Hoth and Cold Walkthrough - LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Guide - IGN (2024)

Hoth and Cold is the second story mission in LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga's Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. This Hoth and Cold walkthrough covers how to complete each of its three Level Challenges, collect all five Minikits, and earn True Jedi Rank to 100% the story mission.

Hoth and Cold Objectives

Complete the following to 100% the Hoth and Cold Mission:

• Level Challenges:
  
  • Challenge #1: Not a Probe-lem - Shoot 1 probe droid out of the air without them spotting you first.
  • Challenge #2: Avoid the Droid! - Shoot 5 probe droids out of the air without them spotting you first.
  • Challenge #3: Stylish Way Down - Find and use all 5 zipwires.
• Collect all 5 Minikits
• Earn True Jedi Rank by collecting 100,000 Studs

Follow the walkthrough to learn how to do each of these in the order they appear.

Hoth and Cold Story Walkthrough

Opening Sequence

Luke Skywalker has not come back, so it is time to go find him. Han Solo and General Rieekan have gone out on Tauntauns to find him. Your party will consist of the two aforementioned characters for the entirety of this mission. It is important to focus on collecting studs throughout the entire story mission to earn enough for the True Jedi Rank. This means destroying every bit of the destructible environment/scenery. Keep this in mind as you progress forward as there are many destructible boxes, rocks, flags, and more all around you.

Challenge #1: Not a Probe-lem

This mission is an open area with three signal towers you can activate in any order. We will go through the area in a clockwise rotation. But, before going to our first signal tower, turn around and you should notice a few satellite dishes with a probe droid patrolling them in the distance.

To earn Not a Probe-lem, you need to shoot 1 probe droid out of the air without them spotting you first. The probe droids have a small cone of vision in front of them. Shoot the probe droid here from a distance to complete this challenge

Challenge #2: Avoid the Droid!

To earn Avoid the Droid, you need to shoot 5 probe droids out of the air without them spotting you first. There are five more droids throughout this mission (mentioned through the rest of this walkthrough). Most of them will be found around the three towers. These probe droids also have a small cone of vision in front of them. Shoot them from a distance to complete this challenge.

Minikit 1/5

With the first probe droid dealt with you need to interact with the three satellite dishes here to rotate them. When interacting with them, a faint line will show you the trajectory that the laser will bounce toward. Position the three satellite dishes so that the laser will bounce off all three and hit the gray structure stuck in the rocks.

Interact with the lever on the fourth pillar here to activate the laser. Once it bounces and destroys the structure your first Minikit will pop out.

Minikit 2/5

Turn back around and head toward the signal tower you were originally facing at the start of the mission. As you make your way toward it, notice the small hilly area to your right. A probe droid will fly around this area carrying a Minikit. Shoot the probe droid to collect the second Minikit.

Minikit 3/5

Continue toward the first signal tower and to the right to find a downed snowspeeder. Pull the lever on the control panel next to it to activate it. You can now ride the snowspeeder; however, it is only useful as a turret. The snowspeeder will spin automatically, so you need to time your shots to shoot down the bridge to the first signal tower.

Before continuing forward, while riding the snowspeeder you should notice a block of ice just in the distance near the bridge. Shoot it to destroy it revealing the third Minikit, which you’ll need to build.

Challenge #3: Stylish Way Down (Part 1/2)

Use Han Solo to interact with the purple prompt on the other side of the bridge, connecting the two sides and allowing you to cross. Take out the Probe Droid here without being spotted for progress toward Challenge #2: Avoid the Droid. Then, grab the movable box and use it to climb the tower and activate the first signal by pointing the beam up to the center of the sky. A zipwire from the top of the tower back across the bridge will be activated allowing you to zipwire down.

To earn Stylish Way Down, you need to find and use all 5 zipwires. This first one is connected to one of the signal towers and there are two more like this. The final two can be found near the last tower we will cover in the walkthrough.

Minikit 4/5

From the zipwire, get back on your tauntaun and head to the next tower moving clockwise around the area. This area is an old outpost and a single probe droid will patrol the area outside. Shoot it without being detected to gain progress toward Challenge #2: Avoid the Droid.

Pull the lever outside the outpost to open the door. Another probe droid waits for you inside. Shoot it without being detected to gain progress toward Challenge #2: Avoid the Droid. Then continue to the left of the door and up the debris. Push the box off the top of this wall to destroy it, revealing pieces to build with. Jump down and use the pieces to build a ladder back up. Then interact with the level again to close the door, climb up the ladder, and walk across the closed door to enter the next signal tower’s area.

A probe droid will grab the power cell here and break some boxes. This probe droid can’t be shot with your blaster. Instead, use the pieces from the box it broke to build a magnet, which will pull the droid in destroying and causing it to drop the power cell.

Before using the power cell on the tower, look just behind it to find a platform with a box on it. Inside that box is the next Minikit. Use the power cell on the left side of the box to open it and grab your fourth Minikit.

Challenge #3: Stylish Way Down (Part 2/2)

Grab the power cell and use it to activate the tower. Climb up and point the signal up at the center of the sky, similar to where you pointed the last one. Another zipwire will activate, allowing you to zipwire out of the outpost and back to your tauntauns.

As you head to the last signal tower, you should notice that the path is blocked with ice. Before dealing with that, notice the two additional zipwires to the right and left of the tower. Use the one on the left now to gain more progress toward this challenge.

Near the zipwire on the right is a turret. Use it to blast away the ice, opening the path to the final tower. Then use the zipwire here to return to the front of the tower.

Finally, make your way to the tower and climb up. Activate the signal and point it toward the previous two. Use the zipwire at the top of this tower to return down and complete this challenge.

True Jedi Rank

If you have been diligent in collecting studs, you should have 100,000+ and achieve True Jedi Rank at this point. If not the area is completely open for you to explore before saving Luke Skywalker. So make sure to roam the area for more studs before completing the mission.

Minikit 5/5

Throughout the mission are five Supercounters, snowmen shaped like star wars characters, that need to be destroyed to earn this Minikit. Their locations are listed in chronological order from the start of the mission:

Supercounter 1/5

Outside the first signal tower, near the box you need to move to climb.

Supercounter 2/5

Outside the old outpost, to the right of the front door.

Supercounter 3/5

Inside the second signal tower’s area, just below the wall you drop from to magnetize the probe droid.

Supercounter 4/5

To the right of the turret used to clear the ice leading to the final signal tower.

Supercounter 5/5

To the right of the final signal tower.

Find Luke

With all three signal towers active, you now know where to find Luke. Head to the center of the area to find a cave. Approaching it will end the mission.

You have now collected everything in this story mission. Continue this Walkthrough with the next story mission, Prepare For Ground Assault.