Skylanders Swap Force Xbox 360 Cheats and Tips

Search the indicated areas to find the corresponding hat.

Woodburrow

Puma Hat (+10 Armor, +2 Critical Hit %, +10 Elemental Power)

Turkey Hat (+50 Maximum Health)

Mount Cloudbreak

Stovepipe Hat (+5 Armor, +2 Critical Hit %, +5 Elemental Power)

Greeble Hat (+20 Maximum Health)

Cascade Glade

Glittering Tiara (+6 Speed, +2 Critical Hit %, +10 Maximum Health)

Mudwater Hollow

Boater Hat (+3 Speed, +20 Maximum Health)

Rampant Ruins

Boonie Hat (+10 Elemental Power, +10 Maximum Health)

Iron Jaw Gulch

Gaucho Hat (+10 Armor, +10 Elemental Power, +10 Maximum Health)

Motleyville

Roundlet (+5 Armor, +5 Elemental Power, +20 Maximum Health)

Twisty Tunnels

Peacock Hat (+10 Armor, +10 Elemental Power, +10 Maximum Health)

Boney Islands

Fishbone Hat (+9 Speed, +7 Critical Hit %)

Bearskin Cap (+5 Critical Hit %, +10 Elemental Power, +10 Maximum Health)

Winter Keep

Ski Cap (+6 Speed, +30 Maximum Health)

Frostfest Mountains

Beacon Hat (+15 Elemental Power, +30 Maximum Health)

Fantasm Forest

Flower Garland (+10 Critical Hit %)

Kaos' Fortress

Asteroid Hat (+60 Maximum Health)

Search the indicated areas to find the corresponding Soul Gem.

Woodburrow

Soul Gem (1/2): Hoot Loop

Soul Gem (2/2): Smolderdash

Mount Cloudbreak

Soul Gem (1/2): Pop Thorn

Soul Gem (2/2): Magna Charge

Cascade Glade

Soul Gem (1/3): Countdown

Soul Gem (2/3): Slobber Tooth

Soul Gem (3/3): Rattle Shake

Mudwater Hollow

Soul Gem (1/3): Zoo Lou

Soul Gem (2/3): Free Ranger

Soul Gem (3/3): Bumble Blast

Rampant Ruins

Soul Gem (1/2): Roller Brawl

Soul Gem (2/2): Star Strike

Iron Jaw Gulch

Soul Gem (1/3): Wind-Up

Soul Gem (2/3): Grim Creeper

Soul Gem (3/3): Grilla Drilla

Motleyville

Soul Gem (1/3): Boom Jet

Soul Gem (2/3): Night Shift

Soul Gem (3/3): Scorp

Twisty Tunnels

Soul Gem (1/3): Rip Tide

Soul Gem (2/3): Wash Buckler

Soul Gem (3/3): Fire Kraken

Boney Islands

Soul Gem (1/2): Spy Rise

Soul Gem (2/2): Dune Bug

Winter Keep

Soul Gem (1/2): Stink Bomb

Soul Gem (2/2): Rubble Rouser

Frostfest Mountains

Soul Gem (1/2): Fryno

Soul Gem (2/2): Trap Shadow

Fantasm Forest

Soul Gem (1/3): Blast Zone

Soul Gem (2/3): Freeze Blade

Soul Gem (3/3): Scratch

Kaos' Fortress

Soul Gem (1/2): Punk Shock

Soul Gem (2/2): Doom Stone

Woodburrow

It will appear near Flynn's ship when you have completed Mesmerelda's Show.

Mount Cloudbreak

This Swap Zone will become visible to the right when you get near the end of the level. Use a character with the Climb ability to activate it then complete the challenge.

Rampant Ruins

You will see a Swap Zone when you enter Orangutan Tower and look to your left. Use a character with the Climb ability to activate it, then complete the challenge.

Iron Jaw Gulch

When you have activated and crossed the bridge in 10,000 Gallon Hat, you will enter a large battle near a Life Elemental Gate. Defeat the enemies and use a Life Skylander to open the gate. Bounce on every platform inside to open the gate.

Motleyville

You will come across a dual Air/Water Elemental Gate when you progress through The Secret Way. Use a Swap Force character with these attributes (or two appropriate Skylanders, if you're playing co-op) to open the way. Then complete the course inside.

Twisty Tunnels

When you have defeated the Boom Bosses in Perilous Plateau you will be near an Air Elemental Gate. Use an Air Skylander to open the way, then clear the course inside.

Boney Islands

When you have been launched from the caravan, you will land next to a Swap Zone in Paleo Pass. Use a character with the Climb ability to complete the challenge.

Fantasm Forest

After you have battled the Tech Gear Golem in Fantasm Village you will come across a Swap Zone. Use a character with the Rocket Ability to complete the course.

Kaos' Fortress

When you have escaped from the second Sheepshooter explosion go directly ahead to reach a Swap Zone. Use a character with the Climb ability to complete the course.

In addition to the Magic Gates from the first two games this edition of will introduce Dual Element Gates and Swap Force Zones.

Dual Element Gates:

These magic gates require two elements to pass through instead of one. You access them, you can either have two players (one of each required element) pass through, or you can use a single Swap Force character (top half one element and the bottom with the other element).

Swap Force Zones:

These deal with the different movement types, each Swap Force character has a bottom half that corresponds to one of these types and you will need to have the right bottom half. There are a total of 8 movement types (two Swap Force characters per movement type) which are: Teleport, Stealth, Climb, Speed, Spin, Dig, Rocket, and Jump.

If you do not want to spend a lot of money getting plenty of figures you should aim to have at least one Swap Force character of each movement type and element. The following list is an example of 16 that you could choose which will enable you to access ALL areas in the Story mode.

1. Hoot Loop (Magic/Teleport)

2. Trap Shadow (Magic/Stealth)

3. Wash Buckler (Water/Climb)

4. Freeze Blade (Water/Speed)

5. Rumble Rouser (Earth/Spin)

6. Doom Stone (Earth/Dig)

7. Blast Zone (Fire/Rocket)

8. Fire Kraken (Fire/Jump)

9. Magna Charge (Tech/Speed)

10. Spy Rise (Tech/Climb)

11. Night Shift (Undead/Teleport)

12. Rattle Shake (Undead/Jump)

13. Free Ranger (Air/Spin)

14. Boom Jet (Air/Rocket)

15. Stink Bomb (Life/Stealth)

16. Grilla Drilla (Life/Dig)

Skylanders Swap Force's Starter Pack:

This pack comes with 3-Sticker Sheets with Secret Codes, as well as 3 In-Game Upgrade RFID Trading Card.

Skylanders Swap Force's GameStop/EB Games/GAME Exclusive Dark Edition:

This pack comes with 5-Sticker Sheets with Secret Codes, as well as 5 In-Game Upgrade RFID Trading Card. The Dark Edition also comes with 5 Dark Skylanders Figures (Dark Wash Buckler, Dark Blast Zone, Dark Ninja Stealth Elf, Dark Mega Ram Spyro, and Dark Slobber Tooth). These Dark Skylanders learned to control the pure Darkness power that infected them in Kaos' secret experimentation lair.

The Dark Edition pre-order also comes with a bonus Polar Whirlwind.

Set the difficulty setting to 'Hard' or 'Nightmare' and select a bonus mission. Then, when the mission starts change the difficulty setting to 'Easy'. The clock time is longer on the more difficult settings and changing the setting to 'Easy' makes the level time remain longer which will make defeating the enemies easier. When the bonus mission has been completed the 'Time Bonus' will also be very high.

For the following trick to work you must have the Pop Thorn Tower of Time Adventure Pack magic item (Sky Diamond). The Sky Diamond will gain you a lot of money as long as the powerup lasts when it is used in conjunction with the Training Attack Dummies in Woodburrow. Check out the video below to see how the trick is performed. The money which you gain at the Power Pod can then be used to buy upgrades for ALL your Skylanders.

Watch the video