Flash Freeze

Flash Freeze leads you back underground into a freezing cave with water so cold that it actually hurts you if you fall into it. The goodies out of this level are the opportunity to buy an ice pick, finding a Heart Crystal, and getting to practice your precision jumping skills. The good news is that Flash Freeze is very linear so you'll have no problem getting 100% of the secrets. If you have any comments or problems with this guide, you can email me. I welcome all criticisms, good and bad.

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You start out the level with a warning of cold water as you can see in Picture 1. You find out the validity of the warning as soon as you step into the once benevolent water to find yourself getting hurt by the cold. Grab the Double Speed power in Picture 2 up to leap over the lake to the right while grabbing all of the Gold Xichrons. Kill the two frogs and you'll come across another new feature of this level, slippery ice. You will slide when you stop after walking which makes jumping difficult. Go right until you see platforms with spikes on the ceiling as in Picture 3. Hop on the platforms to cross the pool but be fast about it because they start rising and lowering the second you jump on them. Now go through the door to come across Picture 4. That ice wall is a very unique wall because it can only be broken by an Ice Pick and nothing else. You'll get the opportunity to buy it near the end of this level.

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Go past the giant swinging blade and you will come across a low wall that you can't break. You can see it in Picture 5. What you'll need to do is walk to the right and then duck just before you hit the wall. You will slide on the ice and under the wall with no problem just as I am doing in Picture 5. Do the same thing with the next spiky wall and go to Picture 6. Beneath Ferazel is a Multi Crystal that you can get to by Spin Jumping and another one that you can get to by throwing a Fire Seed. Just as with the Multi Crystals that you found in Storm Valley, I recommend that you leave them here until you really need them. Unfortunately, getting to the Multi-Crystal areas counts towards your secrets score so be aware of that when you finish Flash Freeze and are disappointed by the low secrets score.

Go right and down to see an unusual sight. A platform that goes up and down and several large spiked balls doing the same thing. Jump on the platform as I did in Picture 7 to see an Invincibility power up. What you have to do is grab the power up and then go to the right by jumping on the spiked balls. If you can't make it all the way to safe ground, you will get hurt by standing on the spiked balls. After this treacherous place you will find yourself in Picture 8 with swinging platforms over another lake of freezing water. If you have good timing you will making it across with no problems only to face two rock-throwing goblins. Kill them and go up to go through another door.

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You'll find yourself in Picture 9 before spiked balls, slippery ice, and spikes that periodically retract and extend. Just keep on going to right grabbing all of the Gold Xichrons that you see and you'll come across another door. Go through it to see Picture 10. Go through the upper door to come to a cave of a lot of Gold Xichrons. Grab them all and at the top you will come across Picture 11. You'll have to use Fire Seeds to break the wall and as a reward you'll get a Heart Crystal, two Multi Crystals, and two Pentashield power ups. What the Pentashield power up does is create five shields that revolve round Ferazel and takes the blows meant for Ferazel. You'll need them in the next section.

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On two pedestals are a Double Speed power up and a Pentashield power up. Walk on the red button to raise the wall and jump to get to where I am in Picture 12. Then go up and to the right on the upper level. You'll come across two goblins and some chests that just give you big power-ups. Coming to this place is mainly for the Enemies Defeated score. Go back down to face a volley of crossbows.

When you run to the right you'll have to fire at the crossbows to destroy the wall so you can keep on running. You'll come to Picture 13 where the High Jump power up will come in very handy. There are places on the walls where there aren't any spikes so you have to jump from one wall to the next until you see Picture 14. This is another place where you will need the Ice Pick to break through the wall so just go to the left. You see yet another pool of freezing water, a floating platform, and more spiked balls. Just hop on the platform and it will start moving to the left. If you get hit by a spiked ball or otherwise fall off, the platform will stop moving until you get back on it. At the left of this pool is another door.

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You find yourself in Picture 16 with a Double Speed power up and a giant pit to your right. What you have to do is run to the right, jump across the gap while grabbing the Gold Xichrons, land on a small pedestal and then jump again but towards the left so that you land squarely on the pedestal. Do that until you make it to Picture 17. Look to the right of Ferazel to see a hidden door. Jump down and enter to find a small cave with lots of barrels and boxes and another mysterious figure. He is quite willing to sell you an Ice Pick for 500 coins and Escape Rings. There is another Double Speed power up and a save point. Exit the cave and keep going to back to the right until you come to another door. Climb on the wall next to the door to see a Red Xichron. Grab it and exit through the door. You're almost done!

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The last part is a relatively easy place with spiked balls and more icey floors as Picture 20 illustrates. Just make your way to the right and you will have a save point and a little puddle of Ziridium Brine.

Do you remember those ice walls that needed the Ice Pick to crack? Now that you have the Ice Pick you can choose to go back and get the goodies that await. Picture 21 shows the secrets score that I got without getting the Multi Crystals at the beginning of Flash Freeze and without breaking the ice walls. When I went back the first ice wall contained two bags of gold. The second ice wall contained a Smite Ring and two Ziridium Seeds which are more powerful Fire Seeds. The best thing is that you can use the Escape Ring to go back to the map and still get 100% of the total secrets. Picture 22 shows the secrets score if you get both ice walls but don't get the Multi Crystals at the beginning of this level. Finally, Picture 23 shows the secrets score if you do get the Multi Crystals. Whether the goodies offered is worth going back to this level is entirely up to you.