Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has 10 Mysterium locations. These collectibles are needed for 100% District completion and unlock Trophy: Behind the Masks & Suit: Smoke and Mirrors. Getting a bronze rating is enough to get the trophy/suit and 100% district completion (silver/gold rating isn’t mandatory). They are unlocked after Main Quest 13: Hunt to Live, Live to Hunt. These are marked on the map in defogged areas, or when the entire district is defogged at the second district level. The final location becomes available after having collected all other Mysteriums.

Mysteriums are little combat challenges. They have 3 ratings depending on your performance: bronze, silver, gold. The higher your rating, the more Hero Tokens you earn. Getting bronze is enough for trophy purposes however. There are also more Hero Tokens (reward materials) than you need to buy all upgrades in the game, so getting gold ratings isn’t necessary. It’s significantly easier if you switch to easiest difficulty in the game settings. You can make it easier if you do it after the story after having unlock all abilities and most upgrades. So if you struggle with a gold rating, just come back to it later. They can be replayed infinitely for a better rating. None of them are missable, they can still be found after the story in free-roam.

For more Collectible Categories see » Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Collectible Guide.

District Select:

Harlem

Mysterium #1: Under Construction (available after Main Quest 13: Hunt to Live, Live to Hunt)

• Challenge Requirement: Defeat all enemies.
• Gold Strategy: For gold you must defeat all 20 enemies in under 1 minute. Press to pull yourself towards them, this lets you cover the distance quickly. It will be significantly easier after unlocking and fully upgrading all of Miles’ abilities, use the ones that damage multiple enemies at once. Put the game on the easiest difficulty to make this much easier.

Central Park

Mysterium #2: Everyone’s A Critic

• Challenge Requirement: Defeat all enemies.
• Gold Strategy: For gold you must defeat all 30 enemies in under 1:45 minutes. Press to pull yourself towards them, this lets you cover the distance quickly. It will be significantly easier after unlocking and fully upgrading all of Miles’ abilities, use the ones that damage multiple enemies at once. Put the game on the easiest difficulty to make this much easier.

Upper East Side

Mysterium #3: Prison Break

• Challenge Requirement: Defeat all enemies.
• Gold Strategy: For gold you must defeat all 20 enemies in under 2:15 minutes. Press to pull yourself towards them, this lets you cover the distance quickly. It will be significantly easier after unlocking and fully upgrading all of Miles’ abilities, use the ones that damage multiple enemies at once. Put the game on the easiest difficulty to make this much easier. When the enemies become invincible you must defeat the flying enemy (he will have a red marker).

Midtown

Mysterium #4: The Invisible Enemy

• Challenge Requirement: Use finishers on enemies
• Gold Strategy: You must perform 6 finishers in under 2:10 minutes. To charge up a finisher you must land normal hits without taking damage, then press + when the button prompt appears. Always evade with when there’s a white or red spidersense alert around your head, this indicates an incoming attack. Don’t waste time on using abilities, just use normal attacks to charge up finishers fast.

Chinatown

Mysterium #5: Fight On Time

• Challenge Requirement: Use finishers on enemies
• Gold Strategy: You must perform 6 finishers in under 3:30 minutes. To charge up a finisher you must land normal hits without taking damage, then press + when the button prompt appears. Always evade with when there’s a white or red spidersense alert around your head, this indicates an incoming attack. Don’t waste time on using abilities, just use normal attacks to charge up finishers fast.

Downtown Brooklyn

Mysterium #6: Fear Of Heights

• Challenge Requirement: Knock enemies into the void
• Gold Strategy: For gold you must knock 15 enemies off the roof within 1:30 minutes. The best strategy is to do swing attacks: jump with and hold to swing towards enemies. This knocks them back. Rinse and repeat 15 times. Aim for enemies near the edge of the roof.

Williamsburg

Mysterium #7: Grave Decision

• Challenge Requirement: Don’t get hit.
• Gold Strategy: For gold you must defeat all enemies without being hit. Evade whenever there’s a white or red spidersense icon around your head, this indicates an incoming attack. Press to pull yourself towards them, this lets you cover the distance quickly (especially for the flying enemy). It will be significantly easier after unlocking and fully upgrading all of Miles’ abilities, use the ones that damage multiple enemies at once. Put the game on the easiest difficulty to make this much easier.

Mysterium #8: Road Rage

• Challenge Requirement: Don’t get hit.
• Gold Strategy: For gold you must defeat all enemies without being hit. Evade whenever there’s a white or red spidersense icon around your head, this indicates an incoming attack. Avoid the cars that spawn near the end, they will be indicated by a green outline on the floor, so get away from the side of the road where this appears. Press to pull yourself towards enemies, this lets you cover the distance quickly. It will be significantly easier after unlocking and fully upgrading all of Miles’ abilities, use the ones that damage multiple enemies at once. Put the game on the easiest difficulty to make this much easier.

Downtown Queens

Mysterium #9: Punch Your Ticket

• Challenge Requirement: Defeat Brutes
• Gold Strategy: For gold you must defeat 6 Brutes in under 2:00 minutes. It will be significantly easier after unlocking and fully upgrading all of Miles’ abilities, use the ones that damage multiple enemies at once. Put the game on the easiest difficulty to make this much easier. Spam one ability per brute to break his defense, then follow up with regular strikes. Throwing objects at Brutes also can break their defense and makes them vulnerable for regular strikes. Juggling them in the air can also be good to string together longer combos for more damage. Beware of the trains that spawn when there’s a green outline on the train tracks.

Trophy: Behind the Masks

This only spawns after doing the first 9 Mysteriums (getting bronze rating is enough).

For this quest you will need to enter the carnival in Downtown Brooklyn. Once inside you will need to defeat some enemies and a boss. The boss doesn’t have particularly much health, after all the challenges he shouldn’t be much of a threat. Spamming 4 abilities on him in quick succession and using a finisher will take most of his health.

After the boss fight you are put back in the hallway of the building you entered. The path ahead goes on in an infinite loop. The trick is to turn around to find the exit. This leads to the second boss fight.

Defeat the boss, then evade the green lasers on the Ferris wheel. You must reach the Ferris wheel and press when near it to finish the boss. Then after the series of cutscenes the quest will complete and you earn Behind the Masks. It also unlocks the Smoke and Mirrors Suit.

For more Collectible Categories see » Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Collectible Guide.