Skylanders Giants

Skylanders Giants

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Spend That Loot!

Spend That Loot!

Amass 65,000 Treasure with any one Skylander

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How to unlock the Spend That Loot! achievement in Skylanders Giants - Definitive Guide

The easiest way I found to get this after you complete the game the first time.

After the credits you are returned back to Flynn's ship. On the ship, enter the lobby area where you can get to the Crow's Nest, the Anchor Crane, and Auric & Dreadbreards areas. Go into the Anchor Crane's area which is the door above Auric's. You'll notice about 5500 in treasure laying there. Pick it up with the Skylander you want to use for the achievement. Now dashboard (the treasure you picked up is saved to your Skylander figure) and make a copy of your game's save file onto a USB stick or the Cloud.

Relaunch the game and select where you put the copied save file. You're back on Flynn's ship and now return to the crane area and the 5500 in treasure will still be there. Collect it all and dashboard again. Keep repreating this till you hit the 65000.

Just to add if you did grab the treasure and continued playing the game till it autosaved, the 5500 will no longer appear and instead only 320 will now show up. Also keep your eyes open for one of the winged saphires (fairy gems) this will also save your game. If you see one of those dashboard and try again. The appearance of those is random. I would suggest tracking all those down before you complete the game so you do not have to worry about them showing up.

Keeping the extra save is great too in case you want to cap out all the abilities for a Skylander anytime you want. Only takes about 2 treasure runs to have enough to buy all abilities.
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26 Oct 2012 15:16

22 Comments
Is this a running total of 65k through the game or do you have to have one skylander have 65k total at one time?? I'm sure I have gotten that through the game, but I've spent probably 30k!! Thanks!!
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By Padre Prime on 26 Oct 2012 15:53
Sorry, yeah you need to have 65K at one time which is the maximum a Skylander can hold.
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By Mojo Red on 26 Oct 2012 16:11
I thought this would be a pain. Great guide! Thank you.
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By MC Evil Dead on 02 Nov 2012 15:41
Please add an important note to this solution - as it did not work for me - because of the fairy gem that was hidden in the treasure! Picking that up causes the game to auto save!!!
Therefore you should change the order:
After completing the game -> dashboard -> copy save game -> reenter -> pickup treasure -> repeat. That should take care of the stupid fairy gem.
I would suspect that this could have caused someone to give a negative vote, since it's a pretty important step.
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By S7uPIdI7Y on 09 Dec 2012 11:26
Works with any character from Skylanders Spryo's Adventure (green base) and Skylanders Giants (orange base).
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By Mojo Red on 04 Feb 2014 22:39
Dang it! I ran up there and there was a stupid fairy gem that I accidentally picked up and saved the game :(
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By MC Evil Dead on 04 Nov 2012 02:44
Perfect solution!
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By Sashamorning on 06 Nov 2012 01:16
For the Danish players: Go to the "Adgangstårn" (right side of the boat), head up the ramp and enter the "Krandæk".
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By S7uPIdI7Y on 09 Dec 2012 11:29
if you put a new skylander on your name it autosaves too so dont do that either!
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By raidenhardcore on 16 Jun 2014 22:47
not sure why anybody would give this a negative vote, works exactly as stated
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By Mr Yac on 01 Dec 2012 19:29
Thanks mate I'll add that.
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By Mojo Red on 09 Dec 2012 13:05
So - when you already have picked up the treasure and saved the game - thus rendering this excellent guide irrelevant - any ideas how to amass the 65k? Any chapters which are better runs than others?
I noticed that if you havent completed the 21 arena challenges these will add a decent amount - especially the third series of challenges. I havent paid any attentention to which chapters net you the most though.
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By Lord Khazmir on 29 Dec 2012 16:20
Just a quick question, I'm only using one save file, but when I go to my dashboard and go to my skylanders saves, it says save global save, slot 1, 2, 3, and 4... All of them at 60kb, which one would would I pick? I'm assuming slot 1 because that's what I'm playing on, but because all 4 slots had 60kb, i didn't want to screw it up?
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By itsDraggy on 04 Jan 2013 18:11
You just need to copy the slot you are playing on.
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By Mojo Red on 04 Jan 2013 19:53
didnt work for me either because of the fairy gem :( shame. looks like its arena grinding for me. OP add the info about the gem
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By UKGN Pad on 14 Jan 2013 20:09
best to do with this with Trigger Happy - he has a solo quest that is about accruing money. Gotta unlock that top hat!
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By rotorschnee on 23 Feb 2013 19:38
The Winged Sapphire on the Crane Deck is not random. It appears there after Chapter 14 Autogyro Adventure. You have two chances to collect it before finishing the game and having it appear there mixed in with the treasure.

Other than that, great guide!!! Saves a ton of money grinding for each figure.
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By Gunstar Red on 19 Jul 2013 20:59
Nice tip! Instead of dashboarding it, I sign out & then sign, & then reload my game. Much faster. I get 5570 gold each time. 4 trips will max out a beginning character.clap
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By Hexxx on 04 Aug 2013 18:27
Something to add to this. I equipped all 4 wheels of wealth first and am getting around 10k. Helpful for those that want this to go even faster.
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 08 Dec 2013 17:06
Does anyone know if this works with series 1 characters? I have half of my treasure with my fav character from the first game and just didn't know if its worth it to keep working with that one.
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By Tara Wrist on 01 Feb 2014 17:55
Plz update guide to mention that sapphire. Otherwise spot on. 20K to go the hard way now :(
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By planting42 on 12 Feb 2015 17:04
If you ONLY move 'Save File Slot 1' over to the secondary device, the game will DUPLICATE it so you have FOUR of those save files (one in each slot), so instead of re-copying the same file every time for slot 1, just go back to the main menu, and use the duplicated save files in slots 2, 3, and 4. You'll know if you've done this right because it'll say you have ZERO skylanders on all four files. When you've done all four files, THEN you can re-copy save 1, and repeat.
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By Dwaggienite on 14 Feb 2015 17:39
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I found a fast way to make over 10k in under 30 seconds.

This will require you to have Skylander Swap Force and the sky diamond. After you unlock the ability to upgrade your Skylander on Swap Force, go to the training dummy. I used a second controller and picked a Skylander from Skylander Giants that I wanted to have the money go to. I used Gorilla Drilla as my main character and planted him directly in front of one dummy and my second Skylander (from Skylander Giants)in front of another dummy. I taped down the attack on Gorilla Drilla. He will continually drill the dummy making a 1 credit coin drop. With the second Skylander I repeatedly attached the second dummy.
Next place the sky diamond on the portal and keep attacking the dummies. The 1 credit coins are now all worth 25 credits and will be falling faster than the game can keep up. Having both Skylanders collecting will make it faster do to the fact that in Swap Force you both get credit for the money collected. After the sky diamond runs out of time watch your money keep increasing. Wait for it to stop and go to any level exit and repeat.

When you have the money you need simply quit Swap Force and load up Giants with your Skylander that has all the money. Way fast but you do need to have invested a lot of real money to make it work.
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24 Dec 2013 18:11

Heres a video I made how to get unlimited money. Its the fastest way to get max money. Hope it helps you max your skylanders!
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26 Mar 2013 22:20

This achievement is earned by having 65,000 treasure on one Skylander at the one time. It does not count any money already spent. This will not likely happen during your normal playthrough, and will require additional runs. Fortunately, there is a wonderful way to get potentially infinite money once you beat the game.

After the credits end, you are returned to the deck of the Dread-Yacht. Go into the door up the stairs to the right, and make your way up to the Crane Deck. You'll see a very large pile of treasure, around 6000, on the ground. Collect it, and then quit to the dashboard. Do not save and quit the game. The money is saved to your Skylander instantly.

Back at the dashboard, create a copy of your save data on a USB stick. Load up the game using the USB save, and you'll be back on the ship deck. Go back up to the Crane Deck, and you'll see the money is there again. Collect it, dashboard, and reload from the USB. Repeat this until you amass 65,000 treasure and unlock the achievement.

A word of caution: Before attempting this, try to collect all of the Winged Sapphires that can appear randomly around the ship. One can spawn on the Crane Deck, and if you grab it while getting the treasure, the game will save, and you'll lose your infinite money cheat.

Here is a video by Toxiicxducky831 showing the process:

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This trophy is not cumulative, you must have a total of 65,000 gold in your inventory on a single Skylander for it to unlock.

You must have a total of 65,000 gold on a single Skylander for this trophy to unlock, by the end of your easy playthrough you should have close to 50,000 gold saved up. This trophy should unlock by the end of your Nightmare playthrough. If for some reason you did not get enough gold for the trophy, you can always replay the later arena matches to earn 1,000+ gold each round. There is also a spot on Captain Flynn's ship where around 6,000 gold spawns only after beating the game, you can collect this treasure multiple times by following the method in the video below.

 

Thanks to BuYcKi for pointing this out.

The trophy will unlock once you have a total of 65,000 gold.

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