Navigate Sonic Advance 3's zones with this guide. Learn how to find every Act Ring and Boss location, including shortcuts and tricky paths through Route 99, Sunset Hill, and Ocean Base.
This section details how to locate all Acts and Bosses within Sonic Advance 3. While most are straightforward, some require specific paths or shortcuts. The guide uses the Factory Ring, Act Rings, and Bosses as reference points. Minigames, Map Chao, and Special Springs are covered in later sections.
Note: You must beat all three Acts in a zone before the Boss becomes accessible. The Final Zone ring is located to the left of the Zone 7 Boss.
Zone 1: Route 99
Act 1 Ring
From the Factory Ring, head right and break the floor barrier. Hit the switch below to activate a spring. Go slightly left, use the chain and handle to ascend, then move a little right to find the Act 1 Ring.
Shortcut: Use a flight, climbing, or tag action near the floor barrier to reach the chain leading to Act 1.
Act 2 Ring
Head right from Act 1. Avoid falling into the small hole between Acts, as it leads to a minigame.
Act 3 Ring
Continue right from Act 2, descending several small cliffs. Keep moving right to reach the Act 3 Ring.
Boss
From Act 3, head right and hit the red switch to activate springs. These will launch you up to a chain and handle. Jump left from there to find the Boss.
Shortcut: Use Tag Action High Jump slightly right of the Act 2 Ring, heading left. This area contains the Map Chao, and the Boss is just to its right.
Zone 2: Sunset Hill
Act 1 Ring
Head right from the Factory Ring.
Act 2 Ring
From Act 1, head right and hit the spring. Land on the platform with flowers, then jump right over the gap to find a blue and yellow trampoline spring. Use it to go up, then head left to find Act 2.
Shortcut (also for Act 3 & Boss): Use Tag Action High Jump through the ceiling hole just left of the Factory Ring. Go right and land on the blue switch. For Act 2, Tag Action High Jump again and land right. Continue right past a minigame area to reach Act 2.
Act 3 Ring
From Act 2, head left towards a hole with a minigame on the other side. Jump down the hole to land on a blue switch. Carefully walk off the right edge to land on an appearing platform. Falling down this path returns you to the Factory Ring. From there, head right to find a blue and yellow trampoline spring. Jump off it with significant force to reach the upper area; otherwise, you may return near the Act 2 Ring. Head right to find Act 3.
Easier Shortcut: From Act 2, go left. Before reaching the hole with the minigame, use Tag Action High Jump at the brown pole to reach Act 3.
Trampoline Spring Shortcut: From the Factory Ring, use Tag Action High Jump and head right to reach the trampoline spring.
Boss
From Act 3, head right, push the red switch, and quickly move left. A spring far to the left will launch you upwards to a narrow platform. Jump left from this platform to find the Boss.
Shortcut: Use Tag Action High Jump slightly left of the brown pole (used for the Act 3 shortcut), aiming upwards. Avoid the small platform in the way.
Zone 3: Ocean Base
Act 1 Ring
Head right from the Factory Ring until you reach a waterfall. Jump through it, then head right and up. Continue right from the other side to find the Act 1 Ring.
Act 2 Ring
Slightly right of Act 1, use a blue switch to activate a platform leading to a cannon, or use Tag Action High Jump/Fly to reach the cannon directly. The cannon launches you near a minigame. Head left, then fall down a short distance to another waterfall. Jump through this waterfall heading left to find the Act 2 Ring.
Shortcut: Use Tag Action High Jump or Fly just right of the Act 1 Ring, heading left towards the Omochao. Go right from there to find the same waterfall.
Act 3 Ring
From Act 2, head left to a machine that takes you higher. Ascend, then head right (left leads to a minigame). Jump through the waterfall you encounter heading right. Continue right to find the Act 3 Ring.
Boss
Go left from the Act 3 Ring. At the edge of the waterfall, climb up. Near the top, head left. Using the red switch and spring is optional. Spin-dash up the curve heading left to find a cannon. The cannon launches you into a spring, which then propels you right, off a ramp, and into the Boss.
Little Shortcut: Instead of spin-dashing up the curve into the cannon, use Tag Action High Jump once you reach the curve, then head right to a spring that leads to the Boss. Tails' Flight can barely make this jump.
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