoot him through the opening when it comes around. Past the Mawaru C are two more Lyrics. Take them out before dropping down along the path.

The Crunch Don has a lot of hit points. Until you get the Chain Blast or Pile Driver, you can deal with him in one of two ways: (1) Shoot him safely from a distance until he’s destroyed, or (2) let him slam his hammer down, revealing the pad on his back. If you’re quick, you can use the revealed maintenance pad as a platform and jump or slide over him.

Summon Rush Coil to reach the Large Screw.

Note that this Screw will respawn each time you enter the level, making it the fastest way to earn early Screws in the entire game. If you want to be decked out in all the best gear Dr. Light’s lab has to offer before even reaching the first Robot Master, follow these steps: Grab the Screw, open the menu, and exit to the Stage Select screen. You’ll now be 100 Screws richer, which is already enough to buy the Energy Balancer. Then reenter Block Man’s stage and repeat until you have as many Screws as you want. The process takes just seconds and is relatively safe, as long as you keep an eye on the falling blocks.

Superhero Difficulty: This Screw does not spawn on Superhero difficulty, but you won’t need it to. Instead, the Lyrics covered in steps 1 and 2 respawn when you move back and forth on the platform where the Mawaru C was.

Enemies also have a higher chance of dropping Screws on Superhero (including Large Screws, worth 100 Screws each), so you can easily amass a fortune simply by running back and forth and farming Lyrics.

Please refer to the section of this guide covering Dr. Light’s Laboratory-Support Items and Parts for recommended parts. At the very least, consider grabbing the Shock Absorber, especially for the Totemer mid-boss battle (300 Screws).

In the next room, a Mawaru C is on the upper level. Either jump over him or destroy him using the same tactic as before.

After climbing up, your path is blocked by numerous stone blocks, with an Air Stone enemy hiding in the middle. A single Charge Shot will clear the path of blocks. As you get close, the Air Stone materializes, allowing you to destroy it as well.

Achievement/Trophy

Bullseye!

Defeat a Mawaru C using your Mega Buster without Speed Gear.

Another Air Stone is floating over a conveyor belt that leads to a Crunch Don blocking the way out. Get close enough to shoot the Air Stone, then stand to the left of the conveyor belt and safely eliminate the Crunch Don.

Alternately, if you get the Crunch Don to reveal its maintenance platform, you can slide through the doorway.

Shoot through the concrete blocks and climb up the ladder.

Achievement/Trophy

Demolition Man

Use Chain Blast to destroy a stone wall. (Excludes Challenge Mode)

In the next room are two conveyor belts and a Metall near the far end. Metall’s cannot be shot while their helmet is down, but a Charge Shot will break their guard and leave them open to follow-up attacks (normally with the assistance of the Speed Gear, as they tend to recover fairly quickly). If you get close, the Metall reveals itself and tries to shoot you; shoot it instead.

Take out the Metall and grab the Small Energy below if you need it before heading up the ladder.

Wait for the Mawaru C’s weak spot to be just about in your line of fire, then hit the Speed Gear and fire a Charge Shot through the barrier. If your timing was correct, the Mawaru C, and blocks on the other end, will be destroyed.

Above is yet another Mawaru C. Shooting the blocks lets him roll down to the second level and off to the right, into a bottomless pit. Grab the Screws and take out the two Lyrics coming after you.

Navigate across the three bottomless pits. Falling blocks only drop down the second two.