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Before You Start
Introduction......................................................[SizeInt]
Controls..........................................................[SizeCtr]
Characters........................................................[SizeCha]
Frequently Asked Questions........................................[SizeFaq]
Challenge Mode Explained..........................................[SizeExp]
The Walkthrough
Pokitaru........................................................[Impact001]
Ryllus..........................................................[Impact002]
Kalidon.........................................................[Impact003]
Metalis.........................................................[Impact004]
Dreamtime.......................................................[Impact005]
Medical Outpost Omega...........................................[Impact006]
Challax.........................................................[Impact007]
Dayni Moon......................................................[Impact008]
Inside Clank....................................................[Impact009]
Quodrona........................................................[Impact010]
Lists And Descriptions
Armor Piece Locations.............................................[WildArm]
Armor Sets........................................................[WildSet]
Weapons...........................................................[WildWpn]
Weapon Modifications..............................................[WildMod]
Gadgets...........................................................[WildGad]
Titanium Bolts....................................................[WildTib]
Skins.............................................................[WildSis]
Miscellaneous
Clank Challenges..................................................[WildCla]
Skyboard Races....................................................[WildSky]
Skill Points......................................................[WildPoi]
Cheats............................................................[WildChe]
The Tree House....................................................[WildImp]
The End of Document
Contact Me........................................................[LunaCon]
Greetings And Thanks..............................................[LunaGre]
Legal.............................................................[LunaLeg]
Version History...................................................[LunaVer]
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Introduction [SizeInt]
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Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters is the first game in the series to appear on
the PlayStation Portable. Unlike the earlier games, this one was developed by
High Impact Games, and not by Insomniac Games. The gameplay is a blend of
action, platforming and adventure, which should suit a lot of gamers. There's
lots of unlockables in Size Matters, which is one of my main reasons for
writing this walkthrough. The hidden titanium bolts and armor parts especially.
You'll be running around in a 3D landscape, collecting items, destroying
enemies, and even playing mini games. Most of the time, the robot Clank is
hanging onto his friend Ratchet, just like a backpack. There are several
planets that you'll get to visit, and each of them looks completely different
from the other ones. I'll be your guide from the beginning of your journey to
the very end, so let's get started.
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Controls [SizeCtr]
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| Ratchet Controls |
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| Analog Nub Move |
| Cross Button Jump |
| Circle Button Fire Weapon or Gadget |
| Triangle Button Select Weapon or Gadget |
| Square Button Swing Wrench |
| L and R Buttons Camera |
| Directional Pad Strafe |
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| START Button Main Menu |
| SELECT Button First Person View |
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| L and R + Cross Button High Jump |
| L and R + Cross Button While Running Long Jump |
| Cross Button While in Mid-Air Hover |
| |
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| Clank Controls |
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| Analog Nub Move |
| Cross Button Jump |
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| Triangle Button Command Selection |
| Square Button Punch |
| L and R Buttons Camera |
| Directional Pad Strafe |
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| START Button Main Menu |
| SELECT Button First Person View |
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| Cross Button While in Mid-Air Hover |
| Triangle Near BotFlinger Enter and Exit |
| Circle While in BotFlinger Pick up and Throw |
| |
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Characters [SizeCha]
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Ratchet
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The hero of the whole franchise. This athletic guy is a brave Lombax - which
is an alien species - from the planet Veldin. Before setting out on
adventure, Ratchet was working as a mechanic, but these days, he's a famous
galactic hero. Everyone knows who he is and what he looks like. He likes
traveling to various places, especially when accompanied by his friend Clank.
Not afraid of getting into action, Ratchet carries several weapons with him,
and is always ready to try on new kinds of armor. His easygoing attitude and
his athletic body makes him an ideal action game hero.
Clank
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This robot is Ratchet's friend and sidekick. Clank was designed by a
supercomputer to save the Solana Galaxy, but now it travels around in various
galaxies, following the Lombax named Ratchet, who is Clank's best friend.
When it comes to brains, this robot has plenty. In raw power however, it
lacks compared to other robots. Clank is to Ratchet what Kazooie is to
Rareware's lazy teenage bear Banjo.
Luna
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A cute little girl with blue pants and red hair. Luna wants to write about
Ratchet and Clank in her school report, and follows the two of them around
for a while, taking pictures and writing notes related to her heroes. Altough
she is very cute and great at jumping, she isn't very strong. There is
something weird about the way she talks, though.
Captain Qwark
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Always following Ratchet around, Qwark is also a galactic hero. However, even
though he boasts a lot, Qwark is really quite a sissy. His reputation is
undeserved, as he often takes advantage of other people, instead of doing
great heroic deeds himself. Raised by monkeys, Qwark has never seen his real
parents, and is encouraged by Ratchet to search for them.
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Frequently Asked Questions [SizeFaq]
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Q: What are the bolts I find everywhere used for?
A: Buying weapons, gadgets and ammunition.
Q: What is a Hyper Strike?
A: Jumping and swinging your wrench while mid-air.
Q: How do I level up my weapons?
A: Just shoot enemies. When you've defeated enough of them with one weapon,
it will gain a level.
Q: How do I re-enter Dreamtime?
A: After you've escaped from the medical facility on Omega, you will arrive
outside, where you can race some skyboard races. Behind the man you talk to
in order to race, there is a bed. This bed is the entrance to Dreamtime.
Q: How do I buy weapon modifications?
A: You'll have to find a Mod Vending Machine.
Q: How do I get all the armor pieces?
A: You will have to play through the game several times. Check the armor
piece locations section of this walkthrough to find out how to get them all.
Q: How do I get rid of plants that I've let grow to full size?
A: Just sprinkle more water onto them.
Q: How do I swim?
A: You can't swim at all in Size Matters.
Q: I heard something about Titan Weapons?
A: Play challenge mode after completing the game once, and you'll be able
to buy the Titan weapons from the vending machines. You can only buy
Titan versions of the weapons you've maxed out the level of.
Q: I always run out of ammo while fighting bosses. What should I do?
A: This problem is usual in challenge mode, which is after you've gotten
the PDA. With the PDA, you can just buy more ammo whenever you feel like.
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Challenge Mode Explained [SizeExp]
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Basics - After beating the last boss once, you can enter challenge mode. If
you choose to do so, you will be sent back to the beginning of the game, but
you'll keep all of your weapons and most of your equipment. The enemies are
harder this time around, and you will be able to collect more armor pieces to
complete your collection.
Additional Armor Pieces - Some armor pieces only appear in challenge mode,
and the last ones of them won't appear before your second time in challenge
mode, which means that you need to complete the game at least three times
(first time, in addition to two times in challenge mode) if you want all
all the armor pieces. In this FAQ, you'll find a list that tells you where
and how to get all the armor pieces
Titan Weapons - Another important thing about challenge mode is that you
can actually buy Titan versions of all the weapons you have leveled up to
V.4. The Titan weapons are much more powerful than the usual ones.
Buy them from any vending machine in challenge mode. The RYNO, which is
the most powerful weapon in the game, will also be available from the vending
machines in challenge mode.
Think About Skill Points - Challenge mode is great for getting the skill
points that are hidden throughout the game, even though you can earn them
before entering challenge mode as well. On each planet or level, there are
certain things you can do, like running through certain areas very fast,
in order to earn skill points. When you've got enough skill points, you
will be rewarded with in-game cheats.
Bolt Multiplier - when you defeat enemies in challenge mode, a multiplier
icon will appear in the upper right corner, near the bolts. When you
collect bolts, the amount you get will be multiplied with the number in the
corner. Defeat lots of enemies if you want to earn lots of bolts. The
biggest multiplier is 12x, which gives twelve times more bolts than you
pick up. When you take damage, the multiplier falls down to 1x again.
Finally, make sure not to confuse Challenge Mode with the Clank Challenges,
which are mini games where you'll play as Clank alone.
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Pokitaru [Impact001]
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+ Fight Some Robots
Ratchet and Clank are relaxing on the beach, when a little girl with red hair
suddenly appears, asking them to do some action for her school report.
Ratchet agrees with the girl, and asks Clank to follow him quickly, so that
he won't miss his massage in 15 minutes. You'll be playing from now on, so
get used to the basic controls. Just run around a little and break the nearby
crates using your wrench, as this will reward you with some bolts, which are
the currency in Size Matters. There are crates everywhere throughout the
game, so make sure you don't forget breaking them to get some good stuff.
Examine the nearby vendor machine. These machines are where you can buy stuff
like weapons and ammunition. You pay for these items with the bolts you've
found earlier. Jump up the ledge left of the vendor, and kill those blue
spiders by swinging your wrench. Break the crates to get some bolts (from now
on, you'll have to remember this yourself) then follow the girl. She stops
near a ledge, where you will have to hold both shoulder buttons, then jump to
get to the top. This technique is called a High Jump.
After jumping to the top of the ledge, you will be attacked by some robots
that are coming out of two small buildings. This is a nice opportunity for you
to try the Lacerator weapon. Hold the Triangle button to bring up the weapon
select menu, then pick the Lacerator. Ratchet aims at nearby enemies by
himself, so just press Circle to blow the robots up. As you can see on the
weapon select menu now, you have used some of your Lacerator ammunition.
Swing your wrench near the iron pin in the ground, to connect with it. Then
walk around in a circle to open the nearby gate. On the other side there is a
pretty big gap that you will have to use the Long Jump to get over. You do
this by running, then holding both shoulder buttons, and jumping. The little
girl has no problems getting to the other side, so don't worry about her.
Press SELECT to access 1st person mode, bring up your Lacerator, then fire at
the target on the gate to open it. You'll see a small waterfall with lots of
spiders coming out of it. Smack them using your wrench, and collect the bolts
behind the waterfall itself. Do a High Jump to get to the top of another
ledge, select your Acid Bomb Glove from the weapons menu, and throw some acid
bombs at the robots on the other side of the gap. When they have been
defeated, jump over the gap and slip down a slope. Since the Acid Bombs are
great at defeating several enemies at once, you will want to use them down
here, at all the robots that suddenly come running out of their houses.
If you're low on health, you can find a Health Orb left of the slide you just
used. You're starting to get the hang of dealing with spiders and robots now,
right? I'm sure you are, since you've survived this far. Allright, keep
following the red-haired girl, kill some blue crabs that jump up from the
water, and blast the robots with your Lacerator. You will have to cross some
water now to reach a small holm, which is fine as long as you don't try
swimming where its deeper. If you try that, a fish will eat you alive. We
don't want you to die yet, do we?
At the holm, activate another iron pin to make a bridge appear. On the bridge
you will find the [Wildfire Body Armor] which looks sexy, and provides you
with some more armor for tough situations. Ratchet will equip the armor
himself, but you can take it on and off as you want to from the Armor Menu.
You find this, and many other menus by pressing START. At the other side of
the bridge, is the beach where you started out. Watch the cut-scene where
Ratchet meets Qwark. Things get a little more serious when an aircraft
suddenly blows up the nearby beach house, and some robots start chasing the
little girl you've grown so attached to.
+ Rescue The Girl
If you check the mission screen from the start menu, you will see that your new
mission is to rescue the girl from the robots. Looks like Ratchet just got a
chance to prove himself again. If you need more ammunition for your Lacerator,
you can buy that at the vendor machine that's nearby. Do that, then walk bast
the house that the aircraft blew up earlier. You will reach a Continue Point
beyond this house. Continue Points are places you will starts from if you are
defeated. For example, if you die later on this level, you will start up just
beyond the house that the aircraft demolished. Defeat some attacking crabs, and
make your way up to a small bar. Use your wrench to defeat all the flying
robots here, and make sure to take the bolts they drop, as always.
Now it might look like you won't get any further, but that's not true. See that
metallic-looking wall near the bar? You can walk straight onto it using the
magnetic boots that Ratchet has equipped on himself. Up here there are some
flying robots waiting for you with their cannons. Watch out so that you don't
die here. While taking out all of the enemies up here, you should watch out so
that you don't fall down into the water, since there's no railing here.
As you can see there is a yellow circle here on the right side. Do not step
onto this yet. Instead, do a Long Jump to reach a platform hanging on the
mountain side left of the yellow circle. You'll find a [Titanium Bolt] on this
platform. These bolts are used for unlocking skins. You can check the various
skins in your start menu, under 'special'. Have in mind that the skins are not
useful for anything, and only alters how Ratchet looks. Now go back to the
yellow circle, from which you can slide over to the other side of the water.
Defeat the spiders, take the health orb from the nearby crate, and make your
way into a small cave. Here the game will introduce you to strafing. You can
strafe in four directions by using the directional pad. This is great for
shooting at several enemies at once, and for avoiding bullets or beams that are
being shot at you. Take down the robots with your Lacerator while strafing.
Outside of the cave you will find the [Wildfire Gloves]. Buy some ammunition
at the nearby vendor, then step onto the yellow circle platform in the water.
This is another continue point.
Buy hey! The platform started moving! It takes you out to sea! The aircraft
from earlier appears, and drops two robots out of it. Shoot them down, and jump
onto the holm that the platform gets close too. Defeat all the crabs, and walk
into another platform. The robots have started setting the buildings on the
various holms on fire! Shoot them. When you reach a holm with two houses on,
there is a [Titanium Bolt] behind the house on your left side. Take the bolt,
then jump back onto the moving platform. Jump past all the platforms, and
defeat all the robots and crabs up here. Strafing while jumping is great for
taking down the robots, as you might have noticed already.
Keep running, but instead of going out to the helicopter pad, walk onto the
square formed platform with a yellow circle on. The platform takes you up to
the roof. Watch the scene with Luna and the Technomite Artifact. Ratchet and
Clank decides to go to another planet, and Qwark follows them.
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Ryllus [Impact002]
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+ Investigate The Artifact
Qwark is allowed to search for his family using Ratchet's computer, while
Ratchet and Clank want to find out where they should go with the Technomite
Artifact that they found back on Pokitaru. As you can see, Ratchet's space ship
is here, and it is possible to walk into it. By doing this, you can travel back
to planets you have visited earlier. Check the nearby vendor. If you can afford
it, buy the Concussion Gun for 10,000 Bolts. Now, behind the space ship, you
can actually drop down to a stone platform, where a [Titanium Bolt] has been
hidden. Make sure you use the 1st person view to make sure that you don't miss
the platform when jumping down there.
Down here you can find out how great your new Concussion Gun is, if you
could afford it that is. Shoot or hit the cannibals (lets call them that)
until they're all gone, to make a nearby gate open. Walk through it, avoid
the purple cat, and watch the cut scene with the camera that is following
Ratchet around. Ignore the stone stairs, since they only lead back to your
space ship. Keep running, shoot some cats and a red flower to defeat them.
When you get to a barricade-like place, near that red flower, strafe while
shooting at the cats on the other side. You won't want to charge into them,
since their horns are hard to avoid when they shoot them at you. Once the
cats have been defeated, use your wrench to activate the iron pin in the
middle of the area. This will open a gate, and at the other side, there are
lots of cannibals for you to defeat.
Can you see that weird guy in the white professor suit? Thought so. If you
want some bolts, break the crates on your left and right sides after
passing the gate (watch out for the explosive crates tough), then talk to
that mysterious professor creature. He introduces Clank to his Sprout-O-
Matic, while Ratchet is struggling for his life inside of a red plant.
After the scene, the professor gives you his Sprout-O-Matic. Try using it
on the nearby mimic plant to have it follow you around. Walk over to the
soil, and sprinkle some more water on it to plant it. Each flower has
different abilities, and this one, makes it possible for you to blow up the
wall. Do that, and jump through the newly formed hole. Strafe while
shooting to kill the two red flowers inside, then use the Sprout-O-Matic
on the mimic plant here.
Bring it back to the soil where the two red flowers were, and have it transform
into a ladder. Climb up, then clear the next area of enemies. Use the
concussion gun, since there are lots of cannibals, cats and a red flower. Now
you can bring the mimic plant over to the soil at the other end of the area.
Hit the plant it turns into, in order to fly through the air and land at a
platform. Use the vending machine to buy some ammunition, then select the
Hypershot weapon, aim it at the yellow node, and swing to the other side of
the gap. Defeat the cannibals and red flowers at the other side.
As you can see, there are mimic plants on both the left and right side. First
you should plant the one on the left side in the middle of this area, in order
to make a hole in the wall. Then, bring the one from the right side and have it
launch you into the temple. In here, you find a [Titanium Bolt] behind you, as
well as the [Wildfire Helmet] in front of you. If you check the armor menu, you
will find out that you only need one more Wildfire Armor to complete your set.
Examine the locked door in here. Ratchet can't open it, and Clank decides to
squeeze through a hole in the wall.
+ Unlock The Temple
Now that you are in control of Clank, take the elevator to the upper floor, hit
a robot to defeat him, then free three Gadgebots from the glass prison. The
Gadgebots will follow Clank, so walk onto the nearby green button. Not the one
on the elevator, but the one that opens a gate. Have them wait on top of this
button using the 'Wait' command. You find this command by holding the Triangle
button on your PlayStation Portable. At the other side of the gate, step onto
another button yourself, then command the Gadgebots to follow you again.
Now tell your bots to attack the nearby cannibals. Walk up the stairs, defeat
some bad robots and jump into the BotFlinger. Pick up all of your Gadgebots and
throw them onto the top of the ledge, since they can't jump themselves. When
sitting on BotFlingers, you just aim around, picking out the place you want to
throw things using the Analog Nub. Once all of your friends have been thrown
ontop of the ledge, jump up there yourself, after exiting the BotFlinger.
In the next room there is another BotFlinger. Throw two of your Gadgebots onto
the buttons on the left and right side of the circle formed passage entrance.
This will make a bridge appear. Walk over it, and have the Gadgebots follow
you. Don't mind the arrows that are being shot throughout the next passage. If
one of them hits your Gadgebots friends, they will respawn. Not that it is
likely you'll be hit after all. At the other side, throw all three Gadgebots
onto the pillar that is standing on the ground. This will open a gate. have the
Gadgebots follow you, and free three new ones at the other side of the gate.
Have them follow you downwards, right after the huge stone has started rolling.
Be fast, and hide inside the hole in the wall until a new stone has passed.
Then, quickly run further down to a new hiding space. Down here, throw all six
Gadgebots into the small devices with numbers on them. Three bots in each
device. If some of your bots didn't make it down here, take the elevator back
up and escort them once more, since dead bots respawn. Once all six bots have
gone into the devices, a huge gate opens. Walk down to a room with a
mechanical-like device, and step on the button. Watch the cut scene where Clank
activates the ancient map room.
Now you are in control of Ratchet again. Step onto the teleporter outside of
the temple to go back to your spaceship. There is a new planet available,
called Kalidon. Why don't you just go there? You want more adventure, right?
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Kalidon [Impact003]
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+ Explore The Planet
Qwark runs off to find his family, as seen on Faux-Family.com. In real life, as
of March 2007, this is just a placeholder website, for your information.
Drop down right of where you start. Walk along the ledge here until you arrive
behind your spaceship, only on a lower level. There is a crater here containing
a [Titanium Bolt]. Now if you can afford it, buy the Scorcher weapon from the
vending machine. Start running down to the road, where there is a new kind of
vending machine. This one looks kind of metallish, and sells modifications for
the weapons that you have already got. I'll call it a Mod Vending Machine from
now on. Modifications are useful for getting new weapons functions. I won't
tell you what upgrades to buy all the time, but I'll come with recommendations.
Right now, buying the [Lock On Mod] is a smart thing to do.
Ok then, time for some mad action. With your mad gaming skills, I am sure you
can do this, and win all the glory you'll ever need in this life. Now that was
a joke. Anyways, run over to the alien with purple hair. He's kind of jumpy,
but offers Ratchet to participate in a race. In fact, there are several races.
+ Win The Skyboard Race
For now, just beat the first race named 'Learners Permit' to get the Shrink Ray
gadget. You need to reach 1st place to get it. If you need help with racing,
check out the section I've dedicated to races in this walkthrough. You can
always return later to race some more and win more prizes. I've listed all
the prizes in the section I mentioned some seconds ago. I do however, recommend
finishing all of the races here before continuing with your adventure.
If you won all the races, you can buy the [Wide Barrel Mod] from the Mod
Vending Machine that you saw earlier.
Allright, run down the road, defeat some nasty spiders and use the Hypershot to
get to the other side of a gap. Shoot two flying robots there, and make your
way to a big blue building. Left of the entrance, kind of hidden behind a
corner, you will find another [Titanium Bolt]. Take it, then shrink to get into
the electromagnetic lock that is preventing you from going inside the building.
+ Search The Factory
In here, use the wrench to break all the red objects. Make sure you don't miss
any of them, as that might result in you dying by crashing into a gate. Once
finished, the gate will open and you can walk into the room after growing back
to normal size. Keep walking, defeat some flying drones, and kill all the
robots in the room with the assembly line. Walk through another corridor to
find a new vending machine. Buy some ammunition using that machine. As you
might see, there is an elevator in the middle of this room - a circle formed
one. Walk onto the elevator and ride it down towards the basement.
Lots of drones and robots will attack from the doors that the elevator passes.
Kill them all, and watch out for the mines that get thrown down at you. You can
see the easily because of some yellow marks, so don't worry too much about
them. Once you see the message on the screen, jump off the elevator, if you
don't want to fall down and be crushed. Activate the super computer console
down here (ok, that name was something I made up), then jump onto the small
circle formed platform that appears, before the acid covers it. Make
your way to the top of the elevator again by quickly jumping on platforms,
before getting covered in acid liquids. At the top, you will find the
[Wildfire Boots]. If you've followed this walkthrough from the beginning, you
now have the whole Wildfire Armor Set. Whenever you hit enemies with your
wrench from now on, they will catch fire and start burning. This does of course
require that you have all the Wildfire Armor parts equipped.
Run into the next room, and use the Hypershot to swing over an assembly line.
Destroy all the robots - even the one inside of the cryo-glass - in the room
with the anvil-like object in to open a door. Run through the door and ride the
square formed elevator downwards. Down here you will see lots of acid liquid,
and an iron pin. Use your wrench to activate the pin to make some platforms
rise up from the acid - pretty far away from your current location. There is a
node that you can reach with your Hypershot left of this iron pin.
Grapple onto that node, and prepare for some mad jumping. From now on you see,
you will have to be quicker than Sonic The Hedgehog, and jump from platform to
platform before they fall down into the acid, and swing from node to node using
the Hypershot. Pretty much Tarzan stuff here, girlies. You bet. Anyways, your
goal is to reach the left end of the room, where another corridor starts. If
you can't seem to fly far enough when letting go of a node, you can use your
Analog Nub to swing faster, and thus launching into the air in higher speed.
After running through the corridor I mentioned a while ago, fight off all the
drones and robots in the next room. Then, shrink and unlock another
electromagnetic lock. Once the gate opens, run to the other side, and defeat
more robots in this green circle formed room. Another gate opens, leading into
a insane looking room. If you access 1st person mode and look at the ceiling
you can see one of those Titanium Bolts. There's a magnetic track in this room
that you have to walk on. This track is constructed in a weird way, and has
many interceptions. To get the bolt, start walking from the beginning, and at
the interceptions go LEFT - RIGHT - LEFT - RIGHT - LEFT - LEFT. You will now
find the third and last [Titanium Bolt] of this planet.
From here access 1st person mode to find out where the exit is, and then go
there. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out. Step onto the assembly line, equip
the Concussion Gun, and blow the assembly worker robots away. Jump over a small
gap at the end of the line, and purchase the Agents of Doom from the vending
machine if you can afford them. Beyond this point, you'll find a boss.
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Boss Battle: Mungo
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Mungo is one of those dumb big monsters you've seen in American cartoons.
He's purple, and looks both mad and powerful. He jumps around, trying to
beat you with his hand, and with the pipe he carries around. Avoiding him
can easily be done by just running around. Equip the Agents of Doom if you
have them, and throw some of them at him. They'll start to damage Mungo,
as you can see on his health bar at the bottom of the screen. You can also
damage him using other weapons, but the Agents of Doom are very effective.
If you run out of ammo, break one of the nearby crates to find more. When
Mungo starts throwing drones at you, equip the Lacerator and strafe while
shooting at him. The Scorcher can also be used in this phase, if you dare
to walk into close range. Mungo goes down after a little while, as he
isn't really very hard to beat.
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Pick up the [Sludge Mk. 9 Body Armor] after the battle and open the
nearby door. Watch the cut scene where you meet Luna again. Oh, the girl
in red hear is named Luna - she tells you now.
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Metalis [Impact004]
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+ Survive Robot War III
Afterwards, Clank finds himself on the planet Metalis, in a combat arena
where Robot War III is currently being fought. This is one of the Clank
Challenges, and is in particular named 'Buzzsaw Blitz'. Just drive around,
collecting health and a weapon from the two edges of the room. Press circle
to shoot using the weapon, and Square to use the saw torso on your vehicle.
Keep damaging your opponents using these two methods, and collect health when
needed. After winning, Clank meets a monkey that shows him Ratchet on a
screen. Clank wants to save Ratchet. You can continue playing other
challenges if you want to, or exit them. It is up to you. If you want to, you
can always return here and examine the green monitor to play more of the
Clank Challenges.
+ Win Fabulous Cash And Prizes (optional)
This is an optional mission that you can skip, if you're not very keen on
getting some new armor pieces and lots of bolts right now. If you do want
that tough, beat every single of the Clank Challenges available at Metalis.
This will earn you the [Crystallix Helmet], [Crystallix Gloves] and the
[Sludge Mk. 9 Helmet]. Check the Clank Challenges section of this walkthrough
for more information.
+ Escape The Planet
Turn around after using the monitor for the Clank Challenges, then jump onto
the nearby bridge. The bridge starts moving, taking you to the other side of
the mud pit. Walk right from here, and step onto the shining pad. Clank will
transform into Giant Clank, and start flying through space in search of his
friend Ratchet.
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Flying Through Space As Giant Clank Part I
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If you have been playing Kingdom Hearts on the PlayStation 2, you know what
this is all about. Flying through space, avoiding objects and taking down
enemies. The X button is used to fire a rapid Vulcan beam. You have unlimited
ammunition for the Vulcan beam, so don't be afraid of using it. When you've
taken down enough enemies, you will be able to shoot a missile using the
Square button. Anyways, let's start flying, shall we?
Fly through a circle-formed passage, the quickly take out the enemies that
comes from the lower left corner. Afterwards, be fast and take down the ones
that approach from the lower right corner. The next circle-formed passage is
a little trickier to fly through, since the obstacles only have small
openings. It is however not impossible to fly through the holes. After passing
a stone, Clank takes a turn to the right. You'll now see a red planet.
Now it is important that you take down ONE enemy wave at once. Do not panic,
but take down one wave before starting to shoot at other enemies. This way,
you will always know where the bullets come from, as there won't be enemies
scattered all over the place. When you've taken down the waves of small
enemies, start dodging stones. Keep flying in the middle of the screen,
as it is easier to see what stones you will have to dodge this way.
Use your Vulcan beam to get rid of the small stones that appear. You'll now
see a construction, and some blue bigger spaceships will attack from the lower
left corner. Do not waste your missile(s) yet. Just keep shooting at one ship
and blow it up before starting to shoot at the other ones. You won't have to
dodge a lot of bullets, if you take them down quickly. Shoot down more blue
ships, a green one, and some small ones. Clank starts flying into a passage
with lots of half-circle plates. Avoid as many of them as possible. Now you
can start using you missiles, as lots of blue spaceships will attack.
Take them all down, then avoid all the flashing rooftops. You'll meet a mini-
boss called Technomite Dreadnaught. He has a pretty quick Vulcan cannon, as
well as a missile launcher. Avoiding the Vulcan beams isn't hard by just
flying up and down, but the missiles, you'll have to take down by shooting at
them. Keep flying in circles, shoot down as many missiles as possible, and
never stop shooting at the Dreadnaught using your Vulcan gun. After the battle
you will be awarded with the [Electroshock Gloves].
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Dreamtime [Impact005]
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Watch the scene where Ratchet dreams about Clank, telling him to follow him
into a door. This level is pretty wacky, as looks more than a dream than
anything else. Of course, that's not weird, considering that the level is
actually a dream in Ratchet's head. Jump to the small holm ahead, using the
stones in the water. The sky 'breaks' and some birds come out of the hole.
Shoot them down, then jump inside. You'll find a vending machine inside, where
you can buy the Suck Cannon. Sprinkle some water onto the nearby mimic plant
and have it follow you to the soil located just a little longer down the path.
Hit the flower that grows up with your wrench, and a node will appear. Use the
hypershot to grapple onto it. At the other side of the gap, avoid the red light
that is circling around, and jump over to parasols to get to the other side of
the gap. There are two mimic flowers here, and two spaces with soil. Plant both
of them and hit them to make two nodes appear. Jump back over the gap, and from
here use the Hypershot to grapple onto the nodes. At the other side, which is
the top of a hat, you can jump onto some moving parasols. There are three of
them. First, equip the Hypershot. Then jump onto the first parasol. Access 1st
Person view, and grapple onto the node above you. Do this quick, or the parasol
will fall into the endless deep. On top of the hat now after grappling, you
will find a [Titanium Bolt]. Now jump to the other side of the three parasols
and avoid two circling red lights there.
Walk onto a flight pad, but watch out, since the pad will get cut in several
pieces by some saws. Defeat the chainsaw enemies that appear, and step on the
piece of the pad that is furthest away from the 'ground' you came walking from.
This piece start moving. When it stops, grapple onto some nodes and swing until
you reach some ground again. Run past all the red circling lights, and watch
the cut scene where Clank tries to wake Ratchet.
Make your way forward until you see a building. Left of the entrance to this
building, there is a [Titanium Bolt]. Take it, then head inside. Break the
mirror in here, and head out at the other side. On the right side of the
waterfall, you can wall jump up to the top. Do that. Walk onto a platform. Ride
it for a while, wait for an enemy to pass, then wait for another one. You will
now reach a room with training tools in. Break the mirror in here, then walk
out to a platform with red circles on. Take down all the birds using the
scorcher, and jump onto some purple ground. Defeat all the birds and chainsaw
enemies here, and use the yellow nodes that appear to grapple all the way over
to a vending machine. Buy ammo there, then look into the air behind the black
portal. Do not enter the portal, just look into the air behind it.
There is a Titanium Bolt there. Equip the Lacerator, enter 1st person view and
shoot at the bolt. This will transport you to a place where you will have to
jump over to the bolt before the ground gets blown up. This might be a little
tricky, and you only have one try. If you fail, load your previous savegame and
try again. After getting the [Titanium Bolt], walk into the black portal.
You will arrive at a place where the ground is white. Burn some birds using the
scorcher, walk into a new portal that appears, then use the Lacerator to
take down the chainsaw enemies in the next area, where the ground is brown.
Take down some birds in the next blue area, walk into a new portal, and
after one more area, you will run into Giant Clank. Just avoid him for some
time, as there is no point in fighting. You will get the
[Crystallix Body Armor]. Ratchet wakes up afterwards. Thank god.
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Medical Outpost Omega [Impact006]
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Ratchet's weapons have been taken away, so you'll have to find them again. Pick
up the Lacerator on the floor, then access the electromagnetic lock. Do your
thing in there to open the gate. Destroy a turret, pick up the Concussion Gun
behind it, and walk into a new room. Enter the turret here with Clank while
Ratchet operates the console. Shoot freeze beams at the spiders that attack.
You can target the ones in the ceiling by pressing the X button. You shoot with
circle. Afterwards, walk into the opened gate. Avoid the red floor, pick up
the Acid Bomb Glove, and clear the next room of enemies. Examine the purple box
here to get the rest of your weapons back.
The wall blows up, so defeat everyone that attacks from there. Walk through the
hole in the wall, and have a look at what the vending machine has for sale. Buy
the [Box Breaker] and the [Bolt Grabber]. The Box Breaker will destroy all
nearby crates when you jump and use your wrench, while the bolt grabber works
like a magnet - now bolts that are further away from Ratchet will get drawn
towards him. Finally, buy the [Bee Mine Glove], which is a new weapon.
Jump onto the turret, and protect Ratchet from the spiders while he is using
the console. In the next room, defeat the enemies, wall jump up to the top of
the ledge, throw a acid bomb down to clear the enemies below at the other side,
then watch the cut scene. Pick up the [Crystallix Boots] afterwards.
A countdown timer starts running. There are four minutes before it hits zero.
Slide downwards, protect Ratchet from the turret in the next room while he is
opening a door, then wall jump to the top of a ledge. At the top, turn around
to find a [Titanium Bolt]. Shrink into a nearby lock and do your thing in there
as usual. In the next room, do some mad strafing while shooting to defeat all
the enemies in here. Now, head over to your spaceship and watch the scene with
Luna's report to her boss. Now who could that be? Ratchet and Clank now escape.
They're still at the same planet however.
+ Rematch - Skyboard Racer
Still on Omega, you can walk a little forwards to meet that skyboard racer,
ultra-suspicious dude with purple hair. He's got some new equipment, and wants
to race you. Agree to race him, and finish all the four different races to
win the [Electroshock Boots] and the [Polarizer]. Now you can go back to
Metalis and get a Titanium Bolt if you want to (check the Titanium Bolt
section) since you have the Polarizer. Afterwards, fly to the planet named
Challax. You've never been there before, so this could get interesting.
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Challax [Impact007]
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Here on Challax, you have two paths you can choose from. One of them is
'Smashing the Technomite Orbital Facilities', while the other one is
'Go to Technomite City'. Go with the first option, as smashing random stuff
never gets boring. Time to do some more space travelling as Giant Clank.
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Flying Through Space As Giant Clank Part II
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Dodge some flying asteroids and some satellites at the beginning, then prepare
for some serious shooting. Several waves with those small red spaceships will
attack. Strafe left and right while shooting to quickly take them down. Only
seconds later, a few of the bigger blue colored ships attack. Those are easier
to take down, as there's not very many of them. Some green star-formed ships
will also attack, but considering the fact that their laser beam is pretty
slow, they aren't too much of a threat. Take down another wave of small ships.
Several bigger blue ships will now attack one by one. Just stay still, shoot a
ship down, then wait for the other one. A good aim is all you need here, as
there's only one target you'll need to hit at once. Keep on shooting when
Clank moves forward again, as there are lots of stones and satellites in your
way. Shoot them to bits, and dodge the ones you can't seem to destroy. We
don't want any crashing here, do we? Shoot down some waves of ships. When you
reach those big ice blocks, you will have to be quick and dodge them all.
Shooting at them is no good at all. The yellow huge ships that appear are
invulnerable, so concentrate on dodging their missiles and shooting at the
small ships coming out of them.
Take down some green and blue ships. When Clank flies into a building, dodge
the roof and the floor, and avoid the laser traps here as well. When you
finally arrive in a huge, and i mean HUGE room, you will have to fight another
Technomite Dreadnaught mini-boss. If you've got any missiles left, now is the
time to use them to take down the Dreadnaught. The battle with it, is the same
as the first Dreadnaught you fought, but this time, it also launches smaller
spaceships. The battle however, isn't really much harder. Your reward for
winning is the [Electroshock Body Armor].
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+ Ride The Hovercar
Back down on Challax, choose the other path, that says 'Go to the Technomite
City'. Ratchet jumps into a hovercar, and goes over to the mentioned city.
You won't have to control the car yourself.
+ Explore The Miniature City
Buy the [Sniper Mine] and the [PDA] from the nearby Vending Machine. Shrink
into the lock to open the gate, and take the elevator behind it down to a lower
floor. Use the polarizer on the magnet down here to remove some suitcases that
