Welcome to Tokyo, the second-to-last competition level in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3. Located in a gaudy city setting replete with neon lights, massive verticals, and tight technical spots, this level marries high-scoring trick potential with the thrill of competition rules. In this guide, you’ll have everything you require to dominate Tokyo—including how to unlock all the secrets, achieve gold status in the contest, and discover the best lines on which to string together your biggest combos.
Overview and Layout
Tokyo is constructed at the competition level, so instead of colliding with NPCs or completing missions, your main business here is to collect medals—Bronze, Silver, or Gold—by performing well in three judged attempts. The level, however, has its own secrets, gaps, and secret items like the mythical Secret Tape, SKATE letters, and money symbols, all of which are needed for 100% completion.
The park is separated into multiple zones:
- The Main Plaza, where the large half-pipe sits.
- The Tech zone, filled with grind rails, funboxes, and kicker gaps.
- The Glass Tower area, where vertical transfers and massive air tricks are the focus.
- The Upper ledges and rooftop rails, which are accessed through ramps and quarter-pipes.
Every zone has been designed with smooth lines in mind, so Tokyo is a combo chaining paradise after you’ve mapped out your routes.
Achieving the Gold Medal
The main objective in Tokyo is to achieve three competition runs, where your two best scores are averaged to decide your final ranking. You’ll be graded on variety, difficulty, execution, and map utilization.
To achieve Gold:
- Emphasize long, diverse combos. They should have grinds, manuals, flip tricks, and vert moves.
- Utilize the glass half-pipe to go for special high-flying tricks such as the McTwist or 900.
- Lead into the tech section by reverting and manualing into a grind on the ledges.
- Maintain your combo going across at least 4–5 trick types: make use of flip → grind → manual → vert → revert.
A great starting point is to build a combo beginning on the half-pipe, revert into a manual, hit the grind rails on the ledges, and finish with a grab trick over one of the neon kicker gaps.
Secret Tape Location
Secret Tape is located in one of the harder and most satisfying locations on the map. To access it:
- Move to the glass tower ramp.
- Gain speed and perform a tight wallride or air off the quarter-pipe to the high ledge over the tower entrance.
- Ollie from there to the thin glass beam spanning across the arena.
- Keep on the beam and jump to the floating platform—the tape is held at its highest point.
This line requires good air control and timing. Practice your angles and make sure you’re coming off the correct side of the quarter-pipe.
Hidden Cash Icons
As always, cash icons are hidden within the level, typically in dangerous locations challenging your way around and management. Look in these places:
- On the glass beams above the plaza.
- Behind the neon signs near the tech area.
- Above the kicker gaps up to the upper-level ledges.
- Inside the tunnel-like grind path behind the large glass walls.
- On the roof of the looped rails accessible from the roof.
Collecting all the money icons not only contributes towards 100% completion but also assists you in evening out your skater’s stats earlier.
Tokyo is a graphically beautiful and technically demanding level that pays off in terms of intelligent line planning and combination variety. Whether your goal is to execute that all-elusive 100,000-point gold medal level or find that last cash icon on top of a neon-lit building, the Tokyo level is the culmination of the best that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 has to give in competition design.
