Crash Bandicoot Level 18: Cold Hard Crash walkthrough. Find 2 Silver Gems and 155 Boxes. Includes tips for crushers, TNT, and bonus stage.
Walkthrough
- 1At the start, jump onto the first platform in the pit and quickly jump off over the pit.
- 2Break all 155 boxes.
- 3Jump over the next pit, watching out for sliding penguins.
- 4At 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.
- 5Drop down and deal with the sea lions.
- 6Repeat the box-breaking process on the other side.
- 7Jump onto the platform in the middle of the next pit and quickly jump off to the other side before it falls.
- 8Kill the penguin and break the box near it.
- 9Jump over the next pit onto the ice, avoiding sliding sea lions.
- 10Jump over the two subsequent pits with ice beside them.
- 11After the second pit, jump on the platform to reach the next section.
- 12Break the first (checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death)) box.
- 13Proceed right until you reach the crushers.
- 14Get under the wooden crusher when safe, then quickly pass the stone crusher.
- 15Stop short of the icicles to let them fall safely, then cross the wooden bridge quickly as its planks will fall.
- 16At 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.
- 17Let the icicles fall, then cross the next wooden bridge.
- 18Kill the sea lion and bounce up the three bounce boxes to the ? Box.
- 19After breaking the ? Box, break the three bounce boxes.
- 20Jump down the next pit with a question mark to reach the BONUS STAGE.
- 21Break the box past the bonus stage entrance.
- 22Go to the icicles above the TNT and let one fall to activate its timer.
- 23Move back and let the TNT explode.
- 24Once the TNT has exploded, let all remaining icicles fall before continuing.
- 25Jump up the small cliff.
- 26Take the lower path when presented with a higher or lower option.
- 27Break the two boxes and watch out for the spiked enemy, not jumping when its spikes are up.
- 28Kill the spiked enemy and hit the ! Box it was in front of.
- 29Go back and take the upper path.
- 30Break the large stack of boxes.
- 31Jump up the metal boxes forming stairs above the pit.
- 32From the metal boxes, jump to the next platform and kill the penguin on the edge.
- 33Go down to the next platform and jump over the gap.
- 34Kill the platform enemy and break the boxes, including the (checkpoint) box.
- 35If you haven't been killed, you can take the SKULL PLATFORM PATH.
- 36Otherwise, go down the platforms to the right and fall into the pit with the Wumpa Fruit leading down.
- 37Slide down the ice-covered slopes.
- 38Get the life near the end.
- 39Break all boxes at the bottom.
- 40Go right, across the ice, and jump over the pit.
- 41Kill the penguin and walk around the area.
- 42Break all boxes here.
- 43Jump onto the TNT, then jump over the pit on the right before it explodes.
- 44Kill the penguin.
- 45Hop onto the TNT here and kill the penguin to the right of it.
- 46Break the (checkpoint) box and the box on top of it.
- 47To 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.
- 48Jump over the next pit and slide over the ice past the wooden crusher.
- 49Continue past where the ice was and kill the spiked enemy at the end of the low ceiling area.
- 50Drop down to the next platform and break the four boxes forming a wall.
- 51Jump onto the metal arrow box once the wall boxes are broken and bounce up to the next platform.
- 52Kill the penguin here and jump over the pit on the right to the next platform.
- 53Break the (checkpoint) box upon landing.
- 54To the right of the checkpoint, jump onto the metal box and then up to the next platform.
- 55Kill the spiked enemy here and drop down at the end of the platform.
- 56Kill the penguin and continue right.
- 57Hit the first two ! Boxes you see.
- 58Go right and hit the next two ! Boxes, which will activate the four boxes to your right.
- 59Break all four activated boxes.
- 60Jump over the Nitro box, landing on the penguin.
- 61Jump down to the next platform, jump over the Nitro here, and land on this penguin.
- 62Break the box on the right.
- 63Jump down to the next platform.
- 64Optionally, jump into the alcove for Wumpa Fruit.
- 65Break all three boxes on the platform in front of the alcove.
- 66Jump to the next platform.
- 67There 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.
- 68Once you have the Crash Box, jump to the next platform and then up to the ice.
- 69Slide along to the right, past the stone crushers.
- 70Near the end of the ice, slide and jump to get a life above you.
- 71Break the boxes at the end of the ice and continue along the path.
- 72Drop down the pit with the arrows behind it to get to the next part of the level.
- 73Get the (checkpoint) box.
- 74Jump over part of the pit to where the penguin is.
- 75Jump over to the next part of the path and jump over all the Nitro boxes here.
- 76Jump over the pit again and get the CRYSTAL.
- 77Stay away from the pit on the left and kill the spiked enemy moving back and forth.
- 78Kill the penguin and break the box by three boxes of TNT.
- 79Jump on the box, then jump on the TNT.
- 80Go 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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