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Level 18: Cold Hard Crash
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Level 18: Cold Hard Crash

Complete walkthrough for Level 18: Cold Hard Crash in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Find all boxes, gems, and secrets with our detailed guide.

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Complete walkthrough for Level 18: Cold Hard Crash in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Find all boxes, gems, and secrets with our detailed guide.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    At the start, jump onto the first pit's platform and quickly jump off to the other side. Break all boxes.
  2. 2
    Jump over the next pit, avoiding sliding penguins. At the top, break boxes stacked on metal boxes by jumping onto the lower ones first.
  3. 3
    Jump onto the middle pit's platform and quickly jump off to the other side before it falls. Kill the penguin and break the box.
  4. 4
    Jump over the next pit onto the ice, avoiding sliding sea lions. Jump over two more pits with ice.
  5. 5
    Jump on the platform to reach the next section. Break the first checkpoint.
  6. 6
    Proceed right to the crushers. Go under the wooden crusher when safe, then quickly past the stone crusher.
  7. 7
    Stop short of icicles to let them fall, then cross the wooden bridge quickly as planks fall behind you.
  8. 8
    At the next crushers, wait for the wooden one to rise, then slide under the stone one and walk past the wooden one. Let icicles fall, then cross the bridge.
  9. 9
    Kill the sea lion and bounce up the three bounce boxes to the ? Box. Break the ? Box, then the three bounce boxes below.
  10. 10
    Enter the pit with the question mark to reach the BONUS STAGE.
  11. 11
    Break the box past the bonus stage entrance. Let icicles fall onto TNT, move back, and let it explode. Let remaining icicles fall.
  12. 12
    Jump up the small cliff. Take the lower path, break the two boxes, and kill the spiked enemy (wait for spikes to retract). Hit the ! Box he was guarding.
  13. 13
    Go back and take the upper path. Break the large stack of boxes, then jump up the metal boxes forming stairs.
  14. 14
    Jump to the next platform, kill the penguin, and jump over the gap. Kill the platform and break the boxes, including the checkpoint.
  15. 15
    If you haven't died, you can take the SKULL PLATFORM PATH. Otherwise, go down the platforms to the right and fall into the pit with Wumpa Fruit.
  16. 16
    Slide down the ice-covered slopes, get the life near the end, and break all boxes at the bottom.
  17. 17
    Go right across the ice, jump over the pit, kill the penguin, and break all boxes.
  18. 18
    Jump onto the TNT, then jump over the pit on the right before it explodes, killing the penguin.
  19. 19
    Hop onto the next TNT, kill the penguin to its right. Break the checkpoint and the box on top.
  20. 20
    Past the checkpoint, use the wooden crushers: run under the first when it rises, slide past the second. Jump over the next pit and slide past another wooden crusher.
  21. 21
    Kill the spiked enemy at the end of the low-ceilinged area. Drop down and break the four boxes forming a wall.
  22. 22
    Jump onto the metal arrow box and bounce up to the next platform. Kill the penguin and jump over the pit.
  23. 23
    Break the checkpoint. Jump onto the metal box and then up to the next platform.
  24. 24
    Kill the spiked enemy, drop down, kill the penguin, and continue right.
  25. 25
    Hit the first two ! Boxes, then the next two ! Boxes, which activate four boxes to your right. Break them all.
  26. 26
    Jump over the Nitro box, landing on the penguin. Jump down, over the next Nitro, landing on another penguin.
  27. 27
    Break the box on the right. Jump down. Optionally, enter the alcove for Wumpa Fruit.
  28. 28
    Break the three boxes on the platform in front of the alcove. Jump to the next platform.
  29. 29
    In the alcove with Nitro, jump up to it and slide to the back on a side to pass the Nitro. Jump onto the Crash Box and slide back out.
  30. 30
    Jump to the next platform, then up to the ice. Slide right past the stone crushers.
  31. 31
    Near the end of the ice, slide and jump to get the life above. Break the boxes at the end of the ice.
  32. 32
    Drop down the pit with arrows to reach the next section. Get the checkpoint.
  33. 33
    Jump over the pit to the penguin, then to the next path. Jump over the Nitro boxes.
  34. 34
    Jump over the pit again and get the CRYSTAL. Stay away from the left pit.
  35. 35
    Kill the spiked enemy moving back and forth. Kill the penguin and break the box by the TNT.
  36. 36
    Jump on the box, then on the TNT. Go past the TNT and break the next box. Kill the final penguin.
Tips
  • The first pit has a falling platform; don't stand on it for too long.
  • Penguins slide down hills, and sea lions slide across ice; be mindful of their paths.
  • Metal boxes can only be broken after breaking other boxes on top of them.
  • Wooden bridges have falling planks; cross them quickly.
  • Wait for icicles to fall before proceeding past them.
  • Spiked enemies can only be defeated when their spikes are retracted.
  • The Skull Platform Path is a shortcut or alternative route available after the second checkpoint if you haven't died.
  • Be careful around Nitro boxes; they explode when activated.
  • The Crash Box is hidden behind Nitro boxes in an alcove; use sliding to reach it.
  • 2 Silver Gems
  • 155 Boxes

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