A guide for the console version of Activision’s 2011 spin-off to the Spyro the Dragon series, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure by resident Skylanders owner, Owen
Nagivation:
- Introduction
- Release Schedule
- Main Campaign
- Shattered Island – Chapter 1
- Perilous Pastures – Chapter 2
- Sky Schooner Docks – Chapter 3
- Stormy Stronghold – Chapter 4
- Oilspill Island – Chapter 5
- Dark Water Cove – Chapter 6
- Leviathan Lagoon – Chapter 7
- Crystal Eye Castle – Chapter 8
- Stonetown – Chapter 9
- Treetop Terrace – Chapter 10
- Falling Forest – Chapter 11
- Troll Warehouse – Chapter 12
- Goo Factory – Chapter 13
- Battlefield – Chapter 14
- Crawling Catacombs – Chapter 15
- Cadaverous Crypt – Chapter 16
- Creepy Citadel – Chapter 17
- Molekin Mine – Chapter 18
- Lava Lake Railway – Chapter 19
- Quicksilver Vault – Chapter 20
- Arkeyan Armory – Chapter 21
- Lair of Kaos – Chapter 22
- Adventure Packs
- Empire of Ice – Chapter 23
- Pirate Seas – Chapter 24
- Darklight Crypt – Chapter 25
- Dragon’s Peak – Chapter 26
- Heroic Challenges
- This Bomb’s For You! – Ghost Roaster (Darklight Crypt)
- Where Art Thou, Paintings – Spyro
- Lair of the Giant Spiders – Prism Break
- Mining for Charms – Bash
- Dungeoness Creeps – Cynder
- Mining is the Key – Ignitor
- Mission Accomplished – Stump Smash
- Pod Gauntlet – Chop Chop
- Time’s A-Wastin’ – Sonic Boom
- Save the Purple Chompies! – Drobot
- Spawner Cave – Terrafin (Pirate Seas)
- Arachnid Antechamber – Sunburn (Dragon’s Peak)
- Hobson’s Choice – Trigger Happy
- Isle of the Automatons – Eruptor
- Minefield Mishap – Stealth Elf
- Lobs O’ Fun – Whirlwind
- Flip the Script – Camo
- Bombs to the Wall – Flameslinger
- Jailbreak! – Gill Grunt
- Chemical Cleanup – Slam Bam (Empire of Ice)
- Break the Cats – Zap
Introduction
Welcome to the magical world of Skylands. You are now an elite Portal Master with the power to controls the Portal of Power and bring the mighty Skylanders to life. Together, your mission is to save Skylands from the evil darkness that has taken over.
Portal of Power
Setup
Before you begin Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, your Portal of Power must be connected to your games console. The PS3 and Wii version of the game includes a wireless Portal of Power that requires 3 AAA batteries and includes a small USB adapter that must be removed from battery compartment. Whilst the system is turned on, it is required that you first sync the Portal to your wireless receiver. To do this, turn the Portal of Power on by holding down the button on it’s side. The LED will blink and the portal itself will change between colours. Once you have done that, press the small ‘Sync’ button inside the battery compartment. The LED on the side of the portal when then blink rapidly. Whilst this is blinking, press the button on the wireless receiver whilst the console is turned on. The Xbox 360 and PC version of the game includes a wired Portal of Power, which is to be plugged into an available USB port on the system.
The PS3, PC and Wii version’s of the Portal of Power are interchangeable, meaning they work on each others systems, but not the 3DS version and Xbox 360 version. However, the 3DS version does work on all systems besides the Xbox 360 version. The Xbox 360 Portal of Power only works on that console. All versions of the Portal of Power work on the online game; Skylanders: Universe.
Toy Placement
You can place up to 3 toys on the Portal of Power at one time. This includes 2 playable Skylanders (for 2 player mode only) and 1 magic item or 1 location piece (sold in Adventure Packs).
Controls
Menus
Main Menu
Skyland Adventure – Enter the Adventure Mode and play with 1 or 2 players.
Battle Mode – Challenge a friend in a variety of battle modes and arenas.
Options – Adjust General Settings (Visiting Nicknames), Screen Settings (PC Only), Audio (Music, Voice and Effects) and View Control Layout.
Pause Menu
Chapter Select – Enter a previously completed level.
Objectives – Display level goals
Collections – View Skylanders, Legendary Treasures, Accolades and Story Scrolls
Options – Adjust General Settings (Visiting Nicknames), Screen Settings (PC Only), Audio (Music, Voice and Effects) and View Control Layout.
Exit – Leave to the Main Menu/Ruins
Skylanders Info
Stats – Allows you to view and track the progress of your Skylander’s abilities. Maximum health is increased when you level up. Speed, Armour, Critical Hit and Elemental Power can be increased by equipping hats to your Skylanders. Heroics are the number of Heroic challenges that your Skylander has completed. Hero Level is the progress of your character on the Skylanders: Spyro’s Universe online world.
Powers – Allows you to view the attacks and upgrades that your Skylander has acquired.
Manage – Allows you to customize your Skylander, these are saved on the toy itself. Each Skylander can have a nickname that will be displayed instead of their standard name. Hats that you have collected can be equipped from this tab. Ownership allows you to take ownership of visiting Skylanders. The web code option generates a web code that can be used to update your characters on the Skylanders: Spyro’s Universe online world based on their current level, stats and hat. The reset option resets your Skylander back to it’s original state.
Toys and Figures
Skylanders
In total, there are 32 Skylanders to collect. Skylanders are bought separately from the game and placed on the Portal of Power to unlock that character whilst playing the game. Each character belongs to one of eight elements, these being Magic, Earth, Water, Fire, Tech, Undead, Air and Life. Each character will save on them their health, experience level, upgrades, nickname, hat and ownership.
Location Items
Location items are figures included in Adventure Packs (sold separately). When placed on the portal whilst you are in the Ruins, these items will permanently unlock a new level for Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. When placed on the portal during any other level of the game, they will deal a large amount of damage (most likely killing) all enemies around the player. The location items avalible for purchase are:
- Empire of Ice
- Pirate Seas
- Darklight Crypt
- Dragon’s Peak
Magic Items
Magic items are figures included in Adventure Packs (sold separately). These items can be used once per chapter and will give the player an item or ability for the rest of the chapter. This item must remain on the portal for as long as the player wishes to use it. The magic items available for purchase are:
- Sky-Iron Sheild – This item will increase the defense of your Skylander(s)
- Anvil Rain – Causes Anvil’s to rain for a short time
- Ghost Pirate Swords – This item spawns 2 swords that will attack enemies
- Hidden Treasure – This item will locate extra treasure chests in a chapter
- Healing Elixir - Restores the health of your Skylander(s) at a rate of 30 HP per second
- Time Twist Hourglass – Slows time for everything except your Skylander(s)
- Sparx the Dragonfly – This item will spawn a Dragonfly that will attack enemies and destroy breakable objects. For as long as Sparx the Dragonfly is active, enemies that die will become butterflies that you can eat to restore health.
- Winged Boots – This item will increase the speed of your Skylander(s)
Skylander Sidekicks
Skylander Sidekicks are AI characters that, once placed on the Portal, will follow the player around. Each Skylander Sidekick represents a normal Skylander. There are 4 Skylander Sidekicks:
- Trigger Snappy (Trigger Happy)
- Whisper Elf (Stealth Elf)
- Terrabite (Terrafin)
- Gill Runt (Gill Grunt)
Collectibles
Food
Food is used to restore health when your character is low on health. Food can be found around the world, in breakable objects or by killing enemies. Different foods restore more health than others.
Gold
Gold, also referred to as treasure or loot is the currency in the game. Gold can be found by destroying breakable objects or killing enemies. Gold is used to purchase upgrades for your characters from Persephone, the fairy in the Ruins.
Victory Points
Victory Points are used to increase your experience level, doing so increases your maximum health. Each Skylander can reach the maximum of 10 levels.
Elemental Gates
Elemental Gates are gates that can only be unlocked by playing as a Skylander of the specific element for each gate. Once you have unlocked an elemental gate you can switch to any character, even of a different element, whilst in this new area. Elemental Gates lead to areas that will include a Hat and Treasure Chest.
Hats
Hats are wearable accessories that, when found, can be equipped to any Skylander. These hats will increase certain stats of the characters that they are equipped to.
Treasure Chests
Treasure Chests contain large amounts of gold, these chests can be found in the world and must be unlocked by either shaking the Wii remote (Wii) or the Right Analogue Stick (PS3/Xbox 360)
Legendary Treasure
Legendary Treasures are items that, once collected, give the current Skylander extra gold. Each legendary treasure is worth a different amount of gold.
Story Scrolls
Story Scrolls are small, sections that reveal information on the back story to the game. Each story scroll is read out by Eon once you first collect it but can be found again in the collections section in the pause menu.
Soul Gems
Soul Gems are items that are required to purchase the final upgrade of each Skylander. Each Skylander has their own soul gem and once unlocked you can view a preview for that character. These previews can be viewed again from the Skylanders section under collections in the pause menu.
Winged Sapphires
There are 10 Winged Sapphires located in the Ruins. These special treasures give you a 2% discount on all upgrades for your Skylanders per Winged Sapphire. Without them, a fully upgraded Skylander will set you back 14,200 in-game Gold. The total, 20%, discount will mean that each Skylander will only cost 11,360 Gold each to purchase all upgrades.
Release Schedule
Main Campaign
Shattered Island
Perilous Pastures
Sky Schooner Docks
Stormy Stronghold
Oilspill Island
Dark Water Cove
Leviathan Lagoon
Crystal Eye Castle
Stonetown
Treetop Terrace
Falling Forest
Troll Warehouse
Goo Factory
Battlefield
Crawling Catacombs
Cadaverous Crypt
Creepy Citadel
Molekin Mine
Lava Lake Railway
Quicksilver Vault
Arkeyan Armory
Lair of Kaos
Adventure Packs
Empire of Ice
Pirate Seas
Coming Soon
Darklight Crypt
Dragon’s Peak
Heroic Challenges
This Bomb’s For You! – Ghost Roaster
Where Art Thou, Paintings – Spyro
Lair of the Giant Spiders – Prism Break
Mining for Charms – Bash
Dungeoness Creeps – Cynder
Mining is the Key – Ignitor
Coming Soon
Mission Achomplished – Stump Smash
Pod Gauntlet – Chop Chop
Time’s A-Wastin’ – Sonic Boom
Save the Purple Chompies! – Drobot
Spawner Cave – Terrafin
Coming Soon
Arachnid Antechamber – Sunburn
Hobson’s Choice – Trigger Happy
Isle of the Automatons – Eruptor
Minefield Mishap – Stealth Elf
Coming Soon
It’s kinda ironic that the very first skylander I wanted was warnado, but he’s going to be one of the last ones released.
It would be awesome if Skylanders Giants had an online multiplayer!
I highly doubt it will though considering it’s just being built for the Wii again. But, I think if there was a game to be released after Giants it would have online multiplayer.
Have you seen the pictures of the air Skylander in Skylanders Giants?
Yes, I have.
I think that getting the remodeled Skylanders will be a waste of time. It’s just giving more money to Activision.
Why? You have no reason to buy the new remodeled characters if you have the original. It’s just a way for people to be able to buy the characters when they discontinue the current models.
I hate that the game is going to come with a remodeled version of a character I will already have!!!!!!!
Not unless you buy all the characters. If anything, it’ll either be Cynder or Zook. Most likely Cynder considering that Tree Rex is a life Skylander. Just like with the first game, the first few characters we had name confirmation of where Spyro (obviously) Gill Grunt and Trigger Happy. Surprise surprise, they were the characters we got with the game. I think it’ll come with Tree Rex, Alchemist and Cynder.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P..S. I am listening to Non-stop nyan cat!
It’s just speculation, we don’t have any confirmation on any of the characters that will come with the game yet.
It will most likely come with at least one character from the original 32, though. So I’m still sad.
Does anyone know how to get the soul gem for legendary Chop Chop? My son wants to upgrade him, but it is saying the soul gem is required, (even after he tries to buy it) and I know we have gotten the one in shattered island because our other Chop Chop is fully upgraded. Anyone know why? We have even gone back to shattered island to see if it had reappeared, but it hadn’t.
It’s the same soul gem. You have to buy the actual Bone Bramble upgrade before you buy the soul gem, that’s all I can suggest.
Tomorrow is the day where the skylanders not yet released could be released at any time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is going to be two starter packs. One will have a portal and one won’t.
The one with the portal will be more money and I heard it’s coming with a new Skylander.
All version of the game will be coming with a Giant, New Skylander and Remodeled Skylander. The one with the portal doesn’t come with any extra Skylanders – it’ll just be more expensive.
Will the old portal still be compatible?
Yes
I have a problem that I can’t seem to find an answer for. I have all my figures do every hroic challenge, however some of my charactors heroic challenges aren’t staying in the game after i remove them from the portal. I have used them since first got them and can’t figure out why they dont show up as saved characters in my saved game. I am only missing the final seven from the fourth wave, yet my saved game only shows 21 skylanders..I am missing Ghost Roaster, Boomer, Gill Grunt etc. How do I fix this ?
They have to be set as ownership on your console. To do this go into the Skylanders info menu and on the furthest tab to the right there is an ‘Ownership’ button. Click it and say yes.
Thank you
Is anyone else out there?
Does anyone have any of the Wave 4 Skylanders?
Yes, quite a lot of people do. I don’t though. I’ve still only got a collection of Wave 1 Skylanders
Cool. I just picked up Dragon’s Peak with Sunburn, but have not seen anything about Lightning Rod or Zook.
Dragon’s Peak and L-Trigger Happy are available @ Toys R Us now. Or at least thats what the website says.
Not in the UK
When are you going to make more new videos?
hi there owen, what is the enemy goal for fallen forest on the ps3?
ive tried absolutely everything and cannot do it,
ps i work at TRU in the uk, we should have dragons peak in the next two weeks, then camo/ignitor/warnado triple in a months time and yes, unfortunately wham shell in september, two weeks before the release of giants
dont worry about replying owen, i found two enemies i had missed
I got L-Trigger Happy at TRU! There where tons of them.
…I really need to update this release schedule XD
Has anyone scored any Wave 5 Skylanders? (Camo, Warnado, or Wham-Shell).
Yes, some people now have all the Skylanders
i got xbox360 my portal wont recognise the skylanders anyone know why?
and if there isa reset
Its most likely broken, you can either get a new one sent by Activision or return it to where you got it from to get a new copy of the game – both options won’t cost you but I would presume it’d be quicker to return the game rather than wait for Activision to send you a new Portal. But, if you would rather Activision send you a new portal, you just need to go to Activision’s warranty page. A quick Google and you’ll find it.
I just got lightning rod, cynder, and zook. I am about to try them out. Thank you eBay!!!
Only need Camo, Warnado and Wham Shell to complete set.
Congrats guys. I just need Wham-Shell to complete my set.
I just need wham shell as well, any ideas when this will be released – only seen it on e-bay for silly money. Although will be in states at weekend so may be able to get over there
Wham-Shell has already been released. He’s just really hard to find!
Ok. so i’m in crawling catacombs and i just received the beret….only the gate snapped shut and i’m trapped inside. how do i get out??
You can’t, you’d have to start the level again. But you’ll still have the Beret so you won’t have to do that again.
Just been advised that Wham shell is on his way by Amazon only had it on order for a month…
Now have all 32 skylanders as well as 4 Legendary ones. Only need Dark Spyro, but do not think he is much different to normal one unless on the 3DS.
He’s just a recoloured version of Spyro on the console, but actually has different attacks on the 3DS version.
Thanks Owen, that is what I heard was different, my son tells me he shoots through his tail on the 3DS so now wants the 3DS version as well as console, at least all characters are usable whatever the platform, although looks like the version2 skylanders with giants will have different/updated attacks/powers.
Hey Owen,
One thing I have found is a MAJOR disparity between the good PvP Skylanders and the bad. I am working with a small group of people randomly pitting up skylanders against each other and recording W/L records. We make sure arenas are constantly changing, who controls who constantly changes, and switch from fair fight to regular. I was curious to see whether or not you would like to post the final tiers we come up with on this sight. It will seperate the Top 12 from the bottom 20. When the new ones get released this fall, we’ll work on a 12-16-12 format (I presume 12-12-12 at the start since it’s a consensus that only 4 of the brand new minis will be released in October).
It is meant to increase enjoyment and competition so you don’t have Slam Bam going up against Prism Break and acting like it is going to be a contest. I’ve seen a few lists, but some look more like dad’s characters rocking the socks off of 8 year old daughters characters (From everything I’ve seen, Cynder is top 5, but I’ve seen lists where she is not, so sometimes the players themselves are causes massive numbers incluences). I have lost with Gill Grunt twice EVER, but I he takes a LOT of skill, so rotating the players helps keep the numbers a little cleaner.
I should have a good test group by the end of the weekend so let me know if you want them!!
My weapons master is shut up and i dont know how to open him again, can anyone help plz? He was open for a while and I played a few places and it was fine. After it was turned off it erased what I had completed and and locked him back up. I replayed the levels to open him but still havent had any luck. Eon however, keeps telling me to talk to the portal master. Thank you.