Dante's Diesel costume
Press R1(2x's), Triangle, Square, R2(2x's) while playing.

Lucia's Diesel costume
Press L1(2x's), Triangle, Square, L2(2x's) while playing.

In-game reset
Hold Select then swiftly press and hold Start while playing to return to the title screen.

Lucia Must Die mode
Finish the game with Lucia under the hard difficulty setting.

Hard difficulty setting
Finish the game with Dante and Lucia.

Level select
Finish the game as either character under any difficulty setting.

Finishing bonuses
Use this trick to access the finishing bonuses by only playing Dante's game. Switch from Disc 1 to 2 at any time in the Dante's game. Finish the game to access level select mode, hard mode, Bloody Palace mode, and the credits. This trick will also work for hard mode. If you change from Disc 1 to Disc 2 anytime before you finish the game in hard mode, you will access Trish and other bonuses.

Dante Must Die mode finishing bonuses
Once you finish Dante Must Die mode, you will be given four bonuses: Dante's original Devil May Cry costume; Rebellion will be replaced by Force Edge; True King of Hell (title given to you after finishing both Dante and Lucia Must Die modes; the music Lock and Load (Dante's Theme from Devil May Cry) will also play.

Dante's Diesel bonus level and costume
Play Dante's mission 1, then save the game. Then reset the PlayStation2 and wait for the "Press Start button" message to re-appear. Then press L3, R3, L1, R1, L2, R2, L3, R3. A sound will verify proper entry. Press Start to return to the main menu. Choose the "Load game" option, press L1 or R1 to access the new costume, then load a game to play the bonus level.

Lucia's Diesel bonus level and costume
First play Lucia's mission 1, then save the game. Then reset the PlayStation2 and wait for the "Press Start button" message to re-appear. Then press L3, R3, L1, R1, L2, R2, L3, R3. A sound will verify proper entry. Press Start to return to the main menu. Choose the "Load game" option, press L1 or R1 to access the new costume, then load a game to play the bonus level.

Play as Trish
Finish the game with Dante with in the hard difficulty setting. Trish has Dante's stats and items and starts with the Sparda.

Bloody Palace mode
Finish the game with Dante and Lucia to access Bloody Palace mode.

In Bloody Palace mode, the maximum and hardest level is level 9999, however, the reward is worth it. You will fight various rivals, like Mr. Phantom (lava spider), Arius, or Bolverk (the one eyed sword opponent) and his wolves, only this time you will fight twelve wolves. You will most likely fight Arius most of the time, but even though he is hard, get a Showtime fighting him and kill him at the same time. You will be rewarded with 7,000 Orbs.

Dante Must Die mode
Finish the game with Dante and Lucia under the hard difficulty setting.

Different costumes for Dante
Finish the game with Dante under the normal difficulty setting to access an alternate costume. Finish the game in Dante Must Die mode to access his original costume from Devil May Cry.

Different costumes for Lucia
Finish the game with Lucia to access an alternate costume for her.Finish the game with Lucia under the hard difficulty setting to access another costume for her. Finish the game in Lucia Must Die mode to access her Arius bodyguard costume.

Different enemy file images
When you are looking at the enemy files in the menu, some of them have different images. These can be seen by pressing X while looking at certain files. Most will have a second image and some, like the cage type enemies, have four.

Hints & Tips

Mission 1: Secret area
Go into the big doors to the right of the pillar where the Puia (flying harpies) first appear in Mission 1.

Go through the level until you see a wall with a face. Then press Circle and you should enter a secret room.

Mission 1: Unlimited Yellow Orbs
After finishing either character's game at least once and have the "Mission Select" option available, go to mission 1 and collect the Yellow Orbs. Save the game and exit. You may now continue where you left off. This trick is really useful when facing the tougher Bosses on the harder settings.

Mission 1: Hidden Red Orbs
Make your way to the part at the beginning where you double jump over the rubble blocking the way. Face the statue and double jump to the statue's shoulder, then again to his head. Once on his head, many Red Orbs will fall.

Mission 1: Unlimited Red Orbs
Obtain the first Red Orb at the beginning then keep restarting the mission.

Mission 2: Hidden areas
Go into one of the rooms that has a coffin and bones in it. Go up to the coffin and press Circle. This will take you to a hidden room full of enemies and a few Red Orbs.

There are really two secret areas in mission 2. Both are in separate rooms where skeleton coffins are at. Check every coffin you see to locate them.

Mission 3: Hidden area
Before or after the cargo elevator trip, you will come to a door located between two other doors with just a couple of stair steps. Stand in front of the door on the left side of the screen and press Circle to go into a secret room.

Mission 4: Hidden area
When you start, look for the first door on your left. It is not to big and is sticking out a bit. Go near it and press Circle. It will lead to a secret area where big flying creatures will attack you.

Mission 5: Hidden area
When you go into the barricaded area, go to Dante's left and fall off the cliff. There are several medium Red Orbs. Follow that until the end. There will be an Orb Dispenser. Go just to the left of the Orb Dispenser to locate a garage-type door. Press Circle, and there will be plenty of Homromsira inside.

Mission 6: Beating the "head"
When you are fighting the "head", not when it is the full body, when it falls on the ground and starts shooting lasers, wait for them to stop. You will have a few seconds before it will go into the air once again. In that time, run up to it and hit it with your sword on the open mouth. It will do double or triple the damage.

When the head floats down to the ground and shoots its lasers, press Circle to flip Dante around to the back of the head. Slash the monster while it is shooting the lasers. After it is done, using the sword will help Dante's Devil Trigger to fill up. When it is full, it will do more damage.

Mission 7: Hidden area
At the end of the mission, before going into the door that leads to the roof, press Circle at the door to the left.

Mission 8: Easy Red Orbs
The level select option must first be available for this ploy .Select level 8. Fight and beat the foe as quickly as you can without using items. You will receive 4,000 Red Orbs if you get a "B" rank.

Mission 10: Hidden area
After beating the giant butterfly and the larvae, you will go down a set of stairs. After the game loads, go to the first set of doors you see and press Circle to go into another hidden room.

Mission 14: Hidden area
When you do start the mission, turn around and press Circle against the door on the left. You should go into a secret room with enemies to fight.

Mission 16: Easy Red Orbs
When you get past mission 16, you can get as many red orbs as you like. Go up and down the elevator, killing every enemy. Remember to mix up your attacks to raise your stylish bonus. Do not use a maxed-out weapon, as this will kill enemies too fast and not allow you to get your stylish up fast enough. If done right, you can get up to 2,500 Red Orbs on each trip up and down the elevator. This may get boring, but is well worth it when you get to the "Must Die" modes. Save your data when you have the number of orbs you want.

Mission 16: Hidden area
On this mission, you will go into a room where you will find the item named Sacrilege. Obtain the item to make the energy balls stop coming at you. Then, on the floor under the balcony where the item was at, there will be a wall that loks like a door. Press Circle in front of that wall and it will open a secret room.Easy game completion
Use this trick to finish the game easily with Lucia or Dante. Enable the code to get Dante or Lucia's Diesel costume. As well as having the option of another costume, you can repeat any level you have already finished. Simply repeat the easy levels to gain Orbs, and upgrade your characters.

Beating Arius-Argosax
You will need the Arsenal Throwing Daggers upgraded to level 2 or 3, the Swords Embaka upgraded to at least level 2 or 3, and every Amulet. The best Amulet to use as Lucia is the Electro Heart, the Quick Heart, and the Healing Amulet. While fighting him, jump in the air and swiftly press Square. Keep doing this to raise your Devil Trigger gauge to full power. Attack him rapidly with the Arsenal Throwing Daggers. When he is beaten, an intermission sequence will start.

You can only beat Arius-Argosax with Lucia. You need to use the throwing daggers at level 2 and any swords. The best amulet to use is the Healing Heart. All that Arius-Argosax can to do you is spit purple things. If you get hit by them, you will get poisoned for some time. You will know if you are poisoned because you will turn purple. Throw the daggers at all times at Arius-Argosax. When your Devil Trigger gauge gets full, use it.

Beating the Infested Tanks
Have Lucia jump on to the tank. Note: Make sure you have your handguns on. Jump once then fire. Prior to you landing, jump again and fire. When you beat the first one, do it again. Note: Watch your back, as the other ones could fire a missle. There are three of them.

Beating Argosax
As Dante, start from the first head and work your way to the left. Then, position Dante in between each head and target it with the Missile Launcher then take it out from a distance. This will work on the Griffon also, but his electric attacks will make their way towards you in time. The only way to avoid them is to Flip Escape to the right and get out of their range.

Press Circle every time you want to move somewhere, even left and right. When the time is right, or when no attacks are being drawn, kick them with a missile launcher (since they cannot avoid attacks), or just give them a cheap shot using handguns. Note: Killing Argosax may be easy, but Despair Embodied is a lot harder.

This is easier if you have fully upgraded the submachine guns. For the first head, hold Square while jumping over his attacks. After that, move to the right by the Griffin. If you are standing as far away as you can, he will only be able to hit you with the attack that is like a pair of scissors. As you keep working to the right, you can skip the range of their attacks until you reach the Phantom. When he shoots fireballs, roll to the side until he stops and keep attacking. Use the same method for the jets of fire he shoots up. By now you should have a full Devil Trigger gauge. Use it on the giant gorilla to avoid falling down because of his attack. If you bought enough Purple Orbs, you should have roughly half a bar left when the gorilla dies.

Beating Possessed Arius
Note: You can only battle Possessed Arius as Lucia. When you reach the second to last mission, you will have to battle Possessed Arius. He is also in Devil Trigger Mode. To beat him, find the Embaka and have it upgraded to at least level 2 or 3. Have your Arsenal, Throwing Daggers, upgraded to level 2. While you are fighting, keep jumping in the air and pressing Square rapidly until you fall. At least every five to ten seconds, Possessed Arius will charge up. He will charge at you. Jump in the air and keep pressing Square. When he is behind you while you a're in the air, he might jump at you on the ground. When he falls, attack him with Triangle. It is the better way to have your Devil Trigger gauge at full power. If your Devil Trigger gauge is half to full, go into Devil Trigger mode. Keep attacking him; you will rarely fall down while you attack in Devil Trigger mode. When his life is in the red, he will take one of the pipe-like things on his back that always move and jam it into the ground, causing it to pop up frequently, He will not die, but will transform a second time.

You do not need to have anything leveled up for this cheat, but you will need the Speed Amulet. Equip the Throwing Daggers. When you start out in the pit, run as far from him as you can. Throw daggers at him until he is close enough to hit you, then Devil Trigger and run under him to the other side of the pit. Repeat this method. Note: Your Devil Trigger should charge up just enough. If you beat the second form quickly and you do this trick on the third form right, you should be able to gain an "S" rank for time, and high ranking for damage, although style will probably get a "D" rank.

Beating the "Three Heads"
When you go into a certain room, you will be transported to another dimension. Three heads will attack you at different times. Keep dodging the things that they fire. When they get near you, before they attack, use the most powerful sword you have. Do this to get your Devil Trigger up, but do not use it until the heads join up. Then, either use the throwing daggers or the handguns. Repeat until they are dead. Note: When the ice head uses its main attack which fires large ice pillars at you, you cannot attack the heads until you have destroyed the pillars.

Combos
These combos are based off of the basic attack mode without you holding R1. These will help you gain a better combo rating, especially if you do the first one and follow with the second. Make sure not to hold R1 button or you will do the Air Hike or the Stinger.

Three basic slashes plus a downward strike, then an upward strike that knocks your enemy into the air like the Air Hike: Press Triangle(3x's), Towards + Triangle, Triangle(2x's).

Three basic slashes then three additional horizontal strikes. Press Triangle(3x's), Away + Triangle, Triangle(3x's).

Equip any sword and the shotgun. Then by holding R1 and do the following:

Dante will do a normal slash, then a cartwheel move while firing the shotgun. Press Triangle, Square.

Dante will do two slashes and pass the shotgun under his two arms and across his back, firing the shotgun twice. Press Triangle(2x's), Square.

Dante will do three slashes and then go into one knee firing the shotgun. Press Triangle(3x's), Square.

Once Dante has transformed into his Super Demon form (Ultimate Devil Trigger), he can use the moves below. Note: The Desperation Attacks will use all your Devil Trigger gage, but are really powerful. The Ultimate Desperation Attack can kill any enemy in one shot and can also kill most Bosses in one shot.

Fireballs: Press Square (can also do while jumping or flying).
Twin Lightsabres: Press Triangle.
Flight: Press X(2x's).
Spin Attack: Press Triangle and the Left Analog-stick in any direction (while jumping).
Desperation Attack (Divine Light Blast): Press Square + Triangle at the same time.
Ultimate Desperation Attack (Dark Energy Beam): Hold R1, then press Square + Triangle at the same time.

Hold R1 in human form, then jump in the air and press Triangle to preform three moves. If you press Triangle, you will do an upward kick. If you press Triangle(2x's), you will do an upward kick followed by a backflip. If you press Triangle(3x's), you will do an upward kick and a backflip followed by a sword slash at an enemy that is on the ground.

While not in Devil Trigger mode, begin attacking an opponent. Once you start to get Do Not Worry and your opponent dies. Use the handguns to start shooting your next target and Do Not Worry will not leave the screen until you are hit or stop shooting. Keep this strategy going until you get to Showtime and it works out good for you.

Quick recovery
If you get hit and are thrown to the ground, press Circle as soon as you hit the ground and you will bounce back up.

Dante: Ultimate Devil Trigger attack
To preform the Ultimate Devil Trigger into Sparda demon form, press L1 when Dante's life bar is low. The Sparda form is really strong and deals a lot of damage.

Dante: Moves
When you are in Devil Trigger, press Triangle(2x's), then swiftly press Triangle + Analog-stick. Dante will shoot out a lot projectiles that resemble arrows. The color depends on what amulet you have on.

Double shotgun blast
Stand close tothe edge of a building and shoot your gun. While you are shooting, go to move off the edge. The moment that you are off the edge, you will fire another shot from your shotgun.

Fast shotgun fire and reload
Jump in the air twice, fire, and keep pressing L2.

Shotgun tricks
As Dante, just have the shotgun equipped. Then, hold R1 to aim at anything. Next, swing your sword. The actions will go as follow. Swing then fire: Dante does a somersault to the side and fires his shotgun; two swings then fire: Dante uses his shotgun like a pair of nunchuks firing twice; three swings then fire: Dante spins around on the last swing and into a kneel, shooting over his knee as support.

Easier combos
Use your sword combos as much as you can. If an enemy is too far away for you to attack them right away, use your arsenal/guns until you get close enough to use your sword(s) on them to keep the combo rating lit.

Easy break away
Whenever something grabs you, turn on your Devil Trigger very swiftly and you will easily break free.

Bloody Palace: Easy Red Orbs
First play Bloody Palace mode and beat all the monsters. Then choose the green portal to go 100 levels each time. 100 levels equals 1000 Red Orbs.

Forced Edge
Finish Dante Must Die to access Dante's original costume from Devil May Cry. Rebellion will be replaced with Forced Edge. Note: It does not change to Sparda if you are in Devil Trigger form.

Slow Motion Amulet piece
There is a Slow Motion Amulet piece in the level after the Phantom. Toward the outside is a sack or web cocoon on the ground. Break it open. Then apply the Amulet and use the Devil Trigger to see all your sword combos in slow motion.

Items
Search the level before you try killing a demon or devil. When you beat them, the game will cut to an intermission sequence and you may leave behind a fe important items. For example, in the mission where you take out the three tainted tanks, from the start turn to your left and jump into the rubble to find a Heart Of A Warrior amulet piece.

Lucia: Ultimate Devil Trigger attack
When you are in Lucia's Devil Trigger, equip the Aerial Heart and fly in the air after they are close to you. Press Triangle + Square constantly until you do not have control of Lucia. She will perform an attack like the Phantom's Volcano Ass attack. It will take a lot of Devil Trigger. If you keep pressing it quickly it will not waste Devil Trigger at all, but it will stop in time.

Trish: Moves
Trish possess two moves that Dante does not. One is throwing Sparta, which is done by holding Triangle briefly and then releasing. Trish will throw Sparta. You can shoot at the same targets that Sparta is striking and install twice the damage. For the other move, fly using the Aerialheart and hold Square. Trish should fire beams of yellow light which do a lot of damage. The longer you hold Square, the more beams she will shoot at once.

Hold L2 then hold Triangle. When you do release, Trish will stab her sword in the ground so you can use hand to hand combat by pressing Triangle. Press L2 to get the sword back.

Lock onto an enemy and preform a sword combo. After the first two slashes land, hold R2 and she will preform an extra two slashes.

When you are not holding Sparda, you can use Trish's fist and feet to strike your enemy. While doing this, hold R1 and press Forward or Back + Triangle. Trish will then thrust forward with a flaming punch or uppercut her enemies high off the screen. Also, if you jump while not holding Sparda and press Triangle, Trish will preform a flaming dive-kick straight at the closest enemy.

Red Orbs
After you have finished the game under the normal difficulty setting with both characters, you can go back to fight Argosax again for orbs. Each time you finish the mission is worth 5,000 orbs on top of the bonus from your ranking.

Weapon list
Note: These are weapons that you will not normally encounter unless you look for them.

Handguns: Is at the starting position.

Shotgun: Kill the serpent in mission 4. You will receive it after the intermission sequence with Dante riding a motorcycle.

Submachine guns: Is in mission 12, where you fight Bolverk, Freki, and Geri the first time. When you have to jump those platforms, locate one that has a fading color, or floor. Keep hopping and walking on corridors) until there is an object to smash to receive Red Orbs. Keep going down to retrieve the submachine guns.

Missile launcher: Destroy the boxes on the airplane where you have to escape from the power plant.

Rebellion: Is at the starting position.

Merciless: Instead of doing the difficult parts in mission 12, wait for the mission where you have to fight Phantom. You will come across it when you are near a blue smashing platform.

Vendetta: The strongest sword is in mission 9, in the room where the train gate on the right is at. Enter the room, look for a skeleton with a Vendetta plunged through its heart, and grab the sword.

Bloody Palace mode: Get to Bosses faster
You have to understand the different level warps. The plain circle is one level up, the center warp is ten levels up, and last one is the green portal, which is one hundred levels up . Go through ten levels of the level one warps. After the tenth level go to the center warp (level 20). Finish this level and go to the green warp. You should be facing all Bosses now. However, there is a problem with normal leveling. Your bonus is higher than what it would be. At most, you will only receive a two or three thousand bonus Red Orbs.

Keep Red Orbs
On any level, you will receive Red Orbs. After you have a number of Red Orbs, pause the game and choose to restart the mission. You will not lose any Red Orbs.

More Red Orbs for good combos
You will gain more Red Orbs if you kill enemies while you have the "Showtime!!!" combo rating. This is useful in the Bloody Palace. Strike enemies with your sword to build up your combo, dodge their attacks so you do not lose it, and you will receive the Showtime!!! rating easily. Also, if the enemy is a good distance away from you as you are trying to build up your combo shoot it with your pistols. It will "refresh" the timer on the rating and your current rating will remain until you reach the enemy. It is suggested that you fight Miseras to gain Orbs, since a lot of them spawn in one level and they are easy to kill.