Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal PS2 Cheats and Unlockables Guide

Alternate skins, free health and ammo, and more

Fight scene from Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

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Updated on 02/26/20

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is a 3D platformer developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment on the PlayStation 2 in 2004. The third title in the series, it introduced new weapon upgrades, new vehicles, and new features like online multiplayer. If you're looking for some help with the game, here's a compilation of cheats, unlockables, and tips.

This guide is for Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal on PS2.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Cheats

All of the below cheats are unlockable using skill points.

Cheat Skill Point Cost
Enemies get big heads. 20
All flying ships turn into ducks. 25
Flip the screen horizontally. 30
Give Ratchet & Clank big heads. 5
Slow motion camera tracking during weapon select. 10
Clank wears his Secret Agent costume. 15

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Unlockables

Skins

Unlock the following skins by spending Bolts.

Unlockable Skin Cost
Old School Ratchet Free (with save file from first game)
Snowman 6 Bolts
Tuxedo Ratchet 6 Bolts
Bugnoid 6 Bolts
Brainius 6 Bolts
Constructobot 6 Bolts
Robo Rooster 6 Bolts
Trooper 5 Bolts
Robo 5 Bolts

Miscellaneous Unlockables

Here are some other unlockables available in the game:

Unlockable Requirement
Captain Quark in a Tutu Enter UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, CIRCLE, SQUARE, SQUARE in a Quark vidcomic.
Duel Blade Laser Sword Enter CIRCLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE, SQUARE, UP, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT while the game is paused.
Bomberman Mini-Game Select Chapter and press SQUARE at Star Phoenix’s comic room, then enter YING_TZU and press Start.
Dan Skin Enter LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, UP, LEFT.
Nefarious Skin Enter UP, UP, UP, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, LEFT, UP.
Insomniac Museum In Metropolis, go down the path into the first building. Hop onto the left window sill, break the window, and hop to the next building. Jump onto the left side, break the window, and enter the teleporter between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.
Mega Weapons Beat the game.
Pirate Mini-Game Select Chapter and press SQUARE at Star Phoenix’s comic room, then enter _MEGHAN_ and press Start.

Fast Weapon XP

Play the Annihilation Nation challenge against Scorpio to rack up experience. Some weapons, such as the Shield Glove, may need different stages.

Upgrade the Flux Rifle Quickly

Go to Mylon and get out your Flux Rifle. Go to the end of the platform at the beginning of the level. Then, shoot both of the robonoid commanders. Each shot will upgrade your rifle. If they both die, jump off the platform and start over.

Free Ammo and Health

Go to any challenge, start it, and quit. It will refill your ammo and health. This can save you thousands of bolts.