• Estimated Difficulty: 6/10
• Approximate Time for Mastery: 20h+
• Minimum Playthroughs for Mastery: 2 (1 on Nightmare Mode for everything, 1 for the speedrun)
• Missable Achievements: 0
• Difficulty Specific Achievements: 16 (on Nightmare Mode)
• Most Difficult Achievements: You Faced My Rage, A Filthy Finale, The Seven Holidays King
• Free-roam/Level Select After Beating the Game?: Yes, chapters can be selected at any time.
• Save System?: Manual Save, with 5 save slots available (can only save after finishing a chapter, or by speaking to Mr. Hyde to save while in a chapter).
• Stackable Achievements?: Yes, getting the S Rank achievement will also earn you the lower rank achievements.
• Anything that Disables Achievements?: Yes. Because the linked game is from the European region, you're required to select 60hz Video Mode to be able to earn achievements. Using cheats will also disable them.

• Achievement Set Author: Bryan1150
• RAGuide Author: PenguGG
• The defunct site Pumpkin Patch, that contained many tips and informations about the game and more.
• bullseye strider, for its video walktrough, showcasing some useful strategies and tricks.

Welcome to the RA guide for Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge, for the Playstation 2!

The game released in 2005 for PS2 and Xbox, developed by Capcom and it proposes itself as a sequel to the 1993 movie Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. The game strikes some similiarity to Devil May Cry, like the combat and its combo counter, the exploration with its secret areas that contain upgrades or collectibles, and the ranking system based on performance. All the while it keeps true to the artistic style of the film. It also features re-arranged music from the film that gets used especially during boss fights, transforming them more into a duet. The game was also released alongside another game, developed by TOSE, that features a story taking place before the events of the film, sort of an origin story, called Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King.

The game takes place some time after the events of the film. Jack Skellington, yet again, found the latest Halloween celebration boring. Seeking for ideas, he goes to Doctor Finkelstein for advice in how to make Halloween more scary and. The Doctor gives him his newest creation: SOUL ROBBER! A green slime that acts like a whip, even capable of grabbing stuff with ease. Jack decides to leave Halloween Town with the Doctor's gift in search for new ideas, and leaves the Doctor in charge of the town. But Lock, Shock, and Barrel took this opportunity to stitch back together Oogie Boogie. He then began to plot his revenge against Halloween Town, but not only that - he also plans to take over all the other holidays, to become the Seven Holidays King. When Jack comes back to his Town, he notices that something was off in his town, and that the new inhabitants are not exactly friendly towards him.

These will be mostly about defeating a boss and retrieving the Holiday Doors. All of these will be naturally earned as you progress through the game.

Because the rest of the set requires it, you have to start on Nightmare Mode. You can still familiarize yourself with the game even at this difficulty, as the enemies in the game just get increased health. Their behaviour doesn't change at all between difficulties.

Can be done while going through the Story. Some of these can be bought from the shop of the game, the Witches' Shop. While others have to be found in the many area in the game that become accessible the further you progress. Some will also be hidden in secret areas named Hidden Places, requiring some exploration to find the entrances to these areas. The game will make you enter in one of these area right at the beginning of the game too.

One thing of note is the Pumpkin Shield. This present for Santa Jack is only available on Easy Mode. It won't be required for the achievement Sandy Claws. Also, Easy Mode halves the prices of the items at the Witches' Shop. For consistency, the prices from Normal Mode and Nightmare Mode for anything bought at the shop will be used.

This part is to get an overall S Rank on all the stages to ultimately obtain the achievement The Seven Holidays King (while also earning the corelated achievements). Not only we need to get S rank and complete both secret chapters, we also need to do everything on Nightmare Mode. The difficulty ups the required score to reach this rank higher than Normal Mode, and in some chapters this can get even more difficult. Thankfully, the game tracks the recorded highest rank of a chapter when assigning the overall rank, so we can even do one at a time with no need to do everything at once.
The A Rank achievements will be used to list everything there is to know about S Ranking a chapter. This way both these achievements and the achievement for S ranking everything will be covered together.

Any achievement regarding defeating the bosses without taking damage, and perfoming all Dance Modes in the game without missing an input, while playing on Nightmare Mode.
Bosses, or enemies in general, have their health increased by quite a margine. It becomes more important to keep dodging and to know how to deal with them. Of all the bosses, the most toublesome that may take many tries are for the achievements A Filthy Finale and You Faced My Rage.
Dance Mode has instead both its markers at the bottom moved to be more closers to each other. This makes more precision with your inputs required to make it through the songs perfectly.

A section entirely dedicated to the speedrun achievement, The Speedrun Before Christmas. It may sound rather daunting but the time required is actually forgiving enough. No things like speedrun black magic is necessary, or ever needed, to reach this time. It is still best to having beaten the game once to be more capable to do this one.

While fighting the bosses, notes can be dropped by hitting the bosses themselves or by other enemies or destructible hazards. These notes can be collected to fill up a meter. Completely filling up this meter will commence Dance Mode. Like a rhythm game, you have to press the buttons that'll appear while they are in between the two markers in the bottom part of the screen. Completing the Dance Mode in its entirety will dish out a big amount of damage to the boss. Missing a certain amount of notes will end the dance earlier and lower the damage dealt to the boss.

Each difficulty will change the position of the markers. Higher difficulty level will make the markers move more closer to each other, requiring in turn more precision with the button presses.

This game features a ranking system. This system assings you ranks based on your performance in a chapter, leading to also an overall rank based on what you got. The game ranks you based on 4 factors:

• Time - This is how much time you've spent to beat the chapter. This time ticks not only while you're playing, but also during cutscenes and while going through any menus too.
• Combo - This is highest amount of hits you dish out to the enemies. The combo counter is not broken by getting hit, but it can expire if not hits are dealt for some time.
• Damage - This is the amount of hits taken, may it be from either enemies, traps or enviromental hazards. The lower this amount, the better ranking you'll get. The game assigns you 1 point each time you got hit from anything, while in Nightmare Mode you get 2 points.
• !-Count - This is the amount of !-points you earned. These points can be mainly be gotten by taunting enemies or startling them with presents. They can also be earned with Soul Cycle or with Dance Mode, by hitting the inputs right in the middle of the two markers.

After beating a chapter, you'll earn a rank based on which requirement has been reached: D, C, B, A, S. D being the lowest rank, S the highest, and most difficult to reach rank. The requirements change based on what difficulty has been selected, Nightmare Mode having naturally the hardest records to reach for the highest rank.

The highest score achieved will be saved by the game and rewritten if a better score has been reached. The game uses these recorded records to assign the overall ranking to a chapter, without caring about what overall ranking has been earned at the end of the chapter. That doesn't mean that one has no value, as based on the highest overall rank reached at the end of the chapter will award you Souls, up to 1.000 Souls.

• A successful Taunt empowers your next Soul Robber attack. This will let you either make a stronger normal combo, a stronger Soul Spin or start Soul Cycle.
• You can use Taunt to replenish the enemies' health and also make them more durable to make more combos out of them.
• Soul Slam and Soul Cycle have a duration for how long you can keep using them. If you use Blue Souls before the Soul Robber starts to become red, you'll replenish its durability, extending the duration of the move.
• Pumpkin King has highly damaging attacks. Especially Fire Bomb can take out King Skeletons in a few hits. However the costume is needed in different points in certain chapters, like lighting up stuff or destroying wooden planks, in order to progress. It is suggested to save at least a few a them just in case.
• Santa Jack's presents have different utilities, other than getting !-points: Re-possession to turn enemies in Oogie Mode back to normal and make fights more manageable; Scared Stiff is really good against hidden ghosts or to crowd control many enemies; Cold Front can block a problematic enemy if needed, and it's the only present that deals damage.
• Enemies in Oogie Mode are more dangerous than the normal enemies. Make it a priority to defeat them or to turn them to normal with a Re-possession present. Defeated these enemies does award you with more Souls.
• Hidden enemies will rapidly hit you and knock you down when you get near them. Trying to hit them while hidden will just make them attack anyway. Worst of all, they are always in Oogie Mode. Keep your distance from them, and use the presents to reveal them and defeat them.
• Usually in chapters that have boss fights you can do both combo and !-count requirement by doing a perfect Dance Mode. Pressing the inputs right in the middle between the two markers increases combo count by 1 and also increase the !-count by 1.
• You can extend the invicibility in your dodge by immediately changing to one of your costumes right after executing a dodge. This is because the costume change animation has invincibility, and dodging cancels that animation but not the invincibility from it.
• Getting all the figurines in the game will reward you with Infinite Red Souls. Not only this makes some parts in the game much easier to go through, but this powerup won't lock you out of any achievements. You can choose to wait until getting this power-up to make things easy, but you can also do OK without it.

This is Oogie-Town [5]
Defeat Oogie Boogie's Shadow and recover the Halloween Door

PROGRESSION

He always moves to the right, then to the left, no matter in what side of the arena he's on. You can position yourself in his path to make the most damage.

His dice throw attack is tied to the music. It is possible to know exactly when he'll attack to let you land more hits. Though when he does this attack, he also does a pirouette that can actually damage you, so you have to not be too close to him or dodge in time.

After he has thrown 3 dices, the fight will be in the "WOW" part of the song, which is when he'll attack with the big dices. Even here this attack is tied to the music: when he sings the third "WOW", the dices will start to fall on you. You can dodge them or just simply continue to walk to avoid them.

Damcel in Distress [5]
Defeat the Mega Spider and recover the Valentine's Day Door

PROGRESSION

The fight will be mainly about hitting the weakspot on its back. If you hit its weakspot, or also finishing the Dance Mode successfully, it'll disappear to make tiny spiders appear. Best way to deal with them is by doing a charged up normal Soul Robber combo followed immediately by a Soul Spin. This will hit the majority of the spiders while also bringing them more towards you.

Its cobwebs are the most likely attack it'll do when you're close to it. If these attacks miss, they'll hit the ground and make it sticky. Moving into the webs on the ground won't damage you, but will block you there open for an attack. When at half health, it'll start to shoot three spiderwebs instead.

He can occasionaly perform a charge or a jump attack, more likely if you're far away from it. These attacks can give you a good opportunity to hit its weakspot.

You can react to its attacks more easily by standing on either the left or right side. It'll always have to turn itself in your direction in order to attack you and that will give you enough time to see when to dodge its attacks.

Cerebrum Cleansed [5]
Defeat Dr. Finkelstein and recover the St Patrick's Day Door

PROGRESSION

To defeat him you have to throw the two pieces of brain on the tray right in front of him while his head is open. One way to open his head is to grab him from behind repeatedly until it opens. Best moment to do this is right when his inventions stop moving. Another way is to collect the notes by destroying its inventions, than perform a successful Dance Mode to make his head open (it will also teleport you right in front of you). Trying to open his head does also give some notes too.

He attacks in order, starting with the turrets. The turrets can be avoided by standing a bit further away from them, enough distance so you'll hit them with Soul Robber. After the turrets, the blades will appear. They require some time to get ready giving you time to destroy at least one of them. When active, keep your distance or dodge them as you destroy them. After the blades the turrets will appear again. At this point, if you destroyed his inventions you should have enough notes to enter Dance Mode. If not, he'll do one last attack with the electric pillar that shoots lightning when charged. When you see a red spark, dodge the attack. After this attack he repeats the whole sequence.

If you start the boss fight with the Sleeping Soup in your inventory, gotten from the Secret Chapter in chapter 7, the doctor will be asleep, open for one free hit. This doesn't work on Nightmare Mode however.

Thanks for Giving the Door [5]
Defeat Barrel and his Army of Skeletons and recover the Thanksgiving Door

PROGRESSION

Barrel will always run away from you while sending Skeletons in your way. He also does attack by shooting you if far enough from you.

A good opportunity to hit him is when he jumps. If you hit him while in the air he'll fall, giving you an opportunity to damage him.

You can also stun lock him by taunting him. After a taunt, perform a Soul Spin to deal damage, then a taunt right to keep him in place. Repeat this until he's defeated.

Trick or Treat! [5]
Defeat Lock, Shock and Barrel and recover the Independence Day Door

PROGRESSION

Throw the bear traps and exploding pumpkins back at them. Bear traps will also bind them in place for easier hits. They'll still be able to attack you however.

When the bathtub is destroyed, all three will get out to attack you. Of the three, Shock is the most dangerous, as she can summon statues that will circle around you blocking your movement an leaving you open for attacks from the other two. Lock and Barrel fight the same as like their other fights. Lock will try to plunge onto you from high above with a shadow that will tell you when to dodge his attack. Barrel will shoot you with his machine gun from afar.

You have to follow and attack Shock to not let her attack. You can do fine dodging the other two kid's attacks. If it happens that her and another one are close, you can hit them both with a Fire Bomb. It'll make them fly high in the air while also taking high damage. If they try to get up, that's when you can use another Fire Bomb. Of course, be aware of what the other kid is doing while going for it.

One very effective way to defeat them is to first destroy their bathtub right at the edge of the arena so the three of them won't get off far away from each other. You can make this easier with the beartraps. Immediately when they get out of the bathtub use Fire Bomb to blast all three of them at once up high in the air. When they fall down, wait for them to try to get up before using Fire Bomb again to hit them. You can do this for as many Red Souls as you got and it'll make this fight easier. You still should try to collect the notes so that you can finish them off quickly before running out of Red Souls.

Boogeyman's Wager [10]
Defeat Oogie Boogie and recover the Easter Door

PROGRESSION

Stay close to the central platform and destroy the cards immediately one at a time. If you destroyed one, move towards the empty space to avoid the blades that'll soon come out from the central platform.

The gunners can be destroyed and if done so will damage Oogie Boogie for a bit of damage. You can either go for them, or just go to the opposite side of the arena to not get hit.

After the gunners, the cards will appear again, minus the one you've destroyed earlier. Then the exploding dices appear that you have to hit or throw away so that they won't explode in your face.

The exploding dices will appear again, except this time they won't explode immediately. At this moment Oogie will sing the "WOW" part of the song, and he'll have his mouth wide open. Throw the exploding dices in his mouth and stay right on the empty spot where the dice was to avoid the explosions. If you did it, Oogie will explode and it'll be possible to damage him with Soul Robber. If not, he'll jump away.

Oogie will then make the gunners and the exploding dices appear again that you have to throw at him. After this, everything will start over again.

A Dance of Fire and Ice [10]
Defeat the Fire King and Ice King Skeletons and recover the Christmas Door

PROGRESSION

Both the Fire King Skeleton and the Ice King Skeleton are basically bigger King Skeletons, so just like them the best way to defeat them is to attack them from behind.

Ice King Skeleton can go down very easily via Fire Bombs. Don't use them against the Fire King Skeleton or it'll heal from them.

When either of them turns dark, use a Re-Possession present to turn them back to normal.

Father Christmas' Sorrow [10]
Defeat the Oogie Train to save Sandy

PROGRESSION

Make it a priority to hit the lever closest to where the train is coming to derail it. A red light will signal in what direction its coming from.

The area is full of hidden enemies that make traversing anywhere a challenge. Take your time to throw presents at them to save you some frustration.

While thashing the Oogie Train, remember to not stand in front of it or you'll take damage and be knocked down.

You're King Of Nothing! [25]
Defeat Mega Oogie and save all of the Holidays!

COMPLETION

You can hit his feet to make him fall (get away from where he falls!). This makes his head reachable with your attacks. Be aware that staying on the ground makes it easy to be targeted by his attacks.

You can also get on the upper part of the arena where you can use the gas leaks. When he comes close to one, light them up with any attacks of the Pumpkin King for a good amount of damage. The gas leaks will reappear after a while.

He always growls when ready to attack. If he's close, he'll try to smack you. Another attack that he can do anywhere is him throwing up objects at you. It's sort of difficult to dodge this one because of how fast they'll fly at you. It's easier to dodge it the further away you're from him. You can also drop down the arena or get in the upper floor to make him stop the attack while he's executing it.

After the fight, you'll transition into Dance Mode. This one is the hardest in the game, and anytime you miss a button you'll lose health. The last parts of the song are hard and may take away some health from you. As long as you have enough health to go through this, you don't have much to worry about.

Jack Must Die! [25]
Beat the game on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

You'll earn this after beating chapter 24 on Nightmare Mode.

The game has three difficulties available right at the start: Easy Mode, Normal Mode, and Nightmare Mode. What specifically changes between difficulties is as follows:

• The enemies' and bosses' amount of health. Their behaviour remains unchanged.
• How close the indicators are to each other during Dance Mode.
• The requirements for each Rank. Easy Mode has two elements that are exclusive to this mode: the items at the Witches' Shop get their prices halved; and the Pumpkin Shield will be available to be purchased at the shop. This present for the Santa Jack Costume renders Jack immune to damage for a short period.

Nightmare Mode puts the ranking requirements much higher compared to Normal Mode. The indicators during Dance Mode are the closest to each other, requiring better timing with your button presses to get good inputs. Enemies and Bosses will have their health increased much higher to tank even more hits, but their behaviour remains the same.

Fire Hazard [10]
Defeat Mega Oogie 1st Phase without using the Pumpkin King Costume

Without the Pumpkin King power, this fight will require quite the patience. You'll have to rely entirely on Soul Robber and to consistently survive against all of his attacks. You can also use your Crystal Bottles to replenish any health lost when needed.

Smokin' Sexy Style!! [5]
Get a Pumpkin King Combo Rank for the first time [Dances don't count]

Perform a total combo of 150 without breaking it to reach Pumpkin King combo rank.

You'll have many opportunities to do this, but the easiest to do this is in Chapter 3. During the Lock's Fight, perform Soul Cycle, and keep it going using Blue Souls before the Soul Robber becomes red (sometimes the enemies drop a Blue Soul too). This will guarantee you to reach the Pumpkin King combo rank.

Turn On The Heat [5]
Defeat all monsters in Hidden Place 1 in Chapter 12

COLLECTABLE

This figurine can only be found from Chapter 12 and later. Reaching this place earlier than that will just award you Souls.

To get to Hidden Place 1, you have to enter into the manhole found close to the fountain in the Fountain Area, the same one you entered in Chapter 2.

Defeating all the enemies will earn you a Heat Skeleton figurine.

Royal Wraith [5]
Defeat all monsters in Hidden Place 3

COLLECTABLE

Outside of the Withes Shop, to the right you'll find a sign with a fish on it. Hit it and it'll make a spiral appear to latch on. Jump between the spirals and when you've reached the roof of the tall building move north to enter Hidden Place 3.

Defeating all the enemies will earn you a King Ghost figurine.

Trololololol [5]
Defeat all monsters in Hidden Place 5

COLLECTABLE

Follow the path behind the tree in the Tomb of Tears. Get past the statues by destroying them with the pumpkins. Follow the path and when you reach an open area, go inside the open tomb you should find to the right full of vines.

The first time you defeat all the enemies you'll be rewarded with a Crystal Skull. Defeating them again for the second time will reward you with a Troll Skeleton Figurine.

Spooky Azure Skeletons [5]
Defeat all monsters in Hidden Place 6

COLLECTABLE

Get to the Old Graveyard. After passing the statues that spit fire, latch on the spiral to the north you should find there. Ignite the spider web in front of the entrance of the tomb with your Pumpkin King Costume and enter the Hidden Place 6.

Defeating all the enemies will earn you a Blue Skeleton figurine.

Spooktacular Phantom [5]
Defeat all monsters in Hidden Place 8

COLLECTABLE

Right when you enter Barrel's Maze, go forward until you find a rock that can be broken to the right. The entrance to Hidden Place 8 is behind this rock.

Defeating all the enemies will earn you a Halloween Ghost figurine.

Tyrant Frame [5]
Defeat all monsters in Hidden Place 10

COLLECTABLE

The figurine in here can only be earned from Chapter 14 and later.

At the Sewer Slums, go south where the wooden planks are, destroy them and go up the stairs. Jump to the spiral nearby and then jump to the spiral to the north (take care of the enemies if they appear). Then just get into the entrance in front to get to Hidden Place 10.

Defeating all the enemies will earn you a Orc Skeleton figurine.

Dazzling Arthropod [5]
Defeat all monsters in Hidden Place 16

COLLECTABLE

Go to Horror Hill. Proceed through the road ahead until you find a well you can interact with. Reaching the bottom, you'll find some statues that you'll need to destroy by throwing the ghosts at them. Destroying all of them will reveal the entrance to Hidden Place 16 to the right.

Defeat all the enemies will earn you the King Skeleton figurine.

Ghostrick Or Treat [5]
Defeat all monsters in Hidden Place 17

COLLECTABLE

In Xmas Tree Plaza, reach the Green Elf House, the one near the carousel, the same one you're needed to enter in Chapter 22 to get the Blue Ornament. Light up the lamps in front of the house at the same time with Fire Bomb to gain access.

Defeating the enemies again after getting the Blue Ornament will earn you the Trick and Treat figurine.

Soul Robber! [10]
Fully upgrade the Soul Robber

COLLECTABLE

Buy all the Soul Robber upgrades from the Witches Shop.

Lvl 1: N/A
Lvl 2: 3.000 Souls
Lvl 3: 7.000 Souls

Total: 10.000 Souls

Pumpkin Blaze [10]
Fully upgrade the Pumpkin King Costume

COLLECTABLE

Buy all the Pumpkin King upgrades from the Witches Shop

Lvl 1: N/A
Lvl 2: 2.000 Souls
Lvl 3: 4.500 Souls

Total: 6.500 Souls

Sandy Claws [10]
Fully upgrade the Santa Jack Costume

COLLECTABLE

Buy all the Santa Jack upgrades from the Witches Shop

Re-possession
Lvl 1: N/A
Lvl 2: 500 Souls
Lvl 3: 1.000 Souls

Scared Stiff
Lvl 1: 500 Souls
Lvl 2: 1.200 Souls
Lvl 3: 2.500 Souls

Cold Front
Lvl 1: 1.000 Souls
Lvl 2: 5.000 Souls
Lvl 3: 10.000 Souls

Pumpkin Shield (Only available on Easy Mode)
Lvl 1: 450 Souls
Lvl 2: 900 Souls
Lvl 3: 4.500 Souls

Total: 20.700 Souls (Pumpkin Shield not included)

Jack-O'-Lantern [3]
Get your first Golden Pumpkin

COLLECTABLE

Refer to Auriferous Cucurbita.

Auriferous Cucurbita [10]
Get all the Golden Pumpkins

COLLECTABLE

There are 10 Golden Pumpkins throughout the game.

1. In front of the Town Hall, latch on the spiral above the door and enter the hole you'll find on top to get to Hidden Place 2. Defeat all the enemies the first Golden Pumpkin.
2. Get a perfect score in the Corpse Kid Quiz. Be warned: do not get the perfect score the first time you take the quiz in Chapter 6, or you'll be locked out of the Golden Pumpkin.
3. In one of the branches of the big tree in the Tomb of Tears. To the right of the tree, use the spiral further back, then jump across the other spirals to reach it.
4. In the bottom floor of the Big Pumpkin Head, in which you start at Chapter 12. perform a triple jump to get to the Golden Pumpkin.
5. At the Mayor's House, right where the Golden Pumpkin is visible, go through the door and continue forward until you get outside. Go south instead and continue through this path. Jump onto the spiral at the end to get to the Golden Pumpkin.
6. At the start of the Magma Maze, progress through the level until you see a big skull with a spiral on its nose you can latch into. You'll enter Hidden Place 12, where you can find a Golden Pumpkin after defeating all the enemies.
7. In Spiral Hill, at the entrance go to the left to find a gate with an handle. Crank the handle until it's open to get in Hidden Place 14. Defeat all the enemies and you'll earn a Golden Pumpkin.
8. This one is in the Hinterlands, so pay attention to where to go: at the entrance of this area, go north, then north-east of Mr. Hyde. You should see an entrance in front of you. Go in front of it, then go all the way right to a tiny path. You'll reach an area full of guillotines and gargoyles. Destroy all of them or earn the Golden Pumpkin.
9. Can be bought from the Witches' Shop for 7.500 Souls.
10. After buying the first Golden Pumpkin in the Witches' Shop, another one will be available to be bought for 15.000 Souls.

Crystalline Container [3]
Get your second Crystal Bottle

COLLECTABLE

Refer to Estus Flasks.

Estus Flasks [10]
Get all the Crystal Bottles

COLLECTABLE

You can only get one Crystal Bottle through the Witches' Shop for 5.000 Souls.
For the other 2 Crystal Bottles, you need to exchange all 8 Crystal Skulls you can find throughout the game to the Witch to the left at the Shop to get them.

1. In Fountain Area. To the right of the gate, latch on the spiral to get to Hidden Place 4. Defeat all the enemies to get a Crystal Skull.
2. In the Old Graveyard. Jump onto the spiral to the north and use the Pumpkin King costume to get rid of the spider web blocking the entrance to the building there. Get inside to enter Hidden Place 6 where you can find the Crystal Skull.
3. In Tomb of Tears, from chapter 18 onwards. Get on top of the tree where you found the last Hangman to find the Crystal Skull.
4. In Runaway Ramp. Right in front of the elevator that takes you to Nightmare Lab, go to the left and jump onto the spiral. Enter the door here to get to Igor's Room, where you'll find the Crystal Skull.
5. In the Runaway Ramp, from Chapter 8 onwards. Go through the door that you should find in the ramp a bit before the elevator to the Nightmare Lab, that that was barred at first. You'll be in Sally's Room, and just like with Igor's Room, you'll find the Crystal Skull right here.
6. In the Sewer Slums, where the wooden planks are located, look for a breakable wall to the left. Break the wall and go through the entrance to get to Hidden Place 11, where you'll find a Crystal Skull.
7. In the Magma Maze, progressing through the area you should see the Crystal Skull in an unreachable area. Go back to the red moving platform and when possible move to the other platform that is held by a skeleton. Latch on the spiral on top to get to the Crystal Skull.
8. In Xmas Tree Plaza, it's located in the Hidden Place 18, where you have to get the Candles for Chapter 22. At the entrance of this area, go behind the building to the left and latch on the spiral to get on top of the building. Drop on top of the big present behind the train and wait until you see a spiral. Latch on this spiral to get to the Hidden Place 18. If you're in Chapter 22, you'll need to re-enter it after getting the Candles to get the Crystal Skull.

Phantom Outfits [10]
Collect all the Costumes

COLLECTABLE

Outside of the two costumes that you can get by playing the through the game, you can earn other costumes by finishing the game with a certain overall rank. These don't have extra powers, and are just costumes that changes the normal appearance of Jack.

Pajama Jack: Beat the Game with overall C ranking in all chapters.
Dancing Jack: Beat the Game with overall B ranking in all chapters.
Thespian Jack: Beat the Game with overall A ranking in all chapters.
Phantom Jack: Beat the Game with overall S ranking in all chapters and both Secret Chapters beaten.

Spooky Collector [10]
Collect all the Figurines

COLLECTABLE

The figurines can be earned by finishing a chapter with at least all A ranks or by finding them in certain Hidden Places.

Jack Skellington: Earned from the beginning.
Shadow Oogie: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 1.
Tall Witch: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 2.
Short Witch: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 2.
Zero: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 3.
Hanging Tree: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 4.
Pumpkin King: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 5.
Lock: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 5.
Igor: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 6.
Shock: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 7.
Santa Jack: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 8.
Doctor Finklestein: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 8.
Behemoth: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 9.
Oogie Boogie: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 10.
Barrel: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 11.
Clown: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 12.
Vampire #1: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 13.
Vampire #2: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 13.
Vampire #3: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 13.
Vampire #4: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 13.
Mayor: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 14.
The 3 Brats in a Tub: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 15.
Baby Spiders: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 16.
Super Spider: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 16.
Roulette Oogie: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 17.
Sally: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 18.
Mr. Hyde: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 19.
Fire and Ice Kings: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 20.
Corpse Kid: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 21.
Green Elf: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 22.
Red Elf: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 22.
Sandy Claws: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 23.
Mega Oogie: Get an overall A rank or better in Chapter 24.

Heat Skeliton: Found in Hidden Place 1, from chapter 12 and later. Refer to Turn On The Heat.
King Ghost: Found in Hidden Place 3. Refer to Royal Wraith.
Troll Skeleton: Found in Hidden Place 5. Refer to Trololololol.
Blue Skeleton: Found in Hidden Place 6. Refer to Spooky Azure Skeletons.
Halloween Ghost: Found in Hidden Place 8. Refer to Spooktacular Phantom.
Orc Skeleton: Found in Hidden Place 10, from chapter 14 and later. Refer to Tyrant Frame.
King Skeleton: Found in Hidden Place 16. Refer to Dazzling Arthropod.
Trick and Treat: Found in Hidden Place 17. Refer to Ghostrick Or Treat.

Getting all the figurines will earn you Infininite Red Souls!

Bone Chilling [5]
Beat the game with an overall ranking of "C" or higher

Refer to The Seven Holidays King.

Horror Show [10]
Beat the game with an overall ranking of "B" or higher

Refer to The Seven Holidays King.

The Pumpkin King [25]
Beat the game with an overall ranking of "A" or higher on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

Refer to The Seven Holidays King.

You're likely to earn this, along with the other ones, if you didn't complete the Secret Chapters when beating the game. You can always do them at your leisure, even after beating the game.

The Seven Holidays King [50]
Beat the game with an overall "S" ranking on all levels and successfully complete both Secret Chapters on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

To reach an overall S rank, you need to earn all S ranks in each chapter. Not only that, but you also have to do this on Nightmare Mode.

You can make this easier to yourself this way: the game keeps track of the highest recorded ranks, and will automatically assign you an overall rank of the chapter based on these recorded ranks, independently by what overall rank you got at chapter completion. This means that you can enter into a chapter and earn just one S rank, then earn the remaining S ranks at your pace, and when you got all the S ranks in said chapter the game will assign you an S rank for that chapter. It is possible to get all the S ranks in one go if you wish, but if some of them result too difficult, it is suggested to do one at a time.

You're also needed to complete both Secret Chapters in the game to be eligible for S rank. These chapters can only be done in specific chapters and do not have any ranking requirements to them. However any hits or time wasted in these will still be tracked for the ranking of the normal chapter, as you're technically still in that chapter. Because of this, you can't feasibly go for these Secret Chapters and S ranks at the same time. You can still do these chapters at any time, so you may as well hold off to them until you're done with the chapter itself.

When everything is done, all you have to do is either go through the credits at the end of the game, or check the journal in Jack's house, to check the game stats and the rankings in the game, earning you this achievement and any other ranking achievement.

Jack's Return [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 1

Time
After the initial fight with the skeletons, go straight to the Town Hall and ignore everything else. Use all of your Blue Souls when hitting Shadow Oogie for more damage.

Combo
Don't use the first Skeletons that'll appear. Wait for the Skeletons that appear during Oogie Boogie's announcement. These ones will spawn quickly and infinitely until Oogie starts laughing. Use Soul Spin and taunt them when low on health to replenish their health.

Damage
Shadow Oogie can actually hit you with his pirouette when he throws the dices. Make sure to keep your distance from him. The ghosts he calls will actually come after you. If they are near you, Soul Spin can take care of them.

!-Count
You can get these by perfecting the Dance Mode against Shadow Oogie.

The Witching Hour [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 2

Time
This chapter has only 2 obbligatory fights that you have to do to progress: inside the manhole, and in front of the main gate. You can skip everything else.

Combo
The enemies in Hidden Place 1 may prove difficult because of the Heat Skeletons and their boomerang attacks. You can instead use the ones in front of the gate after meeting with Clown.

Damage
The manhole can be sort of a dangerous place due to the Heat Skeletons. They can throw their bones even off-screen, and in Oogie Mode they throw them much faster. You can Soul Spin these attacks to send them back to them, but be extra careful when too many are around.

!-Count
You can get these in the sewer if you can deal with the Heat Skeletons. Otherwise, do these in front of the gate after finding Clown.

The Hanging Tree [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 3

Time
Use Soul Cycle during the Lock's fight to finish it faster. Remember to replenish its duration with Blue Souls before it becomes red.
Follow Zero to which Hangmen he has located. The map can give you an idea of their location.

Combo
You can get some of the combos during the Lock's fight with Soul Cycle. When the Orc Skeletons appear (the yellow ones), it is better to let Soul Cycle end and get combos with Soul Spin to not risk defeating the remaining Skeletons.

!-Count
Right at the start of the Lock fight you'll be right in front of three Skeletons in range for your taunt. You can spam Taunt constantly against them until you've reached the needed amount.

Grave Danger [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 4

Time
The tombstones can be lifted up more easily with a Soul Robber Lvl 2. Though if you still need to buy it, going to the Witches Shop while attempting to make it in time for the rank will cut it too close to the required time. Because of this, you can wait and buy it later on, than come back and try this chapter again. Below is a map with the location of the tombstones.

A tip to save time: when you reach the Old Graveyard, don't go near the tomb on top of the hill, the one after the statues that spit fire. Go instead for the one near the building full of spiderwebs and close it. Then go back to the one on top of the hill and close it. That'll make the enemies that were supposed to be here not appear, and you'll be free to use the spiral near there to get to the other tombstone.

Combo
The Skeleton Trolls can be used, but are sort of difficult to deal with. If you taunt them, they always right after roar and immediately attack. You can take advantage of this by taunting, make 2 attacks, and when they start to roar taunt again to effectively get them stuck.
If you can't deal with the troll, there are also Skeletons that'll appear near the tombstone to the right of where you start the chapter in to get combos. Much easier to deal with and six can appear.

Damage
You are vulnerable when trying to close the tombstones. Be quick in closing them or wait for the enemies to not be around you. In the Old Graveyard there are statues that spit fire. Wait for them to throw fire and move on.
Use the suggestion made in the Time part for the Old Graveyard to make this part easier.

!-Count
Anywhere can work, really. But if you have difficulties with the Trolls, use the Blue Skeletons that should appear on the tombstones near the dead tree for some easier targets.

The Crypt Creeper [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 5

Time
Lock can potentially waste some time here. Blue Soul and Soul Spin will deal massive amount of damage against him, but you need to hit him, of course. Either hit him when he's in the air or try to stun lock him with taunts.
For the Mega Spider, take any opportunity you can to hit its weakspot, as well as keeping an eye out for its attacks. It is faster to force it to reveal its weakspot by moving on a side, wait for it to attack, then dodge its attack and move quickly to the weakspot. The most damage you can do against the tiny spiders is a charged up normal combo followed up immediately by a Soul Spin. This will hit most of the spiders and attract some of them near you.

Combo
This can be done through Dance Mode. You can also do it while outside or against Lock, but it's much easier with Dance Mode.

Damage
Awaiting for it to attack while standing on any of its sides will give you some time to react better. It is also possible to stand a bit further to it, then waiting for it to either do its jump attack or charge attack. This way it's easier to dodge, but this tactic may waste you some time.

!-Count
Same as Combo. Can be done outside the boss fight, but it is better to do a perfect combo in Dance Mode.

The Doctor's Hunch [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 6

Time
The Trick and Tricks can make you waste some time with their traps. You can defuse them by hitting them from far enough to reach with Soul Robber. Don't even try to dodge the traps. When deactivating the electric field on the bridge, remember to follow the tube to the left for a quick way back at the entrance and for some Souls. You'll be needing them to buy the Bone Biscuits to Igor to proceed. If you still don't have enough, use the Hidden Place on top of the Town Hall to get some of them. Shock's fight can be done quickly by using Soul Cycle. Make to have some Blue Souls before talking with Igor the first time.

Combo
Soul Cycle during the Shock's fight will bring you to this amount easily. If for some reason it didn't work, you can use the Hidden Place on top of the Town Hall as a back up plan.

!-Count
Use the Trick and Treats in Acid Works. Theoretically speaking, you should get some points with Soul Cycle during the Shock's fight, somewhere like 20 or so. You still need to get some of them from the Trick and Treats to reach the right amount.

The Lightning Round [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 7

Time
Do not go for the Secret Chapter. It'll make it impossible to reach the time required.
Take your time in the area with the generator. Getting hit will cause the object you're carrying to drop and break. Wait for the electric gates to go off, then make way to the generator breaking the garbage and making new objects to use. After destroying the generator, many traps will appear on the way to the lab. Don't get too close to the mechanical teeths and destroy them safely from afar with Soul Robber. The guillotine's heads can be deflected easily with a Soul Spin.
Inside the lab, hide from the boulders and move quickly to the top.

Combo
Best time to do this is when you get to the top near the elevator. When you're in front of the elevator that takes you to the Nightmare Lab, go to the left and Soul Jump into the spiral to reach the door to Igor's Room. The room has Trick and Treats you can use for combos.

Damage
Many points made in the Time part also applies here. More important to note are the mechanical teeths and the guillotine. They can easily damage you if you don't watchout for them.
For the boulders, it is possible to dodge them by using the dodge extended trick. But it requires very precise timing to get it right. Just hide from the boulders to be more safe.

!-Count
You can't taunt the statues or the guillotines, nor you would have time to do these with the timer while going for the stairs. Your best, maybe only place, is in Igor's Room at the end of the ramp.

Changing Brains [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 8

Time
Fun fact: this is the hardest level to get S ranks in one go.
Fastest method is to just open his head yourself and throw the pieces of brain at him. The best moment to try this is when the the turrets are getting retracted. You'll have enough time to open his head and throw a piece of brain at him.
You can also make it in time with just doing Dance Mode, As long as we collect the notes fast enough. You can collect even more notes during the blades part by standing in front of the blade behind the Doctor, then attacking the blade in front of him instead. Soul Robber will also hit the blade behind hit while hitting the blade in front. This works better with Lvl 2 because of how fast the 3rd attack is. Not so much with Lvl 3.
Opening his head does give out notes, even if a tiny amount. If you're not going for the throws, at least open his head while he's done attacking.

Combo
This can only be done while performing a Dance Mode with perfect combo.

Damage
Stand far enough from the machine guns to hit them safely before they reach you. They'll also appear immediately after the blades. Be mindful of that, and position yourself immediately when the blades are getting retracted. The blades can be destroyed quickly with Fire Bombs, though that also means you won't get many notes by doing so. If he uses his lightning pillar, dodge after the lightning becomes red.

!-Count
Can only be done by doing a perfect Dance Mode.

Pumpkin Patch Possesion [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 9

Time
You have to go from the Nightmare Lab to the Pumpkin Patch, right at the left of the main gate of Halloween Town.
When you progress through the Pumpkin Patch, Oogie Boogie will start to speak. Normally continuing through this area where the announcement starts will make enemies appear, which includes Trolls and Ghosts. You can simply stand still and let the announcement finish to make just a few enemies appear in this area. Though you will need to take care of them anyway, or you won't be able to jump into the spirals.

Combo
Use Igor's Room, right to the left after you exit the Nightmare Lab. The Hidden Place 2 on top of the Town Hall is also another option.

Damage
This chapter will introduce the hidden enemies, right at the entrance of the Pumpkin Patch. Trying to run and dodge past them is very risky. It safer to throw the Re-Possession presents at them to reveal them and make them less dangerous.

!-Count
Igor's Room is a good option to get some easy !-points.

Barrel's Maze [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 10

Time
For being a maze, this chapter is very straightforward. Just hit the switches and proceed. One switch will require you to jump on a spiral to reach it. After hitting that switch, jump onto the spiral to get back where you were and run all the way east until you get past a bridge to finish the chapter.

Combo
I'm afraid you either have to use the Hidden Place 9, behind the waterfall (it has ghosts, so it might be a bit annoying), or the Trolls that appear right in front of the bridge that ends the chapter. Otherwise, you can go back to Halloween Town and get to Hidden Place 2, on top of the Town Hall, to get the needed combos.

Damage
Avoid the Trolls and mind the guillotine on top of the hill after the second switch. Soul Spin if a head is close to you to redirect it to the guillotine.

!-Count
Use the three Trolls that spawn in front of the bridge at the end of this area. Lump them together then either taunt them or throw Re-possession presents at them.

Peril in the Pumpkin Head [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 11

Time
Each room in the Pumpkin Head requires all enemies to be defeated to proceed. The first room even with normal combos can be taken care of. The room with the ghosts it is more effective to use Soul Cycle to make it easier. In the third room with the hidden enemies, use the Re-possession presents to make them easier to defeat. The three hidden enemies to the right side are Orc Skeletons. The three to the left side are King Ghosts. For the ones to the left, throw a Re-possession present to one of them, then when the ghosts is out defeat it with a Soul Slam. Do this to each of them, one at a time.
In the final room with Barrel, use the same method as with Lock. Taunt him, Soul Spin, then taunt again immediately and repeat until defeated. If it doesn't work, follow him and catch him while in the air.

Combo
The first room with the Skeletons is a good place. Third room, with the skeletons hidden on the right side, is also an option.

Damage
Really the only room to mind is the third one with the hidden enemies. Expose them first, then take care of them.

!-Count
You can just use the first room for this. It would be faster here, with the number of skeletons you can taunt at once, than with any room.

Runaway Clown [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 12

Time
Do not attempt the Secret Chapter, or you won't make it in time.
This chapter is very easy and can be done with an even less time than what is required. All you need to do is just what is required to end the chapter.
Exit the Pumpkin Patch area, go to the Residential Area with the key, scare Clown with a Re-possession present, then talk to the Witch. Go to the Nightmare Lab, talk to the Doctor and then go to the left and iteract with a toolbox to get the Bone Driver. Then go back to Clown, scare him again with a present and use the tool on him.

Combo
A new area opens up in the Doctor's Lab by this point in the game: Sally's Room. It's located near the end of the ramp in Runaway Ramp. This room has tons of skeletons appearing here, and the only are where it is possible to reach this amount of combo.
Not all of the skeletons are in Oogie Mode, but the ones that are can potentially break your combo. Always make sure to be constantly dodging, while also hitting the skeletons to keep the combo up. When you find a good opportunity to get close to the skeletons to make a Soul Spin, do so while making sure to also hit the ones in Oogie Mode. If it is dangerous to approach, you can try to hit them to give yourself an opportunity to use Soul Spin on them.
If you mess up, you can always exit the room and re-enter to retry.

Damage
You can finish this chapter without ever getting into any fight. All the places where you need to go have no enemies that can appear, which makes this very easy to do.

!-Count
Sally's Room has many enemies that you can use for !-points. It is dangerous to get close to them and use taunt so use your Re-possession presents instead. Make sure that they're all bundled together so that you can startle all of them.

The Vampire Brothers [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 13

Time
You first need to enter the Vampire Castle and read the message left behind to make the Vampire Bats appear.
Use the map for an idea of where they are located.

The first one is right in front of their house. The second and third ones are close-by in the Towers of Torment. The fourth one is in an Hidden Place, reachable through the Sewage Slums, going past the wooden planks in the southern area. You can reach the Sewage Slums by going through the corridor with the scythes at the start of the Towers of Torment and then dropping down from the pit at the end there. After getting past the wooden planks, go up the stairs and jump onto the spiral. Defeat the enemies here and then use the spiral to the north to be transported right in front of the entrance to the Hidden Place that has the Vampire Bat.
You can make it easier to catch them by luring them to your direction with any present. Of course, they can get scared if you suddenly run at them, so either close the gap with a dodge or wait for the right moment when you're positive you can grab them.

Combo
Consider using the Hidden Place where you find one of the Vampire Bats. Stepping into the center of this area will make Orc Skeletons you can use for some combos.

Damage
There are different parts in this whole area to be careful for.
King Skeletons will be introduced in this Chapter, and they're very annoying to deal with. They can only be hit from behind, and their attacks are rather hard to avoid because of how wide they are. You need to fight a couple of them to proceed to the Vampire Bat in the Hidden Place. Either be careful while hitting them from behind or Fire Bomb for some high damage (though you need some Red Souls to get to the Hidden Place in the first place, be mindful of that).
The scythes at the entrance of Towers of Torment can be dodged with the right timing or just walking through them at the right time.
In the Towers of Torment, up where you should find the second Vampire Brother, a fishbone can sometimes appear at the center. Wait for it to appear before moving. Use the presents to attract the bat to your direction, rather than risking it by moving around too much.
When you get out the Hidden Place with the Vampire Bat inside, you'll need to drop down from the platform to go back to the main area of the Sewage Slums. Down there are a bunch of hidden enemies and a gargoyle you need to watchout for.

!-Count
Either the enemies that can appear in the Hidden Place with the Vampire Bat, or outside with the hidden enemies.
Do note that you actually lose !-points if you scare away the Vampire Bats. You'd need to walk slowly when they're near, but sometimes they get scared anyway. It's not really consistent this behaviour. It is better to go for the !-points when you've captured all the Vampire Bats

The Mayor's Madhouse [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 14

Time
You can put the Mayor's House Keys Pieces in their corresponding slots even if enemies are around.

All of the enemies can be skipped, except in one area that is in a big platform with some Skeletons and Heat Skeletons blocking you from using a spiral. You need to defeat them to proceed, but by that point you'll be near the end of the chapter.
You most likely won't have enough time to go for the Golden Pumpkin Here because of how long it may take to get to it.

Combo
You can use about any enemy you'll find in this chapter. Even the hidden enemies that you'll find at the entrance of Mayor's Yard can be used, alongside getting some !-points.

Damage
Do mind the hidden enemies found at the entrance. They are all placed in such a tiny area that makes it difficult to go through without getting hit. Reveal with Re-possession presents from a far and patiently take care of them.
The rest of the enemies in the Mayor's House can be avoided (except for the obbligatory one), but can tend to land a hit if you don't pay attention to them.

!-Count
You can get these with the hidden enemies. Preferably with the Re-possession presents.

Rooftop Rumble [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 15

Time
You should go for the faster method against them. Destroy the bathtub at the endge of the arena, use the beartraps to help you lock it in place for a bit. When all 3 of them get off the tub after getting destroyed, use Fire Bombs to take away a good chunk of their health. Wait for them to star getting up before using another Fire Bomb.
If that doesn't work, try to group 2 of them together and blast them with Fire Bombs.
Make sure to also collect notes to finish them off quickly.

Combo
You'll reach this amount with Dance Mode.

Damage
Wait out for them throwing their traps. They can even throw two in succession if they can.
For the second phase, the strategy written in the time part makes sure that they won't be able to attack you. If not, make sure to at least keep Shock occupied. The other two are at least more bearable to deal with theri attacks.

!-Count
You'll also reach this amount with Dance Mode.

The Grisly Gauntlet [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 16

Time
As it can be confusing to remember the pathing to take through this chapter, below it's written the exact pathing to take.

Magma Maze
Jump onto the spiral next to you. Then jump onto the next one continuing to the right.
Jump the northern spiral. Wait for the platform to arrive and then walk on it.
After arriving at its destination, walk to the right. Wait for the platform ahead to stop under the skeleton then latch on the spiral to drop onto the platform.
Walk south to a set of spiral you have to jump to. Walk past the first see-saw than jump onto the spiral. Wait for the moving platform to arrive then walk onto it. There will be turrets that'll shoot skulls at you. Wait for it to shoot or deflect them with Soul Spin, then move.
Wait for the spinning blades to stop, then jump onto the spirals. When you've reached the other side, avoid the flaming statues and proceed to through the door.

Caged Kings Interact with the cage shaped like a Christmas Tree. Finish the fight with the Mega Spider and interact with that cage again.

Passage of Pain
Get onto the first platform and the next. Get on top of the third one and light up the candle with the Pumpkin King Costume to make it move again.
Jump onto the spiral and move to the south where you should see a platform coming up. When you get onto this platform, you can also drop from it moving to the right to end up on the platform below. Go north and get onto the purple platform. Then jump onto the spiral at the end of its path.
Go through the see-saws, jump onto the spirals, then wait for the spinning blades before jumping onto the spirals. For the last spiral, wait for the platform to stop closers to the skeleton before jumping.
Move south where you'll find another platform that goes up and down. Wait to move all the way down the jump onto the last spiral. Finally move north through the passage.

Combo
While going through the Magma Maze, you should pass through a big skull you can go into with a spiral. There's a Hidden Place there that has Orc Skeletons you can use for some combos.

Damage
Avoid the traps, naturally. But watchout for the one that shoots skulls in the Magma Maze. Wait for it to shoot before moving. You can use Soul Spin to redirect the skulls but you won't be able to destroy it.
For the Mega Spider, it's the same strategy as its boss fight in chapter 5. Play it safe, and wait for the right opportunity to hit its weakspot.

!-Count
Use the Hidden Place mentioned in the Combo part. You may want to use presents here because of the number of skeletons.

Casino Clash [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 17

Time
Make sure to throw the exploding dices in his mouth when possible. It is your only way to damage him, and if you miss it, you'd need to wait for the next possibility and wasting too much time.

The gunners don't contribute much to the fight, and can be ignored.

Combo
This can only be done with a perfect combo through Dance Mode.

Damage
The trap to be more worried about would be the cards. Destroy one fast and get a bit closer to its place to avoid the blades that'll appear at the center. The Gunners can be avoided by just walking to the other side of the arena, or at least far away from their range of attack. The exploding dices have to be ridden off by throwing them away or at Oogie Boogie while his mouth is open to make a safe space to stand in from the explosions.

!-Count
This one also can only be done through Dance Mode.

Spiral Hill [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 18

Time
Remember that you need to interact with the Mayor, then the Hanging Tree, and then the Zero's Dog House in the Tomb of Tears to be able to find the Spiral Hill Key.

As you basically just need to interact with people and things to get going here, the best and only suggestion here is to watchout for the statues and dodge the attacks.

Combo
Just use the Hidden Place on top of the Town Hall. It's literally on top of you where you're starting this chapter.

Damage
Nothing much is going on here to be especially aware off, besides the statues that can land a hit if you don't watchout for them.

!-Count
Use the same Hidden Place mentions in the Combo section.

The Hinterlands - Part 1 [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 19

Time
The map will help you understand where the paths can take you:

You need to first return the doors you have to have access to the areas of the Oogie's Doors. A suggested pathing would be:
Independence Day Door > St. Patrick's Day Door > Halloween Oogie Door > Valentine's Day Oogie Door > Thanksgiving Oogie Door > Easter Door

Here are some suggestions to complete the Oogie Door's trials more effeciently:
Halloween Oogie Door - Use Scared Stiff to the hidden enemies to the right to block the King Ghosts and defeat them easily.
Thanksgiving Oogie Door - Use Soul Cycle to defeat all the enemies as fast as possible.
Valentine's Day Oogie Door & Easter Door - Use Fire Bombs to take out the King Skeletons faster.

When done, return to Spiral Hill to change the doors.

Combo
You'll have enough enemies during the Thanksgiving Oogie Door trial to get to this number. Use Soul Cycle and replenish its duration with Blue Souls. Even if you use all your Blue Souls, you may not reach the required combo. If this happens, drop Soul Cycle and hit the enemies with normal combos.

Damage
It can be very easy to take some hits during any of the trials. Followthe suggestions in the Time portion can mitigate the risk, as well as always keep dodging!

!-Count
You may get some of these if you do what is suggested for the Thanksgiving Oogie Door trial. You can also use the skeletons located outside the Valentine's Door area.

Fire and Ice Frenzy [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 20

Time
Ice King Skeleton can go down easily with a few Fire Bombs, while Fire King you'll have to hit it in the back with Soul Robber. Help yourself with a Blue Soul when a good opportunity to hit its back presents itself.

If they become dark, you won't be able to damage them. You have to immediately turn them back to normal with a Re-possession present to be able to attack them again.

Combo
Make sure to defeat at least one of them (likely the Ice King Skeleton) to do this.

Hitting them in front will make them block your attack, so limit yourself to just use normal combos on their backs. It is also necessary because of how wide their attacks are, easily interrupting your combo.

Damage
Hitting both of them with Fire Bomb will make it safe to take down Ice King Skeleton, since Fire King Skeleton will be unable to act because it's absorbing the damage.

Unfortunately you'll have to defeat Fire King Skeleton by hitting its back. They can easily damage you with their attacks if you stand too close to them. Make sure to keep your distance while trying to hit them from behind.

!-Count
Use the Re-possession present from a far for safety. Do not taunt them or they'll become dark and invincible.

The Hinterlands - Part 2 [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 21

Time
All you have to do is just put back the remaining Holiday Doors to their place. Use the map again to know their locations:

Best pathing would be: Halloween Oogie Door > Valentine's Day Oogie Door > Thanksgiving Oogie Door > Easter Door.

Then go to the path that opens up in the area where you can go to the Thanksgiving Door and the Easter Door to get to the Seven Holidays area, which is where you can return the Christmas Door to its place.

Combo
There are some Skeletons outside of the Valentine's Day Door area that you can combo with.

Damage
No trials will be here this time. You shouldn't much to worry about this time around.

!-Count
Use the skeletons outside the Valentine's Day Door area. Use taunt to get to the amount faster.

Christmas Town [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 22

Time
Remember, you need to speak with the Elf near the christmas tree to be able to find the decorations.
Below is the map of the area with the locations of the decorations.

You shouldn't have any problems getting to the Green Ornament. You just need to open the house of the Green Elf by using Fire Bomb to light up the three lantens in front of the house, then defeat the enemies inside the house.

The Red Ornament is sadly found at random in any tree in the area. While going for the other decorations, make sure to hit the trees in your path to find it more effeciently.

The Candle and the Star can waste you precious time if you miss the train. For the Star, Remember that the train can be seen in the background. When it's nearing the tunnel in the background, press the switch and wait for it on top of the tunnal where it should appear, near the Green Elf House.

For the Christmas Stocking, position yourself closer to the penguins and cats in the carousel to more reliably send back the pumpkins with Soul Spin.

Once you got all of them, talk to the Elf again.

Combo
Outside is unlikely to find enemies to make combos with. Use one of the houses to find enemies. It's better the Green Elf house, as the Red Elf house has the annoying hidden enemies.

Damage
Red Elf house can be risky if you don't pay attention. The carousel can also be risky if you mess up Soul Spin or get too close to be hit by the pumpkin's explosion.

!-Count
You might as well do this while at the Red Elf house. Throw presents at the hidden enemies while keeping your distance from them.

Saving Sandy [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 23

Time
It's difficult to avoid the hidden enemies here. You're better off throwing a Re-possession present at them with Santa Jack to dispatch them before taking on the train.

When attacking the train, use Blue Souls to deal more damage to it and don't be right in front of it to not be hit by the train.

Combo
You can just use the train to get to this amount. If you get close, you'll get hit, so don't use Soul Spin and just use normal combos.

Damage
Make sure to always throw Re-possession presents at the hidden enemies, as they can really easily hit you if you're near them.\

!-Count
You most likely will need to do this anyway, but throw the Re-possession presents at the hidden enemies. There are many in the area that you can use.

Taking Out the Trash [5]
Get an "A" or higher in all Ranks in Chapter 24

Time
Stay on the upper part of the arena and use the gas leaks as soon as they are available. When you've used them up, run away from Mega Oogie and force him to jump near you. When he lands, use a Blue Soul and hit him.

Needless to say to not get hit as much as possible to not waste time in this phase.

Combo
Only way to reach this is to do a full combo of Dance Mode in the second phase. It's the hardest in the game and

Damage
Use the dodge trick to reliably dodge his slap attack. If he does his throw up attack, while it is true that taking damage will make him end his attack earlier, you can also just drop down the arena to make him end his attack.

Missing notes during the second phase does count as taking damage. Make sure to prepare yourself for the Dance Mode.

!-Count
These can only be gotten by doing Dance Mode in the second phase of the fight.

Mostly, the part of the Dance Mode to be aware about is the last part. It'll throw you sequences that are complicated that require to be learn to go through without missing.

Nightshade Froggy Worm [10]
Obtain the Sleeping Soup [Ch. 7 - Secret Chapter]

This Secret Chapter can be started by speaking to Sally at the Tomb of Tears near the big tree in ** Chapter 7**.

She'll ask you to find three ingredients to make the Sleeping Soup: Deadly Nightshade, Worm's Wart and Frog's Breath.

The Deadly Nightshade is found in Hidden Place 5, in the Tomb of Tears. It's located down the path behind the big tree. Go past the statues by destroying them with the exploding pumpkins, then enter the open grave covered in vines you should see to the right of this open area. Defeat the enemies inside to get the Deadly Nightshade.

The Worm's Wart can be bought by the Witches' Shop. Speak to the Witch to the right to buy one. You need 1000 Souls to buy it. If you don't have them, you could get to any Hidden Places close by to earn some, or defeat the hidden enemies at the entrance of the Pumpkin Patch.

The Frog's Breath is found in the Doctor's Junk Yard In the Doctor's Lab. Right before the stairs that'll take you to the Runaway Ramp, destroy the wooden planks to the left with the Pumpkin King Costume to enter the Doctor's Junk Yard. Get to the elevator that you should find on the left side of the area and go up. Bring the lantern to the left closer to the other two, then use a Fire Bomb to light all three at the same time to disable the gate. You should see many frogs at the other side of the gate, but you're only interested in the one that emits a green breath. Find one of these frogs, then move slowly to them and try to grab them. Don't run at them or you'll scare them. If they do so, go back to the gate, wait for them to reappear and try again. It may take some luck to capture one.

When you get all three ingredients, go back to Sally to finish the Secret Chapter and get the Sleeping Soup.

The Sleeping Soup has actual usage during the Dr. Finklestein boss fight. If it is in your inventory, at the start of the fight he'll be put to sleep, letting you open his head and throw a brain piece at him. This will not work in Nightmare Mode sadly.

Bony Cookie [10]
Help Igor get his Bone Biscuit back [Ch. 12 - Secret Chapter]

This Secret Chapter can be accessed by first speaking with Dr. Finklestein, then to Igor, both at the Nightmare Lab in Chapter 12.

Igor will tell you that his Bone Biscuits disappeared while he was eating them close to a manhole. The manhole in question can be found to the left of the entrance to the lab. You should notice a manhole rattling going this way. Interact with it and you'll get to a Hidden Place 7 with a Mega Spider inside.

This Mega Spider is identical to the Mega Spider you've fought in chapter 5 so anything for boss applies to this one as well.

After defeating it, you'll get the Bone Biscuits. Go back to Igor and give them back to him to finish this Secret Chapter.

Skellinton's Revenge [10]
Defeat Oogie's Boogie's Shadow without taking damage on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

He will throw his dices always in rhythm with the music. The first time is after he says "Pumpkin King", the second is a bit after Jack says "Just who do you think you are?", and the third time is after Jack says "I'm fixing everything". You can also dodge these dices by just moving out of the way. Do not stand too close to him whenever he throws his dices or he'll hit you with his twirl.

His big dices are not a problem to evade if you just continue to run in one direction.

If the Halloween Ghosts get too close to you, defeat them by Soul Spinning them.

I'm the Oogie Boogie Man! [5]
Get a Full Combo in the dance against Shadow Oogie on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

Even on Nightmare Mode, this is a very easy to do a full combo.

Arachnophobia [10]
Defeat the Mega Spider without taking damage on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

Stay at any of its sides to bait its attacks. Dodge the cobwebs as soon as he's about to shoot them and take that opportunity to go for the weakspot. When enraged, he'll shoot two in quick succession, then does a bit of a pause before shooting the third one. It is possible to dodge these attacks, even using the third shot to make it position itself in a way to expose the weakspot. You can also wait it out outside of its range for an opportunity.

Another way to deal with this fight is to stand far away from it and wait for it to do either the charge or the jump attack. Then dodge them and quickly hit its weakspot.

We Can Take This Town Back, Me and You [5]
Get a Full Combo in the dance against the Super Spider on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

This dance will introduce directional buttons and longer sequences. Despite being harder than the first one, it's still easy to do.

My Whip Will Slice You! [10]
Defeat Dr. Finkelstein without taking damage on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

Don't even think about doing this the "quick way" if you don't know what you're doing. You're likely to be shot by the turrets or be hit by the blades. You are much safer to just collect notes and rely on Dance Mode to have his head open. Do try to open his head to get some notes from it.

Turrets can be safely destroyed by standing far enough from them. Their shots won't reach you immediately when they start shooting. If you go to another turret right after destroying one however, you may be blasted immediately. If it happens that you need to move past a turret to reposition yourself, move to the edge of the arena and dodge their shots.

When the blades appear, you can hit them as soon as they appear. You can even destroy them easily with a Fire Bomb, even better if it hits two of them. When they start to move, stay on the empty spaces between them. When they stop, immediately take position for the turrets.

For the electric pillar, wait for it to emit a red spark before dodging. Though It won't shoot lighting immediately when it does this.

You’ll Praise Oogie No More! [5]
Get a Full Combo in the dance against Dr. Finkelstein on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

This dance will introduce repeating notes, and it'll also be faster than the last one. Because of the notes repeating... it makes this one also easy to pass.

You Faced My Rage [25]
Defeat Lock, Shock and Barrel without taking damage on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

Use Blue Soul against the bathtub to make the first phase shorter. A better time to use it is after you hit it with a beartrap to block its movement. Either Soul Spin the thrown pumpkins or throw them back at them if they land on the ground.

For the second phase, try to go for the method of locking them all down in a corner with Fire Bombs. Destroy their bathtub at the edge of the arena so that they get off together, and use Fire Bombs immediately when they get off and whenever they try to get up. This way they won't be able to to anything, and you can get notes to finish them off with Dance Mode (you need to drop them to at least 1/3 of their health to finish them).

I suggest going for this to make it easier. If you couldn't pull it off, make sure to attack Shock and evade the other two as best as possible. Do use a Fire Bomb if you can hit both Shock and at least one other kid.

Hail to Mister Oogie! [5]
Get a Full Combo in the dance against Lock, Shock and Barrel on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

This dance will pick up pace halfway through. Be ready for that.

I'm the Only Pumpkin King! [25]
Defeat Oogie Boogie without taking damage on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

Be quick with the cards, and remember to position yourself correctly. Be close to the central platform, then when you destroy one of the cards move slightly towards the empty space, enough to avoid the blades from the central platform. If you have Soul Robber Lvl 3 you'll destroy one in one combo. Ironically, the third and fourth hit will move you forward slightly, so keep that in mind.

Seriously, avoid the gunners. They're not worth your time and energy.

For the exploding dices, you should throw two of them at Oogie Boogie to give yourself much more safe space from the explosions. They won't deal extra damage to him, but better safe than sorry.

Whoa oh! Whoa oh! [5]
Get a Full Combo in the dance against Oogie on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

This dance will have a sequence that repeats two buttons in different order. Try to memorize this part well.

Half-Cold Half-Hot [10]
Defeat the Fire King and Ice King without taking damage on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

Fire Bomb will stop the Fire King Skeleton from doing anything letting you destroy Ice King Skeleton safely.

As for the Fire King Skeleton, you have to move behind it to hit it. Watchout for its attacks then take the opportunity to attack it from behind when possible. Consider using a Blue Soul even to finish him fast.

A Filthy Finale [25]
Defeat Mega Oogie 1st Phase without taking damage on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

Don't go for his feet. It makes you an easy target for his attacks. Especially the throw up attack will be harder to dodge from down there. You'd also not be able to use the gas leaks to speed up the fight.

Make use of the invincibility extension to dodge his attacks. If you feel like you can't dodge an attack, you can fall down or get in the upper part based on where you are to make his attacks stop while he's executing them.

It's Payback Time! [10]
Get a Full Combo in the dance against Mega Oogie on Nightmare Mode

DIFFICULTY SPECIFIC

This dance also has that same sequence as the earlier Oogie Boogie boss fight, but in here it is way harder than that. More specifically, the last 2 parts of the dance can take you off guard if you're not ready.

The Speedrun Before Christmas [50]
Beat the game in 3 hours or less [New File, Save File Timer, Any Difficulty]

This speedrun is not that scary at all. The time required is very generous if you know your way through the game, and no such things like usual speedrun black magics are ever involved to make it to that time.

Still, there are different suggestions to be made that can help you greatly with this achievement:

• It is suggested to play on Easy Mode to make the enemies less tanky to save time.
• The timer moves through cutscenes and pause menu, but also during the the ranking screen and the save game screen. Skip through every cutscene, and make sure to not spend too much time on any screen.
• Do consider saving after finishing a chapter. Not only to save the progress made, to also in case you need a re-do with certain chapters for a better time.
• Some fights are obbligatory to progress, either because the way will be blocked or because you'll be unable to use the spirals if enemies are nearby. It'll be noted if a fight is obbligatory.
• The only upgrades that you'll ever need are the Soul Robber's and the Pumpkin King Costume. You can consider the Re-possession present upgrades if you feel the need for them.
• It's not necessary to go after the Crystal Skulls, but you may go after some fast and easy to get Golden Pumpkins to extend your life bar.
• Consider getting some S ranks in each chapter. They reward you 1000 Souls which does make getting upgrades quicker and eliminates the need to go out of your way looking for Souls. Easy Mode also reduces the prices of the items at the Witchew' Shop so you won't even need that many Souls in total.

Below is a walktrough that can be used if needed. Not only it is written what is needed to beat each chapter, but different suggestions will be made in specific points that can help in the long run.