Lightning Returns: How To Get Outfits

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Lightning Returns: How To Get Outfits

Looking for Lightning Returns outfits, costumes and clothing items? The following Lightning Returns: How To Get Outfits Guide explains how to unlock them. We’ll help you get the most unlockable outfits out of the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII game on the PS3 & Xbox 360.

Watch the video guides below to see all Lightning Returns Unlockable Outfits.

Index of Lightning Returns Guides:

Lightning Returns: How To Get Outfits

Lightning Returns Outfits

[Work-In-Progress: Check back for more unlockable outfits!]

Tip: You’ll be able to change outfits throughout the game, as well as change your costume’s colors.

Let’s start with an official video that shows all Lightning Returns outfits in the game:

How to unlock outfits in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII shall be detailed next.

How To Unlock Outfits Pre-Game

We’ll list how to get them below, but first let’s go over how to unlock them for use in the game itself.

How to unlock DLC outfits to wear in-game:

– Step #1: Use the download code(s) given to you to download the DLC outfits/items to your console of choice.
– Step #2: Play part of the game and after reaching an early point in the game open the menu. To open the menu press the Triangle button on PS3 / Y button on Xbox 360, then select the “Rewards Barter Shop” option at the bottom to collect your DLC items.

How to unlock free outfits in the game:

• Guardian Corps Garb: — How To Unlock: If you have save data from Final Fantasy XIII, you get a special garb based on Lightning’s outfits from Guardian Corps in that game. The save file has to be on the same console you’re playing Lightning Returns on to be auto-detected & unlocked. There are no special requirements for the save file at all.

• Etro’s Guardian Garb: — How To Unlock: If you have save data from Final Fantasy XIII-2, you get another special garb based on Lightning’s valkyrie armor from Etro’s Guardian in that game. The save file has to be on the same console you’re playing Lightning Returns on to be auto-detected & unlocked. There are no special requirements for the save file at all.

• Noel’s Outfit Changes: — How To Unlock: The look of Noel’s outfit will change depending on which outfit he’s wearing in the most recent Final Fantasy XIII-2 save file of the console you’re playing Lightning Returns on.

• Utsusemi Samurai Garb: — How To Unlock: Downloading the “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Demo” scores you an exclusive piece of DLC to PlayStation 3 fans — called the Utsusemi Samurai garb — that you can use in the full game (it’s not in the demo itself, so don’t panic if you don’t see it). Again, this offer is exclusive to PlayStation owners, so right off the bat you’re getting something not everybody’s going to get, JUST for downloading the Demo.

• Siegfried Garb: — How To Unlock: If you can beat the Zaltys monster at the end of the “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Demo” on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and you post your score via Outerworld onto your Twitter or Facebook account, you unlock the Siegfried Garb (from Final Fantasy VI) in the full game.

How To Unlock Outfits Through The Campaign

• Cat Outfit: — How To Unlock: The video here-under shows all the Chocobella locations that you need to find to get this Cat Costume AKA Miqo’te Outfit. —
This handy outfit is available to unlock in Lightning Returns from the start of the game. You just need to look at the poster of the Chocobella’s, and then talk to the four of them embarrassing Lightning in the process. After talking to all of them you will receive the Cat Outfit, it gives the ability to heal yourself while defending and also gives the Esna effect.

This video guide will show you how to unlock Lightning’s Cat Outfit:

Hint: Square Enix has provided plenty of fanservice with some of the unlockable outfits. If you’re looking for sexy outfits for Lightning to wear in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, here are some names to be on the lookout for: Coral Mermaid, Amazoness, Nightmare.

• Rest of the Campaign Outfits: — How To Unlock: The following compilation video shows all weapons and Lightning Returns outfits locations for the outfits available in the in-game stores up to Day 10 on Hard difficulty mode in New Game Plus. Note that some outfits only get unlocked by playing the game a second time on New Game Plus.

The best outfits, weapons & other clothes in Lightning Returns on New Game Plus:

How To Unlock DLC Outfits

As pre-order bonuses and Collector’s Edition extras, special DLC outfits have been made available; and everything will become paid DLC later this year in case you missed out on anything.

Requirements to unlock DLC outfits & items:

• Cloud Strife’s SOLDIER 1st Class Uniform, Buster Sword, Soldier Band & Victory Pose: — How To Unlock: Pre-order “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII” while supplies last (from Final Fantasy VII). Also comes included with the “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Collector’s Edition”.

• Aerith Gainsborough’s Outfit & Staff: — How To Unlock: Buy the “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Collector’s Edition” (from Final Fantasy VII).

• Yuna’s Spira Summoner Outfit, Staff & Victory Pose: — How To Unlock: Pre-order “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII” on Amazon.com (from Final Fantasy X).

• Lightning Samurai Set: — How To Unlock: Pre-order “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII” on Amazon.co.uk. Includes “Shogun”, “Sohei Savior” and “Flower of Battle” samurai warriors Garbs.

• Lightning Samurai Set #2: — How To Unlock: Pre-order “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – The Nordic Limited Edition”. Includes “Shining Prince”, “Utsusemi” and “Dark Samurai” samurai warriors Garbs.

• Lara Croft’s Tomb Raider Outfit, Survivor’s Axe & Riot Shield: — How To Unlock: The Tomb Raider costume downloadable contentset for “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII” will be available to download from launch (February 11th, 2014) via the PlayStation Store for PS3 and the Xbox Games Store for Xbox 360.

Thanks to Square Enix, Sony & Neowild for the tips and outfit videos.

Do you know of any more Lightning Returns outfits? If so, please leave a comment with a the tip for how to get it. We’ll update this outfits page and give you credit for the discovery! 😀