Rise of the X-Men (Wolverine)

Introduction

Epic Quests are sets of story-based missions that allow you to build up characters as you progress through a list of challenges.

The Rise of the X-Men Epic Quest follows the story of Wolverine and the classic X-Men, and served as the introduction of Mutant characters to the game.

This Epic Quest was also the one which introduced the Deluxe Pack system, as well as a second Native Tier-2 (Jean Grey) that requires other quest-related characters to be built up.

  • Basics
    Characters

    Below are the characters involved in the Epic Quest. These were all added in the same update, with the Epic Quest being the primary way of farming their X-Genes.

    Additionally, as all these characters are Mutants, Biometric Selectors do not work on them. X-Gene Selectors do, but those are much rarer.

    The Native Tier-2s (Wolverine, Jean Grey) require Phoenix Feathers and M'Kraan Crystals to build up, not Black Anti-Matter and Norn Stones of Chaos.

    Wolverine
    Wolverine

    The protagonist of the Epic Quest. As a Native Tier-2, he will gradually be built up to Level 60 as the Quest progresses.

    Rogue
    Rogue

    A free, farmable character, who can be obtained from X-Gene Selectors.
    She can also be farmed from the "Tracking Missions" that unlock as you progress.

    Beast
    Beast

    A free, farmable character, who can be obtained from X-Gene Selectors.
    He can also be farmed from the "Tracking Missions" that unlock as you progress.

    Storm
    Storm

    A free, farmable character, who can be obtained from X-Gene Selectors.
    She can also be farmed from the "Tracking Missions" that unlock as you progress.

    Cyclops
    Cyclops

    A free, farmable character, who can be obtained from X-Gene Selectors.
    He can also be farmed from the "Tracking Missions" that unlock as you progress.

    Magneto
    Magneto

    The Deluxe Pack character, who can only be unlocked by purchasing the Deluxe Pack for 6600 Crystals.
    He is unlocked at 6 Stars upon purchase, and additional X-Genes are given as Deluxe Rewards and Deluxe Mission drops.

    Jean Grey
    Jean Grey

    The Ultimate Native Tier-2, who can only be unlocked by upgrading the prerequisite characters to Tier-2 and Level 60.
    She is unlocked at 1 Star once this is done.

    Deluxe Pack
    6 Star Magneto
    6 Star Magneto

    Instantly unlocked when purchasing the Deluxe Pack.

    Deluxe Mission (Mutual Enemy)
    Deluxe Mission (Mutual Enemy)

    Instantly unlocked when purchasing the Deluxe Pack.

    Deluxe Packs are a feature of every Epic Quest except the Doctor Strange one (and a slight exception for the Fate of Mankind / Eternals Epic Quest, which features two Deluxe Packs). Deluxe Packs can be purchased with Crystals (6600 of them in this case), and unlock an exclusive character who cannot be otherwise acquired, and an exclusive mission that drops valuable rewards.

    Deluxe Packs are generally viewed as solid investments. Even if the character that is unlocked gets power creeped, the mission stays unlocked for you to keep farming materials at a higher rate. Mutant materials, which drop from this Deluxe Pack, are useful throughout all stages of the game - both for building mutants and for recipes in the Crafting Lab.

    The exclusive character for this Deluxe Pack is Magneto, who gets unlocked at 6 Stars immediately after purchasing it. To get him to Tier-2, you can use a combination of the X-Genes given as "Deluxe Rewards" in the Epic Quest progression, and farmable X-Genes from the unlockable mission rewards at about 20/day.

    Deluxe Rewards are additional rewards given at each stage of the Epic Quest after a Deluxe Pack is purchased. These can be claimed retroactively, so you can go back to missions already completed and collected the Deluxe Rewards - there is no penalty for progressing far in the Epic Quest before buying it. The total Deluxe Rewards are listed below.

    400 Magneto X-Genes
    400 Magneto X-Genes

    Deluxe Rewards gained from progressing in the Epic Quest.
    This is more than enough to get him to Tier-2, with the average cost to upgrade gears to 20 being 166 X-Genes.

    630 M'Kraan Shards
    630 M'Kraan Shards

    Deluxe Rewards gained from progressing in the Epic Quest.
    Enough to reach full Mastery for Magneto.

    1500 Crystals
    1500 Crystals

    Deluxe Rewards gained from progressing in the Epic Quest.
    A decent "cashback", putting the net price of the Deluxe Pack at 5100 Crystals.

    3,000,000 Gold
    3,000,000 Gold

    Deluxe Rewards gained from progressing in the Epic Quest.

    Rebirth of the Phoenix
    Jean Grey
    Jean Grey

    "Rebirth of the Phoenix" allows you to unlock a 1 Star Jean Grey once you reach Lv.60 and Tier-2 with the 5 listed characters (Rogue, Cyclops, Wolverine, Magneto and Storm). You will then have to build up Jean Grey manually as a double-cost Native Tier-2.

    Note that:
    - Beast is not required, despite him being part of the Epic Quest.
    - Magneto is required, so you can consider Jean to also be locked behind the Deluxe Pack's 6600 Crystal cost.

    Requirements

    These are the characters required, and the materials needed, to complete the Epic Quest.

    5 Star Rogue
    5 Star Rogue

    5 Star Beast
    5 Star Beast

    5 Star Storm
    5 Star Storm

    5 Star Cyclops
    5 Star Cyclops

    1100 Norn Stones of Strength
    1100 Norn Stones of Strength

    Can be farmed in Dimension Missions or bought outright from the Support Shop - 400 daily for 3000 Dimension Tokens.

    1100 Dimension Debris
    1100 Dimension Debris

    Can be farmed in Dimension Missions or bought outright from the Support Shop - 1000 daily for 3000 Dimension Tokens.

    800 Norn Stones of Chaos
    800 Norn Stones of Chaos

    Primarily farmed from non-Mutant World Boss.

    5 Rank 4 Black Anti-Matter
    5 Rank 4 Black Anti-Matter

    Primarily farmed from non-Mutant World Boss.
    Combining from scratch takes 1000 Rank 1 Black Anti-Matter + 5,625,000 Gold.

    3 Rank 6 Black Anti-Matter
    3 Rank 6 Black Anti-Matter

    Primarily farmed from non-Mutant World Boss.
    Combining from scratch takes 2400 Rank 1 Black Anti-Matter + 16,500,000 Gold.

    1000 M'Kraan Shards
    1000 M'Kraan Shards

    Primarily farmed from Dimension Mission, Tracking Missions and Messy Friends (from X-Force Epic Quest).
    Can also be bought outright from the Support Shop - 400 daily for 3000 Dimension Tokens.

    1000 M'Kraan Crystals
    1000 M'Kraan Crystals

    Primarily farmed from Mutant World Boss, Veiled Secret, The Big Twin (from X-Force Epic Quest), or Deluxe Missions (X-Force Epic Quest included).

    1000 Phoenix Feathers
    1000 Phoenix Feathers

    Primarily farmed from Mutant World Boss, Veiled Secret, The Big Twin (from X-Force Epic Quest), or Deluxe Missions (X-Force Epic Quest included).

    Rewards

    These are the total rewards gained throughout the Epic Quest's 54 stages.

    Tier-2, Fully Mastered, Lv.60 Wolverine
    Tier-2, Fully Mastered, Lv.60 Wolverine

    From here, work on Lv.70 / Tier-3 if desired.[p]Note that his gears must be upgraded to +20 before you can realise Potential in World Boss to reach 70.

    Various X-Genes
    Various X-Genes

    You get 30 of each Tracking Mission character's X-Genes.
    These should help with the Rank Up requirements in the quest progression.

    200 Norn Stones of Strength
    200 Norn Stones of Strength

    These should help with Research.

    200 Dimension Debris
    200 Dimension Debris

    These should help with Research.

    100 Norn Stones of Chaos
    100 Norn Stones of Chaos

    These should help with Research.

    400 Rank 1 Black Anti-Matter
    400 Rank 1 Black Anti-Matter

    These should help with Research.

    200 M'Kraan Shards
    200 M'Kraan Shards

    These should help with Research.

    100 M'Kraan Crystals
    100 M'Kraan Crystals

    These should help with Research.

    100 Phoenix Feathers
    100 Phoenix Feathers

    These should help with Research.

    3 Dimension Chests: 6 Star ISO-8
    3 Dimension Chests: 6 Star ISO-8

    2,000,000 Gold
    2,000,000 Gold

    100 Energy
    100 Energy

    100 Clear Tickets
    100 Clear Tickets

  • Unlockable Missions

    Listed below are all the playable missions that are unlocked during the Epic Quest, and their rewards (excluding S.H.I.E.L.D. Archive drops).

    Tracking Missions
    Going Rogue
    Going Rogue
    Friends and Enemies
    Friends and Enemies
    Weathering the Storm
    Weathering the Storm
    Blindsided!
    Blindsided!

    These missions drop at least 1 X-Gene per run, with a decent chance of a bonus one. Each mission has an individual limit of 10 X-Gene runs per day (but a single run that drops 2 X-Genes only counts as 1 X-Gene run).

    The Energy cost of these missions is low (3 Energy with Stage 1 Boost Points, 4 Energy without), making them a decent way to farm Uniform XP while acquiring X-Genes.

    Veiled Secret
    Magneto's Might
    Magneto's Might
    Rise of the Phoenix
    Rise of the Phoenix

    These missions are a good way of farming Mutant Tier-2 materials. Each mission has a daily entry limit of 2, and drops about 20 Feathers and slightly less than 10 M'Kraan Crystals per run.

    Deluxe Mission
    Mutual Enemy
    Mutual Enemy

    This mission is unlocked upon buying the Deluxe Pack, and has a daily entry limit of 2. Each run will drop about 10 Magneto X-Genes, 40 Phoenix Feathers, 10 M'Kraan Crystals and a handful of M'Kraan Shards, making it one of the most valuable missions to play.

    Every run will randomly select one of the Tracking Mission characters as an Ally Shifter (if played manually), and rewards a single X-Gene of that Shifter character upon mission completion. This is pretty inconsequential since all of them are farmable.

  • Stage List

    Below is the full list of Epic Quest stages and their associated rewards. Remember that you can:

    - See the "Research" section below for details on those.

    - See the "Basics" > "Requirements" subsection above for information on resource and material farming.

    • Hero’s Rage

      [DIMENSION MISSION] Clear 3 times
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 10

      1

    • Familiar Enemy

      [RESEARCH] Research Broken Robot Debris #1
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 15

      2

    • Enemy Territory

      Use 50 Energy
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 20

      3

    • Royal Consent

      [DIMENSION MISSION] Acquire Contribution Reward 1 time
      Reward: Gold

      4

    • Inhuman Alliance

      [RESEARCH] Research Broken Robot Debris #2
      Reward: Wolverine Rank 2

      5

    • Going Rogue

      [TRACKING] Clear Going Rogue
      Reward: X-Gene: Rogue

      6

    • First Aid

      Rank Up Rogue to 3 Star
      Reward: Energy

      7

    • Pursuing Maximus

      [DISPATCH MISSION] Clear 5 time
      Reward: Gold

      8

    • Endless Pursuit

      Use 300,000 Gold
      Reward: Wolverine Mastery 1

      9

    • Friends and Enemies

      [TRACKING] Clear Friends and Enemies
      Reward: Dimension Debris

      10

    • Doctoral Research

      [RESEARCH] Research Regeneration Device #1
      Reward: X-Gene: Beast

      11

    • Healed Beast

      Rank Up Beast to 3 Star
      Reward: Gold

      12

    • Lost Traces

      [DIMENSION MISSION] Clear 3 times
      Reward: Norn Stone Of Strength

      13

    • Request for Help

      [RESEARCH] Research Mind Resistance Device #1
      Reward: Energy

      14

    • Fly in Style

      [COMIC CARDS] Upgrade x1
      Reward: Gold

      15

    • Noises of the Jungle

      Use 50 Energy
      Reward: Dimension Chest: 6★ Iso-8

      16

    • Audience with the King

      [TIMELINE BATTLE] Participate 3 times
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 25

      17

    • Raging Storm

      [TRACKING] Clear Weathering The Storm
      Reward: Gold

      18

    • Nature’s Wrath

      [DISPATCH MISSION] Clear 5 time
      Reward: Wolverine Rank 3

      19

    • Urgent Rescue

      [ISO-8] Enhance x1
      Reward: Wolverine Mastery 2

      20

    • Ancient Magic

      [ISO-8] Enhance x1
      Reward: X-Gene: Storm

      21

    • Hoping for a Recovery

      Rank Up Storm to 3 Star
      Reward: Gold

      22

    • City of the Dead

      [TRACKING] Clear Weathering The Storm 2 times
      Reward: Norn Stone Of Chaos

      23

    • Book of Reapers

      [RESEARCH] Research Book of Reapers #1
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 30

      24

    • Dancing Spirits

      [ENCHANTED URU] Combine 1 times
      Reward: X-Gene: Storm

      25

    • Self-sacrifice

      Rank Up Storm to 5 Star
      Reward: Gold

      26

    • After the Storm

      [DIMENSION MISSION] Acquire Contribution Reward 1 time
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 35

      27

    • The Search of Wakanda

      [CUSTOM GEAR] Enhance x1
      Reward: Wolverine Rank 4

      28

    • Magneto’s Revenge

      [TRACKING] Clear Friends and Enemies 2 times
      Reward: X-Gene: Rogue

      29

    • An Unfavorable Situation

      Rank Up Rogue to 5 Star
      Reward: Rank 1 Black Anti-Matter

      30

    • An Unexpected Development

      [RESEARCH] Research Broken Robot Debris #3
      Reward: Wolverine Mastery 3

      31

    • King's Advice

      Use 300,000 Gold
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 40

      32

    • Stolen Vibranium

      [TIMELINE BATTLE] Win 3 times
      Reward: Gold

      33

    • Semimetal

      [DISPATCH MISSION] Clear 5 time
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 45

      34

    • The Sub-Zero Search

      Use 50 Energy
      Reward: Dimension Chest: 6★ Iso-8

      35

    • Blindsided!

      [TRACKING] Clear Blindsided!
      Reward: X-Gene: Cyclops

      36

    • Fallen Summers

      Rank Up Cyclops to 3 Star
      Reward: Gold

      37

    • The Difficult Search

      [DIMENSION MISSION] Clear 3 times
      Reward: Wolverine Rank 5

      38

    • Heading to Attilan

      [COMIC CARDS] Upgrade x1
      Reward: Wolverine Mastery 4

      39

    • Problem Solved

      [TRACKING] Clear Friends and Enemies 3 times
      Reward: M'Kraan Shard

      40

    • Beginning The Research

      [RESEARCH] Research Mental Resistance #2
      Reward: X-Gene: Beast

      41

    • Burning Desire For Knowledge

      Rank Up Beast to 5 Star
      Reward: Gold

      42

    • Homeward

      [TRACKING] Clear Going Rogue 3 times
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 50

      43

    • Mansion Mayhem

      [TRACKING] Clear Weathering The Storm 3 times
      Reward: X-Gene: Cyclops

      44

    • The Road To School

      Rank Up Cyclops to 5 Star
      Reward: Rank 1 Black Anti-Matter

      45

    • Mental Anguish

      [RESEARCH] Research Cerebro #1
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 55

      46

    • Final Location

      [ISO-8] Combine ISO-8, 1 time
      Reward: Dimension Chest: 6★ Iso-8

      47

    • Searching for Terrigen

      [TRACKING] Clear Blindsided! 2 times
      Reward: Wolverine Mastery 5

      48

    • Magneto's Might

      [VEILED SECRET] Clear Magneto's Might
      Reward: M'Kraan Crystal

      49

    • Cannot target

      [RESEARCH] Research Mental Resistance #3
      Reward: Wolverine Rank 6

      50

    • Grey’s Problem

      [VEILED SECRET] Clear Magneto's Might
      Reward: Phoenix Feather

      51

    • Weakened

      [RESEARCH] Research Regeneration Device #2
      Reward: Wolverine Mastery 6

      52

    • Phoenix Rising

      [VEILED SECRET] Clear Rise Of The Phoenix
      Reward: Clear Ticket

      53

    • The Phoenix’s Warning

      [EPIC QUEST] All Stories Complete
      Reward: Wolverine Lv. 60

      54

  • Research

    At various points in the Stage List, you will be asked to complete "Research" tasks. These require you to sacrifice some resources to progress.

    The Researches are listed here in the order they appear in the Stage List (and generally, goes from easiest to hardest).

    Broken Robot Debris #1
    Broken Robot Debris #1

    x50 Dimension Debris
    Skip Cost: 1 Crystals per item, 50 total

    Broken Robot Debris #2
    Broken Robot Debris #2

    x50 Norn Stone of Strength
    Skip Cost: 2 Crystals per item, 100 total

    Regeneration Device #1
    Regeneration Device #1

    x500 Dimension Debris
    Skip Cost: 1 Crystals per item, 500 total

    Mind Resistance Device #1
    Mind Resistance Device #1

    x500 Norn Stone of Strength
    Skip Cost: 2 Crystals per item, 1000 total

    Book of Reapers #1
    Book of Reapers #1

    x400 Norn Stone of Chaos
    Skip Cost: 5 Crystals per item, 2000 total

    Broken Robot Debris #3
    Broken Robot Debris #3

    x3 Rank 4 Black Anti-Matter
    Skip Cost: 800 Crystals per item, 2400 total

    Mind Resistance Device #2
    Mind Resistance Device #2

    x500 M'kraan Shard
    Skip Cost: 3 Crystals per item, 1500 total

    Cerebro #1
    Cerebro #1

    x2 Rank 6 Black Anti-Matter
    Skip Cost: 6400 Crystals per item, 12800 total

    Mind Resistance Device #3
    Mind Resistance Device #3

    x500 M'kraan Crystal
    Skip Cost: 7 Crystals per item, 3500 total

    Regeneration Device #2
    Regeneration Device #2

    x500 Phoenix Feather
    Skip Cost: 7 Crystals per item, 3500 total

  • Epic Quest Collections

    Epic Quest Collections contain random items that have a chance to drop every time you run a specific mission. Each Collection comes with a reward upon completion.

    The Beast's Lab Collection contains 5 items, each subdivided into 3 sub-items that can be farmed from missions within the Epic Quest. Once the required amounts of all 3 sub-items for a Collection item are reached, it is marked as collected, and your reward can be redeemed.

    The amount you need to farm for each sub-item is more or less arbitrary. Each sub-item has its own drop percentages, and some will drop in higher quantities at once than others. None of the rewards for this Collection are much good anyway, so it's probably not worth focusing on any of these.

    For each sub-item, the number of items needed is shown to the side. The icon shows the mission the sub-item drops in: as listed in the "Unlockable Missions" section.

    Adamantium

    • 1. Special Container

      Location: Weathering the Storm

      50

    • 2. Liquid Adamantium

      Location: Magneto's Might

      20

    • 3. Adamantium Syringe

      Location: Rise of the Phoenix

      20

    • [Reward] Phoenix Feather x200

       

    Cyclops' Visor

    • 1. Visor Frame

      Location: Friends and Enemies

      50

    • 2. Output Control Dial

      Location: Going Rogue

      50

    • 3. Optical Glass

      Location: Weathering the Storm

      15

    • [Reward] Selector: X-Genes x50

       

    Image Inducer

    • 1. Portable Device

      Location: Friends and Enemies

      1

    • 2. Hologram Projector

      Location: Rise of the Phoenix

      10

    • 3. Activation Button

      Location: Going Rogue

      10

    • [Reward] 6 Star Mega Rank Up Ticket

       

    Crimson Gem of Cyttorak

    • 1. Crimson Trace

      Location: Going Rogue

      30

    • 2. Crimson Cosmic Dimension

      Location: Friends and Enemies

      35

    • 3. Power of the Cyttorak

      Location: Blindsided!

      45

    • [Reward] M'Kraan Crystal x200

       

    Blackbird

    • 1. Light Metal

      Location: Magneto's Might

      100

    • 2. Jet Engine

      Location: Blindsided!

      30

    • 3. Instrument Panel

      Location: Weathering the Storm

      20

    • [Reward] Extreme Obelisk

       

    Phoenix Force

    • 1. Traces of Phoenix Force

      Location: Blindsided!

      5

    • 2. Forces of Creation and Destruction

      Location: Rise of the Phoenix

      15

    • 3. New Host

      Location: Magneto's Might

      10

    • [Reward] Mythic Uru Chest

       

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