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Level 18: Cold Hard Crash
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Level 18: Cold Hard Crash

Crash Bandicoot Level 18: Cold Hard Crash walkthrough. Find 2 Silver Gems and 155 Boxes. Includes tips for crushers, TNT, and bonus stage.

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Crash Bandicoot Level 18: Cold Hard Crash walkthrough. Find 2 Silver Gems and 155 Boxes. Includes tips for crushers, TNT, and bonus stage.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    At the start, jump onto the first platform in the pit and quickly jump off over the pit.
  2. 2
    Break all 155 boxes.
  3. 3
    Jump over the next pit, watching out for sliding penguins.
  4. 4
    At the top, break the boxes stacked on metal boxes, starting with the one on top of a single metal box, then the one on top of two, then three, and finally four metal boxes.
  5. 5
    Drop down and deal with the sea lions.
  6. 6
    Repeat the box-breaking process on the other side.
  7. 7
    Jump onto the platform in the middle of the next pit and quickly jump off to the other side before it falls.
  8. 8
    Kill the penguin and break the box near it.
  9. 9
    Jump over the next pit onto the ice, avoiding sliding sea lions.
  10. 10
    Jump over the two subsequent pits with ice beside them.
  11. 11
    After the second pit, jump on the platform to reach the next section.
  12. 12
    Break the first (checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death)) box.
  13. 13
    Proceed right until you reach the crushers.
  14. 14
    Get under the wooden crusher when safe, then quickly pass the stone crusher.
  15. 15
    Stop short of the icicles to let them fall safely, then cross the wooden bridge quickly as its planks will fall.
  16. 16
    At the next set of crushers, wait for the wooden one to start going up, then slide under the stone one and walk past the wooden one.
  17. 17
    Let the icicles fall, then cross the next wooden bridge.
  18. 18
    Kill the sea lion and bounce up the three bounce boxes to the ? Box.
  19. 19
    After breaking the ? Box, break the three bounce boxes.
  20. 20
    Jump down the next pit with a question mark to reach the BONUS STAGE.
  21. 21
    Break the box past the bonus stage entrance.
  22. 22
    Go to the icicles above the TNT and let one fall to activate its timer.
  23. 23
    Move back and let the TNT explode.
  24. 24
    Once the TNT has exploded, let all remaining icicles fall before continuing.
  25. 25
    Jump up the small cliff.
  26. 26
    Take the lower path when presented with a higher or lower option.
  27. 27
    Break the two boxes and watch out for the spiked enemy, not jumping when its spikes are up.
  28. 28
    Kill the spiked enemy and hit the ! Box it was in front of.
  29. 29
    Go back and take the upper path.
  30. 30
    Break the large stack of boxes.
  31. 31
    Jump up the metal boxes forming stairs above the pit.
  32. 32
    From the metal boxes, jump to the next platform and kill the penguin on the edge.
  33. 33
    Go down to the next platform and jump over the gap.
  34. 34
    Kill the platform enemy and break the boxes, including the (checkpoint) box.
  35. 35
    If you haven't been killed, you can take the SKULL PLATFORM PATH.
  36. 36
    Otherwise, go down the platforms to the right and fall into the pit with the Wumpa Fruit leading down.
  37. 37
    Slide down the ice-covered slopes.
  38. 38
    Get the life near the end.
  39. 39
    Break all boxes at the bottom.
  40. 40
    Go right, across the ice, and jump over the pit.
  41. 41
    Kill the penguin and walk around the area.
  42. 42
    Break all boxes here.
  43. 43
    Jump onto the TNT, then jump over the pit on the right before it explodes.
  44. 44
    Kill the penguin.
  45. 45
    Hop onto the TNT here and kill the penguin to the right of it.
  46. 46
    Break the (checkpoint) box and the box on top of it.
  47. 47
    To the right of the checkpoint, there are wooden crushers. When they go up, run under the first and slide along the ice past the second.
  48. 48
    Jump over the next pit and slide over the ice past the wooden crusher.
  49. 49
    Continue past where the ice was and kill the spiked enemy at the end of the low ceiling area.
  50. 50
    Drop down to the next platform and break the four boxes forming a wall.
  51. 51
    Jump onto the metal arrow box once the wall boxes are broken and bounce up to the next platform.
  52. 52
    Kill the penguin here and jump over the pit on the right to the next platform.
  53. 53
    Break the (checkpoint) box upon landing.
  54. 54
    To the right of the checkpoint, jump onto the metal box and then up to the next platform.
  55. 55
    Kill the spiked enemy here and drop down at the end of the platform.
  56. 56
    Kill the penguin and continue right.
  57. 57
    Hit the first two ! Boxes you see.
  58. 58
    Go right and hit the next two ! Boxes, which will activate the four boxes to your right.
  59. 59
    Break all four activated boxes.
  60. 60
    Jump over the Nitro box, landing on the penguin.
  61. 61
    Jump down to the next platform, jump over the Nitro here, and land on this penguin.
  62. 62
    Break the box on the right.
  63. 63
    Jump down to the next platform.
  64. 64
    Optionally, jump into the alcove for Wumpa Fruit.
  65. 65
    Break all three boxes on the platform in front of the alcove.
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    Jump to the next platform.
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    There is a Crash Box behind two boxes of Nitro in the alcove here. Jump up to the alcove and slide to the back on one of the sides to pass the Nitro. Jump onto the Crash Box and slide back out one of the sides.
  68. 68
    Once you have the Crash Box, jump to the next platform and then up to the ice.
  69. 69
    Slide along to the right, past the stone crushers.
  70. 70
    Near the end of the ice, slide and jump to get a life above you.
  71. 71
    Break the boxes at the end of the ice and continue along the path.
  72. 72
    Drop down the pit with the arrows behind it to get to the next part of the level.
  73. 73
    Get the (checkpoint) box.
  74. 74
    Jump over part of the pit to where the penguin is.
  75. 75
    Jump over to the next part of the path and jump over all the Nitro boxes here.
  76. 76
    Jump over the pit again and get the CRYSTAL.
  77. 77
    Stay away from the pit on the left and kill the spiked enemy moving back and forth.
  78. 78
    Kill the penguin and break the box by three boxes of TNT.
  79. 79
    Jump on the box, then jump on the TNT.
  80. 80
    Go past the TNT and break the next box.
Tips
  • Don't stand on the first pit platform for too long, as it falls.
  • Watch out for penguins sliding down hills and sea lions sliding across ice.
  • When dealing with spiked enemies, do not jump on them when their spikes are up.
  • Wooden bridge planks will fall after you cross them, so move quickly.
  • Let icicles fall safely before proceeding past them.
  • The Crash Box is hidden behind Nitro boxes in an alcove; use sliding to reach it safely.

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