Overview:
Introduction:
A massively-multiplayer experience, DC Universe Online brings high-energy action to the forefront with a combat system designed to deliver a fast-paced action experience with the extraordinary powers of your personally created heroes and villains at your disposal. Battle with or against their favorite DC Super Heroes and Villains including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and The Joker. For the very first time, players and fans will be able to enter this fabled world as an active force for good or evil.
Important Tips for First-Time DC Universe Online Players:
Character Creation:
Character Creation is the process a player must go through in order to create their own Playable Character. The player is able to choose the statistics that determined their character's abilities, individual strengths and weaknesses, visual appearance, name and sound through a series of options offered to the player shortly after the game starts. All players must go through the Character Creation process in order to play DC Universe Online.
Players may have up to 16 characters per account (character limit subject to change upon online updates/patches), and each character is linked to a specific server. The following is the creation process:
Gender Selection:
1. Choose between a Male or a Female character. This selection does not affect the character's stats.
2. Choose various character build and traits that will make your character's appearance differ from other player's characters. This selection does not affect the character's stats.
Template Selection or "Inspired By" (This is also optional):
Before deciding on your character's Powerset, Weapon, and Costume, the player may choose to be inspired by a famous DC character. Choosing an inspired by character will have the computer automatically choose a Powerset, Weapon, and Costume to match the DC iconic chosen. The character is still open to change in any way or form. Inspiration is to give the player a template to work off of.
Power Selection:
The player's combat strategy determines your role in groups. Each power has two ability trees that the player can specialize in. One is for DPS (Damage Per Second) attack, and the other is for defensive and area-effect purposes (Crowd Control, Tank, Healer).
Movement Selection:
Affects the character's speed, movement style, and maneuvers in combat. It also determines whether the character is a flyer, speedster or jumps from building to building as an acrobat.
Weapon Style Selection:
Your character's hack-and-slash abilities. Each weapon is specialized in either Ranged or Melee abilities, however some are equally useful in both. All weapons have both melee and ranged attacks. You will be able to switch between weapons in the game.
Morality Selection:
The choice of either being a Hero or a Villain. The choice determines the character's mentors, allies and enemies in DC Universe Online. Hero morality will fight crime throughout their adventures. Villains are the bad guys, characters that choose this morality will corrupt citizens and fight for all that is evil.
Personality Selections:
Determines how the character acts and carries themselves throughout the world. Their stance will change, along with their posture, simple movement as well as emote actions. This selection does not affect the character's stats.
Origins and Mentors:
The player's choice of the origin of their powers based of either a Metahuman (Meta), Magic (Magic), or Technology (Tech). This affects who your Mentor will be and their experience of the world, as well as the categories of armor and weaponry that will be available to them. The player will be contacted and asked to do missions by their mentor on a regular basis throughout the game.
Hero/Villain Mentors:
Costumes:
A character's costume is the clothing that defines their appearance in DC Universe Online.
Character Creation Video:
Here's a video so you can have a better look at the character creation features:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB8NaLQsatY
Subscription Service:
This game automatically gives you a subscription to their game and the subscription you've purchased will continue until cancelled. In other words your wallet will be charged automatically on the next renewal date unless you cancel the subscription. Upon cancellation, you will not receive any refunds or credits, but the purchasing account will be able to enjoy the content for which you've paid.
Cancelling a subscription:
You can cancel the subscription by changing your account settings in the Transaction Management section of Account Management or contacting Customer Service. Also, if your wallet does not have enough funds and the "Automatic Funding" feature is disabled on a renewal date, the subscription will be cancelled.
Cancelling from a PS3 system:
How To Use Your Free One Month:
Click here for a visual demonstration on how to unsubscribe.
DC Universe Online - Gameplay Pricing:
How much does DC Universe Online cost to play?
Visit the official website for more info about the game such as News, Updates, Character Bios, Powers, Weapons, Movements, Game Guides, FAQs, etc.
DC Universe Online - Home
General Information:
Controls
Press
to display your Social window. This lists all characters (both player characters and NPCs) of the type you specify:
Shortcuts and Chat Commands Guide:
Below are the list of chat commands and shortcuts that will be very helpful for players:
/group Talk within your groups
/shout Talk with the people within your map
/versus Talk to the opposing side
/say Talk on the local chat
/pvp Will flag you for open PvPing while in a PvE server. Take note that when the flag is on, opposing side may attack you at any time. To disable, simply re-type pvp to turn the flag to off.
/bug submit a bug report to SOE
/tell Private message someone
/invite Invite someone
/league Talk to anyone on the league
Other Players:
Some missions can’t be won by yourself without a group.
Press
to display your Social window. This lists all characters (both player characters and NPCs) of the type you specify:
Do Missions:
There's no need to farm kills in this game. Basically, players will gain themselves experience by finishing missions. While on a mission's site location, be on the look out for additional bonus missions by looking around the area for a person with a blue ring surrounding them. These NPCs will give you extra missions to do right along aside your main mission's objective. Completing them will help you get more experience faster as well as the main mission itself. It is preferred that you are at an equal or higher level than the mission's suggested level. Do not worry if you are higher leveled than a missions suggested level. Missions will still reward you the same amount of experience upon completion.
Do Alerts:
Alerts are instances in DC Universe Online in which up to 4 random players are joined together in a group and placed an instance battle. The group works together to complete a series of missions within the instance. Each Alert has several smaller bosses leading up to a main boss at the end of the battles. You must be level 9 to access.
Collect Briefings:
While doing missions, be on the lookout for green ? spheres (Investigations), blue ? spheres (Briefings), and yellow ? spheres (Collections). Collecting all of the ? spheres will give you extra experience points to leveling up. Note that the Briefings are worth 1000-2450 experience while the Investigations are worth 450-1450 experience. Collections gives you free items to add to your collections (mainly style changes) and free stuff given to you from your emails. You can use the following fan-made Briefings Site Location Guide to find all the blue ? spheres in the game listed below:
DC Universe Online: Briefings
Way to Check Your Next Level Up:
Look at the purple bar beneath your Ability Tray (your skills loadout) to see how close or how far you are from leveling up to the next level.
Glitch Trophies:
Yes the game appears to have an unknown glitch where players won’t earn their level 30 Acrobat, Flyer, or Speedster trophies. These trophies can be glitch if players hit level 30 while morphed/transformed into a creature that has no movement type such as a Zombie, a Gorilla, etc. Rumor is that the game can’t read your character’s movement type while transformed henceforth you won’t receive your level 30 movement type trophy, but you will still receive your level 30 mentor trophy (Thanks to kyo daikun for the glitch. Original post can be found here).
I doubt that this was ever patched since the developers’ only care about the game’s overall content (updates and monthly content). This game wasn’t really designed to earn trophies which are my very reasons why I doubt it was ever patch. Plus I knew about it beforehand and avoided morphing/transforming when I was level 29. You should do the same.
Roadmap:
There’s a total of 6 playthroughs to be done to achieve your platinum trophy. So the best thing I’m going to do is outline my characters playthroughs. You do not need to follow this outline to 100% the game. But do keep in mind that in order to achieve the level 10 role trophies (Tank, Controller, and Healer roles) and the level 30 movement type trophies (Acrobat, Flyer, and Speedster) you have to use certain type of power sets and movement modes.
Playthrough 1:
Character Information:
Name: Raki
Gender: Male
Team: Hero
Mentor: Batman
Power: Gadgets
Weapon: Rifle
Movement: Super+Speed
World: Countdown
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
For your first character's playthrough you should learn the basics of the entire game one step at a time. During this run I learned the flow of the game. From learning how to find and complete missions and side quests to learning the games entire environments and atmosphere. Also be sure to do the first race you see as you leave your safehouse starting location for an easy gold trophy and 850 points worth experience that will level you from level 3 to level 4. Now on to the character build. My first character was a Hero mentored by the Dark Night, Batman. I went with the power set of Gadgets just to be more like Batman's style of gameplay. Gadgets is a very good power to specialize in and this power set is very good at stunning enemies from close range or from afar. However, since this power set is classified as a Controller Role I found that this build is very bad for taking on multiple enemies at once. With the Rifle as a main weapon choice made this problem go away as I leveled up. The rifle is a very powerful yet slow weapon, but it's a great weapon for Controllers to use. The rifle can be used to spam multiple enemies from afar and can push an enemy back away from you with it's grenade launcher attack by press
. Be sure to buy the rifle's Mortar special attack for this is the attack that players can spam away with and kill multiple enemies at once.
Trophies Earned: Platinum Pace
, Mission Control
, Knight for Justice, and Speedster Supreme
Playthrough 2:
Character Information:
Name: Wonder Kunochi
Gender: Female
Team: Hero
Mentor: Wonder Woman
Power: Ice
Weapon: Brawling
Movement: Flight
World: Justice
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
This is my second playthrough and one that I didn't enjoy either. During this playthrough I noticed that missions are repeats from what I done from my first playthrough. They were just arranged in different orders. This character was a hero mentored by the Goddess of Truth, Wonder Woman. I went with Ice power set because the rumor is that Fire and Ice are the fastest ways to level characters to level 30 faster. Well, I disagree with Ice helping you level faster. Ice powers are okay and can be deadly if you chosen the right abilities to use. I made bad chooses in my powers and leveled more slowly than usual for I was having a harder time doing the level 25-29 missions.This was also because my main weapon, Brawling, was also a very bad choice to specialize in. I shouldn't have invested my character in brawling skills for it's very very slow and I feel as if brawling is the worst of the worst weapons to utilize in. Also I didn't know that you could change your weapons at the Watchtower or The Hall of Dome. If I had known these things before hand, I would have made a much better character.
Trophies Earned: Tanks Very Much, Warrior of Truth, and Fearless Flier
Playthrough 3:
Character Information:
Name: Wisdom Man
Gender: Male
Team: Hero
Mentor: Superman
Power: Nature
Weapon: Dual Pistols
Movement: Acrobatics
World: The Killing Joke
Type: PVP
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
This is my third playthrough and I'm doing things a little differently by making my character on a player vs player environment. This means that whenever an opposing Hero or Villain crosses paths, they can duke it out against each other. My character was a hero mentored by the Man of Steel, Superman. My power set was Nature which is classified as a Healer Role. I found that Nature characters can be very weak alone, but with allies and a League of heroes by your side. Nature's powers can be a deadly adversary to reckon with. My main weapon of choice was Dual Pistols, which I discovered was the best chose of weapons for healers. A Healer is meant to heal and to heal requires a great deal of power regeneration. Dual pistols was the first fast hitting weapons that I used in the game and fast hitting weapons can build up the Combo Hit Meter very quickly and effectively. This caused my power meter to regenerate much faster for some healing. This was an okay character that I created, but since this was on a PVP world there's always a catch. For one, level 30s will spawn kill the crap out of your safehouse location. This was very frustrating since it's impossible to take on another player levels far beyond your current levels. Two, while doing mission tasks and another opposing player appears to do their own missions there. Be prepared for one hell of a showdown, seriously...
Trophies Earned: The Healing Touch, Champion of Earth, and Acrobatic Ace
Playthrough 4:
Character Information:
Name: Rockman Magician
Gender: Male
Team: Villain
Mentor: Circe
Power: Sorcery
Weapon: Hand Blast
Movement: Acrobatics
World: Birthright
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
This is my forth playthrough were I begin my villainy terrorism. Before I begin the description details I like to mention that villain's missions are the exact opposite than the hero's missions. There's only a small few that are the exact same missions repeated the same. This character is a villain mentored by the Goddess of Magic, Circe. His power set was Sorcery which is also another Healer Role classification. Honestly this playthrough was to get a comparison between the Nature and Sorcery power sets. And in my personal opinion, Nature is by far the best overall Healer Role in the game. Sorcery really doesn't have the power to heal your allies if you're a villain. Your healing abilities is effected by your roles too, so half of the time I was healing only myself only and not my teammates unlike Nature's powers. My main weapon of choice was the Hand Blast, which I discovered was yet another fast hitting weapon if your spamming the long ranged attacks. Gameplay wise, I was extremely experienced and had no problems reaching level 30 after learning from previous mistakes.
Trophies Earned: The Queen's Favorite
Playthrough 5:
Character Information:
Name: Greenest Night
Gender: Female
Team: Villain
Mentor: Lex Luthor
Power: Fire
Weapon: Bow
Movement: Flight
World: Relentless
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
This is my fifth playthrough and best character that I ever created. This character is a villain mentored by Lex Luthor. This playthrough was just a beast of a playthrough for my character's power set was Fire. Fire is by far the best power set in the entire game in my personal opinion. With the powers of Fire at your disposal you can choose to go the Immolation or Ignition paths on the Power Trees. Immolation is the path I chosen for this path offers you as a sacrifice to the power of Fire to burn your foes to ashes and dust. Not only that, but you can self heal by burning your own self. This makes you act as if you're also a healer while you're really a tank. My main weapon of choice was the Bow, however, I went and branched off into Martial Arts and the Staff. I did this because a Tank Role should have a high Defense and Toughness. Each of these roles gave my character a 30+ bonus to defense and toughness. This is what made my character into beast for I was also focusing on, Health, Power, Might, Restoration and Precision. I still used the bow as my main weapon for it's the fastest long ranged weapon for Tank Role builds. And I spammed the Bow's special attack skill, Trick Shots, which allowed me to rain down a shower of bow arrows upon multiple enemies at once from a distance.
Trophies Earned: Criminal Mastermind
Playthrough 6:
Character Information:
Name: Clown Prince
Gender: Male
Team: Villain
Mentor: The Joker
Power: Fire
Weapon: Bow
Movement: Flight
World: Relentless
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 2 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
Believe it or not, this character is the male version of my fifth character creation of Greenest Night. Only difference is that he's a male and he's mentored by the Joker. You should know the rest by now after all your creations and leveling experiences.
Trophies Earned: The Joker in the Deck and Winner Takes All
Ending Notes:
I platinumed the game within my free month subscription. Out of my free month I missed 3 days to level my characters due to personal life issues and education (that's another level 30 character in days worth
). In the end I had 11 days left. So what do I do with those eight days left? Well, if you're a completist. I would advise you to choose your overall best character that you created and invest your remaining days left improving your character's gear and weapons (mine was Greenest Night). You're now open to the game's best weapons and armor and having these will make your most powerful character into a beast. Doing this might and may aid you in future DLC trophy patches if they occur.
[PST Would Like to Thank Blaze Naruto Shippuden for this Roadmap]
Fight for Light DLC:
Introduction:
This is DLC1 which includes the seventh power; Hard Light, for the player to use and the ability to join the Green Lantern Corps or Sinestro Corps as reservists. It also included three new Group Combat Alerts and a Duo all themed after the Green Lantern comic book mythos.
Before you start this DLC:
This DLC pack has become extremely easy over the years. I highly recommend that you go after the best gear currently available in the game, then come back and work on the "old" content. For example: Getting the best gear in the game with DLC 9 to boost your Combat Rating to 103. At that level of power/strength you'll be able to solo everything this DLC pack has to offer by yourself, literally.
Step 1:
There are really no steps to follow as this is an MMO and you can start anywhere. It's all self-explanatory especially if you're planning to be playing DCUO for a long time and its many DLCs. All I'll say is go for the best gear that is currently available in the game, then return back to the old content later on because you'll easily be able to breeze through it.
You will however need both a Hero and a Villain for this DLC as there are feats/trophies that the other fraction can't obtain.
The Style Trophies:
One final thing to take note of is that all the style trophies for this DLC have became easier to obtain with Game Update 35, because of the new Rare Style Vendor:
With Game Update 35 the developers implemented a new vendor in the HQs that will offer some of the harder to find styles for sale. This will give players a chance to complete feats without depending on randomness of the drops. These vendors are called "Vending Unit 22" and can be found in the Watchtower in the Aquacultural Area, and in the Hall of Doom in The Pit. Currently each of these items cost 70 Marks of Reality to purchase. Both the Sector Agent & Sector Incendiary styles are in these vendors as well.
[PST Would Like to Thank Blaze Naruto Shippuden for this Road Map]
Lightning Strikes DLC:
Introduction:
This is DLC2 which includes an eighth power, Electricity, for the player to use and the ability to explore Central City; hometown of The Flash. It also includes a new Duo, new Bounties and missions all themed after the The Flash comic book mythos.
Before you start this DLC:
This DLC pack has become extremely easy over the years. I highly recommend that you go after the best gear currently available in the game, then come back and work on "old" content. For example, getting the best gear in the game with DLC9 to boost your Combat Rating to 103. At that level of power/strength you'll be able to solo everything this DLC pack has to offer by yourself, literally.
Step 1:
There are really no steps to follow as this is an MMO and you can start anywhere. It's all self-explanatory especially if you're planning to be playing DCUO for a long time and its many DLCs. All I'll say is go for the best gear that is currently available in the game, then return back to the old content later on because you'll easily be able to breeze through it.
You will however need both a Hero and a Villain for this DLC as there are feats/trophies that the other fraction can't obtain.
[PST Would Like to Thank Blaze Naruto Shippuden for this Road Map]
The Battle for Earth DLC:
Introduction:
This is DLC3 which includes a ninth power, Earth, for the player to use and the ability to visit the Island of Themyscira; home to Wonder Woman, and enter the bottled buildings in South Gotham. It also includes two new Group Combat Raids, a new Alert and a Duo all orientated around the continuing conflict with Brainiac.
Before you start this DLC:
This DLC pack has become extremely easy over the years. I highly recommend that you go after the best gear currently available in the game, then come back and work on "old" content. For example, getting the best gear in the game with DLC9 to boost your Combat Rating to 103. This DLC is now meant for players to get Marks of Triumph much faster as well as easy feat points toward their total Skill Points.
Step 1:
There are really no steps to follow as this is an MMO and you can start anywhere. It's all self-explanatory, especially if you're planning to be playing DCUO for a long time and its many DLCs. All I'll say is go for the best gear that is currently available in the game, then return back to the old content later on because you'll easily be able to breeze through it.
Unlike the other DLCs, this one doesn't require both a Hero or Villain but you still want them both up-to-date in the highest gear content.
[PST Would Like to Thank Blaze Naruto Shippuden for this Road Map]
Amazon Fury Part I DLC:
Overview:
Introduction:
Amazon Fury Part I is the 10th content pack for DC Universe Online, is the first of a two-part series (i.e. Amazon Fury Part I & II). This DLC focuses on a civil war on the Amazonian land of Themyscira and introduces players to T6 content and gear. This DLC's trophies are quite simple and easy compared to the other DLCs. Having a character of another faction is not required as this DLC contains the same Solos, Duos and Alerts for both factions. The list is comprised of miscellaneous objectives within the solos, Duos and Gotham Under Siege Open World content. As with all the previous DLCs, these trophies are simply based on Feats introduced with this DLC.
[IMPORTANT]:
- Estimated Platinum Difficulty: 2/10 (View Platinum Difficulty Thread)
- Trophy Breakdown: 14 [3 | 10 | 1 ]
- Online: All trophies are online since this is a MMO
- Approximate Time To Platinum: 120-180+ hours
- Recommended Subscription: 1 Month Subscription of $14.99
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 6 (One for each mentor: Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Circe, Lex Luthor, and the Joker)
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: Yes! I'll explain it in the Glitch Trophies Section.
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: There is no difficulty setting for this game.
- Special Note: All trophies you earned while Premium or Free will unlock after you purchase a Month Subscription and log in as your character
Introduction:
A massively-multiplayer experience, DC Universe Online brings high-energy action to the forefront with a combat system designed to deliver a fast-paced action experience with the extraordinary powers of your personally created heroes and villains at your disposal. Battle with or against their favorite DC Super Heroes and Villains including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and The Joker. For the very first time, players and fans will be able to enter this fabled world as an active force for good or evil.
Important Tips for First-Time DC Universe Online Players:
- Your PS3 system must be connected to the Internet to play DCUO, even if you’re playing solo. You must also have an active PlayStation Network account and be logged into the PlayStation Network.
- There is no Pause. Pressing
displays your PDA (Personal Data Assistant), but doesn’t stop anything else in the game.
Character Creation:
Character Creation is the process a player must go through in order to create their own Playable Character. The player is able to choose the statistics that determined their character's abilities, individual strengths and weaknesses, visual appearance, name and sound through a series of options offered to the player shortly after the game starts. All players must go through the Character Creation process in order to play DC Universe Online.
Players may have up to 16 characters per account (character limit subject to change upon online updates/patches), and each character is linked to a specific server. The following is the creation process:
Gender Selection:
1. Choose between a Male or a Female character. This selection does not affect the character's stats.
2. Choose various character build and traits that will make your character's appearance differ from other player's characters. This selection does not affect the character's stats.
Template Selection or "Inspired By" (This is also optional):
Before deciding on your character's Powerset, Weapon, and Costume, the player may choose to be inspired by a famous DC character. Choosing an inspired by character will have the computer automatically choose a Powerset, Weapon, and Costume to match the DC iconic chosen. The character is still open to change in any way or form. Inspiration is to give the player a template to work off of.
Power Selection:
The player's combat strategy determines your role in groups. Each power has two ability trees that the player can specialize in. One is for DPS (Damage Per Second) attack, and the other is for defensive and area-effect purposes (Crowd Control, Tank, Healer).
- Fire & Ice: These are Tank roles and generally have higher defense and/or health. In group content these characters are responsible for keeping the enemies' attention and taking the majority of the damage.
- Gadgets & Mental: These are Control roles. In group content these characters manage the enemy swarms by stunning enemies and generally controlling how many enemies are dangerous to the group at one time.
- Sorcery & Nature: These are Healer roles. In group content these characters are responsible for keeping the group alive by distributing health to the group members.
Movement Selection:
Affects the character's speed, movement style, and maneuvers in combat. It also determines whether the character is a flyer, speedster or jumps from building to building as an acrobat.
Weapon Style Selection:
Your character's hack-and-slash abilities. Each weapon is specialized in either Ranged or Melee abilities, however some are equally useful in both. All weapons have both melee and ranged attacks. You will be able to switch between weapons in the game.
Morality Selection:
The choice of either being a Hero or a Villain. The choice determines the character's mentors, allies and enemies in DC Universe Online. Hero morality will fight crime throughout their adventures. Villains are the bad guys, characters that choose this morality will corrupt citizens and fight for all that is evil.
Personality Selections:
Determines how the character acts and carries themselves throughout the world. Their stance will change, along with their posture, simple movement as well as emote actions. This selection does not affect the character's stats.
Origins and Mentors:
The player's choice of the origin of their powers based of either a Metahuman (Meta), Magic (Magic), or Technology (Tech). This affects who your Mentor will be and their experience of the world, as well as the categories of armor and weaponry that will be available to them. The player will be contacted and asked to do missions by their mentor on a regular basis throughout the game.
Hero/Villain Mentors:
- Batman and the Joker (Tech)
- Superman and Lex Luthor (Meta)
- Wonder Woman and Circe (Magic)
Costumes:
A character's costume is the clothing that defines their appearance in DC Universe Online.
Character Creation Video:
Here's a video so you can have a better look at the character creation features:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB8NaLQsatY
Subscription Service:
This game automatically gives you a subscription to their game and the subscription you've purchased will continue until cancelled. In other words your wallet will be charged automatically on the next renewal date unless you cancel the subscription. Upon cancellation, you will not receive any refunds or credits, but the purchasing account will be able to enjoy the content for which you've paid.
Cancelling a subscription:
You can cancel the subscription by changing your account settings in the Transaction Management section of Account Management or contacting Customer Service. Also, if your wallet does not have enough funds and the "Automatic Funding" feature is disabled on a renewal date, the subscription will be cancelled.
Cancelling from a PS3 system:
- Sign in to PlayStation Network, and then go to [PlayStation Network] > [Account Management] > [Transaction Management] > [Services List]. After selecting the subscription you want to cancel, select [Cancel Automatic Renewal].
How To Use Your Free One Month:
- Once you download and install the game, go back to DC Universe Online in the PSN Store and select "DC Universe Online Activation" to activate your one month of free game time.
Click here for a visual demonstration on how to unsubscribe.
DC Universe Online - Gameplay Pricing:
How much does DC Universe Online cost to play?
- 1 Month - $14.99 or €12.99
- 3 Month - $41.99 or €34.99
- 6 Month - $77.99 or €64.99
- 12 Month - $134.99 or (Not available for Europe/PAL)
Visit the official website for more info about the game such as News, Updates, Character Bios, Powers, Weapons, Movements, Game Guides, FAQs, etc.
DC Universe Online - Home
General Information:
Controls
- Left Stick — Move
- Right Stick — Look Around
(tap) — Recenter Camera
— Jump
(toggle) — Movement Mode
— Melee Attack- — Ranged Attack
- (hold) — Lock Current Target
(hold) — Block- +Left Stick (any direction) — Dodge
(hold) — Interact (Person/Device)- (hold) — Pick Up Object
- — Throw Held Object
- — Smash Held Object
+
— Gather Nearby Loot- Left Stick — Scroll Through List
- + — Use Power 1
- + — Use Power 2
- + — Use Power 3
- + — Use Power 4
- + — Use Power 5
- + — Use Power 6
- + — Use Consumable Item
- + — Use Gadget
DC Universe Online Community Guide:
Shortcuts and Chat Commands Guide:
Below are the list of chat commands and shortcuts that will be very helpful for players:
/group Talk within your groups
/shout Talk with the people within your map
/versus Talk to the opposing side
/say Talk on the local chat
/pvp Will flag you for open PvPing while in a PvE server. Take note that when the flag is on, opposing side may attack you at any time. To disable, simply re-type pvp to turn the flag to off.
/bug submit a bug report to SOE
/tell Private message someone
/invite Invite someone
/league Talk to anyone on the league
Other Players:
Some missions can’t be won by yourself without a group.
Shortcuts and Chat Commands Guide:
Below are the list of chat commands and shortcuts that will be very helpful for players:
/group Talk within your groups
/shout Talk with the people within your map
/versus Talk to the opposing side
/say Talk on the local chat
/pvp Will flag you for open PvPing while in a PvE server. Take note that when the flag is on, opposing side may attack you at any time. To disable, simply re-type pvp to turn the flag to off.
/bug submit a bug report to SOE
/tell Private message someone
/invite Invite someone
/league Talk to anyone on the league
Other Players:
Some missions can’t be won by yourself without a group.
- Start talking to other players that you see in the safehouses — police stations (for heroes) and night clubs (for villains).
- Sign up for an Alert (in the On Duty tab).
- It won’t take long for you to meet a few players that you’d like to group with again. Flag them as Friends and you can see if they’re online the next time you’re ready to play.
- Voice chat with a headset. Use the Options tab to set preferences. If you’re using a headset, stay friendly.
- If you play without a headset, you can communicate with gestures (emotes) and chat (both available through the Social Window).
Press
to display your Social window. This lists all characters (both player characters and NPCs) of the type you specify:- Social Selection lists all nearby player characters of the type you specify.
- You may also chat with or view specific characters of other sorts: your current Group, your Friends, your League (an alliance of heroes or villains that you play with regularly), or everyone with you in a Raid.
- The Advanced Chat window is a larger window, with tabs to manage both your channels and your conversations.
Shortcuts and Chat Commands Guide:
Below are the list of chat commands and shortcuts that will be very helpful for players:
/group Talk within your groups
/shout Talk with the people within your map
/versus Talk to the opposing side
/say Talk on the local chat
/pvp Will flag you for open PvPing while in a PvE server. Take note that when the flag is on, opposing side may attack you at any time. To disable, simply re-type pvp to turn the flag to off.
/bug submit a bug report to SOE
/tell Private message someone
/invite Invite someone
/league Talk to anyone on the league
Other Players:
Some missions can’t be won by yourself without a group.
- Start talking to other players that you see in the safehouses — police stations (for heroes) and night clubs (for villains).
- Sign up for an Alert (in the On Duty tab).
- It won’t take long for you to meet a few players that you’d like to group with again. Flag them as Friends and you can see if they’re online the next time you’re ready to play.
- Voice chat with a headset. Use the Options tab to set preferences. If you’re using a headset, stay friendly.
- If you play without a headset, you can communicate with gestures (emotes) and chat (both available through the Social Window).
Press
to display your Social window. This lists all characters (both player characters and NPCs) of the type you specify:- Social Selection lists all nearby player characters of the type you specify.
- You may also chat with or view specific characters of other sorts: your current Group, your Friends, your League (an alliance of heroes or villains that you play with regularly), or everyone with you in a Raid.
- The Advanced Chat window is a larger window, with tabs to manage both your channels and your conversations.
Do Missions:
There's no need to farm kills in this game. Basically, players will gain themselves experience by finishing missions. While on a mission's site location, be on the look out for additional bonus missions by looking around the area for a person with a blue ring surrounding them. These NPCs will give you extra missions to do right along aside your main mission's objective. Completing them will help you get more experience faster as well as the main mission itself. It is preferred that you are at an equal or higher level than the mission's suggested level. Do not worry if you are higher leveled than a missions suggested level. Missions will still reward you the same amount of experience upon completion.
Do Alerts:
Alerts are instances in DC Universe Online in which up to 4 random players are joined together in a group and placed an instance battle. The group works together to complete a series of missions within the instance. Each Alert has several smaller bosses leading up to a main boss at the end of the battles. You must be level 9 to access.
Collect Briefings:
While doing missions, be on the lookout for green ? spheres (Investigations), blue ? spheres (Briefings), and yellow ? spheres (Collections). Collecting all of the ? spheres will give you extra experience points to leveling up. Note that the Briefings are worth 1000-2450 experience while the Investigations are worth 450-1450 experience. Collections gives you free items to add to your collections (mainly style changes) and free stuff given to you from your emails. You can use the following fan-made Briefings Site Location Guide to find all the blue ? spheres in the game listed below:
DC Universe Online: Briefings
Way to Check Your Next Level Up:
Look at the purple bar beneath your Ability Tray (your skills loadout) to see how close or how far you are from leveling up to the next level.
Glitch Trophies:
Yes the game appears to have an unknown glitch where players won’t earn their level 30 Acrobat, Flyer, or Speedster trophies. These trophies can be glitch if players hit level 30 while morphed/transformed into a creature that has no movement type such as a Zombie, a Gorilla, etc. Rumor is that the game can’t read your character’s movement type while transformed henceforth you won’t receive your level 30 movement type trophy, but you will still receive your level 30 mentor trophy (Thanks to kyo daikun for the glitch. Original post can be found here).
I doubt that this was ever patched since the developers’ only care about the game’s overall content (updates and monthly content). This game wasn’t really designed to earn trophies which are my very reasons why I doubt it was ever patch. Plus I knew about it beforehand and avoided morphing/transforming when I was level 29. You should do the same.
Roadmap:
There’s a total of 6 playthroughs to be done to achieve your platinum trophy. So the best thing I’m going to do is outline my characters playthroughs. You do not need to follow this outline to 100% the game. But do keep in mind that in order to achieve the level 10 role trophies (Tank, Controller, and Healer roles) and the level 30 movement type trophies (Acrobat, Flyer, and Speedster) you have to use certain type of power sets and movement modes.
Playthrough 1:
Character Information:
Name: Raki
Gender: Male
Team: Hero
Mentor: Batman
Power: Gadgets
Weapon: Rifle
Movement: Super+Speed
World: Countdown
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
For your first character's playthrough you should learn the basics of the entire game one step at a time. During this run I learned the flow of the game. From learning how to find and complete missions and side quests to learning the games entire environments and atmosphere. Also be sure to do the first race you see as you leave your safehouse starting location for an easy gold trophy and 850 points worth experience that will level you from level 3 to level 4. Now on to the character build. My first character was a Hero mentored by the Dark Night, Batman. I went with the power set of Gadgets just to be more like Batman's style of gameplay. Gadgets is a very good power to specialize in and this power set is very good at stunning enemies from close range or from afar. However, since this power set is classified as a Controller Role I found that this build is very bad for taking on multiple enemies at once. With the Rifle as a main weapon choice made this problem go away as I leveled up. The rifle is a very powerful yet slow weapon, but it's a great weapon for Controllers to use. The rifle can be used to spam multiple enemies from afar and can push an enemy back away from you with it's grenade launcher attack by press
. Be sure to buy the rifle's Mortar special attack for this is the attack that players can spam away with and kill multiple enemies at once.Trophies Earned: Platinum Pace
, Mission Control, Knight for Justice, and Speedster SupremePlaythrough 2:
Character Information:
Name: Wonder Kunochi
Gender: Female
Team: Hero
Mentor: Wonder Woman
Power: Ice
Weapon: Brawling
Movement: Flight
World: Justice
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
This is my second playthrough and one that I didn't enjoy either. During this playthrough I noticed that missions are repeats from what I done from my first playthrough. They were just arranged in different orders. This character was a hero mentored by the Goddess of Truth, Wonder Woman. I went with Ice power set because the rumor is that Fire and Ice are the fastest ways to level characters to level 30 faster. Well, I disagree with Ice helping you level faster. Ice powers are okay and can be deadly if you chosen the right abilities to use. I made bad chooses in my powers and leveled more slowly than usual for I was having a harder time doing the level 25-29 missions.This was also because my main weapon, Brawling, was also a very bad choice to specialize in. I shouldn't have invested my character in brawling skills for it's very very slow and I feel as if brawling is the worst of the worst weapons to utilize in. Also I didn't know that you could change your weapons at the Watchtower or The Hall of Dome. If I had known these things before hand, I would have made a much better character.
Trophies Earned: Tanks Very Much
, Warrior of Truth, and Fearless FlierPlaythrough 3:
Character Information:
Name: Wisdom Man
Gender: Male
Team: Hero
Mentor: Superman
Power: Nature
Weapon: Dual Pistols
Movement: Acrobatics
World: The Killing Joke
Type: PVP
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
This is my third playthrough and I'm doing things a little differently by making my character on a player vs player environment. This means that whenever an opposing Hero or Villain crosses paths, they can duke it out against each other. My character was a hero mentored by the Man of Steel, Superman. My power set was Nature which is classified as a Healer Role. I found that Nature characters can be very weak alone, but with allies and a League of heroes by your side. Nature's powers can be a deadly adversary to reckon with. My main weapon of choice was Dual Pistols, which I discovered was the best chose of weapons for healers. A Healer is meant to heal and to heal requires a great deal of power regeneration. Dual pistols was the first fast hitting weapons that I used in the game and fast hitting weapons can build up the Combo Hit Meter very quickly and effectively. This caused my power meter to regenerate much faster for some healing. This was an okay character that I created, but since this was on a PVP world there's always a catch. For one, level 30s will spawn kill the crap out of your safehouse location. This was very frustrating since it's impossible to take on another player levels far beyond your current levels. Two, while doing mission tasks and another opposing player appears to do their own missions there. Be prepared for one hell of a showdown, seriously...
Trophies Earned: The Healing Touch
, Champion of Earth, and Acrobatic AcePlaythrough 4:
Character Information:
Name: Rockman Magician
Gender: Male
Team: Villain
Mentor: Circe
Power: Sorcery
Weapon: Hand Blast
Movement: Acrobatics
World: Birthright
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
This is my forth playthrough were I begin my villainy terrorism. Before I begin the description details I like to mention that villain's missions are the exact opposite than the hero's missions. There's only a small few that are the exact same missions repeated the same. This character is a villain mentored by the Goddess of Magic, Circe. His power set was Sorcery which is also another Healer Role classification. Honestly this playthrough was to get a comparison between the Nature and Sorcery power sets. And in my personal opinion, Nature is by far the best overall Healer Role in the game. Sorcery really doesn't have the power to heal your allies if you're a villain. Your healing abilities is effected by your roles too, so half of the time I was healing only myself only and not my teammates unlike Nature's powers. My main weapon of choice was the Hand Blast, which I discovered was yet another fast hitting weapon if your spamming the long ranged
attacks. Gameplay wise, I was extremely experienced and had no problems reaching level 30 after learning from previous mistakes.Trophies Earned: The Queen's Favorite
Playthrough 5:
Character Information:
Name: Greenest Night
Gender: Female
Team: Villain
Mentor: Lex Luthor
Power: Fire
Weapon: Bow
Movement: Flight
World: Relentless
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 3 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
This is my fifth playthrough and best character that I ever created. This character is a villain mentored by Lex Luthor. This playthrough was just a beast of a playthrough for my character's power set was Fire. Fire is by far the best power set in the entire game in my personal opinion. With the powers of Fire at your disposal you can choose to go the Immolation or Ignition paths on the Power Trees. Immolation is the path I chosen for this path offers you as a sacrifice to the power of Fire to burn your foes to ashes and dust. Not only that, but you can self heal by burning your own self. This makes you act as if you're also a healer while you're really a tank. My main weapon of choice was the Bow, however, I went and branched off into Martial Arts and the Staff. I did this because a Tank Role should have a high Defense and Toughness. Each of these roles gave my character a 30+ bonus to defense and toughness. This is what made my character into beast for I was also focusing on, Health, Power, Might, Restoration and Precision. I still used the bow as my main weapon for it's the fastest long ranged weapon for Tank Role builds. And I spammed the Bow's special attack skill, Trick Shots, which allowed me to rain down a shower of bow arrows upon multiple enemies at once from a distance.
Trophies Earned: Criminal Mastermind
Playthrough 6:
Character Information:
Name: Clown Prince
Gender: Male
Team: Villain
Mentor: The Joker
Power: Fire
Weapon: Bow
Movement: Flight
World: Relentless
Type: PVE
Days to Level 30: 2 days
Brief Playthrough Description:
Believe it or not, this character is the male version of my fifth character creation of Greenest Night. Only difference is that he's a male and he's mentored by the Joker. You should know the rest by now after all your creations and leveling experiences.
Trophies Earned: The Joker in the Deck
and Winner Takes AllEnding Notes:
I platinumed the game within my free month subscription. Out of my free month I missed 3 days to level my characters due to personal life issues and education (that's another level 30 character in days worth
). In the end I had 11 days left. So what do I do with those eight days left? Well, if you're a completist. I would advise you to choose your overall best character that you created and invest your remaining days left improving your character's gear and weapons (mine was Greenest Night). You're now open to the game's best weapons and armor and having these will make your most powerful character into a beast. Doing this might and may aid you in future DLC trophy patches if they occur.[PST Would Like to Thank Blaze Naruto Shippuden for this Roadmap]
Fight for Light DLC:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 1/10
- Trophy Breakdown: 10 [3 | 7
] - Online: All trophies are online since this is a MMO
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 5-10 hours for everything but about 2 weeks for the style trophies
- Recommended Subscription: 3 Month Subscription of $38.97 or either 1 Month Subscription of $14.99
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2 playthroughs of a dedicated Hero and Villain that you'll always keep
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: None
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: There is no difficulty setting for this game.
- Special Note: All the trophies you earned while Premium or Free will unlock after you purchase a Month Subscription and log in as your character who already has the feat related towards the trophy
Introduction:
This is DLC1 which includes the seventh power; Hard Light, for the player to use and the ability to join the Green Lantern Corps or Sinestro Corps as reservists. It also included three new Group Combat Alerts and a Duo all themed after the Green Lantern comic book mythos.
Before you start this DLC:
This DLC pack has become extremely easy over the years. I highly recommend that you go after the best gear currently available in the game, then come back and work on the "old" content. For example: Getting the best gear in the game with DLC 9 to boost your Combat Rating to 103. At that level of power/strength you'll be able to solo everything this DLC pack has to offer by yourself, literally.
Step 1:
There are really no steps to follow as this is an MMO and you can start anywhere. It's all self-explanatory especially if you're planning to be playing DCUO for a long time and its many DLCs. All I'll say is go for the best gear that is currently available in the game, then return back to the old content later on because you'll easily be able to breeze through it.
You will however need both a Hero and a Villain for this DLC as there are feats/trophies that the other fraction can't obtain.
The Style Trophies:
One final thing to take note of is that all the style trophies for this DLC have became easier to obtain with Game Update 35, because of the new Rare Style Vendor:
With Game Update 35 the developers implemented a new vendor in the HQs that will offer some of the harder to find styles for sale. This will give players a chance to complete feats without depending on randomness of the drops. These vendors are called "Vending Unit 22" and can be found in the Watchtower in the Aquacultural Area, and in the Hall of Doom in The Pit. Currently each of these items cost 70 Marks of Reality to purchase. Both the Sector Agent & Sector Incendiary styles are in these vendors as well.
[PST Would Like to Thank Blaze Naruto Shippuden for this Road Map]
Lightning Strikes DLC:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 1/10
- Trophy Breakdown: 8 [5 | 3 ]
- Online: All trophies are online since this is a MMO
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 5-10 hours for everything
- Recommended Subscription: 3 Month Subscription of $38.97 or either 1 Month Subscription of $14.99
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2 playthroughs of a dedicated Hero and Villain that you'll always keep
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: None
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: There is no difficulty setting for this game.
- Special Note: All the trophies you earned while Premium or Free will unlock after you purchase a Month Subscription and log in as your character who already has the feat related towards the trophy
Introduction:
This is DLC2 which includes an eighth power, Electricity, for the player to use and the ability to explore Central City; hometown of The Flash. It also includes a new Duo, new Bounties and missions all themed after the The Flash comic book mythos.
Before you start this DLC:
This DLC pack has become extremely easy over the years. I highly recommend that you go after the best gear currently available in the game, then come back and work on "old" content. For example, getting the best gear in the game with DLC9 to boost your Combat Rating to 103. At that level of power/strength you'll be able to solo everything this DLC pack has to offer by yourself, literally.
Step 1:
There are really no steps to follow as this is an MMO and you can start anywhere. It's all self-explanatory especially if you're planning to be playing DCUO for a long time and its many DLCs. All I'll say is go for the best gear that is currently available in the game, then return back to the old content later on because you'll easily be able to breeze through it.
You will however need both a Hero and a Villain for this DLC as there are feats/trophies that the other fraction can't obtain.
[PST Would Like to Thank Blaze Naruto Shippuden for this Road Map]
The Battle for Earth DLC:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 1/10
- Trophy Breakdown: 5 [4 | 5 ]
- Online: All trophies are online since this is a MMO
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 10-12 hours for everything but 2 weeks for 250 Battle for Earth Duos
- Recommended Subscription: 3 Month Subscription of $38.97 or either 1 Month Subscription of $14.99
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 playthrough of either a dedicated Hero or Villain that you'll always keep
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: None
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: There is no difficulty setting for this game.
- Special Note: All the trophies you earned while Premium or Free will unlock after you purchase a Month Subscription and log in as your character who already has the feat related towards the trophy
Introduction:
This is DLC3 which includes a ninth power, Earth, for the player to use and the ability to visit the Island of Themyscira; home to Wonder Woman, and enter the bottled buildings in South Gotham. It also includes two new Group Combat Raids, a new Alert and a Duo all orientated around the continuing conflict with Brainiac.
Before you start this DLC:
This DLC pack has become extremely easy over the years. I highly recommend that you go after the best gear currently available in the game, then come back and work on "old" content. For example, getting the best gear in the game with DLC9 to boost your Combat Rating to 103. This DLC is now meant for players to get Marks of Triumph much faster as well as easy feat points toward their total Skill Points.
Step 1:
There are really no steps to follow as this is an MMO and you can start anywhere. It's all self-explanatory, especially if you're planning to be playing DCUO for a long time and its many DLCs. All I'll say is go for the best gear that is currently available in the game, then return back to the old content later on because you'll easily be able to breeze through it.
Unlike the other DLCs, this one doesn't require both a Hero or Villain but you still want them both up-to-date in the highest gear content.
[PST Would Like to Thank Blaze Naruto Shippuden for this Road Map]
Amazon Fury Part I DLC:
Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10 (Personal opinion)
- Online trophies: 9 (5, 4)
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 80hrs+ (This will vary depending on your luck in receiving the required bosses/missions for Temple of Boom & Ruffling Feathers).
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 2 playthroughs of Circe's Trial, Multiple playthroughs of both Aegis of Truth solo, Gotham Under Siege missions due to randomly generated bosses/missions and all Amazon Fury content to accumulate Marks of Fury for Lead By Example.
- Number of missable trophies: None
- Glitched trophies: None
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: N/A
- Do trophies stack?: N/A
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: N/A
- Is a Subscription required?: A Legendary subscription ($14.99/€12.99 /mo.) is required to unlock the trophies, otherwise you will only get the in-game feats.
Introduction:
Amazon Fury Part I is the 10th content pack for DC Universe Online, is the first of a two-part series (i.e. Amazon Fury Part I & II). This DLC focuses on a civil war on the Amazonian land of Themyscira and introduces players to T6 content and gear. This DLC's trophies are quite simple and easy compared to the other DLCs. Having a character of another faction is not required as this DLC contains the same Solos, Duos and Alerts for both factions. The list is comprised of miscellaneous objectives within the solos, Duos and Gotham Under Siege Open World content. As with all the previous DLCs, these trophies are simply based on Feats introduced with this DLC.
[IMPORTANT]:
- A combat Rating of 99+ is required to play all of the content in this DLC.
- You must have a Legendary subscription to actually unlock the trophies, otherwise you will only get the feat and that's it.
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