Rock It

Rewards: Clear Gem—smash all 39 boxes.

Now for something completely different! This level has Crash using a rocket pack. Maneuvering can take some getting used to. Directions appear on-screen, and controls vary depending on your platform. You don’t have to rush, so take your time clearing out all of the boxes for the Clear Gem. To deal with gravity, fire your rockets to go up, and also to move forward and back.

Start off by flying forward. Get next to a box and use a spin attack to destroy it.

When you see hot plasma beams, move around them to the sides so you don’t get fried. For your next obstacle, you encounter four red mines that move around in a circle. They slowly come together and apart every so often. Time your movement through them while they’re apart.

Continue to the next area, where you find a checkpoint as well as lots of other boxes, including a TNT box. Don’t spin-attack—it detonates immediately. Instead, hover above it and then drop onto it. Fly out of the way before the explosion. Ahead are four laser dishes. They fire in different patterns. Go through as they fire along the sides, and avoid their fire across the middle of the passageway.

In the next area are lots of red-hot pipes and plasma beams. Avoid them all. Next, you face a lab assistant with his own rocket pack. Wait until he shocking gloves have to recharge, then rush in and hit him with spin attacks until he’s pushed into the hot gases behind him.

To get past the floating cables, watch their pattern and maneuver accordingly to reach the next checkpoint. Get past some of those red mines, then fly to break a box near several nitro boxes. Pass more red-hot pipes and a plasma beam, and engage another flying lab assistant.

Trigger another checkpoint near more laser dishes, and fly through while avoiding the beams. Continue past numerous floating nitro boxes. Going low is the safest route. Continue past floating cables, red-hot pipes, and a plasm beam. The crystal is to the left of the plasma beam.

After you defeat one more flying lab assistant, fly forward and land to remove the rocket pack. Hit the green switch to destroy all the nitro boxes in the level. Keep moving forward to grab the Clear Gem, and take the portal back to the warp room.

Time Trial

Time Requirements

Sapphire: 1:15:00

Gold: 0:59:55

Platinum: 0:53:44

Since there aren’t many dangers at the start, rush through and pick up time boxes along the way. Defeat the flying lab assistants so they destroy the hot gases behind them, allowing you to pass. Consider slowing down for the laser dishes and floating cables, to time your movements and so avoid getting hit. As soon as you land, rush for the portal to stop the clock.