
Ratchet's combat skill was great enough to defeat great hordes of Blargian mercenaries and Warbots.In terms of armor Ratchet utilized the most advanced combat suit on the market: the protosuit.Another testament of his agility, he completed the Kerwan Fitness Course in less than 70 seconds. Ratchet is very acrobatic as he is shown to evade enemy fire by side flipping and back flipping them.His ultimate weapon was the Omega RYNO Xtreme!!!: which possessed a maximum damage output of infinity. His most notable weapons included his OmniWrench 8000: which he can use for close combat for fast but powerful attacks, the Protoclast: which damaged foes on a sub atomic level, the Pixelizer HD: which turned enemies into data by pushing them back in time, and the Goatinator which turned foes into goats. Ratchet has a varied arsenal of fifteen weapons.From then on, the duo embarked on numerous adventures, culminating in the lombax's return to the Polaris Galaxy to not only fight Tachyon, but also discover his and Clank's origins.

However, when Qwark turned out to be working for Drek, Ratchet soon stepped up and took down Drek with the help of Clank.Together with this robot, which he named Clank, they set off on a mission to find Captain Qwark, who was supposedly the Galaxy's greatest superhero so they could get him to stop Drek from destroying the entire solar system for the sake of his new planet. His entire life changed, however, when a defect of a sentry-bot crashed on Veldin, informing him that Chairman Drek was planning to build a new planet for his race, the Blarg, using pieces of other planets.By his mid-teens, he was working on a spaceship he was planning to use to leave Veldin and explore the Solana Galaxy. On Veldin, Ratchet grew up and developed a knack for inventing and building things.However, when the evil Percival Tachyon attacked, Kaden had him sent to Veldin in the Solana Galaxy. Ratchet was born as the son of Kaden on the Lombax planet of Fastoon in the Polaris Galaxy.He also feels that he is destined for great things in the universe.

