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Level 12: Sewer Or Later
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Level 12: Sewer Or Later

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Sewer Or Later walkthrough to collect 1 Silver Gem and break 57 boxes, including tips for flamethrower enemies and bonus stage.

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Sewer Or Later walkthrough to collect 1 Silver Gem and break 57 boxes, including tips for flamethrower enemies and bonus stage.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Jump into the initial pool of water and wade through to the platform with a Nitro (explosive crate).
  2. 2
    Walk into the tunnel without touching the Nitro.
  3. 3
    Kill or pass the two sweeper enemies and proceed to an open room.
  4. 4
    Wait for the flamethrower enemy hanging from the ceiling to turn off its weapon before approaching.
  5. 5
    Kill the flamethrower enemy by jumping up and spinning into it when its flamethrower is off.
  6. 6
    Break the two boxes located by the Nitro behind where the flamethrower enemy was.
  7. 7
    Kill or ignore the next sweeper enemy and enter the tunnel.
  8. 8
    Dodge the barrel and ignore or kill the subsequent sweeper enemy.
  9. 9
    Break the two boxes before reaching a large pool of water containing an eel.
  10. 10
    Break the two boxes floating in the water by jumping onto them and then onto the adjacent platform, or by jumping in after the eel electrifies the water, spinning them, and then jumping onto the platform. Be aware that the platforms in the water sink if stood on for too long.
  11. 11
    From the first platform, jump to the next, then through the large metal door.
  12. 12
    In the next area, jump onto the platform when it is safe to cross the pool of water with an eel.
  13. 13
    Slide and jump to the other side of the water.
  14. 14
    Break open the two boxes, including the checkpoint (a save point).
  15. 15
    Kill the two spiked enemies.
  16. 16
    If you possess the yellow gem, stand on the yellow platform to access the YELLOW GEM PATH. Otherwise, break the three boxes behind it and go through the metal door.
  17. 17
    In the tunnel, walk past the rolling barrel when possible and slide under the fan, avoiding its blades.
  18. 18
    Proceed through the tunnel to a room with another flamethrower enemy.
  19. 19
    Break the two boxes.
  20. 20
    When safe, kill the flamethrower enemy.
  21. 21
    Kill the spiked enemy behind the flamethrower enemy.
  22. 22
    Run past the two barrels in the following tunnel.
  23. 23
    Break the two boxes and run past the next barrel.
  24. 24
    Kill or ignore the sweeper enemy before reaching a room with the entrance to the BONUS STAGE.
  25. 25
    Kill the spiked enemies around the ? (question mark) symbol on the floor and stand on it to enter the Bonus Stage.
  26. 26
    Proceed forward and break the mask/box at the tunnel entrance.
  27. 27
    Spin into the sweeper enemy ahead and ensure it hits the fan to knock off a blade, allowing safe passage.
  28. 28
    Wait for another sweeper enemy to spawn from the ceiling and spin it into the fan.
  29. 29
    Repeat this process for a third sweeper enemy to completely remove the fan.
  30. 30
    Jump through where the fan was and break open the checkpoint.
  31. 31
    Through the metal door is another pool of water with an eel.
  32. 32
    Jump across the platforms in the water and through the door on the other side.
  33. 33
    In this room, eliminate the fan by waiting for enemies to spawn and spinning them into it, similar to the previous fan.
  34. 34
    Collect the mask on the other side and enter the metal door.
  35. 35
    Kill the sweeper enemy in this room.
  36. 36
    Spin into the normal boxes, causing them to fall onto the huge wall of boxes, which in turn causes the reinforced boxes to fall and detonate the TNT (explosive crate).
  37. 37
    Break any remaining boxes. The yellow gem platform in this room is unusable.
  38. 38
    Past the wall of boxes, break the ? Box in the tunnel.
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    At the fork, head right. Hit the Green ! Box and the ! Box.
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    Go back and take the left path through the tunnel.
  41. 41
    In this room, kill the flamethrower enemy when it is safe to approach, then jump over the water to the platform it was guarding.
  42. 42
    Kill the flamethrower enemy.
  43. 43
    Jump over the water to the platform on the other side.
  44. 44
    Enter the tunnel and deal with the sweeper enemies.
  45. 45
    Reach a room with a pool of water and an eel.
  46. 46
    Jump onto the floating platform in the water, then slide and jump to the platforms at the end of the water.
  47. 47
    Break the boxes and grab the CRYSTAL.
  48. 48
    Return to the fork in the path.
  49. 49
    Go back to the right path and kill the flamethrower enemy when it is safe.
  50. 50
    When it is safe to enter the water, jump in and jump to the other side.
  51. 51
    Go through the short tunnel.
  52. 52
    Break the box upon exiting the tunnel.
  53. 53
    Time your jump onto the platform, then onto the platform with the flamethrower enemy above it.
  54. 54
    Kill the flamethrower enemy when it is safe to proceed.
  55. 55
    The end of the level is right after this enemy.

BONUS STAGE:

  1. Walk along the starting platform and jump across the gap to the platform on the right.
  2. Crawl or slide under the metal boxes and jump across the next gap.
  3. Slide under the metal boxes and break the two boxes beneath them.
  4. Jump across the next gap and slide under the metal boxes into the ! Box.
  5. Crawl left and jump onto the metal boxes above.
  6. Jump over the small gap onto each of the four boxes atop the Nitro.
  7. After the furthest right box, jump over the pit onto the three boxes on the other side, which are also atop Nitro.
  8. Ignore the outlined boxes and jump over the pit to the right.
  9. Slide under the metal boxes and into the ! Box.
  10. Jump back over the pit to your left and bounce up to the metal boxes above with the metal arrow box.
  11. Jump to the metal boxes on the right and break the box containing a life.
  12. Jump down and to the right to reach the final platform with the platform that returns you to the main level.

YELLOW GEM PATH:

  1. Go through the metal door and enter a room with an eel in a pool of water. This eel will not allow safe passage through the water.
  2. Jump onto the first floating platform in the water.
  3. From there, jump onto another platform.
Tips
  • Wait for flamethrower enemies to stop firing before approaching.
  • Be cautious of sinking platforms in the water.
  • Use sweeper enemies to break fan blades by spinning them into the fans.
  • The yellow gem platform in the room with the wall of boxes is unusable.

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