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Level 3: Hang Eight
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Level 3: Hang Eight

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time Hang Eight walkthrough. Collect 2 Silver Gems and break 74 boxes. Includes Blue Gem path and Bonus Stage.

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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time Hang Eight walkthrough. Collect 2 Silver Gems and break 74 boxes. Includes Blue Gem path and Bonus Stage.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Go forward and jump across the platform that goes in and out of the water.
  2. 2
    Go up the platforms forming stairs. Once the platforms end, jump on the platform to the right.
  3. 3
    Jump to the next set of platforms, watching out for piranhas that jump out of the water.
  4. 4
    Break the four boxes and grab the mask.
  5. 5
    Jump across the sinking platform.
  6. 6
    Follow these platforms and kill the plant before it bites you.
  7. 7
    Get the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death).
  8. 8
    At the end of the pier, jump on the jetski. You can press X, O, or Square for a speed boost.
  9. 9
    Avoid plants on platforms, mines, and whirlpools.
  10. 10
    Collect all the boxes.
  11. 11
    Past the boxes, navigate through a lot of mines.
  12. 12
    After the mines, avoid two whirlpools and break Crash Box next to some mines.
  13. 13
    Go forward and get the next two boxes.
  14. 14
    Avoid the mines around here and park your jetski on the pier.
  15. 15
    Break open the checkpoint.
  16. 16
    Go past some plants to get to the platform that will take you to the BONUS STAGE.
  17. 17
    Continue on and jump to the stairs on the left.
  18. 18
    At the top, jump over the water onto the next series of connected platforms.
  19. 19
    To the right is a blue outline; return with the Blue Gem for a platform to appear.
  20. 20
    Jump on the platform to take the BLUE GEM PATH.
  21. 21
    Go forward, break the box, and jump on the hippo.
  22. 22
    Jump off the hippo right away onto the next platforms; if you don't, the hippo will kill you as it sinks.
  23. 23
    Grab the CRYSTAL and continue past two more hippos.
  24. 24
    Get the checkpoint and jump onto the jetski.
  25. 25
    Break the boxes here and use the speed boost to get through the small space between whirlpools.
  26. 26
    Avoid these mines and use a speed boost as you go up the small ramp on the right to hit the box.
  27. 27
    Watch out for the moving mine and break these boxes.
  28. 28
    Jump across the fence with the ramp and avoid these moving mines.
  29. 29
    Park the jetski and walk along this platform to the end of the level.

BONUS STAGE:

  1. Jump onto the platform to the right and bounce between Bounce Boxes to break them.
  2. Spin into the bottom two crates in the stack and let the timer on the TNT start.
  3. Break open the crate on top of the TNT.
  4. Jump to the platform on the right.
  5. Crawl under the metal boxes and jump down to the connected platforms on the right.
  6. Jump down to the next platform and break all of the boxes.
  7. Jump onto the platforms to the right and break the last two boxes.
  8. Ride the platform back up to the level.

BLUE GEM PATH:

  1. Jump between both sets of bounce boxes to break all four of them.
  2. Jump forward onto the next platforms and wait for the platform moving back and forth in the water to get close.
  3. Jump onto the moving platform and then onto the hippo on the left when you are close to it.
  4. Jump from the hippo onto the platforms and then jump up these platforms to the top of the waterfall.
  5. Follow the platforms, kill the plant, and then break the big wall of boxes.
  6. Behind where the fall is, jump onto the two boxes floating in the water to cross and get onto some platforms.
  7. Past that, jump over the first row of Nitro boxes.
  8. Break open the checkpoint.
  9. Jump over the other row of Nitro boxes and go forward towards the pier.
  10. Jump onto the jetski and break as many of the boxes as you can.
  11. Past the boxes and ramps, pass the two mines moving left and right in the water.
  12. Behind them, run into the ! Box on the left to activate the outlined boxes you just passed.
  13. Go back and break all of the activated outlined boxes.
  14. Come back to where the ! Box was and dock the jetski.
  15. Hit the Green ! Box and then jump on the blue gem platform to be taken back to the level.
Tips
  • Don't fall in the water, as you will die.
  • On the jetski, you can press X, O, or Square to get a speed boost.
  • Make sure to avoid any plants on platforms, mines, and whirlpools while on the jetski.
  • You won't be able to break all of the boxes unless you have the Blue Gem.
  • If you don't jump off the hippo right away, it will kill you as it sinks into the water.
  • Use the jetski speed boost to get through the small space between whirlpools.
  • Use a speed boost as you go up the small ramp on the right to hit the box.
  • Jump across the fence with the ramp and avoid the moving mines.
  • In the Bonus Stage, let the timer on the TNT start before breaking the crate on top of it.
  • In the Blue Gem Path, jump onto the hippo on the left when you are close to it.
  • In the Blue Gem Path, jump over the first row of Nitro boxes.
  • In the Blue Gem Path, jump over the other row of Nitro boxes.
  • In the Blue Gem Path, run into the ! Box to activate the outlined boxes.
  • In the Blue Gem Path, hit the Green ! Box.

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