Guitar Hero 5 Hints & Cheats

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Passwords

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

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

Unlockables

Achievements

Complete each achievement to receive the allotted gamerscore.

How to Unlock	Unlockable
Play 10 4-Player RockFest Mode games of any type	Fest Quartet Quest (20)
Unlock every venue in the world, and then some	The Grand Tour (30)
Complete 50 of the challenges at Gold or better	Going Gold (20)
Complete 50 of the challenges at Platinum or better	Going Platinum (30)
Complete 50 of the challenges at Diamond	Going Diamond (50)
Complete a 25-phrase streak as a Vocalist	Iron Lungs (20)
Play at least one song in Quickplay, Career and each Competitive game type	Sampler Plate (30)
Create a music studio song	Producer (10)
Create a band of 4 created rockers and play a song with them	The Fabricated Four (10)
Complete at least one challenge for every instrument at Gold level or better	Quadruple Threat (30)
Make a standard 8 player Band v Band match online, win or lose	Rocktopus (20)
Play an online match with 8 players, all on the same instrument	Me'nage a` Huit (20)
Complete 25 Pro Face Off matches online (Win or Lose)	Outgoing (10)
Play a song with 4 Vocalists	Barbershop (10)
Play a song with 4 Drummers	Drumline (10)
Play a song with 4 Lead Guitarists	String Quartet (10)
Play a song with 4 Bass Guitarists	All Four Bass Are Belong to Us (10)
Read 5 Tooltips in GHMix	Explore the Studio Space (10)
Make and complete a setlist which is at least 1 hour long	Play It To The Bone (20)
Complete 5 band challenges at Gold or better	Challenge of the Supergroup (20)
Fill your Rock Meter all the way	Crowd Pleaser (5)
Complete 14 songs in Quickplay	What's an LP? (20)
Collect 25 Stars in Career	Young Star (10)
Collect 101 Stars in Career	Rising Star (20)
Collect 303 Stars in Career	Shooting Star (30)
Earn 5 or more Stars on a song in Career or Quickplay	Senior Commander (10)
Collect 505 Stars in Career	Super Star (50)
Play 5 encore gigs	You Want More? (10)
Complete 20 Band Moments	Synchronized (10)
Complete a 1001 note streak	The Streak (30)
Achieve a maxed out band multiplier as a standard band	Crank It Up To 11 (20)
Complete any tutorial's lesson on a new feature	What's New? (5)
Streak through the entirety of a song in Quickplay or Career	No Mistakes Allowed (20)
Complete a song with an average individual multiplier above 4x	Above And Beyond (10)
Earn 500,000 points in a single song as a solo act	Score Big (5)
Earn 1,000,000 points in a single song as a solo act or band	Score Bigger (10)
Earn 3,000,000 points in a single song as a band	Score Biggest (30)
As a 4 player standard band, all 4 players activate Star Power simultaneously	Our Powers Combined (10)
Complete 100 songs in Quickplay	Box Set (20)
Complete 300 songs in Quickplay	Juke Box (30)
5 Star 'Ex-Girlfriend', 'Send A Little Love Token' and 'Only Happy When It Rains' as a Vocalist	Chanteuse (10)
Collect 808 Stars in Career	Star Cluster (100)
Complete a song with your Xbox 360 Avatar	Special Guest (10)
Complete a sponsor gig challenge at Diamond level	Representative (5)
Went super	Over 9000! (5)
Gave every one a chance	Open Minded (50)
Had a brush with celebrity	Starstruck (20)
Came alive	Did You Finish Like We Did? (5)
Beat the game	The Traditional (50)

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.

How to Unlock	Unlockable
As guitarist, 4X multiplier for 50sec on "Play That Funky Music" (in Sideshow venue)	Quickplay Venue "Wormhole" (required for The Grand Tour)
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)
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 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)
As a drummer, hit 265 tom notes on "Brianstorm" (in The Golden Gate venue)	Extra: Focus Mode (blacks out background)
As guitarist, hit 230 tap notes on the song "Du Hast" (in Neon Oasis venue)	Cheat: All Slider Gems (All single notes are changed into slider/tap notes)
As guitarist, whammy sustain notes on the song "Hurts So Good" for 25 seconds total or more (in Club Boson venue)	Cheat: All HOPOs (Changes almost every note possible into a HOPO or Hammer-On/Pull-Off note)
As Guitarist, strum 340 chords or more on the song "Sultans of Swing" (in O'Connel's Corner venue)	Extra: Air Instruments (Instruments will be almost completely invisible, guitar strings will still be visible)

Special Guest Character Unlocks

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

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

Character costume unlocks

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

How to Unlock	Unlockable
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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