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Level 10: The Eel Deal
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Level 10: The Eel Deal

Complete The Eel Deal level in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Includes walkthrough, gem locations, and tips for electric eels and fans.

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Complete The Eel Deal level in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Includes walkthrough, gem locations, and tips for electric eels and fans.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Break the three boxes at the start.
  2. 2
    Cross the shallow water, avoiding electric eels that electrify it periodically.
  3. 3
    Spin the enemy near the first fan so it hits the fan, breaking a blade.
  4. 4
    Pass through the gap where the blade was. If you miss, you can slide through, but risk getting hit.
  5. 5
    Defeat the next two enemies.
  6. 6
    Approach the water with an eel; wait for it to be safe before crossing.
  7. 7
    Break the boxes on the other side.
  8. 8
    Slide under the next fan; there is an enemy on the other side, so you cannot use it to break a blade.
  9. 9
    Past the fan is another eel-infested water area. Jump onto platforms to avoid the water and enter the large metal door.
  10. 10
    Proceed through the tunnel to encounter two more enemies. Defeat or bypass them.
  11. 11
    In the open area, break the two bounce boxes by jumping between them.
  12. 12
    Activate the checkpoint (a save point).
  13. 13
    Jump on the spiked enemy behind the checkpoint to defeat it.
  14. 14
    Kill the next spiked enemy in the tunnel.
  15. 15
    Cross the next pool of water with an eel when it is safe.
  16. 16
    Defeat the two 'sweepers' (original enemies) on the other side and break the boxes behind them.
  17. 17
    Take the right path at the tunnel split.
  18. 18
    Avoid the rolling barrel enemy.
  19. 19
    Kill the two spiked enemies.
  20. 20
    Cross the water with an eel when safe.
  21. 21
    Kill the spiked enemy and stand on the ? Box to access the BONUS STAGE.
  22. 22
    Break the checkpoint and proceed through the metal door.
  23. 23
    Kill the spiked enemy after the door and slide under the fan.
  24. 24
    Take the left path at the next tunnel split to find a room with the CRYSTAL and boxes. Grab the crystal and break all boxes.
  25. 25
    Exit this room and return to the tunnel split.
  26. 26
    Take the right path.
  27. 27
    Avoid the rolling barrel at the end of the tunnel.
  28. 28
    Kill the spiked enemy and break the two non-Nitro boxes.
  29. 29
    Cross the water with an eel when safe.
  30. 30
    Jump up and go through the metal door.
  31. 31
    Kill the two sweeper enemies and the spiked enemy behind them.
  32. 32
    Get past the rolling barrel and kill the spiked enemy behind it.
  33. 33
    Pass another barrel.
  34. 34
    Break all boxes in the back of the room and fall down the hole in the middle of the floor.
  35. 35
    Activate the checkpoint and hit the Green ! Box.
  36. 36
    Jump up to the blue grating above the checkpoint.
  37. 37
    Use the grating controls: X to jump down (only if safe), Square to spin, O to pull legs up to avoid low enemies.
  38. 38
    Break the boxes on the grating and jump down.
  39. 39
    Walk to where the Green ! Box was and jump onto the grating above it.
  40. 40
    Climb along the grating, avoiding the enemy that patrols it. Continue past it when it turns.
  41. 41
    Break the ? Box and go through the metal door.
  42. 42
    Get past the next enemy by climbing along its patrol path.
  43. 43
    Continue past the Wumpa Fruit to a point where you can jump down.
  44. 44
    Jump down and walk through the metal door.
  45. 45
    Break the two boxes and jump over the gap in the floor (falling in results in death).
  46. 46
    Walk around the floating enemies to the next gap.
  47. 47
    Jump over the gap, timing your jump after the two floating enemies move down and before they move up.
  48. 48
    The end of the level is past this gap.
Tips
  • The water in this level is shallow and won't kill you unless there are eels present.
  • Electric eels will electrify the water for a few seconds, followed by a safe period. Wait for the safe period to cross.
  • Enemies that patrol the blue grating cannot be killed but can be avoided by timing your movements.
  • The GREEN GEM PATH can be accessed from the room with Nitro boxes and a ? Box. Go around the Nitro and through the seemingly solid door on the other side.

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