Helium Heights Walkthrough (All VIP Bots)

Helium Heights is the fourth DLC stage for Astro Bot and one of the funnest yet. Those who enjoy challenging speedrunning stages should love what's on offer here, as will those hoping to save a few more Astro Bot Cameo Bots based on iconic PlayStation characters.

Much like in the other DLC stages too Astro Botthere are two VIP bots available in Helium Heights. To unlock both of them, players need to get to the finish line before the two colored birds, which at first glance may seem like a task that is much easier said than done.

How to complete Helium Heights

The Helium Heights stage sees players using Astro's Puffer Fish power-up. Instead of using it directly, they should jump and hover forward and to the right before starting the power-up, as this will allow them to jump over the first few platforms and fall directly onto the spinning blue springboard.

The next two platforms require quick activation and deactivation of the boot. As soon as players reach the desired height, they should release the air so that they can restart as quickly as possible. They should then aim to jump over the first yellow beam and pass the rest without using the power-up again until the wind tunnel at the end of the stretch.

The intended strategy for this next section is to land on one of the pinned leaves and then relaunch from there, but if players jump from the base of the plant and go out wide, they should have just enough height to get straight up to the top of the plant. The next section is more of the same, up to the point where players see a blue inflatable whale to their left.

If possible they want to try to land on the whale and then launch again immediately, although it is possible to use the wind coming out of the back of it to get onto the green leaves of the plant to their right. Anyway, the goal here is to get onto the last yellow flower and then be blown to the finish line, where two more Astro Bot Cameo Bots are waiting for them.

Helium Heights Cameo Bots

To unlock both Helium Heights VIP bots, players must make it to the end of the stage before the red and blue birds. Beating the blue bird's time (60 seconds) will unlock a Cameo Bot based on Nariko from Heavenly swordswhile beating the red bird's time (45 seconds) will reward players with another Helldivers 2 Cameo Bot. As with some of the VIP bots found in others Astro Bot DLC stages, players will be able to get special items for these bots in Gatcha Lab. Nariko gets the Blades of Deity, while Helldiver gets the Beacon of Freedom.