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Level 11: Plant Food
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Level 11: Plant Food

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Level 11: Plant Food walkthrough. Grab the Crystal and find the Yellow Gem before the timer runs out.

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Level 11: Plant Food walkthrough. Grab the Crystal and find the Yellow Gem before the timer runs out.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Start by crossing platforms to a moving platform in the water.
  2. 2
    Jump on the moving platform and when you reach the other side, jump and spin to kill the plant and land on the platform.
  3. 3
    Hop up the platforms and break the first box at the top.
  4. 4
    Use the moving platforms to reach the next stable platform.
  5. 5
    Jump across two hippos to a platform with Wumpa Fruit.
  6. 6
    Hop to the next platforms, spinning to take out the plant upon landing.
  7. 7
    A timer with about a minute will appear; finishing the level before it expires earns the YELLOW GEM.
  8. 8
    Break the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death) box.
  9. 9
    Hop on the jetski at the end of the pier and break all the boxes.
  10. 10
    Use a speed boost to get between or through the whirlpools past the boxes.
  11. 11
    Avoid the two mines moving in the water past the whirlpools.
  12. 12
    Break the two boxes past the mines and get by the next whirlpool with a speed boost.
  13. 13
    Navigate a whirlpool with a mine and a Nitro box, staying to the right.
  14. 14
    Move around another whirlpool, avoiding the mine to its left.
  15. 15
    Go around a whirlpool on the left by moving to the right, as there is no mine next to it.
  16. 16
    Hit the ramp to jump over a whirlpool surrounded by mines and Nitro.
  17. 17
    Dock your jetski and break the next checkpoint.
  18. 18
    Jump across water onto platforms, then onto a hippo to the left.
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    Jump forward from the hippo onto the next set of platforms.
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    Walk along and jump onto a box of TNT, then move forward before it explodes to kill the plant.
  21. 21
    Jump onto the next box of TNT and kill the plant behind it.
  22. 22
    Step on the ? platform to the left to access the BONUS STAGE.
  23. 23
    Continue along the platform to a pier with two boxes; break them.
  24. 24
    Jump onto the jetski and run into the line of boxes, watching out for plants on the sides.
  25. 25
    Avoid a whirlpool on the left during the jetski segment.
  26. 26
    At the end of the jetski segment, avoid a plant on the right and Nitro boxes on the left before reaching the pier.
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    Use a speed boost if necessary to get through safely.
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    Go along the platforms and grab the CRYSTAL on the left.
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    Jump across a small gap and kill the plant.
  30. 30
    Reach a pier with a checkpoint; break it but do not get on the jetski yet.
  31. 31
    Walk along the platforms to the right, killing plants and breaking a box.
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    Jump across to the platforms on the left, kill the plant upon landing, and break two boxes.
  33. 33
    Jump back to the right and return to the pier.
  34. 34
    Jump onto the jetski and break the first three boxes.
  35. 35
    Continue until a ramp; use a speed boost to jump up and break three more boxes.
  36. 36
    Past the ramp, use a speed boost to get by a platform with a plant in the middle of the river.
  37. 37
    Dock your jetski.
  38. 38
    Hop across two sets of two boxes of Nitro on the path.
  39. 39
    Hit the Green ! Box at the end.
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    End the level.

Bonus Stage:

  • Spin into the two boxes at the bottom of a stack of four boxes on the first platform to start the TNT timer.
  • Break the box on top of the TNT and jump to the platform on the right before it explodes.
  • Jump to the next platform on the right and land on a box of TNT.
  • Jump onto the box with the life and grab it.
  • Move right to avoid the TNT when it explodes.
  • Crouch and jump up to the next platform.
  • From that platform, jump down to the right over other platforms to a larger one with boxes.
  • Jump up to break the boxes, then jump onto the boxes on the next platform to the right to break them.
  • Jump up onto the last platform, break the box, and ride the ? platform back to the level.
Tips
  • When using the jetski, a speed boost is helpful for navigating whirlpools and avoiding hazards.
  • Be mindful of the timer that appears; completing the level before it runs out is necessary for the Yellow Gem.
  • The Green ! Box at the end of the main level segment is crucial for progression.
  • In the bonus stage, timing your jumps to avoid TNT explosions is key.

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