Recycle Lab

Recycle Lab
Stage Information
Boss	Metal Shark Player
Powerups	Life Up Shadow Armor's Head Program
Nightmare effects	Nightmare Cube, Nightmare Freeze
Nightmare induced at exit	Nightmare Iron
Music

Recycle Lab (リサイクル研究所, Risaikuru Kenkyūjo) is Metal Shark Player's stage in Mega Man X6. It is a recycling plant and research lab.

Description

Almost the entire stage has a Nightmare Press garbage compactor on the ceiling that periodically descends, proving instantly fatal. However, it can be avoided by ducking into gaps in the floor along the way. Using a Ride Armor will also stop the compressor from crushing the player (even if the player is not in the Ride Armor, meaning it can be discarded to prop the compactor up).

At the end of the second Nightmare Press hall, one can either continue left to reach a Shadow Armor part capsule and an Another Route, or descend a ladder to enter a blue portal - while it resembles an Another Route portal, it is actually mandatory. This leads to the stage's second area, which has another Nightmare Press but with an added conveyor belt and later the sub-boss Nightmare Pressure. At the end of this area, one can continue to face Metal Shark Player.

The Nightmare Phenomena that may affect this stage are Nightmare Cube and Nightmare Freeze. The phenomenon that this stage activates in others is Nightmare Iron.

In the Another Route, the Nightmare Press and conveyor belt are active, and the screen also auto-scrolls.

Enemies

Image	Enemy
	Metal Shark Player (boss)
	Nightmare Pressure (sub-boss)
	Junkroid
	Metall T
	Nightmare Virus

Items

Upgrades

	Life Up
	In the second half of the stage (with the conveyor belt), the Life Up can be found just before Nightmare Pressure, between junk on the floor next to a Reploid.
	Shadow Armor Head Program
	After the second Nightmare Press corridor, continue to the left instead of descending the ladder to the warp (may require destroying Nightmare Cubes). Pass the press and descend to find a large gap; it can be crossed in a number of ways, including Nightmare Cubes, Ice Burst, the Jumper part, or Ultimate Armor. The capsule and an Another Route portal wait across the gap.

Parts from Injured Reploids

	Wright - Energy Up
	In the second Nightmare Press hall, in the first half of the stage.
	Toshi - Shock Buffer
	Just before the gap leading to the Light Capsule.
	Inaria - Hyper Drive
	Next to the stage's Light Capsule.
	Kikuturk - Life Up
	In the third Nightmare Press hall, in the second half of the stage.
	Dajango - Saber Extend
	Next to the stage's Life Up.

Trivia

• Recycle Lab is the only stage in Mega Man X6 with a blue portal that does not lead to the Another Route, but which must be entered in order to progress through the stage normally.
• The Stage Select Screen indicates that the Recycle Lab is located around western Indonesia. However, as the map contains errors, it's unknown if this is its actual location.