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Level 4: The Pits
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Level 4: The Pits

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Level 4: The Pits walkthrough. Find the Silver Gem, Crystal, and navigate the bonus stage with 53 boxes.

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Level 4: The Pits walkthrough. Find the Silver Gem, Crystal, and navigate the bonus stage with 53 boxes.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Proceed forward from the start and jump over the initial pit.
  2. 2
    Continue past the turtle and collect the mask from a box.
  3. 3
    Jump over subsequent pits, being mindful of the bird near the boxes.
  4. 4
    Break all boxes, allowing TNT to fall and begin its timer. Jump away before it explodes.
  5. 5
    Continue past the bird and break the next three boxes.
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    Go down, jump over a pit, and deal with another bird.
  7. 7
    Proceed through the area, ignoring the turtle.
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    Continue onward to reach a checkpoint (a save point that restores your progress if you fail).
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    Further ahead, jump on the Arrow Box to break the Bounce Box, then break the Arrow Box itself.
  10. 10
    Break the box containing the mask.
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    Walk along the narrow path past the bird.
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    You will reach a fork in the road with a left and right path. To get the Silver Gem, you must break all boxes on both paths. The Crystal is on the left path.
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    LEFT PATH: Jump over two pits and break the ? Box (a box that contains a random item).
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    Proceed past all enemies to a checkpoint on a platform surrounded by pits.
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    Past this checkpoint, there are a few boxes and a ! Box (a box that activates other boxes). Spin into all of them.
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    Jump over a pit and pass two birds.
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    The Crystal is located past the birds.
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    After the Crystal, you will encounter some turtles before the paths merge.
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    RIGHT PATH: Jump over the first pit and break the boxes.
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    Slide into the turtles and spin them to defeat them if necessary.
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    Continue past more turtles until you reach a checkpoint.
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    Proceed past even more turtles to a covered area with boxes. If you did not hit the ! Box on the left path, some of these boxes cannot be opened.
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    Past these boxes is a pit and a bird.
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    After the bird, the paths merge.
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    FROM WHERE THE PATHS MEET UP: Proceed past the turtle, jump over the pit, and get the next checkpoint.
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    Drop down into the large pit and kill the rats.
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    Hop on the mushroom to enter the BONUS STAGE if you wish.
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    Follow the trail of Wumpa Fruit (fruit that adds to your score and can grant extra lives) and break the box next to the pit.
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    Enter the pit and kill the rats.
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    Jump out using the mushroom and follow the narrow path.
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    Break the box and proceed past the turtles to reach the next pit containing rats.

BONUS STAGE:

  1. Jump onto the Reinforced Box (a box that requires a specific action to break) and break the Bounce Box above it.
  2. Body slam the Reinforced Box to break it.
  3. Jump onto the platform to your right and jump on the TNT (a explosive box that detonates after a short timer).
  4. Go to the stack of two TNT boxes and jump on the top one.
  5. Stand on the top TNT box and jump to the platform on the right before the TNT explodes.
  6. Slide into the boxes under the metal boxes (boxes that cannot be broken normally) and crawl through.
  7. Jump down the Bounce Boxes to the platform on the right, but do not break them.
  8. Jump onto the stack of eight boxes and body slam them to break the Reinforced Boxes.
  9. Jump to the platform on the right and then to the next one.
  10. Return to the last platform and get the life in the box.
  11. Go back to the left and ascend the Bounce Boxes.
  12. Go back under the metal boxes and break the two Crash Boxes (standard boxes) to get the lives.
  13. Go under the metal boxes again and this time, break all the Bounce Boxes.
  14. Return to the right and ride the platform up.
Tips
  • To obtain the Silver Gem, you must break all boxes on both the left and right paths before proceeding past the fork.
  • Be cautious of the birds in this level, as they can attack you.
  • The TNT boxes require you to quickly move away after activating them.
  • In the Bonus Stage, use the Bounce Boxes to reach higher platforms.
  • The Reinforced Boxes in the Bonus Stage can only be broken by a body slam.

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