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You need to collect all 10 explodicons on a stage to get an S Rank, but bear in mind this is not the only requirement. You will also need to finish with Max Charge Level, 9 Goals and a level specific amount of kills and credits.

 

Gold Speedcharger Locations

 

1. Purchase from the shop for 5000 credits.

2. Stage 1-2. In the large room with dropships there is a large platform with the speedcharger on it above a small platform containing an explodicon. If you have the dash ability you can easily reach it from the small platform but there are other, trickier methods of reaching it.

3. Stage 2-1. You will find an orange turbo booster next to a recharge pod, don't use it. Instead climb the left wall and destroy the blocks to access a hidden area containing an explodicon. Climb to the top right corner and head left into another secret room, where the gold speedcharger sits.

4. Stage 3-1. In the area with dropships and platforms with acid pools head all the way to the right and climb up the wall through the opening. Inside this narrow shaft you have to blow up the wall at the top of the shaft (above the blue barrier) and head right to find the gold speedcharger.

5. Stage 3-4. In the second to last room you will have to climb to avoid rising acid, to the right of the screen is a recharge pod (the last recharger in the game) and directly to the right of that is a hole in the wall which leads to a secret area. This is the hardest platforming section in the game so it is recommended you enter this room with four speedchargers (you will get a fifth inside the room).

 

Explodicon Locations

 

Nibia

1-1

City Rooftops

 

1. In the top left room of the first building

2. Instead of following the next arrow, blast through the door and go down and left to drop into an enclosed area, just follow the path to get the explodicon.

3. Back outside, follow the arrow and use boost jumps up in between the two structures hanging overhead. You might need a few speedchargers to reach it.

4. Amongst the first set of exploding boxes you see, Blow up the red box to get it to drop.

5. Follow the stage up past the turret to where there are two squid vortex. Wall and boost jump on the left wall for another explodicon.

6. Carry on until you reach the first mantis vortex. Wall / boost jump up the left wall.

7. Instead of dropping down jump across to the opposite building. Use your explosion through the wall to knock the explodicon onto the trapdoor then send the box through so both fall through it. You will then be able to collect it in the room below.

8. Instead of heading to the next screen go up a floor and use the exploding crate to destroy the power source. Head up another floor and head past the turret and the mantis into the next screen where you will find an explodicon and a small charge.

9. Destroy everything in the next room to unlock the doors, then head through the door in the top right of the screen. Kill everything here to access the explodicon. [Credit - McHampton]

10. At the end of the level you will destroy a power source using a crawlie, instead of heading into the goal screen track back to where the drop ships appeared and you can now go right. The explodicon is here by some crates.

 

1-2

Hall of the Elders

 

1. In plain sight above your starting position

2. After the first crate puzzle, drop all the way down to the bottom right. Blow up the block and walk through the wall to access a hidden area. Use the explosive crates here to destroy the core and grab the explodicon.

3. Follow the arrow from the hidden area and jump left through the wall to where another explodicon can be seen.

4. After the lockdown is cleared head into the next area where numerous enemies are below you including a crawlie respawn generator. Underneath the entrance area there is a hidden platform behind a wall panel which you can enter from either side to collect the hidden explodicon.

5. In the next area is another lock that requires two crates. Destroy the turrets and head right, the explodicon is at the top of the wall.

6. Once the lock is released drop down through the doors but instead of dropping into to the next screen head through the wall on the right to enter a hidden area. Solve the puzzle here and head up once the door is released, destroy the turret in the room on the right for another explodicon.

7. Continue with the stage and the next one is in plain sight, youll need to wall / boost jump to get it.

8. In the next room dropships will appear, there is an explodicon on a small platform off the right hand wall (below the gold speedcharger)

9. After clearing the lockdown, head left through the door with an arrow pointing up and right. fall through the vanishing platform and head right. Destroy all enemies in the room then follow the path down to collect the explodicon.

10. Against the top of the left wall in the goal room.

 

1-3

TV Station

 

1. In the area where you have to knock exploding crates onto a lift to destroy energy cores. You must destroy the one at the top to remove the barrier.

2. Head to the top of the screen and instead of going into the next area head left past the weatherman. Boost jump to the platform to collect the explodicon.

3. In the next area deflect a missile to destroy the barrier and then run all the way to the left. Do NOT jump onto the platform yet, instead wait for another missile and deflect it straight up. An explodicon will drop down onto the platform above you.

4. There is a crawlie respawn generator up ahead, to the right of it is an explodicon hidden behind the ceiling with a visable small charge above it.

5. You will find yourself at another area with a silver turret, deflect a missile so it hits the wall all the way to left and head through the barrier to find a secret area. Solve the puzzle to reach an explodicon in the top left corner.

6. In the next screen you have to knock the crawlie through the red barrier so it triggers the explosive crates, allowing you to collect the explodicon within.

7. Defeat all vortex in the room ahead, then once the doors are unlocked boost jump to the top of the screen and go past the newsreader up into a hidden room. Solve the puzzle here to gain another explodicon.

8. After dropping into the red area jump to the left to go through the wall and drop down onto an explodicon.

9. Once you have cleared out the large area with dropships head back down the way you came and enter the area to the right with yellow crates. Explode where the floor is a ligher shade to drop down into a secret tunnel and collect the explodicon.

10. On top of the building to the right of the goal.

 

1-4

Spaceport

 

1. After the first electrified ceiling you will see a Nibian, under him is a hidden platform which you can use to access his area. Head right to find an explodicon.

2. Destroy the core after the coloured blocks and drop down through the barrier. Head all the way to left and drop down into the next area. After killing the squid a crawlie will drop down. DO NOT KILL IT YET. Instead, wait for it to stand on the right-hand trapdoor and stand on the switch to open it, dropping the crawlie to the area below (you can also use the crawlie to access the area with the red switch and jump into the wall for a speedchager). From here kill the crawlie so it detonates the core and finish the puzzle for an explodicon.

3. Head through the top left to access another area, Cross the electrified floors and carry on through the wall, an explodicon is hidden amongst some crates.

4. Carry on with the level, use the turret in the next room to destroy the explosive crates, which will in turn destory the core and bring down the red barriers. You can now jump to the area above the crates and head up into a hidden room, solving the puzzle here nets you an explodicon.

5. Drop back down into the room you came from and slide down the wall under the platform below you, just before you reach the electricity is a hidden tunnel you can use to enter the area below. At the top of the room use dash to cross the vanishing platform and destroy the blocks, which conceal an explodicon.

6. Drop down through the floor from this room. Solve the block puzzle for another one.

7. Defeat the enemies above to release the lockdown then head through the top left door, send the crate through a hole in the wall then jump through after it. Knock it onto the release mechanism to collect the explodicon to the right.

8. Head back to the dropship area and keep going right, defeating all the vortex here. Jump onto the platform where the small charge is and follow the path, destorying the core to gain access to the explodicon.

9. Instead of going through the final door jump up the wall and use the boost to enter a hidden area, deflect the missiles to cause a chain reaction knocking the explodicon through the barrier where you can collect it.

10. Defeat Absorbemon then head through the left door in the ceiling, the last explodicon is to the left.

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Arbor

2-1

Temple Ruins

 

1. Above the explodicon are some blocks, destroy them and an indestructable crate will drop down. Move this down to the gap beneath the explodicon and position it so you can slide into the area and use the booster to reach it.

2. In the large open area make your way up to the top left, destroy the crates under the first turret and go through the false wall to collect it.

3. Jump up over the second turret and climb onto the top of the structure (you will end up off-screen), there is an explodicon here.

4. In the next area use the orange turbo booster but stand on either side you will hit the ceiling and land on the platform above (if you miss this jump you can repeat it once you knock out the power core) and knock the green block into place to release the door.

5. Fit all three coloured blocks into their slots to release the third door (the green block is just above the exit to the next area). The explodicon is on a platform between the two sets of triple doors.

6. In the next area you will need to go up until you find a turret, then lure a homing missile down so you can deflect it into the yellow crates to open the door holding the explodicon.

7. Just past the turret you will find an orange turbo booster next to a recharge pod, don't use it. Instead climb the left wall and destroy the blocks to access a hidden area. Use the aim function to solve the puzzle and collect the explodicon. (There is also a secret room to a Gold Speedcharger in this room if you climb to the top right corner and head left)

8. Head out of the secret room and keep climbing the wall, there is an Explodicon at the top.

9. In the large room with Giant Mantis Vortex and dropships, climb all the way to the top right of the screen.

10. In the same room fall down in between the spikes through the vanishing platform for another hidden room.

 

2-2

Secret Shrines

 

1. In the first room deflect a missile through the red barrier into the crystal wall above the explodicon.

2. Use the first orange turbo booster and instead of carrying on to the right go through the ceiling to reach an area with coloured blocks and a red exploding box. Solve the puzzle here.

3. In the next area keep going right until you find a crystal wall, climb up above it to enter a hidden passage with an explodicon at the end.

4. At the bottom of this screen you will find a Rhino Vortex, slide into it from behind so it ends up on the green platform and then get it to charge at you through the wall to your left. Climb up through the unlocked door for an explodicon.

5. Carry on until you reach a Rhino resapwn generator. Head up until you find a Rhino and get it to charge at you until it ends up on the release mechanism to the right.

6. In the next area you will have to knock a crawlie through a barrier to destroy a core so you can progress. Instead of proceeding, do this again to destroy a core hidden in the wall and head through the barrier. Slide into the wall past the generator and boost jump.

7. Head up into an area with dropships, there is a hidden path in the top of the left wall, solve the puzzle here.

8. Clear out the dropship area and head right but don’t use the orange turbo booster, instead destroy the blocks to the side of the platform and drop down, this leads to the explodicon you will have seen earlier.

9. Use the turbo booster between the slave and recharge pod then destroy the blocks in the ceiling to reveal an explodicon.

10. Destroy the top crystal wall on the other side of the room and head left into the wall to access the last explodicon.

 

2-3

Cave Entrance

 

1. Destroy the blocks left of your starting position to enter a secret room, solve the puzzle here.

2. As you exit this area, position the crate on top of the locker door over a release mechanism. Now stand on the mechanism above you to release the locked door containing an explodicon.

3. Destroy the giant mantis and deflect a homing missile to knock out the power core.

4. In the tunnel beneath use another homing missile to destroy the core and drop down for an explodicon.

5. On the next screen head left into another screen, Eliminate the mantis and a group of stickys will drop down through a trapdoor. Boost jump through the trapdoor, hidden high off the top of the screen is an explodicon.

6. After running across the vanishing platforms jump over the crates to the left to enter a hidden tunnel. Head all the way through it until you reach the screen where you found the previous explodicon. Stay on the bottom level and head left to find another.

7. Destroy the blue field then destroy the blocks at the top of the screen above the locked doors. Now allow a sticky to attach itself to you and climb up to the release mechanism. Drop the sticky here and go and collect the explodicon.

8. Directly above here is a hole in the ceiling which leads to a secret room. Solve the puzzle for an explodicon. [Credit - McHampton]

9. Destroy the blocks to the right of here and slide through before heading to the next screen, use the crate to destroy the blue field, you will now be able to collect the explodicon as you proceed through the level.

10. In the goal room inside a blue field, use dash and wall jumps to reach it.

 

2-4

Vortex Mine

 

1. Destroy the first core you see then make sure the switch is set to blue. You now need to use the red explosive crate so it will trigger the switch, but at the same time quickly head to the tunnel below so you will be clear of the red door and able to access the screen to the left. Solve the puzzle in here.

2. In the next room head all the way to the second turret and lure a missile to underneath the blue barrier, deflect it to change the switch to red. Now you can slide underneath, do a running boost to take out the core and use the orange speed booster to access the explodicon.

3. In the next room boost jump all the way to the top left.

4. In the following room you will see an explodicon buried beneath some blocks inside a blue field. Use the running boost to destroy the blocks. (If you jump when running from the left you can land on the blocks and destroy them)

5. Once you have destroyed the blue field in this room head back to the platform above a load of crates and blast through the wall, there is an explodicon through here.

6. In plain sight above a vanishing platform over some spikes.

7. You will end up underneath these spikes as you progress, to the right of here is a hidden shaft with the other visible explodicon at the top of it.

8. With the switch set to red, drop down to the bottom right of this area to find another one.

9. At the top of the next area an explodicon is visible inside the ceiling. You can get to this from either side.

10. Destroy the core near here to remove the blue field then drop through the vanishing platform and set the switch to red. Drop down where the speed charger is (but be careful not to land in the gas below) and ascend the shaft to the left.

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Squall

 

3-1

Restricted Zone

 

1. Head to the top right and move the crate from the release mechanism. You can now go to the platform below and do a running blast through the wall. Follow the path.

2. Use the explosive crate to hit the red switch the send another crate over but use the orange speed booster before it detonates so the switch ends up blue. Drop down to the secret area and solve the puzzle.

3. In the first area with dropships, at the top of the right wall.

4. After destroying the blue field jump across and get it.

5. Destroy all enemies dropped then exit through the door at the top of the right wall.

6. The area with sticky balls and the red/blue switches, against the top of the left wall.

7. Destroy the core under the locked platform (just stand next to the blue barrier and explode) and jump all the way up to the explodicon. If you don’t have enough speed chargers, use the sticky to activate the release mechanism.

8. In the top left corner of the large room with dropships and platforms with acid pools.

9. After this room you will find a crate, knock it down to the floor below and position it on top of the blue door over a release mechanism. When you return to this room and activate the red/blue switch the crate will drop, allowing you to destroy the power core and gain access to the explodicon.

10. In the goal room. Carefully kill the turrets (they will ruin your chances of S rank if they hit you) and grab a sticky ball then wall jump towards the red barrier. Use the sticky ball to destroy the core.

 

3-2

Network Tunnels

 

1. Use a chain reaction to blow the core in the acid pool. Head left and solve the puzzle.

2. After changing the switch to red, do a running blast along the acid to reach the explodicon.

3. Use the Rhino to destroy the core then slot in the blue block to release the doors and access the explodicon in the right shaft.

4. Clear the dropship area and head left. Solve the puzzle in this room.

5. Destory all of the cores in the room with the vanishing platform then head up through the exit in the top left. Solve the puzzle.

6. In the next screen using the homing missile to destory the platform in the blue zone and boost jump your way up for an explodicon.

7. You will have to use the running blast and jump half way across the acid in the next room, you can then use another running blast to destroy the wall in the blue zone.

8. Destroy the core in the acid to access the shaft, head right once you reach the top for a secret area. Solve the puzzle here.

9. Use the Rhinos to destroy the core and grab the explodicon in the next room.

10. Destroy the floor to the left then release the crates and use them to slide into the hole in wall before they sink into the acid. Solve the puzzle for the last explodicon.

 

3-3

Vortex Hive

 

1. Directly under the pool of acid where you start the level.

2. After destroying the core take the middle shaft upwards and solve the puzzle.

3. Use the red field to knock the switch to red.

4. In the area with the three red blocks and a blue field below, drop down and head left into a secret room. Solve the puzzle.

5. In the area with the large red field and many sticky balls you will see an explodicon behind a force field, explode through the wall to shake it loose. (You can also release the sticky balls if you got the last explodicon and destroy the core below, both work)

6. Knock the crate from the top right corner down through the trapdoor and at the bottom of the screen place it onto the release mechanism to grab an explodicon down there.

7. After using sticky balls to destroy two cores, climb the left shaft.

8. You can now also access the shaft filled with red zone. Attach a sticky ball to yourself and grab the explodicon while avoiding the acid..

9 Place the red crate into its slot and head up the shaft to a secret room. Solve the puzzle (might take a few retrys).

10. Use the red field to reach the top level and work your way along, at the end you will need to time your jump so you can destroy a wall contained in the blue field along with a power core. Drop down and quickly grab the explodicon.

 

3-4

Hive Mind

 

1. There is a hidden room directly above where you start (the spikes are fake). You'll need some of the Gold Superchargers to get it though (or make it easier anyway), since you'll need to do some exploding to reach it. [Credit - Eternal_Spoon]

2. Destroy the turrets.

3. Use an explosive crate to detonate the core in the acid, removing the blue field and barrier.

4. Delfect a missile so it blows up the core in the acid, this will drain the acid from a tunnel to your left. Drop down and solve the puzzle.

5. On the other side of the acid pool deflect a missile or two upwards through the first blue barrier, this should dislodge the explodicon.

6. Underneath a sticky ball respawn generator in a blue field there is a hidden path . Solve the puzzle for an explodicon.

7. In the large area with a blue field and rising acid. Destroy the wall before the core and simply start by climbing the right side of the room.

8. In the first area with dropships, attach a sticky ball and drop through the red zone and to the left to enter a hidden room with a simple puzzle.

9. In the area with many red/blue switches. Use the wall climb and boost jump from underneath the explodicon to collect it safely.

10. At the end of this area make sure the switch should be set to red-on, blue-off to access the hidden room. It's much easier to do this before you break the core as you can just stand on the other side of the falling explosives by using the barrier before you break it. Solve the puzzle.

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Supplement Revisions by Terminator 16/01/2016.
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On 1-1 in the in the area past your Number 8 you'll get locked into a room. Destroy all of the enemies and the doors will unlock and then go to the top right of the screen and exit through the ceiling.

 

And I think the one you're missing in 2-3 is up through the ceiling just above your Number 7.

 

Yeah just checked, these are the ones I missed. Thanks for the help, I'm just missing one on 3-4 now :)

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I've looked a few times and haven't found it yet. There is a room inside a wall near the start of the level with a recharge pod on a moving platform, green stickys and spikes on the ceiling. It seems like there should be one in here but if there is I can't figure out where it would be.

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Saw your message.

 

First Explodicon in 3-4 is right at the start. There's actually room directly above you (those spikes are fake).

 

You'll need some of the Gold Superchargers to get it though (or make it easier anyway), since you'll need to do some exploding to reach it.

 

I actually found this completely by accident when I was playing the game.

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Squall

3-4

Hive Mind

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8. In the first area with dropships, attach a sticky ball and drop through the red zone and to the right to enter a hidden room with a simple puzzle.

9. In the area with many red/blue switches. Use the wall climb and boost jump from underneath the explodicon to collect it safely.

10. At the end of this area make sure the switch is set to blue before you destroy the core. This will allow you access to a hidden room in the bottom right. Solve the puzzle.

Excellent guide. Really helpful. Just a couple of issues with 3-4 (I haven't done any of the rest of 3 yet, but constructive feedback while I can still remember it). In No. 8 the hidden room is on the left rather than the right, and in No. 10 the switch should be set to red-on, blue-off to access the hidden room. It's much easier to do this before you break the core as you can just stand on the other side of the falling explosives by using the barrier before you break it.
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Excellent guide. Really helpful. Just a couple of issues with 3-4 (I haven't done any of the rest of 3 yet, but constructive feedback while I can still remember it). In No. 8 the hidden room is on the left rather than the right, and in No. 10 the switch should be set to red-on, blue-off to access the hidden room. It's much easier to do this before you break the core as you can just stand on the other side of the falling explosives by using the barrier before you break it.

The author hasn't been on for nearly 3 years so I've gone ahead and fixed these errors myself :).

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The author hasn't been on for nearly 3 years so I've gone ahead and fixed these errors myself :).
Thanks :D Sucks that I'm so late to the party on this one, should have finished it when I started it in 2011 and there was still fresh help available :(

 

I managed to beat the first two worlds completely and 3-4, so now I'm just struggling to get the 15 kills in 5 seconds trophy before I can go for 100%... :thumbsdown:

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