Ratchet: Deadlocked

Mr. Sunshine multi-player skin:
Enter multi-player mode and create a profile with the North American version of the game. Make an account on insomniacgames.com with the same name as your profile. Go online with the game, log on to the web site, select the "Edit Profile" option, then hold L2 and press Left, Down, Right, Left, Down, Up(2), Left.

Vernon multi-player skin:
Enter multi-player mode and create a profile with the North American version of the game. Make an account on insomniacgames.com with the same name as your profile. Go online with the game, log on to the web site, select the "Edit Profile" option, then hold L2 and press Left, Right, Down, Left, Down, Up, Right, Up.

Eugene multi-player skin:
Enter multi-player mode and create a profile with the North American version of the game. Make an account on insomniacgames.com with the same name as your profile. Go online with the game, log on to the web site, select the "Edit Profile" option, then hold L2 and press Right, Down(2), Left, Right, Up, Down, Right.
Zanodrano.

Ratchet in Renegade armor multi-player skin:
Enter multi-player mode and create a profile with the North American version of the game. Make an account on insomniacgames.com with the same name as your profile. Go online with the game, log on to the web site, select the "Edit Profile" option, then hold L2 and press Up(2), Right(3), Up, Left, Down.
Zanodrano.

Genome Ratchet (Japanese version):
Press Start to pause game play, then press Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Down(2).

Pipo-Saru Ratchet (Japanese version):
Press Start to pause game play, then press Up, Right, Down, Right, Left, Right.

Santa Ratchet (Japanese version):
Press Start to pause game play, then press Down, Left, Up, Left, Right, Left, Up.

Saurus Ratchet (Japanese version):
Press Start to pause game play, then press Up(2), Down(2), Right, Up(2).

Bonus skins:
Complete the following tasks to unlock the corresponding skin.
John Cameron.

"The Muscle": Collect 25 Glamour Stars
Avenger: Win the Avenger Tournament
Crusader: Win the Crusader Tournament
Jak: Collect 50 Glamour Stars (in co-op multi-player only)
Kid Nova: Collect 45 Glamour Stars
King Claude: Collect 30 Glamour Stars
LandShark: Collect 35 Glamour Stars
Liberator: Win the Liberator Tournament
Squidzor: Collect 40 Glamour Stars
Starshield: Collect 60 Glamour Stars
Venus: Collect 75 Glamour Stars
Vernon: Collect 30 Glamour Stars
Vindicator: Win the Vindicator Tournament
W3RM: Collect 55 Glamour Stars

Ninja Ratchet:
Collect all Exterminator cards.

Exterminator's cards:
Complete the indicated task to get the corresponding card.
John Cameron.

Shellshock: Get all weapons and Omega mods.
Eviscerator: Get over 100 Max Nanotech.
Ace Hardlight: Get 400,000 Dread points.
Reactor: Buy all the Mega weapon versions, including the Harbringer.
Gleeman Vox: Get all skill points.
Slugha (Vox's pet): Complete all missions under the highest difficulty setting.

Exterminator mode:
Successfully complete the game.
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Skill Point bonuses:
Collect the indicated number of skill points to unlock the corresponding bonus.
DM99Gen.

Color Blind: 120 Skill Points
Exterminator Bot Heads: 20 Skill Points
Gangsta Guns: 10 Skill Points
HUD Color: 5 Skill Points
Kill Quark!: 105 Skill Points
Mirrored World: 15 Skill Points
Morph mod for your vehicle weapons: 140 Skill Points
Remove Helmet: 15 Skill Points
Super Bloom: 25 Skill Points
Super Morphing Freeze Wrench: 35 Skill Points
Weather: 60 Skill Points

Completion bonuses:
Successfully complete the game and start Challenge mode to unlock the "Character Epilogues" and "Credits" options at the "Media" menu.

Successfully complete the game under the Exterminator or Gladiator setting to unlock the Hero setting.

Plumber Epilogue:
Successfully complete the game and allow the credits to complete.

Hint: Shoot To Kill mission:
Use the following trick when get to Shaar and play the "Shoot To Kill" mission under the Exterminator difficulty setting. Try hitting the red balls, which in effect cause the other balls to explode. This will boost your score more.
rrush7.

Hint: Unlimited mods:
If you buy 100 mods of any kind, they will become unlimited.
Adam.

Hint: Invincibility:
When you are by a gear, stand next to it and have one bot spin it and the other one make a shield. If you are close enough to the gear, the shield will also surround you, making you invincible. Note: You can still shoot at enemies while inside the shield but they cannot shoot you.
VirochanDraconis.

Hint: Easy bolts:
Once you have the Dual Vipers upgraded to Dual Raptors, equip Jackpot mod (two if you have them) and Shock mod. Go to the Endzone Challenge in the Battledome. Use the Raptors repeatedly. This is a good place to train any weapon. If you are doing the challenge with Dual Raptors, you should get a large amount of bolts quickly (about 6 million per play).
pondadixon.

Use the Magma or Vulcan Cannon and equip the Jackpot mods (as many as possible). Do the Endzone Challenge. Stand a good but close distance from the starting line and repeatedly fire. It is possible to get close to 3 million bolts.
John Cameron.

Buy the Harbinger and the Shield Generator. Then, equip the Jackpot mod to Harbinger and the Shock mod to the Shield Generator. Then, go to the "headquarters" and start the Endzone challenge. When you begin, launch as many shields as you can to make a wall. Then, fire the Harbinger as much as desired, rebuilding the shields as they die away. You will get at least a million bolts by doing this.
Moneymakerboy2.

This trick requires a good (mega) Magma/Vulcan Cannon. Go to your "suite" and do the Endzone Challenge. Run back and forth and shoot about every second. When you need ammunition, go up but still shoot. Also, in order for this trick to work you must equip the Shock Omega mod. If you want about five to seven million bolts every time, you should also equip three Jackpot mods, four Ammo mods, and three Speed mods. This will get you many bolts quickly.

Go to Planet Sarathos with a Bolt Multiplier in challenge mode. The more weapons and Jackpot mods you have, the better. Start the alien soil mission and defeat all enemies until you reach the gate which you must hack orbs in order to get inside. Order your bots to hack the orbs. Once he starts on the other orb, order your bots to regroup, which will stop him from hacking the second orb. This also works in co-op mode by just hacking one orb only. Swarmers should appear from the floor. Kill them and more should appear. As long as you do not hack the other orb, an unlimited amount of Swarmers will appear. Use holos or turrets to kill them quickly. Equip those two with Jackpot mods to gain money fast. Note: If too many Swarmers are on screen, the game will slow down or freeze.
SRporkchop.

Upgrade your turret to the maximum and put all jackpot mods on it. Play in the Endzone Challenge. Stand close, but do not get shot. Put two or three of the turrets on the field and use the Shock mod.
yby056.

Go to the third planet, and the first stage, Alien Soil. Get a large amount of ammunition and go to the first two hackers. When there, hack only one of them. The monsters will spawn rapidly. If you are too slow the game may freeze. Saving it often is recommended.
Trung1019.

Go to the Dread Challenge Endzone with the weapon Omni Shield Launcher (preferably the Mega version) and as many Jackpot Alpha Mods as possible. Add an Omega Mod Shock to it. Every time an enemy walks into the shield you will receive 100,000 to 600,000 gold for a total of about three or four million bolts every time you play the round.
Melanie.

Use the following trick for easy bolts, weapon experience and Nanotech. Go to your suite and do the "Endzone" challenge. Choose any weapon, but make sure it is over level 10 and buy the mod. Do not shoot anything yet. Wait until you see a ship to the right. Destroy it then use the desired weapon. Keep shooting back and forth (except for the flail; stand at the top in the middle where they appear and hit it left and right). You should get quick experience (10 to 40 levels per game), about 15 to 20 million, and about 2 or 3 Nanotech.
Nick I.

This trick works best if you have first completed the game. Go to the Battle Arena. Do the Dread challenge "Endzone". Have the mini turret launcher at level 10 and one or more Jack Pot Alpha mods equipped to it. Shoot four in a row. Stay behind them and watch the bolts come to you.
Thomas Perez.

Get level 99 mini-turrets with the Shock mod. Go to Endzone and put a lot of the mini-turrets out.
Joshua Edmister.

Hint: Recommended weapon:
Give the Leviathan Flail nine Area mods and one Speed mod. This will be one of the best weapon configurations if you can handle it. Use the Charge Boots to get closer to an enemy, then smash it. Most of them they will be dead with one hit. If not, use the Freeze mod as an Omega mod for bigger enemies. This is the best option for all arena battles, because one smash in the mid almost destroys everything. This weapon configuration is also very effective for small rooms and other narrow or small places. Do not worry about the ammunition. If you smash one time, three ammo boxes will be broken to refill the flail's ammunition. Use the Hypersmash if you get too surrounded (jump then smash). If this is done, the front and rear will be smashed.
maarten eppinga.

Hint: Omega Land Stalker:
In co-op missions, start with full health and charge to full power. It is suggested that you have an item equipped to it. Do the same in Story mode.
ZacComicMan.

Hint: Rainbow weapon shots:
Get any weapon to level 99.

Hint: Easy weapon experience:
In Endzone challenge, on challenge mode, equip Exp mods on any Mega weapon and it will grow at a very fast rate. You may need to repeat this a few times, but it is worth it.
Rabidfish88.

Use the following trick to easily upgrade the Mega Vulcan Cannon. In challenge mode, when you get the Mega Vulcan Cannon go to planet Shaar and pick Wack-A-Swarmer. Then, walk forward to get the Mega Vulcan Cannon. You should get the weapon upgrades three or four times depending, how you are in your upgrade. Try using the Mega b11-Vaporizer.
Brandon Juan.

You must be in challenge mode for this trick to work. Have the Quasar Turret Launcher and a couple of Exp Alpha mods and a Shock Omega mod on it. Go to the challenge called Endzone and put seven or eight turrets up around the middle of the floor. Then, put the weapon to be leveled up as our current weapon. They should level up quickly, and you will not waste ammunition. However, you my need to put up more turrets after the others wear out. Also, you will get about 3 to 6 million each time you do this.
Azgreyhound4.

Use the following trick to upgrade the Omni Shield Launcher faster than normal. Go to the Ghost Station and find a turret Launch the Omni Shield Launcher and start to shoot at it while you are in the turret. Repeat this after about twenty minutes.
mathew stone.

It is very easy to level up weapons in the Endzone challenge. First, buy the Shock mod and add it to all your weapons. Having the Turret Launcher is recommended. When in the challenge, launch the maximum allowed turrets (five), then go to a corner where the enemies appear. Shoot toward the enemies. they Should all die and the next target will open. Note: If it is an explosive weapon, stay by the middle-front of the zone and launch toward the middle of the enemy crowd. Then, repeat this with all weapons. This trick also works for the shields. Launch them directly in front of where the enemies appear and they will run into them and get damaged and/or killed.
Nitemare0807.

Buy 10 Exp mods and go to the Deadlocked Station. Choose the mission where there is a laser wall behind you. Use either your laser turrets (with all ten Exp mods) or your Leviathan Flail (with two Area mods and eight Exp mods. This also be done for easy money. Just add the Jackpot mods instead of the Exp mods .
bahemut5.

Use the following trick to get an easy level 99 for Omni-Shield Glove. Go to Planet Shaar and choose the Landstalker Stalkin level. Destroy the first turret and Landstalker however desired. Then, staying near to the building, make your way on foot to the right where you will find two turrets, two missile launchers, and a Landstalker. When you get close enough for all of them to shoot you, throw out two Holoshields angled to protect you from both sides. When all of them shooting at you, just remain there and replace any Holoshields that run out. If they do not see you, fire a few shots of the Dual Vipers or Raptors at them. Let them keep their shields. You should be able to bring the Omni-Shield Glove from level 11 to level 99 in less than en minutes without any EXP alpha mods.
Matthew Applegate.

In the first mission on Sarathos (Alien Land) get to the part where you have to hack the two security orbs. Tell your bots to hack them, but watch and when they get done with the first orb and begin the second, choose to regroup to stop their hacking. The Swarmers that were coming out of the ground will continue to appear until you hack the second orb. Use whatever weapon you want to upgrade and kill the Swarmers. Do not go back to the vendor and max out your ammo; the Swarmers will continue to appear and if you go back your game will lag or freeze. If you get low on ammunition, use your wrench to kill the Swarmers until you have enough ammunition to continue. Note: For guns that have low ammunition supplies, equip the Shocker mod as your Omega mod. It will kill a lot more Swarmers while conserving your ammunition.
Ace of Osea.

The Harbinger is the hardest gun to upgrade. This trick might take some time, but is well worth it. This can be done on any level, but the first mission on Sarathos works the best. When you enter the level, select your Harbinger, making sure that the Shock mod is equipped. Run up close to the Swarmers in front of you and fire. If you fired close enough, electricity will go from them to the two Leviathans farther down the line, instantly killing them. Continue killing the Leviathan that jumps out of the pool the first time, along with all the Swarmers, then the two Leviathan tails that appear in the other pools. Once those are dead, pause game play and reset the challenge. Repeat this trick until the Harbinger reaches level 3, then remove that Alpha mod and replace it with an Experience mod. It is recommended that you buy about seven Experience mods so the Harbinger upgrades faster. Every time the Harbinger upgrades, remove the Alpha mod and replace it with an Experience mod. Repeat the trick, replacing all the Alpha mods except for the two first ones until it reaches level 10. Then, remove all the Experience mods and return the Alpha mods you took off. Note: This trick only works when you are in Challenge mode.
Ace of Osea.

Hint: Easy Bolts, Nanotech, and weapon upgrades:
Go to the Endzone Challenge. This is much easier in co-op mode and you will get more Bolts. When it first starts, put four Holo/Omni Shields across the playing field. Then, have your friend go to the top of the playing field where the enemies come from. Run back and forth (not shooting at all). Then, take out the Dual Raptors/Vipers and strafe towards where the enemies come from (basically spray and pray). Your friend will pick up ammunition for you about every three seconds when you need it. This will get to level 99 very fast, as will the Omni Shield Launcher. In challenge mode if you are doing this only for the Bolts and Nanotech, a Bolt-multiplier at x20 should get about 10 to 20 million Bolts per round. You can use whatever weapon desired, as long as you have the Omni-Shields up (with no spaces in-between). When anything runs into the shields they will die or get frozen. Freeze mod is very helpful on the Omni Shield Launcher. Repeat this as many times as desired.
evilparadox.

Use the following trick for Mega weapon upgrades. After you defeat Reactor, go back to the Battle Dome and enter the End Zone Dread Challenge. Chose whichever Mega Weapon desired, attach the Shocker Mod, and start shooting the enemies. It should only take about one full round and perhaps 45 seconds of a second round to upgrade a level 11 weapon up to a level 99 weapon. For guns that are harder to upgrade (for example, the Omni Shield Launcher), remove all the Alpha mods that are not ammo and replace them with Experience Alpha mods to get it to upgrade faster. Note: If you do not want to keep going back to your containment suite after a round, when there is about one second remaining on the clock pause game play, go to "Challenges" and reset the End Zone challenge. You will keep all of your upgrades and experience that were already earned.
Ace of Osea.

Hint: Selecting ammunition type from boxes:
Whenever you destroy an ammo crate, it almost always contains ammunition for the weapon that you are currently using. This is useful when your best weapon is low on ammo. Take it out and shoot an ammo crate.
Luca Popesco.

Hint: Controlling the way Exterminator Cards spin:
Go to your containment suite when you have the cards. Press Triangle to view the cards. You can control which way your Exterminator Card spins by moving the Left Analog-stick Up and Down.
Mark Jahr.

Hint: Ultra Ratchet:
Get the following items: Crusader Armor, Supernova level 80+, Leviathan Flail level 65+, and the Omega Land Stalker.
ZacComicMan.

Hint: Getting the "Ace In The Hole" skill point:
Have a Fusion or Anti-Matter Rifle and a B9 Oblitator or B11 Vaporizer. While he is shooting or launching the bombs, jump at the correct moment and shoot the Fusion or Anti-Matter Rifle when he sends his copies. To easily identify him, launch a B9 Oblitator or B11Vaporizer bomb when they just land, or quickly shoot the rifle. Also, you can look at the copies. The true one is the one that is cheering all the others to attack, lifting its arm. Try avoiding his Falcon Attack and to shoot while the shield is up.
Omar Patricio Juárez Alvarez.

When you go to battle Ace Hardlight, take out the Mega Super Nova. Shoot Ace two to four times and he will heal, then jump when he throws his shock wave grenades. Keep shooting him until he dies or you run out of ammo. If you run out of ammo switch to your strongest weapon and blast away at him. When Ace makes copies of himself, shoot him with the Super Nova and all the copies (including the real Ace) will be hit.
Zakletsgopack.

Hint: Getting the "Reactionary" skill point:
Get a Scorpion Flail V9 or Leviathan Flail with 3 Area Mod, 3 Ammo Mod, 1 XP or Nanotech Mod and 3 Speed Mod. Attack Reactor when he launches the fire pads or after a Rush attack (when he hits the ground or he tries to hit you by running). Do not attack while he is shooting.
Omar Patricio Juárez Alvarez.

To kill Reactor in 30 seconds or less, play in Co-op mode and have the Habringer, have another player have the Arbriter (at a high level). Keep shooting Reactor. Note: This may require a few attempts.
Vampboy921.

Hint: Getting the "Run Away" skill point:
In the LandStalker challenge on Shaar, you can get this point by not getting your Landstalker hit, but you do not have to finish with it. Get out of it and complete the mission without using it. You will get the skill point.
FullMetalAS15.

Glitch: Bolt multiplier resets:
In challenge mode, whenever you have any amount for the Bolt multiplier, take out the Holoshield Launcher or Omni-Shield Launcher. Shoot it, then jump through the Holoshield. Your Bolt multiplier value will be reset back to 1.
Jordan Kiser.

Glitch: Unlimited enemies:
When you reach the challenge "Alien Soil" (the first one) on Planet Sarathos, get to the part where you must use the Hacker Orbs to get into the arena. A funny phrase goes on if you walk behind the arena - walk back far enough and you will hear Dallas say, "Well, what have we here? Ratchet is going behind the arena; this could be...nothing! It's nothing, he's just getting ammo". At the area in front where the two Hacker Orbs are, kill the enemies around then hack one of the orbs. Hack only one by telling your bots to regroup (Down) as soon as they have hacked one. The Claw Tooth Swarmers that come out of the ground while the orbs are being hacked will never stop respawning until you finish hacking that second orb. Equip Jackpot mods on your weapon(s) of choice and have at them for as long as desired. Try to equip the Shock mod or the Time Bomb mod on your weapons, because they are very effective at clearing out groups of weak enemies. Playing for half an hour can get you millions of bolts. It is only very effective in challenge mode, because you can buy the mods there and have a Bolt Multiplier up to x20. It is not that effective at upgrading health or weapons because they do not have much Nanotech.
Joel Detrow.

Glitch: Floating turrets:
During the Battle Dome mission Close And Personal, do not break any crates (health, ammunition) and try to just stay alive a long time. Eventually a turret will fall on a crate. Destroy the box and the turret will stay where it was, in mid-air.
Melpplayer.

Glitch: Flaming hand:
You must have the Obsidian Blade (in Challenge mode only). Get out and jump onto any ledge on any planet. His hand will appear to be on fire.
Liam Baker.

Glitch: Snow falls up:
After you unlock the "Weather" cheat, set it to "Light Snow" in the Arena you start at. Do that, and you will see the snow fall up.
shujinco.

Glitch: Invincible bots:
If at any time you use the Shield Link in single player mode and select it more than once, if you are lucky your both your battle bots will use the shields on each other. This gives you invincible bots. Note: This requires perfect timing.
Jacin Tattersall.

Glitch: Hitchhiker:
At any time when you see an enemy on a turret, you can either kill him and get on, or you can just go on. If you just go on, the enemy will be on your back until your bots kill him.
SCRATCHY THROAT.

Glitch: Invisible when online:
When you are in staging (online), press Circle then Square. Select the option "Invite Player" and type in your username . Enter it and the message "You can not invite yourself" will appear. Do not press X. Instead, just wait until they start the game. Notice that the counter which usually stops at 0 now can go into negative values. When it gets to -30, press X and exit the screen that says "You can not invite yourself". You are completely invisible. You can not harm other players, but they can harm you. When in games that are wrench only or where some weapons are turned off, you will see glowing things where weapons would usually be in the game. When people pick up charge boots, there is a chance if you search the level you will find glowing portals. When you find these glowing portals, you can pick up weapons from them. When you pick up the weapon, tell a friend of yours to stop moving and have him to shoot when you are in front of him. Try having them kill you with the wrench. When you are dead they can pick up your pack with the weapon in it and cause havoc.
Kwegibohb.

Glitch: Cannon shadow:
Note: The "Color Blind" and "Super Bloom" cheats are required for this trick. You also need a level 100 "cannon" . At the location just after the tutorial at the start of the game, set the "Colorblind" cheat to black and white, and turn on the "Super Bloom". Then, fire the "cannon". After you fire, you should see a shadow for about one second, then it will return to normal. This also works with other guns, such as the Mini Nuke and the Flail.
shujinco.

Glitch: Fire less Harbinger shots:
Take out the Harbinger and fire, then quickly switch weapons. You should press them both at the same time. Notice that instead of firing about ten missiles, you will only fire three or four.
Ryan Peters.

Glitch :Magma Cannon V10 when online:
Start a game with have power-ups on, unlimited ammo, and the magma cannon. Note: You cannot spawn with the Magma Cannon. Take out your slingshot and start walking forward. Press Triangle + Square and you should have a Magma Cannon. Pick up a mod and shoot once, then get a real Magma Cannon. If you switch weapons, pull out a slingshot, or go across a slingshot, you will lose your Magma Cannon v10.
NooB.

Glitch: Unkickable while online:
During the staging of an online game, press Square and go to the player to invite. Invite yourself, but do not press X. You cannot be kicked from the game. Note: You cannot talk, and if you are already greened up (ready) you will be invisible if the game starts.
Joseph Zado.

Glitch: Catarcom Four: Skipped Hoverbike Rings still count:
In the Hoverbike Madness challenge you can skip rings and they still will count. Note: Make sure to hit the last ring.
Oles Bober.

Glitch: Dark Cathedral: Invisible platform:
In either local or online mode go to the Dark Cathedral. Get on a Swing Shot. Wait until someone gets in front of you. let them shoot you five or six times then jump off. As soon as you have swung all the way forward use Power Strike. You will go flying. Turn around and keep going forward to a platform. Go on it and you should go through and land on one under it. This is a great place for sniping.
Liam Baker.

Glitch: Maraxis Prison: Get under level:
While online, get a hover bike and go to the left of the arena under the bridge. There should be a rock that resembles a ramp with about three to five other small rocks in front of it. Go back about 50 feet then go towards the rock. Press X when you are about to go of the tip of the rock. Try to get to the ledge on the left. You can now go under the level and get a great sniping point, or go inside the level. Note: You can go all the way around the level if you are careful. There are invisible shelves you can stand on which are easy to find with a Scorpion Flail.
Joseph Zado.