Guide Knuckles through Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1 in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Discover secret passageways, Giant Rings, and face the Woodcutter Machine mini-boss.
Knuckles' adventure begins with a bang, when an EggRobo drops a bomb where Knuckles is resting with his animal friends. As Knuckles notices the bomb, it explodes, causing the echidna to be knocked unconscious and his friends to run away. After regaining his senses, a furious Knuckles sees EggRobo hovering down from above and chases after the Badnik (if you're playing S3&K, you'll skip this scene and begin this zone immediately).
Mushroom Hill Zone is a good training level for practicing and mastering Knuckles' moves. Be on the lookout for badniks such as Cluckoid and Dragonfly. The Cluckoid can blow you back in the opposite direction, while the Dragonfly usually appears when you least expect it. If you get caught in vines, Spin Dash to get free.
- 1Head right and go past the Butterdroids. Run through the loop de loop and roll down the hill. Collect the Super Shoes for a speed boost. Ignore the pulley lift nearby and proceed right. Climb up the poles and run through the loop de loop. Use the pulley lift above you to go up. Press Up and Down to make the pulley lift go up and down, respectively.
- 2Use the two mushrooms to raise Knuckles higher, so you can access the spring above you. Bounce on it and speed through the loop de loop. Use this swing lift to send Knuckles over to the right. Head across the vine-shaped bridge and drop the pole at the bottom right. You'll land next to a secret passageway containing a Giant Ring.
- 3Exit the passageway by going right, and use the swing lift to hoist Knuckles up to a vine-shaped bridge. Drop down and go past the Starpost. Run down the hill and drop down again to find a pulley lift. To the right of it is a hidden passageway containing a Giant Ring.
- 4Exit the passageway and use the pulley lift. Run through two loop de loops. When you nearly reach a mushroom at the top, stop running left and drop down to the right. Continue onward to find a passageway containing a Giant Ring. When you exit the passageway, watch out for the Dragonfly on patrol. Run down the loop de loop and climb up the poles to find a Starpost. Go past it and head right to meet the Mini-Boss.
Mini-Boss Battle: Woodcutter Machine - 8 Hits
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