Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered has 12 kaiju, but only four are playable from the start. The other eight are locked behind the G-Force Lab, and it takes a real grind to open them. There is a shortcut called Tournament Mode, but it’s only for trying out the monsters. Below is the full roster and how to unlock every monster, including the nastiest ones at the end.
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Godzilla Roster: All 12 Monsters
The Godzilla roster has 12 playable monsters. Four are open from the start, and the other eight need research. Honestly, that’s a stingy start.
| Monster | Status |
|---|---|
| Godzilla (Heisei) | Starter |
| Anguirus | Starter |
| Megalon | Starter |
| Gigan | Starter |
| Godzilla 2000 | Locked |
| Rodan | Locked |
| King Ghidorah | Locked |
| Mecha-King Ghidorah | Locked |
| Destoroyah | Locked |
| Orga | Locked |
| Kiryu | Locked |
| Mechagodzilla (Showa) | Locked |
How to Unlock All Monsters in Godzilla Remastered
Every locked monster goes through the G-Force Lab on the main menu. Think of it as a skill tree with extra homework.
- Open Rumors and read the condition. Examples include earning 25,000 points in Survival or playing four games in San Francisco.
- Complete the Rumor to reveal its Research Project.
- Open Projects and set that project as your active one.
- Play an eligible mode until the meter fills.
- Claim the reward. Some projects lead to another step instead of the monster, so read what you got.
If you just want to mess around with everyone, turn on Tournament Mode in Settings. It makes all 12 monsters selectable in Custom Battles right away. You still can’t use the locked monsters in Adventure or any other single-player mode.
Research Points vs Character XP vs Gallery Coins
Research Points fill your active project in the G-Force Lab. Character XP levels up the monster you’re using, and Survival doesn’t award any, so switch back to Adventure Classic when a Rumor asks for levels. G-Force coins are worth grabbing, too.
They’re blue shield-shaped pickups hidden in buildings during Adventure Classic, and collecting them helps unlock Rumors. Smash a few buildings before finishing a stage; rushing straight for the opponent can leave useful progress behind.
You can work on several Rumors at once. But only one Project earns Research Points at a time, so switch to the monster you want before you grind.
Best Way to Farm Research Points
The 3 methods below are the best ways to earn Research Points, and the third one is my favorite.
Survival Mode
Survival is the go-to grind as it pays double Research Points. The problem is that it gives no Character XP. If a Rumor needs a monster at a certain level, use a different mode for that one.
Set the AI difficulty to Easy for faster wins. Since Survival gives no XP anyway, Easy costs you nothing here. It gets dull fast, so put a podcast on.
Adventure and Destruction
Adventure Classic is the better pick when you need Character XP and G-Force coins. Play through the story with every starter, since certain fights and cities help unlock Rumors. When your active project needs Research Points, switch to Survival. It awards double RP, but no Character XP.
Destruction also gives both RP and XP. I estimate it levels monsters faster than Adventure, at around 100 XP per 10,000 points versus roughly 20 XP per Adventure fight. The annoying part is that only one map is available at a time, and it rotates every three days. Destruction can also knock out map-win Rumors.
The Monster Island Lava Trick
This is a player tactic, and you need Kiryu unlocked first, so it won’t help your early grind.
Pick Survival on Monster Island. Fire a rocket at the start (the AI blocks it), then close in and grab your opponent. Carry them to the wall behind the AI spawn point and use Kiryu’s fierce attack to launch them over it into the lava pit. The wall stays intact, and the lava deals 10 damage per second. If they climb out, grab them and throw them back in.
Sometimes the opponent clings to the wall and takes no damage. Bait them into breaking it instead of breaking it yourself. One Reddit player says it cleared a 35,000 RP stage in about 15 minutes on Easy!
How to Unlock Rodan
Rodan is locked behind two Rumors, and both take some work.
The first is the New City Rumor, which asks you to unlock 8 battlegrounds in total. You do that by filling map research projects with RP. I have seen Industrial Research at 12,000 RP, plus Sports Stadium and Waterfront at 8,000 each. Counters vary by save, so yours may not match the 5/8 one.
The second is a Survival Rumor. You need four wins in a single run, and you have to finish the run. Quitting to the menu won’t count. If four wins is all you’re missing, you can lose the next fight on purpose to end it.
Rodan’s own project then appears, at 18,000 RP on one save.
How to Unlock Mecha-King Ghidorah
Mecha-King Ghidorah is a two-monster problem for mid-game.
A Rumor called A Menace Rebuilt asks you to get both King Ghidorah and Kiryu to level 5. Level them in Adventure or Destruction as Survival gives no Character XP, so it won’t help here.
The other piece is The Three-Headed Dragon Rumor, which leads to the Cybernetic Study project.
How to Unlock Showa Mechagodzilla
Showa Mechagodzilla is the final character in the unlock progression, and you’ll need all four starters at Level 5 along the way.
The locked card lists Alien Investigations, Doppelganger Research, and the New City Rumor. A later stage of New City asks for 14 battlegrounds, not the 8 Rodan needs. Beyond the Boundary should be at 0/10, which lines up with the Seattle and San Francisco setup below.
Levels matter too. Get all four starters (Godzilla, Anguirus, Megalon, Gigan) to level 5.
Beyond the Boundary Rumor
This Rumor says “play on the largest cities,” and the game never tells you what that means. Here’s the setup I found that works:
Open Custom Battle and start a Melee match with at least three monsters total. A 1v1 doesn’t count, so add two bots. Then win five matches on Seattle Complete and five on San Francisco Complete. Set the COM difficulty to Easy, since you need ten wins. Keep Tournament Mode off too, because it pauses progression.
That’s everything we know so far about how to unlock all monsters in Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered. Which monster are you trying for first? Tell me in the comments.
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