Crash Bandicoot 4: All Crates & Hidden Gem Locations | 8-3: Crash Landed 100% Guide

The bear-riding mini-game is back, and you’ll have to deal with multiple instances all in the same level. That makes this another tricky stage for earning 100% completion in Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time — but thankfully it isn’t too difficult this time around. I’ll explain exactly what you need to do to get all the crates for each alien-riding sequence.

And yes, you have to ride a little alien bear this time. All while jumping on a herd of living platforms. This might be the weirdest level in the series.

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8-3: Crash Landed | All Crates & Hidden Gems

To earn 100% on a level, you need to find 80% of all Wumpa Fruit, die no more than 3 times, find the Hidden Gem, and find all crates. These challenges can be completed in any order. If you die more than 3 times while finding all the crates, you can return and earn the last gem later. All gems you’ve unlocked in a level stay unlocked in future replays.

15/234: Break all the crates in the first room and cave path. Stop at the flock of flying platforms.

[Easy-To-Miss] 16/234: On the flying flock of platforms section, go to the far back-left corner to find a single golden fruit crate.

31/234: Clear all the crates up to the checkpoint before the alien-riding section.

55/234: To get all the crates during the alien-riding section, follow this exact path.

Stop low at the air-flor jump.
Ride the air-flow to the upper level.
Dash and jump to reach the second upper platform.
When falling, move right and aim to land on the platforms with crates.

66/234: Destroy all the crates after landing after the alien-riding section. There’s a Blue Gem platform here.

[Blue Gem] 93/234: Complete the Blue Gem area to collect many crates.

[Easy-To-Miss] After jumping over the flame-jet traps and the “!” crate, you’ll reach an area before many slippery platforms. Go into the foreground to find some easy-to-miss crates.
- Use the slide-jump to get through the slippery platforms and the giant monster herd.

101/234: From the Blue Gem, fight to the Bonus Room entrance. Destroy the 4 crates to the left of the Bonus Room.

[Bonus Room] 141/234: There are 40 crates in the Bonus Room.

[Easy-To-Miss] 142/234: At the Bonus Room platform, collect the gravity power-up and drop onto the top of the platform directly above.

154/234: Destroy all the crates on the path up to the cavern checkpoint.

Hidden Gem: Gain the Gravity power-up then backtrack between the two biting aliens. Swap gravity to reach a hidden upper area with the secret gem.

170/234: Continue into the 2D jungle sequence. Stop at the 2 fruit crates you’ll find while walking on the ceiling.

[Easy-To-Miss] 171/234: Past the 2 fruit crates, there are 2 lava traps. Drop down and hit the “!” crate, then reverse gravity and fall up to hit a crate.

180/234: Smash the rest of the crates along the 2D path. Make sure to hit the crates under the platforms and floating. This stops at the checkpoint before the second alien-riding sequence.

203/234: Up to the first checkpoint of the alien-riding sequence.

At the first drop, dash and jump onto the raised platform.
Drop down to the lower platform.
At the floating platforms, drop (don’t jump) to get the first crate.
Jump left, then dash and jump to reach the third crate on the floating platforms.

218/234: Up to the second checkpoint while riding the alien.

At the start, stay on the left.
Dash and jump early to get the 4 crates in a row.
At the floating platforms, jump early to land on the tiny platform on the right.

234/234: The final section of the alien-riding sequence.

Don’t jump when you reach the next platform herd. Drop down to the left to get the first crate.
On the floating platforms, go right to collect a crate and reach an air-flow launcher.
At the top, drop instead of jumping onto the platform.

Crash Bandicoot 4: All Crates & Hidden Gem Locations | 8-3: Crash Landed 100% Guide

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