Secret Squirrel Locations

Overview

Guide for all of the squirrel collectibles in the base game of Trials Rising.

Introduction

Route 66 DLC Guide: [link]

This guide will have screenshots, steps and a general difficulty about how to get each collectible. This difficulty is only for the collectible, not the track. Side note, I am using the keyboard through-out this entire play through, so it is possible things will be easier for you on controller. If you have a video that you would like me to add, let me know by posting it below with the level name.

NOTE: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ON YOUR BIKE TO GET A COLLECTIBLE! As long as your player touches it, you will be fine. After getting it, you do NOT need to finish the track.

For those who want a video, here is Maka91’s video with every squirrel location.

Braking Bad

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint six
• Go in reverse
• Squirrel!

Happy Camper

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint nine
• Jump the first gap
• Go up the ramp
• Once at the top, go in reverse while leaning forward back down the ramp
• Squirrel!

Hard Hat Zone

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Go down onto the hill below slowly
• Go in reverse
• Squirrel!

Lumbering On

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eight
• Go forward to the roof and stop before the train
• Head off very slowly on the the track below
• Go in reverse
• Squirrel!

Yellowstone Caldera

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint seven
• Get to the bottom of the ramp, but don’t jump it
• Lean off the edge and fall to the ramp below
• Go full power and lean forward into the geyser
• Try and get close enough to bail into the basket of the hot air balloon
• Squirrel!

Canyon Crash

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Wait until the timer reaches 25 seconds
• An eagle will be flying in front of you
• Time the jump (suggest sitting where I am and the hitting the gas at 28 seconds)
• Squirrel!

Lights, Camera, Action!

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint seven
• Go forward to the ramp up
• Drop into the gap of the ramp
• Drive through the door
• Complete the little track
• Squirrel!

Mix and the City

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint seven
• Drive the track until you reach the road
• Drop down onto the road
• Avoid the cars until you see a van
• Drive in front of the van
• Squirrel!

Lynx World

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint fifteen
• Get up to the platform that launches you
• Bail off your bike right when it launches
• Get underneath it
• Squirrel!

El Tomate

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint twelve
• Go in reverse
• Make sure to land on the broken floor
• Squirrel!

True Scotsman

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint four
• Go down the first ramp
• Stop on the edge of the second
• Fall down onto the track below
• Go in reverse
• Squirrel!

Tilting At Windmills

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint four
• Go on the windmill
• Go forward on the windmill until at the edge of the ramp
• Let it take you to the top
• Squirrel!

Medieval Flair

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Go forward
• Hang on the edge of the ramp
• Carefully drop down onto the bridge
• Go in reverse
• Squirrel!

Below Bucharest

Difficulty: ★★★★☆

• Head to checkpoint eight
• Get as much speed as you can down the small ramp in front of you
• Get as much air as you can and lean forward
• Bail at the height of your jump
• Hold up/right and hope you make it into the slide without a bug occurring
• Squirrel!

The Flying Finn

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint one
• Go down the hill backwards
• Once back at the start, bail backwards
• Make sure to get over the first stones
• Squirrel!

Nyet Problem

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Head to checkpoint one
• Head onto the missle marked with an ‘X’ and
  light yourself on fire
• At this point, you will have to restart the track
  if you fail
• Go forward along the track to checkpoint five
  while still on fire
• Drop into the pipe marked with an ‘X’
• Squirrel!

Grave of Giants

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint six
• Go full speed up the ramp and bail straight up
• Grab the wrecking ball above the pipe
• Hang onto it on the way down
• Follow the wind path up and to the right
• Enter the pipe at the end
• Squirrel!

Thousand-Cloud Village

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint thirteen
• Drive to the bell
• Bail underneath it and grab the clapper of the bell
  (the ball thing. I had to google what it was called :/ )
• Lean back and forth to ring it three times
• Complete the track like normal
• Squirrel!

Balloons Over Bagan

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint one
• Land in the basket of the hot air balloon
• Stay in it until it stops
• If you miss the jump, you will need to restart the track
• Squirrel!

Beach Bum

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Bail backwards over the wall
• Will need to crawl to it Trials style
  (hit brake then gas then brake then gas etc.)
• Squirrel!

Ship It!

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint six
• Drive on the the shipping crate that rises up
• Either drive off it forwards or backwards
• Underneath where it was, there is a switch
• After activating the switch, the crate next to this spot will be open
• Squirrel!

Chinese Cliffs

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint seven
• Drive forward to the fire
• Catch your front wheel on fire (don’t worry, it won’t crash you)
• Go in reverse to the cliff edge
• The fire will light a fuse and open the cliff side
• Drop to the rock down below
• Squirrel!

Wheels of Steel

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Head to checkpoint eleven
• Bail at the top of the ramp
• Hold up/right
• Grab onto the hook in the distance
• Hang onto it as you go up
• Swing from hook to hook
• Squirrel!

Spirit of the Mountain

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Head to checkpoint five
• Get in front of the rolling boulder
• Stay low on the ramp to land under the usual path
• Drive into the water
• Gas will boost you in a direction while under
  water
• Get to the end through the mines
• Make sure to land with wheels down after the launch
• Squirrel!

A Pretty Good Wall

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• There are three pressure plates that you need to press through-out this track
• Once you push them, they stay that way unless you restart the whole track

• The first plate is at checkpoint two
• Drive forward up the ramp
• Go in reverse off the track

• The second plate is at checkpoint five
• Drive off the ramp
• Bail backwards off the bike to the top of the lower ramp

• The third plate is at checkpoint twelve
• Drive in reverse off the cliff slowly
• Keep going until you reach the plate’s ledge

• Now continue the track to the end
• Bail just before crossing the finish line
• Keep going past everything to the house in the back
• Squirrel!

Vietnam Vaults

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint three
• Drive forward until the rock falls
• Wait for an explosion behind you
• Go in reverse down the hole
• Continue this path without hitting
  a barrel
• Squirrel!

Angkor What?

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Get to checkpoint thirteen
• Drive up the ramp and bail backwards
• Hold up/left and hope you make it
• Squirrel!

Siberian Express

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Get to checkpoint thirteen
• Bail just before the finish line
• Make it between the two shipping crates
• Keep going as far as you can
• Squirrel!

Siberian Skies

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Back up and hit the button
• Continue along the track without faulting
• Drop into the hatch that is open after checkpoint four
• Squirrel!

Firebase Faceplant

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eight
• Go in reverse
• Squirrel!

Ruined Run

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint five
• Trigger the elevator
• Backup off of it
• Drop into the hole below where it was
• Squirrel!

One Man’s Trash

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eleven
• Go up the hill
• Bail into where the arrow is pointing
• Play some Plinko!
• Squirrel!

Pripyat

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint ten
• Go up the ramp
• After the building collapses, go in reverse
• Land on the i-beam down below
• Continue ahead
• Squirrel!

Finnish Flash

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eleven
• Go up the elevator
• Back up onto platform behind you while going
  up
• Keep going in reverse
• Land on the target down below on the ice
• Squirrel!

Bucharest Breakdown

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eight
• Go forward off the platform
• Go in reverse to get under the platform
• Squirrel!

Greek Grapes

Difficulty: ★★★★☆

• Make sure you have plenty of time for this one
  (took me 30+ minutes my first time through)
• Get to checkpoint four
• Go over the top of the well
• Back up and drop into the well
• Get lower by grabbing onto the wall and pulling yourself down
• Once low enough, go right
• Continue down and go right again
• Continue down until you can go left
• Go down some more
• Squirrel!

Moto Gladiators

Difficulty: ★★★★★★

• Can only be obtained after getting ALL OTHER collectibles
• Get to checkpoint five
• Go onto the teeter-totter
• Go backwards off of it, under the ramp you used to get on it
• Take the elevator down
• Sit on the circular slab and wait for it to open
• Do the track down here
• Get to the door
• LXI (61) SQUIRRELS NEEDED?! WELL CRAP!

• Once you have all other 61 squirrels, the door
  will open
• When you enter you will drop into a room with another drop down and four pillars
• Three images will appear in the back
• As of this current release, you MUST have a controller for this point
• I literally ordered a $15 controller from Amazon just to be able to do this part
• In three previous tracks (Rally of the Kings, Temple of Trials, Stonehenge) there was an arrow code hidden in the secret area
• Enter directions in this order:
• ⇨ ⇦ ⇩ ⇨ (R L D R)
• ⇩ ⇦ ⇧ ⇩ (D L U D)
• ⇦ ⇨ ⇧ ⇨ (L R U R)
• The floor beneath you will now open
• You will face a few challenges to get to the final squirrel
• DIAMOND SQUIRREL!!!

Frozen Fjord

Difficulty: ★★★★☆

• Get to checkpoint eleven
• Back up onto the log to get the most speed
• Jump the second ramp
• Land on the third one
• Bail at the top of the third ramp
• Hold up/right and hope you get enough air
• Squirrel!

I Fell Tower

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eight
• Go in reverse
• Land on the platform below
• Squirrel!

UK Up

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eight
• Crash into the water below
• Have a fun floating journey
• Squirrel!

Lumber Party

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint thirteen
• Go to the end of the roof
• Wait for the train
• Time your jump onto the train
• Squirrel!

Unhappy Camper

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Bail backwards off the platform
• Hit the barrels below
• Bounce on the barrels and continue backwards
• Squirrel!

Venice Beach 360

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint two
• Back up so you can get speed
• Go up the ramp and bail
• Land in the vent opening above
• Let the winds take you
• Squirrel!

Alcatraz

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eleven
• Go forward to the jump
• Go over the edge of the jump slowly
• Land on the platform below
• Go in reverse
• Squirrel!

Black Gold

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Get to checkpoint twelve
• Drive forward down onto the pipe below
• Continue forward
• Squirrel!

Toxic Behavior

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eight
• Drive at full speed up the ramp
• Bail straight up
• Land on top of the vent
• Squirrel!

Wingman

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eleven
• Go very slowly off the edge
• Land on the platform below
• Go in reverse to the fire ring
• Carefully fly your way through several rings
• Fly under the bridge
• Squirrel!

Stonehenge

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Either:
  Go forward off the front edge to the ramp below
  Or:
  Go backwards through the railing to the ground below
• Activate the pressure plate
• Continue through the track to checkpoint seven
• Go in reverse into the opening
• Be sure to turn up your brightness
• Go along this cave path to the end
• Squirrel!

Rally of the Kings

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint twelve
• Go in reverse and activate the pressure plate
• Go through the track like normal until you reach checkpoint fifteen
• Land on the hanging rock
• Get on the very front of it then go backwards
• Drop into the hole
• The water will rise here so you are timed
• Get through the water section to the main vault
• Squirrel!

Shanghai Scrapers

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Go in reverse through the barricades
• Get decent air from the fan and bail into the dumpster
• Squirrel!

Seoul Searching

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Go in reverse
• Bail off the edge into the closed door
• Squirrel!

Ski Or Don’t

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Get to checkpoint one
• Go in reverse to hit the switch
• Continue the track like normal until checkpoint six
• Go in reverse to the top of the ramp behind you to get more speed
• Floor it up the hill
• Bail at the top with momentum to carry you onto the chair lift seat
• Squirrel!

Venice Beach 1080

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Must have the Helium bike for this one
• At the very beginning
• Go forward to the first ramp
• Go in reverse under the starting platform
• Run into the wall with a picture of the helium bike on it
• Continue in reverse once its knocked over
• Squirrel!

Temple of Trials

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Drop between the two barrels at the start
• Activate the squirrel switch
• With out failing, get to checkpoint two
  then go in reverse
• Continue into the open hole
• Complete the obstacles
• Squirrel!

Chinese Gauntlet

Difficulty: ★★★★★

• I spent over 600 attempts on this one 🙁
• Get to checkpoint seven
• Go in reverse a bit to give yourself more room to speed up
• Go forward
• Do a wheelie at the end of the platform and bail
• Hold up/right and PRAY you grab the chain
• Hold on for your life
• Once close to the tower, let go
• PRAY you timed it right and land where you want
• Squirrel!

Red Steel

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint eleven
• Go forward up the ramp
• Trigger the explosion
• Go backwards to where the ramp was
• Land in the cart
• Squirrel!

Hollywood Hills

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint twelve
• Lean over the edge to swing under
• Land on the ramp below with full speed
• Don’t hit break or anything
• Be sure to lean if needed over the jump to the collectible
• Squirrel!

Liberty Station

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint thirteen
• Go slow over the ramp ahead
• Lean and bail backwards
• Either hit or grab the vent covering
• Once interacted with, respawn at checkpoint thirteen
• Do the same thing and bail into the vent
• Squirrel!

UK Upper

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

• Get to checkpoint two
• Go forward onto the teeter-totter
• Launch the barrel up and over you
• Wait for it to explode behind you
• Go back down the ramp
• Squirrel!

Ever, Everer, Everest!

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

• At the very beginning
• Go in reverse to the basketball
• Bail and grab onto it
• Catch a ride!
• I made myself sad thinking of that 🙁
• Keep going up and right
• Once you pass by the collectible, let go
  and you can slide down the ramp behind it
• Squirrel!

Container Cowboy

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint six
• Ramp up onto the container
• Tilt the back end down
• Fall backwards
• Bail to get under the checkpoint six platform
• Squirrel!

Nippon Springs

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

• Get to checkpoint four
• Drive forward into the water
• Squirrel!

The End

Whew! Its over. In the end, what you get is
the full squirrel set, seen on the right.
You also get a crap ton of acorns from getting
every one of these collectibles.

I enjoyed every moment of playing through
this game and looking for secrets (well other
than Chinese Gauntlet) and I can’t wait to
see what secret will be in the coming
expansion tracks.

Hope you all enjoy and have a wonderful
time of enjoyment with Trials!