Rayman 2: The Great Escape/Tomb of the Ancients
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- Main page
- The Hall of Doors
- The Woods of Light
- The Fairy Glade
- The Marshes of Awakening
- The Bayou
- The Walk of Life
- The Sanctuary of Water and Ice
- The Menhir Hills
- The Cave of Bad Dreams
- The Canopy
- Whale Bay
- The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire
- The Echoing Caves
- The Precipice
- The Top of the World
- The Sanctuary of Rock and Lava
- The Walk of Power
- Beneath the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava
- Tomb of the Ancients
- The Iron Mountains
- The Prison Ship
- The Crow's Nest
For information about tricks this page might refer to, see the main Rayman 2 page.
- You can shoot the switch in a spider pit from above, but you must first register it as a target by getting close enough to it. One way to do so is to run around the pit and get the Lums. Video (#5)
- This video shows how to register the switch as a target without going all the way around the pit: Video
- While you're in the graveyard area with a switch, stay away from the green Lum. Shoot the switch from a distance, then jump into the water to warp back to the hallway. Video (#1)
- You can also do a death warp from the room opposite the graveyard area. First, get on the opposite side of the web from the side you normally climb up. Jump up and fire a shot to the right of the switch. If you did it correctly, it will bounce off the wall and hit the switch. You can then fall into the water to warp back to the hallway. Video (#2)
- You can skip raising the platform in the room opposite the graveyard area (the second of three platforms). In the room with the three platforms that normally have to be raised, run toward the submerged platform, jump, and get hit by the piranha. Use the fast helicopter trick to make it to the skeleton. Video
- With good timing, you can make the jump without the fast helicopter trick. This video shows the jump in the PC version, but it also works in the N64 version.
- You can skip raising the platform in the graveyard area (the third of three platforms). In the room with the three platforms that normally have to be raised, run toward the submerged platform, jump, and get hit by the piranha. Use the fast helicopter trick to make it to the coffin-shaped platform. Video
- Skipping this platform is harder than skipping the second platform and saves less time.
- In the 1000th Lum room on the PC version, you can jump on the right side of the third platform while it is submerged. You can then jump to the web, get the Lum, and exit the room. Video
- After the first barrel flying section, the path in front of you leads to a section that's optional in any% runs. The path on the right is much faster.
- In the optional area after the first barrel flying section, you can crash into the wooden platform above the first cage to destroy it quickly. Video (#17)
- You can use the infinite barrel flying glitch in the optional area after the first barrel flying section to reach the second cage in that area quickly. However, doing so prevents the purple Lums from spawning properly, so it seems that you need to go through the area normally. Video (#18)
- In the room with the last pirate, you can get the lums without killing the pirate. As long as he doesn't take damage, he won't shoot you; he will only use his hook attack. Grab the barrel, dodge his hook attack, and throw the barrel at the door. Video (#24)
- If you don't want the lums near the pirate, you can just run past him and continue. He won't use his hook attack while he's invincible, so you can shoot him to prevent him from killing you. Video (at about 6:21)
