LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight: How to Get All Red Bricks

If you have hunted every level in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and your Red Brick count still will not hit the total, you are not bugged and your save is fine. Red Bricks work differently here than in older TT LEGO games, and that is the whole reason the number trips people up. There are 23 Red Bricks for in-game completion: 14 hidden in story missions and 9 bought from Bat-Mite’s shop. If you only count what you physically pick up while playing, you will always come up short.

The short version

• 23 Red Bricks count toward 100% completion.
• 14 are hidden in the campaign missions, usually behind a small puzzle or off the main path.
• 9 are bought from Bat-Mite’s shop at 25,000 studs each.
• They are purely cosmetic — each one unlocks a new color scheme you can apply to any suit or vehicle. No stud multipliers, no invincibility, none of the old cheats.
• A 24th “Golden” Red Brick exists, but it only comes from codes on physical LEGO Batman sets and is not part of the 23.

Where the 23 Red Bricks come from

The collection splits cleanly into two buckets, and that split is the single most useful thing to understand before you start hunting. Fourteen are found in playable content. Nine are bought. Mix those two categories into one vague mental count and the system feels broken; separate them and it becomes simple bookkeeping. If you have seen older lists claiming 18, they were counting only part of the set — typically the found bricks plus a handful of shop bricks — before Bat-Mite’s full stock was documented. The completion total is 23.

The 14 hidden Red Bricks

These are the traditional collectibles. You find them tucked into side rooms and off-path corners across the story missions, usually gated behind a simple puzzle or an optional interaction. The efficient approach is to clear the campaign first, then sweep the brick-bearing missions in Free Play — that mode gives you the full character roster, so you can use whatever ability a brick’s puzzle demands instead of getting stuck with story-locked access. Do not blind-replay every stage; not all missions hold a brick, so target the ones that do.

The 9 Bat-Mite shop Red Bricks

This is the part that settles the count. Nine Red Bricks are never hidden in a level at all — they are sold by Bat-Mite in the Batcave (and at his stalls around Gotham) for 25,000 studs each. They do not all sit on the shelf at once: a Red Brick appears randomly on the shop’s center pedestal, rotating in among the alternate costumes, so you have to keep checking back and buying them out as they show up. That means you can finish the story with a pile of physical bricks collected and still be missing nine of the total because you never cleared Bat-Mite’s rotation.

The practical consequence: studs matter. At 25,000 each, nine shop bricks is 225,000 studs, so do not blow your bank on novelty costumes the moment they appear. Keep a reserve earmarked for Bat-Mite. A lot of “my count is stuck” confusion is really a currency problem wearing a collectibles costume. For a faster early stud economy, see our guide on how to unlock everything early.

What Red Bricks actually unlock

Here is the big change from older LEGO games: in Legacy of the Dark Knight, Red Bricks are cosmetic modifiers, not gameplay cheats. There are no stud multipliers, no invincibility, no joke combat toggles. Each brick unlocks a new color scheme — a paint job — that you can apply to any suit or vehicle you own.

• Universal color schemes: a Red Brick palette applies across the whole roster — every Batsuit, partner outfit, and vehicle, not a single item.
• Big wardrobe to recolor: there are 100 total suits and outfits to unlock in the game, and Red Brick palettes can be applied to each of them.
• How to use one: open the suit or vehicle customization screen, then press Square (PS5) / X (Xbox) to open the Red Brick modifier list and pick a palette.
• Completion value: they count toward 100%, but they give zero combat or progression advantage.

That should reset your priorities. If you only want to finish the story, Red Bricks are not a power spike worth chasing early — ignore them and come back later. If you are going for 100% or you care about how your Batman and Batmobile look, they become the point. The mistake is expecting them to change combat. They do not.

The 24th Golden Red Brick

There is one extra brick beyond the 23. The Golden Red Brick is a special unlock redeemed through codes tied to physical LEGO Batman sets — you scan the set, register it to your LEGO account, and redeem the in-game code. It is bound to the tie-in sets (the Golden Knight Batman and the three golden Batmobiles, sets 76330, 76331, 76332, and 76333), and it grants a unique gold cosmetic. It does not count toward your 23/23 completion total, so if you are not buying those sets, you can ignore it entirely — 23 is still a full Red Brick collection.

The fastest route to all 23

You do not need a speedrun route, just a clean order of operations that matches how the game hands the collection out.

• Finish the main story first. This unlocks the characters and access you need, so cleanup is not blocked by story gates.
• Keep a two-column checklist. Track the 14 hidden pickups separately from the 9 Bat-Mite purchases. This alone kills most of the confusion.
• Sweep brick missions in Free Play. Revisit only the confirmed brick-bearing stages with the full roster — do not replay the whole campaign blind.
• Bank ~225,000 studs for Bat-Mite. Nine bricks at 25,000 each. Buy them out of the pedestal rotation as they appear.
• Check the palette menu after a batch. Since the rewards are color schemes, hop into customization and confirm the new palettes actually show up.

For more on opening up the roster and access early, our Vault 596 and Absolute Batman Suit guide covers the unlocks that make cleanup smoother.

Common mistakes

• Treating Red Bricks like old cheat modifiers. They are cosmetic color schemes here — no gameplay payoff for grabbing them early.
• Counting only physical pickups. Nine of the 23 are shop purchases. Found bricks alone never reach the total.
• Forgetting Bat-Mite’s rotation. A brick only sometimes sits on the pedestal. Keep returning and buying it out when it appears.
• Spending studs too freely. Drop your studs on costumes and you will not have the 225,000 the nine shop bricks cost.
• Blind-replaying every mission. Not every stage holds a brick, so target the confirmed ones in Free Play.
• Assuming you need 24. The Golden Red Brick is a LEGO-set bonus, not part of the 23 you collect in-game.

Practical takeaway

Read the Red Bricks as a split collection and the whole thing stops being confusing. There are 23: 14 hidden across the missions and 9 bought from Bat-Mite at 25,000 studs each. They unlock cosmetic color schemes for your suits and vehicles — nothing more, nothing less. Finish the story, run a two-column checklist, sweep brick missions in Free Play, and bank studs for Bat-Mite’s rotation. Do that and 23/23 is a tidy afternoon, not a mystery.