Mega Man X3/Walkthrough

Suggested order and item checklist
Stages are sorted so that the number of re-visits is minimized. In order to do so, the Chimera ride armor has to become available as soon as possible, because it is the basic ride armor necessary to use the other three. It allows to obtain five more items, and the other ride armors allow to obtain two more items.


 * 1) Intro stage
 * 2) (1) Blast Hornet
 * 3) (2) Blizzard Buffalo (get Leg Upgrade and Sub-Tank)
 * 4) (3) Toxic Seahorse (get Heart)
 * 5) (4) Tunnel Rhino (get Sub-Tank)
 * 6) Re-visit B. Hornet stage for Chimera Ride Armor and Heart
 * 7) Re-visit B. Buffalo stage for Heart
 * 8) (5) Volt Catfish (get Heart and Sub-Tank)
 * 9) (6) Crush Crawfish (get Heart)
 * 10) Vile (defeat him using C. Crawfish weapon)
 * 11) (7) Neon Tiger (get Sub-Tank, Arms Upgrade and Heart)
 * 12) Re-visit T. Seahorse stage for Kangaroo Ride Armor
 * 13) Re-visit T. Rhino stage for Heart and Head Upgrade
 * 14) Re-visit C. Crawfish stage for Hawk Ride Armor
 * 15) (8) Gravity Beetle (get Heart and Frog Ride Armor)
 * 16) Re-visit V. Catfish stage for Body Upgrade
 * 17) Choose one chip:
 * 18) * Arms Chip: in G. Beetle stage (needs any Ride Armor)
 * 19) * Body Chip: in C. Crawfish stage (free)
 * 20) * Head Chip: in B. Hornet stage (needs Hawk R.A.)
 * 21) * Legs Chip: in T. Seahorse stage (needs Frog R.A.)
 * 22) * Gold Chip: in first final stage (hidden in a pit)

Most items require other items to be obtained. In the following list every indentation means that the previous item is required to get the more indented ones.


 * Free items:
 * T. Seahorse's Heart
 * T. Rhino's Sub-Tank
 * N. Tiger's Sub-Tank
 * N. Tiger's Heart
 * G. Beetle's Heart (defeat B. Hornet)


 * Leg Upgrade:
 * B. Buffalo's Sub-Tank
 * B. Hornet's Heart
 * V. Catfish's Heart


 * T. Rhino's weapon:
 * Chimera ride armor:
 * B. Buffalo's Heart
 * V. Catfish's Sub-Tank
 * C. Crawfish's Heart


 * Leg Upgrade & T. Rhino's weapon:
 * Leg chip (needs Chimera & Frog ride armors & Leg Upgrade)
 * Arm Upgrade:
 * Arm chip (need also Chimera ride armor)
 * Kangaroo ride armor (need also B. Buffalo's weapon)
 * Frog ride armor
 * T. Rhino's Heart (need also V. Catfish's weapon)
 * Armor Upgrade (need also G. Beetle's weapon):
 * Body Chip (need also Chimera ride armor)
 * Head Upgrade (need also V. Catfish's weapon)
 * Hawk ride armor (need also V. Catfish's weapon):
 * Energy chip (need also Head upgrade)

Bit, Byte and Vile
After you defeat the second Maverick, you will soon face Bit, who is weak against B. Buffalo's weapon (the 2nd suggested Maverick here). After you defeat Bit, you will soon face Byte, who is weak against T. Rhino's weapon (the 4th suggested Maverick here). If they're both defeated using the weapons they're weak against, they will not reappear in the final stages of the game.

Before defeating Byte, you can access Vile's stage from capsules hidden in some stages you already cleared: B. Buffalo's, V. Catfish's or C. Crawfish's. Vile is weak against C. Crawfish's and N. Tiger's weapons. If he's defeated using the weapons he's weak against, he will not reappear in the final stages of the game. If you meet Byte before fighting Vile, let Byte defeat you once, and he'll move to another stage.