How To Unlock All Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Characters & Weapons

How to unlock all Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark characters & weapons? That question will be answered in this guide that shows you who to unlock to get the full roster of 44 Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark characters; and how to achieve that in the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, 3DS & Wii U third-person shooter game.

Below we’ve listed the playable characters. Take the following steps to unlock each of them, so that all unlockable characters in the game will be available to you.

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How To Unlock All Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Characters & Weapons

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is a third-person action adventure game that crosses the cosmos, intersecting with Generation One, Paramount Pictures’ live-action films, and Activision’s Cybertron titles to bridge these storied worlds for the very first time.

You don’t start off with everybody and their arsenal, but as you play you can unlock new characters and weapons.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Unlockable Characters & Weapons

How to unlock additional characters?: As you can tell, when you start the game not all characters are available to choose from in the roster. You can unlock more by taking certain steps, as explained below.

Tip: The new leveling system transforms both the single-player Campaign and the multiplayer Escalation Mode into one unified, persistent character development path. Experience earned in any part of the game unlocks potent awards and tactical loadout choices – including new characters, stronger weapons, special abilities, and consumable bonuses – for use throughout the entire game.

So this new unlock system unlocks rewards that will aid progression in both modes!

Note: Escalation is back! Escalation Mode includes Over 40 playable characters from two different universes! Unlock over 40 playable Transformers and team up with your friends to hold the line against swarms of enemy ‘bots.

Watch the Escalation Mode Tutorial Video for more unlockables info:

* How to unlock DLC characters?: As a bonus for pre-ordering the Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark game at select retailers (Gamestop/EB Games) and digitally on Steam, you’ll receive “The Weathered Warrior Pack” that includes: 2 characters (Thundercracker and Skywarp) and 2 weapons (Glass Gas Cannon and Electro Bolter).

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Characters List

Here we’ve listed the secret characters in alphabetical order.
Take the following steps to unlock each one; where available.

Movie Autobots:

1. Bumblebee
2. Drift
3. Grimlock
4. Optimus Prime
5. Strafe (AKA Swoop)

Movie Decepticons:

6. Lockdown
7. Stinger — How To Unlock: Walmart pre-order bonus DLC. Free code inside the retail box.

Aligned Autobots:

8. Air Raid
9. Bumblebee
10. Cliffjumper
11. Grimlock
12. Hound
13. Ironhide
14. Jazz
15. Jetfire
16. Optimus Prime
17. Perceptor
18. Ratchet
19. Scattershot
20. Sideswipe
21. Warpath

Aligned Decepticons:

22. Blast Off
23. Brawl
24. Bruticus
25. Dead End
26. Demolishor
27. Dragstrip
28. Hardshell
29. Kickback
30. Laserbeak
31. Megatron
32. Onslaught
33. Quake
34. Rumble
35. Sharpshot
36. Shockwave
37. Skywarp — How To Unlock: Gamestop (retail) & Steam (digital) pre-order bonus DLC. Included in The Weathered Warrior Pack*.
38. Slipstream
39. Soundwave
40. Starscream
41. Swindle
42. Thundercracker — How To Unlock: Gamestop (retail) & Steam (digital) pre-order bonus DLC. Included in The Weathered Warrior Pack*.
43. Vortex

Other Transformers:

44. Generation 1 Optimus Prime

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This gameplay trailer shows the main Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark characters in action:

Credits: Activision. Feel free to comment if you have any other tips.

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