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Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Cheats and Tips

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Want to know how to unlock Challenge mode, Hardcore difficulty or maybe the Insomniac Museum? We've got the answers here along with plenty of others.


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Skill Points

When you complete the following tasks you will be rewarded with the corresponding amount of Skill points. There is a total of 1,040 skill points that can be unlocked.

Gadget (35 Total Points)

Head like a Rock (10 points):

Cannonball through 100 crates while on your Hoverboots.

You're Fired (10 points):

Maintain an oil fire for at least 30 seconds.

Orvus' Son (15 points):

Timebomb 250 projectiles.

Zolar Forest (30 Total Points)

Cold Killer (15 points):

Destroy 100 Zyphoids in Zolar Forest.

Terrible Tourist (15 points):

Destroy every breakable object in the Fongoid Village.

Nefarious Space Station (15 Total Points)

Pest Control ..


Unlock Insomniac Muesuem

Collect ALL 40 Zoni and defeat the final boss to get the option of going to the Corvus sector and entering Lord Vorselon's ship to fight him. Select the 'Time Warp' option and the Insomniac Moon/Insomniac Museum will become unlocked when you defeat him.


Unlock Bancho Ratchet Skin

This feature becomes available when you pause the game and enter Up, Right, Down, Left, Triangle, Square, X, Circle, R3. This skin makes Ratchet look like Elvis Presley.


Unlock Battleplex Bonuses

The Battleplex arena islocated on the Agorian Battleplex in the Korthos sector. It holds four tournaments with five battles each, each netting you a exclusive item at the end of the tournament. Each tournament must be completed in order, but only the first Bronze Cup is required to beat the game. The following items can be unlocked in the Battleplex:

Treasure Mapper

Box Basher 5000

Chimp-o-Matic

Box Breaker

Spiral of Death

Negotiator

4 Zoni

Gold Bolts


Completion Bonus

When you have completed the game you can start a second session keeping ALL your previously collected weapons and items. In this playthrough the enemies are more difficult to defeat.


Unlock Challenge Mode

When you have completed the game this feature will become an available option. In Challenge mode you retain collected armour, weapons, and bolts from your original game.


SuperCheats.com Guide

Our complete guide to Ratchet & Clank a crack in time is now online.

Each level is covered with text and accompanied with 40 videos in total.

There is also a section on Gold Bolts, weapons, skills and more.

The guide is free to view and print out, and is here:

http://www.supercheats.com/guides/ratchet-clank-a-crack-in-time


Prequel Bonuses

If you have a saved game file from 'Ratchet And Clank Future: Tools of Destruction' you will receive a discount when purchasing the Negotiator, Buzz Blades, Mag-Net Launcher, Mr. Zurkon, and Groovitron Glove at the store. If you have a saved game file from 'Ratchet And Clank Future: Quest For Booty' you will receive the Pirate Hat for Ratchet at the 'Community' screen.


Unlock Dan Johnson Skin

When you win 5 of each game or play 10 Death matches without dying consecutively the Dan Johnson skin will become available. Dan Johnson was a former Insomniac Games employee. He can aslo be seen in the Insomniac Museum staring into space.


Unlock Lord Vorselon Battle and Insomniac Moon/Insomniac Museum

To fight Lord Vorselon after defeating the final Boss you must have collected ALL 40 Zoni. Select the 'Time Warp' option to fight him and when Lord Vorselon has been defeated the Insomniac Moon/Insomniac Museum will become unlocked.


Cheats

The following cheats can be purchased when you spend the indicated number of points.

Customize Aphelion (100 points):

Change the look of your Lombax starship (Zoni, Hot Rod, Racer, Military points)

Cryomine Glove Ultra (250 points):

Freezing weapon (On/off points)

Altered Arsenal (400 points):

Change the size of Ratchet's weapons (Normal, Big, Huge, Giant, Tiny points)

Rainbow Trails (550 points):

Rainbow-colored projectiles (On/off points)

Wrench Replacements (700 points):

Replace Ratchets wrench (Omniwrench, Azimuth's wrench, Chronoscepter, Rubber Chicken, Plunger points).

Time Distortion (850 points):

Adjust the flow of time (Normal Time, Fast Forward, Super Speed points).


Unlock Concept Art

The following concept art can be purchased when you spend the indicated number of points.

Quest For Booty (175 points):

View concept art from Ratchet's latest adventure.

Space (325 points):

View space concept art

Weapons (475 points):

View concept art of weapons from the Ratchet and Clank franchise.

The Good Guys (625 points):

View concept art of Ratchet's friends.

The Bad Guys (775 points):

View concept art of Ratchet's foes.

Environments (925 points):

View photos of the artists who worked on the game.


Unlock Hardcore Difficulty

When you have beaten the game on the Casual, Medium or Hard difficulty the Hardcore difficulty setting will become available. When this feature has been unlocked it will be available for any new games you start and for any current games you have saved if you change the difficulty in the 'Options' menu.


Secret Area

At the end of the game once you beat the final boss (I wont ruin it for anyone yet) Lord Vorselon will give you a threat to come face him for one final battle but you must have all Forty Zoni collected. After defeating him and escaping the exploding ship a world is discovered and you are given a mission to go there.

This World is actually the "Bonus" World (Or as it is called Insomniac Museum) filled with cool fun facts and things left out of the game. Try to explore it and see for yourself.


INSOMNIAC MUESEM!!!!!!

after you defeated nafareis and azmith and collected all 40 zoni then that fish in a bottle wants to battle you dont start a new game BATTLE HIM once you deafeated himhis ship goes to code sore looser that means that the ship goes to a reacter self distruct,you should realy GET OUT when you get out YOU HAVE THE COURDENITS TO THE INSOMNIAC MUESEM!


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