Skip to content
Level 19: Ruination
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Level 19: Ruination

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Ruination walkthrough: Collect 2 Silver Gems and break 84 boxes with this guide.

By ···10 min read·Multi-source verified
1 reading this guide  

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Ruination walkthrough: Collect 2 Silver Gems and break 84 boxes with this guide.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From the start, wait for the fire-blowing statue to stop, then jump onto the platform and into the enclosed area.
  2. 2
    Break the four boxes, avoiding the Nitro box behind them.
  3. 3
    Jump to the next platform, which crumbles, and quickly move to the next platforms where a mouse is.
  4. 4
    Kill the mouse and break the box on the left.
  5. 5
    Jump to the next platforms, kill the next mouse.
  6. 6
    Slide into the enemy with the ringed neck as it walks back and forth.
  7. 7
    Jump over the subsequent platforms, noting the crumbling platform before the next fire-blowing statue, and move quickly.
  8. 8
    Walk along the platforms to the end and break open the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death).
  9. 9
    Jump up to the next crumbling platform, move off immediately.
  10. 10
    Kill the enemy with the ringed neck and jump to the platforms on the right.
  11. 11
    Wait for the jumping monkey to come to you and jump on it to kill it.
  12. 12
    Jump on both stacks of TNT to blow them up.
  13. 13
    Jump down to the platforms further right, carefully navigating two Nitro boxes with crumbling platforms between them. Jump over the first Nitro, run across the crumbling platforms, then jump over the second Nitro.
  14. 14
    Jump to the platforms on the right and onto the metal arrow box. Bounce up to get an offscreen Aku Aku.
  15. 15
    Break the box next to the metal arrow box.
  16. 16
    Jump forward over the gap onto a crumbling platform, then into an enclosed area.
  17. 17
    Hit the ! Box to activate all outlined boxes (Nitro). Proceed with caution. This is required for the Silver Gem.
  18. 18
    Jump out to the next platforms. Avoid standing on the solid grey platforms as they fall.
  19. 19
    Kill the monkey and jump from the end of these platforms to the next one.
  20. 20
    Break open the checkpoint. If you have the Green Gem, stand on the green platform for the GREEN GEM PATH. Otherwise, jump to the next platforms.
  21. 21
    When the left and right flame-blowing statues stop, run past them.
  22. 22
    At the end, jump onto one of the four platforms moving in a circle and ride it across the gap.
  23. 23
    Jump to the next platform next to the ? which leads to the BONUS STAGE.
  24. 24
    Jump onto the crumbling platform, then onto the platforms with boxes. Break the two boxes and kill the monkey.
  25. 25
    Jump forward onto the crumbling platform, then to the next platforms.
  26. 26
    Watch the two flame-blowing statues and run past them when they stop.
  27. 27
    Break the box with an Aku Aku inside.
  28. 28
    When the next two flame-blowing statues stop, jump across the two crumbling platforms and land on the falling platforms.
  29. 29
    Run across them, jump over the gap at the end, and break open the checkpoint.
  30. 30
    To the left, jump over the first Nitro box and land on the mouse between two Nitro boxes to kill it. Jump over the second Nitro box.
  31. 31
    Go up to the TNT. Jump on it as the enemy with the ring around its neck walks away, so the TNT kills it upon its return.
  32. 32
    Go forward to where the enemy was and jump on the TNT at the end of the platforms.
  33. 33
    Jump over the gap to the next platforms. Break the two boxes.
  34. 34
    Stand at the edge to the right and jump onto the tilted platform moving in a circle. Be careful not to slide off.
  35. 35
    When it reaches the far right, jump onto another tilted platform moving back and forth.
  36. 36
    From this one, jump onto the next circular moving tilted platform when it gets close.
  37. 37
    When it moves to the right, jump down.
  38. 38
    Break the two boxes here and jump over the gap into the enclosed area.
  39. 39
    Run into the CRYSTAL to get it.
  40. 40
    Outside, jump onto one of the four platforms moving in a circle around the Green ! Box.
  41. 41
    Spin into the mouse on the platform to make it hit the Green ! Box.
  42. 42
    Wait for your platform to move to the other side and jump onto the next platform.
  43. 43
    Break open this checkpoint.
  44. 44
    Go down the platforms to the right, collecting the Aku Aku at the top.
  45. 45
    Look right and avoid the logs being thrown at you.
  46. 46
    Jump over the platforms to the right until you reach the source of the logs. Kill it to finish the level.

BONUS STAGE:

  1. Go right to the large wall of boxes. Jump and spin into the only non-reinforced box.
  2. Crouch and jump onto the three reinforced boxes. Bodyslam them all.
  3. Hit the ! Box and jump onto the activated metal boxes.
  4. Jump up to break the box above them, then jump onto the next set of metal boxes.
  5. Jump up and spin into the box atop the three reinforced boxes here.
  6. Crouch and jump onto the reinforced boxes and bodyslam them all.
  7. Jump over the gap onto more metal boxes.
  8. Jump onto the TNT and then...
Tips
  • The first Silver Gem is obtained by activating the Nitro boxes in the enclosed area after the first checkpoint.
  • The second Silver Gem is obtained by hitting the Green ! Box in the area with the circular platforms and mice. You must make a mouse hit the box.
  • Be mindful of the crumbling platforms; move quickly across them.
  • Flame-blowing statues require precise timing to pass safely.
  • The tilted platforms require careful movement to avoid sliding off.

100% Human-Written. AI Fact-Checked. Community Verified. Learn how AntMag verifies content