Trials Rising

Trials Rising

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Secret Squirrel Locations
By Thresio
Guide for all of the squirrel collectibles in the base game of Trials Rising.
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Introduction
Route 66 DLC Guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1746449947
Crash & Sunburn DLC Guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2156728435

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!
21 Comments
ddyyssmm Mar 28, 2024 @ 9:27pm 
temple of trials makes me want to kick toddlers
Thresio  [author] Nov 11, 2023 @ 7:22am 
Back when I was testing it, I did try that initially, but it didn't seem like you could get far enough.
wolffenstein Nov 11, 2023 @ 6:00am 
I found chinese gauntlet easier to do by using the ramp after checkpoint 6 to get more air.
Bingus McStinker Aug 24, 2021 @ 1:30pm 
ah i just realized its because i was in private multiplayer doing it. i forgot u cant get them in multiplayer
Thresio  [author] Aug 17, 2021 @ 7:15pm 
Dont think they would, but I dont know. Havent launched the game in a bit.
Bingus McStinker Aug 17, 2021 @ 3:53pm 
did they remove the squirrels cuz i cant find any of them
Montago Jul 6, 2020 @ 12:19am 
I wonder if the developers made Chinese Gauntlet simpler, I did it in the first try...
Montago Jul 4, 2020 @ 12:55am 
Greek Grapes only took 5 minues with your guide.. very easy... But i guess you spent 30 minutes figuring out where to find the squirrel...
Montago Jul 3, 2020 @ 1:39pm 
The only thing i need is a map, where to find each track... where the heck is Lynx World ?
reno Jan 5, 2020 @ 3:00pm 
thanks this is the best guide ever