
Ratchet has access to his core moveset from previous titles, and obtains an entirely new set of weapons and gadgets, as well as devices, nonupgradable support weapons.
The player controls Ratchet, the last lombax alive who wields an arsenal of weapons, gadgets and devices, and carries his sidekick Clank as a backpack allowing him to make use of the Heli-Pack and Thruster-Pack. Tools of Destruction is a third person three dimensional action game with elements of platforming, shooting, role playing and puzzle solving.

Likewise, a code for the Convict Ratchet skin in Tools of Destruction can be found in Secret Agent Clank in the High Impact Games Treehouse. In Tools of Destruction, players can find a code to be used to unlock the Zoni skin in Secret Agent Clank in the IRIS Supercomputer. Tools of Destruction also introduces a few gameplay elements controlled by the PlayStation 3 SIXAXIS tilt functionality.

Clank has his own gameplay sections that allow him to command the Zoni to complete stages. The game introduces devices, which are rarer, non-upgradable support weapons. Ratchet can collect all-new weapons which can be upgraded through use and now through Raritanium, as well as gadgets to overcome obstacles. Tools of Destruction is a return to the third-person action adventure gameplay from the original three entries on the PlayStation 2, with elements of shooting, role-playing, platforming, puzzle-solving and on-rails space combat. Ratchet works to learn more about the lombaxes in the hopes of finding the "Lombax Secret" that may be used to defeat Tachyon, while Clank is aided by a mysterious, invisible alien race known as the Zoni who claim to be key to his past. The game follows Ratchet and Clank as they travel to the Polaris Galaxy after planet Kerwan is invaded by Emperor Tachyon, a cragmite who is intent on destroying Ratchet, the last lombax.

It was initially released in October 2007 for the PlayStation 3, and was the first game in the series released on the system. Secret Agent Clank (release) Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (known as Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction in Europe) is the first installment in the Future series of the Ratchet & Clank series developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (chronologically)
