All Upgrades for SA2! [Hero] UPDATED

All the Hero upgrades' locations in SA2!

Intro

This guide is here to show you every location for every upgrade for the Heroes! This goes chronologically, so upgrades you have to backtrack for are gonna be last.

UPDATE
I have since completed the dark side upgrades guide which you can see here.

Light Shoes (Lightspeed Dash)

Alright this one is easy. So starting off in Metal Harbor you just continue the level as it's supposed to be done up until this part.









This is just after the big homing attack chain with the G.U.N. beetles. Go up the pully on the left, then jump off at the top to obtain the Light Shoes.









To do the Lightspeed Dash, push the B or X button on your controller near a trail of rings (U or K for those using a keyboard).

Ancient Light

Next up is Ancient Light which is nice, but never really serves much purpose in game. As you can see, it's in Green Forest.









So you play the level up until here where the gold beetle spawns. You still continue until you get to the top where the checkpoint is. Go in the back right and you should see an item box.








When you get up to here, start homing attacking into the back where you can't see. It's a bit difficult, but you'll get it in one or two tries.









You should end up on a little platform and there should be the Ancient Light upgrade. By charging up a spindash and not letting go for a bit. Sonic will get out of spindash mode and say "Ready", as he gets little blue spheres around him. When you let go of X or B, Sonic will home in on the nearest enemy or item box and link them into a chain. While charged up though, Sonic will move notably slower and cannot perform any action that requires X or B. Pretty much he can only run and jump.

Shovel Claw

If you legitimately needed a guide for this one, you're thinking too hard. And way this upgrade is in Pumpkin Hill. All you have to do... Is glide forward for a bit. Heck, I don't even think you have to glide.







What these claws let you do is dig. Oh and more crap for Knuckles to carry. That's about it.

Booster (Gliding)

Next up in our list is the Booster for Tails! This allows him to fly glide! It's obtained here on Mission Street very early on too.









Now you'll get to here without the Booster because you're probably not capable to jump over there. When you fall down. You'll be pleased to know that your upgrade lays just a bit forward and to the left!








Now with this Booster, you'll be able to fly glide indefinitely, until you get hurt, or if you stop holding A.

Air Necklace

For this one only because this is very difficult to explain, I'll make a video to show it instead of typing it out. Basically the Air Necklace lets you breath underwater forever which is very useful in the last level.

Bounce Bracelet

Here we are in good ol' Pyramid Cave. Now to get the Bounce Bracelet... You listening? You must play the level just like normal. I KNOW RIGHT? PRETTY CHILLING STUFF THERE.








What this bad boy lets you do is bounce. It takes two bounces to reach maxium bouncyness and you get a bracelet. Bracelets are cool. I also understand that sections for these upgrades are pointless (except for the Air Necklace & Ancient Light) because you have to get these and they're very easy to spot, but I just wanna make this drawn out and long.

Hammer Gloves

Ah more crap for Knuckles to carry! Wonderful! Don't worry, this one's quick! So this is where you start. Hit that hourglass thing and go through the first door.








You'll see those brown boxes to your right. Break those open and voila! You got some more junk Hammer Gloves!









These hammer gloves allow you break open metal crates. Nothing special.

Bazooka

At one point in Eternal Engine, you'll come up to a big wall of metal crates which you cannot break. This is where the Bazooka comes in!









You'll find yourself finding this nifty thing and riding it up and down. It'll lead you down into another room where the upgrade lies!









The Bazooka just lets you blow up metal crates. That's it.

Sunglasses

Meteor Herd. Not as bad as I remember you being. To get here, you run around the big middle tower for a bit until you see a platform with a big rock on it. Now here's the hard part. You gotta hit that rock into that door with the red dash in the middle. It might take a few tries, but you'll get it eventually. I recommend backing up a bit onto the white section and then charging up to it, then punch.




Now inside you'll see a metal crate you gotta break open, so you do. The camera will pan out showing you that the middle tower has been opened up. Just climb up and into the hole where you'll find your sweet shades.







Push Y a couple of times and when the option pops up, push X or B to put on your sunglasses allowing you to see and interact with hidden objects such as springs and rings. These are ok, but not my favorite. They're mainly used for Knuckles' hard mode mission for some hidden springs.

Flame Ring

Crazy Gadget holds the Flame Ring which is just metal box breaking! Yay... This is the third section with gravity thingys. Just flip it around and find a spring behind you leading you to the Flame Ring.








These are just flames added to your somersault to break metal crates. Nothing interesting here.

Mystic Melody [Sonic]

This powerup requires the Light Speed Dash which is earlier in the guide. Sorry I couldn't get a better picture, but you get it. A grind rail in Final Rush. This is just after the part where there are two rails. A purple one and an orange one. Ride whichever, but when you start sinking down, jump off onto the platform below and ride the rail. It'll be this one to the left.






This is the platform that you'll end up on after you jump off the rail above. Ride the rocket, then jump on the spring to obtain you Mystic Melody for Sonic!








When you walk near little brown ruins, hardy har har, a prompt will appear to press X or B to use Mystic Melody. Sonic will pull out a flute and play some notes. This is mainly used for the Lost Chao Missions.

Magic Hands

You require the Bounce Bracelet and Flame Ring upgrades which can be found earlier. Clearly the best upgrade there is. Better than any other yet. sarcasm It's located in the first stage, City Escape, yay!









This is just after the part with you running down a building while the camera pans infront of you. Get off the pole and run up the stairs. There'll be an enemy waiting for you on top of 4 metal crates. Beat it, then use your bouncy bounce to go down. There will be two enemies waiting for you and an annoying spring too.





These things... Are useless. You have to stand still and select it with Y then select it with X or B. It will turn the enemy infront of you into a little action figure which will destroy it and can be used as a projectile, but it kills the flow of everything and you'd be much better off just jumping on it.

Laser Blaster

You require the Bazooka upgrade to get the Laser Blaster. It can be found earlier in the guide. The Laser Blaster is located here at Prison Lane. Nothing else to say here.










It's at the end of the level to the left of the goal ring. After defeating every single enemy in the room, the cage will open up. There will be metal crates there for you to destroy. Walk down the hallway to see two robots ready to fi- Oh. You blew 'em up. Anywho, the upgrade is right there in the palm of your hands!





All the Laser Blaster does is increase the explosion radius for your lock on missles which is enough to hit other enemies within a reasonable range.

Mystic Melody [Knuckles]

You require the Shovel Claw upgrade to get Mystic Melody. It can be found earlier in the guide. Here we find ourselves in Wild Canyon! So at the start of the level, go into the big wind tunnel that sends you up.
Then proceed to the left.








This is where you should end up. Above this statue should be a painting you can dig through. After entering you should enter a room where Mystic Melody is!








Again, like Sonic's, it's only really used for the Lost Chao Missions and nothing more.

Mystic Melody [Tails]

You require the Bazooka upgrade to get Mystic Melody. Last upgrade for the Heroes is Tails' Mystic Melody! You find it here in lovely Hidden Base. Just proceed through the level as normal until you get to the next picture.


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When you get here, turn to the left where the metal boxes are and break 'em. Walk down a bit and there you have it. The final upgrade for the Heroes!








Like before, just for the Lost Chao Missions.

Ending

This is my very first guide and it's on a game that doesn't even really get guides that often. For the 7 people that do see this, leave a comment and tell me what ya think about this and what I could do better or if I messed up some info while making this. In a few days I'll start working on the Dark upgrades and maybe even a chao guide which would take weeks to do. Credit to Sonic Retro[info.sonicretro.org] for some of the names of the upgrades that I ended up forgetting. Credit to ObeseMcDese as well for going away camping leaving me bored which then lead to the creation of this guide.

UPDATE
I have since finished the dark side which you can view here

[phillip]

thanks for the guide it help

[anthonybrownii00]

THANKS FOR HELPING ME CHEAT.
Dumbass

[🖤~Mr.Demon666~🖤]

bro my game skip[ped the level thast had the bouce braccelet

[joshuaeisenbart52]

Long story short: Every mission in this game, besides Route 101, it's dark-side equivalent, and Cannon's Core (the Last Story mission) has precisely 1 upgrade to be found.

[ChaosKnux95]

Great guide!

[Rosegold]

Thanks for this! I'm currently on the last story, but after dying a few times I decided I wanna go back and get all the optional upgrades I missed. To me, the final battle feels more climactic if I'm fully leveled up :)

[pwdrchkn]

Can you make a dark side guide for upgrades?

[speedyblue9]

Oh, and thank you.

[speedyblue9]

I purchased this game, but don't have a CD key number,nor is it on my receipt to register it. I want to download mods for my grandson, but the game does not show up as purchased, even though it was for 3.95, and has been played. Neither does it show up in the workshop section for bought games. I need help to install mods.

[KonekoSonicphobiaYT]

Thanks. I'm stubborn enough to try to 100% a Sonic game :3