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Mortal Kombat X – Story Mode Walkthrough
To unlock the story mode in Mortal Kombat X, you must first complete the game’s tutorial. If you’ve played the story mode in Mortal Kombat 9, you know that NetherRealm has reserved a story-driven cinematic experience for Mortal Kombat X players. While the story mode in MKX isn’t as long as it is in MK9, it still has a lot of combat and it’s the only way to unlock Shinnok as a playable character (you can also grab alternate levels and costumes along the way).
You cannot select your favorite character and play in story mode like other fighting games. Instead, you play through the cinematic experience, taking control of the main character of the story at the point of each fight. There are 12 chapters in the story, each with a different playable character. You even fight some characters that cannot be played in the game.
There are also Quick Time Events (QTE) that appear in story mode. If you see a button on the screen, you have a chance to press that button before the time runs out. If you don’t press the button fast enough or press the wrong button, it can have an impact on the story. The button input is random, but if you take your time and focus on the button on the screen, you will get through the story unscathed.
Most of the battles in the story mode are simple enough to defeat your opponents with a character you may not know. However, if things get too difficult, you can skip three battles in story mode by default. Just pause the game and select the option to skip the fight. You can earn more Jump tokens if you find them on the Krypt. You can also adjust the difficulty of the story mode from the options menu.
Chapter 1 – Johnny Cage
Quick-Time Event
Quick-Time Event
Battle Against Scorpion
Battle Against Sub-Zero
Battle Against Jax
Battle Against Shinnok
Chapter 2 – Kotal Kahn
Quick-Time Event
Battle Against Kano
Battle Against Tanya
Battle Against Rain
Battle Against Mileena
Chapter 3 – Sub-Zero
Battle Against Cassie Cage
Battle Against Takashi Takeda
Battle Against Kung Jin
Chapter 4 – Kung Jin
Battle Against Erron Black
Quick-Time Event
Battle Against Ferra/Torr
Battle Against Raiden
Battle Against Kotal Kahn
Chapter 5 – Sonya Blade
Battle Against Scorpion
Battle Against Jax
Battle Against Quan Chi
Quick-Time Event
Battle Against Kano
Chapter 6 – D’vorah
Battle Against Baraka
Quick-Time Event
Battle Against Rain
Battle Against Mileena
Chapter 7 – Takashi Takeda
Battle Against Kenshi
Quick-Time Event
Battle Against Reptile
Battle Against Erron Black
Battle Against Ermac
Chapter 8 – Jax
Battle Against Kung Lao
Battle Against Sindel
Battle Against Kitana
Quick-Time Event
Battle Against Liu Kang
Chapter 9 – Scorpion
Battle Against Sonya
Quick-Time Event
Battle Against Johnny Cage
Battle Against Sub-Zero
Battle Against Quan Chi to Unlock Scorpion’s Hanzo Hitachi Alternate Costume
Chapter 10 – Raiden
Battle Against Baraka
Battle Against D’Vorah
Battle Against Kung Lao
Battle Against Liu Kang
Chapter 11 – Jacqui Briggs
Battle Against Reptile
Battle Against Ermac
Battle Against Ferra/Torr
Battle Against Kotal Kahn
Chapter 12 – Cassie Cage
Battle Against Sindel
Battle Against Kitana to Unlock the Infected Sky Temple Stage
Battle Against D’vorah to Unlock the Infected Jinsei Chamber Stage and Two Souls in the MKX Mobile Game
Battle Against Corrupted Shinnok
How to play story mode on mortal kombat xl
If the Online and Story options are red when you start the game, it means the game is still installing. Some features such as local multiplayer, single player cash games, training and tutorials can be accessed while the game installs Story and Online features.
On Xbox One and PS4, the installation process normally takes less than 30 minutes, but can take up to 90 minutes depending on your system. We recommend that you watch the tutorial to learn the basics of Mortal Kombat X or update your skills while you wait.
To check the progress of the installation on Xbox One, go back to the control panel. Overall progress is shown as a green bar on the game tile.
If the game appears to have finished installing and you still cannot get into Story or Multiplayer mode, try shutting down the system completely and turning it back on. If the modes are not yet available, we recommend uninstalling and reinstalling the game.
PlayStation 4
- From the dashboard highlight Mortal Kombat X
- Press the Options button on your controller
- Select Delete
- After deleting the game, launching it again will start the installation process
Xbox One
- From the dashboard highlight Mortal Kombat X
- Press the Menu button on your controller
- Select “Manage Game”
- Highlight Mortal Kombat X on the Manage Game screen and press the Menu button on your controller again
- Select “Uninstall”
- After this has completed, you can return to the dashboard and select “Install Disc” or attempt to launch the game to start the installation process