Skylanders: Swap Force brings back the series' main collectible, Soul Gems. Soul Gems unlock special moves for a single Skylander, so finding them all will help strengthen your team of adventurers. There are many to find over the game's 17 chapters, and some levels are hiding even more than one. Lucky for you, we've tracked them all down! Check out our Skylanders: Swap Force review, then follow along to collect them all.
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Climb the Mushroom Stairway in the center of the hub world. About halfway up is a large branch where you'll spot this Soul Gem.
After completing Motleyville, you'll have access to The Under-Hollow. Inside is a series of doors with random elemental symbols. Use Skylanders of the correct element to open each door and reveal this.
When you learn how to push blocks in Old Treetop Terrace, push the first and move to the second set. Push the left one forward, then hop up to reach your first Soul Gem.
After taking out your first Chompy Pod, look to your left for some descending ledges. Head down to enter a hidden area, Honey Trove. Cross the bridge inside to reach this.
Before busting through the first wooden gate in Luau Lagoon, look to your left for a ledge. Hop up there and follow the path along the broken walkway to reach this.
After freeing the Gobblepods in the Gobblepod Sanctuary, make a left at the intersection. Bust up the wagons over here and enter the hidden area. Inside, head right and ride the rock to a lower level. Hop across the rocks here to emerge back outside, where another Soul Gem waits for you.
When you reach the big rock puzzle, push blocks A and B forward. Next, push block C forward twice, then back once. Push block D to the left to get to the other side of the area. From here, you can drop down to the Soul Gem.
When searching for the gear in Broken Bog Bay, follow the trail to the top of the hill to reach this sheds. Push shed A forward, then push shed B to the left. Push shed C to the right twice to reach the Soul Gem.
After freeing the Muddy Marsh Village from the baddies, enter the building pictured above, the Jug Jamboree Inn. Clear the debris on the second floor and head through the door to find another Soul Gem along a walkway.
After battling the Evilized Boghog, make a right at the walkway. This path will take you up to the Soul Gem you see in the distance.
After opening the gate in Western Watch, make an immediate left. Along this detour is a bounce pad that takes you to a ledge where the Soul Gem rests.
In Monkey Monk's Path, you'll pass a walkway with many spikes. Make a U-turn on the other side and hop across the raised stones to reach the Soul Gem you spotted earlier.
After crossing the first bridge into Iron Jaw Gulch proper, drop off the ledge to the right. There are some rooftops behind the cactus here that lead to a Soul Gem.
After retrieving the second crank and crossing the bridge to Sun Smoked Strand, you'll approach a Swap Zone. Drop off the left ledge and follow the path to some bounce pads that will take you to a rooftop where the Soul Gem is hiding.
When you enter Okey-Dokey Corral, take out the Chompy Pod to reveal a bounce pad. Bounce to the roof and destroy the wooden water tower to obtain this.
Before grinding the mine cart rails after Baron Von Shellshock, hop to the ledge to the north. Use to scale crates to the left and reach a Soul Gem.
After moving past the swinging crane hooks in Soggy Fields, hop across the goop via the tires. From here, you can jump from the wooden ledge onto a mesa, then onto an outcropping where you'll find another Soul Gem.
When crossing the Stack O' Trains, look to your right for a ledge you can reach. Hop to it to find this along the short path.
As you cross Guardian Gangway, you'll approach some swirling pools. Drop into the easternmost pool to find a Soul Gem in a secret area.
Take a left before the first set of mines on Hazardous Highway. Follow the short path to find this.
Before exiting the Underground Lake, destroy the crates near the exit to reveal a blue bounce pad. Use it to reach the rotating platforms above; cross them to nab another Soul Gem.
This one's really easy to get. When you enter Gift Boat Row, take a left and hop across the spinning platforms to reach it.
After riding the geyser rock in Paleo Pass, you'll be near some small platforms with more rocks to push. Push the closer one off of the ledge, then drop down and give it another push. It can now be used to reach the Soul Gem on the high ledge you passed earlier.
Before riding the rails at the end of The Frozen Curtain, hop up the platforms to your left. There's a small gap in the fencing near the laser where you can drop behind the top platform. Turn the wheel hidden back there to activate platforms which will allow you to reach the Soul Gem.
When you free the final pair of snowmen in Diamond Docks, head out onto the ledge where the eastern snowman was frozen. Hop across the platforms here to reach another Soul Gem.
When you reach Typhoon Trail, drop off the cliff to your right. Enter the cave here to exit from another cave near the level start. Follow the trail here to grab the Soul Gem you passed by earlier.
Proceed to the Battle Gate at the end of Ice Break Atolls. Before heading through the gate, look for a little inlet between two trees. Follow this narrow path into a hidden area of Perilous Precipice (prepare for more exploding snowmen robots), and you'll find this Soul Gem at the end.
At the level start, you'll pass a burning gate. Just a few steps later, you'll turn on a water pump and acquire water balloons. Bring one back to this gate to clear the way, then follow the platforms beyond to reach a Soul Gem.
When you pass the first flaming gate in Birchberg, hang left. Hop up the platforms here to reach another Soul Gem.
When moving through the explosive barrels in Forest Path, take a left at the flame jet. Quickly hop across the other flame jets here to reach the level's last Soul Gem.
When you receive the sheep disguise from Softpaw in Sheep Inspection, use it to climb the stairs to the left. There's a Soul Gem in this small area.
When you enter Glob Lobber Gangway, make a left and follow the staircase up. Traverse the long series of platforms it leads you to, and you'll find the game's final Soul Gem.
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