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4 Medals (235 points)

Enigmata: Genu's Revenge is the sequel to the original Engimata, which also has medals. More of the same, along with some extra stuff.

• Missions are an invaluable part of getting achievement points. You get them and collect them by going through the portal that appears randomly in most levels, and they almost all involve killing lots of a type of enemy that occurs on the level in which you accept the quest. Some of the later missions involve enemies you won't see for a couple levels yet, and one involves collecting a particular rare drop, but those are the exception. Not only do you get cash and achievement points for completing missions, you also get some in-game achievements for finishing 5 and 15 of them, for even more. Finishing missions early will help unlock parts of Neko's Shop.

• Focus on upgrading your base ship first. That will give you the best overall improvement early on. I like the blue ones, because I find them to be the most balanced.

• Collect items, but try to save them as much as possible because you'll need them later. Genu and the final boss can all be beaten rather easily by stopping time and replenishing your energy while firing away, which means you need to save those purple items for as long as you can.

• There are some rare weapon upgrades in the game, and they can be combined with specific normal weapon upgrades to get upgraded versions of the rare weapon. These combinations are:
  • unsheathed plasma (purple) goes with fusion
  • the blue orbs (forget the name) go with tetra fire
  • yellow and blue lasers go with double fire

• The blue lasers with double fire are the most powerful weapon in the game. Each rare weapon has an even rarer variant which combines the same way as its base type does.

• Nekon Attack missions are fun, but not necessary for the medals. Kill lots of stuff, collect all their drops, in a certain amount of time. Strategy for them I leave to the reader.

  queenofbabes' Strategy

  * Right now I'm pretty sure the quickest way to beat Genu's Revenge is to focus on skills. Missiles are useless and expensive, even the most expensive nukes + missile speed boost item + infinite ammo item are pretty useless. Items are costly, the early items will quickly become obsolete (so why waste $$ on them?) and expanding cargo capacity is expensive. In contrast, skills available early such as megablast, psion wave, healing technique are upgradable and they are useful right up to level 25.

• Right from the start pick the ship with warpspeed: It helps you get the racer achievement early in the game (it gets harder later in the game). On the very first level aim for insanity, mega-insanity, point shooter, sniper, just made it, questionable decision, risktaker. To do this warpspeed right to the boss fight, carefully shoot the boss till it's almost dead, then take damage till the low armour warning and heal (use the skill or item).

• Invest minimally in items/skills and go for ship upgrades first, up till the 5.5mil ships. I recommend tricraft revenge. Skills you need are megablast, shield remover, psion wave. Buy other cheap skills for the multitask achievement.

• Aside: for nekon blast missions, put warpspeed, megablast, psion wave, bonus magnet on keys 1234, move to bottom mid position, hold mouse button, spam 1234 nonstop, easy peasy. Platinum missions probably require the ultimate skills such as missile frenzy though.

• Also, protip: psion charge actually does a lot of dmg vs bosses. Not megablast, though.

• Upgrading ships is imo the best way to spend early money, the large amount of energy allows you to spam megablast and psion wave (keep them upgraded) and gives you loads of survivability to just rush through the early levels.

• Now that you have your ship, work your way through items and skills. With your achievement points first unlock rare skills, then elite gear/black market, then ulti skills. As said earlier, missiles suck. Get the megacorp V4/V5 items to boost energy. I guess what items to get from here is personal preference: I get auto neg. effect canceller, death blast, bonus amplifier, 2nd chance, fiery amulet. At some point you'll have to replay levels to get $$: a "trick" you can exploit is the guardian of mana skill, which is suitable since you have invested in a skills/energy build. When you are dying, activate the skill and you transform into some ubership with thousands of shield/armour, virtually impossible to die. Now, when the timer runs out, you return to your normal ship: AT FULL HP. If you play smart with your energy, you can keep doing this and have (almost) infinite HP.

• Next either get the darkness energy charge for more energy goodness or save for infinite bonuses and get the skill to lock it, imo the blue lasers are the best. Having a good bonus weapon makes beating bosses alot easier. From here on you probably want to save for the elite ships, thereafter you probably want to invest in the damage-dealing ulti skills and just load up your ship with random items you fancy.

• The final boss does have a ridiculous amount of HP....

  Recommended Shop Items

  * Cargo Expansion (basic). Increases your storage capacity so you can buy more upgrades.

• Neko's Bonus Charm (basic). Increases item drop rate, which makes it easier to find things.

• Gold Generator (elite). Gold is created as you fly, which makes it faster to accumulate enough gold to buy things.

• INFINITE Bonus (black market). Your weapon upgrades last forever, or at least until you pick up one to replace it with. Invaluable for when you finally get that double firing blue laser.

• Fiery Amulet (black market). More likely enemies will drop rare bonuses. Makes it easier to find the blue laser.

• Time Nullifier (black market). This is specifically useful for getting the in-game achievements based around getting Amazing or Perfect in all 4 level categories; then you can replace it with something else.

• Conquerer's Seal (black market). Boosts everything relevant all at once. Think of it as a minor overall ship upgrade.

• Auto Neg. Effect Canceller (black market). Triggers your neg effect canceller as soon as you pick up a neg effect.

• Second Chance (black market). When you die, you come back with rather a lot of shields and armor. Once.

Once you get to the point that you're using energy on a regular basis, you'll want to invest in the Megacorp V4 Nuclear AUX (elite) to get your energy charging as you play, and I like having the Micro Repair Bots (basic) also, which means all 3 of my ship stats are always increasing themselves as I play.

Beyond that, whatever upgrades fit your playing style. I always take the E-Magnet Missile Launcher (basic; missiles fire faster) and the Fion Assimilator (black market; unlimited missiles of all types) and all the extra attacker upgrades, because that fits with my playing style. That includes things like the Death Blast (black market) and Cytoreactor (elite).

Skills

The following skills are absolutely required in order to get through this game completely:

• Healing Technique (basic). Trade energy for armor.
• Destroy Shields (basic). Required for some of the early-mid levels where you encounter lots of a particular ship that has shields. After about level 15 you're highly unlikely to encounter those ships again, and can remove this.
• Stop Time (rare). Time stops, you don't. You WILL need this in order to defeat Genu or the final boss, and I use it whenever I encounter some of the larger, more vicious ships on the way through the level.
• Negative Effect Canceller (rare). When you hit a bonus with a negative effect, this skill removes it. Along with the Auto Neg. Effect Canceller shop item, this will keep you out of a lot of trouble as you play.
• Bonus Lock (ultimate). Locks your current weapon so other bonuses won't change it. That means you can pick up bonuses indiscriminately and not worry about losing your double-firing blue lasers. You will have to enable this skill at the beginning of every level, and you can still lose your weapon if you pick up a bonus with a Z on it, as that is a bonus removing item that cannot be blocked.

queenofbabes has some other skill recommendations in his guide, which I will leave there as they are his. They come down to his playstyle, which may be different than yours. He plays a more skills-based game, while I play a more weapons-based game.

Missiles

Never buy missiles. You don't need them, and only the bosskillers are even worth it. Instead, accumulate 11 million gold. Move Nukes and Death Missiles (both bosskillers) onto your skill bar without purchasing them and then purchase the Fion Assimilator (elite) to get them both to have unlimited ammo. I use Death Missiles on regular enemies, and then switch to Nukes for the bosses.

Rank 3 Achievements

Here are the Rank 3 achievements decoded:

• Warlord (200,000 Gold) - Heartlessly defeat 2000 enemies
• Mega-Insanity (100,000 Gold) - Crash into a boss 15 times
• The Box of Doom (140,000 Gold) - Collect an exploding box.
• Filthy Rich (300,000 Gold) - Obtain 5 million gold
• Strange Irony (430,000 Gold) - Destroy Neko's shop
• Obliviator (400,000 Gold) - Defeat over 95% of enemies in a level past level 10.
• Non-Random Achievement (800,000 Gold) - Just kidding, it was random.
• Just Made It (1,200,000 Gold) - End level with 5% armor and shield remaining.
• Titan (1,500,000 Gold) - Create a ship with 5000 armor
• Sniper (1,000,000 Gold) - Finish a level with over 95% accuracy
• Badge of Conquest (1,000,000 Gold) - Complete 15 missions
• Full Capacity (2,000,000 Gold) - Acquire all skills
• O.C.D. (2,500,000 Gold) - Own everything in the three shops.
• Perfectionist Elite (3,000,000 Gold) - Finish a level with 4 Perfects beyond level 16.
• Ultimate Defender of the Enigmata (1,000,000 Gold) - Defeat 10000 enemies

Box of Doom will drop randomly in a level above 15. Titan requires the Ledgendary Key, which I got as a random drop in level 19, in order to purchase the black market shop item The Fifth Collection, which gives you the Pseudo Epic ship, with a base armor over 1000. Then just add on every armor boosting upgrade you can find. The rest will occur as you play, with Strange Irony happening on random level replays.

Medals

Eterna Medal (10 points)
Defeat the ship who destroyed the supply base.
Finish Level 1. Mega-Goliath Medal (25 points)
Destroy the indestructible mega-craft.
Finish Level 10. Genu Returns Medal (100 points)
Take down the ulimate ruler of the universe.
Finish Level 20. By using Time Stop and Micro Energy Boosts (which appear to be bugged to restore all energy rather than only 50) you can take down Genu before he even gets a shot off. The Entity Medal (100 points)
Beat the most powerful mega-craft ever created.
Finish Level 25. I got this with Time Stop (used a lot but not constantly), lots of shield boost items, healing skill, and a lot of patience. This will be a 5+ minute fight.

Credits

Guide created by DiMono and queenofbabes, edited and uploaded to the Wiki by LiquidOoze.