Gotham Knights guide to help you clean up the city

Gotham Knights
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Taking advice from this Gotham Knights guide will help get you up to speed, so you can prepare to deal with the criminal elements rising up in the aftermath of Batman's demise. These lawbreakers are taking full advantage of the circumstances to cause chaos across Gotham City, so you need to step in and lead the Batman Family to stop the unfolding mayhem. To do this, you'll need to keep the people safe by stopping a multitude of crimes and investigating prolific criminal figures to discover their secrets. If you're searching for tips, character advice, suit transmogs, and more, then I've covered all of that with the suite of Gotham Knights guides listed here.

Tips

Gotham Knights tips

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If you're looking for some pointers for how to get started or improve your progress, then I've got a set of Gotham Knights tips to steer you in the right direction. Whether you're trying to get better at combat, level up faster, or find new crimes to solve, there's plenty of advice there to help you out.

Best character

Gotham Knights screenshot

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With four members of the Batman Family to choose from, it can be hard to decide which is the Gotham Knights best character for you. To help you out with that choice, I've got a breakdown of each superhero's strengths and advantages so you can match one to your preferred playstyle.

Switch characters

How to change characters in Gotham Knights

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Of course, you don't want to be tied to your initial choice of superhero, especially as each of them also have their own set of unique side missions. Thankfully that's not an issue though, and I've got the lowdown on how and when you can switch characters in Gotham Knights.

Smoke bombs

Gotham Knights smoke bomb

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The Gotham Knights smoke bomb is a sort of 'get out of jail free' card when it comes to combat, allowing you to escape while disorientating your enemies so you can return to stealth mode. It's not the most intuitive item to use, however, so I've got an explanation of how to deploy this distraction device.

Unlock and transmog suits

Gotham Knights suits

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If you want to fully customize your appearance while still retaining the best stats for your character, then you need to know how to unlock and transmog Gotham Knights suits. I've got a full explanation of the process, so you are no longer tied to the standard look each outfit comes with.

Free the scientists from STAR Labs

Free the scientists from STAR Labs in Gotham Knights

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If you start working through the Mr Freeze case, you'll reach a stage at the end of your initial mission where you need to free the scientists from STAR Labs in Gotham Knights. If you follow your objectives literally at that point you could end up stuck there indefinitely fighting waves of enemies, so I've got an explanation of how to clear that section.

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Iain Wilson
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Iain originally joined Future in 2012 to write guides for CVG, PSM3, and Xbox World, before moving on to join GamesRadar in 2013 as Guides Editor. His words have also appeared in OPM, OXM, PC Gamer, GamesMaster, and SFX. He is better known to many as ‘Mr Trophy’, due to his slightly unhealthy obsession with amassing intangible PlayStation silverware, and he now has over 750 Platinum pots weighing down the shelves of his virtual award cabinet. He does not care for Xbox Achievements.

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