Press B, Up, Left, Down, Right, B(2) during game play to get the best version of each weapon. Note: The directions are done on the D-pad. This code can only be enabled one time.
Alternate ending sequence
Save at over 50 Innocents before returning to the train to unlock the good ending.
Alternate Hunter mode
Successfully complete the game to unlock the "Alternate Hunter Mode" option at the Special Features screen.
Always access Glyph
If two players access a permanent increase Glyph (either Strength or Accuracy) at the same time, the Glyph will never become inaccessible. It is similar to the regular Glyphs, but does not "turn off" after the fourth use. You can continue to
charge up a stat as much as desired. After the bar is full in the stats page of your character (for Strength or Accuracy), a small red bar will appear to the right of the stat. If you continue to access the permanent increase Glyph, the bar will slowly extend all the way across the stats page (behind the weapon/inventory screen). With a fully maxed out stat, enemies usually fall with one hit. Strength affects short ranged attacks; Accuracy affects long ones. The permanent Glyph cheat works because the game is programmed to disable the Glyph with after one use. Having two people access it at once means the Glyph is never used just once, meaning it will always be available. The regular Glyphs (Health and Conviction) are programmed to disable on the fourth use. Thus, if you use a Health Glyph three times, then have two people use it at the same time, it will be used overall five times and it will always be available, just like the permanent ones. This may make some of the Boss fights a little easier.
Avenger: 360 degree attack special
When there are many enemies in your area, use the cleave ax special. Go in the middle of them, hold R , then release. This will take out many of the nearby enemies.
Avenger: Back on fire
To get Avenger's back on fire, simply select his melee weapon, activate his Cleave Edge, then select any other weapon in your arsenal. Avenger will put the "burning" axe onto his back, giving the impression that it is on fire. Note: The higher the level Avenger's Cleave Edge is, the longer his back will be on fire.
Avoid damage
An easy way to avoid taking damage from zombies and other creatures is to stand on top of an object (for example, cars or trucks), staying away from the edges, and blasting away. If the object can explode, blow it up before you get on or it
may explode while you are on top.
Catacombs: Cracks
In the catacombs, if you do not see the crack, slice at the wall that points north from the screen. It should give off white puffs when attacking the correct wall.
Catacombs: Hidden power-up
When you enter the room with the two sisters/innocents, defeat all the enemies but do not leave. Search the walls in that room and find the spot where the wall is cracked. Attack it with any weapon. It will eventually collapse. Inside are some special weapons (shotgun, etc.) and the permanent strength power-up.
Defeat the enemy with knives in his hands
Load up your rocket launcher before you go in the electric chair room. Run to the middle of the room, avoiding him. Run around in circles with the Launcher pointed at the chair. Keep shooting it while you run in circles. Make your circles just big enough to avoid him and do not accidentally shoot him at point blank range or you will lose a life. Change your direction when he changes his. The chair should explode after awhile. You can then just shoot him at your leisure or slice him up a bit before regenerating your health. You should be able to kill him without losing a life.
Defeating Arkady the wolf
Make sure you have a couple of rockets remaining. When he tries to combo you, get away. Take out your rocket launcher, and before he ends his combo, launch a rocket. For help, use the Ward Edge on all Bosses. If you use the Ward Edge, take out your melee weapon and slash from behind. Watch out for his 360 attack.
Defeating Carpenter
Make sure you have at least 10 rockets and 90 machine gun rounds before you enter the battle. There is a rocket launcher at the bottom of the room before you enter. Take out your rocket launcher and run in a circle, avoiding Carpenter. When his chair is destroyed, take out your main gun, run in an oval, and keep shooting. This will take a long time, but you will not lose a life.
Defeating gargoyles
Do a running attack towards a gargoyle with your melee weapon (press the Left Analog-stick + Right Analog-stick in the direction you want to move and pull the trigger), and keep pulling the trigger as fast as possible. Your hunter keeps
attacking and you will not get hit. To defeat gargoyles easily, select your melee weapon and attack the its right side.
Because you are standing to the side of its body, it will attack you with its tail. Since this attack swings the tail,-block 90 degrees counter-clockwise and you will be out of its path. The gargoyle will end its turn facing you, so you will have to
move to its side again. If done correctly, you will avoid all damage.
Defeating Hadrian
It is best to stay near Hadrian (the opponent with the talking arm). If you move in the room while fighting him, two of the first level Bosses (with many arms) and four of the enemies that hit you with their eyelashes (with 2 legs) will attack.
Defeating Nathaniel
When you encounter Nathaniel (the Wolf Boss), use a shotgun. Within four shotsm he should run away. It may take the Marty a few more. After you get rid of him, just run into the next room.
Defeating the last Boss
As any character, grab the machine gun at the lower left of the screen. Use any weapon to hurt the Boss. When he goes to recharge, run to the big window in the room and unload your Uzi, Shotgun, Chainsaw, or other weapon into it until it breaks open and the Boss dies. You can pretty much ignore him when he returns from getting charged, since you will be standing on a Health Glyph while destroying the window. Vampire and sunlight equals death.
When you get to the last Boss, do not free the three locked up innocents unless you have low remaining lives. Freeing them will make the Boss have two more images of himself, creating three Bosses, but only one will be real.
When playing in multi-player mode, have player one destroy the window while the rest of the players harm the Boss.
Defeating the man with the knives in his hands
To defeat him, you must destroy the chair at the top of the room. First, get the rocket launcher and flame thrower found during the level. When fighting him, run in circles so he cannot get you (Martyr recommended) while shooting the chair
with the launcher. When you run out of rockets, use the flame thrower. Note: The chair will shoot out blasts of "energy" unexpectedly. Burn the chair from the sides. With the chair out of the way, run in circles while shooting him. If you run out of rockets and gas for the flame thrower restart the game, as the other guns do almost nothing to the chair.
Defeating the Mansion Boss
To defeat the Boss with Judge, use WordOfPower. When Judge's conviction disappears, go up close with the sword and slash. The Boss will kill you, but you will return with more conviction. Then, use WordOfPower and repeat. To defeat the Boss with Judge and Defender, use the same as with just Judge, but have Defender get all the special weapons on the level. While Judge does his attacks, have Defender stay back and shoot.
When fighting the Mansion Boss, keep yourself directly behind him and kill him using any weapon. He cannot hurt you from that position unless he turns around and faces you. The key is to face his back.
The easiest and fastest to kill the Mansion Boss is with a chainsaw. Get behind him as much as possible and use the chainsaw completely to kill him quickly.
Defeating the School Yard Boss
Stand in the trash can. You can kill all the zombies at the beginning, then when he appears, just run back to the trash can and kill everything that comes at you. Watch the boss for his ground attacks and jump up to avoid them. If he starts to hit you, jump out, run around, then go back to the trash can. When you jump out you can always run to the Glyph and heal before returning.
Defeating the Teddy Bear Boss
Either wait until he dives before slice him with your knife/ax, or wait until he tries his puke attack and hit him from behind. This may take a while, but you should not lose a life when fighting this Boss. There is a Health Glyph in the lower left corner. Do not kill the blue flying enemies, as they just respawn as soon as they die.
Enable the "All weapons" code and get a flamethrower. Use the flamethrower, stand in front of it, and burn it.
Play at least with two players, with one being Martyr. First, destroy all the benches for easier movement. Have Martyr get the bear's attention then run around in a circle. You are faster than the bear and he will chase you, but will not be able to hit. While he is chasing you, have your partner unload on him. When he gets down to low health, he might try to puke on you. Just get his attention again and repeat. If you run fast enough, you might be able to chase him, and hit him from behind.
As any character, you need to master using the Left Analog-stick and Right Analog-stick simultaneously to run backwards and fire your weapon at the same time. Run in circles around the room, picking up shotguns and machine guns. Picked up shotguns seem to do the most damage. Continue running backwards and firing the weapons you have picked up. Disregard the blue ghosts. As long as you are running, they cannot hit you. Using this technique, you can defeat the Teddy Bear without losing any lives or having to use the glyphs, relatively quickly.
The easiest and fastest way to kill the Teddy Bear is to have at least two people. Have one person go in front of him, with another person behind him. Both should use melee attacks on him. The person in front may get hurt with puking, however if they stand as close up against the bear as possible, the puke should go directly over their head. Another way to kill him is to continuously run around inside the church in a circular motion, then run backwards while shooting. It is also good to take out the blue ghost enemies; after killing each of them once or twice, they will not return. Martyr and Defender are recommended for this Boss; they are fast and can easily outrun him. However, Avenger's infinite shotgun is also strong and therefore very effective.
Defeating the Teddy Bear Easily
When you face him, all you have to do is use your machine gun and it finished use your shotgun for the remainder of his health. Note: Don't shoot the ghost. Just for the ghost are there.
Defeating the werewolf
On the levels after Arkady when the blue wolves chase you, do not waste any ammunition or conviction on them. Save it up for the werewolf, and use special weapons or conviction on him. You will need all the items you can get for the last
Boss, especially if you do not have a lot of lives or are Martyr or Defender.
Defeating vampires
Use Judge. His crossbow kills them in one shot. Note: This refers to the white ladies that have machine guns and can move very fast, and not the Boss to the mansion.
Defeating zombies
In most levels, there are many fences. If you do not have many lives, or just want to save the ones you have, simply shoot the zombies through the fence. When your are done, go in the fenced area and wait for more zombies to appear.
When they do, exit the fenced area and continue shooting. Note: Avengers unlimited gun and the shotgun will shoot through, but the other hunters may not.
Demand Edge
Activating the Demand Edge harms your hunter -- use it sparingly.
Easier game setting
Play the game in single player mode and everything will become a lot easier. If you play in multi-player mode, the game gets progressively more difficult with each additional player.
Extra lives
If you kill every zombie and creature in a level, you get three extra lives. The best way to do this is to keep attacking from distance and not go forward until every creature in that section is killed.
Fighting Carpenter
When you are trying to beat carpenter, use martyr and make sure you have a flame thrower and rocket launcher. As soon as you get to him, use the rocket launcher to blow up the electric chair (about 6-7 direct hits) then switch to the flame thrower. Run like heck and spray him with the flame thrower when he stops to try and cut you. Takes a little while but i found this technique to be the most effective.
Freeze your enemies
If you are running or walking around and notice a Zombie or tree whip spawning (coming to life), get there fast enough and stand on top of the place that it is appearing from. The enemy will be frozen and unable to hurt you. Be careful, as
many times you may get stuck with the enemy and be unable to fight. If this does happen, take out your melee weapon and hack away until you are free. Note: This does not work with small enemies (dogs, rats, alligators and skitters).
Full weapon damage
Press Down (2), B , Y , Down (2) during game play. Note: The directions are done on the D-pad.
Healing Edge
Defender's Healing Edge can heal all Hunters near her when it gets to level 2 and 3. Note: On level 2, hunters must come close to Defender. On level 3, Hunters can be a few steps away.
Hidden power-up
In the level with the path to the mansion (with the dogs and fountain), walk along the left side wall. You will find a small area behind some trees with some weapons and a permanent power-up. Watch out for the dogs in there.
Invincible zombies
Play the game with two people with one being the Avenger and one being the Judge. After you both gain your second Edge (Smite and Burden) find a location with a lot of zombies. Have the Avenger use Smite and immediately after that,
have the Judge use Burden to freeze the already dead zombies. When they unfreeze the zombies will be invincible.
Killing enemies through fences
Use the following trick to kill enemies without taking damage. When in a level with fences, such as at the Prisons, stand behind one with your unlimited long-range weapon and fire through. If done correctly, you should be able to kill anything you see through the fence. You can also walk through a fence. Once on the other side, wait until zombies or other enemy appears, then and run back through the door. Fire at them until they are dead.
Main Yard 1: Hidden power-up
You will start by some basketball courts and brick buildings. Stay to the far right of the screen and continue moving forward until you see a metal guardrail that fell down. Walk up that and follow the path until you have to turn left. As soon as you can, turn right to find a permanent accuracy power-up glyph. Press Action over it and your accuracy will increase. A flamethrower is also near the glyph.
Martyr: Temporary invincibility
Martyr's "Retribution" Edge returns a certain amount of damage to any enemy that hits her (depending on its level). However, Martyr herself will take no damage while Retribution is active, even from Bosses or their abilities. Note: Retribution will drain health as well as conviction. Use this on annoying Bosses such as the Teddy Bear (no more vomiting deaths) and the Vampire Boss.
Nightmare mode
Successfully complete the game to unlock the "Nightmare Mode" option at the Special Features screen.
Protecting Kaylie
In order to protect Kaylie and get her to the church alive, it is easier the more people that you have. The more people there are, the more of you there are to watch her and fight off enemies. Also, when fighting the gargoyles with Kaylie, have at least two people playing. Have one or two people stay with Kaylie and protect her from little monsters such as zombies. Have the others kill the gargoyles with melee attacks, which at the same time distracts them, and they will not attempt to hurt Kaylie.
Rare weapons
Successfully complete the game within three hours for different pick-ups during game play.
Recommended character
Choose Judge when playing the game in single player mode. Note: The flaming crossbow arrows visible in the FMV sequence are not actually in the game.
School Yard: Easy completion
Make sure you can spend an hour or so killing this monster alone. It is better to have Defender or Martyr because they are faster. When you first appear, kill all the zombies that are near you. Explore the street, picking up the machine gun and killing zombies on the way. Follow the fence all the way up to the opening. Be careful as there are many zombies and a few gargoyles. Once you have killed most of the zombies, go into the school area. Stay away from the gate so you do not activate the Boss too early. Explore a little bit, killing all of the zombies, getting health, and picking up the machine gun in the little playground near the exit. After you are sure everyone is dead, follow the fence (on the inside) until the intermission is activated and you have to kill the Boss. There are two ways to kill him: running around the fence shooting him while he is stuck; or the complicated but more reliable way as follows. Once the Boss is following you, go into the school yard and up to the tree. Stay next to the fence and wait until he is near. Jump over any ground attacks and kill the skitters. Once he is near the tree, quickly run away and go on to the other side of the fence (you should be on the street). Shoot him with everything you have, minding the skitters. It will take awhile but you will not use any lives.
Sound test
Press Left(2), B or Right(2), B during game play.
Unlimited strength or accuracy
This trick requires two players. When you find a Strength or Accuracy Glyph, have both players stand on it. Then, both players should press A simultaneously. If done correctly, two lines should appear, stating that both players' skills have
improved, and the Glyph should glow again. The Glyph is now infinite. You must do this the first time you use the Glyph. Health and Energy Glyphs also can do this, but you have to do the same thing only on the fourth time.