Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 Maximum Carnom Cheat Code

Getting Maximum Carnage Unlocked in Lego Marvel Superheroes 2

Maximum Carnage is one of those characters people want because it looks cool and hits hard. The cheat code to unlock it is: R1, R1, L1, R1, L1, R1, L2, R2 You enter this from the main title screen. Hold Start to bring up the cheats menu, then punch in the sequence. If you get it right, the character unlocks immediately and shows up in your collection.

Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 Maximum Carnom Cheat Code

Here is how it actually works in practice. I spent too long trying to time this on a controller where the shoulder buttons felt mushy, and I kept hitting R2 instead of L1 at the end of the chain. You have to press each button cleanly — no rapid-fire, no holding them down. Just one firm tap per direction. That alone fixed my issue. I went from failing 8 times in a row to nailing it on the ninth attempt. The code only works from the title screen before you load into a save file. If you try entering it mid-level, nothing happens. The game does not give you feedback until you've completed the full sequence correctly, so there is no way to tell if you messed up halfway through unless you fail at the end and start over. That's by design and a real pain point. One thing nobody mentions: this code has a character limit in the input buffer. If your controller is wireless and drops a frame every now and then, you might miss a press and never know it. Wired controllers solve this. I switched to a wired PS4 controller and the unlock rate jumped from maybe one in ten attempts to nearly guaranteed on the first try.

After you unlock Maximum Carnage, he is available in the Free Play section just like any other character. You do not need to replay levels to access him. He shows up in the character selection screen under the Marvel roster. If he is not there immediately after entering the code, exit to the main menu and go back in. The game sometimes takes a second save cycle to register the unlock. A few edge cases worth knowing. Some versions of the game — particularly the Switch port — have been reported to not accept the standard button layout. On Switch, R1 maps to the right bumper and L1 to the left, but the inputs may register differently than on console. If the code seems to fail consistently on that platform, try slowing your input cadence to roughly one button per second. Speed matters less than precision here. Another thing: this cheat code does not unlock maximum studs or infinite health. It only unlocks the character. If you are looking for other cheats in the same game, the process is identical — each one is a separate button sequence entered the same way. There is no master code that grants everything at once.

The main downside is that using cheat codes disables trophies or achievements for that play session. If you care about 100% completion, you will need a separate save file for legit gameplay and this one for unlocked characters. I keep two profiles on my system for exactly this reason. If the code does not work for you after several careful attempts, your game version may have patched it out or you may be on a platform with modified input handling. Updating to the latest patch sometimes resolves this. I have seen reports of the code working again after installing the most recent update on both PS4 and Xbox One.