Jump Force Ps4 Ultimate Edition

How to unlock Jump Force characters fast - get the full roster with our handy guide

Jump Forcefulness (opens in new tab) brings some of the most iconic heroes and villains from Weekly Shonen Bound into i massive crossover for some 3v3 battles, and of course you want to unlock all the Jump Force characters in the roster. A fighting game's lineup is paramount to its success, and Jump Force is packing an impressive 40 characters at launch (though strangely, only three of them are women). And while you can't technically play as just anyone right from the start, unlocking all the Jump Force characters is quick and painless compared to the unlock grind in games like Super Nail Bros. Ultimate (opens in new tab).

With Spring Force's strange insistence on making you apply an in-game hub world rather than a main carte du jour to access different modes, it can be disruptive to know where to begin. But here are the simple steps you need to take in club to get all the Bound Force characters unlocked ASAP.

How to unlock Jump Strength characters

The first time y'all kicking up Bound Force, you lot're suddenly thrust straight into the story way. And if you hoped to get into a lucifer straight away, I have some bad news: you're going to need to watch some cutscenes first, because they're unskippable. After watching Frieza wreak havoc in New York City's Times Square, Trunks and his robot pal Navigator volition fill you lot in on the dire situation. You'll then go into the create-a-character way to construct your hero. If you merely desire to get to the activeness quickly, merely settle for one of the default models and continue.

Once your body's "reconstruction" is complete, you'll demand to go through a brief gainsay tutorial, which is worth playing through to get a feel for the flow of the fights. But if you want to speed through it simply shell upwards the AI opponent until they're KOed to skip the tutorial. From there, you, Trunks, and Goku volition axle up to Umbras Base, the main hub of the entire game.

After a brief chat with the base'due south director, Glover, you lot'll need to visit the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma sectors inside the base to meet with team leaders Goku, Luffy, and Naruto, respectively. Reaching these 3 heroes is simple - only run downwardly the stairs under their giant lettered entryway and you'll find them waiting for you with a quest prompt floating over their heads. Talk with them all and brand your way dorsum to the key area via the same stairs. Yous can explore further via alternating passageways, simply the Umbras Base of operations is oddly huge, and it's easy to get lost in a massive, empty hallway.

When y'all've successfully talked to all three leaders return to the main hub and look for an unmarked staircase betwixt the Gamma and Beta pathways in the key surface area. Run down those steps and you'll find Glover, who will ask you to choose a leader before one more than tutorial. In one case you've completed that, congratulations - you at present have access to all forty Bound Forcefulness characters! Now, when you lot visit the Offline and Online Battle stations, you can scroll through the entire roster to your heart'south content. Acquit in mind that for the Key Missions in the story entrada, yous'll still need to expand your squad bit by scrap, unlocking more characters the further y'all fight into the unmarried-player content. And nine more fighters are still on the way via paid DLC, and so plan accordingly if you want a complete roster!

Bound Force roster: every grapheme in the game

The Jump Force characters all hail from Weekly Shonen Bound, a manga anthology you'll discover at any Japanese newsstand that's been consistently popular for decades. Hither are all 40 currently playable fighters in the Leap Strength roster, along with the series they originally appeared in, organized alphabetically by the Western testify name, followed by the nine DLC characters who will start rolling out in May (and are all included with the Character Laissez passer):

Asta (Black Clover)
Ichigo (Bleach)
Rukia (Bleach)
Aizen (Bleach)
Renji (Bleach)
Ryo (City Hunter)
Goku (Dragon Ball Z)
Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)
Trunks (Dragon Ball Z)
Piccolo (Dragon Ball Z)
Frieza (Dragon Ball Z)
Jail cell (Dragon Ball Z)
Dai (Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai)
Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
Gon (Hunter 10 Hunter)
Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter)
Killua (Hunter ten Hunter)
Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter)
Jotaro Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Run a risk)
Dio (JoJo's Bizarre Risk)
Deku (My Hero Academia)
Naruto (Naruto)
Sasuke (Naruto)
Boruto (Naruto)
Gaara (Naruto)
Kakashi (Naruto)
Kaguya (Naruto)
Luffy (One Slice)
Blackbeard (1 Slice)
Boa Hancock (One Piece)
Sabo (Ane Piece)
Sanji (One Piece)
Zoro (One Piece)
Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)
Shishio Makoto (Rurouni Kenshin)
Dragon Shiryu (Saint Seiya)
Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya)
Yugi Muto (Yu-Gi-Oh)
Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)

DLC Fighters:

Hitsugaya Toshiro (Bleach)
Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Bleach)
Majin Buu (Dragon Brawl Z)
Biscuit Krueger (Hunter X Hunter)
All Might (My Hero Academia)
Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia)
Madara Uchiha (Naruto)
Trafalgar D. Water Police force (One Slice)
Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh)

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