The first Nightmare Door in Marvel’s Wolverine shows up during Homecoming, and you cannot walk past it. After a cutscene with Essex, Logan is pulled straight into a purple telepathic rift inside the cabin, and the trial waiting on the other side is called The Enemy of My Enemy. The objective sounds simple, but the ranking is purely a race against the clock.
Quick answer: Kill four enemies while Rage Tier 3 is active and finish with an elapsed time under 0:55 to earn the Adamantium rank.
The Enemy of My Enemy rank thresholds
Only the elapsed time decides your rank. Damage taken, style, and how you kill the enemies do not factor in, so every second you spend circling the arena is a second off your score.
| Elapsed time | Rank |
|---|---|
| Under 0:55 | Adamantium |
| Under 1:00 | Gold |
| Under 1:10 | Silver |
| 1:10 or more | Bronze |
The gap between Gold and Adamantium is five seconds, which is roughly one wasted approach. A clean run lands well inside the window; a completed run in 00:41:11 clears Adamantium with time to spare.
Where Nightmare Door 1 is and how to enter
Nightmare Door 1 sits in the Homecoming chapter and is required for story progression, so there is nothing to hunt for. Essex speaks telepathically as Logan approaches the purple flaming rift in the dark cabin, describing it as a rough version of a memory that is close to being recovered, and warning that part of Logan does not want to remember. He also makes clear that nothing inside the rift can genuinely harm you.
Walk up to the rift and press Triangle when the prompt appears. The trial card names the challenge and lists the objective as “COMBAT: Kill enemies in Rage Tier 3”. Accepting it drops Logan onto a snowy forest path outside the cabin, with a 3-2-1 countdown before the timer starts.
Every Nightmare Door is marked by thick purple roots running along the ground toward it, and none of them are missable.
How to clear the trial for the Adamantium rank
Adaptations that raise your rage gain rate make the charge-up phase shorter, which is where most of the lost time on this trial comes from.
How to confirm you earned Adamantium
The results screen appears right after the fourth kill and spells everything out. It lists your Time and Best Time, and prints the rank you hit above the tier list. If the run was fast enough, the screen reads ADAMANTIUM.
From here, Square retries the trial and Cross continues. Press Square if the time missed the mark, since the Best Time field keeps your fastest attempt.
Once you continue, Logan returns to the snowy area and picks up a purple memory strand. The reward readout confirms it with a +1 STRAND line and an AP increase on the ability counter.
Replaying the trial later if you miss the time
Nothing here is permanently lost. After the story, you can return to any Nightmare Trial from the Nightmare Cabin by interacting with the bed, and the Collectible Tracker in the pause menu shows what you have already found. Coming back later with more unlocked skills makes a sub-55-second run far easier than it is during Homecoming.
- Trophies and the Platinum only require Adamantium on a single trial, not all of them.
- Bronze is enough on the remaining trials, though better ranks pay out more Adaptation XP.
- The easiest difficulty, The Man, removes the risk of dying while you chase a faster time.
- Clearing all 15 trials at bronze or better unlocks the hidden memory tied to Repressed Memories.
Because The Enemy of My Enemy is short, self-contained, and built around a single mechanic, it is one of the cleanest places to bank that one required Adamantium rank rather than grinding a longer gauntlet trial later in the campaign.
