Spyro: A Hero’s Tail
Walkthrough by: Invader Hera
Table of Contents
1. Story
2. Controls
3. Breath Attacks and Other Abilities
4. Items
5. Walkthrough
6. Light Gem Locations
7. Dragon Egg Locations
8. Copyright Stuff
1. Story
I copied this from the instruction manual because I’m lazy.  So, I
don’t take credit for it.
“Since Spyro’s last adventure, the Dragon Realms have enjoyed a long
period of peace and prosperity.  However, a shadowy figure from the distant past
has returned to disrupt the serenity of the land-the evil dragon, Red!  Now he
has come back for vengeance!
“There is but one dragon who has the courage and strength to battle
Red and foil his diabolical plan-the mighty Spyro!”
2. Controls
Spyro
Control stick: move
C-stick: move the camera
Control pad: left for fire breath, up for electric breath, right for water
breath, down for ice breath
A: jump, swim slower in water
A+A: double jump, then hold for glide
A+A+X: horn dive
B: wing shield
X: charge or swim fast and dive in water
Y: breath attack
Z: see stats, hold to see inventory
L: first-person view
R: use bombs (like fire or aqua bomb)
Start: pause game
Ball Gadget
Control stick: move
C-stick: move the camera
A: jump
X: break
Y or R: go faster
Z: see stats, hold to see inventory
Start: pause game
Blink
Control stick: move
C-stick: move the camera
A: jump
A+A: double jump
A+X: um…butt bounce…
B: crouch
X: claw attack, dig
Y: shoot lasers
Z: see stats, hold to see inventory
L: first-person view
R: throw bombs (hold to throw farther)
Start: pause game
Hunter
Control stick: move
C-stick: move the camera
A: jump
A+A: double jump
A+X: pounce stomp
A+Y: bow swipe
B: bow spin defense
X: punch
Y: shoot arrow
Z: see stats, hold to see inventory
L: first-person view
R: shoot explosive arrow
Start: pause game
Sgt. Byrd
Control stick: move
Hold A: fly
X while holding A: turbo boost
L: drop bombs
R: fire missiles
Start: pause game
Sparx
Control stick: move
A: shoot
B: fire missiles
Y: shoot smart bomb
Z: see stats, hold to see inventory
L: go slower
R: go faster
Start: pause game
3. Breath Attacks and Other Abilities
Breath Attacks
Fire Breath: You already know this from the very beginning.  It is good for
hurting most unarmored enemies, for lighting fireworks, and for breaking
baskets.
Electric Breath: You learn this once you beat Gnasty Gnorc.  There are little
metal things you can activate with it.  You can also hurt many enemies and break
metal chests.
Water Breath: You learn this after beating Ineptune.  It can turn wheels and
hurt fire enemies.
Ice Breath: Beat Red in Frostbite Village for this.  It can hurt fire enemies,
freeze water, and freeze other enemies (so you can kill them with  charge).
Other Abilities
Horn Dive: You learn this from Elder Tomas in Dragon Village.  It is
for breaking target chests, pressing targets, and for destroying dark gems.
Pole Spin: This is for…pole spinning…on spin poles.  You learn it
from Elder Magnus in Crocovile Swamp.
Wing Shield: This is a shield, and it can bounce back certain
attacks (at least, I know it can bounce back boomerangs in Cloudy Domain).  You
learn it from Elder Titan in Cloudy Domain.
Wall Kick: In certain places, you can get to higher places using
this.  Just jump on the wall, then, keep pressing A to get to the top.  You
learn this from Elder Astor in the Ice Citadel.
4. Items
From Moneybags’ Shops
Lock-pick: Use this to open locked chests and gates.
Low Price: 500 gems
High Price: 625 gems
Extra health unit: With this, you can get hit one extra time.
Low Price: 5,000 gems
High Price: 6,250 gems
Fire bomb
Low Price: 50 gems
High Price: 62 gems
Ball lightning
Low Price: 250 gems
High Price: 312
Aqua bomb
Low Price: 50 gems
High Price: 62 gems
Ice Missile: 100 gems
Low Price: 100 gems
High Price: 125 gems
Fire bomb magazine: This is to carry 5 more fire bombs.
Low Price: 500 gems
High Price: 625 gems
Ball lightning magazine: This is to carry 1 more ball lightning.
Low Price: 1,000 gems
High Price: 1,250 gems
Aqua bomb magazine: This is to carry 10 more aqua bombs.
Low Price: 250 gems
High Price: 312 gems
Ice missile magazine: This is to carry 2 more ice missiles.
Low Price: 750 gems
High Price: 937 gems
Key chain: This is to carry 3 lock-picks.
Low Price: 5,000 gems
High Price: 6,250
Butterfly jar: This is to restore Sparx to full health.
Low Price: 1,500 gems
High Price: 1,875 gems
Double value gems: This is to double value of all gems.
Low Price: 1,000 gems
High Price: 1,250 gems
Shockwave: This is to increase range of Horn Dive.
Low Price: 10,000 gems
High Price: 12,500 gems
Teleport pass: This is to get to a previously activated Remote Shop Pad.
Price: 100 gems
Dragon Eggs
From the beginning screen, you can get these things when you have 10 of a
certain egg.
Set 1: white with green spots-Concept Art
Set 2: light green-Character Viewer
Set 3: pink-Ember Model-Play as Ember
Set 4: orange egg-Flame Model-Play as Flame
Set 5: dark blue with stars-Sgt. Byrd Mini-Games
Set 6: red and purple-Spyro Turret Mini-Games
Set 7: yellow-Sparx Shooter Mini-Games
Set 8: light blue-Blink Mini-Games
Other Items
Gems: Gems are found all over and can be used to buy things.
Containers: Most containers can be broken with a charge, fire, or a horn dive.
Strong chests require fireworks, and locked chests require lock-picks.
Dark Gems: Destroy these to get to new places and the bosses.
Light Gems: Collect these to power gadgets and go through certain doors.
Fireworks: Light these to break strong chests.
5. Walkthrough
A. DRAGON KINGDOM
a. DRAGON VILLAGE
Dark Gems: 3
Dragon Eggs: 6
Light Gems: 6
Well, since, you’ve just started, I’ll explain a couple of things.
There are gems all over the place which you can use to buy thing from
Moneybags’s stores.  They are lying all over the ground, plus you can get some
from breaking baskets and chests (by charging them), by killing enemies, and by
breaking small dark gems.  There are a few other types of containers that have
gems, but I’ll explain them later.
Visit Moneybags, Collect Gems, Buy a Lock-pick, and Open Gate
Anyway, collect gems and break the two little dark gems.  Now, talk to
Moneybags.  He wants you to come back when you have 500 gems, so talk to him
again when you do.  Now you can get into the Village Depot and buy a lock-pick
for 500 gems.  Now go to the locked gate and Sparx will unlock it.
Visit Elder Tomas
Through here is a short cut scene.  There’s a save fairy here.  Past here, you
can talk to Ember and destroy two small dark gems, but not the big one yet.  You
also can’t open the strong chest yet.  Anyway, step on the switch in front of
the gate to open it and go through.  (Right after the gate, charge through the
cracked wall to the right to break it and find baskets containing gems.)  Past
here, destroy two, small dark gems.  There’s also a save fairy right before you
talk to Elder Tomas.
Destroy Dark Gem
You’ll learn Horn Dive and double jump, so now you can go and destroy the dark
gem nearby.  From here, double jump up to a higher ledge and talk to Hunter.
Retrieve Dragon Egg
You’ll learn how to glide from Hunter, so, glide from ledge to ledge.  (You
can’t break this strong chest, either.  Also, don’t forget the gems you can get
on the ground below here.)  Over here, kill the unarmored Gnorc (just use fire).
Past here is a save fairy.  Now glide along these ledges (and kill the Gnorc).
Get the egg (a pink one with flowers).  Now go past here.  There’s a new type of
container with a target on it.  Use Horn Dive to break those.  Anyway, kill the
Gnorc and get some fire bombs, then, go past here and kill another Gnorc.  This
one has armor, so charge it first, then, kill it with fire.  Past here are
fireworks.  These are used to break those strong chests.  Light it so it breaks
the strong chest near Hunter.  Now talk to Hunter again, then, go through the
gate he opens.
See Nanny
Past here is a save fairy and an armored Gnorc.  Near it is a locked chest,
which has a light green egg inside.  Past here is another armored Gnorc and
fireworks you can light to break a strong chest.  You can talk to the Professor
here, and he’ll tell you that you need eight light gems before you can use the
Ball Gadget.  He’ll also open a door, so go through to talk to the Nanny.  Now
get the light gem here, and past it, you’ll be back at the beginning of the
area.
Destroy all the Dark Gems, Collect 8 Light Gems, and Clear Sgt. Byrd’s Speedway
In the beginning area, there’s a place you can get to by using a
double jump (near the lab).  Up here is also a locked chest with a light gem
inside and a save fairy.  Past here, kill an armored Gnorc, and farther on,
destroy the two small dark gems.  Now charge the target to raise some platforms
for a limited time.  Climbing up them, you can get to a dark gem.  Break it to
reveal an orange egg.  Climbing farther on, you can get to a light gem and
fireworks.  Light the fireworks to break a strong chest on a nearby platform.
Also, in this area, you can talk to Sgt. Byrd to play a mini-game.  It is the
Island Speedway and you have 8 of each thin to either shoot (with R) or fly
through in 3 minutes.  There are rings, time-portals (which add on 5 seconds of
time each), vultures, and targets and Gnorcs, both of which leave behind gems.
Win this to get a dark blue egg with stars.  Do this again for a light gem.  The
second time through, you have 1 minute and 42 seconds, and things are in
different places.  Now, charge through the cracked wall in this area.  Kill some
Gnorc archers, and get a light blue egg.  Go up some ledges, get the light gem,
and down the hole, you’ll end up back at the beginning, in the lab.
When you destroy the gem near Ember, the bridge will be fixed.
Cross the bridge to fireworks and a locked chest.  Light the fireworks to break
the strong chest near Ember, and unlock the chest for a light gem.  Past here,
ride the platform across the gap.  Past here is a save fairy and Crocovile
Swamp.
Once you have 8 light gems, use the Ball Gadget.  You can jump with
A and go faster with R.  Running into enemies kills them, and you can also break
boxes by running into them.  Drop into a hole later on to get to Dragonfly
Falls.
Defeat Gnasty Gnorc
Back at the beginning of Dragon Village, go to the evil plants.  When you’ve
destroyed every dark gem (a total of 10), the plants will disappear.  Past them,
talk to Flame, then get the orange egg past him.  Farther past here, you’ll have
to fight Gnasty Gnorc.  When he hits the ground, jump over the shockwaves, and
when he leaves the club on the ground, you can run up behind him and charge into
his booty.  Anyway, after three hits, you also need to watch out for falling
rocks.  After six hits, he can shoot electricity.  Just attack him three more
times to win and learn electrical breath.  It’s stronger than fire breath, but
takes longer to kill things.  Now use your new power on the platform to move it.
Keep using it to get to the other side.
Activate Teleporter
Now back outside, you can use the teleporter to get to the Lost Cities.  (First,
you may want to return to the place near the Forgotten Temple shop.  Inside the
building, the electrical breath is useful….  See Crocovile Swamp for this.)
b. CROCOVILE SWAMP
Dark Gems: 3
Dragon Eggs: 8
Light Gems: 10
Find Blink the Mole and Destroy all the Dark Gems
Destroy the little dark gem here and avoid the evil vines.  (Also,
stay out of the water in this area.)  Fire works best on the enemies here.
Anyway, past the vines, get past some spikes.  After that is a save fairy and
the Perilous Pyramid shop (which has the same things, but at higher prices).
Those bats can be used as fodder.  In this area are a lot of crocodile enemies.
Some can use boomerangs, so be careful.  Not far from the shop is a dark gem
(and a strong chest).  Destroy it and some ledges will appear.  Climb up to a
save fairy.  (Charge through the wall to the right to break it.  Past here,
unlock the chest for a light gem.)  Go along the path.  (Watch out for spiders
and evil plants.)  Past here are some rat things, which you can use for fodder.
Go forward to the water.  To the left are fireworks, and to the right is a
strong chest.  Use the fireworks to break the strong chest, then, cross the
platforms near the strong chest to get to a light green egg.  Now return to the
shop from earlier.
Near here, you’ll find a lower path to the left.  Down here are some strong
chests, and you can talk to the Professor, who tells you that you need 40 light
gems to power the Supercharge Gadget.  We can’t do that yet, so let’s go past
here.  (But, when you can use it, make sure you break the strong chests in this
area and the strong door to get to a light gem.)  A gate will open and out will
come some little blue enemies.  Kill them, then, go through the gate.  (Before
going through the gate, though, climb up the ledges to the right and unlock the
chest for a pink egg.)  Past here is a save fairy, more evil plants, and more
rat fodder.  Also, there is the Forgotten Temple shop and two switches.  Press
the switches with a horn dive to open the gate nearby.  Go in.  You need
electric breath for the area to the right, but you can finish these next two
places.  (When you do get electrical breath, you have 10 seconds to use it on
all 4 metal things to open the door.  Charge or use fire breath on the egg thief
past here for a white egg with green spots.)  Step on the switches to open the
gates.  Through the one on the left, unlock the chest for a red and purple egg.
Now, go forward and get past the swinging things to get to the light gem.  Now
all the things are swinging and more enemies appear, so get past them in order
to get out of this place.
Now go to the left.  When you get to a second area with big, stone block walls,
(the first one has spikes, then, the second part is through a small doorway)
charge into the blue block on the left to reveal a light gem and baskets.  Now
go farther on to a save fairy.  There are two sets of spin poles here, but you
can’t use them yet.  So cross some platforms.  (To the right, you’ll see
platforms going in and out of the water.  Cross them to get to a light gem.)
Past here is a switch.  Press it to free Blink the mole.
Let Blink Explore
Play the Blink mini-game, Completely Swamped.  You have 5 dark gems to destroy.
Just play around with the controls to learn how to use Blink.  He can dig holes
where you see little areas of rocks to get gems, and also break boxes for gems.
Break the boxes with targets the same way you would with Spyro.  (AAX)  Use L to
see where you can dig if you don’t know (dig in the bright areas you can see).
There are mainly spider and vine enemies here.  (You can get rid of the vines
with bombs.)  Anyway, past the beginning, you can dig through part of the wall
to another area.  There’s a bomb dispenser here.  When you die, you return to
one of these.  You can blow up the cracked wall nearby with a bomb, but there’s
nothing over there.  (Break dark gems and metal crates with bombs, too.)
Anyway, climb up the nearby wall.  Just keep pressing A to get to the top.  Blow
up the dark gem here, then, drop down.
Down here is another bomb dispenser, and on the other side of the metal crates
is another dark gem.  Now climb up to a higher area, then, climb up some more.
There are little blue enemies here.  Anyway, you may as well get rid of those
spiders, then, hold onto the bottom of the moving platform to get to another
dark gem.  Now, one level below here, dig through the wall.  Here’s a bomb
dispenser and a dark gem.  Cross the lower part of this area to find the last
dark gem.  Destroy it for a light blue egg.
Play this again for a light gem.  It is the same area with 10 dark gems this
time.  The first one is past the cracked door near the first bomb dispenser.
Climb up the thing near the bomb dispenser to another dark gem.  Lower down are
two dark gems, one on either side of the metal crates.  Climb up to where those
blue enemies were to find another dark gem.  Now, through the wall to the last
area, here’s a dark gem.  Two more are on lower ledges and two others are on
higher ledges.  For one, you need to throw the bomb kind of far, since you can’t
jump to it.  You’ll win when you destroy all 10 dark gems.
Visit Elder Magnus, Use Pole Spin, and Destroy all the Dark Gems
Now that you’re Spyro again, go past here.  Up those spin poles is a strong
chest, just so you know.  The Elder’s Tree shop is here and nearby is a dark
gem.  Destroy it to open a door.  Go in and talk to Elder Magnus to learn how to
pole spin.  Use the spin poles here.  To the right, you’ll find another strong
chest.  To the left, at the top of the area is a light gem and fireworks that
will destroy that strong chest.  But, right after the poles, when you go left,
you can also charge through the wall here to find an orange egg and fireworks
that destroy the strong chest that I said was up the spin poles near the shop.
Now, go back to Blink.  (Use the spin poles farther from him.  Cross these
platforms, and you’ll find a light blue egg.  Get to it by charging through the
gate.)  Now use the spin poles right near Blink.  In this area, watch out for
the spiders that pop out of the walls.  At the end, break the dark gem, and the
wall will open up.
Visit Fredneck the Frog and Clear Fred’s Critter Problem
Through here is a save fairy.  Also, talk to Fredneck the frog.  You can play a
game here, Critter Calamity.  Just shoot the enemies (some can fly) to protect
the food.  You’ll win a red and purple egg when the left bar is filled.  (You
lose if the right bar fills up.)  Play again to win a light gem.  Now cross the
lily pads the frog made appear (and don’t forget the light gem on the ledge next
to them).  To the left is a cannon.  You can get to it by climbing up the ledges
near the Perilous Pyramid shop and gliding.  Use the cannon to break the strong
chests on the ledges you just climbed and to break the top of the ledges to
reveal a light gem.
c. DRAGONFLY FALLS
Dark Gems: 4
Dragon Eggs: 6
Light Gems: 9
Destroy all the Dark Gems and Collect 70 Light Gems
At the beginning is a save fairy.  There are also many crocodile and
Gnorc enemies in this area.  Anyway, past some spikes and up some ledges is a
save fairy.  (Turn around and glide into the alcove.  Unlock the chest for a
light gem.  Also, charge through the cracked wall near the fairy to find gems.)
Past here is some sheep fodder.  On the ledge, charge through the cracked wall.
Watch out for bats in here.  Anyway, destroy the dark gem and the little dark
gems.  Get the pink egg that was revealed, then, go back out of here and
continue on.  Here’s the Steep Canyon shop, with prices the same as Crocovile
Swamp.
Past here kill the goats and the weird guy.  Over to the right, horn dive the
target switch to raise a platform.  Now use the cannon to break the big door.
Through there, get the light gem, then, break through the cracked wall to find
gems.  Back at the area with the cannon, go past here.  There are evil plants
and Gnorcs here.  And past here is a fork in the path.  Go left to the save
fairy.  Be careful, these platforms tilt.  Destroy the dark gem to reveal a
cannon.  Use it to break the rocks beneath another cannon.  Use this cannon to
break another rock.  When going past where the rock was, watch out for those
birds.  There are two ways here.  Get the light green egg to the left, then, go
right.  Right before the save fairy are boxes.  If you climb up them, you’ll
find a door that you need 70 light gems to open.  Obviously, you won’t be
getting through there for a while, so go past the save fairy.
Clear Sparx Shooter
There’s a ledge with a sign where you can play a Sparx mini-game, Cavern Chaos.
Just fly through and shoot enemies until you get to the end.  Use R to fly
faster, which really helps in the areas with the falling rocks.  Get to the end
for a yellow dragon egg.  Do it again for a light gem.  Now go destroy the dark
gem, and the water behind it will rise.  Charge through the cracked wall in the
water to get to a light gem.  Now, back in the previous area, go through the
pathway near the Sparx game.  Watch out for bats.  A save fairy is at the end.
From here, glide to a ledge to the right.  Supposedly, you need wall kick to get
up here, which you haven’t learned yet, but that obviously isn’t true.  Charge
through that cracked wall to get to a yellow egg.  Now, out of here, watch out
for the birds and fish and unlock the locked chest for a light gem.  Another
light gem is on another small island.  The Tropical Cove shop is also in this
area.  Now, go over to the right.
Retrieve Dragon Egg
At the Gnorc, glide over to a save fairy.  You get to play as Hunter here. So in
this area, watch out for Gnorcs, archers, and birds.  To break far away things,
you can use arrows, but you need explosive arrows to break metal containers from
afar (up close, just hit it).  Also, there’s rat fodder here.  (If you want to
go through the cracked wall, you need to use an explosive arrow.  Through the
waterfall is one explosive arrow and another explosive arrow you can get to by
using the climbable wall.)  When you’re done exploring, jump to the orange egg.
Past here get the light gem, then, go back to Spyro.
Destroy all the Dark Gems
Now go along the path to the left, past that Gnorc nearby.  Over here, you can’t
use the wall kick area yet.  (When you can, though, use it, then, glide over to
a light gem.)  Anyway, climb up to a higher ledge and ride the moving platform
over to a dark gem.  Destroy it and the wall will disappear.  Ride the spiral
thing up.  Here is the right part of the forked path from earlier.
Collect 70 Light Gems
Remember where I mentioned the secret door?  Go through it with 70
light gems.  Past it, go along the path behind the waterfall to the Secret Area
shop.  Farther on are evil monkeys that throw rocks, and in the tunnels is a
thief you can charge into for a white egg with green spots.  Though a cracked
wall in this area, you can find a light gem.
d. GNASTY’S CAVE
Defeat Gnasty Gnorc
Back at the beginning of Dragon Village, go to the evil plants.  When you’ve
destroyed every dark gem (a total of 10), the plants will disappear.  Past them,
talk to Flame, then get the orange egg past him.  Farther past here, you’ll have
to fight Gnasty Gnorc.  When he hits the ground, jump over the shockwaves, and
when he leaves the club on the ground, you can run up behind him and charge into
his booty.  Anyway, after three hits, you also need to watch out for falling
rocks.  After six hits, he can shoot electricity.  Just attack him three more
times to win and learn electrical breath.  It’s stronger than fire breath, but
takes longer to kill things.
Use Electric Breath
Now use your new power on the platform to move it.  Keep using it to get to the
other side.
Activate Teleporter
Now back outside, you can use the teleporter to get to the Lost Cities.  (First,
you may want to return to the place near the Forgotten Temple shop.  Inside the
building, the electrical breath is useful….  See Crocovile Swamp for this.)
B. LOST CITIES
a. COASTAL REMAINS
Dark Gems: 4
Dragon Eggs: 7
Light Gems: 9
Activate 1st Water Wheel
There’s hermit crab fodder here and the Coastal Depot shop.  Enemies
here are Gnorcs, evil crabs, and weird masked enemies.  (On the big crabs,
electric breath seems to work the best.)  Near the shop, unlock the chest for
gems.  Now go along the path nearest the teleporter.  Past here, talk to Otto
the otter.  Go past here and to the right.  Kill those dumb, little blue
enemies.  Now at the water wheel, get onto the left spin pole, then, jump to the
right one.  When it spins over to the left, jump over to the one on the right
again.  When the bar fills up, you’ll be done, so you can return to the pool and
go along the path straight ahead.
Let Blink Explore, Destroy all Dark Gems, and Collect 20 Light Gems
Take the left path at the back of the pool.  Past here is a save fairy and the
Waterfall Walkway shop.  You can kill the rats for fodder and destroy the nearby
dark gem to create a path.  But, before you cross it, talk to Blink for a
mini-game, All Washed Up.  There are five dark gems to destroy and spider
enemies.  Anyway, drop down to find a bomb dispenser and a dark gem.  Then, get
back up and ride the moving platform up.  Up here is another dark gem.
(Remember, you can hold onto the sideways platforms.)  Back down, dig through
the wall.  There’s a bomb dispenser here.  Cross the ledges and use bombs to
destroy those round, metal things.  Past here are two dark gems.  Back at the
beginning of this section, ride the platform up and cross these ceiling areas to
another dark gem.  You’ll get a light blue egg for destroying all five dark
gems.  Now play again for a light gem.  Five of the ten gems are in the same
places.  At the end of the second section, dig through the wall.  There’s a bomb
dispenser, and when you drop down, you’ll find another dark gem.  Use a bomb on
it and hopefully, the pillar nearby will fall from the blast.  Across it,
there’s a dark gem, then another dark gem farther on.  Blow up the cracked wall
to get to another dark gem.  Now, ride up the platform nearby, then, jump up the
walls.  Cross the ceiling over to the last dark gem.
Activate 2nd Water Wheel
From where Blink is, go to the forked path where the dark gem was and go left.
Watch out for archers.  Past here, use electric breath on some platforms.  Cross
them to a light blue egg, then, return to the fork.  Go right to the water
wheel.  Here, jump onto the left platform, then, the right.  When it comes over
to the left, jump to the right one.  Repeat until the bar fills up.
Access the Sunken Ruins, Destroy all Dark Gems, and Collect 20 Light Gems
Near Blink, go along the path you haven’t taken yet.  Past some swinging shells
is a save fairy.  Under the water, charge through evil pots and clams for gems.
Above the water, cross the platforms.  You’ll hear a light gem somewhere.  Under
that tall platform, you’ll find it.  Now, go to the dark gem and destroy it and
something will rise out of the water.  Here you can get to the Sunken Ruins.
You have to horn dive the big dome to get to an elevator that will take you
there.
Collect Reward and Collect 20 Light Gems
When the pool is filled, you can get a light gem.  Talk to Otto for another
light gem.
Collect 20 Light Gems
Now back at the beginning, go along the path second closest to the teleporter.
Past here, there are evil fish in the water, so cross the platforms above it.
At the end of the path is a dark blue starry egg.  Back at the beginning, go
through the path to the left of Moneybags (where you go through a shell at the
beginning.)  Past here is a save fairy and little huts.  Horn dive them to get
rid of the masked people.  Go along the path at the far back and to the left.
You need twenty light gems to get through the door.  Through here is a save
fairy and archers.  Also, you can charge the egg thief for a white,
green-spotted egg.  Past here is a light gem.
Access the Cloudy Domain and Collect 20 Light Gems
Back in the areas with the hut, take the right, far back path.  Get past the
quicksand to get to a save fairy.  Here, horn dive the hut, then farther on,
horn dive the switch.  In 18 seconds, run back the way you came and go up the
platforms that rose.  Glide to the long spin pole from here.  Cross the spin
poles (avoid the spinning things) to get the light gem at the end.  Drop down
and continue along the path.  Past some more quicksand is the Domain Doorstep
shop and a save fairy.  Use electrical breath on the platform to ride it across
the gap.  Do the same to these two platforms.  Cross them to get to a light gem.
Now, ride this platform back over the gap.  Past the fairy, use the big
platform to get to the Cloudy Domain.
Destroy all Dark Gems
Back at the huts, go along the path closest to the save fairy and
get past the swinging things to get to another save fairy.  (More pots and clams
are in the water.)  There’s a dark gem here and strong chests.  Destroy the gem
to raise some platforms. Now cross the moving spin poles.  (To get to the last
one, jump to it when it’s gone up.)  Past here you can get to a purple and red
egg near more strong chests.  Now go to the cannon.  (You can glide from where
the dark gem was to a swirly thing near the strong door, then, glide to the
cannon.)  Destroy the strong chests and strong door, then, go through the door.
Past the swinging things, destroy the dark gem and some ledges will rise.  Cross
the platforms above the water to get to a light green egg.  There are pots under
the water and a locked chest containing gems on the beach.  (Also, when you have
water breath, use it on the water wheel to get up to the light gem.)
Save the Turtles and Collect 20 Light Gems
Near the water (from the last section), charge through the cracked wall and talk
to the turtle mother for a game, Turtle Turmoil.  Save twenty turtles from birds
and crabs, which try to carry them away, for a red and purple egg.  Play again
and save 27 turtles for a light gem.  Now, back on the beach, go along the path
behind the save fairy.  You’re back at the beginning of the area.
Defeat Ineptune and Activate Teleporter
With another ten dark gems destroyed, get to this place from the
beginning of Coastal Remains.  Past a save fairy is the boss battle.  Ineptune
can throw stuff at you and shoot green stuff from her mouth.  After she does the
latter attack, you can charge the gem on her stomach.  After every hit, you’ll
have to dodge the lasers shot from little things that pop up here for a short
time.  After three hits, there’s two of them, plus two butterflies for Sparx.
After six hits are two more butterflies.  And after eight hits, one of those
laser things shoots four lasers.  After nine hits, you’ll win and get water
breath.  When leaving, use water breath on the water wheel to open the door.
Back at the teleporter, you can teleport to Icy Wilderness.
b. CLOUDY DOMAIN
Dark Gems: 3
Dragon Eggs: 7
Light Gems: 8
Destroy all the Dark Gems, Visit Elder Titan, and Use Wing Shield
There are Gnorcs here, some of which can fly (using wins or balloons).  The blue
ones with wings don’t attack, but the green ones do.  The ones with balloons
throw boomerangs, and you can’t kill them yet.  There are also strong chests, a
save fairy, and the Elevator Top shop.  Unlock the nearby chest for a light gem.
Now go along the path and horn dive the target to open the door.  (Charge into
the other target.  Right before here will be two more targets now, so horn dive
them both to lower two platforms.  We’ll get to them later.)
Past here destroy a dark gem to make one of those swirly things appear.  There’s
also a strong chest and a save fairy here, plus two small dark gems to destroy.
On a platform nearby are the fireworks used to destroy the strong chest, which
has fire bombs.  Now ride the swirly thing up.  There are strong chests and
chicken fodder.  Past here is a light gem.  Glide over to the Elder Homestead
shop past here.  You can horn dive these blue targets for gems.  Anyway, along
the edge of the building, you’ll find the Supercharge Gadget, which you may not
be able to use yet, since you need 40 light gems.  (There’s a strong door on the
platform nearby.  When you can use the Supercharge Gadget, you can break it to
find a light green egg in a locked chest.  Also, you can break the strong chests
from earlier.)  Near here, charge into the target to open the door.  Talk to
Elder Titan to learn wing shield.  (This can kill those annoying balloon Gnorcs,
since it bounces back their boomerangs.)
Destroy all the Dark Gems
Now go along the path near Elder Titan to get to a light green egg and a save
fairy. Along the platforms, you’ll find a light gem.  Now return to the very
beginning and cross the left platform (left if you’re facing away from the
beginning).  Remember, these are the platforms you lowered by using horn dives
on nearby targets.  Anyway, past here unlock the chest for an orange egg.  Past
here, horn dive a target to lower a platform.  Past here, you can light some
fireworks which destroy a strong chest somewhere.  Now glide over to a light
gem, then return to the beginning, and cross the platform to the right.  There’s
a fork in the path.  Go right to a save fairy, then, past that is a light gem.
(Here is where I realized that those blue platforms disappear if you sand on
them for very long.)
Now, back at the fork, go left.  Past here is a dark blue starry egg.  From
here, ride a platform up to a save fairy and chicken fodder.  Now cross this
large area using these two platforms and watch out for the birds and other
enemies.  Anyway, the platform you’re not on spins, so when it’s closer to where
you want to go, get on it, then, wait for the last platform to spin to the right
place.  Do this to get to the area straight ahead and to the right.  Here is a
save fairy and an egg thief.  Chase him down for a white, green spotted egg.
Now cross those platforms again to another bigger ledge.  (Follow the gems to
get to it.)  There’s a save fairy here and two little dark gems.  Past here,
ride the platform up and destroy the little dark gem and the big one.  Cross the
new path to the Tallest Tower shop.
Clear Sgt. Byrd’s Speedway
From the Tallest Tower shop, ride up the swirly thing and glide over
to Sgt. Byrd.  Talk to him to play a mini-game at the Cloudy Speedway.  You have
to fly through 8 rings and 8 time-gates (which add 5 seconds of time) and shoot
8 vultures, 8 “balloon-a-rangs”, and 8 turrets.  (The turrets will shoot you
back, so watch out.  The L attack works best on them, while R is best on the
vultures and Gnorcs.)  Win in 3 minutes and 20 seconds to get a dark blue starry
egg.  Play again and win in 3 minutes for a light gem.
Destroy all the Dark Gems
Now as Spyro again, go along the path.  Horn dive the target and a
platform will lower.  (On it, you can ride up the swirly thing, but you can’t
get the light gem without knowing wall kick.  When you can wall kick, though,
you can get up to the light gem.)  From the target, glide to the dark gem and
destroy it and two little gems.  (From here, you can glide north to a swirly
thing.  The map will help you know where north is.  From the swirly thing, get
to a locked chest.  Unlock it for gems.)  Some platforms will lower so cross
them.  Here’s the ball gadget.  Use it, and you’ll have 1 minute to get to a
dark blue starry egg.  Don’t hit things in your path or else you’ll slow down.
Use R to go fast, but when bouncing across the tall ledges with red tops, go a
bit slower to have better control.  After getting the egg, play again.  You have
1:20 to get a light gem.  You go along a new path during part of it, but it’s
not very hard, just o very slow at the first gap.  When you’re done with these,
you’ll end up at the beginning of the area, on a big ledge you can’t get to any
other way.  The fireworks will destroy the strong chest at the beginning of this
area.
c. SUNKEN RUINS
Dark Gems: 3
Dragon Eggs: 6
Light Gems: 8
Destroy all the Dark Gems and Collect 24 Light Gems
In this area, there are crab enemies, some weird purple, little enemies, clam
enemies in the water, and annoying green enemies both on land and in the water.
Hit the green ones with electric breath because you might get hurt if you get
too close, especially with the ones with the tridents.  Anyway, there is a save
fairy here and a little dark gem here.  Unlock the chest for some ball
lightning.  Now go right.  There’s a little dark gem to destroy and the
Atlantian Entryway shop.
Now go through the door and swim through the water.  (Don’t forget to charge
through the pots for gems.)  Back on land, unlock the chest for a pink egg.
Through the door is a strong chests and some little dark gems along with a
normal dark gem.  Destroy them and a swirly thing will appear.  It disappears
when the fan stops, but then comes back.  Ride up and glide to another swirly
and repeat until you get to some higher ledges.  Get the pink egg and unlock the
chest for a light gem.  Also, light the fireworks to destroy the strong chests.
Now drop back down and go through the doorway on top of the step-like ledges.
Destroy the little dark gem, then, go past to a save fairy.  Now unlock the
chest for a light gem, then, talk to the mermaid.  Now, swim through the water.
(Follow the lights on the ceiling.)  Back on land, go through the door and
destroy three small dark gems.  Now talk to the Professor.  Hopefully you have
24 light gems to activate the Invincibility Gadget.  Use it to swim through the
green water before the bar runs out.  You can get a light gem.  Now leave the
room along another path, and you’ll get to the Depths shop.  Now go through the
door.  There’s an Invincibility Gadget and a wall kick thing here, but you don’t
need them now, since you can’t even wall kick yet.  (But, when you can, use the
Invincibility Gadget, then wall kick up the glowing pipes.  At the top, light
the fireworks to destroy some strong chests lower down and get the orange egg.)
You can destroy the little dark gems, though.
Clear Sparx Shooter
Now over to the left and play a Sprax mini-game, Outlandish Inlet.
You need to have good timing to get through these gates.  With the round ones,
shoot the thing to the left of it to open it for a limited time.  At the end,
you’ll get a yellow egg.  Play again for a light gem.
Destroy all the Dark Gems and Collect 24 Light Gems
Now drop down.  Destroy a little dark gem.  There are also strong chests and a
platform that will return you to the above area.  Anyway, farther on are some
little dark gems and a save fairy.  Now climb up some ledges and unlock the
chest for a light green egg.  Now get past the statues that are shooting stuff.
Get the light gem, then, use electric breath on the platform to move you over to
another path.  Now go down here and destroy the little dark gems as you go.
Through the doorway are four more little dark gems, strong chests, and an
Invincibility Gadget.  Use it to swim through the water.  Get the light gem as
you swim to another room with an Invincibility Gadget and little dark gems.
Climb up some ledges and use the spin poles.  Horn dive the target, then, return
to the previous room where more spin poles appeared.  Climb up some ledges and
cross those poles to another target.  Horn dive it and, you know the drill.
Back to the other room to cross more spin poles.  Destroy the dark gem and the
little ones and lower down a doorway will form.  Well, first we need to go
through this pathway back into the previous room.  Light the fireworks to
destroy the strong chests and unlock the chest for a light green egg.  Destroy
the little dark gems, then, go through the new doorway.  Destroy the little dark
gem, then, go past it to the Toxic Rise shop.  Through the doorway is a save
fairy.
Now ride up the electric platform.  Up here are strong chests, fireworks, and a
locked chest containing a light gem.  At even higher ledges (which you get to
from that same platform) are a couple little dark gems and four targets to horn
dive.  At the targets are thins you can shoot to move a spin pole over so you
can get to the next target.  Horn dive all four to raise the statue.  Break the
dark gem on it, then, go through the newly formed doorway.  Past here are three
little dark gems and a platform.  Ride it up and unlock the chest up here for a
light gem. Up some ledges, horn dive the target to open the door to get back to
the beginning of the area.  (Hopefully, you have at least 40 light gems by now
to use the Supercharge Gadget.  If so, don’t forget to get a few things you may
have missed in Crocovile Swamp and Cloudy Domain.)
d. WATERY TOMB
Defeat Ineptune
With another ten dark gems destroyed, get to this place from the
beginning of Coastal Remains.  Past a save fairy is the boss battle.  Ineptune
can throw stuff at you and shoot green stuff from her mouth.  After she does the
latter attack, you can charge the gem on her stomach.  After every hit, you’ll
have to dodge the lasers shot from little things that pop up here for a short
time.  After three hits, there’s two of them, plus two butterflies for Sparx.
After six hits are two more butterflies.  And after eight hits, one of those
laser things shoots four lasers.  After nine hits, you’ll win and get water
breath.
Use Water Breath and Activate Teleporter
When leaving, use water breath on the water wheel to open the door.
Back at the teleporter, you can teleport to Icy Wilderness.
C. ICY WILDERNESS
a. FROSTBITE VILLAGE
Dark Gems: 5
Dragon Eggs: 7
Light Gems: 9
Turn on the Electric Nodes
There are Gnorcs and eskimole enemies in this area.  And right here is the
Frosty Depot, bunny fodder, and two strong doors you can’t get through yet.
(Also, if you horn dive these little areas of rocks, you’ll get gems.)  Now talk
to Phil the penguin.  You have 45 seconds to use electric breath on all 6
things.  One is nearby, another is on the frozen fountain, and the other four
are around the edge of here, more hidden.  When you’re done, the gate will open,
so go through.
Peggy’s Playground and Collect 95 Light Gems
Past here is a save fairy.  Use water on the nearby wheel to raise a platform.
Glide over to it to get to a target.  Horn dive that to move a platform and open
a gate.  Ride the platform over to a light gem that was behind the gate, then,
go back.  (On the slippery ice down here, you can’t glide or charge.)  Anyway,
walk to Peggy the penguin to play a game, Iced TNT.  Just shoot the yetis and
eskimoles.  If you get hurt too much, you’ll lose.  Kill enough for a red and
purple egg.  Then, win again for a light gem.
Destroy all the Dark Gems
Now along the next path, destroy the dark gem.  A gap will open up, so go down
through there.  Past here is an orange egg and a locked chest containing ball
lightning.  Now return to the beginning and horn dive the target to open the
nearby gate.  Go through here and get past the big snowball to get over to a
save fairy.  On a higher ledge in this place, horn dive the target to open a
gate.  Before going through it, through, go and destroy the dark gem and the
little ones.
Let Blink Explore and Collect 95 Light Gems
Along the new path, you can find Blink.  Play the mini-game, Snowed Under.  In
this place, there are evil vines, skeletons, fat bugs, yetis, and eskimoles.
Anyway, at the beginning is a bomb dispenser.  You can use bombs to blow up the
ice for gems.  Now go past some snowballs.  Over to the right is one of those
wall jump areas, but we’ll go there later.  So go forward to a fork, then, go
left.  (Also, in this area are metal traps.  Blow them up to get rid of them.)
There’s a bomb dispenser here, and a cracked wall.  Blow the wall up to get to
some bunny fodder and a dark gem.  Climb up the ledges and jump down (don’t land
in the water) and go to that wall jump area I mentioned.  Up there, blow up the
ice to the left to get past it.  Over here, cross the platforms.  (Watch out for
the swinging things.  Also, get off the rock platform quickly, since it breaks.)
There’s a bomb dispenser here.  Also, you need to cross the ceiling.  Watch out
for the bugs crawling around on it; you can’t hurt them.  Also, try to get rid
of the enemies to the side, especially the fat bug, so you don’t get knocked
down.  Past here is bunny fodder and a dark gem.  Now dig through the wall.
There’s a bomb dispenser here.  Also, you can blow up the cracked wall.  There’s
a dark gem, but don’t go up the ledges; there’s nothing there.  So farther on,
you’ll find a dark gem when you kill a yeti over here.  Now go up the path
nearby while dodging the barrels the yetis are throwing.  At the top, destroy
the last dark gem (digging through the wall takes you back to the beginning) to
get a light blue egg.
Now play again for a light gem.  At the second bomb dispenser is a dark gem, and
through the cracked wall near it is another dark gem.  Now, after wall kicking
up some area like before, you’ll find another dark gem.  After crossing the
ceiling later is another dark gem.  Now, dig through the wall and blow up the
cracked wall to get to another dark gem.  Up the ledges, get to another dark
gem.  On the ground is a dark gem and another one is at that yeti.  Up the path
nearby are two dark gems.
Destroy all the Dark Gems and Collect 95 Light Gems
Now as Spyro again, climb up to some higher ledges.  There are two paths up
here.  Take the one over to the left first (It has a snowball falling across two
ledges leading to it).  Chase the egg thief for a white egg with green spots.
Then, on a higher ledge, go along the path to a light gem.  Now, back out of
this area, take the path to the right.  Past some swinging things is a save
fairy and the Icy Camp shop.  You can’t wall kick yet, so you can’t get up to
those higher places, so just go forward for a cut scene.  Then, you’ll get to
play as Hunter in Gloomy Glacier.
From a certain part of the Ice Citadel, past where Sgt. Byrd is and past the icy
ramp, you’ll find a Supercharge Gadget, which is in this level.  Use it to break
many strong chests along the path.  You can also break three strong doors.
After the first is a light gem, and through the one to the right is another
Supercharge Gadget.  Through the third strong door (straight from the first
strong door) to get back to the beginning of this area.  Break the strong door
across from here.  Past here is a save fairy and the Eskimole Village shop.
Break the dark gem and the little ones and a cannon will appear and its ledge
will rise up.  Wall kick up to a higher place.  You need 95 light gems to go
through that door.
Go to the cannon and break some strong chests, a strong door, and a big, round,
metal thing.  You can’t get to where the strong door was, so go along the path
behind the big, metal thing.  Cross the icicles past here before they sink back
into the water and destroy the dark gem.  Go along his new path, then, horn dive
the igloo to get rid of the Eskimoles.  Cross the spin poles to get to a light
gem.  (Also, below the bridge is a locked chest with gems in it.)  Now return to
the water with the icicles.  Cross over to another ledge here to get to a locked
chest containing a red and purple egg.
Now, go to the Icy Camp shop from much earlier.  You can use these wall kick
areas now, so go up the one to the left.  (On a ledge to the left, charge
through the cracked wall to get to a light blue egg.)  At the top of this wall
kick thing is a metal thing.  You need to now go up the right wall kick thing
(watch out for falling icicles) and horn dive the target at the top.  The cannon
will rise, so use it to break the metal thing.  Go along the new path now.
There’s a save fairy here and little dark gems farther on.  Anyway break the
dark gem to lower some platforms.  Get on one and ride over to a light gem.  If
you return to where the mammoth got Spyro, you can get another light gem.  With
all the dark gems gone, go to the dark doorway in the beginning of this area.
You can now go through to Red’s Chamber.
Collect 95 Light Gems
Remember the door I mentioned near the Eskimole Village shop?  With
95 light gems, you can go through it.  Past it is a fork and to the right, you
can find a locked chest containing a light green egg.  Back at the fork, go