VVVVVV shiny trinkets guide: optional challenges and Veni Vidi Vici
Plan optional collection without turning every rescue attempt into a completion run.
Edition covered
The original VVVVVV campaign, illustrated with publisher PC screenshots. Extra modes and user-made levels are distinct from the main rescue campaign.
Twenty trinkets unlock the Secret Lab
There are 20 Shiny Trinkets. Collect the full set and talk to Victoria to unlock the Secret Lab, including its trophy room and Super Gravitron. Trinkets also unlock music on the ship’s jukebox.
| Room or reward | Area or trigger | Useful direction |
|---|---|---|
| It’s a Secret to Nobody | Space Station 1 | Take the side route from the Atmospheric Filtering Unit |
| Trench Warfare | Space Station 1 | From below The Yes Men, go right and use the ceiling platform |
| Doing Things the Hard Way | Space Station 2 | Complete the Veni, Vidi, Vici ascent and return |
| Secret Lab | All 20 trinkets | Speak to Victoria after completing the set |
Veni, Vidi, Vici is a return journey
The trinket in Doing Things the Hard Way requires traveling up a multi-screen shaft, reversing at the top and descending to the other side of the starting obstacle. There is no checkpoint partway through that detour.
| Phase | Required result | Main danger |
|---|---|---|
| Launch from Doing Things the Hard Way | Enter the upward shaft | Missing the first opening |
| Ascend through Veni / Vidi / Vici rooms | Reach the top landing | Steering into alternating spikes |
| Reverse at the top | Begin the downward return | Assuming the ascent already completed the reward |
| Descend to the opposite side | Reach the trinket | Repeating the ascent’s steering without reversing the plan |
Use the room name when checking a missing item
The trinket reward sits in Doing Things the Hard Way; Veni, Vidi, Vici names describe the surrounding challenge. Searching only for a trinket in a room literally named Vici can therefore be misleading.
Do not confuse completion with no-death play
Repeated deaths are a normal way to learn the campaign. No Death Mode is an additional challenge, not a requirement for collecting a trinket.
References
| Reference | Website |
|---|---|
| VVVVVV publisher listing | store.steampowered.com |
| Developer’s VVVVVV site | thelettervsixtim.es |
| Official VVVVVV source and documentation | github.com |
| VVVVVV crew locations | vvvvvv.fandom.com |
| Shiny Trinket room reference | vvvvvv.fandom.com |
| Original PC mode unlocks | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
| Mode and time-trial conditions | spacestation.fandom.com |