Silox

Location information
Type	Planet
Galaxy	Polaris
Sector	Zarkov
Background information
Significant locations	Weeblesnog City (Weeblesnog Waterworks, Sky Train Station)
Affiliation	Nether
People	Vendra Prog Neftin Prog Gumblebrick
Into the Nexus
Missions	Fly to Planet Silox Find Vendra and Neftin Make your way to the relay station Power up the Weeblesnog water pumps Travel to the sky train station Defeat Neftin Prog Return to your ship
Enemies	Serathoid Netherbeast Thug brawler Thug shooter Thug grenadier Gunship Voltonoid Blade ball Neftin Prog Netherbrute
New items(acquired in)	Nether Blades, Plasma Striker (Weapons vendor) Thug armor (Armor vendor)
Gold bolts	3 (locations)
Holo-plans	2 (locations)
Skill points	Vandal Vote Grumblebrick Running on Empty

Silox is a planet featured in Into the Nexus. It is an oceanic planet in the Zarkov Sector of the Polaris Galaxy. The planet is home to Weeblesnog City, a large city abandoned after Vendra Prog unleashed nethers into the city.

Ratchet and Clank came to Silox to prevent Vendra and Neftin Prog from bringing Mr. Eye into the city.

History

Before Into the Nexus

Weeblesnog City originally hosted a large population. Before evacuation, Mayor Gumblebrick was in office and campaigning heavily for re-election.

During this time, Vendra and Neftin Prog began conditioning the Silox atmosphere to allow Mr. Eye to cross into their reality, causing nethers to appear and making the planet appear haunted. Twenty years before the events of Into the Nexus, Silox was ultimately evacuated after the Zarkov Sector was designated Alpha-9 and cleared by order of the president of the Polaris Galaxy.

Mayor Gumblebrick left several messages instructing residents to evacuate to the nearest "non-haunted" planet, warning them not to befriend the "ghosts". He also declared that any passenger "possessed by a demon" could not board the shuttle, as each ticket was for one person only—though he joked they could still vote twice for him. He further advised that if residents saw the "white-skinned demon with red hair" (likely referring to the Progs), they should offer a sacrifice for protection.

At the spaceport, the mayor promised a government-funded séance. Invoking Galactic Proclamation Sigma-two-four-dash-eight, subsection eighty-three, sub-subsection six, he claimed ownership of all material possessions left behind after evacuation. Gumblebrick falsely asserted that bolts had been stolen from the First Bank of Weeblesnog by ghosts, using this as a pretext to stash crates of bolts aboard his own transport shuttle. Before departing, he activated an OmegaTech defense system.

Into the Nexus

At some point, Thugs-4-Less mercenaries hired by Neftin Prog established operations on Silox. The twins continued conducting transdimensional experiments that filled the air with static electricity. Without a true Dimensionator, they could not tear open reality itself, so they instead weakened the barrier between dimensions.

After Vendra Prog was freed from the Nebulox Seven, she used a makeshift Dimensionator from her laboratory on Yerek to open small portals that brought minor nethers into the galaxy. Since this was insufficient to summon Mr. Eye, she planned a full summoning on Silox—prompting Ratchet and Clank to intervene.

In "Find Vendra and Neftin", Ratchet and Clank fought through Thugs-4-Less forces in the grav-train system. Spotting a communications relay station, Clank suggested using it to locate the twins. During "Make your way to the relay station", the duo traversed the city's flooded sewers. Talwyn Apogee remotely accessed the city planner's systems and identified the main pump linked to the primary reservoir, enabling Ratchet and Clank to drain the tunnels and proceed. They eventually hacked the relay station and detected a massive energy surge at the sky train station—likely where the twins were located. In "Power up the Weeblesnog water pumps", they reactivated pumps across the city to clear a path to the station. Then, in "Travel to the sky train station", they followed the pipeline directly there.

During "Defeat Neftin Prog", Ratchet confronted Neftin, pleading with him to stop the transdimensional experiments. Neftin insisted that Vendra only sought a family and vowed to protect her at any cost, attacking Ratchet when he refused to stand aside. Despite Ratchet's protests, Neftin was steadfast, and the battle ended with Neftin's defeat. Immediately afterward, Vendra arrived and successfully summoned Mr. Eye, only for Mr. Eye to abduct her. In "Return to your ship", Ratchet and Clank fled from Mr. Eye with Neftin's unexpected help. Believing they were now his best hope to save his sister, Neftin held off Mr. Eye while the duo escaped via teleporter, urging them to meet him on Thram.

Geography

Silox appears to be an oceanic world with minimal land. From space, the effects of Vendra and Neftin's transdimensional experimentation are visible in the form of purple rifts. Their experimentation in wearing thin the walls between dimensions has caused static electricity in the air.

Weeblesnog City

Weeblesnog City

Weeblesnog City is a metropolis comprising skyscrapers. A sky train system, connected through a station, was the primary means of transport for its residents. The Weeblesnog water works served as its sewer system but also provided a shortcut, used by both Ratchet and Clank and by Mayor Gumblebrick to smuggle crates of bolts from the First Bank of Weeblesnog. The Weeblesnog water works has three pumps: Pump Alpha, Pump Beta, and Pump Gamma.

In its abandoned state, Weeblesnog City is largely overgrown with ivy. A few robot civilians remain, but all other inhabitants have been evacuated. The OmegaTech defense system is active, comprising red searchlights to scan for intruders and powerful turrets that vaporize those caught. Around the city, propaganda posters encouraging civilians to re-elect Mayor Gumblebrick are visible.