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Level 14: Road to Ruin
Crash Bandicoot

Level 14: Road to Ruin

Complete Crash Bandicoot Road to Ruin walkthrough including gem, box, and crystal locations. Learn how to defeat enemies and find the bonus stage.

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Complete Crash Bandicoot Road to Ruin walkthrough including gem, box, and crystal locations. Learn how to defeat enemies and find the bonus stage.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Walk forward from the start until the path ends.
  2. 2
    Jump onto the middle platform over the big pit; it will fall eventually.
  3. 3
    Jump to the next platforms, kill the mouse, and ignore the outlined boxes on the left for now.
  4. 4
    Jump forward into the enclosed area and break all the boxes.
  5. 5
    Go forward and jump out onto the platform with the mouse, then jump to the next platforms.
  6. 6
    Break the three boxes and go right.
  7. 7
    Ignore the platforms you have to go across; they won't fall.
  8. 8
    Kill the mouse, break the box, and kill the mouse behind it.
  9. 9
    Jump over the pit to the right onto the next mouse.
  10. 10
    After killing the mouse, jump onto the top TNT box to start its timer, then jump down onto the Aku Aku box.
  11. 11
    Go right to avoid the TNT explosion.
  12. 12
    Slide into the walking enemy to defeat it; touching its neck ring or jumping on it will cause damage.
  13. 13
    Jump over the gap to the right and break open the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death).
  14. 14
    From the checkpoint platform, jump forward over the gap onto the next platform.
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    Jump forward over the next gap into the enclosed area immediately, as this platform will fall if you stay on it too long.
  16. 16
    Slide into the enemy within this enclosed area to kill it.
  17. 17
    Jump over the pit at the end of the enclosed area onto the next platforms.
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    Quickly cross the middle two grey platforms that fall as you run over them to reach the last one.
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    Jump and slide to the right to kill the enemy with the ring around its neck when it is walking away from you.
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    Break the two boxes.
  21. 21
    Wait for the fire-breathing statue to stop blowing fire before walking past it.
  22. 22
    Jump over the pit to reach the next platforms.
  23. 23
    Break the three boxes here.
  24. 24
    Note the outlined platform; activating it allows access to the SKULL PLATFORM PATH.
  25. 25
    Wait for the statue to stop blowing fire before jumping right and walking by it.
  26. 26
    Stop on the grey octagonal platform and wait for the statue on the right edge of the screen to stop blowing fire before crossing.
  27. 27
    Cross the falling grey platforms to the last platform.
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    When the enemy with the ring around its neck walks away from the screen, jump onto its platforms and slide into it.
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    Walk forward, break open the checkpoint, and grab the CRYSTAL on the right.
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    Jump forward into the enclosed area.
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    Hit the ! Box and break all the boxes that appear here.
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    Do not go back to the start of the level, as this ! Box will not activate boxes there.
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    Jump out of the enclosed area, quickly cross the two crumbling platforms, and land on the solid platforms.
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    Break the large stack of boxes here and go right.
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    Jump down the falling platforms on the right, being careful, and land on the mouse.
  36. 36
    Quickly cross the falling platforms on the right to jump onto the mouse standing on the safe platform at the end.
  37. 37
    Jump onto the crumbling platform on the right, then quickly jump to the platforms above it on the right.
  38. 38
    Break open the next checkpoint.
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    Go forward to the end of the platforms and wait for the statue on the right to stop blowing flames.
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    Jump onto the first crumbling platform, then onto the next platforms.
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    Move out of the flame's path and kill the mouse.
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    Go forward to the area with a ? platform on the right, which leads to the BONUS STAGE.
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    Get as close as possible to the two fire-breathing statues on opposite sides of the platforms and pass between them when they stop blowing fire.
  44. 44
    Break the three boxes at the end and jump to the platforms on the right.
  45. 45
    Jump on or spin into the monkey enemy to kill it.
  46. 46
    Jump over to the platforms on the right and kill the mouse.
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    Jump onto the TNT boxes and start their timers.
  48. 48
    Before the TNT explodes, go down to the right and slide into the enemy with the ringed neck.
  49. 49
    Hit the Green ! Box and go forward.
  50. 50
    Wait for the monkey enemy here to come to you to kill it.
  51. 51
    Run across the platforms, being careful of the ones that fall, to reach the end of the level.
Tips
  • You cannot get all the boxes on this level without going through the secret area via the secret warp room.

BONUS STAGE:

  • Jump across the crumbling platforms to the right onto a solid platform with outlined boxes.
  • Jump to the next platform on the right and jump up to hit the ! Box.
  • Jump back to the left and hit the next ! Box that appeared.
  • Go right again and hit this ! Box.
  • Jump back to the left to hit another ! Box.
  • Jump back to the right and then onto the new metal boxes.
  • Jump to the right and land on the box.
  • Grab the life as you go down and land on the platform.
  • Quickly jump to the right onto the next crumbling platform, then to the one after it.
  • Break the boxes here and jump onto the next platform to the right.
  • Break these boxes.

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