You can make Batman look like he stepped out of a 1970s disco
In Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight, the familiar Red Brick collectible has been quietly transformed — no longer a key to bending the rules of play, but an invitation to dress the part. Across 23 bricks hidden in missions or sold in Bat-Mite's shops, the game asks players to find meaning not in mechanical advantage, but in the colors they choose to wear. It is a small philosophical shift in what a reward is supposed to feel like.
- A beloved Lego tradition has been upended — Red Bricks no longer grant cheats or gameplay powers, leaving veteran players to reckon with a collection that changes only how things look.
- Twenty-three bricks are scattered across the game's world, some buried behind layered environmental puzzles that demand careful attention and precise teamwork between characters.
- Nine bricks can be purchased from Bat-Mite's rotating shop inventory for anywhere between 15,000 and 35,000 Studs, offering a spending path for those who prefer commerce over exploration.
- Collecting all 23 unlocks the achievement 'Does it come in black?' — a wry punchline for a reward system built almost entirely around colors that are decidedly not black.
Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight resurrects the Red Brick, but strips it of its old power. Where previous Lego games used these collectibles to unlock cheats — invincibility, infinite ammo, score multipliers — Legacy repurposes them entirely as cosmetic modifiers. All 23 exist for one reason: to let you repaint Batman's suits and vehicles in schemes ranging from neon pink to icy blue to a yellow-green chaos mode called Glitch.
Fourteen bricks hide inside story missions, tucked behind puzzles that reward genuine exploration. In one mission, you guide Catwoman's cat through vents to trigger a security button, then follow a high wall path to claim the Artist brick — red suit, blue and yellow accents. In another, Batgirl's Hackarang and Nightwing's stick work in tandem to move a garbage truck into position, clearing a path to the Bats brick. Some puzzles demand precision timing; others require placing colored flowers on the correct pads beneath a glass dome.
The remaining nine bricks rotate through Bat-Mite's shops, priced between 15,000 Studs for the orange-and-gray Construction brick and 35,000 for the dark purple Magic brick. Once collected, any brick is applied through the pause menu with a single button press, instantly shifting your character's appearance.
The deeper question the game quietly raises is what a reward is for. By removing cheats entirely, Legacy signals that its designers wanted players engaged with the world on its own terms — not bypassing it. Whether that feels like a loss or a liberation likely depends on why you were collecting Red Bricks in the first place.
Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight brings back Red Bricks, but the game has fundamentally reimagined what they do. Where earlier Lego titles used these collectibles to unlock cheats and gameplay modifiers that changed how the game played, Legacy strips away that function entirely. Instead, the 23 Red Bricks scattered throughout the game exist for a single purpose: to let you repaint your suits and vehicles in wildly different color schemes, from neon pink to icy blue to something called Glitch that's just yellow-green chaos.
The split between finding and buying is clean. Fourteen of the bricks hide in story missions, tucked into corners and behind puzzles that demand you pay attention. The other nine sit in Bat-Mite's shops, rotating in and out of stock, priced anywhere from 15,000 Studs for the Construction brick up to 35,000 for Magic. If you hunt down all 23, the game rewards you with an achievement called "Does it come in black?"—a joke that lands better once you realize how many of these cosmetics are decidedly not black.
To actually use the bricks once you've collected them, you pause the game, navigate to the menu where you'd normally change suits or vehicle skins, and press Square on PlayStation or X on Xbox. A list of all your unlocked modifiers appears. Pick one, and your character's appearance shifts. The Artist brick turns your suit red with blue and yellow accents. The Nautical brick goes white with blue highlights. The Ninja brick is just dark gray, which feels almost austere compared to the others.
Finding them requires real exploration. In the Flugelheim mission "The Party Man," you send Catwoman's cat through vents to trigger a security room button, then climb a console beside a sleeping guard and follow a path to a vent high on the wall. The Artist brick waits on the other side. During "A Shadow over Gotham," you power up a garbage truck with Nightwing's stick, have Batgirl trigger it with a Hackarang, and watch it roll forward to block a turret so you can sprint into danger and grab the Bats brick. Some require puzzle-solving. The Flower Power brick in the Botanical Gardens mission sits under a glass dome until you place a red flower on the left pad and a green one on the right. Others demand precision. The Ice Age brick in "The Iceman Cometh" requires you to hack a panel with Batgirl's Hackarang, then hit three devices with Nightwing's Birdarang in quick succession, right to left.
The shop bricks offer an alternative for players who'd rather spend Studs than hunt. Beauty costs 50,000 and gives you pink with purple highlights. Construction runs 15,000 for orange and gray. Festive, Futuristic, and Groovy all rotate through at 25,000 each. The Magic brick, one of the pricier options at 35,000, unlocks dark purple with yellow accents. If you're patient or lucky, you'll see them appear in Bat-Mite's inventory over time.
What's striking is how thoroughly the game has moved away from cheats. Previous Lego games let Red Bricks unlock invincibility, infinite ammo, character multipliers, or other gameplay-altering powers. Legacy doesn't do that. The bricks are purely cosmetic. You can make Batman look like he stepped out of a 1970s disco or a frozen tundra, but the actual mechanics of the game stay the same. It's a design choice that suggests the developers wanted players focused on the story and missions themselves, not on gaming the system with cheat codes. Whether that's a loss or a gain depends on what you wanted from a Lego game in the first place.
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So Red Bricks used to be the cheat code system in Lego games, and now they're just... paint jobs?
Exactly. It's a complete pivot. You're not unlocking infinite health or making enemies weaker. You're changing how your suit looks.
Why would they make that change?
Probably because cosmetics feel less like cheating and more like a reward. You still want to collect all 23, but you're not breaking the game's difficulty in the process.
Are the shop ones expensive?
Depends on your Stud count. The cheapest is 15,000, the most expensive is 35,000. If you're grinding through missions, you'll have enough eventually.
So you could theoretically buy all nine without finding any of the hidden ones?
Yes, but you'd miss out on the achievement. And honestly, some of the hidden ones are tucked into really clever spots. The puzzle solving is part of the fun.
What's the weirdest color scheme?
The Glitch brick is just yellow-green. It looks like a visual error, which I think is intentional. It's the joke brick.