Cheats & Guides

Dead or Alive 3 Cheats For Xbox

  1. Rotate Camera Angle

    After winning a match and your character does their victory pose, you can press the left stick in, then move it around to angle the camera differently. If you press the right stick then move it around, it zooms in and out.

    Contributed by: Drilus 

  2. Hayate's 3rd Costume

    To get Hayate's 3rd costume just play survival with him until a silver X-Box appears from a defeated body, pick it up and his 3rd costume is yours

    Contributed by: eimajamie 

  3. Tina's 3rd Costume

    To get Tina's Cow girl outfit just play survival mode with heruntil a silver X-Box appears from a defeated player, collect it and cow girl Tina's yours.

    Contributed by: eimajamie 

  4. Christie: Red Dress Costume

    Choose "Time Attack" game mode with a tag team, then choose Christie, and Helena as your characters, with there second costumes. Get an award (Bronze, silver or gold cup). Her dress will now be selectable. Press X when choosing her to have it a black color.

    Contributed by: stmdotcom 

  5. No Status Glitch

    This can only be done in single sparring mode not tag. After selecting your character as well as the cpu's, select any stage and pause the game to get sparring menu then select exercise this will switch to exercise mode go to the exercise menu by simply hitting pause again. Go to the command list you should be on the first page called ''attacks'', scroll to the very bottom of it then select that last attack command by hitting the ''A'' button you know you selected it as the command move will stay highlighted. finally flip to the ''down-attacks'' page and unpause the game. If you did it right you should see no status data. To return to normal just switch back to sparring mode.

    Contributed by: MasterM2xl 

  6. Naming your X-Box

    Place 1st in Single Survival mode. Whatever name you type in, becomes the name of your X-Box.

    Example: If you get 1st and you type in Maxwell, your X-Box will now be called Maxwell.

    Contributed by: Certifiably_Insane 

  7. Unlock Zack's Fourth Costume

    Get the silver Xbox item in Survival Mode

    Contributed by: henryha 

  8. Unlock Ayane's School girl (3rd) Costume

    Get the silver Xbox item in Survival Mode

    Contributed by: henryha 

  9. Health Restore in Survival

    When playing in survival mode, press 'start' on a second controller. You will go to a 2-player .vs battle. Defeat the non-moving opponent, and select 'return'. Your health will be fully restored, and your 'wins' count will not reset.

    Contributed by: tellu54 

  10. Kasumi's Ninja Ponytail

    When you select Kasumi, press A to select her with a ninja ponytail hairstyle. This works for all of her costumes including her secret school costume.

    Contributed by: AschTheHated 

  11. Kasumi's Loose Hair

    When you select Kasumi, press Y to select her with a loose hair. This works for all of her costumes, including her secret school costume.

    Contributed by: AschTheHated 

  12. Unlock Theater Mode

    Complete ''Story Mode'' with a character to unlock ''Theater Mode'' and that ending movie will be available for that character. There are 16 ending movies. Each character has one ending movie.

    Contributed by: AschTheHated 

  13. Unlock Kasumi's 3rd Costume

    Complete ''Exercise Mode'' in ''Sparring Mode'' with Kasumi. This costume is her school outfit.

    Contributed by: AschTheHated 

  14. Unlock Ein

    1. Complete ''Story Mode'' with all characters.-> Check the Movie section to see if you are missing anyone. 2. Then play either ''Survival'' or ''Time Attack Mode'' and get ranked in using HAYATE and then enter your nickname as EIN. 3. After that, Ein will be playable in all modes except ''Story Mode''.

    Contributed by: AschTheHated 

  15. Custom weather for snow stage

    You can choose the weather for the snow stage in the vs or training mode
    simply highlight the snow stage on the stage selection
    press
    X: Snowfall
    Y: Snow Storm
    A: Random

    Contributed by: -GrlFter- 

  16. Zack's third outfit

    To get Zack's third outfit (the silver outfit from Dead or Alive 2), defeat 20 opponents in Survival mode using Zack.

    Contributed by: Andy787 

  17. Alternative Costumes

    To get a different costume for Ayane, Bass, Brad, Christie,
    Hayabusa, Hayate, Helena, Hitomi. Highlight their second costumes, then prss X.

    Contributed by: War_Cloud 

  18. Kasumi's Braided Ponytail

    When you select Kasumi, press X to select her with a braided ponytail hairstyle. This works for all of her costumes including her secret school costume.

    Contributed by: AschTheHated 

  19. Lei Fang's Dress

    Lei Fang has at least four colors for her #1 Chinese dress. Holding the LEFT SHOULDER button down when selecting her will pick her black dress. (or white. its either black or white, since I've seen at least red, blue, white and black)

    Contributed by: The_Brain 

  20. Unlock Ein's 3rd Costume

    Complete ''Time Attack Mode'' under 6 minutes with Ein. His 3rd costume is his shirtless and red pants from DOA 2 Hardcore.

    Contributed by: AschTheHated 

  21. Change Colors

    If you select your character and costume with the ''X'' button most will have an alternate color. Lei Feng has 3 different dress colors based on which button you press (X,Y, or A).

    Contributed by: zepihiyr 

  22. Get option to toggle ending credits

    Successfully complete the game with all fighters. An option to toggle the ending credits will be unlocked on the game settings screen.

    Contributed by: Shirow 

  23. Slow Mo Replay

    Once you win a match hold X+A+B until the replay starts. You should then be able to rewind/slow mo the action with the Y button.

    Contributed by: el_senor 

  24. Costumes

    Costumes marked with (PAL/NTSC-J) can't be unlocked in NTSC-U. Only way to get thoose is booster disc.

    Unlockable
    Complete Tag Battle Mode with stats: Blow 30%, Throw 30%, Hold 30% and Total 70% as Ayane and any partner Ayane C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Get 10+ wins in Survival Mode 3 times Bass C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Get 10+ wins in Survival Mode 3 times Bayman C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Get 20+ wins in Survival Mode Brad Wong C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Complete tag team Time Attack Mode with Christie and Helena under 3:30 Christie C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Complete Time Attack Mode under 6:00 3 times Ein C3
    Complete tag team Time Attack Mode with Gen Fu and Brad Wong under 3:30 Gen Fu C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Get 20+ wins in tag team Survival Mode with Hayabusa and Hayate Hayabusa C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Complete tag team Time Attack Mode with Hayate and Hayabusa under 3:30 Hayate C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Collect 3 "crystal dolphin" items in Survival Mode Helena C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Get 20+ wins in Survival Mode Hitomi C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Get 20+ wins in tag team Survival Mode with Hitomi and Zack Hitomi C4 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Complete tag team Time Attack Mode with Jann Lee and Leifang under 3:30 Jann Lee C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Complete exercise in Sparring Mode Kasumi C3
    Complete Story Mode without continues on any difficulty or on very hard with continues allowed Kasumi C4 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Complete Tag Battle Mode with stats: Blow 30%, Throw 30%, Hold 30% and Total 70% as Kasumi and any partner Kasumi C5 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Get 20+ wins in tag team Survival Mode with Leifang and Jann Lee Leifang C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Complete Story Mode using Leifang's all costumes and colors, C1x4 colors, C2, C3 - 6 times total Leifang C4 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Collect 3 "pot plant" items in Survival Mode Leon C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Complete Time Attack Mode under 6:00 3 times Tina C3 (PAL/NTSC-J)
    Get 20+ wins in Survival Mode Zack C3
    Complete tag team Time Attack Mode with Zack and Hitomi under 3:30 Zack C4 (PAL/NTSC-J)

    Contributed by: Flatchet 

  25. Unlock Ein and Random

    These are Unlocked through the survival gametype

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Play survival as Hayata get at least 1 win and enter your name as "EIN" Ein as a playable character
    Use EIN in survival mode Random Character Selection

    Contributed by: LordSeifer 

  26. To Get Gen Fu's 3rd Costume

    You need to enter Gen Fu in the single time attack and beat it to obtain his 3rd costume. You must obtain an Gold Cup in order to do this.


    Single Player Time Attack, then you must beat it to obtain Gen Fu's 3rd Costume and also getting a gold cup.

    Unlockable Unlockable
    Enter Gen Fu in the single Time Attack. Then complete it to obtain a Gold Cup and also the time must be 4 mins to at least 4 mins 18 seconds Gen Fu's 3rd Costume

    Contributed by: Matty0071988 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
Character Guides Ayane Guide by sop_the_otaku 18K
Character Guides Bayman Guide by AceStanley 12K
Character Guides Bayman Guide by Master-SURGE 40K
Character Guides Brad Guide by ChickyHearn 44K
Character Guides Hayabusa Guide by GheddonLN 19K
Character Guides Helena Guide by terrybogard11 21K
Character Guides Hitomi Guide by LRAPHQ 43K
Character Guides Jann Lee Guide by ARdeMesa 95K
Character Guides Kasumi Guide by sop_the_otaku 56K
Character Guides Lei Fang Guide by skuldnoshinpu 52K
Character Guides Ryu Guide by _Kurmoi_ 46K
Character Guides Tina Guide by Countee_Volz 74K
Codes and Secrets Secrets Guide (Japanese) by _DChan_ 14K
Full Game Guides Move List and Guide by JLeyanna 90K
In-Depth Guides Booster Disc FAQ by brettdude 13K
In-Depth Guides Costume FAQ by wc_minor 8K
In-Depth Guides Environmental Stun FAQ by virtuaPAI 225K
In-Depth Guides Evasion FAQ by virtuaPAI 19K
In-Depth Guides Hold-Resistant Moves FAQ by virtuaPAI 7K
In-Depth Guides Instant Recovery FAQ by virtuaPAI 8K
In-Depth Guides Limbo Stun Combo FAQ by ARdeMesa 81K
In-Depth Guides PAL/JP Additional Moves FAQ by Reno 8K
In-Depth Guides Tag Moves FAQ by G-Mantle 47K