Costumes, Secrets and Tips
Unlockable costumes, alternate ending, hidden message, New Game Plus and combat tips.
1.Unlockable Costumes
Various secret skins come via preorder or the Collector's Edition:
| Costume | Source |
|---|---|
| 1970s Batman | Preorder at EB Games (AU) / ShopTo (UK) / Toys 'R' Us (US) |
| Animated Series | Preorder at JB HiFi (AU) / MightyApe (NZ) |
| Batman Beyond | Preorder at Game (AU) / GameStop (UK) / MightyApe (NZ) |
| Earth One | Preorder at JB HiFi (AU) / MightyApe (NZ) |
| Red Robin | Preorder at Game or Gamestation (UK) / Best Buy (US) |
| Sinestro Corps Skin (PS3) | Included with Green Lantern on Blu-ray (Best Buy) |
| The Dark Knight Returns | Included in the Collector's Edition |
2.Other Secrets
- Armored Batsuit: Complete the game to unlock the Armored Batsuit in Challenge mode.
- Alternate ending: With access to the Catwoman DLC, on Catwoman's third mission head right when given the choice of right or left. This sets up the alternate ending — it's reversible and won't change the rest of the main game.
- Hidden message: Search coordinates X700, Y490 on the Cryptographic Sequencer to intercept a radio frequency of repeating numbers (9, 23, 9, 12, 12, 18, 5, 20, 21, 18, 14, 2, 1, 20, 13, 1, 14). It decodes as 'I WILL RETURN BATMAN'.
- New Game Plus: Completing the game on Normal or Hard lets you retain earned XP and gadgets. In New Game Plus there are no counter icons on thugs, they have different configurations and are tough from the start, and bosses are tougher too.
- Finding the Riddler's "?": Use detective mode to find a piece of a question mark. Find both pieces, align them onscreen and use Environmental Analysis to solve the riddle.
- Frank Boles info: Visit www.arkhamcare.com in a browser, go to the employee login and enter "12584712" as the guard login number. The site password is "horowitz".
3.Combat Tips
- Poison Ivy's plants: To destroy them, get onto a high structure such as a building, then drop down directly beside the plant and tear its heart out — it won't have time to damage you.
- Henchmen combos: When fighting a Titan henchman among normal henchmen, stun the Titan and jump on his back; use him to hit the others and boost your combo total.
- Record Breaker stage: After Poison Ivy destroys the Batcave, cross the three hills to land on the mainland at Arkham West (a trophy unlocks on the first hill). At the second hill, two small holes reveal cliffs; grapple across and glide onto an exterior cliff with no landing den to find a trophy that unlocks Record Breaker in Challenge mode.