Achievement Guide for Crash Bandicoot on RetroAchievements

This guide will state which levels are fully completable on their first access, also each achievement will be specified with the level.

There are 46 achievements and 460 points to collect.

Overview

Number of Playthroughs: 1 + Backtracking

Difficulty: 7/10

Time to Master: 5-20 Hours

Number of Missables: 1

Set Developers: GalacticSpear and TheJediSonic

Guide Author: Jacqueswez

Tips

Each level (except bosses and the Great Hall) will have a gem to collect. To collect a gem, you need to break all boxes within the level without dying. If you do die, you'll have to return to the island map and retry the level. NOTE: The bonuses like Tawna and N.Brio do not count towards the box total.

To save during the game, you'll have to access Tawna bonuses or collect gems. Save whenever possible.

To unlock 2 bonus levels, you will need to collect 2 keys from the Cortex bonuses.

Missables

There is one missable (Bandicoot Abuse), this can be done in a multiple of levels, personally I did this in "Temple Ruins".

Start of Guide

Level 1: N.Sanity Beach

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

1/46 * Rutabaga! - "With the power of Aku Aku, become invincible against anything!... or almost..."

2/46* An Easy Start for a not so Friendly Adventure - "Destroy all the boxes from N. Sanity Beach and collect the gem"

3/36 * Iron Boots - "Destroy all the straight line boxes at the end of N. Sanity Beach without jumping"

Level 2: Jungle Rollers

Requires backtracking.

Achievement Unlocked:

4/46 * Wait... but weren't you kidnapped? - "Collect 3 Tawna's Tokens and save your game in her Bonus Round"

Level 3: The Great Gate

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 4: Boulders

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievement Unlocked:

5/46 * Indiana Bandicoot - "Destroy all the boxes from Boulders and collect the gem"

Level 5: Boss - Papu Papu

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

6/46 * Papu Popped - "Defeat Papu Papu"

7/46 * Putting Papu Papu to sleep - "Defeat Papu Papu in less than 15 seconds (Return to the map if fail and don't pause)"

Level 6: Upstream

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

8/46 * I'm not Blue, but I can't swim either - "Destroy all the boxes from Upstream and collect the gem"

Level 7: Rolling Stones

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 8: Hog Wild

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

9/46 * I don't like where this is going... - "Destroy all the boxes from Hog Wild and collect the gem"

Level 9: Native Fortress

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 10: Up The Creek

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

10/46 * Gulp, Hulp - "Destroy all the boxes from Up The Creek and collect the gem"

Level 11: Boss - Ripper Roo

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

11/46 * Ripper Ruined -"Defeat Ripper Roo"

12/46 * Jack the Ripper -"Defeat Ripper Roo in under 40 seconds"

Level 12: The Lost City

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

13/46 * Escape from the Temple - "Destroy all the boxes from The Lost City and collect the gem"

Level 13: Temple Ruins

Fully completable, level requires 2 full playthroughs.

This level includes the only missable achievement.

Go for the missable achievement on your first time through, then go for the gem on your second time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

14/46 * The Lost Ruins - "Destroy all the boxes from Temple Ruins and collect the gem"

15/46 * Bandicoot Abuse - "Complete a stage missing at least 50 boxes at the results screen"

Level 14: Road To Nowhere

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 15: Boulder Dash

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 16: Sunset Vista

Fully completable on your first time through.

This level includes the Cortex bonus which you need to complete to unlock one of the keys.

Achievements Unlocked:

16/46 * Cortex's Crazed Contest - "Find The Key in Sunset Vista"

17/46 * The Gem of the Middle - "Destroy all the boxes from Sunset Vista and collect the gem"

Level 17: Boss - Koala Kong

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

18/46 * Never Skip Leg Day - "Defeat Koala Kong without jumping and without taking damage (don't press jump during intro)"

19/46 * Koala Konked - "Defeat Koala Kong"

Level 18: Heavy Machinery

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

20/46 * Meavy Hachinery - "Destroy all the boxes from Heavy Machinery and collect the gem"

Level 19: Cortex Power

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 20: Cortex Power

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 21: Generation Room

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

21/46 * I am watching everything that you are doing - "Destroy all the boxes from Generator Room and collect the gem"

Level 22: Toxic Waste

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

22/46 * Donkey Kong 3D - "Destroy all the boxes from Toxic Waste and collect the gem"

Level 23: Boss - Pinstripe Potoroo

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

23/46 * No guns in my E Rated game - "Defeat Pinstripe Potoroo without letting him charge his gun more than 3 times in the 2nd phase (Return to the map if fail)"

24/46 * Pinstripe Patooey - "Defeat Pinstripe Potoroo without letting him charge his gun more than 3 times in the 2nd phase (Return to the map if fail)"

Level 24: The High Road

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

25/46 * Javali's Revenge - "Destroy all the boxes from The High Road and collect the gem"

Level 25: Slippery Climb

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

26/46 * Rainy Towers - "Destroy all the boxes from Slippery Climb and collect the gem"

Level 26: Lights Out

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 27: Jaws Of Darkness

Fully completable on your first time through.

This level includes the Cortex bonus which you need to complete to unlock one of the keys.

Achievements Unlocked:

27/46 * Toasty - "Destroy all the boxes from Jaws Of Darkness and collect the gem"

28/46 * Cortex's Terrifying Trial - "Find The Key in Jaws Of Darkness"

Level 28: Castle Machinery

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

29/46 * So Close... but yet so far... - "Destroy all the boxes from Castle Machinery and collect the gem"

Level 29: Boss - N.Brio

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

30/46 * Nitrus Broken - "Defeat Nitrus Brio"

31/46 * Crashed and Smashed - "Defeat Nitrus Brio without pressing up and without taking damage (Return to the map if fail)"

Level 30: The Lab

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

32/46 * Tawna! Wait for me! - "Destroy all the boxes from The Lab and collect the gem"

Level 31: The Great Hall

Requires backtracking.

No achievements.

Level 32: Boss - Neo Cortex

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

33/46 * Cortex N. Capacitated - "Defeat Dr. Neo Cortex and Save Tawna"

34/46 * Darn you, Crash Bandicoot - "Defeat Dr. Neo Cortex without taking damage (Return to the map if fail)"

Bonus Level: Fumbling In The Dark

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

35/46 * Aku Aku Light's Battery is not that high - "Destroy all the boxes from Fumbling In The Dark and collect the gem"

Bonus Level 2: Whole Hog

Fully completable on your first time through.

Achievements Unlocked:

36/46 * Here We Go Again... - "Destroy all the boxes from Whole Hog and collect the gem"

Backtracking (Completed in Any Order)

Revisiting Jungle Rollers

Achievements Unlocked:

37/46 * Jungle Japes - "Destroy all the boxes from Jungle Rollers and collect the gem"

Revisiting The Great Gate

Achievements Unlocked:

38/46 Shield Attacker - "Destroy all the boxes from The Great Gate and collect the gem"

Revisiting Upstream

Achievements Unlocked:

39/46 * I'm not Blue, but I can't swim either - "Destroy all the boxes from Upstream and collect the gem"

Revisiting Rolling Stones

Achievements Unlocked:

40/46 * Paper Crash - "Destroy all the boxes from Rolling Stones and collect the gem"

Revisiting Native Fortress

Achievements Unlocked:

41/46 * I'm out of here - "Destroy all the boxes from Native Fortress and collect the gem"

Revisiting Boulder Dash

Achievements Unlocked:

42/46 * AHHHHHH I thought I got rid of you! - "Destroy all the boxes from Boulder Dash and collect the gem"

Revisiting Road to Nowhere

Achievements Unlocked:

43/46 * That sign won't stop me, because I can't read - "Destroy all the boxes from Road To Nowhere and collect the gem"

Revisiting Cortex Power

Achievements Unlocked:

44/46 Cortex Got The Power! - "Destroy all the boxes from Cortex Power and collect the gem"

Revisiting Lights Out

Achievements Unlocked:

45/46 * I Can't See Anything! - "Destroy all the boxes from Lights Out and collect the gem"

Congratulations, you have completed Crash Bandicoot!

46/46 * A Shining Ending - "Collect all the 26 Gems and finish the game with the secret ending"