The following is a list of Alternate Character Skins available through various Downloadable Content packs and merchandising offers.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City
Alternate Batsuits were available as pre-order bonuses for Batman: Arkham City. Following the game's release, a "Skins Pack" became available on the Xbox Live Market & the Playstation Network, enabling Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 players to obtain all of the pre-order batsuits.
Batman
Catwoman
Robin
Nightwing
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Arkham Nightwing | Default Costume | Original Design | |
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Animated Series Nightwing | Included in the Nightwing DLC | Batman: The Animated Series |
Batman: Arkham Origins
Alternate Batsuits are available as pre-order bonuses for Batman: Arkham Origins. Some can be unlocked in-game, or through other methods. Alternate outfits for extra characters are included on their DLC packs.
Batman
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Arkham Origins Batman | Default Costume | Gets damaged throughout the storyline | Original Design |
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Extreme Environments "XE" Suit | Usable only on Cold, Cold Heart DLC. | Thermal gloves replace Electric gloves, and all Batarangs glow due to their hot temperature. | Original Design |
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Worst Nightmare Batman | Unobtainable | Cut from the game due to issues regarding save files and time constraints. | Original Design |
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Adam West 1960's Batsuit | Part of the PS3-exclusive Knightfall pack | Adam West | 1966's Live action Batman series |
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Azrael's Knightfall Batsuit | Part of the PS3-exclusive Knightfall pack |
Worn by Jean-Paul Valley |
Knightfall Story Arc |
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Batman One Million |
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Long Halloween Batman |
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Thrillkiller Batman |
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Earth 2 Batman |
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Batman: Dark Knight of the Round Table |
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Dark Knight | |
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Earth 2 Dark Knight |
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First Appearance Batman |
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Red Son Batman |
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Noel Batman |
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New 52 graphic Batman |
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Blackest Night Batman |
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Brightest Day Batman | Season Pass exclusive | ||
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Gotham by Gaslight Batman | Season Pass exclusive | ||
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Injustice Batman | Complete all challenge medals as Batman, or unlock through Arkham Origins comics app on iOS. | Single Player only | Injustice: Gods among us |
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Dark Knight Batman | Complete every Dark Knight Challenge. | After unlocking once, it will appear on each save file after completing the story. | Original Design |
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New 52 Metallic Batman | Unlock through Arkham Origins comics app on iOS. | New 52 | |
| All Batman outfits from Arkham City | Level up in Multiplayer | Multiplayer mode only | See Arkham City above |
Deathstroke
Bruce Wayne
| Picture | Suit | How to obtain | Other | From |
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Bruce Wayne | Default suit | Original Design | |
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Vigilante Bruce Wayne | Included in the Initiation DLC pack | Original Design |
Robin (Multiplayer only)
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
Batman: Arkham Knight
Costumes/Batmobiles are changed by hovering over them in the showcase and pressing "Select skin" button. Unlike the previous games, all costumes can be used before beating the game, without using cheat codes, with the exception of DLC Batmobiles that are not based on the default Batmobile.
While inspecting a character model, pressing "attack" turns on Black and White filter (Characters) or Battle Mode (Batmobiles). Pressing "counter" turns on slow motion.
Certain Batmobile and Costume descriptions reference other Batman continuities. Explanations for these references can be found here.
Batman
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Batsuit 7.43 | Post Arkham City |
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Original Design | |
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Batsuit 8.03 | A new suit for a new enemy |
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Gets damaged through the storyline | Original Design |
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Batsuit 8.04 | Pristine Edition - Resistant to wear and tear |
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Original Design | |
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Batsuit 8.05 | Prestige edtion - for those who give 240% |
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Requires Season of Infamy | Original Design |
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Anime Batman | Field Tested |
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Gotham Knight - Field Test | |
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Zur-en-Arrh | Back-up personality. Use with caution |
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Flashpoint Batman | Like Father, Like Son |
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First Appearance Batman | 1939 style |
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Batman's original outfit as it appeared in 1939. | |
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New 52 Batman | Contemporary fashion |
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Originally a part of the Batmobile edition which was cancelled. | Batman's redesigned outfit for the New 52 reboot. |
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Batman Beyond | 2039 style |
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Based on Terry McGinnis's outfit from Batman Beyond, although heavily altered. | |
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Dark Knight Returns Batman | Still fits |
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Batman Inc. Batman | Going Global |
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Arkham Origins Batman | The early years |
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Iconic Black and Grey Batman | Heir to the Cowl |
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Suit based on Dick Grayson's Batsuit | Batman Reborn |
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1970's Batman | Back in Blue |
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Arkham Asylum Batman | Where it began |
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Noel Batman | Merry Chrismas |
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1989 Batman | Nice Outfit |
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1989's Batman film | |
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The Dark Knight (2008) Batman | He's not wearing hockey pads |
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The Dark Knight | |
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Batman V Superman Batman | New Threads |
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Justice League 3000 Batman | New suit, old genes |
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Classic TV Series Batman | The Batphone's ringing |
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Earth-2 Batman |
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PS4 Exclusive |
Batmobile Color schemes
Special Batmobiles
Robin
Nightwing
Catwoman
| Picture | Skin | Description | How to obtain | Other | From |
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Catwoman | Masterthief AKA Selina Kyle | Default skin | Original Design | |
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1990's Catwoman | Purrfect | Batfamily skin pack | Based on Catwoman's comic series that started in 1993. Includes more details to the costume that weren't in the source material such as a new belt with a cat charm. | |
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Classic TV series Catwoman | Meow | Classic TV series Batmobile pack | Based on Julie Newmar's portrayal of the character |
Red Hood
| Picture | Skin | Description | How to obtain | Other | From |
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Red Hood | Vigilante and former Robin AKA Jason Todd | Red Hood Story Pack | Original Design | |
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Arkham Knight | Militia commander | Red Hood Story pack & December 2015 game update. | Original Design |
Harley Quinn
| Picture | Skin | Description | How to obtain | Other | From |
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Harley Quinn | Psychiatrist turned super-villain AKA Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, M.D. | Harley Quinn Story Pack | Original Design | |
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Classic Harley Quinn | Clown Princess | Harley Quinn Story Pack & December 2015 game update | Original Design based on The Animated Series |
Other Characters/Notes
Joker, Azrael and Batgirl don't have any alternate skins. Until purchased, DLC skins do not appear anywhere in the games.
In Arkham City, Origins and Knight (After the September patch) A special big head mode can be activated by holding the furthest shoulder buttons and spinning the right analog stick clockwise for ~10 rounds on console, and on PC, it is activated by (). In City and Origins, Story mode needs to be completed first, but this requirement was dropped in Knight.
In Arkham City, pressing Left, Left, Down, Down, Left, Left, Right, Up, Up, Down in the main menu allows using alternate costumes in default story mode before completing it, but the default Batsuit is still shown during cutscenes. This cheat needs to re-entered each time player returns to main menu. Note that this code only allows using already purchased alternate outfits. In Origins, using this code still plays the "code accepted" sound effect, but doesn't actually do anything. This is most likely caused by reused coding.
Differences in Batmobiles
See the Batmobile/Guide article
Trivia
- Oddly, The Arkham Origins skin that can be downloaded for Batman: Arkham Knight is based on the Dark Knight skin that can be unlocked in Batman: Arkham Origins and is not the default Batsuit Batman wears in that same game, though it is called the 'Arkham Origins Skin'. It is either an oversight or developers simply preferred this version.
- Though in-continuity it could be that at some point after Arkham Origins and Arkham Origins Blackgate Bruce decided to make the Batsuit black to blend in more in the dark before switching over to the more familiar Batsuit seen in Asylum/City.
- In Batman: Arkham City, the costumes based on Batman: The Animated Series have cell shading and lines that make them look like they were hand drawn.
- According to Rocksteady, the developers worked hard to get the sound of the 2016 BvS Batmobile "just right".
- The 2008 Dark Knight skin was never meant to be made, this would have made the Tumbler the only Batmobile that didn't have it's Batman as a DLC skin to accompany it. Though thanks to the Arkham community Rocksteady got to work on a Dark Knight skin, which was set to be released in December 2015.
- Before they started creating the skin, they asked whether the fans wanted the costume from Batman Begins or The Dark Knight. Needless to say, the Dark Knight skin won.
- Similarily, the Arkham Knight outfit for Red Hood and Classic Harley Quinn outfits weren't planned to be released; In October, due to fan requests, Rocksteady asked users to vote either #TeamArkhamKnight or #TeamClassicHarley, and the winner would be made into a playable skin. However, due to an unexpected amount of votes for both sides, they both were eventually made.
- In Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Knight, certain alternate skins have capes that don't extend all the way from arm-to-arm while gliding, instead resulting in Batman visibly holding his uncovered arms in the same position as normally while gliding. As weird/humorous/annoying this is, it's not a glitch, as the suit's capes were not designed for gliding in their original continuity. Without redesigns, the cape's width would not be wide enough to match the Gliding animation, leading to this effect.
- This effect is the most notifiable in Red Son costume in Origins, Flashpoint costume in Knight, and First appearance in both. In addition, Robin's classic TV series suit seems to suffer from this as well.
- Curiously, before a patch had fixed any bugs/glitches present in the game, whenever players ejected themselves from the Batmobile while wearing the original Arkham Batsuit for a brief moment the cape would lose it's detail and show signs of damage. The most unusual part is that the damage shown is the exact same cape damage from Arkham Asylum, with the rips and tears being in the same places they were in the first game.
- Curiously, the Earth-2 skin for Knight has randomly appeared on the Xbox marketplace, but installing it has no effect. Searching Earth-2 on the PS Store shows Arkham Knight among the top results, which also happened if one searched for the previous DLC shortly before their release. This could mean that it may still become available at a later date.
- According to a forum moderator, the Earth-2 skin was planned to be released alongside the January DLC drop, but wasn't for unknown reasons.
- The description for the Jokermobile is an obvious reference to the various Joker hallucinations in Arkham Knight during the City of Fear story mode.
Gallery
For more, see the Gallery Page.
Batman: Arkham Origins Batsuit
First Appearance
Knightfall costume for Arkham Origins
Adam West suit
One Million Batsuit
Worst Nightmare Batman
From left to right: Earth 2 Bruce Wayne, The Long Halloween, Earth 2 New Batman, Thrillkiller, Dark Knight of the Round Table
First Appearance 1939, Red Son, Noel, New 52, Blackest Night
Brightest Day
Gotham by Gaslight
The Batsuit 8.05 which is unlocked by reaching 240% completion progress in Batman: Arkham Knight
(Left) Knightfall skin, (right) 1966 Adam West skin.
Liberty Files Batsuit (Arkham Origins Mobile)
Adam West Batsuit
Knightfall
From left to right, Long Halloween, Thrillkiller, Earth 2 and Dark Knight of the Round Table
First Appearance Batman Skin
The Bat-family Skins Pack: Included in this pack are six character skins based on the alternate timelines - - 1990s Catwoman, One Year Later Robin, Arkham Origins Batman, Iconic Grey & Black Batman, 1970s Batman and the Original Arkham Nightwing.
1989 Movie Batmobile Pack featuring Michael Keaton's bat suit in Arkham Knight.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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