The first 10 levels of the Badlands are most probably intended to be tried immediately after Dr. Sakuma joins and the player is able to visit the Badlands, as Shoya and Yui's levels are higher than Yamato and Tsubasa's. Badlands 9 has the 'No Parking!' item for Shoya, before the radars are available in Chapter 10, and so is intended to be finished before then, most probably long before that.
Challenge Strategy[]
Badlands 1-8/No Repeats Hard Mode. Attempt to tackle Badlands 1-8 with only K-Buto, Y-Ite, and Dor-O, from Chapter 2|3.
Badlands 1[]
4~6 wild soldier drones, *1 wild drone
Ant LV1 x2 Normal/Hard
Ant LV2 x4
Ant Fang (MP+20) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Butterfly LV3 x1 Hard
Straw Whip (MP+40) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
44tEasy 52tNormal 51tHard
29expE 52expN 51expH
+50 bonus exp
Badlands 2[]
4~5 wild soldier drones, *1 wild drone
Ant LV2 x2
Ant Fang (MP+20) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Mosquito LV1 x1 Normal/Hard
Mosquito LV2 x1
Mosquito Lance (MP+10) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Strider LV2 x1
Strider Spike (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Stag Beetle LV3 x1 Hard
Blade (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
45tEN(H?)
29expE 51expNH
+50 bonus exp
Badlands 3[]
3~4 wild soldier drones, 1~2 wild drones
Ant LV2 x2
Ant Fang | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Mosquito LV1 x1 Normal/Hard
Mosquito Lance (MP+10) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Waterbug LV3 x1
Waterbug Shear (MP+15) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Butterfly LV4 x1
Straw Whip (MP+40) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Stag Beetle LV3 x1 Hard
Blade (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
52tE 50tNH
32expE 47expNH
+50 bonus exp
Badlands 4[]
3~4 wild soldier drones, *2 wild drones
Ant LV2 x1
Ant Fang (MP+20) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Strider LV2 x1 Normal/Hard
Strider Spike (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Waterbug LV3 x2
Waterbug Shear (MP+15) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Butterfly LV3 x2 Hard
Straw Whip (MP+40) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Monarch Dance (capsule)
39tEN 50tH
36expE 37expN 47expH
+50 bonus exp
Badlands 5[]
4 wild soldier drones, 1~2 wild drones
Ant LV2 x1
Ant Fang (MP+20) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Waterbug LV3 x1
Waterbug Shear (MP+15) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Strider LV2 x2
Strider Spike (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Rhino Beetle LV5 x1
Pronged Horn (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Firefly LV3 x1 Hard
(No Melee) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | Aura Beam 2 (CP+120B RNG3~5) |
67tE 55tN 52tH
39expE 48expN 49expH
+50 (+50 Hard) bonus exp
Badlands 6[]
5~6 wild soldier drones, 1~2 wild drones
Ant LV2 x3
Ant Fang (MP+20) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Mosquito LV2 x1
Mosquito Lance (MP+10) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Waterbug LV1 x1
Waterbug LV3 x1
Waterbug Shear (MP+15) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Rhino Beetle LV5 x2
Pronged Horn (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Butterfly LV3 x1 Normal/Hard?
Straw Whip (MP+40) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
76tE 70tN 65tH
83expE 66expN 73expH
+50 +50 bonus exp
Badlands 7[]
2 wild soldier drones, 2~4 wild drones
Strider LV2 x2
Strider Spike (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Rhino Beetle LV1 x1 Normal/Hard
Pronged Horn (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Stag Beetle LV3 x1 Hard
Stag Beetle LV4 x1
Blade (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Firefly LV4 x1
(No Melee) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | Aura Beam 2 (CP+120B RNG3~5) |
53tE 52tNH
33expE 49expNH
+50 bonus exp
Badlands 8[]
2~3 wild soldier drones, 4~5 wild drones
Ant LV2 x1
Ant Fang (MP+20) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Strider LV1 x1 Normal/Hard
Strider LV2 x1
Strider Spike (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Rhino Beetle LV5 x2
Pronged Horn (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Butterfly LV4 x2
Straw Whip (MP+40) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Firefly LV4 x1 Hard
(No Melee) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | Aura Beam 2 (CP+120B RNG3~5) |
Beetle Horn recipe (capsule)
91tE 83tN 76tH
75expE 72expN 68expH
+50 +50 bonus exp
Badlands 9[]
1~2 wild soldier drone, 5~6 wild drones
Strider LV1 x1 Normal/Hard
Strider Spike (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Waterbug LV3 x1
Waterbug Shear (MP+15) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Rhino Beetle LV5 x4
Pronged Horn (MP+50) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Butterfly LV4 x1
Straw Whip (MP+40) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | (No Cannon) |
Firefly LV4 x1 Hard
(No Melee) | Machine Gun (GP+50) | Aura Beam 2 (CP+120B RNG3~5) |
No Parking! (MA+20 GA+20) (capsule)
102tE 92expN 83tH
56expE 77expN 72expH
+50 +50 bonus exp