Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart guide

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Tips
How long is it?
Best weapons and armor
Raritanium
Zurpstones
Lorbs
Collectibles: Gold Bolts, Spybots, and CraiggerBears

This Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart guide will help you with general tips, advice on the best weapons to use, and guides on all the games collectibles as you travel the multiverse. Rift Apart is the first original game for the Lombax-robot duo since 2013, and this latest adventure shakes up a few things that players may have been familiar with. That means there are are a few important things to learn about and look out for as you play, and we've got it all covered below with links to our individual Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart guides to help you on your interdimensional journey.

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart tips

Ratchet &amp; Clank: Rift Apart — (Image credit: Sony)

Kicking things off are our Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart tips. You'll want to give these a read before you get stuck in, because there are some that are useful from the get-go, whereas others don't come into effect until you've nabbed a certain weapon or item. Give our top tips a spin and you'll be more prepared for the inter-dimensional adventure that follows.

How long is Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart?

How long is Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart? This is a guide that you might want to take a look at prior to picking the game up but nevertheless, it's a handy article to read so you know how much of a time investment the game is. It's not a 100+ hour epic though, so don't expect to be too surprised by the answer.

Best Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart weapons and armor

There are quite a lot of weapons, so it becomes a bit tricky to pick the Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart best weapons. Every single one offers something completely unique, whether it's a homing rocket launcher, a light machine gun that fires black hole bullets, or a glove that spawns tiny robot pals to help beat down enemies.

Along the same lines, you'll find our Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart best armor guide. While you armor choice doesn't really matter, everything about armor, including its benefits and how to get all the armor sets, is explained in this guide.

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart Raritanium

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart raritanium is a substance that has persisted throughout most games in the franchise and it's back again, even in these alternate dimensions. If you're wondering exactly how it works and what it does, then make sure you check out our guide.

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart zurpstones

The Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart zurpstones won't come into play until you reach and finish most of the objectives on Sargasso, but when you do have to collect zurpstones, you'll be forgiven for being quite confused. We've got everything you need to know about how to collect all 60 of them and earn the spybot from Mort.

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart Lorbs

Like zurpstones, the Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart lorbs are only relevant to one planet, and this time it's Savali. There are 12 in total to collect for a full suit of armor, but if you're struggling to find them or you're not sure what the deal is with them, read our short explainer to find out.

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart collectibles

There are 25 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart gold bolts to find throughout the game but don't worry if you're struggling to get them all, because our guide has the locations for each and every one of them. From Corson V to Viceron, you can collect every gold bolt in one playthrough with this handy guide.

Then there are the 10 Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart spybots that you need to collect, getting you some lore and progress towards unlocking the RYNO 8 weapon - the best weapon in the game. It pulls through objects and artifacts from other dimensions, including other PlayStation games, and causes huge explosions, so you should definitely make an effort to find these bots!

Finally for the collectibles, we have the Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart CraiggerBears. These cute teddy bears serve no purpose other than to be collected and unlock the respective trophy. There are nine of them in total – one for each planet in the game – and our guide has the location of every single one.