I find the way Megabonk organizes stages to be a bit confusing, especially for new players. It took me a few runs to really understand how to progress through the game and advance to more difficult stages.
Here's a quick explanation of how Megabonk stages work and how to unlock them:
- A Map contains a group of stages around a theme (Forest, Desert).
- A Tier represents the level of difficulty of the Map and how many Stages it has.
- A Stage is a single area within a Map with a boss you have to defeat.
Let's use the Forest map progression as an example. If you play Forest Tier 1, you'll play one stage in the Forest map. Once you defeat the Stage boss, there's nothing else to do besides surviving the endless wave of enemies. You can let your character die to complete Tier 1 and unlock Forest Tier 2.
When you unlock that new Map Tier, you have to choose it when starting a new run. In the map selection screen, move your cursor to the Tier 2 box and tick the box to enter the Map in this new difficulty level.
Since you're now in the second tier, you'll be able to enter a portal and advance to Stage 2 of the Forest once you defeat the boss in Stage 1. Likewise, slaying that final enemy in Stage 2 will unlock Tier 3 with three Stages and the most powerful boss of the entire Map.
To go to the next stage in Megabonk, defeat the Stage Boss and enter the portal that opens on the boss shrine. If no portal opens, you've defeated the final enemy of your current tier and must select a higher tier when starting your next run.
How to unlock new Maps
The only two maps in Megabonk are Forest and Desert. To unlock the Desert, you need to reach the second Stage of Forest Tier 2 with CL4NK. To unlock CL4NK, you need the Revolver, which you get by killing 7,500 enemies in all your runs combined. Once you have it, choose CL4NK in the character selection screen, then pick Forest Tier 2 and beat the first boss in the first Stage to enter the portal and unlock the Desert.
The process to unlock Desert Tiers 2 and 3 is the same as in the Forest: Beat the Stage 1 boss in Tier 1 to get Desert Tier 2, and defeat the Stage 2 boss in Tier 2 to unlock Tier 3.
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