Hint: Skill Point Acquisitions
The following lengthy list shows where all skill points in the game are located, and how they are acquired. Be sure to check out our "hint" on this very page with how you might want to spend some of your skill points!
* Alphabet City - Visit all six asteroids in alphabetical order
* Been Around - Take off from every Robo Wing Pad in Stratus City
* Bolts in the Bank - Sell twenty Leviathan Souls to the Smuggler
* Cant Touch This - Go unharmed before fighting Greasepalms McGee
* Cheapskate - Purchase one Combuster shot
* Chorus Line - Make at least eleven enemies dance together
* Collector's Addition - Collect all cargo containers
* Dancin' with the Stars - Make five enemies dance at once on any asteroid
* Dancing on the Ceiling - Successfully use the Groovitron on any Gravity Ramp
* Disco Inferno - Use the Groovitron followed by the Pyro Blaster
* Even Better the Second Time - Complete Challenge Mode
* Everybody Dance Now - Make every type of enemy in the game dance
* Expert Marksman - Kill 75% of all the enemies in the game
* Extinction - Kill all the Sargasso Grunthors
* Fast and Firey-ous - Use the charge boots to cross the bridge to the arena
* Fire With Fire - Kill two Kerchu Pyroguards with the Pyro Blaster
* For the Hoard! - Get all devices in the game
* Giant Hunter - Kill all Basilisk Leviathans in the Cobalia Wilderness
* Global Thermonuclear War - Acquire all weapons
* Golden Children - Acquire every gold bolt
* Gotta Catch Them All - Hit all Cragmite Soldiers with the Mag-Net Launcher
* Happy Feat - Get nine penguins dancing on-screen at once
* Head Examiner - Land on all of the Troglosaur heads
* I Should Have Gone Down in a Barrel - Jump into each of the two Gelatonium Waterfalls in the Cobalia Gelatonium Plant
* I Think Im Go
Hint: Upgrading Raritanium
Customizing and upgrading your weapons can be done in any number of ways. To increase the amount of Raritanium you acquire immediately, however, try upgrading your weapons initially in terms of their Raritanium output when used. Since many enemies give up Raritanium when killed, you can make them drop more by using weapons upgraded to increase Raritanium output. Upgrade the output before upgrading anything else, and you'll have plenty with which to upgrade before long!
Hint: Extra Target Tip
While traversing the various Space Battle levels, you may be mystified as to what the "Extra Targets" are that are mentioned at the end of each level. For instance, at the end of a level, you might be told that three of five "Extra Targets" were "Destroyed". Since you get Gold Bolts for destroying these targets, you'll want to be able to readily identify if one has been destroyed or not. That's easy enough to do, since each enemy destroyed who is considered one of these targets of interest will give off a multicolored glow when obliterated.
Hint: Acquire the Golden Groovitron
During your second playthrough (on Challenge Mode), you can purchase an item called the Golden Groovitron for 2,000,000 Raritanium.
Unlockable: Convict Ratchet Skin
On any level, press pause and enter the Skins menu under "Extras." Enter following code to unlock the prisoner / convict skin: Square, Circle, Square, Circle, Up, Up, Triangle, Down, Up
Unlockable: Skill Points
To unlock the following, use the corresponding amount of skill points.
* 2006 GDC Trailer - 150 Skill Points
* 2007 E3 Trailer - 25 Skill Points
* Big-Headed Enemies - 100 Skill Points
* Big-Headed Ratchet - 50 Skill Points
* Character Concept Art - 75 Skill Points
* Environment Concept Art - 250 Skill Points
* James the Galactic Defender - 400 Skill Points
* Mirrored Levels - 500 Skill Points
* Ratchet's Drawing Tutorial - 350 Skill Points
* Replacement Wrench - 300 Skill Points
* Script-to-Screen - 600 Skill Points
* Weapon Concept Art - 450 Skill Points
Unlockable: Omega Weapons
To unlock the Omega series of weapons, you must beat the game once through, which unlocks Challenge Mode. As you play through the game a second time on Challenge Mode, the Omega series of weapons will be available at various vendors throughout your adventure. Omega weapons are, of course, more powerful than your basic weapons.
Unlockable: RYNO IV
In order to unlock the RYNO IV, you must first collect all of the pieces to the Gadgetron Holo-Plans, Bring them to the Smuggler, who will then build this device for you.
Unlockable: Challenge Mode
Once you've beaten the game, you can unlock Challenge Mode. This will allow you to play through the game again, but the enemies will be more difficult. However, weapons will max out at level ten instead of level five, giving you an added edge.
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