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Part 17
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!

Part 17

Follow this guide to navigate Cliff Town in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, collect all 400 gems, rescue 3 dragons, and find the dragon egg. Learn enemy tactics and level secrets.

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Follow this guide to navigate Cliff Town in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, collect all 400 gems, rescue 3 dragons, and find the dragon egg. Learn enemy tactics and level secrets.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From the vortex, glide to a distant platform to find Maximos. He'll praise your gliding and give a hint.
  2. 2
    Glide back to the building with the vortex, then to the other side. Glide to a platform and destroy the spinner chest for a purple gem.
  3. 3
    Jump down to return to the start of the level. Run back up the first set of steps, glide through the tunnel, up to the building top, over to the platforms, and up to the top.
  4. 4
    Look ahead to see a distant platform. Glide to it.
  5. 5
    Destroy the pair of wooden chests on the right for 4 gems, and the spinner chest for a green gem. Collect 10 more gems on the right.
  6. 6
    Locate the chest on a platform reachable from a set of platforms, which are reachable from a building top. Use the key to open it for 20 gems.
  7. 7
    This should bring your total to 400 gems, 4 dragons, and the egg for the level. You are now about a quarter of the way through the game. Exit via the vortex.
  8. 8
    Back in Peace Keepers Home, run forward then left, avoiding cannonfire, and head to Cliff Town.
  9. 9
    You arrive in Cliff Town through the top of a building. Ahead is a Wavy-shield Gnorc; charge it for a green gem.
  10. 10
    Go to the back-left corner of the room to find a wooden chest with a green gem.
  11. 11
    Head outside, cross the bridge, and encounter a sleeping Wavy-shield Gnorc next to a Cook. Charge the Gnorc for a green gem.
  12. 12
    Flame the Cook for a purple gem and the cauldron beside it for another gem.
  13. 13
    Go around the side of this building for three red gems.
  14. 14
    Hug the wall around to the right to find another Cook and baby cheetahs. Flame the Cook for a green gem and the cauldron for a red gem.
  15. 15
    Find a wooden chest by a cactus in the corner containing a purple gem.
  16. 16
    Face the building, jump onto a step for a purple gem, then onto the roof for three red gems and a purple gem from a chest.
  17. 17
    Turn right, jump down, and head towards the next bridge.
  18. 18
    Charge through the two Wavy-shield Gnorcs on the bridge. Find three red gems on the side of the nearest building.
  19. 19
    Dragon Egg: Chase the thief around the second building to get the fifth dragon egg.
  20. 20
    Collect a purple gem from the chest on the other side of the building while chasing the thief.
  21. 21
    Go to the intersection between three buildings to find two Wavy-shield Gnorcs; get 7 gems from them.
  22. 22
    Dragon: Over the second bridge, slightly left, is Halvor, who reminds you to charge shielded enemies.
  23. 23
    Go back across the bridge behind you and turn right. Collect gems between the edge and the building.
  24. 24
    Cross the bridge again and follow the edge left. At the end, find three green gems.
  25. 25
    Hug the wall into a corner with two chests containing 10 gems total.
  26. 26
    Continue hugging the wall to another corner with an extra life.
  27. 27
    Keep going until the wall ends, where two Wavy-shield Gnorcs are. Charge them for 7 gems.
  28. 28
    Find two more purple gems behind the lowest step.
  29. 29
    Jump onto the step, then up to the next big one, then up a little ridge and glide over a gap to another Cook.
  30. 30
    Flame the Cook for a golden gem and the cauldron for a green gem. Find a wooden chest by the cauldron with a purple gem.
  31. 31
    Run up the stone bridge, collecting 4 gems, to reach a Wavy-shield Gnorc. Charge it for a green gem and destroy the chest beside it for another purple gem.
  32. 32
    As you go over the wooden bridge, charge the Wavy-shield Gnorc for a purple gem. Get another gem from the Cook behind and a red gem from the cauldron.
  33. 33
    Jump onto the platform behind and destroy four chests, each releasing a purple gem.
  34. 34
    Run over the bridge ahead past a Strong Chest and collect three red gems.
  35. 35
    Jump up the steps and around to the top of the largest building.
  36. 36
    Ahead are two Cooks and cauldrons. One pair releases purple gems, the other green gems.
  37. 37
    Dragon: The final dragon is at the very top of the biggest building. Navigate bridges to reach it.
Tips
  • Wavy-shield Gnorcs are always shielded and must be charged.
  • Cooks wield harmless spoons that only bounce you back; flame them for gems.
  • The thief carrying the dragon egg can be tricky to catch due to the many walls.
  • Pay attention to gliding opportunities to reach distant platforms.
  • 400 Gems
  • 4 Dragons (3 in Cliff Town, 1 in the previous level)
  • 1 Dragon Egg
  • Level Complete

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