100% Completion Guide

# Preface

To complete this game 100%, you need to collect all 32 gems. Each level contains four gems which are obtained by completing the following goals:

- Complete the Event sub-level attached to the level
- Destroy all crates in the level
- Reach the Mojo goal for the level
- Find all Tiki Masks in the level

There are more unlockables that **don't** count towards 100% completion, such as the upgrades from Coco's Evolution Kiosk, the Bestiary entries, or the Hacks and Gallery images from the Pachinko machine.

In this guide I will outline mask locations and tricky box locations that are easy to miss. As of writing this, the most efficient way to get through fights is to use Crash's board slam attack (jump, then press X) as this attack is available from the start of the game and can be spammed easily. Whilst controlling an enemy with another jackable enemy closeby, use the Aku Aku icon on the touchscreen to hop directly to the next enemy and increase your Mojo multiplier (up to a maximum of x5; this is necessary to reach the Mojo goal in some levels!).

If you have a GBA copy of *Crash of the Titans* or *The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night*, you can gain a Mojo bonus of 1000 and 500 respectively when selecting your save slot. If you want to get a lot more Mojo at the start of the game, you can use Pachinko machine and [this reference point](https://www.speedrun.com/cott_ds/guides/i44bl) for a relatively consistent Mojo Jackpot (+1000).

# Walkthrough

Every level consists of the main level ("Regular Playthru") and an extra sub-level ("Event"). The main level is split into three distinct sections that are separated by a loading zone. The Events are minigame-esque in nature and differ depending on the level but tend to revolve around some gimmick or Titan.

Every Event contains 5 collectable masks (3 bronze and 2 silver). The remaining 9 bronze masks and 2 silver masks are scattered in the main level. One singular gold mask can be found in the main level's bonus round. Keep in mind that masks give off a sound to detect them. In this guide bronze and silver masks will be abbreviated as just B and S respectively.

### 0. Tutorial

- No collectibles aside from some Mojo and one Nitroglycerin pickup which doesn't impact anything

## Wumpa Island

### 1. Wumpa Village

- **Mojo goal:** 500
- **Section 1:** B1 above an arrow box on the left side, S1 in the big box after the first checkpoint, B2 hidden in a corner next to a K. Modo, S2 in your path, B3 in your path
- **Section 2:** B4 in a hidden cave left of the first forced battle, S3 right after the first checkpoint, B5 in the water next to Nitros, B6 up a ledge on the left side right afterwards, offscreen box above B6
- **Section 3:** B7 in your path, S4 right after the checkpoint, B8 in the four big boxes, B9 in the next big box, offscreen box above B9
- **Event (Slider):** There are two forked paths (one at the start and one at the end) so you will have to go through it twice to collect all masks or [use the Pandebra Dismount trick](https://www.speedrun.com/cott_ds/guides/zfieh).

### 2. Wumpa Jungle

- **Mojo goal:** 500
- **Section 1:** B1 in your path, S1 to the right after the first checkpoint, B2 on the right side of the path close to a Jawslehoff, S2 by collecting the mojo trail after climbing up a few ledges, B3 on the left side before the loading zone to the next section
- **Section 2:** B4 behind the crate wall on the left side, B5 on the left side of the river, S3 on the left side close to a pit, B6 in your path
- **Section 3:** B7 above a metal arrow box, B8 in your path, B9 on the right before the wooden bridge, S4 in the big box left of the bonus round
- **Event (Steering):** Stick relatively close to the edge of the pool and you should be able to find the masks within the time limit.

## N-Sanity Island West

### 3. N-Gin's Factory

- **Mojo goal:** 500
- **Section 1:** Two boxes in the hidden pockets on the right/left before the first drop, B1 on the upper ledge before the first drop, another box hidden in a pocket after the first wheel, B2 on the second wheel after defeating the two enemies, S1 after unlocking the elevator platform, B3 in the big box after the elevator, S2 on a ledge left of the door to section 2
- **Section 2:** B4 in the left corner of the lift while at the top, B5 on the first platform on the left side, B6 on the third platform on the right, S3 on the last platform after defeating the two Titans
- **Section 3:** B7 behind the two big boxes, S4 after defeating all enemies on the conveyor belt, B8 above the next big box, B9 in the very back after the last big drop
- **Event (Roller):** All masks are right in your way except for one to the left of the downwards ramp and one to the right of the big chamber afterwards.

### 4. N-Sanity Jungle

- **Mojo goal:** 750
- **Section 1:** B1 in your path, B2 left of the mid-air box row, S1 at the lower ledge after the rail grind, B3 above the checkpoint, S2 on the left ledge before the next section
- **Section 2:** S3 in the wall to the left, B4 on the further ledge of the backside of the big open space, B5 on the small platform in the centre of the second open space, B6 beyond a jump in the next chamber
- **Section 3:** S4 on the right before the bonus round, B7 hidden in the left corner of the lava pool, B8 on a platform on the right with two K. Modos, B9 on the next platform
- **Event (Slider):** All masks are pretty easy to find here

## N-Trapment Island

### 5. N-Trapment Temple

- **Mojo goal:** 800
- **Section 1:** B1 in a big box after the first door, S1 above a metal arrow box, B2 above the wall of big boxes, S2 on one of the falling pillars, B3 in the next big box
- **Section 2:** B4 in the second big box, B5 to the right of the checkpoint, B6 in the big box after the mandatory fight, S3 above some metal arrow boxes
- **Section 3:** B7 in your path, B8 in your path, B9 above a floating box, S4 in a big box on one of the elevator platforms
- **Event (Rail Grind):** All masks are easy to find

### 6. Tiny's Excavation

- **Mojo goal:** 600
- **Section 1:** Jump through all the mojo rings at the start for B1 to pop up, B2 after the first mandatory fight, S1 below the second wooden bridge, B3 between the crushers, S2 above some mid-air boxes
- **Section 2:** B4, B5, S3 and B6 are easy to spot, you can use [the autoscroller skip](https://www.speedrun.com/cott_ds/guides/1blz8) here
- **Section 3:** B7 after defeating all enemies on the lowest cogwheel, B8 on a platform to the right, B9 in the right corner next to the big mandatory fight, S4 after collecting all the mojo before the bonus round
- **Event (Slider):** Right at the fork for an S, stick to the right in the area with a lot of support beams to get a B

## N-Sanity Island East

### 7. N-Sanity Highlands

- **Mojo goal:** 750
- **Section 1:** B1 on the left ledge after the first two jumps, B2 up in the air after climbing the next ledge, S1 above metal arrow boxes right before the next wind segment, a box is hidden in grass on the left side right afterwards, S2 in the right corner after climbing two walls, B3 at the mandatory fight above the Nitros and the metal arrow box
- **Section 2:** S3 behind the four big boxes, B4 at the end of the left side of the fork (backtrack after collecting the mask to take the right side), B5 in your path, B6 after the mandatory fight
- **Section 3:** B7 above the Nitros and metal arrow box on the right, B8 in your path, S4 in the big box on the left path after the checkpoint, B9 in the final crate to the right of the end door
- **Event (Roller):** All masks are easy to find, the final S is on the right side of the ramp

### 8. Cortex's Lair

- **Mojo goal:** 750
- **Section 1:** B1 in your path, B2 in your path, S1 on a ledge to the left right after the checkpoint, a box hidden in the grass on the left side right afterwards, S2 in a big box next to the lair entrance, B3 around the left corner after the door within the lair
- **Section 2:** B4 after defeating all enemies next to the three boxes after the first electro gate, S3 after taking the green teleporter in the blue path, B5 in your path in the blue path, jump off the side of the electro gate after the checkpoint to reach B6
- **Section 3:** B7 in the first big box after riding the first moving platform, S4 on the left path after the checkpoint, B8 in your path, B9 hidden in the right corner after entering the final freezer room
- **Event (Rail Grind):** Take the forks left, then right on one visit and then the first fork right on another visit to get all masks

## Cortexbot

- Your save file should already say "100%" before even entering the Cortexbot or beating the final boss
- There is nothing to collect in the Cortexbot. There is just a Crash segment with three mandatory fights and a Nina segment with two mandatory "fights"
- With 100% completion you will trigger an alternative ending sequence and a changed final boss fight

2nd Nina level skip

You can jump on top of one of the animals at the end of the second Nina level (after beating N-Gin) to skip the requirement to transform 25 animals. Position yourself in one of the corners below the ledge your aiming to reach and then just jump on one of the animals to get launched up just high enough to reach the ledge. Going to the end of this section just ends the level immediately. If done correctly, this has the potential to save ~10 seconds.

NOTE: If both of the animals on that surface rush down on you as you're making your way to/past them, they can no longer get back up and you'd have to either death-abuse, backtrack and transform 25 enemies after all, or reset the run.

A demnostration of the skip can be found in my run here (watch from 38:30 onwards):
https://youtu.be/IqDodoFvxZU?t=2310

Pachinko reference point

In exchange for 100 Mojo you can use the Pachinko machine to receive items, concept art and, most importantly, a 1000 Mojo Jackpot. If you aim for the spot indicated on the picture, you have a high probability to get it, allowing you to max out the Attack stat very early on, which can save several minutes.

![](/static/blob/qzppp7wz.png)



Pandebra Dismount (100%)

The Slider event for Wumpa Village is one of the few Event levels that need to be visited twice to collect all the Tiki Masks in it due to forked paths that both contain collectibles. If you keep holding UP+LEFT from when the countdown of the level starts, then hug the left wall, and after that turn to the right just as the penultimate piece of mojo before the first pit moves off-screen (see picture for reference), your Pandebra will die from falling into the pit rather than dying from crashing into a wall. After the Pandebra dies, you regain control of Crash and if you've been holding UP+LEFT this entire time, he will just be able to grab the ledge. You will now have free control of Crash for the remainder of this level (albeit in a slightly glitchy way), allowing you to collect everything in one visit. Crash moves slower than the Pandebra but not having to revisit the area still ends up saving ~20 seconds.

Reference: 

![](/static/blob/5ngggpxn.png)

Example from a run (start watching from 11:12 onwards): https://youtu.be/IqDodoFvxZU?t=672

Tiny's Excavation - Autoscroller skip

The autoscroller section in Tiny's Excavation can be sped up by hovering over the gaps instead of waiting for the platform. Below is an example of the skip from a run. Start watching from 33:46 onwards.

https://youtu.be/LhxnknMd880?t=2026

Name	Author
100% Completion Guide	PeteThePlayer 6 months ago
2nd Nina level skip	PeteThePlayer 2 years ago
Pachinko reference point	PeteThePlayer 2 years ago
Pandebra Dismount (100%)	PeteThePlayer 2 years ago
Tiny's Excavation - Autoscroller skip	BetaM 4 years ago