Mega Man XZ: The Maverick Hunters

Items Guide

The item list shows where all the special items are to be found and how they can help out X. The list is split into two sections, normal and hard mode. Both modes each have four hearts and two sub-tanks to find, normal mode has the body upgrade capsules to find and hard mode has the special Zero Scramble powerups. The Extreme game mode has all the items available to find.

Normal mode items | Hard mode items

Normal mode items

Energy hearts
Storm Eagle stage The first heart can be found in Storm Eagle's stage. When you reach the area where the green platforms rise up and down over a large pit, destroy the gun turret on top of the first one and jump on top of the platform. Wait for it to rise up, then jump onto the platform to the left. Hidden behind the blue wall is the heart, just walk to the left to pick it up.
Flame Stag stage The second heart is in Flame Stag's stage. Having the boots upgrade will help you reach this one. When you get to the area where the lava rises up quickly beneath you and you have to climb up the tunnel to avoid it, once you reach the top of the tunnel you should see the heart to the left on a ledge.

Jump over to it and quickly blast the wall that blocks your way. Grab the heart and jump up the tunnel to avoid the lava.
Chill Penguin stage The third heart is in Chill Penguin's stage. You'll need the Speed Burner to get this one. Just after you reach the wall that is too high for the armored carrier to jump over, leave the carrier, continue on and jump up the wall.

Go out into the open and jump up the slope, then jump back to the left to get on top of the roof of the enclosed area you were just in. Walk left and destroy the second igloo-shaped building with the Speed Burner to uncover the heart.
Spark Mandrill stage The fourth heart is in Spark Mandrill's stage. You'll need the boots upgrade to reach this one. Some time after you beat the mini-boss of this stage, you'll find an open area with a ladder leading down in the corner of the room. Jump up the wall on the right and you'll see the heart sitting on a ledge. Jump off the wall and around the ledge, you should be able to grab onto it and climb up to reach the heart.
Sub-Tanks
Storm Eagle stage The first sub-tank is in Storm Eagle's stage. You'll need the boots upgrade to reach this one. At the start of the stage, when you reach the highest point on the moving platforms, you'll need to slide down the left edge of it, then use the side of it to jump off to the left so that you can reach the ledge down on the left. Once you manage to land on it, the sub-tank will be waiting for you there.
Spark Mandrill stage The second sub-tank is in Spark Mandrill's stage. Near the start of the stage, you'll see a ladder leading down just before the end of the area with the electric sparks in the floor. Go down the ladder and you should see the sub-tank hidden behind a wall of large blocks. Jump up the wall and jump off the blocks to destroy the blocks (you'll need the boots upgrade) to reach the sub-tank.

Body upgrades

Boots Upgrade Boots Upgrade Stage: Chill Penguin
The boots upgrade is the easiest to find. In Chill Penguin's stage, you will eventually come across the capsule pictured here and receive the upgrade.

The boots will allow X to jump off walls at longer distances, and will also allow him to break certain blocks by jumping off them.		 Chill Penguin stage
Armor Upgrade Armor Upgrade Stage: Flame Stag
The Armor upgrade is found in Flame Stag's Stage. You'll need the boots upgrade to find this one. In the first large lava cavern just below Zain's room, you should notice a long ledge over the lava. Go to the left of the lava pit, and use the ledges there to jump off them to reach the ledge.

You'll find the capsule just at the end of the ledge. The armor upgrade will allow X to take half as much damage from enemies than he normally does.		 Flame Stag stage
Helmet Upgrade Helmet Upgrade Stage: Storm Eagle
The helmet upgrade is found in Storm Eagle's stage. You'll need the boots upgrade to find this one. After the long open area with the moving platforms that you have to jump across, there will be a high metal wall.

Jump up to the top and jump down the other side of it. Jump up to a ledge where there are fuel tanks and destroy them. Continue on and you will find the capsule. The helmet upgrade will allow X to break some blocks above him with a head-butt.		 Storm Eagle stage
X-Buster Upgrade X-Buster Upgrade Stage: Spark Mandrill
The X-Buster upgrade is found in Spark Mandrill's stage. You will need the helmet upgrade to reach this one. When you get to the second area where the room becomes dark and the moon-robot flies across the screen, look at the roof as you go through the large corridor.

You should notice two large blocks on the roof that stand out from the rest of the roof. Jump up and head-butt the blocks to destroy them, then climb up the opening to find the capsule.

The X-Buster upgrade will allow X to charge up a third charged shot, and will also allow him to charge up the special weapons gained from defeated bosses.		 Spark Mandrill stage
Special Moves Hadoken Fireball/Shouryu-ken (Dragon Punch) Stage: MC Stage 2
You can get the Hadoken Fireball and the Dragon Punch from one secret capsule! The location of it is the same as the secret capsule in Agile's stage in Mega Man X2.

Just after the area with the elevator that you must jump around one to successfully take you up the shaft, you will eventually see two ladders, one leading up and the other down. Use the elevator to reach the upper ladder and continue on.

Finding the capsule will not be as difficult as in X2. You will need to climb down walls, and use the charged-up Speed Burner to avoid the spikes in the next room. Once you make it past them there will be a long shaft leading down. Slide down the left wall and eventually you will enter a secret room with the capsule.

To use the Hadoken Fireball, charge up the X-Buster to full power, then while holding down, release fire. To use the Dragon Punch, do the same as before, but hold up as you release fire.		 Mother Computer Stage 2

Hard mode items

Energy hearts
Armored Armadillo stage The first heart is in Armored Armadillo's stage. When you drop down a long shaft, you will land behind the large bulldozer-type enemy, who will charge forward and break down the rock walls in front of it until it falls into the spikes.

To find the heart, you must destroy the bulldozer before it reaches the area where the heart is, otherwise it will destroy the wall and you won't be able to reach it. Once you destroy it, jump up the wall to find the heart.
Morph Moth stage The second heart is in Morph Moth's stage. At the start of the stage just outside the large building, jump up the wall and climb up onto the roof. Climb up the edge to find the heart.
Magna Centipede stage The third heart is in Magna Centipede's stage. You will need the Speed Burner and X-Buster upgrade to reach this. At the start of the level where there are two of the yellow spotlights covering an area, dodge the lights so that the gun turrets will not fall down. You will notice that the second turret of this area is below an opening in the roof.

Use the charged-up Speed Burner to grab onto the right side of the turret and then scale the wall to find this heart.
Wheel Gator stage The fourth heart is in Wheel Gator's stage. Just after you climb up the ladder after using the armored carrier and making your way under the tank, you will see this heart up on ledge which has spikes on the wall. You will need the Speed Burner and X-Buster upgrade to reach this.

Stand on the raised platform to the right of the heart and then charge up the Speed Burner. Before releasing fire, jump up as high as you can to the left and then release fire. X will fly across the screen towards the heart.
Sub-Tanks
Armored Armadillo stage The first sub-tank is in Armored Armadillo's stage. When you drop down a hole and the bulldozer starts to pursue you, keep going until it falls into the spikes and explodes. Go back to where it began its rampage and there will be a sub-tank waiting there.
Magna Centipede stage The second sub-tank is in Magna Centipede's stage. You will need the Speed Burner and X-Buster upgrade for this. In the area where the large blocks move around, go to the last part where three rows of two blocks will fall down and stack on top of each other. Dash past them before they all fall and charge up your weapon.

When you get to the opening in the roof, go over to the blocks on the left, then jump off the side of them towards the wall and release fire to fly over to the wall. Jump up the opening in the roof to find the sub-tank.

Zero Extreme Programs

Zero Extreme: DASH! Dash Stage: Armored Armadillo
The Dash program is found in Armored Armadillo's stage. At the end of the stage when you ride on the cart that takes you out into the open, as the cart flies up towards the wall on the right, jump off it and climb up the wall to find an opening. Enter the cave to find the capsule.

This upgrade will allow you to call Zero and he'll perform a strike attack in the direction you're facing.		 Armored Armadillo stage
Zero Extreme: FINAL! Final Stage: Magna Centipede
The Final program is found in Magna Centipede's stage. When you reach the room with the moving cross-hair and falling blocks, climb up the wall in the center of the room and you should notice two blocks in the roof above it.

Break the blocks with a head-butt and climb up the opening to find the capsule. This attack will call Zero to perform a stronger strike attack.		 Magna Centipede stage
Zero Extreme: RISING! Rising Stage: Wheel Gator
The Rising program is found in Wheel Gator's stage. Near the start of the stage just before the room with spikes on the floor that you ride on a platform over, you should see an opening in the roof just before the drop-off down to the spikes.

Jump up the wall on the right and then jump over to grab the wall on the left. Jump up the opening to find the capsule.

This attack will cause Zero to appear at the bottom of the screen and fly up while slashing with his Beam Sabre. This can cause heavy damage to enemies as well as bosses.		 Wheel Gator stage
Zero Extreme: EARTH GAIZER! Earth Gaizer Stage: Morph Moth
The Earth Gaizer program is found in Morph Moth's stage. You'll need the Spin Wheel weapon to find this one. Just after you enter the large building at the start of the stage, to the right of the auto-save pillar, shoot out a wheel at the base of the small ledge to break open a hole in the floor.

Keep firing wheels to break down the rest of the floor, then drop down to find the capsule. This attack will cause Zero to pound the ground, causing heavy damage to all enemies on-screen.		 Morph Moth stage