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Wrench

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The OmniWrench 8000.
"It smashes, it bashes and it always ends up in the gears of enemies."
—RatchetandClank.com's description of Ratchet's wrench.[src]

The wrench was a tool that was often used as a melee weapon.[1][2] Different wrenches were produced by various companies including Gadgetron.[3][4] Vox Industries also provided upgrades for the Gadgetron OmniWrench 8000 for their DreadZone combat holo-vision show.[5] Wrenches were commonly used as a mechanic's tool for turning bolt cranks and repairing vehicles.[3] As newer versions of the wrench were released illegal modifications, such as the kinetic tether, were created.

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[edit] Use by the Lombaxes

The wrench seemed to have been a weapon commonly used by the Lombaxes, and at least one Lombax, Alister Azimuth, used a double-ended wrench.[1] Ratchet used the OmniWrench 8000 when he was a mechanic on Veldin. When he left the planet with Clank, he brought it with him and started using it as a weapon, since then he had always had a wrench with him. Ratchet used many different types of wrenches during his adventures, including the Versa-Wrench Striker and OmniWrench 10K.

Ratchet hitting a Sentrybot with the OmniWrench 8000.

[edit] Defeating Drek

When Ratchet and Clank set off to stop Chairman Drek from destroying planets for his new world, he brought his OmniWrench 8000 with him and used it as a weapon. He also used it to get into new areas by turning bolt cranks.

[edit] Bogon galaxy

Ratchet finding the OmniWrench 8000 V3.

Ratchet found wrenches in galaxies without Gadgetron's presence, such as the Bogon galaxy. Ratchet initially carried a Gadgetron OmniWrench 8000, although during his time in the Bogon galaxy he replaced it with more powerful wrenches that he came across. These were the OmniWrench 8000 V2 on Tabora and OmniWrench 8000 V3 on Aranos.

[edit] Return to Solana

Ratchet continued to use the OmniWrench 8000 V3 after he returned to Solana. The wrench could be temporarily enhanced further by destroying Infernox Crates, temporarily giving an Infernox wrench effect, which set fire to anything it touched.

[edit] The Shadow Sector

In the Shadow Sector Ratchet acquired a series of new, progressively stronger upgrades for his OmniWrench 8000 thanks to Vox Industries's DreadZone vendors. These were the Versa-Wrench Lite, Versa-Wrench Multicore, Versa-Wrench Striker, Fission Lance and Obsidian Blade.

[edit] Otto Destruct and the Technomites

Ratchet using the OmniWrench 10K.

After leaving the Shadow Sector, Ratchet acquired an OmniWrench 10K that could be upgraded using Wrench Mods. By upgrading it in this way it could gain new abilities that harmed enemies in different ways. He used this wrench when he encountered the Technomites. Ratchet also used this wrench when he was framed and put in Prison.

[edit] Polaris

Before Ratchet went to the Polaris galaxy to stop Percival Tachyon from taking control, he replaced his OmniWrench 10K with the OmniWrench 3000, an older model of the OmniWrench. He used this in the same way as his original OmniWrench 8000.

While separated from Clank, he replaced it with the OmniWrench Millennium 12 built by Cronk and Zephyr.[6] Ratchet also added an illegal kinetic tether mod to this wrench.

[edit] Uses

Ratchet using the Kinetic Tether.

Wrenches could be used for a variety of tasks. As a tool they could be used to tighten nuts and help in the repair of vehicles. With a box breaker, a hyper-strike with a wrench would break any nearby breakables. A comet-strike could be used to destroy explosive crates from a safe distance. They could also be used to turn Bolt Cranks and, as they were magnetized; they could be used to collect bolts from afar.[4] As a weapon, wrenches were used to strike enemies with. The Omni-Wrench Millennium 12 could be used to pick up items such as Lava Rocks. Wrenches could also be used to travel down zip lines.

A wrench designed for Combat Bots, called the Combat Bot Wrench, allowed Combat Bots to turn bolt cranks.

[edit] Modifications

With various mods they could also complete a variety of other tasks. The kinetic tether allowed objects to be manipulated from a distance and spring-like pads to be loaded. The OmniWrench 10K had a variety of mods that could be equipped to give the wrench different abilities including giving out acidic sludge and freezing enemies.

[edit] Moves

Performing certain moves with a wrench allowed different amounts of damage to be dealt. A hyper-strike involved jumping up in the air and slamming the wrench back down; this dealt twice as much damage as a regular strike. A multi-strike was a combination of three regular strikes; it gave out double damage on the final strike. A comet-strike allowed the user to attack enemies with wrench from afar; this also allowed several enemies to be easily hit with one strike.

[edit] Types of wrenches

Ratchet holding the OmniWrench Millenium 12.

[edit] Trivia

The dual laser saber visual wrench replacement.
  • The names of the two wrench upgrades in Going Commando were never explicitly stated in the game; however, in Up Your Arsenal Ratchet used the second wrench upgrade and it was called the OmniWrench 8000 in the Help Menu. So the wrenches were newer versions of the original OmniWrench 8000.
  • Confusingly, although Ratchet's wrench in Size Matters was called the OmniWrench 10K, it resembled his standard OmniWrench 8000 from the first game.
  • Even if Ratchet's OmniWrench 8000 V3 looked the same as the Versa and other wrenches he carried in DreadZone, they were different wrenches.
  • The dual laser saber was a visual replacement for the wrench in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. It was obtainable through the use of a cheat code.
  • The fire laser sword also appeared in Deadlocked when the cheat called 'Ninja Ratchet' was used.
  • Inflatable Wrenches were given away at PAX.

[edit] Audio

[edit] See also

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Sources and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Both Ratchet and Alister Azimuth used a wrench.
  2. ↑ Many different types with damaging abilities, such as Obsidian Blade - radioactive.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ratchet & Clank instruction booklet
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal instruction booklet.
  5. ↑ Ratchet: Deadlocked - Fission Lance bought from a DreadZone vendor.
  6. ↑ The Full Moon show, Insomniac Games' podcast.
  7. ↑ Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando instruction manual.
  8. ↑ Ratchet: Deadlocked instruction manual.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 In Up Your Arsenal, Ratchet used the second wrench upgrade and it was called OmniWrench 8000 in the Help Menu. This meant the wrenches are newer versions of the original OmniWrench 8000.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Ratchet: Deadlocked - DreadZone vendors listed the name when each weapon was for sale.
  11. ↑ Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters - in-game help menu, in moves help, any wrench moved like the hyper-strike.
  12. ↑ Secret Agent Clank - in-game help menu, moves help section, wrench move's description such as the hyper-strike.
  13. ↑ Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction instruction manual.
  14. ↑ Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty instruction manual
  15. ↑ Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty in-game inventory
  16. ↑ Video:Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Teaser Trailer - 0:57 in.
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