Mega Man X6 Walkthrough

This is a walkthrough for Mega Man X6.

When the mugshot of the boss in the stage select screen is red, the Nightmare Phenomenon has modified something in the stage. There are at least two different effects by stage, only one gets activate by time.

Intro Stage: Eurasia Ruins: Giant Mechaniloid D-1000
Not much difficulty here, you'll just need to make your way across the ruined surface to the underground complex ahead. Make your way over the terrain and use the X-Buster or Z-Saber to easily destroy any resistance along the way. Once you reach the entrance of the complex, head in and move on. You'll eventually reach a ladder that is blocked by a large block. Use the Z-Saber to destroy the block and any others that you come across. Keep going and you'll find large circular machines rolling towards you. Use the Z-Saber to destroy them. Head on and you'll eventually reach an area with large drill-type machines in the ceiling. Pass under them quickly as they'll crash down and try to crush you. Once you make it through this area you'll reach the end of the stage where you face the Giant Mechaniloid and High Max.

Amazon Area: Commander Yammark
You'll begin in the middle of an Amazon forest, surrounded by lush foliage. Head right and you'll eventually come across strange looking slug-like creatures. You can ride on their backs, just make sure that you don't shoot them otherwise they'll curl up into a ball and roll around. Later on you'll need to ride on them to pass through a spike filled area. Keep going right until you reach an opening in the ground past the praying mantis-type enemy (they can be completely destroyed by hitting them with the Yammar Option weapon). Drop down the shaft and head left. You'll encounter the first Nightmare enemy down here, destroy it and move on. Destroy the snake-like creatures dangling out from the roof and floors, and keep going until you reach another opening leading down further underground. Head on down to the right and you'll eventually find a new underground ice-cave area.

Nightmare Phenomenon Effects

 * Parts of the stage gets dark. In certain areas two floodlights will appear and dramatically reduce your visual clarity of the screen. The screen will be heavily darkened and you'll have a little better vision when the lights move around.
 * In some areas you'll find wind blowing down to the left, this will cause your character to move a little slower than normal against the wind.

Commander Yammark's stage affects Blaze Heatnix (1) and Shield Sheldon's (1) stages.

Secret Boss Portal
Found in the end of a hidden passage in the ceiling, before the part with many spikes. Just after you enter the underground ice-cave area, head forward and you'll eventually find a pole leading down into a large hole in the ground. You'll now need X's Blade Armor, or Zero to reach the teleport portal. Jump up into the hole in the ceiling above and you'll find a new area. Many trapped Reploids will be here, make sure you rescue them all. Head right and you'll find loads of the snake creatures coming out of the floor and ceiling. Make your way through here, you should eventually reach another large hole leading down. Jump up to the opening on the right to find another trapped Reploid by a Nightmare, then drop down the hole and stay against the right wall. You'll fall down straight into the teleport portal below. For the next area, you must have X with the Blade Armor equipped. Head right and you'll find another open area with platforms over a huge hole. Head over the platforms, you'll find several praying mantis enemies along the way, you'll also find areas where you need the Mach Dash to get through, otherwise you won't be able to make it. Keep going and you'll eventually reach the end to find the secret boss room.

Central Museum: Ground Scaravich
Ground Scaravich's stage will be a large museum with four inner sub-areas which will be random each time you enter the stage. Head down the staircase on the right and move forward. You'll eventually find a large transparent blue totem pole. Touch the pole to transport to an inner sub-area. Each area is fairly small, you'll have to make your way to the end of it to reach small orange statues. Destroy the statue to teleport back to the main museum. You'll also find that each area is swarming with Nightmares, use these areas to build up your Nightmare Soul count. Once you destroy the orange statue, you'll be able to move on in the main museum. You'll reappear near the totem pole that teleported you, but it'll now be active and will attack you. Four heads are on the pole separated by a larger head in the center. Each pair of heads will spin around and fire energy balls or arrows at you, dodge their fire and blast away at them. Once you destroy two heads, the center head will take off and come after you. Quickly destroy it and finish off the remaining two heads to destroy the pole. Move on and drop down the hole ahead. Go left and you'll find the second totem pole. You'll teleport to another inner-area. Make your way to the end of it and destroy the orange statue. Once you teleport back to the main museum, head forward and take out the totem pole. Move forward and drop down the next hole. Head further down to the third totem pole. Enter the inner-area and destroy the orange statue. Blow apart the third totem pole and head on to the final one past a bed of spikes. Clear the final inner area and destroy the fourth totem pole to finally reach Ground Scaravich's room.

Nightmare Phenomenon Effects

 * In some areas you'll find wind blowing down to the left, this will cause your character to move a little slower than normal against the wind.


 * Throughout the inner-areas you'll find large silver blocks scattered through the rooms. They'll move around a bit to try and block your path, make sure you don't get caught above or below them when they move. You can destroy them with the Metal Anchor/Rakukojin.

Ground Scaravich's stage affects Metal Shark Player (2) and Shield Sheldon's (2) stages.

Secret Boss Portal
Appears randomly in one of the many totem portals. Eventually you should find the teleport portal in clear view in one of the inner-areas. As the inner-areas are random, it might take a while to find it, but once you do, head in to reach the path leading to the boss room. You'll now be in a large room full of Nightmares, head through and destroy as many Nightmares as possible. You should eventually find the door leading to the secret boss room.

Magma Area: Blaze Heatnix
Blaze Heatnix's stage will be filled with large red circular mechaniloids like the one pictured on the right. You'll have to face many of them before reaching Blaze Heatnix's room, each one has a lot of health, so it'll take some fancy footwork to dodge their attacks. Once you begin, head forward and drop down into the area where you have to fight the first giant mechaniloid. You'll notice that it'll have four green bulbs around it, it'll often fire out green energy balls at you, so get ready to dodge them. The entire thing will be moving back and forth across the room, jump up the wall and over it when it passes or crouch down in the low trenches to dodge it. If you use the Meteor Rain/Ensuizan you'll heavily damage it, otherwise just use the Z-Saber or the Giga Attack and hack away at the bulbs when it stops moving. Keep dodging it and you'll eventually destroy it. Once it blows head through the door on the right. You'll now be in a large shaft leading down filled with fire exhaust ports. Head down and make sure you dodge the flames, they cause serious damage if they hit you. Keep winding your way down through the platforms, once you reach the bottom of the shaft you'll spot a hole leading down on the right. Drop down and you'll land in another cavern with the second giant mechaniloid waiting. A large platform is in the center of the room, the mechaniloid will move around this in an anti-clockwise motion, jump up the wall and blast away at the bulbs when it comes into range. Once you destroy it head through the door on the bottom right corner of the room. You're now in a large shaft with two doors on the right wall - one on at the base of the shaft and the another a little higher up. At the top of the shaft is the area leading on to the secret boss room. You can go through either of the two doors, they both lead to similar areas where you'll be facing another giant mechaniloid. In both rooms, you'll have vertical poles you can grab onto to help you dodge the mechaniloid as it moves around. A good tactic is to follow it to the edges of the room, then when it stops use the Giga Attack (Falcon Armor is the best) and you should cause severe damage to it. Finish it off then move on through the door on the right of the room. You'll now enter into either the base of a large shaft or about halfway up (if you went through the upper door in the previous shaft-room). Lava will begin to flow up into the room and another mechaniloid will appear from below. The screen will begin to move up as well as the lava so you'll need to be quick to avoid it. Each time the mechaniloid comes up try to cause as much damage as possible with the Z-Saber (or the Giga Attack), as it'll be difficult to hit the two lower bulbs. Keep moving up the shaft while damaging it, then once you destroy it head up to the top of the shaft. Head through the door on the right to enter the room with the final mechaniloid. This one will be much easier to fight, as you'll have three platforms to stand on while the lower part of the room fills with lava. Wait for the mechaniloid to hover below you, jump up over it and it'll rise up out of the lava. Hack away at the bulbs before it lowers. Keep this up to destroy it, then head into Blaze Heatnix's room on the right.

Nightmare Phenomenon Effects

 * Metal platforms appears in parts of the stage. In some areas small bug-like mechaniloids will appear and hover just in front or behind your character. They'll block your shots and sometimes try to hit you. You can ward them off with a few shots or swings, eventually they'll all fly off.


 * Throughout the stage you'll find the large silver blocks scattered throughout the rooms. You can use them to reach higher areas, but if they block the way use the Metal Anchor/Rakukojin to destroy them.

Secret Boss Portal
In the top of the screen before the Hot Spot. Once you reach the first tall shaft after destroying the second mechaniloid, the path leading to the teleport pad is up at the top. You'll need Zero or X with the Blade Armor equipped. X will also need either the Speedster or Hyper Dash, and the silver blocks will help as well. Go up to the top of the shaft and double-jump up or Mach Dash up through the opening in the ceiling. You'll be able to pick up a lot of trapped Reploids, a heart and upgrade capsule on the way, but once you reach the top of the shaft, head right to eventually find the teleport portal. Once you reappear, you'll be at the base of a tall shaft filled with the fire-exhaust ports. Head up the shaft and make sure you pick up the energy tank along the way. Once at the top, head right to eventually find the door leading to the secret boss room.

Nightmare Phenomenon Effects

 * Fire Balls falls from a part of the stage.

Secret Boss Portal
Under where the armor part is found.

Nightmare Phenomenon Effects

 * Parts of the stage gets dark.
 * A type of "ghost" with the shape of the character you are not using (X with Zero or Zero with X) will appear and dash into the player. He can only be "damaged" by the Guard Shell, but he still returns.

Secret Boss Portal
Inside one of the spiked passages before Turtloid's room.

Recycle Lab: Metal Shark Player
Right when you enter the stage, you'll see your primary threat: the celing is a trash compactor that rises and falls.

Nightmare Phenomenon Effects
Parts of the stage get coated with ice.

Secret Boss Portal
Hidden passage left to the second compressor.

Secret Boss Portal
Under the passage before Shield Sheldon's room.

Nightmare Phenomenon Effects

 * Metal platforms appears in parts of the stage. Gained by beating Metal Shark Player.
 * Fire Balls falls from a part of the stage. Ganed by beating Blaze Heatnix.

Secret Boss Portal
Destroy Illumina and the portal will appear.