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.
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.
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.