Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Walkthrough Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Author: Ice T. Gressa and Panterror Flames Email: djtigresa@classicgaming.com and mcpantera@classicgaming.com Version v0.45 Table of Contents -Author Notes -Introduction -Story -Getting Started -Controls -Stuff you need to know -Weapons -Inventory -Gadgets -Devices -Armor -Walkthrough -Credits Author Notes This is our first time making an FAQ for a Ratchet and Clank video game and what better way to start with Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction for the PS3. Like it predecessors, this game has a ton of weapons and gadgets to use to your arsenal. According to one source, it is said that the ending will leave you hanging. Thanks to a spoiler posted on a message board we frequent, it really does have a major cliffhanger that we don't want to spoil just yet till the end of the guide. Introduction From the backcover: An orphan of the universe, Ratchet never known anything of his Lombax origins. When an alient tyrant driven by an unexplainable hatred for Lombaxes attacks Ratchet and Clank's home, they are thrust into an epic adventure where they will discover that Ratchet's past is the key to the galaxy's future. Story From the manual: The infinite frontier of the uncharted universe can be a confounding place at the best of times. But for interprid interstellar superstars Ratchet and Clank, it just got even more perplexing. Emperor Tachyon-a ruthless Cragmite tyrant-has taken a personal disliking to Ratchet just because he's the last Lombax in existence. To make matters worse, Captain Qwirk-self made legend and "guardian" of the peace- has been spacenapped. Now, angry hardes of robot soldiers are marauding through the busting highways and byways of Metropolis. What in the name of Nanotech is going on? How can Tachyon's invasion be stopped? And why does Clank keep going on about invisible miniature creatures? Only one thing is clear: the answers lie deep within the Polaris galaxy, at the very edge of the known universe. It's going to take two mighty big heroes to blast this mystery wide open... with a little help from some awesome gadgets and absolutely humoungous weapons. Getting Started For starters, you need to update your PS3 to v1.94 in order to run this game. The initial setup takes 100 seconds. When you start you can choose from -New Game -Load Game -Delete Game -Options The Options is where you select the volume for Sound FX, Voiceovers, and Music. You also choose whether or not to use Help Text and SUbtitles as well as whether to use Surround or Stereo sound. When you choose New Game, you create a save file. Choose Load Game to load up a save file. Delete Game of course means to delete the save file. Controls - 3rd Person Left analog = walk/run Right analog = Camera/pan Hold L2 + left analog = Strafe () or R1 = shoot X = Jump, Pull up from ledge X twice = Double Jump X after Double Jump = Glide X while swimming = Surface [] = Melee Attack, Dive underwater [], [], [] = Combo Attack R2 = Crouch, drop from ledge Jump then Melee = Hyper Strike Crouch then Jump while still = Boost Jump Crouch then Melee = Comet Strike R2 then Jump while running = Stretch Jump Hold L2 or R2 then left analog stick left/right/down = Flip left/right/backflip L1 = Look Mode X after Jumping towards wall = Wall Jump /\ = Toggle between current and previous weapon Hold /\ and left analog = Quickselet mode Hold /\ then L1 or R1 = Quickselect pages () while jumping forward = Swingshot R2, R2 = Use Charge Boots R1 while underwater = Hydro Pack Start = Main Menu Controls - Lock Strafe Left analog = walk/run/Strafe Right analog = Camera/pan () or R1 = shoot X or L1 = Jump, pull up from ledge X or L1 twice = Double Jump X or L1 after Double Jump = Glide X or L1 while swimming = Surface [] = Melee Attack, Dive underwater [], [], [] = Combo Attack R2 = Crouch, drop from ledge Jump then Melee = Hyper Strike Crouch then Jump while still = Boost Jump Crouch then Melee = Comet Strike R2 then Jump while running = Stretch Jump Jump then left analog stick left/right/down = Flip left/right/backflip L2 = Look Mode X or L1 after Jumping towards wall = Wall Jump /\ then left analog = Toggle between current and previous weapon Hold /\ and left analog = Quickselet mode Hold /\ then L1 or R1 = Quickselect pages () while jumping forward = Swingshot R2, R2 = Use Charge Boots R1 then [] while underwater = Hydro Pack Start = Main Menu Clank Controls Left analog = walk/run Right analog = Camera/pan [] = Punch X = Jump X, X = Double Jump Hold /\ then left analog = Zoni Command Menu Hold R1 = Time Shift Starship Controls Left analog = Steer Ship Right analog = Aim target reticule () or R1 = Fire Blasters [] or L1 (hold to charge) = Fire Missiles L2 and R2 = Barrel Roll Menu Controls Left/Right = Adjust menu item up/down = navigate menu/highlight menu item () = Previous screen/return to main menu X = Select highlighted item Stuff you need to know -This game has infinite lives so that means you won't have to view that game over screen. -Crates and boxes give extra bolts, ammo, and life when smashed. -Nanotechs increase your max HP. -Gears on the screen indicate Autosaving. -Maps shows where you are located and Galatic Maps are for moving to other planets to complete missions. Weapons Tornado Launcher - Create and control your own cataclysmic and tornado wing patented gadgetron technology! Trailer Park Sold separately. Costs 40,000 bolts. Plasma Blasts - These synthetic bodyguards lay dormant until enemies move in, they strike with lethal efficiency. Costs 15,000 bolts. Fusion Grenade - Nothing ruins an enemy's day like a thermonuclear grenade! Default weapon. Combuster - Blast your opponents into oblivion with high-velocity plasma balls. Default weapon. Predator Launcher - Enemies can run, but they can't hide from this launcher's new and improved laser-guided lock-on system! Omniwrench 3000 Buzz Blades Inventory O2 Mask - Never let a lack of oxygen keep you from saving the galaxy! This incredi- ble mask will actually synthesize and replace oxygen while you explore underwater areas and outer space. Gadgets Gravity Boots - The Gravity Boots magnetically lock to special metallic surfaces, allowing Ratchet to run up walls and across the ceiling. Thruster Pack - The thruster pack upgrade has High Jump, Long Jump, and Glide fea- tures just like the Heli-pack. Gelanator - The Gelanator is a GrummelNet utility gadget sold exclusively to the Gelatanium Mining Working Union and their licensed signatories. This gadget allows the operator to drain or fill any standard GU-MW isobaric gelatonium pump in the Polaris Galaxy. Swingshot Robowings Geolasers Devices Groovitron - Mesmarize your enemies with this dance-inducing disco ball. Leech bomb - Weary from battle? Low on nanotech? Throw one of these, and absorb the health of your enemies. Mr. Zurkon Armor Blackstar Armor - Designed by Captain Blackstar himself, this amazing armor uses biostatic nanomytes to absorb 25% of all damage. The finest in affordable anti- mutiny defense war! Costs 30,000 bolts. Planet Kerwin Go to Defense Center Escape on the Mag Rail Mission: Go to the Defense Center Qwark needs your help at the Planetary Defense Center! Fight past the invading army and help Qwark defend the city. Go forward and destroy the enemies at the end of the trail. After they are gone, go right and kill some more. If you need more ammo, life and extra bolts then smash the nearby boxes and crates to get them. Fight your way forward until you reach a green pad which is the Jump Pad. Stand on it and press the Jump Button. Ratchet and Clank will fly around wildly before they land. Fight your way to another Jump Pad. This one will make you bounce off a purple pad which bounces you to higher ground. Deal with the enemies here and get on the grind rail. Jump to right rail and be sure to jump up when you see breaks in the rail and when you see obstructions. At the end, you have to fend off enemies that attack from the sky. These spacecrafts require a few (well four actually) well-timed shots to be destroyed. First press L1 to get a closer look then press the Shoot button to aim. When the crosshairs turn red, that is when you shoot. Don't get hit by the dual lasers the ships shoot. They do 2HP of damage to you. Use the jump pad, and destroy two more spacecrafts and some ground enemies and take another jump pad to a section where the bridge is collapsing. At the end of that part, kill everything in sight and move forward to the guardrail and jump left or right to avoid the trains. Fight your way up to two jump pads and run across a collapsing bridge. Ignore fighting as much as possible as you run and soon there is a big explosion leading to a freefall. This is the fist time you'll need to use the Sixaxis motion to guide yourself to the ground without hitting anything but you don't have to worry about falling into anything this time around. --------- Escape on the Mag Rail It appears that the invading army is after Ratchet! Escape on the mag rail and look for a way to lure the army off the planet. Avoid the lasers and the trains. Get on the rightmost rail and jump to avoid any of the breaks in the rail made by the spacecrafts' missiles. The boss spacecraft fires a huge charged beam. Move left or right to avoid being hit at all costs until you reach the end of the rails. You meet Emperor Tachyan. Ratchet and Clank escape the planet. ++++++++++ Planet Cobalia Explore Cobalia Defeat Leviathan Explore the Spaceport Restore the Gelitonium Pumps Search Cobalia Hitch a Ride with the Smuggler Mission: Explore Cobalia You have crash landed on a remote planet called Cobalia. Emperor Tachyon may not be far behind, so look for a way to get off the planet. Move forward and kill the numerous bugs you encounter. The small ones are really no problem to deal with but the centipedes spit venom at you. They take more hits to kill with your axe but Fusion Grenades will obliterate them easily. One thing to note about this part of the level is to stay out of the water at all times. When you see a break in the road, glide over it. You will reach what seems to be a dead end. Use your high jump to get over the wall. Before you enter the tunnel, go over the wall on the side and it leads to your first pieces of raritanium. Return to the tunnel and where there is another "dead end" use the wall jump technique to reach the top. Once up top, you will need to glide to safety. Use Fusion Grenades on the centipedes for an easier job. Enter the tunnel, wall jump to the top and get the Jackpot powerup. Drop down for a boss fight. ---------- Mission: Defeat Leviathan Having stumbled across Leviathan's Lair, you'll need to defeat the voracious beast or end up as a Leviathan hors d' ouevre! --------- Boss Fight: Leviathan Avoid the bursts of light from its mouth as well as its chomp attacks. All it takes is 11 Fusion Grenades to destroy Leviathan. How can you use 11 Fusion Grenades when you can only hold 8? There are Fusion Grenade ammo boxes that spawn throughout the fight. ---------- Restock and head for safe ground and go towards civilization. ---------- Mission: Explore the Spaceport There must be some good, upstanding citizen who's willing tp give you a ride. Exp- lore the spaceport and find transportation off this rock. Don't be so hasty to smash every crate and box. Some of them have explosives in them and can damage you when blown up. Use your Comet Strike from a distance to safely break them. There is a weapons shop during your journey. Visit it if you want to buy a new weapon. Move forward to a guy with a parrot near him. ---------- Mission: Restore the Gelitonium Pumps The empire has shut down the gelatonium plant. No ship can refuel until the gelaton- ium pumps are online. Use the Gelanator to get the fuel pumps working before Tachyon army finds you. Drain the Gel inside the tank and move ahead. Fire the gel at the arrow in the next room and bounce off of it. Fire two gels at the next arro to reach the top. Then use the gel before the river and bounce n' glide over the river. Knock out the robotic bugs so they won't eat the gel you make and use three gels on the wall to make it up the wall. Kill the bugs at the top and use your boots to run up the ramp. Access the bundle and move it into place. In the next area, use one cube to get on top of the first part and two cubes for the next. Use to get to cross the river. Kill the bugs and use the switch to put the track back in place then get up there and use the switch to put the tube in place. --------- Mission: Search Cobalia You may want to look around and see what else this planet has to offer. Hitch a Ride with the Smuggler Now that the gelatonium pumps have been restored, the smuggler may be willing to make good on that ride offer. Stun the metal bugs and use the Gelanator to boost up. Drain the Gelenator to open the door and take the elevator down. You will notice a golden bolt that is out of reach at this point so ignore it and go outside. There is a Device and a Armor shop outside. Visit them first then talk to the Smuggler and get a ride. ++++++++++ Planet Kortog Escape Tachyon Forces Swing through the docks Explore Stratus City Fly to the Hall of Knowledge Explore the Hall of Knowledge Guide Ratchet and Clank as they freefall to the surface. Beware of the missiles that try to lock on to you. Mission: Escape Tachyon Forces Tachyon's Army is on your trail! Fight through the occupied zone to escape. The Shock Ravager is your best friend in this level. They will destroy almost every enemy in your way except the ones in the wheels. You should have all of your Groov- itron Devices on you because you'll need them to get past the wheel guys unless you bought a Predator Launcher. It's best to know that killing these guys will give you raritanium instead of bolts. After the second wheeled enemy, there is a tunnel that leads to some Raritanium and a Confuzzler gas pod. Run back out and use the last of your Groovitron if you haven't destroyed the wheeled enemy already and go up the stairs. Kill everyone with the Shock Ravager and it should upgrade itself to level 2 at this point. Ride the zipline down. --------- Mission: Swing through the docks Tachyon's forces are still hunting for you. Use your swingshot to get through the shipyard. Use the Swingshot to cross the pits then as the train passes by, use the Swingshot to hitch a ride and don't let go until you reach a safe zone to land. Use the Pred- ator Launcher on the enemies ahead. Swing across the pits, kill more airships and use the ledges to get to the top pf the wall. Kill the wheeled enemy and do the wall jump technique. The water will shock you so stay out of it. Drain the Gelanator and use the Gel where it is marked. Sing across the pit and step on all three red spots to turn them blue and form a bridge. Destroy everything with Shock Ravager. Get on the crates and glide or use the zipline to the next area. Swingshot across the gap one more time. --------- Mission: Explore Stratus City Stratus City is rumored to have many treasures hidden among its floating docks and buildings. Try using Robo-Wings to explore the city, and you may find a lot of trea- sure. --------- Mission: Fly to the Hall of Knowledge A trio of small, mysterious creatures have led Clank to fly to the Hall of Knowledge building. They modified Clank's body with a set of Robo-Wings so that he can get there. Fly through all the rings in order to reach the building --------- Mission: Explore the Hall of Knowledge The creatures that Clank saw want him to find something inside of the Hall of Know- ledge. Explore the building and evade Tachyon's defenses to discover why the crea- tures sent you here. Stay underwater to avoid the mines and come out when it is safe to do so. Move for- ward and use Predator Launcher on the wheeled enemy. Swim through the water and hit the switches one at a time to reveal a drain. Swim through the drain and watch for the mines. At the end of the trial, kill the enemies and swim to the center and activate a switch to make the sea creatures rise up and use them for leverage to reach the ledges. Enter the tunnel and hop the gap to get the raritanium then go back and drop down. Kill all the enemies here to finish the level. ++++++++++ Planet Fastoon Escape the Lombax City Find the Lombax Ship Parts Search the Mine Mission: Explore the Lombax City You have landed in the ruins of what was once a Lombax city. There may be clues about what happend here on the planet's surface. Just swing across the gap and Ratchet notices how empty and quiet the place looks. He spots a broken down ship. Mission: Find the Lombax Ship Parts You have found a damaged Lombax spaceship. Search the ruined city and find the nece- ssary parts to repair the ship. Destroy the enemies and the plants that they are repeatedly spawning from. There are six parts to collect total but Ratchet can only get five of them by himself: #1: At the beginning, go up the spiral rubble and fight your way towards it. When you got it, ride the zipline over the pit. #2: Spiral staircase leads to it. #3: A cave accessible with the anti-gravity boots. The part is at the end of it. #4: Swing across the pit and enter an alcove. Once you get it, swing back to the main area. #5: Inside a base where you have to swim your way to it and other treasure. The last part requires you to send Clank into the Raritanium Mine. Mission: Search the Mine The mysterious creatures have appeared again. This time they want Clank to search an abandoned Raritanium Mine. Explore the cavers to discover more about these strange creatures and what they want from Clank. Use the follow command to have the Zoni follow to the spot to raise the door. Wait for it to reach its apex then run through it. Do the same in the next area but use the Time Slow feature to make it. Next you must turn all 3 red buttons blue. Hit the first one then Levitate across and hit the others. Use the Time Slow to avoid being crushed at all times. The Zoni will help you fight any nearby enemies by shooting balls of light at them. Use Time Slow to clear the conveyor belts when they are not on the spiked sides. Use Manipulate to repair the elevator and ride it up. Kill the enemies here and grab more zoni to perform 2 more manipulations. Use Time Slow on the conveyor belts and use Manipulation to assemble something and activate all red buttons. Enter the door and the cutscene gets you the last part. Grab all the loot and exit. Once reunited, head for the ship. The ship talks. Ask it a few questions and leave the area. ++++++++++ Voron Asteroid Belt Battle the Space Pirates Mission: Battle the Space Pirates Planet Murkow lies on the other side of space pirate territory. You'll have to batt- le your way through their fighters if you want to escape with your booty intact. Follow the onscreen instructions and shoot any enemy ships you see. When you see a red ring form on an enemy ship, it is going to fire at you. Maneuver through the Asteroid Belt without hitting any mines. There are rings that repair your ship if you should take any damage. This is where you can get the "What's that, R2?" skill point by barrel rolling several times. --------- Boss Fight: Main Pirate Ship Continuously fire and use missles as you avoid the space disk which will level with you then cut across to nick you. After taking enough damage, it will send missiles at you. Fly around in a circle to avoid them but watch out for the disk as it will start to mix in with the rockets. Another attack to watch out for is the laser. Once again, fly around in a circle and keep firing and avoiding attacks. Hang in there until you beat the boss. --------- You have escaped, onward to planet Murkow. ++++++++++ Planet Murkow Explore the Festival Find Qwark Win the Coliseum Battles Fight for Cash Prizes Return to Aphelion Mission: Explore the Festival Search the fairground to discover what prizes lay hidden in Tachyon's carnival of pain. Mission: Find Qwark There's a good chance that Qwark is at the Coliseum. His ego craves an audiance and the main event will be sure to have one. Take the time to upgrade or purchase your weapons. Kill all of the enemies and get your Swingshot prepared for swinging across the pit to the Challenger Entrance. A new enemy appears with an extremely damaging Electric Clapper move. Shock Ravager won't work on it so use the Predator Launcher. Use the wall jump in the green area and at the top, step on the yellow button. Be prepared to destroy the Electrical Clappers as you wait for the door to open and then you can activate the Jump Pad. Kill another Electrical Clapper and go around the loop collecting treasures but as a precaution, touch the explosive block and back off to get the treasure safely. Once you are ready to proceed, ride the zipline. Nothing much to say here except you now have to run through a gaunlet of enemies and flamethrowers until you reach the entrance to the Rogar Tournament. Mission: Win the Coliseum Battles The only way to find out what Qwark is up to is to win the Coliseum battles and re- ceive the prize from the emcee himself. There are three rounds to survive. All you got to do is run around and let the Pred- ator Launcher do all the work for you. When you face Crushto, follow the same strat- egy but don't get sucked into its mouth or blown in the lava. The Shard Reaper does good damage too but is too risky to use up close. You win the Helipods as the prize. Mission: Fight for Cash Prizes The imperial festival offers bolts to their prizes for winning battles. It's a good opportunity to earn bolts and raise your nanotech and weapon levels. Mission: Return to Aphelion Qwark has given you an encoded message. You should be able to play the messages on the holoscreen of your ship, the Aphelion. You can stay and fight if you want to. Once you are done, use the Helipod on the loops to raise the doors. Use the pod to return to the ship. You can always come back to the arena via the boat. ++++++++++ Nundac Asteroid Ring Get to the Space Station Sell your souls Make a Trade with the Smuggler Navigate the Gravity Cube Search the Station Mission: Get to the Space Station Qwark's message suggests that the Lombax Secret might be on the remote space station The Station is heavily defended and you will need special access codes just to reach it. Walk forward to meet up with the smuggler. Mission: Sell your Souls The Smuggler is offering cash for Leviathan Souls. The Nundac Asteroid Ring is inha- bited by many large and lucrative Leviathans. This is a good opportunity to earn bolts and raritanium. as well as a valuable experience. Mission: Make a Trade with the Smuggler The Smuggler has offered acces to the space station for a price. Give him enough Le- viathan souls and he'll give you the access codes to the station's maitenence shut- tle. Gather the rartitanium. Fight the Leviathan the same way you fout the one on Planet Cobalia but be careful not to fall. The Predator Launcher is a suggested weapon to use. No need for much strategies for a while. However, there is a golden bolt that's located after transporting to Teleporter Beta. Use the Swingshot to reach it. You need 3 Leviathan Souls but you can get more if you want. When you are ready, speak to the Smuggler and trade the souls for codes. Mission: Navigate the Gravity Cube The space station is powered by a giant gravity cube. Traverse the maintenence grid surrounding the gravity cube and look for a way inside the station. Take the Suttle to the station, ride the transporters but don't touch the bars. Do no land on the generator or it is instant death. You pretty much can do this next area with no more help from us. Just note that the blue platforms disappear when you stand on them so jump off immediately. Once you reach the end of the area, ride the elevator. Mission: Search the Station The Lombax Secret may be somewhere on this space station. But the station's owners are using every trick in their arsenal to stop you from reaching it. Kill everyone you see then when you reach a gear, twist it to reveal an underwater aqueduct. There us a raritanium chest in the water. Get it then go for dry land as you avoid the mines. Fight your way up the stairs and avoid the moving lasers. When you are near the end, kill everything on the screen to deactivate the laser grids. Climb up to get the Geo Laser. Follow where the Geo Laser points then use the SIXAXIS to heat up the weak wall points. The defenders are 2 weak robots and a lady. Stick around for co-ordinates to Ardolis and transport back to your ship and blast off. Planet Ardolis Infiltrate the Pirate Hideout Find the Treasure Room Catch up to Talwyn Mission: Infiltrate the Pirate Hideout Fight your way into the Captain Slag's hideout. The stolen Lombax artifact may be hidden with the rest of the pirates' pilfered loot. There is an optional area, early in the level to gain lots of bolts and raritanium. You just have to utilize your Helipods. Kill the first 2 pirates then take the left road. You should know what to do here but just in case you get stuck, we'll say that there is a spot facing away from you that has helipod targets that give you a ride across the river once you are inside. Kill the air piranhas and once you are done with this area, you'll end up back at the beginning of the level. Now take the other route and use the Geo Laser to enter the cave. The Ravager is the weapon of choice against the piranhas since you get lots of raritanium. Kill the pirates and use the Geo Laser to drop a Stalactite and use it for lever to get to the other side. The water is safe to stand on in case you were wondering. Use the Geo Laser again to open the treasure room. Mission: Find the Treasure Room You are deep inside the pirate territory and Captain Slag's crew are hot on your trail. Look for Slag's treasure room and retrieve the Lombax artifact. Shock everyone with the Ravager except the electric enemies. Use Predator Launcher on them instead. After everyone is dead, ride the zipline to the treasure room. Mission: Catch up to Talwyn Talwyn's explosive diversion may have saved your life, but now she has disappeared with the artifact. You have to find her or you will lose the only clue leading to the Lombax Secret. Swingshot across the pit and fight your way on to the deck of the airship. Defeat everyone that comes out. At the end of the ride, destroy Captain Slag with the Lightning Ravager and the hit and run technique. Exit and then enter your ship to go to Ryker V. Credits God - creator of all Insomniac - making the game and manual information IGN - for hosting this FAQ and provifding the opportunity to work on this game. You - For reading