Sonic Advance 3 - Strategy Guide (Page 04)

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Chao #5: Jump down to your right, but hug the left wall as you go down
or you will hit a purple badnik! Run right, you will end up running
through a total of three loop-de-loops before eventually running up a
wall and ending up in a new area, then go left. You will find a switch
and see a slightly higher up ledge with a spike trap you have to look
out for, a spring the switch activates and flying over your head a
plane badnik you will have to take care of, hit the switch and jump on
that spring. You will be sent into another spring that bounces you
right into an area that has a bug and a see-saw at the left end of the
platform. Jump on the right end of the see-saw then go to the left end
of it so when the spiky ball comes back down it will spring into the
air instead of hitting you. Grab that little pole you see to bounce up
higher, you will find a ? Ring Item Box and you will see another see-
saw floating in the air to your right, get that item box and then you
want to use that other see-saw to get up higher, it might take a couple
of tries but you will land on a rail up there, grind, or better yet Tag
Action. Off of the rail you will hit a spring and go left, then you
will find an Invincibility Item Box, get it and then hit the speed
booster you see to the left of it. That will send you into a couple of
springs, then you will find yourself launched off a ramp going left,
keep pressing left and you will end up running left and killing a bug
with your invincibility. A spring you hit will send you up a rail but
look closely. Above the rail you will see a trampoline floating in mid-
air, to the left of that a moving block, to the left of that a moving
platform that crumbles if you stay on it too long. Up against the left
wall where the spring that sends you up the rails is way up high is a
small platform with the Chao on it. You can either try to jump off the
rail and land on trampoline and stuff up there then jump to the left
off of them to try to get the Chao, or much easier use Tag Action High
Jump on the ground near the spring to get up to where the Chao is.


Chao #6: This Chao is at the end of the act and is much easier to get
if you have flight or climbing or tag action high jump mainly because
of the way I am going to describe it, it is at the end of the act and a
lot of act is in between the last Chao and this one and a description
will be very long. When you are near the goal, turn around, you will
come upon a high wall to the left, at the top is a ledge with the Chao
on it. You can come though the act a certain way and not have to use
flight or climbing or tag action high jump , but there is more than one
way to do it and I don't feel like giving a long winded discussion.
There it is, if you want to find another way with the flight challenged
teams go for it.

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8.a.3. Zone 1 Act 3 Chao:
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Like the other acts in this zone, any team can get the Chao, but it is
best if you have Boost Mode and able to get up higher and at the
beginning an R trick makes it easier, another good Sonic/Tails act.

Chao #7: From the beginning you will jump down a gap then you will be
grinding a rail (If you jump through the rail you will find an area
where you can get a Green or Ring Magnet Shield but it leads nowhere
else and you will just be back on that rail again). Off of the rail
keep running, you will hit a spring and you will see a ledge covered
with spikes and to the left of that blocks moving up and down in a
hole. You want to go right of both the spikes and blocks, a right Mid-
Air Trick from that spring is nice there if you can do it. Anyway try
not to fall down into that area below the blocks. On the other side
keep going right, you will go around a loop-de-loop and end up at a
see-saw. Use the see-saw, grab the handle and then at the top jump off
to the right being careful of that bug up there. Go right, a spring
will spring you up higher, beware of the plane, jump over the spikes.
Continue right, the floor will start curving and you will start running
down, jump off now while in that little gap between the floor and right
wall, you do not want to run around on the ceiling or you will miss the
Chao! Head left, a spring will spring you up, you will see a 10 Ring
Item Box and the Chao.

Chao #8: Jump down to the left and continue running right. You might
want to press down to curl up in a ball because you will be launched in
the air and if you don't you will end up hitting a purple badnik! Now
at the end of that platform jump as far right as possible, you will end
up hopefully hitting a purple badnik then hitting either a handle and
chain or just hitting the spring above it, anyway the chain takes you
to the spring anyway, that sends you through a loop-de-loop and you are
stopped by a see-saw. Use it to get up higher and you will encounter
another see-saw, go even higher and you will hit a small pole on the
wall that bounces you higher still, watch out for the plane up there.
And guess what, another see-saw! You will hit another pole on the wall,
but this time when you go up higher watch out! There is a block moving
up and down up there and you can get crushed both under and on top of
it so make sure you run under it when it is safe and of course hit the
speed booster. You will end up grinding a rail, then running past the
checkpoint. You will run through a loop-de-loop and eventually be
bounced on a spring to the right, you should land on a handle and
chain. Go right watching out for a bug up there, the spring sends you
left and down. Just run off the edge and you will end up on spinning
handles. Jump off as far left as you can, you should land on a rail
heading left. At the end of the rail is a platform that falls jump up
real quick and get the handle up there or you will fall down and have
to get back up there! Now go left watching out for a blue bug. You will
end up going through a corkscrew eventually, then grinding a rail, be
careful because at the end of the rail you will be sent up a curve to
the left and an easy to hit bug is on the top! Now jump down to the
left, ignore the floating platform and just fall, slow down! At the
bottom to the right is a checkpoint and by that is a ramp, but you do
not want to launch off the ramp. Instead jump down just to the right of
it. Down there is an Invincibility Item Box and a blue switch, get your
item box, hit the blue switch, then run for it to the right but not too
fast! Past the bugs you will see a hole to the right and a blue and
orange platform going up and down next to it the switch activated, try
to get on that platform. Then use the pole on the wall if you want to
to go to the right. You will be under a rail and find a speed booster,
hit the speed booster and go up the wall, be careful of spikes at the
top, let the spikes stop you. Now jump down just right of the spikes,
try not to jump to far to the right, get your plane on the way down.
You should land on a red switch, press it and head right. You will go
down and hit a spring that will send you into a wall and then you will
fall down on a rail, grind and afterwards you will run into the Chao.
Even if you do not make it to this rail and fall further down, just
keep going and you will end up at a checkpoint, from there head a
little left and you will still find the Chao.

Chao #9: Go right past the checkpoint. You will hit a spring, go
through a loop-de-loop, and launched by a ramp to the right, go through
another loop-de-loop and hit a spring and end up in a corkscrew. Think
fast! Jump just after the corkscrew before you fall in the gap to catch
a hold of spinning handles. Easy to miss so you might want a team that
can get back up there if you miss. Jump up off the handles onto a
handle and chain up above, the Chao is on a little ledge to the right.

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8.a.4. Zone 1 Map Chao:
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Chao #10: If you go left past where the Final Boss is located you will
find this Chao near a spring that is pointing to the left at the end of
a platform, a slightly faster way to get there is if you have either a
tag team ability to go higher or flight is to use this just a little
past the Act 2 Ring and land on the platform that is to the right that
has the spring on the end.

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8.a.5. Zone 1 Special Spring:
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When you reach the Act 1 Ring area go left and you will find a spring,
jump on the spring and go straight up, you will hit a horizontal pole
sticking out of the wall that will send you further up, the Special
Spring is on the right. A quicker way to go up there is to use Tag
Action High Jump just a little to the right of the Factory Ring and go
through the gap you see in the ceiling, land on the platform to the
right and you will see the same spring described above. It's too far
for Tails or Cream to fly.


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8.b. Zone 2: Sunset Hill
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Nostalgia anyone? Yes, that music is a remix of the first Zone in the
first Sonic Game, Green Hill, and of course it looks like Green Hill
too, except for the sunset..., oh how lovely... anyway a nice zone for
teams that can fly or team tag to higher places, there are some major
shortcuts you can take.

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8.b.1. Zone 2 Act 1 Chao:
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Any team can get these Chao, but there are a lot of poles and you have
to jump off of them just right and it is very easy to fall down too
far, so I suggest using a team that can either fly, climb or tag action
high jump to make it easier, but I will describe how you can do it with
anyone and the tricky areas where being able to get up higher might
help.

Chao #1: Starting from the beginning just go right for a while, you can
jump on the giant platform above the stairs if you want 6 rings, go
around the loop-de-loop, you will either be launched or hit a spring to
an area with an Omochao and a frog, Omochao says that there is
something above, which is correct. Jump to your left so you land on the
loop-de-loop you just went around, there is a switch that activates a
spring, That spring will send you right to a platform with a green
bouncy thing, that bounce sends you left to another green bounce, and
that one will send you right to a platform with a rock at the right end
an a moving platform above. Break the rock open and the Chao is inside.

Chao #2: Get on the moving platform and then go up and keep going
right, watch out for a hornet. Jump for the three rings near the sign
with the red arrow to make it across a hole (If you go down the hole
all you will find is a 10 Ring Item Box and spring that will get you
back up there, you can get it if you want.) Hit the spring, go up and
around the loop-de-loop, you will hit another spring and land on a
little ledge with a Green Shield on it next to a pole to the right. Get
your shield, then hit the pole. Instead of going on the other poles
when you get further down just jump off the pole straight down, it's
much less dangerous that way. Go right and hit the spring, you will go
around a loop-de-loop and at the other side of that is a bungee, but
instead of hitting the bungee jump over it instead. Now you should be
in an area with a monkey and a rock, go right and you have to think
fast! You will hit a water slide and you have to jump to the right fast
while you are sliding down, hit a pole, then jump off the pole to the
right into the upper gap in the right wall behind the waterfall, that
is where the Chao is. It is very easy to miss this so it is very good
to have a team that can get back up there if you fall down. Don't go in
the lower gap that has the 5 Ring Item Box next to it.

Chao #3: Go right from there, a rock and frog will stop you, just smash
them. Beyond that the platform ends, jump off as far to the right as
you can, there is a pole there and then you want to jump off the pole
to the right as soon as possible to land on a small ledge with a
spring, hit the spring and it sends you up through a loop-de-loop. Then
you will hit the checkpoint but you have to jump fast after that
because you will end up running around a curve going down if you do not
and you don't want to be down there, instead jump on the pole that is
to the right then jump off the pole to the right as soon as you can to
hit a spring, this is another place easy to miss and it is good to have
some way to get back up there again. Hit the spring, you will now be in
a place where you will have to Spin-dash right, keep going right, you
will cross a bridge then get to a rail, grind the rail. After grinding
the rail you will go up through the floor and find yourself by a blue
and yellow trampoline spring, jump on the spring and try to reach the
high platform by timing the jump just right to get maximum height,
watch out for the hornet. (If you land on the rail instead you can
still go that way but it is much harder) Head right and go down the
slope and just run into the red spring at the end as hard as you can.
That spring will sent you into a green bounce and that green bounce
will send you left up to a little ledge and a spring, hit that spring
then the next one, then you will go around a loop-de-loop and then run
across a small gap and stop at a 10 Ring Item Box, get it then jump
down that little gap. Now you are on a waterslide, you will fall right
on top of a loop-de-loop and you will see a giant platform moving up
and down to your right. Get on top of it, don't go under it unless you
want a crushing! Then jump on the other giant platform to the right of
that one. When that one is far enough right jump off again. Go right a
little ways and you will see a rail, grind. Off of that rail you will
hit another rail. You will see a 1-up at the top, but instead of going
up there the rail will send you flying to the left, just go with the
flow, you will hit a green bounce that will bounce you back to where
that 1-up is. And just across the bridge to the right of that 1-up is
the Chao.

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8.b.2. Zone 2 Act 2 Chao:
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Tails/Sonic Highly Recommended! Climbing or Tag Action High Jump
Required!!! This is a short act, but the first Chao is easy to miss but
is easiest to get with Sonic's Tag Action, climbing
works too but is very slow, and the second and third Chao are not only
pretty well hidden, but they are strangely pretty close together and
the third one requires flight or climbing or tag action high jump to
get to anyway. In my opinion Tails/Sonic is the best team and
Cream/Sonic would work if you have Cream unlocked already. It is
possible with Knuckles' climbing, in fact I first found the Chao with
Knuckles/Tails, but Tails or Cream/Sonic is really the best. There is
more than one way to do this too, but some of the other ways have very
iffy spots that you have to jump just right or you will die or not be
able to get the Chao, this way seems to be the easiest and this
description applies to Tails or Cream/Sonic.

Chao #4: Use Sonic Tag Action right from the beginning, you will go
around the first loop-de-loop with enough speed to run up the very high
wall, the Chao is at the top. (If you are interested in an
Invincibility Item Box, before going around the loop jump on the moving
platform beside it and then jump on top of the loop-de-loop.)

Chao #5: Now jump back down to your left. You will end up running
around the same loop-de-loop again, but then you will end up going down
a slope then going left up a wall, then hitting a speed booster that
will send you further down and you will be speeding right again. You
will hit a spring and try to land on the small platform with the
checkpoint on it. Now just walk off it and you will fall and land on a
moving platform. Jump on the other moving platform to your right, watch
out for the hornet, then jump off again onto the platform with the
speed booster, hit the speed booster and it will send you up the slope.
You will run up the curve and into the air and you will find yourself
on a short pole with a green bouncy thing below it. You want to jump
right off the pole over the bouncy thing and try to go as far right as
possible. You might hit a wall with three rings by it, make sure you
land on the rail that is underneath. Grind, and you will be launched
off the rail onto a platform, hit the spring to your right and it will
send you up and around a loop-de-loop, just keep going right, you will
go around another loop-de-loop, then you will start going up a high
wall and at the top you will see a rail and a checkpoint to your right.
You can get the checkpoint if you want, but it is best to slow yourself
down because you really don't want to go up there. Instead you want to
now go down that same wall and head left, you will then go down a
different slope. Keep going left and go around another loop-de-loop and
then just hit the spring on the other side, you will then go right
through the same loop-de-loop (if you really want to you can slow down
and get that 5 Ring Item Box you see to the left of that spring). This
time you will end up going down a hidden slope, keep going right, a
speed booster will send you grinding a rail, then through another loop-
de-loop. Soon afterwards, you will be launched up a curve and high up,
you will see two moving platforms, try to land on one of them. The
higher moving platform is going left and right, left of that you will
see a platform moving around in a circle, and right in the middle where
the platform is attached a Chao.

Chao #6: Flight or Climbing or Tag Action High Jump Required! Now jump
down, don't go up and go to your right. Go up the
small curve there and you will find a small Badnik and a Green Shield,
get them then jump down to your left where you see the three rings. Go
right, you will go over a small bridge and them see a place where you
jump a little higher up and three rings even further right, don't get
those rings! Instead where you are use a technique to go higher,
preferably flight to the left, you should see the Chao to your left as
soon as you get in the air.

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8.b.3. Zone 2 Act 3 Chao:
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Tag Action High Jump VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Sonic as partner
recommended to unlock Knuckles!!! You can get by with Flight and
Gliding too, but not only is there a Chao you can only get with Tag
Action or Flight or Gliding, but this act is mostly constructed so you
have to go up, if you fall down you may end up all the way back at the
beginning, and there are HUGE shortcuts, anyway the account I will give
will be for Tag Action High Jump and will contain some good
shortcuts... if you have not going through this act before you also
want to use Sonic as the leader anyway because if you beat this act
with Sonic as leader you will unlock Knuckles as a new character you
can partner up with! There is also a huge shortcut through this act
requiring Knuckles/Tails if you have trouble getting the Gold Medal
later, I might describe it sometime.

Chao #7: Flight, Climbing or Tag Action High Jump Required! From the
beginning go left and you will run into a spring that will get you
higher, kill your Badnik and hit the second spring and stop at the
edge. At the edge use Tag Action or flight or climbing to go up to your
left. You will have to Spin-dash or fly, whatever to get up a wall to
your left. Up there to your left you will see a green bouncy thing and
an Omochao to the left of that, if you jump over the bouncy thing
trying not to hit it and you happen to pick up the Omochao it will tell
you to use Tag Action. Use Tag Action High Jump, Flight or Climbing and
head to the left, you will see the Chao. Make sure you do not keep
heading left down the waterfall you see or you will end up at the
beginning of the act again.

Chao #8: Now go back to where the Omochao and green bouncy thing is,
jump to the other side of the bouncy thing and bounce right, you will
land and then go past the checkpoint. You will come to poles to your
right, you want to jump on one than the other and then to the left as
quickly as possible to catch a ledge below a loop-de-loop, if you fall
down use Tag Action to get back up there. Hit the spring and go around
the loop-de-loop, you will end up hitting a bungee, make sure you land
as far right as possible and do not fall or you will have to get back
up there once again. You will land on a large platform with a blue
switch on the far right, hit the switch and jump up to the grassy area
to the right, watch out for the frog. At the end of that platform you
should see a platform that is swinging around in a circle and a
waterslide, try to jump on that platform without getting in the water
or you will end up near the beginning of the act again! When the
platform is furthest to the right look to the right, you will see the
waterfall coming down and behind it a gap with three rings, try to jump
in that gap without hitting the waterslide below! Keep going left and
you will run into the Chao.

Chao #9: You will see stairs to your right, go up them and then catch a
ride on the three giant platforms so you are going left again, you can
use Tag Action to help you up there if you want to. You will hit a
Speed Booster, then hit a spring and that spring will send you straight
into a switch, get on the platform that appears to get up higher. Go to
your left and you will see a ramp, try to push A on the ramp if you can
to go further, you will land at the next checkpoint. Here comes the fun
part, more Tag Action High Jump shortcuts! Use Tag Action just left of
the checkpoint, about where the palm tree is and head left. Hopefully
you will land just left of a rail, go left until you find an
Invincibility Item Box, then head right with as much speed as you can,
that rail will end beside a wall, you will be flipped off and will go
through a bridge and land on top of it. Now use Tag Action again at the
far left side of the bridge to go up higher still, land to the left of
course. Now you will see a large platform moving up and down next to
some spikes to the left, try to get on this platform without being
crushed and go up top to your right and stop at the edge. Now this is a
little tricky, but use Tag Action again and try to go up the gap
between the left wall above the giant moving platform you were on and
some other platforms up there you might see some frogs on, and there is
a long platform moving up and down up there too that kind of blocks
your way a little, a good way to do this is to initially head left then
go toward the right, it may take a few tries, but land to your right on
the highest platform. Get the frog, then go right, hit the spring, go
up the little curve and hit the next checkpoint. Keep going right and
you will run into a rock is inside.


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8.b.4. Zone 2 Map Chao:
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Chao #10: Flight, Climbing or Tag Action High Jump Required! Starting
from the Factory Ring head right and go past the Act 1 Ring. You will
see a red spring, hit it and land to your right where the flowers are.
Jump to your left where you see the slightly higher ledge. From there
use flight/climb/tag action to get up higher, the Chao is to your
right.

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8.b.5. Zone 2 Special Spring:
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Starting from the Factory Ring head right and go past the Act 1 Ring.
You will see a red spring, hit it and land to your right where the
flowers are. You will see a hole to your right, jump over it and you
will see a blue and yellow spring. Jump on that trampoline spring as
hard as you can straight up and you will see a moving platform, land on
the platform and then when it gets to the top jump to your left where
the Special Spring is waiting for you.

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8.c. Zone 3: Ocean Base
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My least favorite Zone in the entire game. Not only in my opinion is
the Zone kind of ugly, but getting the Chao is ugly too, especially in
Act l, actually Act 3 is not that bad. Also the horrible amount of
crushing traps and water means dying a lot... you also need to use your
Tag Action High Jump or Climbing or Flying skills quite a bit in order
to get those Chao! Also this is the only Zone without a Map Chao at
all, the first two difficult acts have 4 Chao each while easy act 3 has
just two Chao.

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8.c.1. Zone 3 Act 1 Chao:
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Knuckles/Tails Highly Recommended!!! First of all, this and the next
act are weird because the Chao are not numbered according to where they
are in the act when you look at the Chao map, for example the last one
appears as Chao #2, and I know why. I was confusing people so I rewrote
it as just a Knuckles/Tails description. You will notice
that the first three Chao could really be grabbed in any order and are
close. Boost Mode does help, but Knuckles/Sonic or Sonic/Knuckles
cannot get all the Chao, and Knuckles is required. This description
fits Knuckles/Tails or Knuckles/Amy pretty well, also there are
different ways to do this so once you see how close together the first
three Chao are come up with your own way if you want to. Note that this
is quite different from when I first put this guide together and the
Chao are even numbered different, what used to be Chao 3 and 4 are now
2 and 1 and 1 and 2 are now 3 and 4. Also thanks a lot to mjc0961 for
pointing out a MUCH easier way to get what is now the first Chao!!!!!!
This great shortcut now only avoids smashed characters, but in general
is very, very nice! This is the main way I will describe, but (looks at
people who are still playing the early leaked ROM of the game instead of the
final and e-mailing me saying this doesn't work) there is also the long
way to get to this Chao so I have included both ways now, if this applies to you
PLEASE read the first important note that is at the top of this guide.)

Chao #1: Shortcut way, Climbing Required!!! From the beginning going
right first jump over your spikes and badnik and continue, hit the speed
booster up the slope, then when you see three rings in air to the left
jump off the slope left and you will land where there is another speed
booster that will send you left up a steep slope. (If you are interested
in a Green Shield jump off to the right where you see three more rings,
then go back left and go down the slope so you can hit the speed booster
and make it back up the slope well. You can get it later too since you
will be here when going after Chao #3.)Be careful at the top of the next
hill and slow down, there is a crusher that has the light that
indicates when spikes will come off the top, either jump on it when it
is safe. Against the left wall is a small pole, bounce to the right,
careful the edge up there has both a spike trap and spikes! Now hit the
speed booster, you will be launched of a ramp into a waterfall. Head to
the bottom of the waterfall but be careful, there is a speed booster at
the bottom and if you hit it you will be sent down and end up at the
beginning of the act again! Now be very careful and try to jump over
the speed booster into the gap you see the left of the base of the
waterfall and go left. (If you do not see this gap then take the long way
described below) You will see a tunnel going up, you have to
climb up there, then the tunnel heads left slightly, then climb to the
top of that one. At the top you will see to the right a room blocked by
a breakable barrier, careful in breaking it or you will be knocked back
into the hole and when you climb back up the barrier will be back,
mjc0961 suggested to use a weird R button maneuver, but I find that if
you first have Knuckles push against the barrier by pressing right then
you hit the B button he will break the wall without falling down the
hole. In that room is a 1 up item box and the Chao.

Long way, starting from the waterfall: Climb all the way to the top of
the waterfall. Look to your right, ouch! Spikes on the wall just below
where you have to go and a crusher right at the edge? Jump off so you
land right on top of the spikes, of course you can stand on top of the
spikes are facing to the side! And then time the crusher so you go under
it without it crushing you of course! Barely right of that is yet another
crusher you have to walk under carefully, now you will see a moving block
and down below to the right yet another moving block, you have to time
this right too and get past both the first and second one without being
crushed, its best to wait till the top one is farthest right, then just
walk off the edge and land then jump over the second one to the right
before it can crush you against the left wall. Continue right and you
will come to a rail, grind. You will be sent up a wall, into a couple of
springs, then another speed booster, then on the ceiling, then into a
spring that will send you left and on either a small pole or a moving
block just under the small pole, use the small pole to bounce to the
left. (If you are interested in a 10 Ring Item Box when on the ceiling
jump down, the Item Box is to the right, then go left and hit the spring,
it will take you to the same place with the small pole and moving block.)
Go left and you will encounter another waterfall, go up it. Go left and
you will encounter a barrier, you don't need Knuckles to break this one.
Jump down to the left being careful of a spike trap below. To the left
is the very tricky part! There is a moving block going left and right,
when the block is far left jump on top of it in the gap that is then
formed, above and to the left is a crusher with a light indicator, now
this is very tricky, you have to jump on the block and then jump on the
crusher, but there is extreme danger in the block crushing you against
the left wall, or hitting the spikes on the crusher, this takes
practice! Jump to the left and you will see a spring pointing right,
hit it, kill the red badnik that is up there. Now here is another
tricky part, don't go to the right, instead you want to jump hard left
near where the red badnik is and land in a gap in the left wall above
where that red spring is, there is three rings in the gap. (Or if you
are using Cream/Knuckles fly up there) Now when you jump through this
gap be careful, you will see hole with two crushers in it, you want to
jump over this. Then you will see the barrier and the Chao on the other
side.

Chao #2: Head back left and go down the tunnels you just climbed up or
whatever way you want and go back to the base of the waterfall with the
speed booster. Hit the speed booster then try to jump hard right before
the floor curves down, there is a Chao on a ledge against the right wall.
Go over the curve like I said before and you will end up near the
beginning of the act again.

Chao #3: Flight or Climbing or Tag Action High Jump required! Now
finally after getting those two Chao you want to jump down to your left
and you will fall down to the beginning of the act again where those
first set of spikes and badnik was. Now go up the slopes again as I
instructed before, but this time instead of going completely up the
second slope to where that crusher is, jump off near the top of it to
the right where I described the location of the Green Shield earlier,
get it if you did not get it already. Go right making sure to jump up
higher, there is a hole there with a falling platform covering it,
don't go down there. Go right and you will hit a wall. This is where
tag action/climbing/flight is necessary, you have to get up there and
go to the right, be careful of a lamprey badnik in this gap. Hit the
spring and land on the platform above that is on the track, on your way
up there you will notice a barrier to the right, you can't break it
from this side, but you can from the other side... anyway you will find
you have to jump off this platform anyway when it starts going left and
onto one below that has a spike trap on the right end, but instead of
getting on the platform again as it comes by jump straight down off of
it to the right, you will probably hit the Chao as soon as you hit the
bottom.

Chao #4: Tag Action High Jump Required! The barrier you see to the
right is the same one you passed earlier of course, now you can
break it and jump back on the spring and get on that tracked platform
again. Now when you have to jump off of it onto that other platform you
just wait for the platform to start coming down the right side of it
and jump on it again. Ride the platform till it stops, jump for the ?
Ring Item Box you see to the left, watch out for the shark badnik
trying to get you. To the left of that you will see a moving platform,
jump on that of course then jump up to the left, get your three rings
on that little platform and the red badnik. To the left you will see a
small pole, jump to it and let it bounce you up or just jump over it,
hit the speed booster that will send you up through the floor. Head
left and you will come to a waterfall with a moving block beside of it,
watch out for the shark and start climbing the waterfall. You can just
land on the moving block and jump to the right or go all the way to the
top to jump for three rings, it doesn't matter, you will hit a speed
booster that will send you past the checkpoint, you will be stopped by
a wall. Jump up to the right from here being careful of a red badnik,
you will come to a machine you have to bounce on to go up, once you are
up there you can get that Invincibility Item Box to the right first if
you are careful of the sneaky lamprey badnik, but make sure you land on
the rail to the left, grind. Go left, you will be stopped by a blue
switch by the left wall, press it and a platform will appear, above
that platform is yet another switch that makes a second platform appear
to the right, then jump off right from that one to hit a switch that
activates a spring, to save all the switch pushing just fly/tag action
up there. After hitting a spring you will be in an area like this: You
will be at the bottom of a waterfall and to the left you will see
spikes and to the left of that a gap and a platform on a track below
that. Here is the tricky part and where you might want to fly or glide
or tag action, you do not want to land on the tracked platform or in
the gap, instead you want to hit a spring that is left and above this
gap. It is very hard to jump to this over the slightly raised spikes,
and you can try to climb the waterfall and jump from high up there, but
it is best to fly starting from just to the right of the spikes, it
actually can be a little hard to start flying, you want to be just
right of the spikes but not in the waterfall. Hit this spring and it
will send you straight up, you will be sucked into a duct. The duct
will send you running left, then eventually on the ceiling, you will
fall down and hit a speed booster and go right up a steep slope, keep
going right, you will come upon a switch, press it and get on the
platform that appears. Jump up through the rail then hit the spring you
see to the right in order to grind that rail going left. You will be
running up a wall then and hit a speed booster, at the top you will see
a cannon, go in the cannon, you will be shot through the floor, watch
out for a lamprey! Go right and you will pass a checkpoint. Keep going
right and grind the rail. Now think fast! You will be launched off a
rail and land on a platform that will fall away, jump off of it very
quickly to the right! Get the ? Ring Item Box and keep going right, you
will run down, then up, then a speed booster, then you will hit a small
pole while running up a right wall, land on the tracked platform up
there. Just ride this platform, being careful of the red badniks trying
to drop oil on you, you can try to get that 10 Ring Item Box if you
want but it is risky. Jump off when the ride ends to the left of
course. You do not need to go far at all until you see three rings that
are up against a wall, this is where you want to use Tails Ground Tag
Action, there is a gap in the ceiling there that is very high, use Tag
Action and you will end up going through a floor. Go left and hit the
Checkpoint. Jump down just left of the checkpoint, the Chao is down
there, a cannon is to the left of it, get the Chao, the cannon will
send you up to platforms on a conveyor, jump on one, to the far right
jump on the small pole, go through the floor, go a little right, wow,
it's the end of the act!



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8.c.2. Zone 3 Act 2 Chao:
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Flight or Tag Action High Jump or Climbing Required!!!! Tails as
partner recommended! The Chao map for this Act may throw you off,
because the Chao listed as #4 is in fact the first one you should pick
up, but at least this is not as bad as it is in the last act. I do not
know why they did this, but they did and it threw me off for a while
making me think the last Chao in the act was near the beginning...
anyway with that aside this is still a weird act because it is a long 4
Chao act and the first three Chao are near the beginning, the last one
is much further in but you can miss it so I will describe it from the
third one. Also to save typing for the fourth Chao, there are two huge
shortcuts you can take, but one is best with flight and the other is
easy to miss and tag action is good, plus the fourth Chao impossible to
get without some sort of flight, climbing or tag action, also Tail's
ground tag action is good at getting higher in some places, so I like
Sonic/Tails but this will work with any team that has some ability to
get up higher.

Chao #5: Head right from the beginning, you will come to a huge
waterfall, jump in the water below and start heading right, disregard
the signs that are pointing left for now... anyway heading right
underwater you will first go up a curve and over spikes, further along
you will encounter an Invincibility Item Box, just make sure you get a
bubble along the way or you will drown, you go right for a good while!
A little ways after the Invincibility Item Box you will find the Chao
near the right wall, there will be a lamprey badnik near the Chao so be
careful.

Chao #6: Now head left going back the way you came all the way back to
the left wall where the Omochao and spring are, use the spring to get
back up to the large waterfall. Now climb the waterfall (If you are
interested in a ? Ring Item Box jump off to the first ledge to the
right you will see when you climb the waterfall with the signs that
point left, all that is up there is the ? Ring Item Box, then jump back
in the waterfall.) Now this is the important part, climb the waterfall
all the way to the top, don't jump off sooner. At the very top you will
see three rings above the waterfall and the Chao to the right, just
keep jumping and you will jump right through the top of that waterfall
where the three rings are and get your Chao.

Chao #7: Jump down to the right. Now you will see one of those horrible
crushers to the right, you want to jump over it as fast as you can when
it hits the floor to get through without being crushed. Now hit the
speed booster, you will end up in an area where you see a spring to
your right and a red badnik to the left, hit the spring. You will be
sucked into a duct and be spit out running to the right and on a wall
hit a speed booster (If you are interested in a Maximum Speed Item Box,
after hitting the speed booster push right and you will land in an area
with the item box and a lamprey badnik, after getting it jump down to
the left then try to spin-dash up the right wall and hit the speed
booster again) You will go through the floor and end up at the bottom
of a waterfall, jump in the waterfall and go through the gap in the
left wall (If you are interested in a Green Shield, then jump all the
way to the top of the waterfall, go right and get your shield, then
jump to the right, you will fall on a platform that will fall, make
sure when you land at the bottom to stay away from the spike trap near
the right wall, then you will be at the waterfall again.) Keep going
left and some spikes will stop you near a hole, there is a machine in the hole
that you bounce on to go up, either bounce on the machine or
use some other way to get up and to the left, there is a red badnik up
there, and try not to fall because you will end up falling back toward
the beginning of the act again. Now get in the cannon and it will shoot
you up, hit the speed booster you see to your right. You will grind a
rail and then run up a wall, make sure that you do not jump to the left
off the wall or you might be sucked into a pipe you don't want to be
sucked into. Up there to the right you will see signs that point left
but ignore them, get the 10 Ring Item Box, then go right and at first
you may just see a lamprey coming at you, but look closer, it seems to
be guarding a Chao, kill that stupid thing and get the Chao.

Chao #8: Flight or Climbing or Tag Action High Jump Required!!!
Shortcut #1, if you do not take this shortcut, then just go left and be
sucked into the pipe I told you was there earlier and you
will eventually end up in the same place. Now use FLIGHT, tag action
high jump and climbing will work but a little riskier! Fly above where
you got that Chao, making sure to avoid two sets of spikes sticking out
both the left and right walls and go up through the floor. Hit the
spring you see to the left, it will sent you down a very steep right
slope, then just run off the edge, you will end up landing near a small
waterfall and a waterslide (If you are interested in an 1-up, try to
jump up this narrow waterfall and you will see it in the air near the
top to the left.) Wee waterslide time! You will slide to the left, then
fall and slide to the right, now here is Shortcut #2 and this is tricky
now, near the end of waterslide #2 try to jump off and to the right, if
you are lucky you will hit two purple badniks that are blocking a gap
to the right. If you do not make it, it is sort of dangerous to use
Tail's Tag Action to the right from underwater but Amy's Air Tag Action
would work, instead tag action high jump so you land on the waterslide
again and try to jump again. Anyway this gap will get you past a pretty
good sized underwater area. Anyway head right and you will see a wall,
but surprise it is a fake wall, you can walk right past it! Jump in the
water straight down and you will find a spring that will spring you up
through a floor. Now hit the spring you see to your left. You will end
up running up a wall, get in the cannon you will find up there and
while in the air go right to hit a spring on the wall. This spring will
send you into another cannon, hit the spring on the left wall, then
another cannon. Hit the spring on the right wall, no more cannons but
look out for a red badnik up there. Up against the left wall is a blue
switch, press it and get on the platform that appears, hit the speed
booster to the left. You will eventually hit more speed boosters, run
up stuff, hit the checkpoint, you will be launched into the air. Try to
land on the rail you see up there, or use the red spring that is below
you to get up there, grind. Keep going left, you will run into a wall
and if you jump up a duct will suck you in, watch out for a spike trap.
Go left, then a spring sends you in the air right, then you will bounce
up with a small pole, then hit the speed booster and you will end up on
the ceiling, you will end up in a waterfall, get the 5 Ring Item Box on
the floor if you want. Jump up the waterfall, eventually you will see a
moving platform to the left, jump on it, then jump up to the left when
it is near the top or jump on the small pole on the left wall and you
will be sucked into a duct. You will go right and be stopped by spikes
by a gap, you will see the edge of a conveyer with platforms going
around it to your right. Jump on one of these platforms, try not to
fall down or you have to fly or tag action your way back up. Now here
is another tricky jump, when the platform is farthest right jump again
and jump through the upper gap in the wall with the three rings. Go
right and you will find an Invincibility Item Box, get it and continue
right until you see a hole in the floor and a crusher going up and down
in it hitting the ceiling, there is a gap to the right, you want to go
in this gap, not the hole in the floor, remember invincibility doesn't
protect you from crushing! Get your red badnik, head right and jump
over the next hole in the floor, then you will see more spikes, jump
over them and hit the spring you see. You will go down and right and be
stopped by the wall, just use the small pole to spring up. Now use the
spring up there to jump up through a floor, don't get on the rail. Go
right and you will encounter a crusher that has the light that
indicates when spikes are going to come out of it, when it is safe jump
on it and head right. Hit the checkpoint, but stop at the gap to the
right of that. You will see another conveyer, just like the last one
you want to jump on one of the platforms, then jump again to the upper
right gap at the right side. Go right then hit the spring, it will send
up up the wall, on the ceiling, you will eventually fall down and land
between spikes on your right and a cannon to your left, get in the
cannon. Be careful of a lamprey as soon as you are shot through the
floor, then jump up and head right, hit the spring and it will send you
into a small pole on the left wall. That will spring you up farther, be
careful of the red badnik up there. Now you will be on a platform, to
the left you will see a platform that is on a track in the gap, but
right above that platform is a flying Chao, it is impossible to jump to
get this Chao, so use Flight preferably or Climbing or Tag Action High
Jump which is risky.

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8.c.3. Zone 3 Act 3 Chao:
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Only two Chao in this short act, one at the very beginning and one at
the very end! So instead of giving you all the details of the middle of
the act which is really not important, I will tell you where they are
in reference to the beginning and end of the act, any team can get
them.

Chao #9: From the beginning head right, make sure to jump over spikes
and get the lamprey badnik, shortly after that you will see a launch
ramp, instead of running off it jump down just to the right of it and
you will find the Chao when you hit the bottom near the left wall. Use
the waterfall to get back up and continue the act.
Chao #10: Right before you get to the goal you will find yourself
running across water, instead of running straight across and to the
goal jump into the water. Head to the left, you will find a small room
that has a spike trap in it, just jump over the spikes and you will
find the Chao.