Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal/Weapons

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal has 20 weapons, each with 8 upgrades (except the RY3NO). This part of the guide will go over all of them; including how powerful they are, how much they cost, and their pros and cons.

Upgrading Weapons

To upgrade weapons, you need to use them - for every enemy you kill (the Holoshield Glove is an exception) your weapon gains experience in the form of "nanomites". The experience bar for a weapon is displayed under the weapon pane in the top-left corner of the screen, and this will fill up as you collect experience. When it fills completely (and you can see how close you are to upgrading in the Weapons Pause Menu) the weapon advances to the next version. In the guide, this is represented as V2, V3, V4 and V5 respectively. The name of the weapon changes when it reaches V5.

Mega weapons are only available in Challenge Mode (which is unlocked by completing the game). A weapon won't upgrade to Mega (and Giga and Omega respectively) automatically - you need to buy the upgrade from a weapon vendor, and this serves as an advancement to V6. Once you have, you can then upgrade a Mega weapon as you would normally, to Giga (V7) and finally to Omega (V8). Note that the RY3NO only advances to version 5 (or V5).

Additional Effects

Weapons will gain additional effects with upgrades. These come in the form of Lock-On, Shock and Acid. Lock-on is used by holding L2+R2 on your controller. This brings up a health bar of your target enemy, and locks your view and crosshairs on the target. This greatly increases accuracy (obviously), makes dodging and attacking so much easier, and tells you how much more punishment your foe will take before it falls.

Acid works by adding a lasting effect to your weapons - your foes will take damage even after your weapons have hit. Although it's not much, it can preserve a few shots, which may be crucial.

Shock will damage other enemies around the target with each shot - this is much better against crowds. The shock effect's power will differ between weapons.

Shock Blaster

The Shock Blaster is one of the two weapons you get for free at the start of the game. It fires a blast of reddish energy which functions like a shotgun - this weapon does more damage at close range.

The Shock Cannon is an awesome upgrade to an already useful weapon. The blasts become blue (the same colour as a charged up Shock Blaster shot). The Beam of Death becomes the charge attack, and it's extremely powerful - it can kill most enemies in one hit and although it doesn't last for very long you can quickly spin on the spot and hit a load of enemies. The ammo consumption of this however means you can't use it very often.

This weapon is great; it's free, effective and user-friendly. The Shock Cannon's Beam of Death feature makes it one of the best weapons available, especially near the beginning of the game. Against bigger, badder enemies this weapon isn't very useful, but against large groups of small enemies this will serve you well.

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Shock Blaster	40	30
2	Shock Blaster	50	35	The weapon can now perform a more powerful charge attack (hold down ).
3	Shock Blaster	60	40	The weapon can now lock-on (hold +).
4	Shock Blaster	80	45	The weapon now shocks any enemies nearby the target (Shock Mod).
5	Shock Cannon	100	50	The weapon now has the Beam of Death function for a charge attack, which consumes 10 ammo.
Mega Upgrade (420,000 bolts)
6	Mega Shock Cannon	1,100	50
7	Giga Shock Cannon	1,400	55
8	Omega Shock Cannon	2,100	60

Nitro Launcher

The Nitro Launcher is the second weapon you receive for free on Veldin. It fires a mildly strong grenade that has a reasonably sized blast radius. It is a reasonable weapon, just don't count on it in a thick firefight.

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Nitro Launcher	200	8
2	Nitro Launcher	240	8	The weapon does continuous damage after it hits (Acid Mod)
3	Nitro Launcher	300	10	Lock-On mode (+ while moving)
4	Nitro Launcher
5	Nitro Launcher
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

N60 Storm

The N60 Storm is a rapid fire weapon that can be used for a lot of different situations. It fires orange laser beams one by one. It's available in Florana.

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	N60 Storm	150	150
2	N60 Storm	175	175	Increased fire range and the beams bounce of walls.
3	N60 Storm	200	200	Lock-On mode (+ while moving)
4	N60 Storm
5	N60 Storm
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Plasma Whip

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Plasma Whip	40	25
2	Plasma Whip	50	30
3	Plasma Whip
4	Plasma Whip
5	Plasma Whip
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Infector

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Infector	180	15
2	Infector
3	Infector
4	Infector
5	Infector
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Suck Cannon

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Suck Cannon	200	0-10
2	Suck Cannon	260	0-10	Range is increased, shots ricochet off targets
3	Suck Cannon
4	Suck Cannon
5	Suck Cannon
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Spitting Hydra

The Spitting Hydra can target multiple enemies. Hold down to lock onto your targets and release to fire electric shocks at the targeted enemies.

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Spitting Hydra	200	15	Targets up to 3 enemies.
2	Spitting Hydra	240	15	Targets up to 4 enemies.
3	Spitting Hydra
4	Spitting Hydra
5	Spitting Hydra
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Agents of Doom

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Agents of Doom	240	6
2	Agents of Doom
3	Agents of Doom
4	Agents of Doom
5	Agents of Doom
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Flux Rifle

The Flux Rifle is the best weapon for sniping in the game. Apart from having zoom in/zoom out ability, it is also very powerul.

Against other long range enemies, it is best to either sneak up on them or (if they see you) use the Holoshield Glove and shoot from behind it. Once upgraded to Splitter Rifle, power increases immensely and can blast through multiple enemies and kill just about any thing in one hit.

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Flux Rifle
2	Flux Rifle
3	Flux Rifle
4	Flux Rifle
5	Flux Rifle
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Annihilator

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Annihilator
2	Annihilator
3	Annihilator
4	Annihilator
5	Annihilator
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Holoshield Glove

The Holoshield Glove releases a light-blue oval shield, protecting you from enemy fire for a limited amount of time, or until it can't withstand any more fire. Once upgraded, the V2 Holoshield Glove has a vampiric effect, sucking health from enemies within range and transfering it to Ratchet.

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Holoshield Glove
2	Holoshield Glove
3	Holoshield Glove
4	Holoshield Glove
5	Holoshield Glove
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Disc Blade Gun

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Disc Blade Gun
2	Disc Blade Gun
3	Disc Blade Gun
4	Disc Blade Gun
5	Disc Blade Gun
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Rift Inducer

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Rift Inducer
2	Rift Inducer
3	Rift Inducer
4	Rift Inducer
5	Rift Inducer
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Qwack-O-Ray

The Qwack-O-Ray is one of the best weapons in the game. This weapon is good for the Annihilation Nation challenges after it's fully upgraded.

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Qwack-O-Ray
2	Qwack-O-Ray
3	Qwack-O-Ray
4	Qwack-O-Ray
5	Qwack-O-Ray
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Miniturret Glove

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Miniturret Glove
2	Miniturret Glove
3	Miniturret Glove
4	Miniturret Glove
5	Miniturret Glove
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Lava Gun

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Lava Gun
2	Lava Gun
3	Lava Gun
4	Lava Gun
5	Lava Gun
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Bouncer

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Bouncer
2	Bouncer
3	Bouncer
4	Bouncer
5	Bouncer
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

Plasma Coil

The Plasma Coil is, quite possibly, the best weapon in the game, or at least it is when it's upgraded. Sure, the RY3NO may be able to kill everything on-screen instantly without fail, but the advantage this weapon has is that you can get it for free. It fires a small blue ball of electricity which zaps everything near the target for high damage.

The Plasma Storm is probably one of the best weapons in the game. The small blue ball now becomes a very big yellowy-white one that looks like one of those novelty plasma balls (only not purple). Accuracy isn't an issue - this will hit anything, anywhere with many long-reaching tendrils of white lightning that do ridiculous damage. No enemies stand a chance.

The Plasma Coil, or rather the Plasma Storm, is an all-purpose weapon. It does immense damage against one target and many targets alike, and in a spectacular flash of white tendrils they all die. This also has an impressive range, and is quite accurate. The only downside is refire rate and ammo capacity - this weapon can be slow and run out of ammo quickly, but that's if anything survives more than a single hit.

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Plasma Coil	2,400	15
2	Plasma Coil	3,000	15	The weapon now does continual damage after hitting (Acid Mod).
3	Plasma Coil	3,600	18	The weapon now locks-on with +.
4	Plasma Coil	4,200	18
5	Plasma Storm	6,000	20
Mega upgrade (820,000 bolts)
6	Mega Plasma Storm	6,800	20
7	Giga Plasma Storm	7,600	22
8	Omega Plasma Storm	8,400	25

Shield Charger

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	Shield Charger
2	Shield Charger
3	Shield Charger
4	Shield Charger
5	Shield Charger
Mega Upgrade (??? bolts)
6
7
8

RY3NO

Level	Name	Power	Max ammo	Notes
1	RY3NO
2	RY3NO
3	RY3NO
4	RY3NO
5	RY3NO