Last updated: 17th November 2018

General Tips: Read the Game Rules and Category Rules before doing a run, if you want to submit it to the leaderboards. Play on the Standard Difficulty, with no memory card (if possible). Use File 3 – it's actually ~0.5s faster than files 1 and 2! Check the Individual Level videos and the full game runs (not just the world record) to better understand and visualize the route, as well as decide if you want to do certain difficult tricks. You have to mash "A" four times to stop the sign destruction slowdown. Any more will cause Taz to jump, which may be undesirable.

Notes: SW = Sandwich It is hard to write a guide for 100%s: it would be unreasonable to mention every single object you should destroy since some levels require over 250 objects for the destruction bonus (not to mention that Taz's spin is somewhat erratic and you bounce in different directions after destroying objects). I suggest checking the IL videos and practice a route you're comfortable with A LOT! This route will not mention the Hint Video Exploit (HVE) glitch, which can save you time on many signs (as much as 2 minutes, in total). If you want to incorporate this glitch into your runs, take a look at the HVE guide.

Zooney Tunes

• don't move until you're close enough for the doors to open, then move to start the tutorials

• SW Triangle (6), 4 to the left (10), spin to get the one above (11), 2 in a line (13), first sign

• destroy 3 bushes, spin pad, destroy more bushes, jump on fence, 4 SW (17), 5 on the bridge (22), fall to the left

• 4 in a line (26), hole + to bridge (33)

• counter-clockwise around the hill (38), 4 on the way to guard (42), one near water (43), drown

• water sign, spin to the log with 3 SWs (46), stump (47)

• destroy stuff + wall + stuff on the left, tire -> SW on the wall (48), fall to the outer side, SW (49), jump back to the wall with tire

• 4 SWs (53), destroy boxes + bushes, 4 SWs in a line (57), tire jump up

• destroy some bushes, truck sign

• fall to the area with spinpad, destroy stuff there

• bridge (62), cork sign, destroy stuff near tree sign, tree sign + go back

• tire + SWs (68), destroy bushes, go to tower sign (72)

• tower sign (75), spinpad, loop SWs (82), go up near the door (86), SW above the door (87)

• jump on the door frame, spin into the wall + left, jump on post to get to the Golden Sam, leave normally

• spin up ramp to the top of the pillar, get 2 SW on the logs (89), 4 around house (93), destroy bushes around the area

• 3 bushes + SW (94)

• path behind level exit, destroy stuff (100)

• go back down and get burp can, use near bee hivesign, land on honey after the two slowdowns (sign + destruction bonus)

• charge spin up the wall near the exit (reach the ending zone before it appears)

• end of level

Looney Lagoon

• 2 SWs on the left (2), take the lifesaver (5)

• SW (6), spinpad, jump through fence on the cliff, SW near invisibility potion (7)

• SWs on the bridge (10), jump down and get burp can

• SW near water (11), cross bridge, 2 more SWs near the water stream (13), use burp can to destroy washing machine sign

• 3 SWs near sand mounds + 3 on them (19), 2 SWs to the right of the entrance (21), boat sign (25)

• SW on the log near lighthouse (26), drown (not too close to the lighthouse) (27)

• 3 SWs on the wall (30), 1 on the plank (31), 1 on the bow of the ship (32), 1 on the cliff (33)

• 1 on the plank near the cannon (34), 1 on a cliff near the lighthouse (35), 1 on a cliff near the boxes (36)

• go down and destroy everything with the burp can, get the SW in the chest (37)

• go down, SW inside hut (38), hit spinpad and go to the lighthouse (take the low path and spin up the wall) (41)

• lighthouse sign (48), take cannon to the top

• SW at the top (49), top sign, get the SW near the lifesaver (50), red slide (59)

• SW on the wall (60), 1 on the path to the sign on the docks (61)

• destroy the sign, use the Burp Can near the boxes (on the corner near the cliff) to hit the Golden Sam switch

• get the SW on the bouncey boat (62) and the one on the 2nd boat (63), drown, get all SWs near the docks sign + the one on the tunnel to - the Golden Sam switch (69)

• 2 SWs behind the teleporting houses (71), 1 inside the right-most teleporter (don't enter it) (72), 4 near the wall on the main beach (76), 1 on top of the tree (77), 2 more on the beach (79), destroy some stuff around here and enter the first teleporter

• SW behind teleporter (80) + SW near spinpad (81), activate spinpad, destroy inflatable sign, take cannon

• yellow slide -> left -> right (88), SWs on the pipes behind the sink (90), charge spin up the wall to the sink

• 2 SWs on top of the pipes behind sink (92), two on the faucets (94), two on the border (96), destroy sign

• sponges: 1 SW on the 2nd sponge (97), 1 in the air near the washing machine (98), drown after getting that SW

• continue path, Golden Sam, drown, jump to green sponge and spin from it to the pink sponge (you shouldn't be bouncing on it), charge spin from there to the island in the distance and jump before drowning

• collect the 2 SWs on the island (100), destroy boxes if you need, take the cannon

• end of level

Ice Burg

• SW on the left (1), go through house, 5 SWs (6)

• 2 + 2 on the way to the christmas tree sign (10), destroy presents

• charge spin and destroy Christmas Tree Sign, charge spin again to reach the top

• go around the tree through the cliffs towards the Golden Sam, jump onto the top ice platform, spin + jump to grab it

• 2 SWs between the dynamite (12), 1 to the right of the entrance (13), 4 near the broken bridge (17), 3 on the roof of a house in the corner (20), 3 behind entrance (23), 2 on the way to the rocket (25), take the rocket (29)

• Ice Cream Truck Sign, go down for 2 SWs (31)

• spinpad + burp can, go to the secret tunnel to the igloo area: grab the 2 SWs inside ice blocks (33), 2 SWs in a tunnel on the right wall (35), use burp can to stun the guard and destroy objects

• secret tunnel (38), destroy lots of ice blocks

• spin down and get 2 SWs on ledges (40), 2 near the igloos (42), Igloo Sign

• spinpad behind the igloo, 2 SWs guarded by the box (44), 1 on the floor above (45), 2 on the high road (47), 3 on the ground below (50)

• spinpad, destroy box, Frozen Lake Sign + 4 SWs (54)

• igloo to the left, 3 SWs in an alcove (57)

• other igloo, 7 SWs (64)

• go down and destroy lots of trees, dodge the guard at all costs

• continue on the path, 3 SWs (67), go to Ski Lift Sign (69) and destroy it

• go along the wall until the second phone booth (75), SWs on the ice (83), jump back out and take the path with a SW high in the air (87)

• go through the other high path (97), destroy boxes if you still need the destruction bonus, Ice Floor Sign

• 5 SWs nearby (102), grab burp can, use it and destroy the Igloo Sign from above

• end of level

Elephant Pong

A lot of RNG. Sometimes Gossamer will scare the elephant to the left and move to the right (or vice-versa), so scare it to the other corner to score. A recently-found tactic involves scaring the elephant in a certain way so that it hits a wall just before Gossamer scares it; doing this will make the elephant bump off the wall on that same spot and end up on the other side of the field while Gossamer stays near the wall (I believe this is because Gossamer will usually go in the direction he scares the elephant). After that, scare the elephant in a straight line (or even further away from Gossamer) to score. You can see this strategy in practice in the video below:

Samsonian Museum (enter level by spinning up the wall to the right of the stairs)

• revolving Doors on the right, turn right, swallow sign, spinpad
• grab cement mixer SWs by jumping (don't enter the mixers) (10), destroy box with timer
• lightbulb sign, SW (11), floor cleaner
• position the floor cleaner in front of the thin parts of the door, walk inbetween the floor cleaner and the door until you clip inside the coin room [see video below]
• SWs (18), coin sign, switches, floor cleaner -> floor sign + SWs (not the one in the corner) (22)
• SWs near stairs (27), SWs in falling stuff room (31), SWs before elevator (37)
• hologram sign + SWs (41), go back and turn left
• SW inside truck painting -> bouncing panels (51), portal SWs (53), desert painting + under ramp (60), SWs on the stairs (62) + under dinosaur legs (63) + edge of dinosaur exhibit (66)
• SW (67), spit to destroy mirror, bathroom sign, spin into the edge of the stall to enter toilet (70) and destroy sign
• spinpad -> puzzle sign + SWs (7 in room + closest 3 in shortcut) (80)
• path to crushers (destroy on the way) (81)
• path to coin sign (destroy stuff) (87)
• after coin sign (destroy stuff) (99)
• after chandelier jumping (destroy more stuff if needed) SWs in pedestals (103) + the one at the screw shortcut (104) (You have 4 extra backup SWs in case you missed some)
• jump into Sam painting for Golden Sam
• end of level

Looningdale's

• battery, go forward during cutscene (hold up) (4)

• enter mall, sign, steal shopping cart (5)

• stadium (7), destroy 3 boxes, sign, SWs near you (11) + around wall (21)

• get shopping cart into tunnel

• wreck everything and get sandwiches in the path until bowling pins (33 after tunnel, 43 before bowling pins), activate golden sam (go back during cutscene with cart)

• go up to dart room (52) (leave cart in front of downwards escalator), 2 SWs (54) activate train, dart1, golden sam

• castle SWs (60), track SWs (66), dart2, dart3, sign, jump from dartboard to tracks for SWs (69), jump off and land on downwards escalator

• take shopping through holes (70) and explosion (HVE it, take shopping cart down to the crates + tv store sign if you HVE the sign or if the explosion keeps you near the cart)

• go down (72) and destroy the crates

• tv store sign (74)

• go up (leave shopping cart down down there if you had it)

• SW in front of the fountain (75), 4 on the way up (79)

• top sign, clock sign

• take the downwards escalator to the upper level (83)

• SW near dart room entrance (84) (go right for 2 extra SWs if you missed some), go left and destroy the boxes

• 3 SWs near bench (87), 2 in the air (89), one on the counter (90), destroy tables and chairs (you should have destruction bonus, destroy some flowers before the end of the level if not)

• 2 SWs on top of the red booth (92) + two more near the floor (94)

• SW on the path to the escalator (95), 3 SWs on the stones (98), 2 more towards the end (100)

• end of level

Bank of Samerica

• right to burp can, use it there, go back, enter first house to destroy stuff, go to the rooves of the 3 houses for SWs (3)

• destroy stuff near 4th house, in 3rd house, in 4th house, enter maze for SWs + destruction (6)

• 3 SWs in front of green (9), around the building (17), wall climb on the corner and get the lone SW + the 5 in the middle (23)

• 2 + 1 past gate sign (26), destroy sign + barrels + SWs (31)

• SWs on the wall + the one below (35), one more near the sign (36), destroy the sign + everything nearby

• go back, jump to barrel sign, drown and get SW nearby (37)

• SWs on the left of red: 3 + 2 + 3 (45), behind red (50), on the middle area (52), 3 on the wall (55), 4 on another wall (59)

• Burp Can, destroy everthing on red_0, use burp for the middle part + SW (60), another burp can + spinpad

• red_1: burp and grab another can

• red_2: burp to destroy sign, go back and jump for 3 + 3 SWs (66)

• red_3: take the pipe, jump on the plank (69), destroy sign

• green_2: with hiccup, jump over to the plank (73) (destroy stuff nearby) and go up

• green_3: 4 SWs (77), destroy stuff before going up (behind the ramp to the next floor)

• green_4: magnet elevator

• red_4: destroy stuff, go up

• red_5: 8 SWs (85)

• red_6: destroy stuff

• red_7: bubble gum, collect SWs until 91 (91), charge spin into the crane

• green_7: SW a bit up (92), TNT for Golden Sam, another SW (93), spin down

• green_5: destroy sign, take the cement mixer

• red_8: destroy stuff then sign, jump down into the oil to avoid splatting, destroy stuff and jump for SWs (97)

• 2 SWs before hiccup can (99), hiccup can, final SW (100)

• green_8: hiccup to Golden Sam, fall down to the exit

Gladiatoons

Taz: Haunted

• charge spin on the left blue mark on the floor to reach the entrance sign, get SWs on the left (3) then cross to the right (7)

• fall down in the gap for 2 SWs (9), 3 on the roof below you (12) and 2 more on the side (14), spin pad, first sign, enter through the window

• destroy a lot of boxes, invisibility potion

• destroy more boxes outside, enter mansion

• spin up the wall, get caught by statues

• Escape the Cage, go into music room (keep moving in this room or you'll succumb to the music's effect)

• get northern SWs (18), walk along the wall, cross to the other side (21) to get the other SWs (27)

• fall near the corner of the room (to fall OoB instead of normally)

• destroy cage, window sign

• spin to the cog area, get SWs (31), clip OoB into the lab

• lab sign, go back through the cave and collect all SWs (40), back to the cog area

• spin on green cog (you only need to spin a bit, no need for a full rotation)

• gong sign (44), go back through tunnel (48)

• spinpad, roof sign (50), destroy boxes in the attic

• hollowed log, enter the rollercoaster area, destroy sign and get all SWs (58)

• clip through top of the door to the rollercoaster building, get all SWs (4 near the wall to the right (get spinpad), 5 on the middle floor (destroy the box), 14 on the top floor (81))

• exit building, get SWs (88), up the ramp (92), hit switch (95), get Golden Sam

• spin pad, SWs on the right (99), SWs near the end (102)

• end of level

Granny Canyon

• entrance path (11)

• secret path (21)

• SWs near canyon (23), near restaurant (25), hideout sign + SWs (29)

• destroy restaurant (30), burn cactus sign

• secret tunnel in restaurant (36) + SW (37)

• gas station sign, go down

• path to water tank sign, dodge box by going around getting the SWs on the top floor of the restaurant (51)

• hit car twice, SWs nearby (55), train sign

• UFO SWs (58), Golden Sam

• gum (59), to cave sign (64)

• spin pad, to cannon (destroy box on other side), cannon sign (65)

• go around the mountain collect SWs (76)

• SWs nearby until you get ~85 (85)

• drop down for spin pad, destroy boxes near the loop

• spin into rubber band for speed, collect SWs (98)

• SW near gas station sign (99)

• spin pad, end level (101)

Cartoon Strip-Mine

• 4 SWs in tracks (4), drill clip

• destroy sign, go back (11) and drown

• spinpad, underground sign + go to top (19)

• SW at top (20), SW + Golden Sam (21), go back for 3 more (24), light projector sign

• go back through drill (drill is still there if you HVE drill sign, in that case do drill clip or backwards drill clip -> fall in water)

• SW near minecart (25), minecart sign: left on first intersection (27), (41), main area: right left right (52), (55), fall

• minecart again (get missed SWs if you need), main area: middle left right left (64)

• basement cutscene (67), go left and destroy stuff (71), go behind machine (74)

• to platform sign (89), swallow crystal, spit at one of the glass things, platform sign, keep spinning during slowdown to not splat and destroy the boxes under the platform

• (if you have at least 88 SWs, drown and get caught; otherwise go around the sign and collect the SW (90) then get caught)

• to water maze sign (93), jump to shore and destroy sign + crates, leave water maze normally (94)

• bubble gum sign, take elevator to the top

• 2 SWs in the middle (96), 6 behind end of level (102)

• end of level

Dodge City

There's a crate you can jump over and a crate you can walk into it and Sam throws dynamite on top of it. Other than that, try to minimize the number of dynamites he throws, which might require you to take a couple of hits.

Tazland A-maze-ment Park

• destroy pretty much every tree you pass by for the destruction bonus
• 6 SWs near the middle + 4 around the edges (10)
• jump from log to fence post to tree leaves, spin + jump to Golden Sam island, get it then fall
• back a little for one SW, continue for another (12), get SWs on the right (15) then on the left (17)
• log + SWs (21)
• fall on the right to go up, destroy the things around you, climb the crane vehicle (23)
• 2 SWs (25), go to elevator from the right, destroying things on the way
• path to Egg Sign (28), get the one on the branch at the top (29), Egg Sign
• spin just left of the sticks to land on the left middle tree, fall down a level to the bottom right tree (30)
• make your way to the bottom left tree, get all SWs on the way to the sign (34)
• charge spin over the wall, SW (35), Wrecking Ball Sign + TNT [see video #1 below]
• 2 SWs on the logs, one more further ahead, jump to land on the left for another (39)
• eat a tree and try to spit it at the Explosives Sign [see video #2 below]
• 2 SWs, one on lily pad, drown, one one the logs, one near cliff (44), fall
• SW (45), spin pad, normal route to Wrecking Ball Sign until the plank that breaks (48)
• lily pads (50), SW on land (51), fall in the nearby hole towards the island to respawn near the crane
• route to explosion sign (54), SW on lake and near the planks (56), Explosion Sign + fall down (if you didn't get it)
• SWs on the bridge (60), SW under log ramp (61), charge spin on tree stump to hanging logs and get 2 SWs (63)
• 7 SWs on path to log cutting sign (70), path through all the SWs (74), drown
• SW on pipes (75), hit switch, spin pad, destroy sign (76), teleport out
• SWs on the way to Log Rolling Sign (80), one behind the building (81)
• Rocket Sign (83), destroy the suitcases
• Chilli Pepper, destroy trees on the way, 3 SWs (86)
• jump on the tire, charge spin into water
• keep destroying bushes if you still need destruction bonus, 2 SWs near phone booth (88)
• SW on the island (89), jump onto bridge, spin pad, go through the path (don't miss the SW in the air near the cacti) (96)
• jump to the top (97), go to the exit (101) (one extra SW if you miss one on the route, if you miss two there's another one near the Rocket Sign which you can get after 83 or 97)

Disco Volcano

The Hindenbird

1st Phase is easy, have good timing (spit slightly before he faces you). Grab a box at the end of this phase. 2nd Phase is hard, have good accuracy. You can double hit, triple hit sometimes. Grab a box and Charge spin at the end of this phase. 3rd Phase is random. You can hit the first 2 in alternate order, because if you're fast enough you can hit them in 2-1-3-4 instead of 1-2-3-4 (1 being the switch that stays activated the longest, 4 the shortest).

Time ends when the screen goes dark.