While climbing up a ladder, an extra way will be visible.Pharaoh Man's stage: In the room just before the room Mega Man appears when the Balloon Adapter is collected.Go through it, and deal with the platforms to find it, with a 1-Up. Bright Man's stage: In the stage, there will be a ladder in the floor.Wily Stage 6: On a small platform, like everything else.Wily Stage 3: At the start of the stage.Just before the water part, jump on the ladder and then jump to its ledge.Doc Robot's stage: After the Giant Springer room, use Rush Jet to get it.In a room just after the Needle Press part.Just after the water part, on a tiny block right next to the ladder.In the water part, on a tiny floor, the second one.

There is a Pickelman Bull guarding it, though. Hard Man's stage: In the area with a fork, take the top path.Wily Stage 3: At the very start, take the right hole, and destroy the Crash Bomber wall.Also in the extra ladder part, this time behind a Crash Bomber wall.At the end of the Item-2 part, take the extra ladder.Quick Man's stage: At the end of the first force beam part.Flash Man's stage: At the second Sniper Armor part, take the right hole, and then jump across the blocks on the top of the area.Crash Man's stage: At the big ladder part, use the leftmost ladder to reach it.Can be taken from the top, but requires Item-1, 2 or 3 to leave the cubby without falling in the pitfall. At the end of the stage, in a cubby at the leap.On the second conveyor belt, walk right.However in Mega Man III, the stages of the first four Robot Masters cannot be accessed once the stages of the last four are accessible. Excluding Mega Man 2 and 3 or Mega Man II, the Robot Master stages can be revisited allowing more Tanks to be obtained.The only exceptions are Eddie in Wily Stage 2 in Mega Man 4, Wily Stage 4 in Mega Man 6, and Crystal Man stage in Mega Man IV, along with Proto Man in Wily Star before the battle with L. By exiting and then re-entering the screen it can make it possible to switch the item around, making it possible to get an Energy Tank, but only if the player doesn't take unwanted items.

In Mega Man 4- 6, or Mega Man III- V in each Eddie or Proto Man location, they can give Mega Man any random item.

Mini Energy Tanks become a full Energy Tank when four are collected.

In Mega Man IV and Mega Man V, a (Mini) will be at the end if it is a Mini Energy Tank.

Mystery Tanks will not appear in stages if Mega Man is already carrying one with him.

Mega Man 2- 4 and Mega Man 6 only have Energy Tanks.

This page is a list of locations of Tanks in the original Mega Man series.

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