Ratchet & Clank (2002 game) skill points

There are thirty Skill Points in Ratchet & Clank, all of which are spread out throughout all the levels of the game, except on planets Umbris and Quartu.

Planet Novalis
Destroy a fighter or bomber in the sky. Basically that’s any ship you see that flies around really quickly. The Devastator is useful for this.

Planet Aridia
Hit all versa-targets without touching a platform. At the end of the planet, right before you get the Trespasser, there is a large room with six versa-targets scattered around it. Hook onto them one by one without touching the platforms under them. To do this, you need to immediately turn around and Swingshot to the next hook right after you let go of the first one. Or, you can let go before getting over the platform so you are sure not to hit it when falling down.

Destroy three transport ships in the sky Do this with the Devastator.

Planet Kerwan
Destroy the Qwark robot. The first weapon strong enough to do so is the Devastator.

Go between the legs of the Big Al statue in front of Al’s Roboshack. To do this, take the path to the train and continue until you get on top of the second elevator. Walk on the ledge at the left of the elevator until you can’t go any farther. Look down and towards the left and you will see the giant statue in front of the shop with the wrench in its hands that’s turning on itself. Glide to it and go between its legs.

Destroy a blimp in the sky. Unless its really close and you can get it with the Devastator, use the Visibomb Gun to do that.

Planet Eudora
Destroy any ten ships in the sky. The Blaster is useful for this, because its ammo is cheap.

Nebula G34
Beat the Alien Queen using your wrench only. To do that, you should hyper-strike (X + []) the Queen on its side; otherwise, it will automatically bite you. You can kill all of the mutant frog-like animals with the normal strike ([]) and kill the bigger ones by hyper-striking them in the back or comet-striking them from the front (R1 + X).

Planet Rilgar
Do a Twisty McMarxx at the Hoverboard race. To do this, hit a big ramp and jump. Hold your left analog stick to either the left or right and press these buttons: L1 + L2 + R1 + R2. You need to do a whole turn each time before going on to the next button.

Turn a tank into a chicken, using the Morph-o-Ray.

Win the Hoverboard race in less than 1:35. The key is to never bail, skip corners, and always use boosts—from either tricks or special strips.

Planet Batalia
Complete the grind rail without losing health.

Destroy a Blargian ship with the turret. When you get to the very end of the planet, you have to destroy some bombers with a large turret. You can get the Skill Point if you blast a random ship that is not required to destroy.

Destroy all of the tanks on the planet using the Sonic Summoner. First, go through the planet and kill everyone besides the tanks. Then, go back to the sand mouse trap (right at the beginning of the planet, there is a white building at the right. Go behind it and there is a sand mouse farther along), get the sand mouse, and go around the planet and destroy every tank. You might sometimes need to go back and get the mouse again if it disappears.

Planet Gaspar
Destroy five ships using any turret.

Destroy all of the bombers. On the path to the first Gold Bolt of the planet (the one out in the open, the other being in a volcano), you will see many bombers connected to some power sources on the platforms you walk on. Destroy these power sources for the bombers themselves to explode. Find all of the bombers on that path, destroy all of them, and you will get the Skill Point.

Planet Orxon
Lure a crab into the force field. As Ratchet, right after the magnetic path, you will see a force field with crabs behind it and a versa-target overhead. Use the Taunter to lure the crabs (or just one) into the force field and you’ll get a Skill Point.

Kill a Screamer through the sniper pipe. As Ratchet, take the path you need to take to go to the Nanotech vendor (that’s going left at the intersection where there is the second Gadgetron vendor). Follow the path and stop after you have jumped on all of the little metal platforms. Kill the crab that’s there and look for a small pipe that goes through the wall to your right. If you look through it, you will see one of these blue creatures that scream once they know you’re here and wake up all the other crabs. Take out the Blaster and kill it through the pipe. Make sure to be silent and to get it on your first try, or it will leave, and you’ll have to wait before being able to attempt it again.

Planet Pokitaru
Blow up all of the underwater crates. Be sure to have the O2 Mask. It is useful to have the Hydropack, too.

Destroy three flying saucers in the sky using the Visibomb Gun. It’s almost impossible to lead the missile in a saucer, but you don’t really need to do that. When you are really close to one, just press circle, and the missile will explode by itself, along with the saucer.

Planet Hoven
Kill all of the anklebiters. They are at the first intersection to the right. Better use the Pyrocitor for them or even the Tesla Claw.

Destroy five helicopters. Best use the Devastator here.

Gemlik Moonbase
Destroy all of the cargo ships in the base. These are small transport shuttles that slightly resemble the ship the planetary Chairman gave to Ratchet and Clank on planet Novalis. You can destroy seven out of the eight by using the Visibomb Gun from your ship. The last one is in the huge circular room with all of the small biting enemies, creators, and those people with the lavaguns.

Planet Oltanis
Blow up three Blargian ships. Preferably, do this with the Devastator in a high area. Or, go to the beginning of the Upper City and take out the Visibomb Gun. Wait a little and you will see a large, black ship go by. Look at the course it is taking and memorize it. Then, once another one comes by, fire the Visibomb Gun at it to destroy it. Do this three times and you’ve got your Skill Point.

Bust all of the streetlights in the city. There are eight by your ship at the landing platform, four at the platform just below it, four on the Upper City path (you should be able to get these four before the first versa-target), and six streetlights on the path of the Gold Bolt you can get when activating the button that appeared under the large statue after you are done with the planet.

Planet Kalebo III
Don’t lose any health while completing the grind rail.

Get a score of 4,500 or better in the Hoverboard Race. Don’t take shortcuts and don’t try to win. Keep on doing trick combos all the time. Just press different trick buttons each time you jump (and jump all the time). Sometime a boost can allow you to jump higher and do better tricks.

Drek's Fleet
Kill all of the robots in the Hologuise path. Note: this is much easier to do after you have finished the mission. Just die after finishing the Fleet and go back through the level again and you will only have to kill the robot dogs. The Hologuise robots will not be there anymore.

Complete the water path that leads to the Codebot without losing health.

Planet Veldin
Kill ten Blarg Elite Guards using only your wrench. To do this, run up to one of them (and always try to never be in the same spot), double-jump and hyper-strike them twice. It can be annoying how well the Guards shoot you but practice makes perfect.