Aerosmith pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Aerosmith starts each ball with a song choice, and each song lights its own scoring shots. Choose Rats in the Cellar, make one lit song shot, then shoot the left scoop for Crank It Up and finish its eight lit shots. To start Toy Box Multiball, shoot the Toy Box to light the lock saucer, then shoot the saucer to lock a ball; repeat until the third lock starts Multiball. During Multiball, shoot the Toy Box and relock two balls at the saucer to start 3x playfield scoring. On Premium/LE, complete the five upper-playfield targets and shoot the loop exit for 60 seconds of 2x scoring.
The goal
Choose Rats in the Cellar, use the Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. and Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder. for multiball and 3x, or choose Walk This Way.
How to start a mode
Before plunging, use the flippers to choose Rats in the Cellar. After a song finishes or times out during single-ball play, shoot the Shows Crank It Up scoop on the Aerosmith playfield. Multiball Add-a-Ball: Complete A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H to light Mystery, then shoot the left scoop. The first Mystery collected during a multiball adds a ball. when its record insert flashes to choose the Once a song finishes or times out during single-ball play, shoot the left scoop when its record insert flashes to choose another song. No new target-bank qualification is needed; start the song before adding Toy Box Multiball.; no new target bank is needed. Start the song before adding Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball.
Recommended mode: Rats in the Cellar
Choose it because its alternating shots can continue through Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball.
How to play it
Make eight lit shots as they alternate between the left and right sides. Use a stored Press the action button during a song to spot the leftmost lit song shot. The press spends one missile. to spot the leftmost lit shot when needed.
Start Toy Box Multiball
Shoot the Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. to light the Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder., then shoot the saucer to lock a ball. The third lock starts Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball.
Start 3x playfield scoring
During Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball, shoot the Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. to light relocks, then shoot the Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder. twice to relock two balls and start 3x playfield scoring.
Alternative route: Walk This Way
Use this when the left and center ramps are the safest repeatable shots.
- Before plunging, use the flippers to choose Walk This Way.
Need to know
- Main route
- Bank six Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. locks for doubled base Jackpots, then use the extra balls to light add-a-ball, relock twice for 3x playfield scoring, and complete the Jackpot ladder.
- Long goal
- Shoot both orbits to light an Elevator lock, then shoot the Shows Elevator scoop on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot both orbits to light an Elevator lock, then shoot the Elevator scoop to collect it. Repeat until the third lock starts Elevator Multiball. to collect it.
- Safer fallback
- Three-lock Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable.: Start at three locks when heads-up position or a finite target makes immediate protection more valuable than building doubled six-ball base Jackpots, or when the Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. and lock-saucer returns are too dangerous to justify three more locks.
Aerosmith gives each selected song a lit-shot pattern and a Super feature after the song is completed, while a running song can share major shots with Toy Box Multiball. Choose Walk This Way, make one lit song shot, shoot the left scoop for Crank It Up, then alternate the left and center ramps and use both orbits to relight them. Between song shots, shoot the Toy Box and lock saucer; after the third lock, press the Action Button when prompted to defer Multiball and continue to six locks. Activate Super Ramps, start six-ball Toy Box Multiball, then shoot the Toy Box and relock two balls at the saucer for 3x playfield scoring. Complete all eight major Jackpot shots twice, then collect the roving Double Jackpot and the Double Super Jackpot at the lock saucer.
The goal
Build all six Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. locks for doubled base Jackpots, start Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball with a completed song's Super Scoring when available, then relock twice for 3x scoring and complete the Jackpot ladder.
- Choose a song whose shots are reliable on this copy. Soft-plunge the Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder. to score the hidden skill shot, collect the first Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. lock, and store one Press the action button during a song to spot the leftmost lit song shot. The press spends one missile..
Smart Missile and Next song rules
- Press the action button during a song to spot the leftmost lit song shot. The press spends one missile.: Press the action button during a song to spot the leftmost lit song shot. The press spends one missile.
- Once a song finishes or times out during single-ball play, shoot the left scoop when its record insert flashes to choose another song. No new target-bank qualification is needed; start the song before adding Toy Box Multiball.: Once a song finishes or times out during single-ball play, shoot the Shows Crank It Up scoop on the Aerosmith playfield. Multiball Add-a-Ball: Complete A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H to light Mystery, then shoot the left scoop. The first Mystery collected during a multiball adds a ball. when its record insert flashes to choose another song. No new target-bank qualification is needed; start the song before adding Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball.
- Shoot the Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. to light the Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder., then shoot the saucer to lock a ball. After the third lock, press the action button when prompted to defer Multiball and keep building locks.
Toy Box locks rule details
- Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. locks: The Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. lights the saucer. The saucer throws each locked ball into the Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable..
- Keep alternating the Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. and Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder. until six balls are locked. Let six-ball Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball start with doubled base Jackpot values.
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- If completing the running song lights Super Ramps, make a ramp shot before its short qualification timer ends. Carry the resulting ramp scoring into Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball.
- During Multiball, complete the yellow Shows A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H targets on the Aerosmith playfield. During Multiball, complete the yellow A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H targets to light Mystery at the left scoop, then shoot the scoop to add a ball. to light Mystery at the Shows Crank It Up scoop on the Aerosmith playfield. Multiball Add-a-Ball: Complete A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H to light Mystery, then shoot the left scoop. The first Mystery collected during a multiball adds a ball., then shoot the scoop to add a ball.
Multiball Add-a-Ball setup details
- Complete A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H to light Mystery, then shoot the left scoop. The first Mystery collected during a multiball adds a ball.: Complete A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H to light Mystery, then shoot the Shows Crank It Up scoop on the Aerosmith playfield. Multiball Add-a-Ball: Complete A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H to light Mystery, then shoot the left scoop. The first Mystery collected during a multiball adds a ball.. The first Mystery collected during a multiball adds a ball.
- Shoot the Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. to light relocks, then shoot the Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder. twice to start 3x playfield scoring.
Toy Box relock scoring and timing
- Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. relock: One relocked ball starts 20 seconds of 2x scoring. A second relocked ball raises the window to 3x. You can relock up to three times in one multiball.
- Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder. for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder.
Toy Box jackpot ladder setup and scoring
- Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. jackpot ladder: The eight major shots score two Jackpot rounds, then two Super Jackpots, a roving double Jackpot, and a double Super Jackpot at the Shows Lock saucer on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot all eight major Jackpot shots twice. After the second Super Jackpot, shoot the roving double-Jackpot shot, then shoot the lock saucer for the double Super Jackpot and restart the ladder..
Top-player proof
- At NYCPC 2018, Jon Replogle carried Super Ramps into six-ball Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. Multiball, relocked for playfield multipliers, and scored 205 million.
- Steven Bowden later relocked two balls for 3x scoring and collected a multiplied Super Jackpot during his comeback.
- At the UK Open 2025, Josh Iles prepared Shows Toy Box on the Aerosmith playfield. Six-lock Toy Box is the high-ceiling plan, while a three-lock start trades value for safety. A completed song can carry Super Scoring into Multiball; two relocks then raise playfield scoring to 3x. Walk This Way and Same Old Song & Dance remain separate song routes when their shots are reliable. locks during Sweet Emotion, extended Multiball beyond three balls, and used Super Scoring to build a winning 71 million.
Builds toward: Medley Multiball and Final Tour
- Shoot both orbits to light an Elevator lock, then shoot the Shows Elevator scoop on the Aerosmith playfield. Shoot both orbits to light an Elevator lock, then shoot the Elevator scoop to collect it. Repeat until the third lock starts Elevator Multiball. to collect it. Repeat until the third lock starts Elevator Multiball.
- Score at least one award in every song and play both main multiballs. Shoot the Shows Crank It Up scoop on the Aerosmith playfield. Multiball Add-a-Ball: Complete A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H to light Mystery, then shoot the left scoop. The first Mystery collected during a multiball adds a ball. to start Medley Multiball.
- Complete all nine songs. Shoot the lit Shows Crank It Up scoop on the Aerosmith playfield. Multiball Add-a-Ball: Complete A-E-R-O-S-M-I-T-H to light Mystery, then shoot the left scoop. The first Mystery collected during a multiball adds a ball. to start Final Tour.
Pro / Premium differences
- Upper-playfield 2xPro: This upper-playfield multiplier is not available.Premium / LE: Complete the five Shows upper targets on the Aerosmith playfield. On Premium and LE, backhand the five upper targets. Then complete the upper loop exit to start 2x playfield., then make the Shows upper loop on the Aerosmith playfield. On Premium and LE, backhand the five upper targets. Then complete the upper loop exit to start 2x playfield. exit to start 60 seconds of 2x playfield scoring.