Veldin

Veldin was a desert planet with a vast rocky terrain. It only had a few large bodies of water. Only one moon has been seen orbiting Veldin. It also had quite a few quite high tech buildings built into the features although most of them had been wrecked during wars. Because of the heat of an arid desert planet, all the buildings are made of light metals and color. This would resist heat far better than dark brown color and heavy protective metals. The main species of the planet is unknown, but it hosted a relatively small population. It was large enough that it became an important target for the enemy in Up Your Arsenal. In Up Your Arsenal, it seemed Veldin was a bit more advanced as the buildings were more high-tech. Veldin was Ratchet's home, as he grew up there his entire life, until he met Clank, where he still vowed to protect the planet with his life whenever it was threatened. However, in light of the events of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, we now know that Veldin was neither Ratchet's birthplace or homeworld. Ratchet never really noticed that he was the only known existing Lombax on the face of Veldin.

Ratchet & Clank
The Lombax Ratchet lived in his "house", or otherwise known as a garage, on Veldin until a small android nicknamed "Clank" by Ratchet crash-landed on the Kyzil Plateau. Ratchet then traveled across the plateau while fighting multiple enemies in order to find Clank. Ratchet finds him and they set off on an adventure, leaving Veldin behind. Later on, the pair would find themselves back on Veldin as it occupied the perfect orbit for Chairman Drek's new planet. Drek intended to use his Deplanetizer to destroy Veldin. When Ratchet and Clank arrived at Kyzil Plateau, it was covered with elite Blarg guards. Ratchet went along the same path he went on to find Clank and went on beyond the crash site. Eventually, they found Drek piloting his Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek-Mech and battled him. They eventually got to the top of Drek's Deplantizer where the button was pressed to destroy Veldin. Ratchet and Clank stopped the countdown and defeated Drek by making the Deplanetizer flip around, sending Drek hurtling towards the artificial planet, and destroy Drek's planet and killing Drek himself. The two then went on to live in Ratchet's home and life settled down for them after Drek's defeat.

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank were still living in Ratchet's Garage after Drek's defeat, still living modestly in spite of their new celebrity status. They were doing an interview for Behind the Hero when they were transported to the Bogon Galaxy by Megacorp CEO Abercrombie Fizzwidget. They then set out on an adventure to save Bogon from the Protopet infestation.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
At the beginning of the game, Veldin was attacked by Tyhrranoid forces, hired by Dr. Nefarious who called for the planet's destruction. Ratchet and Clank saw what was happening on Veldin in a news report during their stay in the Bogon Galaxy. They flew back to the Solana Galaxy and arrived to assist the Galactic Rangers in defeating the Tyhrranoids. They arrived at Kyzil Plateau once again, and they proceeded to eradicate the Tyhrranoid invaders. The pair then boarded a dropship and arrived at F Sector, where they defeated the Tyhrranoid commanders. After being consulted on the situation by the Galactic President, they left for Florana to carry out further orders.

Near the end of the game, when Ratchet saved the Starship Phoenix from an attack launched by Dr. Nefarious, he learned that Nefarious intended to use his Biobliterator to turn Veldin's population into robots. Angered at this news, Ratchet took on Dr. Nefarious and was eventually successful in destroying both Biobliterators on Koros and Mylon. Veldin was unharmed during these final battles. Presumably, the damage inflicted in the earlier battle has been repaired.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
In Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Qwark mentioned Veldin while narrating for the Imperial Fight Festival. During the challenge "Light A Match Mustachio!", Qwark commented on the Lombax snooze mist and said, "I haven't experienced gas this deadly... since I took Helga to that all-you-eat Grubsnucker buffet on planet Veldin...".

Ratchet & Clank comic series


The Kyzil Plateau on Veldin appears in the Ratchet &amp; Clank comic series. After Ratchet refuses President Qwark's request to investigate the disappearance of planets in all three known Galaxies, Veldin is targeted by Artemis Zogg, who orders his henchman Vorn to prepare the planet for stealing. The villains use a massive spaceship and a beam to remove Veldin from the Solana Galaxy, and into Zogg's own galaxy, putting it into an ice age.

At the end of issue four, Ratchet returned to Veldin, and Ratchet saw the planet's newly frozen landscape for the first time. In issue five, Ratchet found Glahm in Veldin's Planetary Defense Center, having plans to fire its missiles and destroy Zogg's ship. Despite Ratchet's protests that Talwyn is on the ship, Glahm ignored him and destroyed the fleet.

In the beginning of issue six, Sasha had come to pick Ratchet up. After she gave him some reassuring words, Ratchet and Sasha went back to the Apogee Space Center and planned for their final attack on Zogg.

Characters on Veldin

 * Ratchet
 * Chairman Drek
 * Galactic Rangers
 * Clank

Regions

 * Kyzil Plateau
 * F Sector

Enemies

 * Horny Toads: A small toad like predators found throughout Veldin, they attack by biting their prey. A single Wrench strike will take them out. Seen in Ratchet & Clank.
 * War Groks: Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time suggests that War Groks are native to Veldin.

Other Creatures

 * Veldin Skreeducks: Pterodactyl-like creatures seen flying about the planet.

Blarg Forces
Bosses
 * Electroid
 * Blarg Elite Guards
 * Armed Transports
 * Rocket Tanks
 * Dark Gadge-Bots
 * Ultra Supreme Executive Chairman Drek-Mech

Tyhrranoid Forces

 * One-Eyed Tyhrranoids
 * Two-Eyed Tyhrranoids
 * Tyhrranoid Attack Ships
 * Mecha-Tyhrranoids
 * Ultra Mecha-Tyhrranoids

Easter Egg
Barely noticeable, hidden behind some mountains you can see a small tropical island with a waterfall if you shoot a Visibomb into the background, (first time through on first game) making some people believe that it could be somewhat tropical, backed up by the fact that it has two giant oceans.

Trivia

 * The planet image of Veldin in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal was in fact a picture of Earth with over a half of Europe missing. The most recognizable countries were in Scandinavia. It is unknown why the planet image was changed, possibly to save time designing a planet.
 * It is unknown how Veldin had the perfect orbit for Drek's new planet as it was dry and arid. Except for the small easter egg thought to show Veldin's tropical climate.
 * In Ratchet &amp; Clank Future: Tools of Destruction,sometimes you could see in the sky a planet that looked like Veldin.
 * This is the first planet in the series to be the first and last level, but only in Ratchet & Clank. 
 * In Up Your Arsenal, early in development, it instead used the music from the Starship Phoenix invasion.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank
 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (cameo)
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet &amp; Clank Future: Tools of Destruction  (mentioned only)
 * Ratchet and Clank: Future: A Crack In Time 
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 1: Ears of War
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 2: Friends with Benefits
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 3: Lost and Spaced
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 4: Thanks for the Armories
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 5: Multiple Organisms
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 6: Bros Before Foes