Part 44

Jump onto the nearby platform quickly and then jump over above.

Jump and charge the MCM (Mystical Creature Marker) on the platform for a green gem.

Follow the edge to the left to pick off 7 loose gems.

In the middle of the fork is a lava pool; in front of it are three red gems.

Just to the right are 9 loose gems, and on the platform is an FCM (Flameable Creature Marker).

Jump and flame the FCM for a purple gem, then do the same to the one behind it for another purple gem.

Jump onto the platform, then glide over to the one floating ahead, flaming the FCM as you near it for a golden gem.

Glide over to the Fool (an enemy) below, and pick up three red gems behind its platform.

Follow the wall around and break open the green and purple-topped chests.

Jump back up to the fork and hit the Fool running around there.

Quickly run over to the other side of the fork and hit the Fool there.

Jump onto the platform, and glide to the platform from there.

Smash two wooden chests on there for 10 gems total.

Drop down onto another platform below. If it is very tall and unreachable, go back and hit the pair of Fools again.

Once you make it onto the platform, wait until it rises, then look over to the left.

Glide to Unika, the unique dragon, who is found on the left side of the fork at the start of the level. He will thank you for releasing him.

Continue behind Unika and smash the wooden chest in the corner for a purple gem.

Carry on along the path for 6 more loose gems.

Go through the gap to the left where there is one gem, and glide onto the platform with the whirlwind (a wind-up platform) on. Be careful here, as there's lava below.

At the top of the whirlwind, glide down ahead and flame the FCM. Remember that if you push backwards, you can slow down your glide whilst losing altitude. The FCM will drop a purple gem.

If you can land on its platform, do so, but it is not recommended for less experienced players. If not, land your glide on the edge below and ahead.

Grab two red gems there, and also get the extra life.

Make your way around the lava pit and back up the whirlwind, freeing 7 gems from chests on the way.

From the whirlwind, keep on going up there and gliding over to the other three FCMs and flaming them for a purple gem from each. Be careful and use the loss of altitude trick, but not too much.

Head back out of the lava area and hit the Fool by the edge.

Quickly glide ahead to the platform that comes out of the wall. Being quick is essential here; missing means death in the lava below.

Once there, immediately glide over to the floating platform to be taken by a whirlwind to the ledge above.

Scour this small ledge of 18 gems.

Stand on the platform and turn about 45 degrees to the right, until you face another ledge.

Glide over there and smash all three purple-topped chests.

Take the whirlwind behind you back up to the other edge, then stand on the platform again and glide the other way, back to the Fool.

Continue back from there to Unika, then glide back to the main part of the level again.

Pick up 7 loose gems in between the two platforms here.

Hug the wall around the corner to find a couple of hidden metal chests containing 4 gems.

On the platforms are MCMs; jump and charge them like any before for 7 gems.

Be careful with the MCM that drops the purple gem, as it is right near the edge. Only tap-charge to hit it, and afterwards turn away from the edge, as Spyro may skid. Do this to avoid falling into the nothingness below.

Look over ahead to a floating platform near the other side.

Jump onto the platform beside you, then glide over to one there with 9 gems.

Glide from there to the next bit.

In the corner to the left is a pair of metal chests holding 10 gems total.

Over around the platform here are a couple of Fools; do not hit these guys when they are far apart. They are very maneuverable, so try to get them close before you hit them.

Hitting them both will raise a platform off that platform, then another one off that.

Jump to the top, and glide into the hole in the cliff.

Grab 20 gems in there. This hole in the wall contains the key.

If the timers have run out, hit the Fools again.

This time atop the platforms, glide over onwards into the level, marked by an MCM.

On this ledge, scour for green and purple-topped chests, 4 more loose gems, and an extra life.

Jump and charge the MCM by the edge for a golden gem; this one is particularly close to the ledge, so attack it from that side instead. Just do not stand too close, as it might swipe you off.

Once you finally get it, go ahead to another one.

Charge it for a purple gem, then get a higher one from that platform for another.

Glide over to what is also the end of the right-hand fork from the start of the level.

Grab a golden gem in front of the steps.

Smash open two wooden chests beside it for another 10 gems total. This is just before the stairs which lead down to Jacques and contains 45 gems.

Face over to the FCMs on the floating platforms over there; glide past them, flaming them as you do for a green gem from each.

Flame another FCM running about on the ground for a purple gem.

Destroy the pair of green-topped chests by the wall, and pick up another 6 gems on the other side.

Hit the Fool here to raise the platform.