Quickly press Left Analog-stick Down + X, Left Analog-stick Down + X.
Alternate ending sequence
Eat fruit from the Secret Garden to reduce your HP as much as possible. Dormin will now be killed when shot by the crossbow, and will alter the following sequences.
Bird Grabber
Wander can grab onto the various flying fauna in the world. Simply follow one on the horse and when the bird flies low, press JUMP to vault off the horse and hold GRAB. If your aim is true, Wander hangs onto the bird for as long as your grip meter holds out.
Brown Agro
Defeat all sixteen Colossi and get all items in Normal Time Attack mode. Then at the title screen, hold Square.
Cloth Of Desperation glitch
Unlock the Cloth Of Desperation, then defeat a Colossus. As the black strings are headed towards you, use the Cloth Of Desperation by jumping and pressing Crouch/Grab. If you are using it when the strings hit you, the game will glitch. You will be surrounded by the parachute in the shape of a clam shell when you fall to the ground. Whether you save the game or not, after you wake up in the castle it will still be glitched. To exit, get on Agro, use the Cloth Of Desperation again, or climb.
During all intermission sequences, the view can be moved and zoomed in. You can also allow the game to idle during the introduction sequence to see Agro exploring the world without Wander. This sequence can also be controlled.
Give your character black hair
Defeat the fourteenth Colossus in normal mode and your hair will become black.
Hard mode
Successfully complete the game to unlock the Hard difficulty setting.
Ico reference
Have a saved game file from Ico on your memory card to change the diamond-shaped mark on Agro's head to the "I" from the Ico logo.
Increase health and stamina with Lizards and Fruit
The white lizards crawling around in many areas of the game can be eaten to increase Stamina. Equip the bow and shoot the lizard, then press the Circle button to pick up and eat it. Many of the trees within the game carry Fruit that can be used to restore and increase your Maximum Health slightly. Equip the bow and shoot at the Fruit hanging in the tree, once it drops go over and press the Circle button to eat it.
Play as Dormin
Defeal all sixteen Colossi to unlock Dormin, the demon Colossus.
Quick gallop stop
Press Left Analog-stick Down + X.
Reminisce mode
Go to the corpse of the Colossi and press Circle to pray. In this mode, the graphics will change to an old film appearance.
Ride a hawk, bird, lizard, or eel
Sneak up behind them and press R1.
Secret garden
Successfully complete the game four times and get a large amount of stamina. Then, travel to the ends of the world and locate the patch of ivy on the northeast side of the shrine. Climb up the ivy and follow trail all the way up and around the ledge to the right. Jump across at the other end of the ledge to reach the next set of ivy. Continue on until you get to another ledge above that you must climb around. Once at the other side of this ledge, climb to the right then shimmy across another ledge that leads behind a column. Jump to the ivy-covered column, then continue climbing. The ivy will lead to a walkway. Climb the stairs and walkway to the left of the garden. Note: Eating fruit from the trees causes damage.
Standing gallop
Press R1 + X.
The Food Of The Dead
Each time you beat a Colossus, your strength meter will increase. If you make it large enough, you'll be able to climb up the back of the temple you first start in. Up top, you'll find the courtyard from the end of the game and the bridge that you entered on. There isn't much to do here, but you will find some fruit in the trees. Shoot it down and eat it and you'll decrease your health and strength meters. The only reason you might want to do this is if your strength meter is getting so big it is taking up too much of your field of view.
To get there, run around behind your starting shrine. There is a patch of ivy that you can climb up. When you're climbing, jumping in a diagonal or sideways direction causes your strength meter to decrease less than a straight climb or jump. Make your way up and then around the scaffolding up to the top.
The Kight Fight speed kills
When you fight the Knight (3rd battle) walk up to the patch of light right in front of you then shoot him in the wrist a few times until he swings his sword at you (don't get hit). Get on the end of the sword and hold R1 when the sword is free from the ground and the hero is stable let go of R1 and jump towards the Kight's head this part is very tricky you have to time it just right! But if you do it right you can cut the time in half you can land right on his weak spot. Great way to beat Time Attack in hard mode. Great game I give it a 9.5!
The Short Way to the Secret Garden
You do not need to beat the game 4 times to reach the secret garden. All you have to do is familiarize yourself with the diagonal jump. When you grab a climbable wall (usually indicated by the moss growing on it), you have to hold jump and the left analog stick diagonally up until your character swings his arm, depending on what direction you tilted the analog stick. Once he does this, let go of jump and you will scale the wall diagonally without using a large amount of stamina.
Before you decide to reach the secret garden, it is advisable to complete about 7 colossi for the sole reason of acquiring enough stamina to take on this task. You could also search for white-tailed lizards as an alternative to gain stamina.
To reach the secret garden, you have to locate the wall of ivy on the northeast side of the temple shrine. If you use your horse and jump off of him towards the wall of ivy, you will save even more stamina. Now, follow it all the way up until you reach a ledge on the right. Go around it while still using the diagonal jump to save stamina. On the opposite side, leap across to the visible moss and keep going around the second ledge above. Once you get to other side, you have to go around yet another ledge, which is a little bit below your position. You will reach a circular pillar that you have to jump onto. This is easily done by situating yourself directly opposite of it and then jumping across. Hold on and keep going up. The moss will lead you a little bit towards the left to a small walkway. Follow the stairs to the secret garden. Enjoy, but do not eat the fruit, as it will decrease your health permanently.
Time Attack mode
Successfully complete the game to unlock Time Attack mode.
Time Attack mode bonuses
You will be give a bonus item for every two Colossi defeated in Time Attack mode. On the Normal difficulty setting, the following bonus items will be unlocked, in order:
Whistling Arrow: Distracts a Colossus
Cloak of Force: Sword damages a Colossus more
Mask of Strength: Inflict greater wounds to a Colossus
Lizard Detection Stone: Detects white tailed lizards
Fruit Tree Map: Reveals the Fruit Trees on map
Mask of Power: Inflict greater wounds to a Colossus
Cloak of Deception: Invisible to a Colossus
Flash Arrow: Explodes when hits Colossus
Brown Horse: Hold Square to start game at the main menu to get a brown horse
While playing Time Attack mode on the Hard difficulty setting, the following bonus items will be unlocked, in order:
Harpoon Of Thunder
Sword Of The Sun
Fruit Tree Map: Reveals the Fruit Trees on map
Shaman's Cloak
Lizard Detection Stone: Detects white tailed lizards
Shaman's Mask
Cloth Of Desperation
Queen's Sword From Ico
White Agro
Defeat all sixteen Colossi and get all items in Hard Time Attack mode. Then at the title screen, hold Circle.
