-------------------------------------------------------------------- PORTAL RUNNER Secret Jewel FAQ Version 1.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by Parzival Started 20 october 2003 Finished 11 november 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS Introduction What is this FAQ about? Secret jewels per level - Level 1 - Level 2 - Level 3 - Level 4 - Level 5 - Level 6 - Level 7 - Level 8 - Level 9 - Level 10 - Level 11 - Level 12 - Level 13 - Level 14 - Level 15 - Level 16 - Level 17 - Level 18 - Level 19 - Level 20 What do you get for getting a perfect game? Thanks Legal -------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION Portal runner is a fun platformer with lots of things to do and to discover, but for some reason it didn't get the attention it deserved. Yet I had much fun playing it and I hope this FAQ will contribute to its future popularity. Portal runner isn't a very difficult platformer in the sense that you don't have to perform 'impossible' jumps or likewise. It contains, however, a serious challenge in the form of what could be called the 'secret jewels'. Jewels (or gems, or whatever) are items which can be found throughout the game, but some of them are very well hidden or just hard to get. While visiting the GameFAQs boards I have encountered some instances of people who had trouble finding all of them. It's these secret jewels what the present FAQ is about. If you want to contact me about this FAQ, please do so on the Portal Runner GameFAQs message board. I'll be checking the board from time to time. One more point: English is not my native language, so I apologize beforehand for any grammar or spelling mistakes. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS THIS FAQ ABOUT? This FAQ is primarily about finding the 'secret jewels' of the game. This is a term I will coin for indicating the jewels that are hard to find or not directly visible. In general, the following distinction can be made: Secret jewels: the jewels that can only be found when specific actions are performed which are not part of the direct game flow. These jewels are generally the hardest to find, and this FAQ does pretend completeness for these types of jewels. Secret jewels can, for instance, be found by disclosing secret areas or by activating secret platforms (the Lion platforms) taking you to previously inaccessible locations. In this FAQ, secret jewel events are indicated by a separate subject header, e.g. 'The gumball machine'. Secret Lion platforms are indicated by just 'Lion platform'. Hard-to-find jewels: these are the jewels that can in principle be found by just exploring the regular game area, but are not in immediate sight. I will only mention part of them, for the simple reason that the 'hardness' of finding jewels is highly a matter of taste. Is a jewel hidden behind a tree 'hard to find'? Yet, I will try to be as helpful as possible and indicate many locations of hard-to-find jewels along the way. This FAQ, however, does not pretend completeness for this type of jewels. The abovementioned distinction may be a bit arbitrary, but I hope it will serve to lend a bit of a structure to this FAQ. This FAQ does NOT include: (1) A regular walkthrough. For a general desription of events and encountered enemies, please refer to the clear and helpful FAQ by Wolf Feather on GameFAQs. (2) Regular jewels. These are the jewels which are just found along the way, indicating the paths, etc. This FAQ does not mention these jewels in any way. The reason for this is that the task to describe them all would be considerably more time-consuming, and it would also be rather unnecessary, since the regular jewels are all in plain sight. So you'll have to find them for yourself. In this sense, this FAQ is not about 'getting 100%'. It does, however, provide some crucial information which will greatly increase the chance that you will get 100%. Maybe I'll add a complete overview of all jewels some time in the future, if the need exists. (3) A complete list of the numbers of jewels involved in all the 'secret events'. Originally I wanted to include this, but the point is that I wasn't always sure how many jewels you get by certain events. To avoid misunderstanding, I do not give exact numbers unless I'm absolutely sure of them. Then again, this FAQ is meant primarily to describe the events that will disclose secret jewels, and not to mention their exact numbers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SECRET JEWELS PER SECTION For easy reference, I will include the titles of the missions you get in the game when starting a new level. One word about the 'lion platforms', which will be triggered regularly throughout the whole game. They are a major source of secret jewels and generally will take you to other locations, while sometimes you won't be able to move. Therefore, ALWAYS take care that you jump or step in the middle of the platform. It's very annoying when you miss some of the jewels it takes you to, because that means you'll have to do the level (or the section since the last checkpoint) over again. This actually happened to me a few times. Lion platforms, in general, cannot be activated a second time (that is, in the same run). -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 1 Mission: Follow Sarge through the portals There's not many secrets here. In the lake area, where you start, there is a secret area behind the waterfall, where a number of yellow jewels can be found. Shooting the crystall ball at the ceiling of the cave will result in an additional red jewel. In the chessboard section, activate the four red points on the floating platforms (they will turn green). A walkway will be created, giving access to a number of green, blue and yellow jewels. Completing the walkway also will produce a lion platform taking you to a white crystal (it is also a vista point, by the way). -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 2 Mission: Find and rescue Sarge From the point where you start, located behind your back is a chocolate box. Behind this box is a red jewel. There's also a lion platform here, taking you to a vista point. When you have started on your way, a stop sign can be seen. Shoot it and it will produce a red jewel. A little further on is a second stop sign (somewhere where the snowman was standing) which will give another red jewel following the same procedure. Shooting the clown's nose (actually you have to do this in order to create the bridge) will result in 2 yellow and 1 green jewels. - The gumball machine - ----------------------- When you have crossed the bridge and arrived at the gumball machine, shoot the red knob on the machine with an arrow. A lion platform will appear, taking you a rather long way through the air, taking a large number of jewels along the way. When passing along the corridor where all the gumballs are rolling, run on to the very end (where the gumballs are generated). Around the corner, one white crystal can be found. There are also jewels behind and on top of the toy boxes. - Lion platform - ----------------- When you arrive at the end of the regular course, just before it opens into a rather open area, look to your right and upwards and you will see two magicians and a green animal (what the heck is it? A triceratops?) floating in the air, suspended from the ceiling. Shoot an arrow at all three of them. You'll hear a ringing sound if you have hit them correctly. A lion platform will then appear, taking you to a number of blue jewels. NOTE: shooting the stop signs here will give you no jewels, only green hearts. Next, advance to the lion platform a little further on (this is when the event of 'rescueing Sarge' has been triggered). Ride the platform while shooting ALL the cookie men in first person mode. Once you keep killing them, the platform will continue to rise up and you'll take up a number of jewels while riding upwards. After you have got them all and reached the top, don't forget to take the yellow jewels alongside the box structure. You'll have to go down again, climb up and take the jewels, and do it fast! -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 3 Mission: Find Rage inside the cave Behind the trees in the forest clearing are four blue jewels to be found. Behind the waterfall inside the cave are 2 blue and 1 yellow jewels. Destroying the rockmen spawner with explosive arrows will give you two yellow jewels. This feature (destroying spawners will produce jewels) will be a regular point of attention throughout the game, so keep an eye on it. Climbing the rock platforms (where the first spawner was) gets you one yellow jewel and a vista point. Past the large cave with the moving platforms and the subsequent cave with the falling stalactites is a narrow passage with a red jewel in a chasm which is rather hard to get. My suggestion is to drop Vikki to the platform just off the ledge, do a long jump in direction of the red jewel (there is a platform there) and, via the other platforms, make your way back to the platform you originally dropped onto. Opposite this platform, on the other side of the chasm, is yet another platform from which you barely make it back to the ledge. Stand to the right of this last platform, with your back to the wall, jump to the other side, and Vikki will just get hold of the ledge. In the 'fire cave', destroying the two rockmen spawners will again give you two yellow jewels each. - Lion platform - ----------------- After the pillar room (the one where you have to shoot the flying crystals) go downwards and into a new cave (with the laser gun, see below). Just to your right, around the corner, is a ledge with some yellow hearts on it. In the ceiling of this little cave a blueish magic crystal can be seen. Shoot it with an arrow and a lion platform will appear which takes you all the way back into the fire cave and up to four secret jewels. The lion platform will then take you back to the ledge you departed from. - The laser gun - ----------------- In the same cave as where this ledge is in, a rotating laser gun can be seen, surrounded by ice blocks with jewels in it. Shoot the crystal that floats above the gun when the gun is pointing at the ice blocks. The blocks will be blown away and you can easily take the jewels. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 4 Mission: Befriend the lion and set up camp From the starting point, standing with your back to the lake, to the right is a rock wall that can be blown up with explosive arrows. Inside is a raptor spawner. Destroy it and you will get two green jewels. Remember to look for similar breakable walls throughout this level. After you befriended Leo and have gone to the waterfall area, there are two yellow jewels to be found behind the waterfall (never would have expected that... ). - The secret cave - ------------------- Standing on the shore of the lake, facing the waterfall, slightly to your right is a rock wall that can be destroyed with an explosive arrow. Enter the cave and shoot all the stalactites with explosive arrows. They will shut off the geysers and you can easily collect 4 blue and 2 red jewels. - Lion platform - ----------------- When you gathered the first wooden stick for the campfire (to be found on the side of the lava river), to get the second stick you must blow up a rock to the left of you and enter a side cave with a river to be crossed by means of (slowly descending) platforms. When you have got the second stick, go back along the platforms, and about halfway, in the river, a rock will be visible just sticking out from the lava. Shoot it with an explosive arrow and a lion platform will appear, taking you to a number of jewels. On the way to the pterosaur's nest, there is another rock wall that can be blown up with explosive arrows, with some jewels in it. A little further on is a spawner. Blow it up and two green jewels will appear. In the little cave where you find the third stick, there are some skulls and a bone to be found. Shoot them with explosive arrows and three green jewels will appear. If you can't find these locations immediately, just keep running around and you'll eventually find them. The area is rather complicated so the exact locations of the caves and spawners is hard to describe. CAUTION: Do NOT start the campfire before you have collected all jewels, because starting the campfire will end the level. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 5 Mission: Find a way out of the canyon This is a very straightforward level, with many regular jewels along the way. In the first part, look for jewels hidden in the grass and among the plants. Also, take care that you collect all jewels from the long jumps with Leo (in some cases using the T-bone steaks). In the water area, ride the leaves and jump down to collect the jewels floating in the air. At the first checkpoint, you should have 85 jewels. In the second part, the timed level, quickly collect all yellow jewels on the ground and then go upwards across the ledges, jumping to collect yet more jewels (and the magic stones, of course). - Lion platform - ----------------- Up the highest ledge, near the end of the open area, you will see a circle flashing between two ledges (it is possible that you will see this circle only after you collect the magic stone which is also there; it went so fast that I can't remember precisely). Jump through the flashing circle and on the next ramp, a lion platform will appear. Ride the platform to get some white crystals (called diamonds, by the way) and a vista point. At the end of the track you should have 140 jewels. Then proceed further and collect everything along the way. Take care that you get all jewels when you jump off the last, high ledge. It's very annoying if you miss one, because you'll have to go back and try again. It is possible that you can still get the jewels after you triggered the magic portal event, but I never tried this, I always got them in the first run. When you have activated the magic stone portal, you should have collected all 153 jewels. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 6 Mission: Solve the secret of the pyramid and find a way out of the jungle After you solved the first puzzle (with Leo and the rising pillar) and got the magic stone, have Leo sit on the lion square besides the pillar on the ground. The arrow-firing dragon heads will explode, giving a blue jewel each. - Lion platform - ----------------- Next, shoot all the magical crystall bals (a regular arrow will do) which also appear in place of the disappeared dragon heads. A lion platform will appear, taking you to a few green jewels (and a vista point). Once you solved the puzzle with Leo and the pyramid, the three raptor spawners behind the pyramid will each give a red jewel after destruction. Maybe you should best destroy ALL raptor spawners you encounter, to make sure you do not miss any jewels generated by their destruction. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 7 Mission: Cross the lava lake There's quite a few things to do here. There's a red jewel on top of the three platform stairs directly behind you where you start. - The lion's mouth - -------------------- When you have stopped the lava flow, cross to the other side of the lava lake (using the moving platform) and pick up the fire arrows to the far left. Then, shoot the scrubs on the other end of the ledge using fire arrows, kill the rock monster and 2 blue jewels can be picked up behind it. Now notice there is a red jewel in the mouth of the lion on the other side of the lava lake. Stand on the square grey platform near the point where you killed the rock monster. A moving crystal will appear. Hit it with a regular arrow and a platform with blue jewels will appear. Jump to the first platform and the next one will appear. Jump all of them, taking the blue jewels with you, and on the last platform, you will finally be able to grab the red jewel in the lion's mouth. - The secret cave - ------------------- Return to the ledge you came from, where there is a purple heart. Now face the other end of the ledge again (where you killed the rock monster) turn slightly to your right and look up. You'll see a dead tree on top of a high rock. Shoot the tree a few times with fire arrows and some large platforms will rise up from the lava. Use them to cross to the other side of the lake again, but this time go down to the platforms on the lava lake. When you face the high rock again (the one where the dead tree was on) you'll see the entrance of a cave. Enter it and jump to the various platforms to collect 5 jewels (if I have counted them correctly). In the next section of the level (after you have burned the dead trees on the far side of the lava lake and crossed the checkpoint) remember to: - Shoot all dead trees and scrubs with fire arrows. Some have jewels 'inside' them; - There are some jewels hidden in the lava pits you have to cross. Look down carefully and collect them by using the platforms on the sides of the pits. When you have shot the water elemental crsytal, there's a few jewels to be found in the water just before it. - Lion platform - ----------------- On the other side, where the water elemental crystal was/is, there's also an annoying flying monster shooting fireballs at you. Kill it and a lion platform will appear, taking you to the other side. There's a white crystal and a red jewel to be found here (along with some lightning arrows). Down a narrow shaft, another red jewel can be found. When you have arrived at the site of the lightning elemental crystal, on the other side of the large clearing there are a lot of scrubs. Set them all on fire and behind them you will find a blue jewel and, down a shaft, a red one. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 8 Mission: Escape before the volcano erupts This is another very straightforward level. No real secrets here. You'll just have to run through and collect every jewel to be seen (easy, isn't it?). Search carefully for every jewel in the caves and caverns. A few points of notice: A little way into the level, you'll encounter an array of pillars you can jump onto. Near that is a ledge leading to a set of jewels and one white crystal. - Lion platform - ----------------- There is a detour from the main track somewhere halfway the level. You'll see a line of yellow jewels leading down. Do the jump and run over the tilting ramps to the other side of the lava river. Wait till the last ramp tilts up and jump on the pillar. There is a lion platform here; riding it will take you a long way up, taking a set of blue jewels along the way. At the checkpoint at the base of the volcano (the game will tell you so if you're there) you should have collected 84 jewels. When you jump along the disappearing platforms, after the 'base of the volcano' checkpoint, somewhere to the left will be a side alcove with some jewels in it. Take care of the jumps downwards off the ramps; if you miss a jewel, you'll have to kill yourself and try again, because you can't get back up again. At the final checkpoint, before the lava lake, you should have collected 111 jewels. After you completed the final lava lake 'puzzle', four additional jewels can be found on the ramp leading up to the end of the level. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 9 Mission: Rescue the wizard and find a way to open the locked gate After the first run through the platform course towards gaining the golden arrow, you should have collected 89 jewels. - The secret basement - ----------------------- After you got the golden arrow, go back down and shoot it at the four moving chess pieces (don't worry, the golden arrow will regenerate each time you use it, near the gate where the magician is standing). You'll hear a ringing sound each time you hit a chess piece (they also slightly change colour, if I have observed correctly). After you hit all the chess pieces, they will recede into the four corners of the chessboard and a teleporter will appear (a kind of blueish haze). Enter the haze and you will be teleported to a secret basement below the chessboard. In the basement are ten chests to be found, each one containing a jewel (just shoot them with a regular arrow). There is another teleporter in one of the corners of the basement. Use it to get back to the main chessboard. CAUTION: The teleporter cannot be created a second time, so be sure to take all jewels in one visit. - Lion platform - ----------------- For the secret lion platform, do the platform course again which originally took you to the golden arrow. When you reach the topmost platform (the one the golden arrow was on), go in first person mode and shoot a (regular) arrow at the flags on top of the towers in the four corners of the chessboard (I think you should be aiming at the hearts near the flag posts). Again, you will hear a ringing sound if you do it right. When you have hit all flags, jump back down and a lion platform will have appeared underneath the topmost platform (the one you were on when shooting the flags). Jump on the lion platform and ride it to a white crystal, far outside the chessboard. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 10 Mission: Solve the secret of the stone monolith to break the magical barrier There's a lone blue jewel (and a vista point) near the beginning of the level. - Lion platform - ----------------- When you have collected the explosive arrows in the 'disco cave' (with the anti-gravity jumps), and stand on the farthest mushroom, turn around and face the hollow tree trunk through which you entered the cave. Look upwards and you'll see a lion platform attached to the ceiling. Hit the lion platform with an explosive arrow and it will descend. Ride the platform to a ledge high up in the cave and collect all the jewels there. In the stalactite cave, where you get the fire arrows, the objective is just to make some difficult jumps in order to collect all the jewels in the cave. Solving the secret of the monolith will yield a number of yellow jewels and one white crystal. Don't forget to take up the jewels in the graveyards. Near the exit is a large group of jewels to be found. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 11 Mission: Defeat the great tree The stones generating knights and demon lions will give, when destroyed, two blue jewels each. There is a well-hidden white crystal on the ground level. If you face the large tree (the one firing fireballs at you), go to the left side of the tree and circle behind it. There is a root end where you can jump over. Proceed further and a white crystal can be found in the clearing behind the large tree. - Lion platform - ----------------- Just after the first checkpoint in the tree (so that will be the second checkpoint of the level) there is a detour giving you a number of extra jewels. Do not jump down (to the right, where the main track is leading) but instead jump behind a vertical branch leading you to a number of red jewels. There is also a lion platform at the end of the branch. Jump on it and you will be taken to another set of red jewels (and a vista point). At the second checkpoint in the tree (where the water arrows can be found) you should have 60 jewels. The rest can be found on the way to the inside of the tree. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 12 Mission: Defeat the Guardian Dragon - Lion platform - ----------------- When facing the castle, shoot ALL the coats of arms that are displayed on the castle front. A lion platform will appear in front of the castle, taking you to a number of white crystals (two, if I have counted correctly). NOTE: I don't know if you have to shoot the coats of arms within a set period of time, but do so as quickly as possible just to be sure. There is another little secret in this level: the curved stone pillars (or pedestals, or whatever) on the perimeter of the central ground have a heart-shaped sign on them with a little cross in it. Shoot all heart signs with an explosive arrow to activate some beams of red light emanating from the pedestals. When all beams have been activated, a purple heart will appear in the centre of the ground. This will be helpful in defeating the dragon. CAUTION: Do NOT kill the dragon before getting all jewels, because killing the dragon will end the level. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 13 Mission: Collect the magical playing cards to open the doors of the castle Shooting the chests in the first hall will reveal a number of yellow jewels. This shooting of chests will occur through the rest of the game as well, so I won't be mentioning this anymore from now on. The barrels can be destroyed using fire arrows, but it will gain you nothing, as far as I know. NOTE: Shooting the coats of arms on the castle walls will sometimes result in the creation of arrows. In the Ace of hearts room, shooting the chandelier at the ceiling will create a green heart on the floor. This will occur in other comparable rooms as well. There are no jewels to be gained by this, but I might as well mention it. In the west courtyard, climbing up a set of crates will take you to the rooftops, where you can find a number of yellow jewels. On the ground floor, to the right of these crates is a crackled wall. Shoot it with an explosive arrow to reveal a jewel in a secret alcove. In the northwest courtyard, shooting the bucket near the well will result in a green heart. In the northeast courtyard, once you enter the castle itself, to the right there will be a door with an Ace of hearts on it. Open it and you will see a well with a red jewel floating above it. Shoot the chandelier hanging from the ceiling and the red jewel will divide into a set of blue jewels on the ground. - Secret passage - ------------------ This one is hard to describe. When you have mounted the stairs in the northeast courtyard and did the jumps over the passageway below, you will eventually come to a set of rooftops. Just before you enter the castle buildings again, to the left, but still on the rooftops, there is a crackled wall. Shoot it with an explosive arrow to reveal a secret passageway with some stairs. Enter the room above and you will be greeted by a number of annoying bats. Kill the bats and shoot the chest in the center of the room, which will then produce a great number of yellow jewels (and a lightning arrow). - Secret passage #2 - --------------------- Once you got the Three of hearts, enter the as yet unopened door (with the Three of hearts on it), enter the passageway and turn to the left. Ahead of you you will see another crackled wall. Again, shoot it with an explosive arrow. Inside you will find a green jewel (and yet another explosive arrow). Once you got the joker card on the topmost platform in the joker tower, look ahead of you and you will see four shields attached to the wall. Shoot them in the right order (as you did with the others; the pattern is not difficult to figure out) and a whole set of yellow jewels will appear which you can pick up on your way down again. - The secrets in the main hall - -------------------------------- After you killed all enemies in the main hall, shoot the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. A collection of arrows and hearts will appear, including a water arrow. Then, shoot water arrows at the fire in the fireplace and at the lit torches. When all three fire sources are extinguished, red jewels will appear for each of them. Next, shoot the yellow heart above one of the main doors (it's quite high up). A lion platform will appear, taking you to a number of jewels up in the air. Finally, enter the next hall and you'll see a statue of Brigitte Bleu. Shoot the red jewel flying around it and a set of blue jewels will appear on the ground level. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 14 Mission: Make your way to the portal This is again a very linear, straightforward level. A few points of notice: - The aeroplanes - ------------------ When you have reached the first tank, have Leo control the switch of the laser of this tank (the switch is in fact beside the tank on the ground). Fire the tank laser just as the aeroplanes fly by. The planes will be destroyed by the laser gun, dropping a green jewel each. After you get to the second tank (after passing through the pipelines) you will find a switch behind it (on the higher level). Push it to destroy the tank, which will generate a number of jewels. In the 'doll's houses', destroy all furniture to reveal yet more jewels. - Lion platform - ----------------- Then, backtrack to find a switch next to the ramp which took you downwards earlier. Push the switch to trigger an explosion and a lion platform will appear, which will take you over the boxes. Proceed further and notice the control device with the two red switches. Use the switches to solve the little train puzzle (it's very simple, just try a few things). A little further on, in between the boxes, a whole set of jewels can be collected. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 15 Mission: Find the way to the lower dungeon to rescue Vikki In this level, remember that you must break all crates and barrels with Leo's claws, because some of them will contain jewels. - Lion platform - ----------------- A simple lion platform puzzle awaits you in the second room (the one with the large statue in the middle). Jump to the other side and activate the switch there. A set of platforms stacked in the alcove will now move to the centre of the room. There is a second switch to one side of the room. Jump to it to activate it and then jump to the opposite side of the room where there is a lion platform, where you can easily grab two white crystals. In the room where you have to destroy all the crates to reveal the blue switches (with all the soldiers being spawned), when you have destroyed the crates the actual spawner will be visible (a stone emitting a green glow and generating soldiers). This stone can also be destroyed, yielding an extra yellow jewel. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 16 Mission: Find Vikki in the cage room The first part of this level is very straightforward. Remember to destroy ALL crates and barrels you come across. - Lion platform - ----------------- After you solved the puzzle with the trapping of the ghosts and have unlocked the sealed door, go through this door and follow the path until you come to a small lower area with a lion platform resting on the floor. Let's call this area the Starting point. Activate the blue switch to your left and step on the lion platform, which will then take you, via a rather long course, to a ledge, collecting a whole set of jewels along the way. Collect the jewels on this ledge, and then bactrack to the beginning of the ledge. The lion platform will have disappeared and now you have to make a jump down, collecting yet more jewels (you will just make it). You will be back on the Starting point. Next, don't follow the path indicated by the jewels, but instead dive into the green stuff and follow a slight curve to the left (the green stuff will cause some damage, but not much). You will see another line of yellow jewels on a beach-like stretch of land. Pick them up and follow the track to another ledge. Jump down and again you're back at the Starting point. Now you can continue your way as indicated by the line of jewels. Once you start completing the final mission of the level (the running around the circular track while hitting the counterweights) take care that you collect all jewels on the track. Near the switch releasing Vikki, a white crystal can be found. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 17 Mission: Find the golden arrow to unlock the way to the portal This level is a complex series of hallways and pits. I will describe them as best as I can. After you did the first run through the hallway (with the closing doors), jump over the pit to collect the yellow jewels, but do not jump on the blue platform ahead. Instead, turn around and let yourself fall in the pit. You will be in an underground hallway. Run to the other side and get the fire arrow. You need not destroy the barrels, as far as I know (they only contain hearts and arrows) unless you need a particular type of arrow, of course. Run all the way back again and use the fire arrow to shoot the shield on the door and hit the switch. Run back again (notice there will be created new yellow jewels on the way back) and, this time, jump on the platform. Jump to the other platform and again run through a hallway. This time let yourself fall in the last pit (there will be a yellow jewel there, so be careful to take it). In the underground passageway destroy the first crate to get some explosive arrows. Use one of them to destroy the door on the other side. Hit the switch in the room, again head back and jump on the blue platform. Jump to the other platform and enter yet another hallway. Run through it and jump down the last pit, with the trail of yellow jewels leading down into it (you can best first take the jewels around and above the pit, then let yourself fall into it and pick up the other ones). Again you are in an underground passageway. Follow it to the end, take a lightning arrow from one of the barrels and shoot the shield door. Again take the platforms and run through the hallway, at last finding the golden arrow in a barrel. Ride the platform and use the golden arrow to shoot the door. You will be in the last hallway. - Lion platform - ----------------- If you look to the left a little way into the hallway, you will notice a lion mask emitting smoke. Shoot it with an arrow and a little further on, a lion platform will appear. Ride it to collect the last jewels of the level. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 18 Mission: Defeat the flying saucer to get the key to the wedding hall After you passed the first door and rounded the sharp U-turn, there is an easy-to-miss yellow jewel to the right (in the section with the moving laser beams). In the prehistoric world section, don't forget to destroy the raptor's nest (spawner) with explosive arrows. The spawner is to be found somewhere halfway the prehistoric section and the arrows can be found next to it. The spawner's destruction will yield three jewels. - Lion platform - ----------------- In the long room with the rolling energy spheres, go to the middle section, a little way into the room. When you look upward, you will see a line of jewels. Now turn towards the direction you came from, and you will see a red switch on the metal parts dividing the two passageways. Shoot the switch with an explosive arrow (but maybe other types will work as well) and a lion platform will appear, taking you up to the mentioned line of jewels. For the next part, just collect all the jewels in sight and check all the hallways. The last five jewels can be found in the prehistoric world, where you will end up again on your way back to the door at the beginning of the level, in order to prevent the marriage. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 19 Mission: Find the way to the brain room In the first half of this level, there are no real secrets. Therefore I will jump directly to the large, circular, arena-shaped dome with the pillar and sphere in the middle. At the start of this section of the level, when you have to enter the side passageway to the elevator in the pillar there (in order to eventually shoot the floating blue balls) there is a green jewel hidden behind this pillar. - Lion platform - ----------------- This is assuming that you have arrived at the topmost platform (the one with the control panels) and have activated the low-gravity device. When you look downward, you will see a set of platforms (the ones you used earlier to get to the top) with a lighted, circular pattern on them. When you jump on these platforms, the lights will go out. Now the trick is to jump from platform to platform (each time turning off the lights) until you arrive at the platform directly opposite the final way out (the exit indicated by the blue lights). I think you have to pass all of them, but I don't know if you have to do it in a certain order (just do it in the way you came). Anyway, when you have visited all lighted platforms, a lion platform will descend from the top of the central pillar, like an elevator. Then just go down, step on the lion platform and it will take you up inside the energy sphere. You can then easily grab all the jewels. There are also jewels strewn across the large dome, but you can get them all using low-gravity jumps. In fact it is quite fun to do it. The best way is to go to a high enough location, centre a specific jewel by going into first person mode, then go back to normal view and jump. Turn the camera to a vertical vision angle, looking from above, to make catching the jewels easier. The last three jewels can be found on the way out. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 20 Mission: Defeat the brain This level contains only one secret. - The secret compartment - -------------------------- Somewhere along the perimeter of the circular hall, you will see a large red door, as if leading to some inner storage room. The trick is to shoot the door with TWO piercing arrows, then it will open and a lion platform will be revealed. Just collect the two red jewels, jump on the lion platform and grab the white crystal. My suggestion for clearing this level is to collect all regular jewels, then retreat into the alcove with the red laser beams, shut off the laser beams and wait for two piercing arrows to appear, one after the other (they will regenerate after some time). Then, with full health, make a run for the red door, open it, collect the jewels and return. You can then easily finish off the brain. There are also red switches along the perimeter of the hall, but I'm not sure what these do if you turn them on. If I have observed right, it creates a piercing arrow, but these will be regenerated anyway, so I'm not quite certain as to their use. Final score: 144.870. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT DO YOU GET FOR GETTING A PERFECT GAME? To say it briefly: you will get four pictures of Vikki, in various poses, as a part of the 'extras' option in the 'options' section of the main menu. These shots are quite good in their own right ;-) but it's nothing special. No extra level, extra weapon or whatsoever (at least not that I know). Well, of course, it's the satisfaction of getting all jewels that counts, isn't it? You will also get the message 'a perfect game!' at the closing of the final level. And, of course, all 20 photographs taken at the vista points (that is, if you have visited them all). I established this simply by beating the final boss again, this time without collecting all jewels of the last level. -------------------------------------------------------------------- THANKS - 3DO for making a nice game (well, 3DO gets bashed so often, let's give 'em some credit this time); - Crythania for suggesting to me to write this FAQ. It was the little push I needed towards finally doing it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL This FAQ Copyright 2003 Wijnand Kranendonk (Parzival). This FAQ is published solely on GameFAQs.com. It may not be published on any other site without my prior consent. 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