PrinceWatercress plays Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando - Part 14 of 54

It's time for Part Two of our trek through the Tabora Desert to get all the crystals, and as we get more crystals and build up our health and weapon experience, we also find the weapon mod station.

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11:45 - Believe it or not, this is one of three locations in the entire game where you can purchase weapon mods. Weapon mods require Platinum Bolts, and these modifications allow you to lock on to enemies with some of the guns, while others will allow for acid damage that does damage post-shot and electrical damage that does additional damage during the shot. I didn't know this at the time, but the game has enough Platinum Bolts to purchase all the mods, so I end up saving them for the end of the game.

Also, if you forget where this location is, you can always look for it on the in-game map.

15:04 - We won't be able to get what's at the top of this rock column...yet.

Controls:

As Ratchet:

Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move

Right analog stick: move camera

X:

• Jump and double jump (hold button after double jump to use Heli-Pack or Thruster Pack)
• Wall jump (near certain walls)

Square: strike with wrench

Circle: pull out/shoot currently equipped gun

Triangle: 

• quick select (hold and use in conjunction with Control Pad or left stick to switch guns; menu can be customized in Quick Select on the pause menu
• double tap to switch between two most recently equipped weapons/items
• interrupt on-screen messages

Select: open map

Start: Pause menu

• Control Pad: select option
• X: confirm option choice

L1:

• center camera behind Ratchet (tap button to center)
• first-person view (hold button and use left stick or D-Pad to look around; let go of L1 to move camera back behind Ratchet)
• Square: wrench boomerang
• Circle: fire gun
• R1/R2: zoom in and out (Pulse Rifle only)

L2/R2: strafe (hold while moving)

L3: see health and Bolt totals

R1/R2: crouch (hold down)

• Square: wrench boomerang
• X: high jump
• long jump (hold crouch button and jump while running to perform)

R3: open map

In water:

• Square: dive and descend
• X: surface and ascend
• R1: accelerate with Hydro-Pack

As Clank:

Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move

Right analog stick: move camera

When hanging off platforms:

• Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move
• Forward+X: vault up
• Back+X: drop down

Square: punch

X: Jump (press and hold in the middle of a jump to glide with Heli-Pack)

Triangle: command menu (hold and use in conjunction with Control Pad or left analog stick to choose commands)