Cheats and Secrets for Mirror's Edge on XBOX360

Introduction and Game Plot

Mirror's Edge is DICE's first-person action game focused on parkour, here in the Xbox 360 version. This page lists the modes and the bonuses that can be unlocked. Completing the story unlocks Hard Mode, which disables Running Vision, and Quick Run, where each level has a time limit. Other rewards and the conditions for obtaining them follow.

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Unlockable Modes and Levels

Hard Difficulty (without Runner Vision): complete Story Mode.
Speedrun Mode (time limit for each level): complete Story Mode.

Time Trial Levels

You unlock the levels in Time Trial mode by completing a chapter or beating the Qualifying Time of another level:

With the Story: Edge (Prologue), Arland (chapter 1), Chase (2), Heat (3), Cranes 2 (4), New Eden (5), Factory (6), Office (7), Convoy 1 (8), Shard 1 (9), Playground 1 (Training Area).
With times: Flight (Arland), Burfield (Heat), Cranes 1 (Burfield), Convoy 2 (Convoy 1), Atrium 1 (Convoy 2), Atrium 2 (Atrium 1), Playground 2 (Playground 1), Playground 3 (Playground 2), Shard 2 (Shard 1), Storm 1 (Chase), Storm 2 (Storm 1), Storm 3 (Storm 2).

Sliding

Slides let you save Momentum: in front of a small step, slide instead of jumping.

The 30 Hidden Bags

Every level has 3 bags, near a Mirror's Edge logo. The locations (A, B, C, D, E indicate the checkpoint):

Prologue (The Tip): B, right after entering the building and climbing onto the duct (required to complete the level); B, after the ambush go up the red stairs, pass the first red door, turn left and climb onto the shelves; C, after the ambush on the rooftops, under the blue stairs, among the ducts.
Chapter 1 (Flight): A, on the building with the satellite, between two fans; C, behind a duct on the roof after the orange and white building; E, at Centurian Square, go down to the rails, turn left and climb the fence.
Chapter 2 (Jacknife): A, behind the blue and white pillar near the logo, before the arches; C, between the nearby pillars of the sewer area, in one of the corridors; E, near the orange container after the pulley.
Chapter 3 (Heat): A, in the ventilation, on the way down; C, on the building with two red cranes, on the left near the gate with the chains; D, after the grate, on the second staircase.
Chapter 4 (Burn the Rope): A, on the right under the "Duel" sign; C, after the elevator crash, running on the wall and up; D, at the subway, on the platform with the logo, jumping between the two bars.
Chapter 5 (New Eden): B, in the area with barbed wire, between two ventilation blocks (yellow and white building, "Your 5-A Day"); C, above a chamber between two fans, near the tank, at the "Coronat Opus" building; C, in the square, on top of the parked van.
Chapter 6 (Pirandello Kruger): A, after the logo, on another roof by running on the wall; B, in the office at the end of the red corridor, on the table; C, in an opening in the corner opposite the pillar and the sealed door.
Chapter 7 (The Boat): A, near the warehouse, opposite the fork on the left; B, in the garage with the two white trucks, in the duct; D, in the dark room on the right outside the ship, in the corner.
Chapter 8 (Kate): A, in the corner on the left behind some boxes, in the room with the blackboard; C, on the second level of the structure, on top of the white beam with the logo; C, in the ventilation area, on the left toward the end.
Chapter 9 (The Shard): A, jumping against the wall with the logo in the gas valve corridor; C, after Miller sends you onto the roof, vault over the red chair on the left; D, after the elevator, in the duct: jump against the wall above the logo.

Battlefield Reference

At New Eden there is an elevator with a news monitor about a story concerning Sedaristan, a land from Battlefield: Bad Company, another DICE game.

Easy achievement "Up, Over, Under, Onwards"

In Chapter 1 look for the small pole in this position, jump, wrap around it and slide under it.

Achievements (Gamerscore)

100 points: Superstar (Time Trial rank 90, downloadable content "Pure Time Trials").
80 points: Packrat (all 30 bags), Pro Runner (Story on Hard difficulty), Test of Faith (complete the game without shooting an enemy).
60 points: That's a Wrap (complete Story Mode on any difficulty).
40 points: Vrooom! (running speed for 30 seconds).
30 points: Ran Out of Fingers (11 bags), Still Counting (rank 50), May I Have This Dance? and Aaaand Safe! (combinations), and four downloadable content achievements (U-Turn, Dicey Launch, Surreptitious Spin, The Twister) plus To Explore Strange New Worlds (rank 75).
25 points: A for Effort (rank 35), Up, Over, Under, Onwards, Free Flowing.
20 points: Access All Areas (all the Time Trials), Bag Lady (the 3 bags of a chapter), Baby Steps (rank 20), Head Over Heels, each chapter (Prologue and chapters 1 to 8).
15 points: Tango Down (20 enemies in melee), Mine! (15 disarms), Untouchable (a chapter without being hit), Pacifist (a chapter without shooting).
10 points: Back on the Job (tutorial), On the Clock, Martial Artist, Hey, It's-a-Me! (secret), and the Speedruns of the Prologue and chapters 1 to 9 (10 each). 5 points: Sweet Goodbye (secret: middle finger move).