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Level 9: Crash Crush
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Level 9: Crash Crush

Complete the Crash Crush level in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Includes walkthrough, bonus stage, and optional path details.

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Complete the Crash Crush level in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Includes walkthrough, bonus stage, and optional path details.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Start by breaking the initial box and the two boxes in the enclosed area.
  2. 2
    Exit the area to be chased by the first boulder.
  3. 3
    Navigate past a pit, then an area with mines.
  4. 4
    Break the four boxes in the middle of an area with side pits, and avoid mines near the end.
  5. 5
    Jump over a pit, then another pit next to a mine.
  6. 6
    Jump over another pit and cross a wooden bridge that the boulder will break and fall into.
  7. 7
    Open the checkpoint (a save point).
  8. 8
    Slide under an electric fence and avoid a mine.
  9. 9
    Break the boxes ahead.
  10. 10
    Use a speed boost pad to reach an optional path.
  11. 11
    Enter an enclosed area and break all boxes inside.
  12. 12
    Break the checkpoint outside the enclosed area.
  13. 13
    Let the boulder chase you again.
  14. 14
    Slide under an electric fence, then jump over a pit.
  15. 15
    Avoid a mine and a pit on the other side.
  16. 16
    Use a speed boost pad past the pit and cross a wooden bridge; the boulder will not fall.
  17. 17
    Avoid numerous mines after the bridge, then jump across another pit.
  18. 18
    Stay away from Nitro boxes and jump across the next pit.
  19. 19
    Slide under the next electric fence and enter an enclosed area.
  20. 20
    Break the box and checkpoint outside the enclosed area.
  21. 21
    Continue forward, use a speed boost pad, and walk along a narrow path between pits.
  22. 22
    Avoid a mine in the middle of the path and use a speed boost at the end.
  23. 23
    Watch out for a mine and continue past Nitro boxes on either side.
  24. 24
    Use another speed boost pad, then slide under an electric fence.
  25. 25
    Jump over two pits and use another speed boost pad.
  26. 26
    Avoid the pit on the left and use a speed boost pad across a long wooden bridge; the boulder will fall into the pit below.
  27. 27
    Step on the ? on the ground to enter the Bonus Stage.
  28. 28
    Collect the CRYSTAL.
  29. 29
    Break all boxes in the enclosed space and outside, including the next checkpoint.
  30. 30
    Proceed to be chased by the next boulder.
  31. 31
    Use the first speed boost pad and jump over a pit.
  32. 32
    Use a speed boost pad on the other side of the pit, which leads through a box and a mine.
  33. 33
    Use another speed boost pad.
  34. 34
    Avoid a couple of mines.
  35. 35
    Use a speed boost pad on a path where there is a pit on the left, and jump over the pit when it crosses the whole path.
  36. 36
    Break two boxes and slide under an electric fence.
  37. 37
    Use a series of speed boost pads.
  38. 38
    Navigate an area with pits on the sides of the path.
  39. 39
    Break a box and a reinforced box, ensuring the boulder is far enough away.
  40. 40
    Break two final boxes on either side of the path to finish the level.

Bonus Stage:

  • Break the first bounce box and jump to the next platform on the right.
  • Jump on the metal arrow box to reach the top of a wall and slide jump to the next platform to the right.
  • Fall down to collect Wumpa Fruit, then crawl back left.
  • Get a life and jump to the next platform to the right.
  • Break two boxes, then jump on top of a big stack of boxes and break them all.
  • Go left and break two boxes and a ! Box, which makes metal boxes appear to the right.
  • Cross the metal boxes to a platform with three more boxes to break.
  • Ride the platform back up to the level.

Optional Path:

  • Follow the path, passing Wumpa Fruit, until you reach a box.
  • Slide under the first electric fence behind the box.
  • Slide under the next electric fence, jumping at the end to clear a gap.
  • Break two boxes and ride a platform, which returns you to the start of this path.
Tips
  • Always be aware of the boulder's proximity.
  • Utilize speed boost pads effectively to maintain distance.
  • Slide under electric fences and jump over pits to avoid hazards.
  • Break all boxes to collect the 57 boxes required for the level.
  • The optional path offers a chance to break more boxes and potentially find hidden items.
  • The bonus stage provides opportunities to collect extra Wumpa Fruit and lives.

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