Jump up the ledge and smash the big crate stack, then jump up the second ledge with your vacuum and Spin the Sword Lizard. When you get to the end, dispatch of the Sword Lizard in any way you see fit, then vacuum up the TNT Barrel on your right and fire it into the metal gate on your left. The Octosword is easy enough to hit with a TNT Barrel, but the Whirlwind Rats are extremely difficult to do this with because they move fast and have to be hit at a diagonal angle when still. Jump down onto it to find the Hidden Gem right there! Hop back up to where the TNT Barrel is, then head forward and across the platforms towards the base of the fortress wall. In the corner of this area is a TNT Barrel: if you look down and to the right, you’ll spot a crow’s nest sticking out of the water. Jump right across the rickety platform and land where the Sword Lizard is and kill him. Once they’re gone, Glide across to it and vacuum up the TNT Box before firing it away. Use the TNT Barrel on the right to destroy the locked gate, then fire a second Barrel across the gap to destroy the cluster of Nitro Boxes on the next platform.
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Glide across the gap, then jump up the ledge and Spin through two more box stacks.
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Spin through the two box stacks, then vacuum the TNT Boxes and use them to hit the Whirlwind Rats and the Octosword. You begin the level as Dingodile, fresh out of being warped from Mosquito Marsh after enacting revenge for his destroyed diner.