Axiom Verge Guide

Progression overview: revisit regions as abilities expand

This is not a linear trip through each region once. A typical example is traveling from Zi to Kur, gaining a higher jump, then returning to Zi. Choose your next destination by your most recent movement ability as well as your location.

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Collection detours can occur in different orders. This table shows broad normal progression, not a record route or the only correct sequence.

Which ability handles each obstacle?

Despite similar names, Axiom Disruptor is a gun, while Address Disruptor changes enemies and terrain. Identify the required effect before repeatedly firing the same weapon at an obstacle.

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The initial Address Disruptor cannot remove every noisy effect. You may leave obstacles requiring upgrades or Address Bomb for later.

Early obstacles: use Nova, Drill and Disruptor in turn

Passages immediately after new equipment often teach its use. Do not call every strange visual a glitch: distinguish switches, rocks and changeable terrain.

1. In Eribu, first get Axiom Disruptor from the room on the left. Break the red blocks with the gun and proceed right
2. After getting Nova, split its projectile to hit red switches outside a straight firing line. Press fire again after launching to adjust where it splits
3. After Xedur, collect Laser Drill from the room to the right. Drill through the floor to continue rather than turning back after the boss alone
4. After getting Kilver in Absu, use its short-range electricity on switches beyond barriers. Check its reach if distant shots do not connect
5. After Telal, keep Address Disruptor aimed at terrain until the change completes. Do not stop while the blue reaction is still developing

The detailed opening and practice through the first two bosses are in the beginner guide.

Between Zi and Kur: from jump upgrade to drone

You cannot climb all of Zi on first arrival. Get Field Disruptor in Kur, return, and gain wall passage beyond Uruku to explore deeper into Kur.

1. On your first Zi visit, follow the available eastern route into Kur. Return to Zi after collecting Field Disruptor
2. After defeating Uruku, create platforms with Address Disruptor and take the upper-right exit. Collect Modified Lab Coat ahead and practice passing through thin walls
3. Return to Kur and explore beyond formerly impassable thin walls to obtain Remote Drone
4. Send the drone through narrow passages and shoot barrier switches. Return to Trace, follow the open route and collect Address Disruptor 2
5. Consider collecting Hypo-Atomizer before Gir-Tab. Even if its projectile stops before reaching an enemy, test whether its secondary shots continue farther

Guides differ on when to collect weapons such as Hypo-Atomizer. The important ability chain is Field Disruptor, wall passage in Zi, then the drone in Kur.

After Grapple: upgrade teleportation in Ukkin-Na and Edin

Having the drone does not initially let Trace teleport to it. Grapple, increased launch distance, Trenchcoat and Drone Teleport are separate pickups.

1. After Gir-Tab in Kur, send the drone into a high passage to collect Grapple. If a fall prevents returning to the previous ledge, look for uses of the new ability nearby
2. Get Enhanced Drone Launch in upper Kur. Practice landing the launched drone on high platforms and operating switches
3. Return west through Ukkin-Na. A story event changes how the terrain appears; inspect changed rooms again to find Trenchcoat
4. Use Trenchcoat to cross walls and floors, including vertically, and continue east to Edin
5. Get Address Bomb in Edin to handle stronger obstacles, then face Ukhu. After winning, send the drone beyond the left side of the boss room to collect Drone Teleport
6. Use Drone Teleport to move Trace to high platforms and continue through walls with Trenchcoat as needed. Combine abilities where one alone cannot reach

Learn the difference between discarding a drone and transferring Trace to it. Button names vary by platform and bindings; prioritize the pickup's instructions.

Early bosses: watch projectile height and weak-point position

If hits appear to connect without dealing damage, check the weak point first. Locking your position helps aim diagonally without stepping off narrow platforms.

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Some bosses attack faster at low health. Avoid rushing the final damage; keep jumps for dodging distinct from jumps for shooting.

Gir-Tab and Ukhu: why firing straight ahead may fail

For these two midgame bosses, weak-point orientation and opening times matter. Besides collecting weapons, create a firing line to the weak point with equipment you already have.

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For the Hacker achievement, use Disruptor on Ukhu's small enemies during the fight. These enemies are specific to this encounter, so simply revisiting all regions after killing the boss cannot replace that action.

E-Kur-Mah to Mar-Uru: collect the final ability and continue

After Drone Teleport, return to the very top of Kur. Launching the drone ahead and moving Trace to it opens the formerly unreachable exit toward E-Kur-Mah.

1. In E-Kur-Mah, drill through the rocky room to find Sudran Key. After collecting it, recheck the locked doors
2. Collect Red Coat farther inside. It breaks destructible blocks along the teleport path; practice this on the return route
3. Revisit older regions for health and damage upgrades if needed. Collecting every item is not the same requirement as reaching the final boss
4. When ready, return to Ukkin-Na and head upward toward Mar-Uru. Check both narrow drone passages and places the Coats can cross

This guide does not require collecting everything by coordinates or advanced shortcuts such as infinite ascent.

Late bosses: attack from outside the central firing line

Red Coat movement also helps with dodging late on. FlameThrower is an option if you have it, but lacking it does not mean you missed a mandatory weapon.

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Sources differ on Athetos's detailed phases, so destruction counts and final-phase health are not stated as fixed facts.

Revisit priorities: combine abilities to collect upgrades

Searching every region after each new ability makes travel lengthy. Record why each dead end blocked you, then return to regions where your new tools solve that problem.

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Health Nodes increase maximum health; Power Nodes improve damage. Full nodes differ from fragments, so one fragment may not immediately grant a large upgrade. This table helps reduce current obstacles rather than replacing a complete collection route.

One-way routes, achievements and Secret Worlds

Being unable to return to a ledge does not necessarily mean you must restart the save. Normal progression sometimes requires moving forward until you gain another ability. Achievements, however, can require actions that cannot simply be filled in later.

1. If early Zi falls or Ukkin-Na events prevent returning, look for the current region's exit and new pickups. Consider a temporary one-way stretch of normal progression
2. For all achievements, remember Disruptor use on Ukhu's small enemies
3. Abandoned Clone and Xedur Hul have achievements involving avoiding attacks or kills. Shooting every enemy immediately is unsuitable for a first run aiming at all achievements
4. Secret World entrances vary by save. An empty location at someone else's coordinates does not necessarily indicate a problem
5. Separate normal item/map 100% from Secret World exploration. Strong scanlines on the screen or health display can hint at an entrance

Randomizer is a separate mode that changes pickups. Do not apply this page's ability order unchanged. Do not import Axiom Verge 2's Arms, Breach travel or fast-travel instructions into the original game either.