Mortal Kombat (mobile game)

Mortal Kombat X (Mobile game) is a tie-in mobile game for Mortal Kombat X. It was released April 7, 2015 on iOS devices and later released for Android devices on May 5, 2015. Cross-connectivity will also be expanded upon featuring rewards and content that can be unlocked for both mobile and console version in cross-play.

Gameplay
Mortal Kombat X grants the player the ability to assemble a team of fighters in 3 V 3 Combat mode and upgrade their team by gaining experience, teaching them new special attacks, and improving their capabilities with artifacts. The game incorporates the roster of the console version along with exclusive characters that are playable only in the mobile version. X-Rays and Fatalities have also made a return to the game but with a twist. Fatalities done in the game must be accompanied by an interactable prompt to perform them.

A new standalone featured introduced in the mobile game is the option to set one of your characters as your champion. Doing this will allow other players to call your champion into battle to aid them. To level up your character, you must participate in the offline Battle Mode of the game and defeat bosses. You can also progress your character by taking part in Faction Wars, the equivalent of online mode. There are 4 different tiers of characters: bronze, silver, gold and diamond, with different variations for each character to collect. You can buy souls and koins with each being given out during gameplay through the towers or daily bonus missions. To obtain gold or diamond characters, you must either get them through a random pull from soul based packs, complete challenges or by buying them directly in the store.

A third new currency called Blood Rubies, introduced with the anniversary update is exclusive to Faction Wars and is used to purchase characters/equipment from the Faction Wars Store. This currency is earned by completing specific battle rating milestones in a season and based on the player's leaderboard ranking at the end of the season.

Unlocking and upgrading special attacks
Special attacks are performed by building up an energy bar through attacking or receiving damage. For all card tiers, special 1 is unlocked by default. Special 2 can be unlocked and upgraded only when your character reaches lvl 5. Special 3 for silver and X-Ray for gold/diamond tier cards can be unlocked and upgraded only when your character reaches lvl 20 and also require Special 2 to be unlocked.

Passive upgrade
Every character card in the game has a passive which automatically triggers during battle or apply depending on the teammates used. With diamond tier cards, the %age of effects triggered in the passive ability can be increased to the maximum by upgrading the passive by 2 levels. This is done by spending souls.

Factions
Factions return with competitive weekly challenges that give players rewards, including costumes that can be carried over to the console version of the game if you have your WBPlay linked to your account. The online competitive mode Faction Wars returns from the consoles and allows players to challenge others in a fight with their teams.

Cross-Platform Unlocks
As mentioned above, Mortal Kombat X features cross-platform unlocks. By playing the mobile game and completing certain challenges, you can unlock content for the console version of the game. You can also unlock content for the mobile version by completing challenges on the console version. Some of the rewards include character skins, koins, Kombat Kard items, and more. These unlocks can only be obtained through cross-platform unlocking. Below is a complete list of all cross-platform unlockables.

UPDATE: With the October 4 2016 balance patch for consoles / PC release of MKXL, the mobile to console unlocks are automatically rewarded for free to all players. The console to mobile unlock requirements have been removed from the mobile game with the 1.11 update released on Dec 6 2016. The XP support cards and exclusive cards can only be obtained through the daily login rewards moving forward.

Mobile to Console Unlocks:

 * Log in to WBPlay: Character Skin - Ninja Mime Johnny Cage
 * Complete a 2x Currency Ladder: Profile Module Background
 * Win Your First Fight: 2,500 Koins
 * Complete a Ladder: 2,500 Koins
 * Complete an MP Ladder: 2,500 Koins
 * Reach your Daily War Point Contribution cap: Player Module Border
 * Finish a Challenge Ladder: Character Skin - Klassic Mileena
 * Level a character to level 5: 2,500 Koins
 * Level a character to level 20: Player Module Icon
 * Level a character to level 40: Character Skin - Klassic Kitana
 * Complete the first bracket in Battle Mode: Player Module Background
 * Complete the second bracket in Battle Mode: Player Module Icon
 * Complete the third bracket in Battle Mode: Character Skin - Farmer Jax
 * Complete the fourth bracket in Battle Mode: Player Module Icon
 * Complete the fifth bracket in Battle Mode: Player Module Border
 * Complete the sixth bracket in Battle Mode: Player Module Background
 * Break 5 Test Your Might Objects: Player Module Background
 * Complete 5 Multiplayer Ladders: Player Module Border
 * Complete 10 Multiplayer Ladders: Player Module Icon
 * Complete 25 Multiplayer Ladders: Player Module Border
 * Complete 50 Multiplayer Ladders: 5,000 Koins
 * Complete 100 Multiplayer Ladders: Character Skin - Injustice Scorpion
 * Complete 3 Multiplayer Ladders with Cassie Cage: Character Skin - Undercover Cassie Cage
 * Complete 3 Multiplayer Ladders with Jacqui Briggs: Character Skin - Cybernetic Jacqui Briggs

Console to Mobile Unlocks:

 * Log In To WBPlay: Character - Ninja Mime Johnny Cage
 * Complete 3 Living Towers: 5,000 Koins
 * Send a Tower Challenge: 5,000 Koins
 * Play 10 Online Matches: 5,000 Koins
 * Complete Story Mode: 20,000 Koins
 * Win a Faction Team Battle: 10,000 Koins
 * Perform 5 Fatalities: 10,000 Koins
 * Break 5 Test Your Might Objects:  Kove Support Kard
 * Win 7 online Test Your Luck matches: 15,000 Koins
 * Survive 30 seconds in a Boss Battle: Character - Farmer Jax
 * Reach your daily War Point contribution cap:  Lin Kuei Temple Support Kard
 * Take first place in a Tower Battle: Character - Klassic Kitana
 * Perform 5 Brutalities: 20,000 Koins
 * Complete 10 Dragon (Tower) Challenges: 20,000 Koins
 * Complete 10 Faction Challenges: 20,000 Koins
 * Reach Level 50 in a Faction: Character - Injustice Scorpion
 * Earn 1,000 Respect Points: 25,000 Koins
 * Perform 5 Faction Kills: 25,000 Koins
 * Perform 3 Stage Fatalities with Cassie: Character - Undercover Cassie Cage
 * Perform 3 Stage Fatalities against Jacqui: Character - Cybernetic Jacqui Briggs

XP Levels
Each card when newly obtained starts at XP level 1. XP is earned by playing Battle Mode or Faction Wars and this is used to level up a card to make it stronger in battle. The higher the XP level, the better the character's stats and the highest XP level a card can reach is XP level 50. The below table shows the XP needed to level up a card for each level for each tier. You can also use level up cards to move up a level but its advisable to use them only at later levels due to the larger amounts of XP needed to level up your character cards.

Event History
This is to record all major events like updates, challenges, adding of new packs, special Faction War seasons that have occurred since the launch of MKX mobile so that late comers and new players can see what all has happened to the game till date.

Game launch  - 7 APR 2015 (iOS)

Special event -  Daily Challenge  (every Thursday from 9 APR 2015 - 11 JUN 2015) [iOS]

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1.1 update  - 14 APR 2015 (iOS)

Battle Mode - 5th bracket

Packs - Silver Sword Starter Pack, Gold Fire Starter Pack, Gold Ice Starter Pack

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Game launch  - 22 APR 2015 (Android soft launch), 4 MAY 2015 (Android worldwide launch)

Special event -  Daily Challenge  (every Thursday from 7 MAY 2015 - 2 JULY 2015) [Android]

1.2 update  - 12 JUN 2015 (iOS), 13 JUN 2015 (Android)

Characters added -  Hat Trick Kung Lao

Challenges -  Thunder God Raiden  (12 JUN 2015 - 29 JUN 2015)

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1.3 update  - 9 JUL 2015 (iOS, Android)

Characters added -  Shaolin Master Kung Lao  (Kombat Pack exclusive),  Revenant Jax  (Netherrealm Pack exclusive),  Revenant Sub-Zero  (Netherrealm Pack exclusive)

Challenges -  Flaming Fists Liu Kang  (9 JUL 2015 - 29 JUL 2015), Piercing Mileena  (30 JUL 2015 - 19 AUG 2015),  Heavy Weapons Jax  (20 AUG 2015 - SEP 9 2015)

Packs -  Netherrealm Pack ,  Equipment Pack

Battle Mode - 6th bracket

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1.4 update  - 2 SEP 2015 (iOS, Android)

1.4.1 update (bug fixes)  - 23 SEP 2015 (iOS), 24 SEP 2014 (Android)

Game features -  Hard  difficulty added to Challenge Mode

Battle Arenas -   Jinsei Chamber

Early Access Packs -  Kold War Sonya Blade  (3 SEP 2015 - 10 SEP 2015) [iOS] / (3 SEP 2015 - 23 SEP 2015) [Android],  Gunslinger Erron Black (25 SEP 2015 - 28 OCT 2015)

Challenges -  Kold War Sonya Blade  (10 SEP 2015 - 30 SEP 2015),  Gunslinger Erron Black  (1 OCT 2015 - 21 OCT 2015),  Flaming Fists Liu Kang  (22 OCT 2015 - 26 OCT 2015)

Battle Mode - 7th bracket

Store promo - Koins/Souls bonus (24 SEP 2014 - 28 SEP 2014)

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1.5 update (Halloween update)  - 29 OCT 2015 (iOS), 30 OCT 2015 (Android)

Characters added -  Slasher Jason Voorhees  (booster pack exclusive)

Early Access Packs -  Ronin Kenshi  (11 NOV 2015 - 9 DEC 2015) [iOS] / (4 DEC 2015 - 9 DEC 2015) [Android]

Challenges -  Unstoppable Jason Voorhees  (29 OCT 2015 - 18 NOV 2015), Ronin Kenshi  (19 NOV 2015 - 9 DEC 2015)

Faction Wars season reward -  Slasher Jason Voorhees  (29 OCT 2015 - 16 NOV 2015)

Booster Packs -  Slasher Jason Voorhees Kombat Pack  (29 OCT 2015 - 4 DEC 2015)

Cyber Monday store promo - 30 NOV 2015 (50% bonus on cash packs)

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1.6 update  - 3 DEC 2015 (iOS), 4 DEC 2015 (Android)

Early Access Pack -  Dark Raiden  (3 DEC 2015 - 16 DEC 2015) [iOS] / (4 DEC 2015 - 16 DEC 2015) [Android]

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1.6.1 update (Holiday update)  - 10 DEC 2015 (iOS, Android)

Characters added -  Klassic Scorpion  (booster pack exclusive),  Klassic Sub-Zero  (booster pack exclusive)

Holiday special - Daily login gifts (11 DEC 2015 - 1 JAN 2016)

Early Access Packs -  Revenant Kung Lao  (17 DEC 2015 - 13 JAN 2016), Dark Empress Kitana  (14 JAN 2016 - 19 FEB 2016)

Challenges -  Dark Raiden  (10 DEC 2015 - 6 JAN 2016),  Revenant Kung Lao  (7 JAN 2016 - 27 JAN 2016),  Dark Empress Kitana  (28 JAN 2016 - 18 FEB 2016)

Booster Packs -  Klassic Scorpion Kombat Pack  (10 DEC 2015 - 6 JAN 2016),  Klassic Sub-Zero Kombat Pack  (4 JAN 2016 - 1 FEB 2016)

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1.7 update  - 17 FEB 2016 (iOS), 18 FEB 2016 (Android)

1.7.1 update (bug fixes)  - 18 MAR 2016 (Android)

Bugs fixed - Fixed crash when claiming new MKXL cross platform unlock cards

Game features changed -  New Daily Objective system

Characters added -  Undercover Cassie Cage  (cross platform unlock),  Cybernetic Jacqui Briggs  (cross platform unlock)

Early Access Packs -  Undead Hunter Johnny Cage  (18 FEB 2016 [iOS] /19 FEB 2016 [Android] - 25 FEB 2016),  Kraken Reptile  (25 FEB 2016 - 17 MAR 2016),  Bone Shaper Shinnok  (18 MAR 2016 - 7 APR 2016), Gunslinger Erron Black  (18 APR 2016 - 2 MAY 2016)

Challenges -  Undead Hunter Johnny Cage  (19 FEB 2016 - 3 MAR 2016),  Kraken Reptile  (10 MAR 2016 - 31 MAR 2016),  Bone Shaper Shinnok  (31 MAR 2016 - 21 APR 2016),  Gunslinger Erron Black  (21 APR 2016 - 12 MAY 2016)

Permanent packs -  Challenge Pack

Limited time packs -  Cage Family Pack  (7 APR 2016 - 21 APR 2016),  Klassic Scorpion Kombat Pack  (21 APR 2016 - 5 MAY 2016),  Klassic Sub-Zero Kombat Pack  (21 APR 2016 - 5 MAY 2016), Slasher Jason Voorhees Kombat Pack  (5 MAY 2016 - 19 MAY 2016)

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1.8 update (Anniversary update)  - 11 MAY 2016 (iOS), 12 MAY 2016 (Android)

1.8.1 update (bug fixes)  - 18 JUN 2016 (Android), 29 JUN 2016 (iOS)

Game features added/changed -  Faction War season duration, Blood Rubies , Faction War Leaderboards , Faction Wars Store

Anniversary special - Daily login gifts (11 MAY 2016 [iOS] / 12 MAY 2016 [Android] - 19 MAY 2016)

Memorial Day Weekend special - 50% bonus on soul/koin purchases (27 MAY 2016 - 30 MAY 2016)

Comic Con promotion - 50% off Starter Packs (21 JUL 2016 - 24 JUL 2016)

Store promotion - 50% bonus on soul/koin purchases (16 AUG 2016 - 22 AUG 2016)

Labor Day Weekend promotion - 20% off Kombat Pack price (2 SEP 2016 - 6 SEP 2016), 25% off Starter Packs (3 SEP 2016 - 6 SEP 2016)

Characters added -  Dark Emperor Liu Kang  (Faction War Store exclusive),  Kobu Jutsu Tanya  (Faction War Store exclusive)

Early Access Packs -  Dark Lord Kotal Kahn  (19 MAY 2016 - 9 JUN 2016), Marksman Kung Jin  (9 JUN 2016 - 30 JUN 2016),  Klassic Kano  (30 JUN 2016 - 21 JUL 2016),  High Tech Jacqui Briggs  (21 JUL 2016 - 11 AUG 2016),  Kold War Scorpion  (11 AUG 2016 - 1 SEP 2016)

Challenges -  Unstoppable Jason Voorhees  (12 MAY 2016 - 2 JUN 2016),  Dark Lord Kotal Kahn  (2 JUN 2016 - 23 JUN 2016),  Marksman Kung Jin  (23 JUN 2016 - 14 JUL 2016),  Klassic Kano  (14 JUL 2016 - 4 AUG 2016),  High Tech Jacqui Briggs  (4 AUG 2016 - 25 AUG 2016), Kold War Scorpion (25 AUG 2016 - 15 SEP 2016)

Increased drop Challenge Packs -  Heavy Weapons Jax Briggs  (16 JUN 2016 - 30 JUN 2016),  Unstoppable Jason Voorhees  (30 JUN 2016 - 7 JUL 2016),  Gunslinger Erron Black  (21 JUL 2016 - 1 AUG 2016)

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1.9 update  - 7 SEP 2016 (iOS, Android)

Game features added/changed -  Increased blood rubies rewards,  Diamond tier characters ,  Challenge Pack price increased

Characters added -  Hellspawn Scorpion  (Elite Pack exclusive), Ravenous Mileena  (Elite Pack exclusive),  Klassic Raiden  (Elite Pack exclusive)

Faction Wars Store equipment added -  Datusha, Blade of the Moroi

Store promotion - 25% off in-store female characters (23 SEP 2016 - 29 SEP 2016)

24th anniversary promotion - 24% off Klassic characters [Klassic Scorpion/Sub-Zero Booster Packs, Klassic Kitana and Klassic Kano] (3 OCT 2016 - 10 OCT 2016)

Flash sale for challenge - 26% off Master Of Souls Ermac (6 OCT 2016 - 9 OCT 2016)

Early Access Packs -  Cyrax Triborg  (8 SEP 2016 - 15 SEP 2016),  Smoke Triborg  (15 SEP 2016 - 22 SEP 2016),  Sektor Triborg  (22 SEP 2016 - 29 SEP 2016), Pharaoh Ermac (29 SEP 2016 - 25 OCT 2016)

Challenges -  Cyrax Triborg  (15 SEP 2016 - 22 SEP 2016),  Smoke Triborg (22 SEP 2016 - 29 SEP 2016), Sektor Triborg (29 SEP 2016 - 6 OCT 2016), Pharaoh Ermac (6 OCT 2016 - 20 OCT 2016)

Limited time packs - Klassic Scorpion Kombat Pack  (3 OCT 2016 - 10 OCT 2016),  Klassic Sub-Zero Kombat Pack  (3 OCT 2016 - 10 OCT 2016)

Permanent packs -  Elite Pack

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1.10 update (Halloween update)  - 12 OCT 2016 (Android, iOS)

Characters added -  Relentless Jason Voorhees  (Booster Pack exclusive)

Flash sale for challenge - 26% off Sun God Kotal Kahn (20 OCT 2016 - 21 OCT 2016), 25% off Noxious Reptile (3 NOV 2016 - 5 NOV 2016), 25% off Silver Sword Starter Pack (10 NOV 2016 - 13 NOV 2016)

Challenge Pack sale - 25% off Challenge Pack and increased drop challenge packs (10 NOV 2016 - 15 NOV 2016)

Store promotion - 25% bonus on koin/soul purchases (28 OCT 2016 - 31 OCT 2016)

Black Friday sale - 25% bonus on koin/soul purchases and 25% off Booster Packs (23 NOV 2016 - 28 NOV 2016)

Cyber Monday sale - 25% off select packs (28 NOV 2016)

Early Access Packs -  Day of the Dead Kitana (13 OCT 2016 - 27 OCT 2016), Klassic Sonya Blade (27 OCT 2016 - 10 NOV 2016), Gunslinger Erron Black (8 OCT 2016 - 9 OCT 2016), Undead Hunter Johnny Cage (10 NOV 2016 - 23 NOV 2016), Triborg Pack (23 NOV 2016 - 8 DEC 2016)

Challenges -  Day of the Dead Kitana (20 OCT 2016 - 3 NOV 2016), Undead Hunter Johnny Cage (3 NOV 2016 - 23 NOV 2016), Cyrax Triborg (23 NOV 2016 - 1 DEC 2016), Smoke Triborg (1 DEC 2016 - 8 DEC 2016)

Limited time packs -  Slasher Jason Voorhees Kombat Pack  (12 OCT 2016 - 13 OCT 2016 and 23 NOV 2016 - 28 NOV 2016),  Relentless Jason Voorhees Kombat Pack  (13 OCT 2016 - 1 NOV 2016 and 10 NOV 2016 - 28 NOV 2016), Klassic Scorpion Kombat Pack  (23 NOV 2016 - 28 NOV 2016),  Klassic Sub-Zero Kombat Pack  (23 NOV 2016 - 28 NOV 2016)

Increased drop Challenge Packs -  Gunslinger Erron Black  (9 NOV 2016 - 15 NOV 2016)

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1.11 update (Christmas update) - 6 DEC 2016 (iOS, Android)

Game features added/changed -  Talent Tree system, Talent Points, Shao Kahn's Tower

Characters added -  Spec Ops Scorpion  (Booster Pack exclusive), Bounty Hunter Erron Black (Elite Pack exclusive)

Faction Wars store equipment added - Devastator, Blaze's Life Force

Faction Wars store characters added - Klassic Scorpion, Klassic Sub-Zero

Early Access Packs -  Nightmare Freddy Krueger (8 DEC 2016 - 22 DEC 2016)

Challenges - Sektor Triborg (8 DEC 2016 - 15 DEC 2016)

Limited time packs -  Spec Ops Scorpion Kombat Pack  (7 DEC 2016 - ?)