Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: EMF Experiment Locations and Puzzle Solutions

In this guide, we will explore all the locations and puzzle solutions of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 EMF Experiments.

EMF Experiment Locations and Puzzle Solutions (Image Source: Insomniac Games)
EMF Experiment Locations and Puzzle Solutions (Source: Insomniac Games)

There are a lot of things to do on the side in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. From taking down hunter bases to locating a flock of seagulls for your friend Howard, there is no shortage of incentives and motivation to explore the game’s world. Players will discover something new at every corner they turn as they swing across New York City. One of the side activities is called the Emily-May Foundation missions or EMF Experiments.

These EMF objectives are only available to Peter. There are nine total experiments sprinkled throughout the map of the game. Each experiment requires the player to solve a puzzle or complete a small objective. Some of the EMF experiments have plant attribute puzzles, which can be rather difficult. So in this guide, we will discuss every Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 EMF location and puzzle solution.

EMF Experient Locations and Puzzles

As mentioned earlier, there are nine EMF locations in the city. However, they are not available in all 14 districts in the game. For example, Midtown and Upper East Side do not have an EMF location, but Downtown Brooklyn has two. Here is a summary of all the EMF locations:

  • Central Park: Energy (Harlem)
  • Central Park: Bee Drones (Upper West Side)
  • Little Tokyo: Plant Science (Chinatown)
  • Queens Apiary: Bee Drones (Little Odessa)
  • Prospect Park: Bee Drones (Downtown Brooklyn)
  • Brooklyn Heights: Energy (Downtown Brooklyn)
  • Portside: Plant Science (Hell’s Kitchen)
  • Two Bridges: Plant Science (Financial District)
  • Emily-May Foundation (Astoria)

We will discuss the locations and solutions to the puzzles of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 EMF Experiments in more detail below.

Central Park: Energy

Screenshot of Harlem
Harlem: Central Park Energy (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • The Central Park EMF Experient is located on the south border of the Harlem district.
  • This EMF Experiment does not require you to do a puzzle. Instead, you will have to ride a bicycle through ten checkpoints in the park as Peter.
  • Rewards: 700XP, 140 Tech Parts, and 3 Rare Tech Parts.

Central Park: Bee Drones

Screenshot of Upper West Side
Upper West Side: Central Park Bee Drones (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • You can find the Central Park Bee Drones EMF objective in the eastern part of the Upper West Side district, right at the border of Central Park.
  • The objective here is to shoot targets with a bee drone and fly through some checkpoints. This EMF experiment does not have a puzzle.
  • Rewards are 700XP, 3 Rare Tech Parts, and 140 Tech Parts.

Little Tokyo: Plant Science

Screenshot of Chinatown, Spider-Man 2.
Chinatown: Little Tokyo Plant Science (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • The Little Tokyo EMF objective is located in the northwest part of Chinatown. The terminal will be on a rooftop garden.
  • This objective requires you to solve a puzzle to complete it. The first step is to scan the area to locate and collect plant specimens. Once you have collected all of them, return to the terminal, and the puzzle will begin. Put the leaf with six blue sticks on the bottom in the top slot, then put the sun tile underneath it. After that, the water tile should be on the right side of the sun tile. Underneath the sun, place the H icon tile that has two sticks on top of it. Insert the leaf tile with two sticks at the bottom on the left side of the H icon tile.
  • Rewards are 700XP, 140 Tech Parts, and 3 Rare Tech Parts.

Queens Apiary: Bee Drones

Screenshot of Little Odessa, Spider-Man 2.
Little Odessa: Queens Apiary Bee Drones (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • The Queens Apiary Bee Drones EMF experiment is in the southeast corner of Little Odessa. You will find the terminal on a rooftop.
  • The objective is to shoot twenty targets with a bee drone. After that, you will have to follow a bird and shoot the bird with the sonic laser to keep it moving.
  • Rewards are 700XP, 140 Tech Parts, and 3 Rare Tech Parts.

Prospect Park: Bee Drones

Screenshot of Downtown Brooklyn, Spider-Man 2.
Downtown Brooklyn: Prospect Park Bee Drones (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • Prospect Park Bee Drones objective is right in the middle of the Downtown Brooklyn district.
  • Destroy ten targets with the bee drone to complete the objective. After that, you will have to fly through some markers, but something will go wrong. Go to a marked tower to reconnect to the drone, then free some bees by destroying their cages and defeating some criminals.
  • Rewards are 700XP, 3 Rare Tech Parts, and 140 Tech Parts.

Brooklyn Heights: Energy

Screenshot of Brooklyn Heights EMF, Spider-Man 2.
Downtown Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights Energy (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • The Brooklyn Heights EMF objective is located near the northwestern edge of the Downtown Brooklyn district, close to the first bridge.
  • Use your web-wings to fly through the wind tunnels to reach the required height. After you deploy five turbines, something will go wrong, and you will have to investigate the location and defeat some enemies to complete the objective.
  • Rewards are 700XP, 140 Tech Parts, and 3 Rare Tech Parts.

Portside: Plant Science

Screenshot of Hell's Kitchen, Spider-Man 2.
Hell’s Kitchen: Portside Plant Science (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • The Portside Plant Science experiment can be found near the northwest corner of Hell’s Kitchen.
  • This objective has a puzzle. Players will have to destroy red atoms while saving the green atoms. Destroy the red atom in the bottom left corner first. Then destroy the one on the far right, which will trigger a chain reaction and eliminate another red atom. After that, proceed to click on the red atom at the top of the screen. At this point, there should be two red ones left on the upper left side. Click on the orange atom in the middle to destroy both the corrupted atoms at once. Lastly, simply click on the last remaining red atom, which should be behind a green atom on the right-hand side, to finish the puzzle. However, this was only the first puzzle.
  • After completing the first puzzle, head to the dock to catch a fish. Take the fish back to the terminal to start the second puzzle. Put the leaf tile with three yellow sticks in the top right corner. To the left of it should be the water tile. Underneath the water tile, put the H icon with the two green sticks on its upper left side. Insert the other H tile on the left side of the first. Add the water tile with three yellow sticks underneath the first H tile. Lastly, put the other leaf tile next to the water tile to finish the puzzle.
  • Rewards are 700XP, 3 Rare Tech Parts, and 140 Tech Parts.

Two Bridges: Plant Science

Screenshot of Financial District, Spider-Man 2.
Financial District: Two Bridges Plant Science (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • You can find this EMF Experiment in the southeast part of the Financial District, in the middle of the two bridge entrances. Find the greenhouse on top of a rooftop.
  • Beat up some goons and retrieve the specimen. Take it back to the terminal to start the plant attributes puzzle. The water tile should be on the top tile. Underneath it, on the left side, should be the sun tile, and on the right side should be the leaf with two yellow sticks at the bottom. Then insert the H icon below the sun tile. At the end, the remaining leaf tiles will go into the bottom two slots to complete the puzzle.
  • Rewards are 700XP, 3 Rare Tech Parts, and 140 Tech Parts.

Emily-May Foundation

Screenshot of Astoria, Spider-Man 2.
Astoria: Emily-May Foundation (Source: Insomniac Games)
  • The last EMF objective is located in the southeast part of the Astoria District.
  • When you have completed all of the EMF experiments in the game, MJ will call Peter and tell him that Norman Osborn sent him a package. Interact with it to start the puzzle. Put the two leaf tiles on the top two slots of the hexagon. Then put the sun tile with two green sticks on its west corner on the left side, and the H tile should go underneath it. Insert the two water tiles into the remaining slots to solve the puzzle.
  • Rewards are 1000XP and 200 Tech Parts.

When you have completed all of the EMF Experiments, including the Astoria one, you will get the Foundational achievement and the Life Story Suit unlocked. Our guide ends here. We have included all of the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 EMF locations and puzzle solutions above. Some of the puzzles in this side storyline can be rather difficult at times, so we hope this article can help you with tracking down the objectives and solving the puzzles.


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