How to unlock everything
Tears of Metal hides 98 upgrades behind conditions the game never spells out. Here they all are, with the real target numbers.
Watch the Counts column: conditions scoped to a single run reset when you die, while across-campaigns ones keep accumulating over your whole save — so the latter need no planning at all, they just take time.
Stat boosts71
Permanent stat upgrades. Most are earned by hitting a counter during play rather than by buying anything.
| Unlock | Condition | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| AOE on ally kill | Have four active ally emblems at once. | single run |
| Autoblock | Get block broken 5 times in a single run. | single run |
| Autoblock on hurt | Throughout your campaigns, parry an enemy that just damaged you 5 times. | across campaigns |
| Block regen | Throughout your campaigns, cancel 1500 damage by blocking. | across campaigns |
| Block stamina cost | Block an attack that would otherwise kill you. | one action |
| Coins | Spend 800 coins in a single run. | single run |
| Coins on ally kill | Start a run with an ally that's at least level 3 | single run |
| Coins on dragonstone | Throughout your campaigns, destroy 25 dragonstones. | across campaigns |
| Critical | Deal at least 300 damage to an enemy with a single attack. | one action |
| Damage on block | Block 20 attacks in a single run. | single run |
| Do t ao e on hurt | Catch fire 5 times in a single run. | single run |
| Healing | Heal a total of 150 HP in a single run. | single run |
| Heavy block damage | Throughout your campaigns, do 5000 extra block damage through block damage multiplier. | across campaigns |
| Morale gain | Rescue 500 allies in a single run. | single run |
| Morale on low HP | Use your special while you have less than 0.05% HP. | single run |
| More damage on low HP | Kill 100 enemies while at 10% HP or less in a single run | single run |
| More damage on status effect | Have 3 status effects active at once. | single run |
| Move speed | Kill 100 enemies in one single combo chain. | single run |
| Perfect block | Throughout your campaigns, parry 125 times. | across campaigns |
| Received range damage | Block a total of 100 ranged damage in a single run. | single run |
| Reset cooldowns on kill | Throughout your campaigns, kill 100 captains right after dashing. | across campaigns |
| Resilient on hurt | Deal 500 total damage to enemies, right after receiving damage, during a single run. (2s window) | single run |
| Speed on kill many | Keep a Combo Chain for 20 seconds | single run |
| Strong allies on low HP | Receive 300 total damage in a single run. | single run |
| Strong finishers | Kill an elite | across campaigns |
| Arrows on ally command (T2) | Kill 5 captains with ally commands in a single level | one level |
| Autoblock (T2) | Get block broken 10 times in a single run. | single run |
| Block regen (T2) | Cancel 1000 damage by blocking in a single run. | single run |
| Block stamina cost (T2) | Block 50 attacks in a single Run. | single run |
| Bombs on hurt (T2) | Start a level with less than 0.5% HP and finish it with full HP. | one level |
| Bombs on perfect block (T2) | Throughout your campaigns, destroy 50 dragonstones. | across campaigns |
| Coins (T2) | Throughout your campaigns, spend 2500 coins. | across campaigns |
| Coins on finisher (T2) | Finish act act (0+1) without spending any coin. | single run |
| Coins on kill (T2) | Have a total of 1000 COIN Title at any moment. | single run |
| Critical (T2) | Deal at least 500 damage to an enemy with a single attack in a single run. | one action |
| Heal chance on hurt (T2) | Heal back from having less than 0.01% HP. | single run |
| Healing (T2) | Throughout your campaigns, heal a total of 500 HP. | across campaigns |
| Heal on dragonstone (T2) | Have a Dragonstone reduce your HP to 0.1% or less. | one action |
| Heal on level end (T2) | Finish a level with less than 0.1% hp left | one level |
| Heavy block damage (T2) | Do 10000 extra block damage through block damage multiplier in save | across campaigns |
| Invulnerabiltiy on ally command (T2) | Throughout your campaigns Make 15 ally commands | across campaigns |
| Morale gain (T2) | Ally Help 1000 allies in a single Run. | single run |
| More damage on healthy enemy (T2) | Finish act act (0+1) without opening a lootbox | single run |
| Move speed (T2) | Kill 200 enemies while streaking in a single run. | single run |
| Perfect block (T2) | Perfect block 30 times in a single run. | single run |
| Received range damage (T2) | Block a total of 200 ranged damage in a single run. | single run |
| Strong allies on lootbox (T2) | Throughout your campaigns, open a lootbox while an ally is waiting to get rescued 3 times. | across campaigns |
| Thorns (T2) | Finish the first Act without equipping any Clan Major Upgrade. | single run |
| AOE on attack (T3) | Deal 2000 total damage in a single attack. | one action |
| AOE on hurt (T3) | Finish act (1+1) without equipping any active family upgrade. | single run |
| AOE on kill (T3) | Kill 75 enemies in a single attack. | one action |
| Arrows on hit (T3) | Start and finish a boss level with 0.1% HP or less. | one level |
| Arrows on kill (T3) | CHINESE NEEDS RE-TRANSLATION | single run |
| Autoblock (T3) | Get block broken 15 times in a single run. | single run |
| Block regen (T3) | Cancel 1500 damage by blocking in a single run. | single run |
| Block stamina cost (T3) | Block 100 attacks in a single run. | single run |
| Coins (T3) | Spend 1500 coins in a single run. | single run |
| Critical (T3) | Deal at least 1000 damage to an enemy with a single attack in a single run. | one action |
| Dash regen (T3) | Bump into 30 enemies while dashing in a single run | single run |
| Double lootbox (T3) | Finish act (1+1) without opening any lootbox. | one level |
| Enemies explode on low HP (T3) | Have an ally deal the killing blow on a boss. | one level |
| Healing (T3) | Heal a total of 225 HP in a single run. | single run |
| Heal on lootbox (T3) | Finish act (1+1) without buying a healing item. | one action |
| Heavy block damage (T3) | Do 25000 extra block damage through block damage multiplier in save | across campaigns |
| Heavy damage (T3) | Do 50000 extra block damage through block damage multiplier in save | across campaigns |
| Light damage (T3) | Deal 75000 light damage in save | across campaigns |
| Max block (T3) | Block 50 attack that would otherwise kill you | across campaigns |
| Morale gain (T3) | Throughout your campaigns, Rescue 2000 allies. | across campaigns |
| Move speed (T3) | Kill 300 enemies while streaking in a single run. | single run |
| Perfect block (T3) | Perfect block 45 times in a single run. | single run |
| Received range damage (T3) | Block a total of 300 ranged damage in a single run. | single run |
Ally traits15
Traits your rescued allies can roll once the condition is met.
| Unlock | Condition | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| Statboost1 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 600 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost10 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 14700 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost11 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 16500 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost12 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 18300 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost13 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 20100 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost14 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 21900 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost15 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 23700 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost2 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 1200 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost3 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 2100 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost4 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 3900 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost5 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 5700 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost6 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 7500 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost7 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 9300 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost8 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 11100 triskeles | across campaigns |
| Statboost9 | Throughout your campaigns, gain 12900 triskeles | across campaigns |
Shop items12
Items that only appear in the shop after the requirement is cleared.
| Unlock | Condition | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| Challenge1 | Finish run with 0 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge10 | Finish run with 9 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge2 | Finish run with 1 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge3 | Finish run with 2 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge4 | Finish run with 3 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge5 | Finish run with 4 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge6 | Finish run with 5 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge7 | Finish run with 6 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge8 | Finish run with 7 challenges toggled | single run |
| Challenge9 | Finish run with 8 challenges toggled | single run |
| Character53 | Finish run with 3 challenges toggled | single run |
| Character63 | Finish run with 5 challenges toggled | single run |
Verified from game files · EA 1.0 (2026-07-22)