Swingshot
Price	Ratchet & Clank: 1,000 bolts
First Available	Ratchet & Clank: Metropolis, Planet Kerwan

The Swingshot was a gadget used to latch onto and swing from various types of versa-targets. It was received by completing Captain Qwark's fitness course on planet Kerwan and paying Helga one-thousand bolts. The wire allowed its user to swing from versa-targets, hence its name. A later version of the Swingshot used a holographic projector to latch onto versa-targets which was seen first in the Hypershot. Its name is a pun of "slingshot."

Contents 1 Swingshot Descriptions 1.1 Ratchet & Clank in-game 2 Evolution through the Ratchet & Clank series 3 Swingshot Type Gadgets 4 Appearances 5 Sources and references

Swingshot DescriptionsEdit

A metallic device that fits around the user's rist ,and later on a glove,that later contains a holographic versa-chord projector and earlier contained a large amount of rolled up metallic wire. May also include a laserscopic targeting system, and auto ajusting strap.

Ratchet & Clank in-gameEdit

When equipped the Gadgetron Swingshot allows users to use Versa-Targets to reach new areas. Versa-Targets come in two varieties: green targets are for grappling and pulling, while yellow targets are used for swinging back and forth, and in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, a blue target represented a target that could be pulled towards the user.

Caution: to prevent injury, do not release circle until you are in range of your destination.

Evolution through the Ratchet & Clank seriesEdit

The Swingshot changed over the course of the games in the Ratchet & Clank series. In Going Commando, it gained the ability to use winch targets. In Up Your Arsenal, the Hypershot was introduced, a combination of the Swingshot and the Dynamo which used an energy grapple instead of a titanium wire. From Tools of Destruction onward, the Swingshot used an energy grapple and would automatically be equipped if Ratchet jumped towards a versa target, like the Hypershot. In All 4 One, the Swingshot returns. A new feature was added to the Swingshot, the Hookshot. The Hookshot pull yourself towards another team

member in order to cross gaps or escape dangerous situations.

The Swingshot or a Swingshot-like gadget appeared in almost every single Ratchet & Clank game. Up Your Arsenal had the Hypershot, Going Mobile had Clank's Grapple, and All 4 One had the Hookshot.

Swingshot Type GadgetsEdit

• Swingshot
• Hypershot
• Clank's Grapple
• Hookshot(new feature for the Swingshot in A4O)

AppearancesEdit

• Ratchet & Clank
• Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
• Ratchet: Deadlocked
• Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
• Ratchet & Clank:All 4 One
• Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault

Sources and referencesEdit

Weapons and gadgets in Ratchet & Clank