Villain-Con Minion Blast: 10 High Score Tips

Villain-Con Minion Blast Ride Restrictions

Child swap options are available, and there’s no height requirement, but guests under 48 inches must be accompanied by a supervising companion who is 14 or older.

To ensure safety, younger riders must stand on their own, no infant-in-arms or strollers.

Service dogs are welcome, and standard wheelchairs are allowed, with transfer wheelchairs provided for those in ECVs.

This ride safety warnings say to avoid if you are prone to motion sickness, but my mom who typically is, did not have any issues. The walkway is slower than the moving walkways from the parking lot to CityWalk.

The ride is approximately 5-minutes long, so get those arms ready to hold the gun!

Universal Express Passes for Universal Studios are accepted at this ride.

The Queue and Convention Floor

Get ready to step into the Despicable Me universe like never before with Villain-Con: Minion Blast ride at Universal Studios.

As you approach the outdoor queue, you’ll be greeted by eye-catching banners advertising the Villain-Con expo, where supervillains from far and wide converge.

While the outdoor queue offers entertaining videos, the lack of shade may be a concern on hot days with full switchbacks. However, your patience will be rewarded as you enter the indoor portion, which truly captures the essence of a convention floor.

Immerse yourself in exhibits showcasing villainous technology, evil fashion accessories, and super-powered vehicles, setting the stage for the excitement to come.

Keep an eye out for some V6 loot located around the conference floor.

Getting your Blaster and Syncing to the App

Once you reach the loading platform, you’ll encounter a moving wall of E-Liminator X blasters on a conveyor belt. Each rider will be equipped with a wireless blaster to wreak havoc during the adventure.

There are both large blasters for the general public and mini-blasters for young guests (upon request only, and mini blasters do not sync with the App). My youngest (7) had not problem with holding up the standard blaster the entire time.

Before stepping onto the walkway, step to the side with your party to sync with the Universal Orlando App. The App can register up to 5 members on it for syncing.

You will hold your phone up to the white area on the top rear of the blaster.

Do note: you may need to remove your phone case to sync properly. My phone case has a magnet in it, and my phone synced without any problem after removing the case.

After you sync one blaster, you can quickly toggle in the App to sync the next blaster in your party.

Moving-Walkway Blaster Adventure

One your party is all synced, follow the Team Member’s instructions to your designated dot on the moving walkway. This walkway will travel through multiple large screens that surround you, becoming your canvas for destruction.

As you enter the first room, the screen on the blaster will display your unique villain name and a colored icon acting as your marker on the game screen. This icon helps you track your blaster as you engage in the mayhem. A target icon assigned to your blaster helps you aim, but, as with MIB: Alien Attack, finding it can be tricky at times.

The attraction consists of various rooms, each offering a different set of virtual props to destroy. As the walkway turns through different rooms, you’ll unleash chaos upon everything in sight, creating an unforgettable adventure for all ages in Universal Studios

Keep an eye out for the “Inside Loot” as it shows up on the screens!

Connected Gameplay

The excitement doesn’t stop there. Universal Studios Florida has introduced a cutting-edge feature that takes your Villain-Con ride experience to the next level – Connected Gameplay.

By downloading The Universal Orlando Resort app, you can boost your scores and level up your adventure not only at Illumination’s Villain-Con Minion Blast ride but also throughout Minion Land on Illumination Avenue in Universal Studios.

For first-timers, I highly suggest taking a look at the App ahead of time and looking through all the different blaster options, missions, and collectibles.

I spent about 15 minutes initially setting up and customizing our profiles. If you still are having issues, I highly suggest asking a Team Member at Universal Studios for App setup assistance.

Dive deep into the world of villainy as you create you and your family’s custom profiles and blasters, enabling you to get higher scores, compete with friends, complete missions, and collect virtual trophies. Prepare to become the ultimate supervillain as you unlock perks and customize your blaster in “The Lab” – which allows for much higher scores!

Change your missions to try new fun-filled challenges and unlock various trophies, each with its own unique set of requirements.

Customizing your Blaster in the Lab

Start by customizing all 4 different specs of your blaster:

Elemental Blasts

• Force Blast: Destructive blast of energy
• Fire Ball: A ball of fire!
• Freeze Ray: Ice out your targets.
• Lightning Bolt: Shocking blast of electricity

Ultimate Blasters

• UniBlaster: A blast of each super-charged elemental!
• Unholy Guacamole: El Machos’ Unholy Guacamole
• Lethal Lava: Scarlet’s Lethal Lava
• Piranha-sicle: Vector’s Piranha-sicle
• BOOM! Box: Bratt’s BOOM! box

Standard Launcher

• Banana Bomb: An exploding banana
• Fart Bomb: Releases a toxic fart cloud
• Pulverizing Pinballer: Ricocheting steel balls
• Iron Fists: Stronghold’s exploding Iron Fists
• Bomb Chucks: Exploding Nunchucks of TNT
• Sonique Blast: An explosive wave of sound
• Spiked Vengence: Sticky spiked ball
• Laser Party Ball: Spinning Laser Ball

Perks (combine up to 4)

• Force Multiburst: Activate a multiburst of Force!
• Fire Ball Multiburst: Activate a multiburst of Fire!
• Freeze Ray Multiburst: Activate a multiburst of Freeze!
• Force Supercharge: Bigger Force blasts deal extra damage!
• Fire Ball Supercharge: Bigger First blasts deal extra damage!
• Freeze Ray Supercharge: Bigger Freeze blasts deal extra damage!
• Force Spread Blast: Send out a wide spread-blast of force!
• Fire Ball Spread Blast: Send out a wide spread-blast of Fire!
• Freeze Ray Spread Blast: Send out a wide spread-blast of Freeze!
• Increate Launcher Ammo: Get four extra Launcher blasts!
• Increate Ultimate Ammo: Get three extra Ultimate blasts!
• Ultimate Rapid Charge: Recharge your Ultimate Faster

Initially, you will have only a one option for each spec, but as you level up or complete missions, more options will unlock! I initially only had 1 perk, but now I have leveled up enough to get all 4 perks!

Try different combinations of each spec in your blaster to increase your scores on the Villain-Con Minion Blast Gameplay!

Villain-Con Ride Missions

These are evil challenges from your despicable Peers at Villain-con Minion Blast

V6 Super Fan

Challenge: Blast 12 V6 Medallions in one round

Reward: Unlocks Vector’s Piranha-sicle Blaster and a new mission

Minion Marksman

Challenge: Cause elemental damage to 20 Minions in a single round

Reward: Unlocks the Ultimate and new mission

Guac’em Out

Challenge: Score 100,000 points in a single round!

Reward: Unlocks the Ultimate and new mission

Swag Snatch

Challenge: Get 20 collectibles in a single round

Reward: Unlocks a new Ultimate

Fists of Fury

Challenge: Destroy decor, furniture, everything! Villain-Con is your rage room now!

Reward: Unlocks a new launcher

No Fly Drone

Challenge: Destroy 15 flying targets: drones, music notes, clouds, bubbles, records!

Reward: Unlocks a new launcher

Buried Treasure

Challenge: Collect 2500 points’ worth of V6 medallions! Go for the gold. (silver will do too.)

Reward: Unlocks a new launcher

Svengeance’s Secret Challenge

I haven’t unlocked this one yet…

Boss Battle

Challenge: Land 99 hits on other bosses

Reward: Unlocks Belle’s Laser Party Ball Launcher

Collecting Outside Loot

As you enter the Villain-Con convention room, keep an eye out for “loot” – V6 medallions hidden in the queue and scattered throughout Minion Land in Universal Studios. The Universal Orlando App makes it a game of discovery as you use your phone to tap and collect these elusive medallions.

Click on the items in the App to get clues as to the locations of the loot throughout Universal Studios.

Some of the clues in the App are very vague. For example, the Pop-A-Nana medallion is not near what I consider the entrance to Minion Cafe in Universal Studios, but along the patio.