Chip (Zero era)

A Chip (チップ) is a recurring type of item in the Zero era. They are equippable items that can alter Zero's properties, including his elemental alignment, attack, defense, and mobility. Certain ones may be classified as an Element Chip (エレメントチップ).

In the Games

Mega Man Zero

Chips in Mega Man Zero.

In Mega Man Zero, there are three Element Chips that Zero can use. They are automatically obtained by defeating specific bosses, and can then be equipped to take advantage of bosses with elemental weaknesses.

Name	Sprite	Description	Boss
Normal		No effect.	-
Flame Chip		Charge attacks gain Fire element, lighting enemies on fire.	Guard Orotic
Ice Chip		Charge attacks gain Ice element, freezing enemies.	Blizzack Staggroff
Thunder Chip		Charge attacks gain Thunder element, shocking enemies.	Aztec Falcon

Mega Man Zero 2

Chips in Mega Man Zero 2.

In Mega Man Zero 2, the three Element Chips return. They are again obtained by defeating specific bosses.

Name	Sprite	Description	Boss
Normal		No effect.	-
Flame Chip		Charge attacks gain Fire element, lighting enemies on fire.	Phoenix Magnion
Ice Chip		Charge attacks gain Ice element, freezing enemies.	Poler Kamrous
Thunder Chip		Charge attacks gain Thunder element, shocking enemies.	Panter Flauclaws

Mega Man Zero 3

Chips in Mega Man Zero 3.

In Mega Man Zero 3, Chips are divided into Head, Body, and Foot types. The majority of Chips are automatically obtained by defeating a boss. Others (such as all Head Chips) are obtained by finding Secret Disks hidden throughout the game's stages.

Head Chips

Name	Sprite	Description	Obtain
Normal		No effect.	-
Auto-Charge		Weapons charge automatically.	Secret Disk in Old Residential
Auto-Recover		Can gradually recover Life Energy by standing still.	Secret Disk in Forest of Anatre
Quick-Charge		Weapon charge speed increases.	Secret Disk in Snowy Plains

Body Chips

Name	Sprite	Description	Obtain
Normal		No effect.	-
Flame		Charge attacks gain Fire element, lighting enemies on fire.	Defeat Blazin' Flizard
Ice		Charge attacks gain Ice element, freezing enemies.	Defeat Childre Inarabitta
Thunder		Charge attacks gain Thunder element, shocking enemies.	Defeat Hellbat Schilt
Light		Ignores quicksand and crumbling terrain.	Defeat Deathtanz Mantisk
Absorber		Ignores recoil when hit by enemy attacks.	Defeat Tretista Kelverian

Foot Chips

Name	Sprite	Description	Obtain
Normal		No effect.	-
Splash Jump		Can jump across the surface of water.	Secret Disk in Oceanic Highway Ruins
Quick		Movement speed increases.	Defeat Copy X MK.II
Frog		Slides down walls slower.	Secret Disk in Energy Facility
Double Jump		Can perform a Double Jump.	Defeat Cubit Foxtar
Spike		Ignores slippery terrain.	Defeat Glacier le Cactank
Shadow Dash		Dashes become intangible and invincible.	Defeat Volteel Biblio
Ultima		Grants the abilities of all Foot Chips simultaneously.	Secret Disk in Sub Arcadia

Mega Man Zero 4

Chips in Mega Man Zero 4.

In Mega Man Zero 4, Chips are obtained by getting Cerveau to craft them using Parts collected from destroyed enemies. Some Chips have recipes that are given to Zero by characters in the game, while others do not. Besides the main Head, Body, and Foot Chips, there are S-Crystals which can be sold for E-Crystals, and Junk Parts that, when all three are equipped, give Zero the same properties as the Proto Form from Mega Man Zero 2.

Head Chips

Name	Description	Recipe
A-Charge	Automatically charge attacks.	V. Missile SandDozer Raiken Raiken
A-Recover1	Heal while standing still at a rate of 1 unit per 3.5 seconds.	Poplan V. Fencer
A-Recover2	Heal while standing still at a rate of 1 unit per 3 seconds.	Poplan V. Fencer ArcCannon
A-Recover3	Heal while standing still at a rate of 1 unit per 2.5 seconds.	Poplan V. Fencer ArcCannon P. Corpse
Q-Charge1	Charge speed to full decreases to 2 seconds.	BeamWalker RBCannon
Q-Charge2	Charge speed to full decreases to 1.5 seconds.	BeamWalker RBCannon NicosCrabB
Q-Charge3	Charge speed to full decreases to 1 second.	BeamWalker RBCannon NicosCrabB SerpentGear
A-Filling	Refill Zero Knuckle ammo when down to one shot or less than ten seconds of remaining use time.	Bonsect Molegule Glacial Mechameson
Weapon Plus	Increases Zero Knuckle weapon capacity by one.	Bonsect Bongal V. Fire Triaformer
Junk Head	Gives off a special aura.	Junk GlassCannon SerpentGear

Body Chips

Name	Description	Recipe
Absorber	No recoil when hit.	Axeloid Gyrator Ceratanium
Rolling	Perform a Rolling Slash.	Moloid LamplortX TellyBomb Ceratanium
Erase	Stop energy shots with the Z-Saber.	MiniCrabanB MiniCrabanR E-Laser Ceratanium
Strong	Reduces instant kill effects to 10 units of damage.	GangaGun Ceratanium
Stronger	Reduces instant kill effects to 8 units of damage.	GangaGun Mechameson Ceratanium
Strongest	Reduces instant kill effects to 6 units of damage.	GangaGun Mechameson NeedBalloon Ceratanium
Reflect	Reflect energy shots with the Z-Saber.	Gyrator RefleBeemer Ceratanium
Extend	Invincibility from damage is longer.	Bombadeer Hechrysta EleDeserter Ceratanium
Elf	Increases Cyber-elf's max. level by 1.	Scrap Elf Mettaur Beeneran Ceratanium
Junk Body	Gives off a special aura.	Junk S-Crystal GangaGun Ceratanium

Foot Chips

Name	Description	Recipe
Quick	Move faster. (Does not stack with the Cyber-elf Lv. 1 animal ability)	Kerberos Kerberos Kerberos
Double Jump	Jump again in the air.	Faital GangaGun GyroCannonH C-Hopper
Splash Jump	Jump on water.	Cryoneon Yadokroid MeduHopper
Spike Type I	Do not slip on ice.	NeedBalloon Crossbyne Cryoneon
Spike Type W	Unaffected by magnets and wind when standing on the ground.	V. Claw Poplan GlassCannon
Frog	Slower wall slide. (Does not stack with the Cyber-elf Lv. 2 animal ability)	MagnePaN MagnePaS Kerosh
Junk Foot	Gives off a special aura.	Junk Bombadeer BeamWalker Moloid

Other

Name	Description	Recipe
S-Crystal	Trade to Hirondelle for a Sub Tank. Can trade for two Sub Tanks.	Faital Mechameson V. Fire Ceratanium
Junk	Required for the three Junk Chips.	Any failed recipe