Chips (Mega Man X8)

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Chips are items that can be obtained and equipped in Mega Man X8. They are similar to the equippable Parts from the earlier Mega Man X games. Contrary to past games, Chips are developed from Rare Metals which are found in the stages. After doing the stage and heading to the lab, they can be bought as parts.

Mega Man X8

Chip Development - All

Name of Part	Cost*	Rare Metal Location	Description
Life Bottle half			Restores both characters lives by some amount.
Life Bottle full			Restores both characters' lives by a larger amount
Life Charge		None	Refills Life Bottle/Tank contents.
Retry Chip 1			Allows player to retry stage when defeated.
Retry Chip 2			Allows player to retry stage when defeated.
Retry Chip 3			Allows player to retry stage when defeated.
Weapon Bottle half			Restores weapon energy (except Giga Attacks).
Weapon Bottle full			Restores Weapon Energy by a larger amount.
Weapon Charge			Refills Weapon Bottle/Tank contents.
Prickle Barrier	?/180		Protects character from spikes once.
Spare Energy	?/225		Protects character from dying (not applicable to spikes or falling) once (gives 50% life to character).
Alia Buster	?/36000		Unlocks Alia as playable character. She is unable to use X's armors.
Layer Rapier	?/36000		Unlocks Layer as playable character. Has slightly more range than Zero's saber.
Pallet Bullets	?/36000		Unlocks Pallet as playable character. She is unable to use Axl's Copy Shot.
Life Tank			Refills both characters lives. Refillable with life energy capsules or Life Charge.
Life Tank			Refills both characters lives. Refillable with life energy capsules or Life Charge.
Weapon Tank			Fully refills all weapons' energy. Refillable with weapon energy capsules or Weapon Charge.
Hyper AT			Attack Gauge increases faster.
Escape Boost			Escape more easily when held by enemies.
Metal Generator			Generates metals after a certain amount of steps.
Metal Discount			Reduces chip cost.
Chip Delete	0/0		Remove Weapon and/or Life Tanks and bottles. Does not refund metals.

Chip Development - X

Name of Part	Cost	Rare Metal Location	Description
Life Up			Increases maximum Life Gauge.
Life Up +1			Increases maximum Life Gauge even more.
Life Up +2			Increases maximum Life Gauge even more (default amount in Easy mode).
Double Barrier	?/18000		Increases period of invincibility after a hit (known as Shock Buffer in earlier games).
Speedy Recovery			"This will increase the recovery Speed of the Recovery Gauge."
Weapon Up			Increases maximum Weapon Gauge.
Weapon Up +1			Increases maximum Weapon Gauge even more.
Weapon Up +2			Increases maximum Weapon Gauge even more.
Chain Combo			Increases length of time for successive hits to be part of a combo.
Spike Walker	?/?		Falling speed while clinging to walls is slowed down.
Weapon Converter			Weapon Energy is lost instead of Life Energy when hit.

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