Dragon Ball Sparking!

The story mode in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero showcases several beloved characters from the franchise, including Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Son Gohan. Additionally, there are a few other characters with their own storylines, though they won’t be initially accessible in your character selection.

One of these characters is Jiren, the renowned fighter from Universe 11. If you’re looking to unlock his battle mode, this guide will outline the requirements and steps you need to follow.

How to Unlock Jiren’s Story

To gain access to Jiren’s story mode in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, you must first complete Goku’s story in the battle episodes. Specifically, you need to finish Chapter 7 of Goku’s narrative, which is set during the Universe Survival Arc. Moreover, you must have unlocked Future Trunks’ story prior to this, and you can find instructions for that in another guide.

In this final saga with Goku, you’ll confront various characters during the Tournament of Power, culminating in the last segment titled “The Strength of Son Goku.”

Your objective will be to defeat Jiren to wrap up the story. However, be cautious, as this phase has an alternate route that you might inadvertently activate, leading to a “dead-end” path that does not properly conclude the narrative.

If you play on normal difficulty and defeat Jiren within a certain timeframe, meaning particularly quickly, you’ll trigger this alternate path, which features a secondary scene but will not actually finish Goku’s story. As a result, you will miss out on the rewards associated with this guide.

For this reason, it’s advised to play this phase with the reduced difficulty option activated. This will allow you to avoid the secondary conditions of the mission, ensuring that you can complete the primary quest (regardless of how long it takes to defeat Jiren). By doing so, you’ll remain on the canonical path and successfully reach the chapter’s conclusion.

Defeating Jiren on reduced difficulty should be manageable at this stage in the story. Simply finish the battle, and you will complete Goku’s story, earning his rewards, which include access to Jiren’s story in the character selection menu.