Guitar Hero 5 Hints & Cheats

Cheat Codes

Enter these codes in in the cheats menu

Enter these in on your controller to activate the desired cheat. G= Green R= Red Y= Yellow B= Blue

Cheat	Effect
R R B Y G G G Y	Air Instruments
G G B G G G Y G	All HOPOs
G G R R Y B Y B	Always Slide
Y G R B B B B R	AutoKick
G G R R Y R Y B	Contest Winner 1
Y G R G Y B G G	Focus Mode
G R G G Y G G G	HUD Free Mode
G R Y Y Y B B G	Invisible Characters
Y Y B R B G R R	Performance Mode
B B G G R G R Y	Unlock All Characters

Unlockables

Trophies

Complete each requirement to receive the Trophies. There are 37 Bronze Trophies, 11 Silver Trophies, 1 Gold Trophy, and 1 Platinum Trophy.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Earn all of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Trophies in Guitar Hero 5	Platinum Trophy (Platinum)
Complete a song with an average individual multiplier above 4x	Above And Beyond (Bronze)
Play a song with 4 Bass Guitarists	All Four Bass Are Belong to Us (Bronze)
Play a song with 4 Vocalists	Barbershop (Bronze)
Complete 100 songs in Quickplay	Box Set (Bronze)
Complete 5 band challenges at Gold or better	Challenge of the Supergroup (Bronze)
5 Star 'Ex-Girlfriend', 'Send A Little Love Token' and 'Only Happy When It Rains' as a Vocalist	Chanteuse (Bronze)
Achieve a maxed out band multiplier as a standard band	Crank It Up To 11 (Silver)
Fill your Rock Meter all the way	Crowd Pleaser (Bronze)
Play a song with 4 Drummers	Drumline (Bronze)
Read 5 Tooltips in GHMix	Explore the Studio Space (Bronze)
Play 10 4-Player RockFest Mode games of any type	Fest Quartet Quest (Bronze)
Complete 50 of the challenges at Diamond	Going Diamond (Silver)
Complete 50 of the challenges at Gold or better	Going Gold (Silver)
Complete 50 of the challenges at Platinum or better	Going Platinum (Silver)
Complete a 25-phrase streak as a Vocalist	Iron Lungs (Bronze)
Complete 300 songs in Quickplay	Juke Box (Bronze)
Create a band of 4 created rockers and play a song with them locally in Career or Quickplay	The Fabricated Four (Bronze)
Streak through the entirety of a song in Quickplay or Career	No Mistakes Allowed (Bronze)
Play an online match with 8 players, all on the same instrument	Me'nage a` Huit (Bronze)
Complete 25 Pro Face Off matches online (Win or Lose)	Outgoing (Bronze)
Make and complete a setlist which is at least 1 hour long	Play It To The Bone (Bronze)
Create a music studio song	Producer (Bronze)
Complete at least one challenge for every instrument at Gold level or better	Quadruple Threat (Silver)
Collect 101 Stars in Career	Rising Star (Bronze)
Make a standard 8 player Band v Band match online, win or lose	Rocktopus (Bronze)
Play at least one song in Quickplay, Career and each Competitive game type	Sampler Plate (Silver)
Earn 500,000 points in a single song as a solo act	Score Big (Bronze)
Earn 1,000,000 points in a single song as a solo act or band	Score Bigger (Bronze)
Earn 3,000,000 points in a single song as a band	Score Biggest (Silver)
Earn 5 or more Stars on a song in Career or Quickplay	Senior Commander (Bronze)
Collect 303 Stars in Career	Shooting Star (Bronze)
Create a custom instrument	Customizer (Bronze)
Collect 808 Stars in Career	Star Cluster (Gold)
As a 4 player standard band, all 4 players activate Star Power simultaneously	Our Powers Combined (Bronze)
Play a song with 4 Lead Guitarists	String Quartet (Bronze)
Collect 505 Stars in Career	Super Star (Silver)
Complete a sponsor gig challenge at Diamond level	Representative (Bronze)
Complete 20 Band Moments	Synchronized (Bronze)
Unlock every venue in the world, and then some	The Grand Tour (Silver)
Complete a 1001 note streak	The Streak (Bronze)
Complete Career mode	The Traditional (Silver)
Complete 14 songs in Quickplay	What's an LP? (Bronze)
Play 5 encore gigs	You Want More? (Bronze)
Collect 25 Stars in Career	Young Star (Bronze)
Complete any tutorial's lesson on a new feature	What's New? (Bronze)
Went super	Over 9000! (Bronze)
Gave every one a chance	Open Minded (Silver)
Had a brush with celebrity	Starstruck (Bronze)
Came alive	Did You Finish Like We Did? (Bronze)

Feature Unlocks

These features are unlocked by doing the corresponding challenge in career mode. You must be on Easy for all vocal challenges, instrument challenges may require a higher difficulty to meet the conditions noted.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
As drummer, hit 200 non-cymbal notes on "Mirror People" (in Angel's Crypt venue, fills don't count)	Cheat: Auto-kick (all kick bass notes are autoplayed)
As a drummer, hit 265 tom notes on "Brianstorm" (in The Golden Gate venue)	Extra: Focus Mode (blacks out background)
as a vocalist, get Excellent on 75 consecutive phrases in the rap song "Bring The Noise 20XX" (in Neon Oasis venue)	Extra: Hud-Free Mode (removes rock meter, star power guage, score display)
With two players, get a band multipler for 42 seconds on "Bleed American" (in The Aqueduct venue)	Extra: Performance Mode (removes track and hud)
As guitarist, 4X multiplier for 50sec on "Play That Funky Music" (in Sideshow venue)	Quickplay Venue "Wormhole" (required for The Grand Tour)

Special Guest Character Unlocks

Below are some of the unlockable special guest characters and how to unlock them.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Complete the song "No One To Depend On (Live)" on any difficulty, any instrument	Carlos Santana
Complete the song "Ring of Fire" on any difficulty, any instrument	Johnny Cash
Complete the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on any difficulty, any instrument	Kurt Cobain
Complete the song "Plug in Baby" on any instrument on any difficulty	Matt Bellamy
Complete the song "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" on any difficulty, any instrument	Shirley Manson

Character costume unlocks

These costume unlocks are for the pre-made characters. Complete the song specific challenge to unlock them.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Complete challenge for Medicate	Axel Steel's Battle Scar outfit
Complete challenge for Send a Little Love Token	Axel Steel's Hog Wild outfit
Complete challenge for Sympathy for the Devil	Axel Steel's Shoulder Blades outfit
Complete challenge for Superstition	Casey Lynch's Flying Trapeze outfit
Complete challenge for So Lonely	Casey Lynch's Monochrome Maiden outfit
Complete challenge for In My Place	Casey Lynch's Sharpshooter outfit
Complete challenge for Sneak Out	Clive Winston's Deer Scout outfit
Complete challenge for Blue Orchid	Clive Winston's Persuader outfit
Complete challenge for Shout It Out Loud	Clive Winston's Sugar Daddy outfit
Complete challenge for Gamma Ray	Eddie Knox's Casual Wednesday outfit
Complete challenge for Make It wit Chu	Eddie Knox's Crusier outfit
Complete challenge for Six Days a Week	Eddie Knox's Suede Spade outfit
Complete challenge for Feel Good Inc.	Izzy Sparks's Impresario outfit
Complete challenge for Scatterbrain	Izzy Sparks's Sideshow outfit
Complete challenge for Jailbreak	Izzy Sparks's Stiki outfit
Complete challenge for Judith	Johnny Napalm's 1976 outfit
Complete challenge for Looks That Kill	Johnny Napalm's Generation Zzyzx outfit
Complete challenge for Fame	Johnny Napalm's Suburban Snot outfit
Complete challenge for Gratitude	Judy Nails's Big Knee Pin outfit
Complete challenge for Runnin' Down a Dream	Judy Nails's Mall Chic outfit
Complete challenge for You Give Love a Bad Name	Judy Nails's The Riot Starts Here outfit
Complete challenge for All Along the Watchtower	Lars Umlaut's Grendel outfit
Complete challenge for In the Meantime	Lars Umlaut's Soldier of Farce outfit
Complete challenge for We're an American Band	Lars Umlaut's Valhalla outfit
Complete challenge for Steady, As She Goes	Pandora's Gretel outfit
Complete challenge for Back Round	Pandora's State of Fluxus outfit
Complete challenge for L.A.	Pandora's Strapped outfit

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type	Name	File Size
Other	Lyric FAQ by Andrew Testa	118K
FAQ/Walkthrough	FAQ/Walkthrough by Okami5436	132K

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