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Introduction - Sector 1 - Sector 2 - Sector 3 - Sector 4 - Sector 5 - Sector 6
Sector 7 - Sector 8 - Sector 9 - Sector X - Sector Y - Sector Z - Misc secrets
Unlockables - Weapons - Items - Enemies - Bosses - Trivia - Text dump
Misc secrets
Here is listed the Hidden skills and all of the remaining secrets, tricks and references not bound to any specific Sectors.
Hidden skills
Air brake
Unlocked from the start of the game, it's basically a small reward for players who read the hidden skill info on the pause menu. When Iji is sent flying, simply hold the opposite direction to slow down in the air.
Tech
Learned from a logbook in Sector 7, but can be performed without having read it. Press the Use key immediately before taking damage, and Iji will not stagger from pain, and fly shorter and land on her feet when sent flying. Yellow circles shoot out of her when you tech successfully. Note that some specific attacks cannot be teched:
The electropads in Proxima's room
The shockwave from the Phantom Hammer in Sector 8
Annihilator Iosa's Velocithor V2-10
The electropads in Iosa's room
Iosa2's supermove, Storm of death
General Tor's stomp shockwave
General Tor's Phantom Hammer
Any attack that results in your HP dropping to 0
Retribution
Learned from a logbook in Sector 8, but can be performed without having read it. You need all 8 basic weapons, at least 1 ammo for each, and 5 or less HP currently left. Just after being knocked to the ground, rise while holding the Use key. If performed while Iji is still flashing from taking the damage that knocked her down, the skill will activate. This can only be done once per Sector or boss room, and makes Iji briefly invincible. The only enemies immune to this attack are Blits and Asha in Sector X.
Note that Retribution's damage depends on your Attack stat, and is very effective against Iosa, not so much against General Tor. It creates 78 rocket explosions, 16 MPFB explosions and 1 Nuke explosion, for a maximum possible damage of 418 HP when your Attack is 10.
Nanofield reboot
Learned from a logbook in Sector X, but can be performed without having read it. While ducking, press the Use key four times followed by the Kick key. You'll now be able to crack your own Nanofield. Complete the crack and all of Iji's stats will be reset, and all of the points you've spent will return. However, all ammo over 5 and all hit points but 1 will be depleted, and you will no longer recieve bonus hit points when upgrading your Health for the rest of the Sector. All the basic weapons Iji was carrying are expelled from her Nanofield and dropped to the ground, with the exception of the Shotgun, Resonance detonator, Massacre, Null driver, and the Resonance reflector at the end of Sector X. This technique also fully recovers your armor and makes you briefly invincible, which is useful in Sector Z or when playing Sudden Death Sector.
Misc secrets
Yuka's news page
On the Iji game page on this site, one of the dots is a link to a teaser page (opens in new window) that was updated twice a month before the game's release.
Kill count modifiers
Not as much of a secret as part of the game, Iji's personality and many dialogues, events, logbooks, characters, and hidden areas are directly affected by your kill count. Iji's voice when she kills an enemy also changes from apologetic to silent, and finally screaming, and her jumping and kicking voices become more pronounced.
In order to be considered a pacifist, you need a total kill count of 5 or less per Sector - in other words, in Sector 5 your kill count needs to be 25 or less. Indirectly causing the death of an enemy does not count as a kill; with kicked Turret and dismounted Shredders, they need to hit the enemy at least half a second after being touched by Iji.
In order to be considered berserk, you need over a total of 30 kills per Sector. Again it doesn't matter in which Sector those kills were awarded.
Getting a perfect 0 kills requires you to keep the Tasen truce in Sector 3, save Dan in Sector 8 so you don't kill the ambushing Trooper, either have Assassin Ansaksie kill Iosa or spare her yourself in Sector 9, and skip Asha in Sector X. The only reward for getting 0 kills is the Massacre in Sector X, which also requires you to have met Ansaksie in Sector 9.
Saving Dan
Considering it's a pretty big secret, I'll mention it here as well - see Sector 8 for details.
The three secret weapons
The Banana gun is found in Sector 9, the Massacre in Sector X, and the Null driver in Sector Z. See those Sectors for details.
reallyjoel's dad difficulty
Choose "new game" on the main menu, and hold the right arrow key for five seconds on the difficulty selection screen. This only works if you have the Ultimortal difficulty unlocked. This joke difficulty changes the opening cutscene dialogues (referencing the Game Maker games Umbrella Adventure and Jumper), and even Sector 1 becomes completely impossible. Check the difficulty information screen in the pause menu for more insanity. This all stems from an in-joke with my friend, reallyjoel, when he commented on this video (opens in new window) with "Bah, you're a noob. My dad can beat this on a much harder setting, no sweat." reallyjoel's dad difficulty exists in Hero Core as well, and is unlocked in the same way.
As for why it's impossible, at the end of Sector 1 is a forcefield that requires 100% kills to lower. But even if you would get 100% kills, which can't be done in two minutes, the forcefield doesn't lower.
Milking Nano
If you keep kicking a dead Tasen Soldier, Tasen Commander, Komato Trooper or Komato Berserker to juggle it before it disappears, it'll drop bonus Nano. This only works five times with each enemy. You can also use the Resonance detonator for this.
Feign death
Keep lying still after being knocked down, and if no enemies touch or damage you for 10-15 seconds, they'll eventually think you're dead and ignore you, unless they walk over you. The only real use for this is in Sector 8; when waiting for the lift to power up near the end of the Sector, before the enemies teleport in, stand in the left corner and use any attack that knocks you over, such as the MPFB Devastator or Nuke (Rocket launcher + MPFB Devastator + Crack 9). Keep lying there and the Komato won't attack.
Banana rain
When you start the game, where you choose between fullscreen and windowed mode, wait for two minutes. The background effects will turn into bananas for three seconds. This easter egg is one of few that does not have an in-game hint.
Konami code
At the main menu, use the arrow keys and keyboard to input: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A for a hidden message. It has no other effect.
Alternate opening screen
Before the main menu appears, the black screen showing silhouettes of Iji and a Tasen Elite has a one in three chance to show Iji throwing her weapon.
Camera movements
The security cameras in the complex behave differently depending on who is sitting in the control room. They sweep from side to side when Dan is in it, hang completely still when no-one is, and track Iji when the Komato are in there (she comments on this at one point to make the player focus on the cameras). This also removes any doubt of whether Dan really died in Sector 8 or not.
Animation canceling
When Iji is in the "use" animation, duck or jump to cancel it. When Iji is in her ducking/rising animation, jump to cancel it. Doing this on a lift lets you duck and jump without riding the lift, which can save some frustration with enemies near lifts.
Asha song message
What's being said in the "radio talk" of the Asha song? According to the composer Chris Geehan, this is what he said: "Total destruction is imminent. This is without a doubt the final battle for Peroni & Son. (Peroni is an Italian beer he was looking at.) We need everybody to evacuate, and bring all your Carlsberg to the front desk. I repeat, bring all your Carlsberg. System shutdown."
Short attention span
Like normal enemies, Tasen Turrets can only look in the direction they are facing. Stand behind a Turret and jump just before it turns to fire at you, and land on its other side after it begins firing. Before it turns again, repeat the process, and the Turret will eventually lose sight of you.
How meta
In this game guide and throughout the whole site, most smaller pictures display a message if you hover the mouse over them.
Ultimate secrets
Sector Z
Collecting all 10 posters allows you to enter Sector Z from the teleporter in Sector 1. However, this is only the first step on the path to the game's final secret...
Sector Y
The final logbook in Sector Z tells you to find the Crackers' hideout in Sector 7. A logbook in there contains hints on what you should do next - obtain the Null driver from Sector Z after achieving everything on the Records screen except beating the Remar Games speedrun times, and using the Null driver to land the killing blow on General Tor, which leads you to Sector Y.
Missile Pony X
A logbook in Sector Y tells you to input HORSEGUN on the main menu. This lets you play Missile Pony X starring Horsegun Punchesbullets. Make sure to check out the information in the Pause menu by pressing Escape. While Yukabacera's highscore (actually mine) is listed there, beating it doesn't reward you with anything.
Top secret menu
Completing Missile Pony X rewards you with another code, telling you to input DEVASTATE on the main menu. This code will only work if you have achieved everything on the Records screen except beating the Remar Games speedrun times (which you should have if you've gotten this far). Doing so takes you to the "Top secret" submenu, which has five unique options and some information about them:
1.6 Reflector - the Resonance reflector no longer awards kills when used.
No mercy - Iji's mercy invulnerability is reduced to 0.2 seconds, without exception.
Fire anytime - lets you fire while jumping, falling and ducking.
Random stations - spending a point in a Cyborg station assigns it randomly.
No reloads - Iji's weapons have no reload time (unless they have infinite ammo).
Serious logbook
After falling down from the Komato ship in Sector 7, go to the left where part of the wrecked Phantom Hammer is. Jump while looking to the right and use the Nuke with the "Fire anytime" option activated to blow yourself on top of the roof to the left, which was previously inaccessible. There you will find another logbook by one of the Komato crackers. There is a hint to this particular secret in the Cracker's Hideout, which is also located in Sector 7.
Debug mode
The logbook mentioned above tells you to input AREYOUSERIOUS on the main menu. Again this code will only work if you have achieved everything on the Records screen except beating the Remar Games speedrun times. This takes you to the "Final secret" submenu, which lets you activate the game's debug mode, giving you full access to all the in-game developer tools I used while testing the game. If you made it this far on your own without looking in this guide, congratulations - you win.
Here's what all the debug keys do:
F7: Mute loopable sounds
F8: Go to end cutscene (may cause problems)
F9: Give Tor 3 chargeballs
Shift: Count various
Backspace: level skip/level advance (also works in HORSEGUN)
Shift+Page down: Give all extras (but you already have them...)
Page down: Increase all stats
End: Increase ammo
Home: Destroy enemies and nearby doors
Insert: Spawn Nano overload (if difficulty level permits it)
Delete: Give all weapons including secret ones
Keypad +: Level up
Keypad -: Max Health, Jump and Armor
Keypad *: Press while holding arrow key to warp
Space+Page up: Lock enemies and show killdata on mouseover
Shift+Page up: Fill killdata
Ctrl+Page up: Show killdata discrepancies
Misc references
Ultimortal
My old, terrible comic is one of the inspirations for Iji. Dan's necklace is the Ultimortal logo. The fourth difficulty level, the Velocithor V2-10, certain weapon muzzle velocities, "Zentraidon" and the second half of Iosa Sakera's name (seen when cracking her personal Nanofield) come from the comic as well. One of the Iji soundtrack's song names is also "Hade Shade" and Iji shares surnames with the insane protagonist of Ultimortal.
Tyrian references
The Komato Generals' weapons are named and listed in the unlockable enemy information. The Tyrian claw, Zica burst and Megamissile are references to Tyrian, as is the name of the regular Hyper pulse. There's another reference in a logbook in Sector 5.
Blackthorne / Blackhawk
The explosive auto-shotgun (using the Buster gun with the Nanoblast overload) is a reference to Blackthorne.
Sin & Punishment: Successor to the Earth
One of the Iji soundtrack's songs is titled "Glass Soldier", Sin & Punishment's working title.
System Shock
During the ending with the Scrambler turned on, Tor says "You heard me, loud and clear. Don't salt the fries!"
Guilty Gear series
The Annihilators' instant kill move is nicknamed "Destroy". In versions prior to 1.7, this was stated in-game.