Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Cheats & Tips

Complete each achievement to get the allotted gamerscore. The numbers between the () is the gamerscore given for each achievement.



100 Million!?! Gulp!?! (30) - Earn 100,000,000 points total in Career

A Couple of Streakers (5) - Earn a 200 note streak in a Co-op match

Almost Got It (5) - Fail a song at 90% or higher into it.

Always Hard (15) - Complete Career on the Hard difficulty

Axe Collector (5) - Buy all the Guitars from the shop

Axe Grinder (10) - Earn 5 stars on all songs on the Easy difficulty

Back Up Hero (10) - Complete all songs as the back-up guitar player

Big 'Ol Pile of Wins (20) - Win 500 Online Ranked matches

Blowin' It (5) - Fail any song 10 times

Bronze Streaker (5) - Earn a 100 note Streak in Career or Quick Play

Burnin' a Hole in Your Pocket (10) - Buy everything from the store

Button Masher (5) - Win 15 consecutive Ranked songs online using a standard controller

Buy a Guitar Already (15) - Play through a career on the Hard or Expert difficulty using a standard controller

Dynamic Duo (15) - Earn a 1000 note streak in a Co-op match

Easy Duo (10) - Earn 5 stars on all Co-op songs for the Easy difficulty

Easy Rider (5) - Complete a Career on the Easy Difficulty

Enlightened Guitarist (30) - Gold Star 20 songs on Expert

First Big Score (5) - Score 250,000 on a song

Gold Streaker (15) - Earn a 500 note streak in Career or Quick Play

Got 'em All (5) - Buy all characters from the shop

Guitar Hero (75) - Earn 5 stars on all songs on the Expert difficulty

Guitar Wizard (10) - Complete all Co-op as the lead guitarist

Half a Mill' (10) - Score 500,000 on a song

Half Mill' Club (10) - Score 500,000 on any song in a Co-op match

Hard Duo (30) - Earn 5 stars on all Co-op songs on the Hard difficulty

Hendrix Reborn (10) - Complete Career Lefty and Righty

Higher Than Most (20) - Score 700,000 on any song in a Co-op match

Leaders of the Pack (10) - 100% a song in a Co-op match

Life of the Party (10) - Host Ranked Online matches and win 15 consecutive songs

Living Legends (75) - 5 Star all Co-op songs on Expert

Medium Duo (20) - Earn 5 stars on all Co-op songs for the Medium difficulty

Medium Rare (10) - Complete Career Mode on the Medium difficulty

Meet Your Maker (20) - Beat one of the creators of Guitar Hero 3 at their own game

Millionaire Club (20) - Score 1,000,000 on any song in a Co-op match

Never Gonna Spend It All (10) - Earn $350,000 in career lifetime earnings

Now That's Impressive (20) - Score 750,000 on a song

Perfectionist (10) - 100% a song

Ready to Rock (5) - Complete the tutorial

Right Hand of God (20) - Complete Career Mode on the Expert difficulty

Rock Guru (20) - Earn 5 stars on all songs on the Medium difficulty

Search and Destroy (10) - Join Ranked Online matches and win 15 consecutive songs

Shredder (30) - Earn 5 stars on all songs on the Hard difficulty


Silver Streaker (10) - Earn a 250 note streak in Career or Quick Play

Solo Career (25) - Complete all Career difficulties

Star Mania (15) - Activate Star Power 3 times on Through the Fire and Flames on Expert

Streak Master (20) - Earn a 1000 note streak in Career or Quick Play

Streak Masters (20) - Earn a 2000 note streak in a Co-op match

Streaker (10) - Earn a 150 note streak in a Ranked Online Battle mode match

Tail Between Your Legs (0) - Refuse a guitar battle (e.g. hit the Red fret button when challenged)

That's What Friends Are For (25) - Complete Co-op Career

The Inhuman Achievement (15) - Complete Through the Fire and Flames on Expert

The Long Road Ahead (100) - Complete all difficulties in Career, buy everything from the shop and complete 100 online matches

Tone Deaf (5) - Beat any song on the expert difficulty with the games sound options turned down to zero

Too Many to Count (25) - Hit 250,000 notes in Career

Track Master (5) - Buy all songs from the shop

Two by Four (5) - Get an 8X multiplier in a Co-op game

Two Timer (10) - Earn a 500 note streak in a Co-op match

Whammy Mania (15) - Use the Whammy Bar on every held note on Number of the Beast

Who Needs the Power (15) - 200k on Cult of Personality without Star Power

There is a way to make the final boss in Career mode drop almost instantly when you are battling him. If your first power-up is a whammy bar, use it after your solo and your opponent will go into a long string of notes very quickly. If you use your whammy power-up there, it will make your opponent fall into the red almost instantaneously.

If your guitar dies when you are playing, the blue and green notes will be act as if they are held down.

If you use the wammy bar on a long star power note, your star power will gradually rise along with the note as you wammy it.

Blowin It 5 pts: Fail one song 10 times.
Almost Got It 5 pts: Fail a song at 90% completion or higher.
Tail between Your Legs 0 pts: Decline a boss battle

if ur having trouble on very fast songs and cant get the riffs done easily do the hyper speed cheat and set it too 5 so everything is fast do about 7 songs on it then go back to teh song you were having trouble with it should seem super slow making it easier to complete

There is a very easy way to get this achievement.
Simply just play it on easy, hit every note, and tape your wammy bar down

Yellow+Blue chord, Green+Yellow chord, Green+Yellow chord, Red+Blue chord, Red+Blue chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Yellow chord, Yellow+Blue chord, Green+Yellow chord, Green+Yellow chord, Red+Blue chord, Red+Blue chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Yellow chord, Green+Yellow chord, Green+Yellow chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Yellow chord OR:

(YB) (GY) (GY) (RB) (RB) (RY) (RY) (YB) (GY) (GY) (RB) (RB) (RY) (RY) (GY) (GY) (RY) (RY)

Unlocking and activating this cheat code will cause your character to play air guitar.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pressing these fret buttons!

Green+Red chord, Green+Red chord, Green+Red chord,
Green+Blue chord, Green+Blue chord, Green+Blue chord, Red+Blue chord, Red, Red, Red, Red+Blue chord, Red, Red, Red, Red+Blue chord, Red, Red, Red OR:

(GR) (GR) (GR) (GB) (GB) (GB) (RB) R R R (RB) R R R (RB) R R R

This unlocks the Bret Micheals cheat which replaces the lead singer with Bret Micheals in every song.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pushing these fret buttons!

Green+Red chord, Green+Yellow chord, Yellow+Blue chord, Red+Blue chord, Blue+Orange chord, Blue+Orange chord, Yellow+Orange chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Blue chord OR:

(GR) (GY) (YB) (RB) (BO) (YO) (RY) (RB)

This increases the timing window of when you hit the notes dramatically.

Note: You can not save when you use this cheat code, and does not work in Career, Leaderboards, Xbox Live, or Achievements.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pushing these fret buttons!

Enter this code in the cheats menu (located in Options):

Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow to unlock the cheat-code hyperspeed.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pushing these fret buttons!

Green+Red chord, Blue, Green+Red chord, Green+Yellow chord, Blue, Green+Yellow chord, Red+Yellow chord, Orange, Red+Yellow chord, Green+Yellow chord, Yellow, Green+Yellow chord, Green+Red chord OR:

(GR) B (GR) (GY) B (GY) (RY) O (RY) (GY) Y (GY) (GR)

Note: You cannot save with this cheat code it does not work with Career, Leaderboards, Xbox Live, or Achievements.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pushing these fret buttons!

Red+Yellow chord, Red+Blue chord, Red+Orange chord, Red+Blue chord, Red+Yellow chord, Green+Blue chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Blue chord OR:

(RY) (RB) (RO) (RB) (RY) (GB) (RY) (RB)

This will unlock performance mode in the cheat menu. Performance mode takes away everything except for the background, including the notes on the table (Note-chart). You'll have to play this song from memory. Good luck.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pressing these fret buttons!

Green+Red chord, Green+Red chord, Green+Red chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Blue Chord, Red+Blue Chord, Yellow+Blue Chord, Yellow+Orange Chord, Yellow+Orange Chord, Green+Red chord, Green+Red chord, Green+Red chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Yellow chord, Red+Blue Chord, Red+Blue Chord, Yellow+Blue Chord, Yellow+Orange Chord, Yellow+Orange Chord. OR:

(GR) (GR) (GR) (RY) (RY) (RB) (RB) (YB) (YO) (YO) (GR) (GR) (GR) (RY) (RY) (RB) (RB) (YB) (YO) (YO)

This will unlock precision mode, which removes the timing window that Guitar Hero has. You will have to hit the notes at the exact time, or, to be blunt, precisely.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pushing these fret buttons!

Yellow+Orange chord, Red+Blue Chord, Red+Orange chord, Green+Blue chord, Red+Yellow chord, Yellow+Orange chord, Red+Yellow Chord, Red+Blue Chord, Green+Yellow chord, Green+Yellow chord, Yellow+Blue chord, Yellow+Blue chord, Yellow+Orange chord, Yellow+Orange chord, Yellow+Blue chord, Yellow, Red, Red+Yellow Chord, Red, Yellow, Orange OR:

(YO) (RB) (RO) (GB) (RY) (YO) (RY) (RB) (GY) (GY) (YB) (YB) (YO) (YO) (YB) Y R (RY) R Y O

This will unlock all the songs (including all the co-op songs) in quick play. It will not unlock them in career mode nor will it unlock the boss battles.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pushing these fret buttons!

Green+Red+Blue+Orange chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Blue chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Orange chord, Green+Blue+Yellow+Orange chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Blue chord, Red+Yellow+Blue+Orange chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Blue chord. Green+Yellow+Blue+Orange chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Blue chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Orange chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Orange chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Blue chord, Green+Red+Yellow+Orange chord OR:


(GRBO) (GRYB) (GRYO) (GBYO) (GRYB) (RYBO) (GRYB) (GYBO) (GRYB) (GRYO) (GRYO) (GRYB) (GRYO)

This will unlock EVERYTHING, characters, outfits, songs, etc.

Note: You cannot save once you input this cheat code.

Important: Remember to flick the strum bar as you are pushing these fret buttons!