Chips (Mega Man Zero series)

Mega Man Zero 4 Chips screen.

Chips are items from the Mega Man Zero series. At first there are only three elemental chips, but more are introduced in Mega Man Zero 3, replacing the Form system from Mega Man Zero 2. It allows the player to equip Zero with one chip each for his legs, body and head, with each chip granting him an upgrade to his abilities.

In Mega Man Zero 3, most chips are obtained from Secret Disks, and others are obtained from bosses. In Mega Man Zero 4, Zero must collect parts from enemies and bring them to Cerveau to create them. Also, some NPCs in the game can provide recipes that create the chips.

The Junk set are the only chips that require a combination, for all three need to be equipped in order for them to have any use. When all three Junk chips are equipped, Zero emulates his Proto Form, in which his offense is doubled and defense halved. However, unlike the previous depictions of the Proto Form (particularly when it is used in Hard Mode) Zero can still use his weapons and EX Skills normally. However, if Zero uses any Cyber-elf ability his transformation will be cancelled.

Element chips

Mega Man Zero and Mega Man Zero 2 has three Element Chips that Zero obtains after defeating a specific boss. Each chip adds an element to Zero's charged attacks and some of his EX Skills. In Mega Man Zero 3 these chips are classified under the Body Chip category. They are absent in Mega Man Zero 4, but Zero can still use elemental attacks through his EX Skills.

Name		Boss		Details
		Mega Man Zero	Mega Man Zero 2
	Thunder Chip	Aztec Falcon	Panter Flauclaws	Strong against Fire. Stuns enemies.
	Flame Chip	Guard Orotic	Phoenix Magnion	Strong against Ice. Damages enemies while in effect. Zero can also use it to burn down leaves, vines and trees in stages like the Forest of Notus.
	Ice Chip	Blizzack Staggroff	Poler Kamrous	Strong against Thunder. Stuns enemies.

Mega Man Zero 3

Head Chips

Name		Location	Description
	Auto Charge	Deathtanz Mantisk; room behind a tree root (needs Fire Chip) after first ladder	Weapons charge automatically.
	Auto Recover	Hanumachine R; before entering the building, burn leaves above to reveal a small gap	Zero recovers energy by standing still.
	Quick Charge	Glacier le Cactank; in a snow pile after the second Shell Crawler	Weapons charge faster.

Body Chips

Body chips in Zero 3 are automatically obtained simply by defeating a Boss.

Name		Boss	Description
	Ice	Childre Inarabitta	Charge attacks are ice-based.
	Thunder	Hellbat Schilt	Charge attacks are thunder-based.
	Flame	Blazin' Flizard	Charge attacks are fire-based.
	Light	Deathtanz Mantisk	Ignores quicksand and crumbling terrain.
	Absorber	Tretista Kelverian	No recoil when hit.

Foot Chips

Name		Location	Description
	Spike	Defeat Glacier le Cactank	Walk on slippery surfaces normally.
	Quick	Defeat Copy X MK-II	Faster running speed.
	Double Jump	Defeat Cubit Foxtar	Jump again in the air.
	Shadow Dash	Defeat Volteel Biblio	Invulnerable to all enemy attacks for the duration of the dash.
	Frog	Cubit Foxtar; upper left corner in last area before the boss (shaft with spikes on both walls)	Slower sliding down walls.
	Splash Jump	Childre Inarabitta; below starting point (requires Recoil Rod)	Jump on water.
	Ultima	Baby Elves (2nd encounter); defeat Hidden Phantom (top left of the moving-platform-and-spike maze in Cyberspace)	Possess abilities of all Foot Chips.

Mega Man Zero 4

(Junk parts for Zero will repel Scrap Elves in the Hibernation Chamber stage.)

Name	Required parts	Description
Head Chips
A-Charge	V.Missile SandDozer Raiken Raiken	Automatically charge attacks.
A-Recover1	Poplan V. Fencer	Heal while standing still at a rate of 1 unit per 3.5 seconds.
A-Recover2	Poplan V. Fencer ArcCannon	Heal while standing still at a rate of 1 unit per 3 seconds.
A-Recover3	Poplan V. Fencer ArcCannon P. Corpse	Heal while standing still at a rate of 1 unit per 2.5 seconds.
Q-Charge1	BeamWalker RBCannon	Charge speed to full decreases to 2 seconds.
Q-Charge2	BeamWalker RBCannon NicosCrabB	Charge speed to full decreases to 1.5 seconds.
Q-Charge3	BeamWalker RBCannon NicosCrabB SerpentGear	Charge speed to full decreases to 1 second.
A-Filling	Bonsect Molegule Glacial Mechameson	Refill Zero Knuckle ammo when down to one shot or less than ten seconds of remaining use time.
Weapon Plus	Bonsect Bongal V. Fire Triaformer	Increases Zero Knuckle weapon capacity by one.
*Junk Head	Junk GlassCannon SerpentGear	Gives off a special aura*.
Body Chips
Absorber	Axeloid Gyrator Ceratanium	No recoil when hit.
Rolling	Moloid LamplortX TellyBomb Ceratanium	Perform a Rolling Slash.
Erase	MiniCrabanB MiniCrabanR E-Laser Ceratanium	Stop energy shots with the Z-Saber.
Strong	GangaGun Ceratanium	Reduces instant kill effects to 10 units of damage.
Stronger	GangaGun Mechameson Ceratanium	Reduces instant kill effects to 8 units of damage.
Strongest	GangaGun Mechameson NeedBalloon Ceratanium	Reduces instant kill effects to 6 units of damage.
Reflect	Gyrator RefleBeemer Ceratanium	Reflect energy shots with the Z-Saber.
Extend	Bombadeer Hechrysta EleDeserter Ceratanium	Invincibility from damage is longer.
Elf	ScrapElf Mettaur Beeneran Ceratanium	Increases Cyber-elf's max. level by 1.
*Junk Body	Junk S-Crystal GangaGun Ceratanium	Gives off a special aura.*
Foot Chips
Quick	Kerberos Kerberos Kerberos	Move faster. (Doesn't stack with the Cyber-elf Lv. 1 animal ability)
Double Jump	Faital GangaGun GyroCannonH C-Hopper	Jump again in the air.
Splash Jump	Cryoneon Yadokroid MeduHopper	Jump on water.
Spike Type I	NeedBalloon Crossbyne Cryoneon	Don't slip on ice.
Spike Type W	V. Claw Poplan GlassCannon	Unaffected by magnets and wind.
Frog	MagnePanN MagnePanS Kerosh	Slower wall slide. (Doesn't stack with the Cyber-elf Lv. 2 animal ability)
*Junk Foot	Junk Bombadeer BeamWalker Moloid	Projects a special aura.
Parts
S-Crystal	Faital Mechameson V. Fire Ceratanium	Trade to Hirondelle for a Sub Tank. Can trade for two Sub Tanks.
Junk	Any 2-4 parts combination that doesn't make a Chip.	Required for the three Junk Chips, denoted in above chart by *.