Detailed walkthrough for finding all 5 Chao locations in Part 26 of Sonic Advance 3. Includes strategies for Knuckles/Tails and Tag Action.
Walkthrough
- 1Chao #1: From the start, run right and hit the first rocket. Take the next rocket to land on the right. You'll reach an area with a split path (up/down) and spinning handles. Take the lower path, avoiding handles by spinning under them. Go right, fall, then left onto a falling platform. As you fall, press right to find a small room with the Chao.
- 2Chao #2: Return to the point with the split path and spinning handles. Use the handles to go up and right. Watch out for the lion. Continue to a room with a vertically moving block. Jump on it when it's down, then jump onto the next moving block to your right. Ignore the rings below and jump onto the block. Follow the path right to balloons. Use them to bounce up to a ledge with a Magnet Shield. Continue right to a wall; jump to hit a rocket. Take this rocket, then a second, and a third to go higher. To the right of the third rocket is a small platform with the Chao and a spring.
- 3Chao #3: Hit the spring to be sent right. You'll land near an area with two paths separated by a moving block. Wait for the block to move up, then take the lower path. Curve down, then speed across a gap to the other side. Continue up the curve to an area with a pendulum and a lion. Use the pendulum to enter the room to the right. Go through the moving block's path. Jump on the second moving block and take the upper right path. Slide down elephant slides and land in an area with two downward sloping curves leading to a hole, and a yellow balloon above. There's a spike trap at the top of the left curve. Go down the hole. Hit the speed booster, then immediately slow down and go back. Above the gap, left of the speed booster, is a pendulum. Use it (or glide/fly) to go left into a room containing the Chao.
- 4Chao #4: From the beginning, head right to a gap with a jack-in-the-box. Jump on it when the diamond is blue to spring up, avoiding spikes. Alternatively, use Tag Action to go up and right. Avoid the room with blue and purple walls. Use balloons against the right wall to land on a higher platform to the right, avoiding a lion badnik. Continue to a moving block entering/exiting a right path. Look above and slightly left for a vertically moving block. Jump on the first moving block to reach the second, or use Tag Action High Jump. A 10 Ring item box is up there. Go right, avoid the clown, and ride the panda cart. It will crash against a right wall, sending you onto a floating spring. This spring sends you up the wall, onto the ceiling, and into another spring. This spring sends you down and right onto a moving block. The Chao is flying just above this block.
- 5Chao #5: Look below the moving block from Chao #4 and find the gap in the right wall that the block occasionally covers. Jump on the spinning handles below to the left, then jump into the gap, or glide/fly directly into it. If you fall, climbing is the best way back. To the right, a spring sends you up to a rocket, then catch the next rocket to the right. Take a total of four rockets to reach the upper right gap. Watch out for toy soldiers. Continue to an area with a block moving up and down through a ceiling hole. Get on top of this block.
Tips
- Flight or Gliding or Tag Action is recommended for this act. Knuckles/Tails are good choices.
- Chao #4 and #5 are significantly easier with Tag Action or gliding/flying.
- If you follow the path for Chao #4 and #5, you will not hit any checkpoints.
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