Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Guide Future Location

Bug Lite

Rewards: 2 Clear Gems—destroy all 120 boxes.

This level is dark—too dark to navigate without a light source, that’s for sure. Luckily, the tomb contains friendly fireflies that follow you for a while before flying away. Every time you see one, approach it to get it to follow you. You must make it to the next one before your current firefly decides to fly away, or you find yourself trapped in the dark!

Head out and kill the snake slithering across the path. Walk on the right side of the path to avoid a pit until it crosses the whole path. On the other side you see a snake on a platform, with another pit behind it. That pit has a crocodile jumping in and out of it. Use the bazooka to take out the snake and the other enemy.

Jump onto the platform and over the pit, landing on the left of the path. Pass a pit on the right and break five boxes. Jump over another pit when it blocks the path. Break the boxes and jump on the TNT to trigger it. Take down the jumping crocodile in the pit with the Fruit Bazooka, as well as the snake on the other side. Jump over the pit and forge ahead until you reach another pit, this time with four red platforms.

Quickly jump across the red platforms, which begin to fall when you touch them. Break three boxes and the checkpoint box to reach the first firefly. Keep left as you follow the slope down. Once you reach bottom, you see a pit to the right and two rays of light shining from the ceiling. As a reminder, if you touch the light rays, you trigger a barrage of arrows, so steer clear.

Jump past them and break two boxes. Take down the spiked mummy by jumping on its head. Avoid the upcoming pit on the left, then jump over it when it crosses the path, breaking the box on the opposite side. Don’t grab the next firefly yet, assuming you still have light. Use the Fruit Bazooka to break the boxes you see when the opening and closing walls open. Afterward, wait for the walls to open, then approach the firefly.

Go through the open walls and jump over the iron boxes. Quickly cross the red platforms over the pit before they plunge you to your doom. Break the boxes here before reaching another pit. Jump it and climb the stairs. Take out the sarcophagus mummy, or avoid it if you want, and climb another set of stairs. Pass the wall when it opens, and break the box. If you have the Blue Gem, earned from the Skull Platform Death Route in Tomb Wader, take the Blue Gem Platform here. However, the blue section is only the beginning of this multicolored gem path. To complete it, you need not only the Blue Gem, but also the Green Gem, the Purple Gem, the Yellow Gem, and the Red Gem. Until you have all of these, bypass this gem path.

Multicolored Gem Path

Luckily, the gem path is well-lit, so you don’t have to depend on your firefly friends here. Climb the stair to find a pit at the top. Jump over the pit to land in the rays of light. Immediately double-jump and use Death Tornado to stay above the arrows coming from the wall on the left.

Drop to the ground, walk around the first set of light rays, and jump around the second set, landing back on the path. Jump over the pit to see three more rays of light. Run past the first one and keep against the wall, avoiding the other two. Run past the wall when it opens. The path narrows, and you see two more rays of light. Carefully run between them.

Slide and jump over the L-shaped pit on the left to land on the other side. Take down the sarcophagus mummy and carefully weave between the rays of light to avoid triggering the arrows. Go through the open wall to reach the Green Gem Platform, which takes you across a large pit.

Watch out for spear traps coming out of the ground, plus lots of nitro in this section of the path. Exit the platform and move until you see the first spear trap with a big batch of nitro to the left. Use the bazooka to blow them up, then to shoot two more nitro boxes past the spears. Pass the spears by hugging the wall to find another set of spears in front of a pit. Hug the wall again to avoid the spears and reach the pit.

Before crossing it, use the bazooka to take out the four nitro boxes. Jump the pit and keep to the wall to pass the two sets of spears. Watch out for another set of spears as you come around the corner, with a box of nitro on each side. Hit them with the bazooka, then hug the wall again to avoid the spears. Pass the wall when it opens to reach the Purple Gem Platform, which takes you across another large pit.

Head left to see a moving platform over the pit to your left. Ride it across the pit. Quickly run across the red platforms before they can plunge you into the abyss, and reach a moving platform. Ride it left to reach another moving platform. From there, make your way to the next platform, avoiding the spear trap when you do. Cross this platform and jump over a small pit, onto green platforms. Use the bazooka to take out the sarcophagus mummy you see on the red platforms.

Take the platform moving left and right across the pit to the left. When it approaches the red platforms, jump onto them and then to the moving platform. Ride this to the left, and jump off onto another solid platform. Ride the Yellow Gem Platform across the pit.

Climb the stairs and take out the spiked mummy, the first of many here. You can either eliminate them or move past them. Jump over the pit, then over the next one. Pass the next pit and jump over the next one, always avoiding the enemies. Climb aboard the Red Gem Platform. Move along to reach the Clear Gem. Jump onto the red platform and quickly jump off to the other side of the pit to reach the exit.

Break the checkpoint box and the three Aku Aku boxes—invincibility all in one place! Grab the firefly to light your way to finding three boxes of nitro and a “?” box underneath one of them. Break them all and jump over the pit behind them to find three more boxes of nitro. Run into them and veer to the left side of the path, avoiding a pit.

Since you’re still invincible, run through the snakes here, passing a pit to the right and then one to the left. Jump over the next one, and run into the two boxes of nitro here. Squash the spiked mummy and enter a tomb. Break two boxes and grab the next firefly. Move ahead to reach a pit with red platforms. Run across them to where boxes block the path. If you’re still invincible, run through these to break them all, including the reinforced boxes. If not, use your Belly Flop.

Jump over the next pit, deal with the sarcophagus mummy, and stay to the right of the path to avoid another pit. Jump over the pit when it crosses the path, and keep right to reach another pit. When it ends, jump over it and break the checkpoint box. Pass the wall when it opens, and make your way along the platforms. Take the “?” platform to the left to reach the bonus stage.

Bonus Stage

Don’t grab the firefly until after you break the first three boxes here, hit the “!” box, and jump to the next platform. Head right, crossing the iron boxes that just appeared, and jump up to the platform. Break the boxes and hit the “!” box to make more iron boxes appear on the right.

Use the Fruit Bazooka to destroy the three nitro boxes above them. Cross the iron boxes to reach a pit containing four boxes. Destroy them with the bazooka before heading right. Belly Flop to destroy this box bonanza, and hit the “!” box if your Belly Flop didn’t trigger it. Hop up the platforms to the right, and use the bazooka to break three boxes of nitro above the iron boxes. Cross the iron boxes and jump the pit to the right. Continue right to reach the “?” platform and return to the level.

Jump onto the red platforms to claim the firefly before the platforms fall. Take down the spiked mummy and go to the right side of the path, hugging the wall, avoiding the rays of light. Go through the wall when it opens, and climb the stairs. Collect the crystal and break the box. Behind that is a pit with a jumping crocodile. Wait for the enemy to jump out, then jump over the pit. Continue to reach the top of a hill, break the next box, and claim the firefly.

Pass the pit on the right and avoid the next mummy. Break the four boxes and stamp out the two snakes behind them. Past them, carefully walk between two pits on either side of the path. Break the boxes and continue. Keep to the right until you reach a pit. Move to the middle to make your way around it, jumping over it when it crosses the path. Avoid the three boxes of nitro and activate the green “!” box behind them. Collect the Clear Gem to the left and warp out of the level.

Time Trial

Time Requirements

Sapphire: 1:49:00

Gold: 1:34:83

Platinum: 1:14:90

Because of your need for the fireflies, you’re already used to moving through this level quickly, which serves you well in the time trial. Break the time boxes when you see them; there aren’t that many here. Don’t forget to grab that stack of three Aku Aku boxes—the invincibility saves you a lot of time.