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Level 12: Sewer Or Later
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Level 12: Sewer Or Later

Complete Sewer Or Later walkthrough for Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Includes tips for flamethrower enemies and eel pools.

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Complete Sewer Or Later walkthrough for Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Includes tips for flamethrower enemies and eel pools.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Jump into the initial pool of water and wade through to the platform with a Nitro (explosive) crate.
  2. 2
    Enter the tunnel, avoiding the Nitro crate, and defeat or bypass the two sweeper enemies.
  3. 3
    In the open room, wait for the flamethrower enemy hanging from the ceiling to turn off its weapon before approaching.
  4. 4
    Jump up and spin into the flamethrower enemy when it's safe to defeat it.
  5. 5
    Break the two boxes near the Nitro crate behind where the flamethrower enemy was.
  6. 6
    Defeat or ignore the next sweeper enemy and enter the tunnel.
  7. 7
    Dodge the rolling barrel and bypass or defeat the subsequent sweeper enemy.
  8. 8
    Break the two boxes and approach the large pool of water containing an eel.
  9. 9
    Break the two boxes floating in the water by jumping on them and then onto the adjacent platform, or by jumping into the electrified water, spinning them, and then jumping onto the platform. Be aware that the platforms in the water sink if stood on for too long.
  10. 10
    From the first platform, jump to the next, then through the large metal door.
  11. 11
    In the next area, jump onto the platform in the pool of water with an eel when safe, then slide and jump to the other side.
  12. 12
    Break the two boxes, including the checkpoint (a save point), and defeat the two spiked enemies.
  13. 13
    If you possess the Yellow Gem, stand on the yellow platform to take the YELLOW GEM PATH.
  14. 14
    If not, break the three boxes behind the yellow platform and proceed through the metal door.
  15. 15
    In the tunnel, walk past the rolling barrel when possible and slide under the fan, avoiding its blades.
  16. 16
    Past the fan, enter the room with another flamethrower enemy. Break the two boxes.
  17. 17
    When safe, defeat the flamethrower enemy and the spiked enemy behind it.
  18. 18
    Run past the two barrels in the tunnel and break the two boxes.
  19. 19
    Run past the next barrel, defeat or ignore the sweeper enemy, and reach the room containing the entrance to the BONUS STAGE.
  20. 20
    Defeat the spiked enemies around the ? symbol on the floor and stand on it to enter the Bonus Stage.
  21. 21
    Proceed forward and break the box at the tunnel entrance, then grab the mask (a power-up).
  22. 22
    Spin into the sweeper enemy ahead and ensure it hits the fan to knock off a blade, allowing safe passage.
  23. 23
    Wait for another sweeper enemy to spawn from the ceiling, spin it into the fan, and repeat this process until the fan is disabled.
  24. 24
    Jump through where the fan was and break open the checkpoint.
  25. 25
    Enter the metal door and jump across the platforms in the pool of water with an eel, then go through the door on the other side.
  26. 26
    In the next room, disable the fan by waiting for sweeper enemies to spawn and spinning them into it, similar to the previous fan.
  27. 27
    Grab the mask on the other side and enter the metal door.
  28. 28
    Kill the sweeper enemy and spin into the normal boxes, causing them to fall onto the wall of boxes, which in turn causes reinforced boxes to fall and detonate the TNT (explosive) crates.
  29. 29
    Break any remaining boxes. The yellow gem platform in this room is unusable.
  30. 30
    Past the wall of boxes, break the ? Box in the tunnel. At the fork, head right.
  31. 31
    Hit the Green ! Box and the ! Box, then return to the fork and take the left path.
  32. 32
    In the room with a flamethrower enemy and an eel-filled pool, wait for the flamethrower to stop, jump over the water, and onto the platform it's over.
  33. 33
    Defeat the flamethrower enemy, then jump over the water to the platform on the other side.
  34. 34
    Enter the tunnel, deal with the sweeper enemies as you wish, and reach a room with an eel-filled pool.
  35. 35
    Jump onto the floating platform, then slide and jump to the platforms at the end of the water.
  36. 36
    Break the boxes and grab the CRYSTAL (level objective).
  37. 37
    Return to the fork in the path.
  38. 38
    Go back to the right path, and when safe, kill the flamethrower enemy.
  39. 39
    When safe to enter the water, jump in and then jump to the other side.
  40. 40
    Go through the short tunnel. Upon exiting, break the box.
  41. 41
    Time your jump onto the platform, then onto the platform with the flamethrower enemy above it.
  42. 42
    When the flamethrower is off, jump onto the platform to kill the flamethrower enemy.
  43. 43
    Immediately after, the level ends.

BONUS STAGE:

  • Walk along the starting platform and jump across the gap to the right platform.
  • Crawl or slide under the metal boxes, then jump across the next gap.
  • Slide under the metal boxes here and break the two boxes beneath them.
  • Jump across the next gap, slide under the metal boxes, and enter the ! Box.
  • Crawl left and jump onto the metal boxes.
  • Jump over the small gap onto each of the four boxes atop the Nitro crates.
  • After the furthest right box, jump over the pit onto the three boxes on the other side, which are also atop Nitro crates.
  • Ignore the outlined boxes and jump over the pit to the right.
  • Slide under the metal boxes and enter the ! Box.
  • Jump back over the pit to your left and bounce up to the metal boxes above, which have a metal arrow box.
  • Jump to the metal boxes on the right and break the box containing a life.
  • Jump down and to the right to reach the final platform with the platform that returns you to the main level.

YELLOW GEM PATH:

  • Go through the metal door and enter a room with an eel-filled pool. This eel will not allow safe passage through the water.
  • Jump onto the first floating platform in the water, and from there, jump onto one of the subsequent platforms.
Tips
  • Wait for flamethrower enemies to stop firing before approaching.
  • Be cautious of platforms in water as they sink if stood on too long.
  • Use sweeper enemies to disable fans by spinning them into the blades.
  • The yellow gem platform in the room with the wall of boxes is unusable.

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