Daemon X Machina Walkthrough (100% Guide)

Navigating the world of Daemon X Machina can feel like being thrown into a warzone with a map written in another language. To ensure you don’t hit a massive difficulty wall later on, this walkthrough will guide you through the most efficient way to conquer the campaign. The secret isn’t to blast through the 25 story missions in a straight line. Instead, the optimal strategy is to progress the main story just enough to unlock all the world’s regions, then pause and dive deep into the open world content to farm resources, hunt optional bosses, and build an unstoppable Arsenal before tackling the final, high stakes missions.

Your Strategic Roadmap

Note for New Pilots: Before diving into the optimal mission path, it’s crucial to have a solid grasp of the game’s core mechanics. If you’re brand new to the cockpit, we highly recommend checking out our Daemon X Machina Beginner Guide first. It covers everything from essential setting changes to combat fundamentals and build strategies to get you started.

The Golden Path: When to Pause the Main Story

The game is designed to be played in a specific rhythm: story, exploration, story. While it has 25 main chapters, blindly following them will leave you underpowered and frustrated. You’ll likely hit a point where you’re forced to stop and grind anyway, so let’s do it efficiently.

Your main goal is to push through the story until you’ve unlocked all the major zones, like the Forest biome. Once the whole map is accessible, put the main quest on hold. This is your cue to start your power up montage. For reference, you’ll want to pause just before the final missions, “Showdown 1” and “Showdown 2.”

Here’s the full list of main story missions for your reference:

1. Forge’s Request (vs Hypnos)
2. Rescuing Raven
3. Rescuing Raven (vs Sovereign Axiom)
4. Battle Against the Colossus
5. Investigating the Abandoned City
6. Investigating the Closed Railway
7. Back Up the Reclaimer Facilities 1
8. Back Up the Reclaimer Facilities 2
9. Pursuing Ash (Battle at the Western Colony)
10. Head to the Research Facility
11. Investigating the Facility’s Depths
12. Forge’s Request: Lapis Lacrima
13. Saving the Orphanage
14. The Neun’s Joint Attack (vs Yiba)
15. The Neun’s Joint Attack (vs Gearworm)
16. The Neun’s Joint Attack (vs Archane)
17. The Neun’s Joint Attack (vs Bullet)
18. Returning to Base
19. The Fort Under Attack
20. Assault the Axiom Towers (vs Gaze)
21. Charge the Orbital Elevator (vs Hex)
22. Attack on the Garden (vs The Centurion)
23. Attack on the Garden (vs Osteo)
24. Showdown 1
25. Showdown 2

Conquering the Open World: Your Power Up Montage

This is where you transform from a rookie pilot into a legendary Outer. The open world isn’t just side content; it’s an essential part of your progression.

Priority #1: Farming for Upgrades

You need two things to become powerful: Credits (money) and Scraps (for base upgrades). Here’s how to get them fast.

Farming Credits in the Coliseum

The absolute best way to make money is by fighting in the Coliseum. First, complete the side missions to unlock it. Then, fight your way through all 30 opponents to become the champion. After that, you can repeatedly fight the former champ, “King,” for about 17,000 credits per win. You can get these fights down to under a minute, meaning you’ll be rolling in cash. You basically have to become a pro wrestler to afford that shiny new cannon.

Farming Scraps in the Forest

Scraps are essential for buying those game changing base upgrades. Once you unlock the Forest biome, it becomes your go to farming spot. The area is littered with Scrap mineral deposits. Find an efficient route and run it a few times to stock up.

Treasure Hunting with Broken Beacons

As you explore, you’ll find “Broken Beacons.” Take these back to your base’s Factory to repair them. A repaired beacon gives you a fuzzy map leading to a dead pilot’s stash of high value loot. To make this process way easier, prioritize buying the “Factory: Unlock Restoration Lv. 3” upgrade. It completely removes the static from the beacon maps, turning your treasure hunt from a guessing game into a simple trip to a marked location.

Hunting Optional Bosses

Powerful Colossal Immortals, like the infamous Gunfort from the first game, are hidden throughout the open world. They won’t appear on your map until you get close. It’s worth your time to explore every corner of the map to find and challenge these behemoths. The rewards are more than worth the fight.

General Mission & Boss Tactics

Instead of a step by step for every single mission, it’s more useful to know the strategies that work for different types of encounters.

How to Tackle Any Mission Type

• Defense Missions: The key is managing enemy attention (aggro). Take out the small, fast enemies first, then get in the face of the bigger mechs to draw them away from whatever you’re protecting.
• Escort Missions: The best defense is a good offense. Don’t stick to the thing you’re escorting. Boost ahead and clear the path before the convoy even gets there.
• Assault Missions: These are straightforward “destroy everything” missions. The best tip is to bring a mix of Bullet and Laser weapons, as some enemies are highly resistant to one type.

The Giant Slayer’s Handbook

Fighting the Colossal Immortals is all about targeting weak points. These massive bosses have glowing purple cylinders on their bodies. They might as well be giant “SHOOT ME” signs. Focusing your fire on these spots not only does massive damage but also increases your chances of getting rare loot.

And here’s a pro tip for a notoriously tough mission called “Unarmed Meeting.” You’re supposed to fight multiple enemy Arsenals at once. But you can skip the fight entirely. Before starting the mission, unequip all of your weapons, main, shoulder, and auxiliary. When the mission starts, hop out of your Arsenal and walk towards them. They’ll recognize your peaceful intent, and the mission will end with a simple dialogue.

After the Credits Roll: Endgame & 100% Completion

Beating the final mission doesn’t end the game. It places you back into the world in a “Free Roam” state, right before the final showdown. This lets you clean up any remaining side quests, find collectibles, and complete your Arsenal builds without having to start over.

If you’re a completionist aiming for that 100%, you’ll be spending around 60-90 hours collecting every weapon and armor set, finding all the decals, unlocking every Fusion skill, and clearing all the dungeons.

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