____     ___   _______    ____   _    _    ____   _______
|  _ \   / _ \ |__   __|  / ___\ | |  | |  / ___\ |__   __|
| |_|/  | |_| |   | |    | |     | |__| | | |__      | |
|  _ \  |  _  |   | |    | |     |  __  | |  __|     | |
| | \ \ | | | |   | |    | |___  | |  | | | |___     | |
|_|  \/ |_| |_|   |_|     \____/ |_|  |_|  \____/    |_|
_
___| |      ____   __        ___    ___     _   __   __
/ ___ \     / ___\ |  |      / _ \  |   \   | | |  | / /
| |   | |_  | |     |  |     | |_| | | |\ \  | | |  |/ /
|  | |   _| | |     |  |     |  _  | | | \ \ | | |     <
| |___| |   | |___  |  |___  | | | | | |  \ \| | |  |\ \
\___  /     \____/ |______| |_| |_| |_|   \___| |__| \_\
|_|
___  ___ ___  ___            _  _____ _____  ___  __   ___
|___   |   _/ |__    |\  /|  /_\   |     |   |__  |__| |___
___| _|_ /__ |___   | \/ | /   \  |     |   |___ |  \  ___|
++==========================================++
||> <   RATCHET AND CLANK: SIZE MATTERS    > < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: No changes besides power.
Ammo: 25 blasts
Power: 2.5/10 (3 at close range)
Range: 4.5/10
Rate of fire: 4/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Power and ammo increase.
Ammo: 30 blasts
Power: 3/10 (3.5 at close range)
Range: 4.5/10
Rate of fire: 4/10
Upgrade: Concussion Cannon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.4) Agents of Doom > <                           [ADO04]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Look who's returned! The classic agents from two of the
previous games, with some differences. These guys can now
attack multiple times before disappearing, since they bite
enemies to death - quite strongly, too! This glove throws a
small pod, which instantly bursts open to reveal four small,
robotic 'Agents', which seek and destroy enemies by biting
them until they fall. Together, a full set of agents can tear
apart most enemies for much of the game and even some bosses.
The downside is that you can only have two sets of agents
active at any time, and even then, the second set takes ages
to load up in the glove after you throw down the first set.
Quite powerful, but the worst rate of fire, period.
First Available: Vetega Jungle, Ryllus
Cost: 25,000 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 5/10 - I bought these on Kalidon and
they were fully upgraded by the end of Challax. Fairly
difficult upgrade.
Ammo: 6 pods
Power: 4/10
Range: N/A (agents follow you everywhere as long as you don't
jump up a ledge)
*Agents' Range: 0.5/10
Rate of fire: 0.5/10
*Agents' Rate of attack: 4/10
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: This upgrade is useful - the agents each gain shoulder-
mounted cannons, so instead of biting at close range they
shoot small metal balls which not only give the agents some
ranged capabilites, but are also much stonger than the biting
attacks of the original agents (probably due to impact
damage). Very useful, and makes the agents very good against
Mungo and even large robots later in the game.
Ammo: 6 pods
Power: 5/10
Range: N/A
*Agents' Range: 3/10
Rate of fire: 0.5/10
*Agents' Rate of fire: 4/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Another very good upgrade, the agents have scrapped
their cannons in favour of deadly energy blasters. These new
weapons have more power and range than the cannons of their
predecessors. The glove itself carries two extra pods of
agents.
Ammo: 8 pods
Power: 6/10
Range: N/A
*Agents' Range: 4/10
Rate of fire: 0.5/10
*Agents' Rate of fire: 4/10
Upgrade: Agents of Dread
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.5) Scorcher > <                                 [SCR05]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Wow! "Is it hot in here or is it just me?" That's what
this weapon said to me. Despite being available so early in
the game, this is one heck of a strong weapon. Its usefulness
is stifled by its very short range, but increased by firing a
contant stream of fire (well, it is a flamethrower) rather
that individual shots. This makes it useful for dense crowds
of enemies as it can hit several close enemies at once.
Definitely level this one up ASAP and see its full potential!
Obviously, larger enemies take a couple of seconds to cook...
Best of all, that's a lot of ammo for something so strong!
First Available: Technomite Factory, Kalidon
Cost: 25,000 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 3/10 - Pretty easy, this gets lots of
experience from larger enemies such as the Qwarks in the
Dreamtime level, so it shouldn't take long.
Ammo: 40 fuel canisters
Power: 3.5/10 (per second)
Range: 1/10
Rate of fire: 5/10
NOTE: In this case, rate of fire simply shows how quickly the
ammo is drained.
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: A hotter flame for more damage, and it can hold extra
fuel canisters.
Ammo: 50 fuel canisters
Power: 4/10 (per second)
Range: 1/10
Rate of fire: 5/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Drastically increased power (a much hotter flame?) and
extra fuel canisters.
Ammo: 60 fuel canisters
Power: 5/10 (per second)
Range: 1/10
Rate of fire: 5/10
Upgrade: Incinerator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.6) Suck Cannon > <                              [SCN06]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: To be honest, this is a crappy weapon. It really does
suck as much as it name suggests. Don't get me wrong, it can
be fun sucking up small enemies and shooting them back out.
again. The problem is that by the time you get this weapon,
it is just too weak to compare with the other weapons that
appear within that time frame (Scorcher, Sniper Mine, Bee
Mine Glove) and the lack of small enemies may force you to
suck up boxes instead - you don't get as many bolts out of
them as you normally would by breaking them this way. It just
isn't worth the cost. HHowever, at its highest form it is
FAIRLY strong... as long as you have the patience to use it a
lot. Good rate of fire though.
First Available: Dreamtime
Cost: 30,000 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 7/10 - It isn't strong enough and ammo
is limited to small enemies and nearby crates, so this will
take a while to level up.
Ammo: N/A
*Max Capacity: 8 objects
Power: 2.5/10
Range: 4/10
Rate of fire: 5.5/10
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Nothing much has changed... just a higher capacity and
slightly more power.
Ammo: N/A
*Max Capacity: 10 objects
Power: 3/10
Range: 4/10
Rate of fire: 5.5/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Same as V.2...
Ammo: N/A
*Max Capacity: 12 objects
Power: 3.5/10
Range: 4/10
Rate of fire: 5.5/10
Upgrade: Vortex Cannon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.7) Bee Mine Glove > <                           [BMG07]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Okay, this weapon has serious ups and downs. The ups:
it kills enemies for you, it is fun and it is fairly easy to
upgrade. The downs: each mine only has 8 bees. This weapon
throws out electronic bee-hives with a swarm (a very small
swarm at that) of deadly robotic bees which sting enemies.
Each bee can deal surprising damage but there are so few bees
in each hive that it sort of nulls its usefulness.
First Available: Surgical Facility, Medical Outpost Omega - in
the vendor after you get all of your weapons back.
Cost: 50,000 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 5/10 - The first couple of levels you
will struggle to to the fairly low power, but at V.3, it
actually becomes way easier to level up, so the Killer Bee
Mine should come quickly - probably by the end of Dayni Moon.
Ammo: 8 hives (64 bees)
Power: 1/10 (per bee)
Range: 2/10
*Range of bees from hive: 4/10
Rate of fire: 1.5/10
*Rate of fire for bees from hive: 6.5/10
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: More damage per bee (ergo, much more useful).
Ammo: 8 hives (64 bees)
Power: 1.5/10 (per bee)
Range: 2/10
*Range of bees from hive: 4/10
Rate of fire: 1.5/10
*Rate of fire for bees from hive: 6.5/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: More damage than V.2, and 2 extra hives
Ammo: 10 hives (80 bees)
Power: 2/10 (per bee)
Range: 2/10
*Range of bees from hive: 4/10
Rate of fire: 1.5/10
*Rate of fire for bees from hive: 6.5/10
Upgrade: Killer Bee Mine
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.8) Sniper Mine > <                              [SPM08]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: A rather historic-looking long range weapon. It is a
powerful sniper rifle which looks like a Crossbow - its shots
are actually laser darts shaped like crossbow bolts. What's
more, when you press [SELECT] you go into Sniper Mode, from
which you can zoom in to amazing magnifications! This weapon
is actually more powerful the more you zoom in - while in
Sniper Mode you will see some bullets on the side of the
screen which glow, one by one, as you zoom in more and more.
This can help you determine how strong your shot will be.
Using your sniper rifle without using Sniper Mode is commonly
known as 'hip-sniping'.
First Available: Technomite City, Challax
Cost: 50,000 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 7/10 - It is very powerful, but there
are very few situations where sniping it useful and it also
suffers from a lack of ammo, but if you can take out some of
the big XP enemies such as the giant robots on Dayni Moon,
you will upgrade it without too much trouble. Don't expect to
even get V.2 before the end of Challax though.
Ammo: 8 darts
Power: 2.5/10 hip sniping -- 4/10 fully zoomed
Range: 10/10
Rate of fire: 2/10
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: A little more power while hip-sniping, far more power
when fully zoomed.
Ammo: 8 darts
Power: 3/10 hip sniping -- 5/10 fully zoomed
Range: 10/10
Rate of fire: 2/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: A little more power while hip-sniping, far more power
when fully zoomed.
Ammo: 8 darts
Power: 3.5/10 hip sniping -- 6/10 fully zoomed
Range: 10/10
Rate of fire: 2/10
Upgrade: Deadeye Mine
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.9) Mootator > <                                 [MOO09]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: This rather abnormal weapon is simply designed for
those moments everybody has when they would rather turn
something into a cow than blow it up. Come on, admit it, you
have had those moments, too, right? Well, now they can come
true! By holding down the constant beam of transmorphication
energy, you can turn any enemy you see into adorable little
explosive cows! The more powerful the enemy, the longer it
takes to morph them, so be cautious when using it on the
last couple of levels.
First Available: Farming Co-operative, Dayni Moon - beat all
of the Clank Challenges to obtain this weapon.
Cost: 0 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 9/10 - no matter how powerful the
enemies you morph are, they never give much XP. Don't expect
to get this fully levelled until about half way through
Challenge Mode.
Ammo: Infinite
Power: N/A
Range: 2.5/10
Rate of fire: N/A
*Morphing Time (lower is better): 7/10
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: 'Mootates' enemies quicker, and the cows deal damage to
enemies when they explode.
Ammo: Infinite
Power: 2/10
Range: 2.5/10
Rate of fire: N/A
*Morphing Time (lower is better): 5/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Same upgrades as V.2 really - speed and power increase.
Ammo: Infinite
Power: 3.5/10
Range: 2.5/10
Rate of fire: N/A
*Morphing Time (lower is better): 3.5/10
Upgrade: Armoogeddon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.10) Shock Rocket > <                            [SHR10]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: This powerful long range weapon utilises rockets packed
with an extra electrical kick! Its deadly accuracy, high
power and decent ammo capacity make it one of the most useful
weapons in the game. It's not too expensive either, and it
has excellent range (second only to the Sniper Mine).
First Available: Farming Co-operative, Dayni Moon
Cost: 50,000 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 7/10 - the first couple of levels are
fairly easy, but at V.3 it will take a crapload of XP. Still,
the enemies are strong enough that by the time you fight Otto
you should have it upgraded fully.
Ammo: 20 rockets
Power: 5/10
Range: 8.5/10
Rate of fire: 4.5/10
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Higher power, nothing more.
Ammo: 20 rockets
Power: 5.5/10
Range: 8.5/10
Rate of fire: 4.5/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: A generous increase in power, and a couple of extra
rockets for when the going gets tough.
Ammo: 22 rockets
Power: 6.5/10
Range: 8.5/10
Rate of fire: 4.5/10
Upgrade: Electro Rocket
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.11) Static Barrier > <                          [SBR11]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: A shielding device, this weapon creates an
electromagnetic forcefield which envelopes Ratchet fully,
rather like a large, impenetrable bubble. It must be upgraded
by being hit many times by enemy attacks, as it has no
offensive capabilities. Once a shield takes enough damage it
fails and you must put up another to avoid taking damage. I
find that at V.1 it fails rather too quickly, but upgrade it
a few times and you can beat the toughest bosses without
taking a scratch!
First Available: Inside Clank
Cost: 65,000 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 8/10 - This will be very difficult to
level up, but repeatedly going between the later levels and
letting your shield get hit by powerful enemies over and over
again will mean that you can get your shield to a high level
before you fight Otto.
Ammo: 4 shields
Power: N/A
*Damage shield can take: 3.5/10
Range: 0.5/10 (surrounds Ratchet)
Rate of fire: N/A (lasts until it takes too much damage)
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: It can take far more damage, so you won't eat through
your shields so quickly.
Ammo: 4 shields
Power: N/A
*Damage shield can take: 4.5/10
Range: 0.5/10 (surrounds Ratchet)
Rate of fire: N/A (lasts until it takes too much damage)
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Same upgrade as V.2, and you get an extra shield.
Ammo: 5 shields
Power: N/A
*Damage shield can take: 5.5/10
Range: 0.5/10 (surrounds Ratchet)
Rate of fire: N/A (lasts until it takes too much damage)
Upgrade: Repulsor Field
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.12) Laser Tracer > <                            [LTR12]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: This devastating handheld cannon fires a thin but
powerful orange laser capable of burning even the strongest
enemies in mere seconds - the weaker enemies will be
virtually instantly vaporised. This weapon gives so much
kickback that Ratchet must stand still while firing it, but
while shooting, the cannon also produces a small shield in
front of Ratchet, protecting him from most incoming fire.
Definitely a worthy investment of your hard-earned bolts.
Just be aware that this laser eats up ammo stupidly quickly -
about 15 charges per second - so make sure you use your ammo
sparingly unless you have the PDA and a few hundred thousand
bolts.
First Available: Cloning Factory, Quodrona
Cost: 85,000 bolts
Difficulty to upgrade: 7/10 - This weapons is powerful enough
that you don't really even need much upgrades, but if you go
between worlds and fight past enemies a few times you should
be able to get it to V.3 before long (though getting it to
V.4 before Challenge Mode is extremely difficult - I tried
it once).
Ammo: 200 laser charges
Power: 6/10 (per second)
Range: 7.5/10
Rate of fire: 10/10 (constant beam)
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: The laser is now wider, a bright yellow colour, and of
course does far more damage. The shield in front of you is
also slightly bigger.
Ammo: 200 laser charges
Power: 7/10 (per second)
Range: 7.5/10
Rate of fire: 10/10 (constant beam)
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: The laser is even wider, and yellow-white because it is
extremely hot now. The shield in front of you has grown again,
and you get a generous helping of extra ammo.
Ammo: 300 laser charges
Power: 8/10 (per second)
Range: 7.5/10
Rate of fire: 10/10 (constant beam)
Upgrade: Optical Maser Array
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.1.13) RYNO > <                                    [RIP13]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Devastating, deadly and packing firepower equivalent to
that of several bomber planes, this puppy fires 6 rockets per
shot that lock onto enemies and blow them up in spectacular
fashion. It may seem a little weak by the time you get it,
however that's because it will probably be late in Challenge
Mode due to the cost. Don't worry, it will still become the
most deadly weapon in the game by a long shot when upgraded.
It also comes with a generous helping of ammo. The only
problem with this weapon is that several of the rockets in
each barrage tend to go... not where the lock-ons tell them
to. So it's powerful, but has poor accuracy.
First Available: Jowai Resort, Pokitaru - Challenge Mode only
Cost: 9,999,000 (no joke)
Difficulty to upgrade: 6/10 - Since you can only get it in
Challenge Mode the enemies you fight give much more XP than
the normal enemies, so this weapon is actually easier to
upgrade than several of the earlier weapons.
Ammo: 25 barrages
Power: 8/10
Range: 8/10
Rate of fire: 5/10
> < V.2 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Basically just more devastating, with extra power and a
few extra barrages.
Ammo: 30 barrages
Power: 9/10
Range: 8/10
Rate of fire: 5/10
> < V.3 > <
~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Total destructive power and ten - yes, ten - extra
barrages. And this isn't even the final upgrade! The accuracy
seems to improve slightly with this upgrade, too - so more
than one or two missiles will actually go to their targets.
Ammo: 40 barrages
Power: 10/10
Range: 8/10
Rate of fire: 5/10
Upgrade: RYNOCERATOR
+============================+
| 3.2 - Upgraded Weapons |                         [UWP32]
+============================+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.2.1) Dual Lacerators > <                          [DLS01]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: These little beauties may not be powerful in themselves
(the bolts still don't do much damage) but their very high
rate of fire means you can punch down powerful enemies with
surprising ease. And since you have two fully-upgraded
Lacerators, Ratchet will automatically aim at two seperate
enemies (if possible) to kill them both at the same time!
Despite the low power, this is one of the best, most useful
weapons in the game! (Although against the final boss, it's
about as damaging as a stapler...)
Ammo: 120 plasma bolts
Power: 1.5/10
Range: 6/10
Rate of fire: 8.5/10
MODS: Lock On, Double Barrel
Titan Version Cost: 250,000 bolts
DUAL LACERATORS RATING: 6.5/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.2.2) Acid Detonator > <                           [ACD02]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: This is an excellent mid-game weapon, due to the wide
area of the blast, power of the explosion and the
high damage of the acid. The total combined power of
the blast and pool of acid is actually high enough to
destroy enemies as powerful as WereSheep and Clones, so it
can be a useful to throw one of these and then
use another weapon while the acid burns your victim,
combining damage. Furthermore it's blast radius has
been increased, so the pool of acid is much bigger. Its
mod's are some of the most useful in the game, too.
Unfortunately it still has a very small ammo capacity, a
short range and very slow rate of fire, making it impractical
for many of the situations you fnd yourself in, including
boss battles.
Ammo: 8 bombs
Power: 6.5/10
Range: 3/10
*Blast Radius: 8/10
Rate of fire: 2/10
MODS: Epoxy, Acid Burn
Titan Version Cost: 250,000 bolts
ACID DETONATOR RATING: 5.5/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.2.3) Concussion Cannon > <                        [CCC03]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: This upgraded shotgun weapon fires more powerful blue
energy blasts with increased range. However, this weapon is
just not practical due to its low power at medium range, and
cannot contend with its other close-range competitor, the
Incinerator, in power (or usefulness due to the Incinerator's
constant fire). This is a decent weapon but will fall behind
many of the others for most of your battles. Note that if you
buy the charge-up mod you may find yourself using this weapon
a lot more due to the drastic increase in power that the mod
provides.
Ammo: 30 blasts
Power: 4/10 (5/10 at close range)
Range: 5.5/10
Rate of Fire: 4/10
MODS: Wide Barrel, Charge-up
Titan Version Cost: 250,000 bolts
CONCUSSION CANNON RATING: 3.5/10 (5/10 with charge up mod)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.2.4) Agents of Dread > <                          [ADR04]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes: Now that they fly by your side with their new jetpacks,
these agents can now follow you across gaps, up ledges and
glide with you to distant platforms. Their energy guns also
have increased power and a higher fire rate, making them
fairly useful for boss battles, although their true abilities
are shown in firefights with medium-strong enemies, which
will be annihilated by a shower of energy bullets. Useful and
fun, if not the most imaginitive (it IS a returning weapon,
just... tweaked). You also get two more sets of agents.
Ammo: 8 pods
Power: 6.5/10
Range: N/A
*Agents' Range: N/A (infinite, until the agents fade)
Rate of fire: 0.5/10
*Agents' Rate of fire: 5.5/10
Titan Version Cost: 250,000 bolts (notice a pattern?)
AGENTS OF DREAD RATING: 6/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> < (3.2.5) Incinerator > <                              [INC05]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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