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The third Skull Coin can be collected by taking a lower path, surrounded by a bunch of spikes. Then, after continuing to dodge the spiky fishes , the exit appears. In this secret area, the team must ride on the mosquitoes to reach the Electoon cage.

During the flight, they have to avoid falling platforms with spikes all around, Blowfish and purple Murrays. Once they get to the end, and defeat the four Blowfish , the cage can be broken open. Shortly into the area, the heroes will meet an Ocean Spider. It can be defeated by timing when to go underneath and hit its bubo. Now the team will go out of the water for a brief moment.

Oddly, a few Lividstones are located in this area. After a while, the fourth Skull Coin can be found by going through a hole in the water. The exit is not far away from there. The team will now try to get past some giant jellyfish in the beginning part of this area.

The second secret area is located down past a small gap and a giant jellyfish. After that, the heroes can continue on, to where they need to destroy another Ocean Spider. The fifth Skull Coin is in the middle of two Blowfish , underneath four spikes. The team now needs to avoid getting hit from the spiky fishes. The sixth Skull Coin and a Blue Punch are to the far right of the spiky fishes. A little while later, they must swim along the strong current, fighting more Ocean Spiders and Blowfish.

The Blue Punch power-up can be useful to defeat the Blowfish. The exit is close by. The heroes need to hit the bulb that will destroy the sea anemone.

When completed, the cage can be broken open. Rayman and his team of heroes need to destroy several Redfishes and Ocean Spiders in order to be able to break the Electoon cage open.

Once done with both, the players will pose on the photoboard as the Magician waits for the total amount of Lums that were collected in the level. There are not many notable differences between the versions; except the notable differences that appear in every other Back to Origins level.

An Ocean Spider , first located in the fourth area. From RayWiki, the Rayman wiki. The first Skull Coin in the level. A bunch of spiky fish. A group of jellyfish. And there are many more bad characters in the game! In this section I'm going to talk about the basics of the game. Although Rayman Origins tries to recapture the gameplay of Rayman 1 with a 2D aide-scrolling scenario, there are plenty of novelties that you don't find in previous games.

So regardless if you are a veteran in the series or not and it is your first time playing Origins, I would advice you to keep reading the next sub-sections. We'll start with the controls of your character. There are plenty of novelties in the controls and positive ones since these will come in handy for many situations during the entire course of the game.

The button mapping I'm going to show is the one I setted up for me and it is the mapping I recommend for a better gameplay experience in your keyboard. Directional buttons Left arrow, right arrow, up arrow and down arrow - [Ground] - For the first two buttons, to move your character to the left or to the right.

The directional buttons can also be used to aim an attack that the character is charging. A button - [Ground] - To jump. Pressing two followed times makes your character glide Only possible from a specifc point of the game on.

Jumps can be used to attack most enemies on their heads or to destroy specific objects. Leaving it pressed shoots bullets continuously. Pressing the button more times creates much more bullets and in a faster way I do recommend this over the leaving the A button pressed all the time. S button - [Ground] - To make your character preparing for a sprint.

When combined with the directional buttons left or right , your character will run. When combined with the directional buttons, your character will swim faster.

Pressing the button more times repeats the attack more times and faster. You can do a more powerful attack by leaving the button pressed for a while and releasing it right after. Both moves that can be angled with the directional buttons. The direction of the attack can be angled with the directional buttons. Almost all enemies are defeated like this. Most enemies are defeated by jumping on their heads.

It is required to interact with objects in the scenario. The health points system works differently in Rayman Origins when compared to previous games, but most concretly with Rayman 1.

In Rayman Origins, all characters with exception of oranges and robots that have got infinite life, bosses that have got two, three or more health points, and a very small number of enemies that are invincible have got only one health point. A single fistslapmagic is enough to bubblize them. For your character it is the same thing. But don't worry! There is an useful object, a heart, that can be collected during gameplay and this will act as an armour to give two health points to your character instead of just one.

Getting hit without a heart protecting you will immediately bubblize your character and exploding, making you starting the level part over! The checkpoints system works almost like Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc, by checkpointing your progress in a level part by part. Parts are usually separated with Darkblockers, and passing through one guarantees that you won't start over from the part before if you die!

Your progress is also checkpointed if you enter in an Electoons secret room or if you reach a boss battle. Checkpoints are also saved at specific points in Moskito levels and in the final level of the game. Checkpoints do not exist in Tricky Treasure levels and Electoon bridge levels. To save the game's progress, you need to complete a level in its totality you will see a pink Electoon face rotating in the bottom-right corner of your screen when it happens although it can save in specific moments of gameplay.

The medallions were existing elements in Rayman 1 and Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc, representating respectively the rescued Electoons and the rescued Teensies. In Rayman Origins, you will find two kinds of medallions: a six-slot model and a three-slot model. There are also the Tricky Treasure and blank models, but these only representate if you caught the Skull Tooth and a level with nothing in particular to collect, respectively. However, in this section I will give details about the model six and model three, since these are really important.

Filling these medallions are the key to unlock levels and all the character skins in Rayman Origins. The six-slot model is the most common one in the game, appearing in almost every level. There are three slots with a cage symbol, one with a clock symbol and two with a Lum symbol.

The cage ones represent the Electoon cages the left one representing the first hidden cage, the top one the second hidden cage, and the right one representing the cage found in the end of the level. Breaking the cages will fill you a correspondent slot. The clock slot represents the Time Attack mode, where you need to speedrun a level inside the minimum time to be rewarded with an Electoon group.

The Lums slots represent the number of Lums you collected in a level the left one corresponding to have caught at least Lums, and the right one corresponding to have caught at least Lums. Getting the minimum ammount of Lums for each case of the slot will reward you with an Electoon group. The three-slot model is less common and only found in Electoon bridge levels, Moskito levels, boss levels and the very first level of the game. There is one slot with a cage symbol and two slots with a Lum symbol.

The cage slot represents the Electoon cage found in the end of the level, and the Lum slots represent the number of Lums you collected in a level the valours vary depending of the levels you are playing. Lums have been around since Rayman 2: The Great Escape, but in here these creatures will act as collectibles that will be crucial to proceed in the game and most importantly to complete the game in its totality.

Everytime you finish a level, the Magician will collect the Lums from you and rewarding you with Electoon groups if you meet up the minimum ammounts inside the test tube. Although it is not crucial for the conclusion of all the levels and unlocking all the character skins, if you collect a really high ammount of Lums in a level, you'll be rewarded with a Lums medal.

However, if you are a completist player you will be looking forward to fill every level with this, and for that I have got some general tips to give: Collecting the biggest number of Lums at sight as possible there are very exceptional situations where it can only be done with coopperative gameplay but fortunately it is not crucial to get the Lum Medals. When enemies are bubblized, they'll release some Lums.

If you attack them attack when bubblized, you'll get even more Lums to the counter. Searching the background in detail is always a good idea.

Bubbling objects always mean they are hidding something! Destroying bombs in Moskito levels also give you Lums! If you catch a Heart while your character is possessing one, 5 Lums will be added to the Lums counter.

Try to not lose Hearts often. Skull Coins are usually placed in hidden areas or in dangerous areas of the scenario. Catching one is worth 25 Lums! Sometimes you will find a Lum King in the scenario. These are also a very important key to get Lum Medals. Never let one escape. When you touch a Lum King, Lums will temporarily turn red and sing, while multiplying their valour per two when caught in that state. This also counts if you beat up enemies under this circunstance!

Whatever it happens, never let a Skull Coin, big groups of Lums inside bubbles, or Lum Kings escape or having them left behind. These do make a difference! If you mess up during a level part, you can always kill your character in purpose to start the level part over. Time Attacks are one of the novelties that Rayman Origins brings. This mode gets available in a level after you finishing it once and it covers the majority of the levels from the game. In each level that features this mode, you will see a flying clock in its entrance while indicating you which times need to be beated to get an Electoons group the easiest and to get a Speed Trophy the hardest.

Although it is not crucial for the conclusion of all the levels and unlocking all the character skins, if you beat the minimum time for getting a Speed Trophy, you'll be rewarded with it. However, if you are a completist player you will be looking forward to fill every level with this, and for that I have got some general tips to give: Never stop running.

Doing a spin attack during a run gives an extra speed boost to your character. It is even more efficient if you do a spin attack during a run and jump right after. Try to take advantage of enemies to use them as platforms or to easily get rid of other obstacles in favour to save time. If you are swimming underwater, try to constantly do spin attacks for an extra speed boost to your character.

Moskitos will help you to across worlds in Rayman Origins and in rarer situations to help you to reach Electoon cages. These levels work like a specific part in the Anguish Lagoon from Rayman 1 for Atari Jaguar: you control the insect and shoot bullets to get rid of your enemies.

There are Lums to collect and obstacles to get rid of aswell there are moments you'll meet up mini-bosses to defeat. I hope you don't suffer of dizzyness! Tricky Treasure levels are other novelty of Rayman Origins. There are 10 in total and these have the purpose to test your platforming skills with a carefully planned level design where precision and dexterity are important.

These levels are optional to play but in my opinion these are some of the most fun levels of the game, and if you are a completist you'll want to recover the 10 Skull Teeth from these 10 Tricky Treasures to unlock and enter in the final level: the Land of the Livid Dead. In Rayman Origins, you will find several objects throughout your adventure.

However, I'll just mention the most important ones: Heart - It adds an extra health point to your character. Catching one while already possessing a Heart adds 5 Lums to your counter. These can be found inside bubble or glass containers.

Skull Coin - These coins are worth 25 Lums and they are placed in hidden or dangerous areas of the scenario. Just make sure you hold it for enough seconds to really get the object caught: any damage will move it back to the place where it was! These are very important for getting Electoon groups and Lum Medals above all! Skull Tooth - There are 10 Skull Teeth available in the game, all inside the Tricky Treasure chests in their correspondent levels.

Get all of these to allow the Deadman to let you enter to the Land of the Livid Dead. Bulb-o-Lums - These objects always carry bubbles with Lums, Hearts and possibily a really good thing inside. Always search for these! Blue Punch - An extremely rare item of the game. It gives a limited ammo to your character that allows it to destroy objects or bubblizing enemies with a single punch and by distance. Make sure you really give a good use to these! Cage - There are Electoons locked inside.

Save them! Bubbling objects - If you pass side to a bubbling object, bubbles will come out and containing stuff that will interest you, just like the Bulb-o-Lums. Now that you know about the basics, you are ready to start the game and see its intro sequence. You start in the Snoring Tree. This will be the hub of the playable characters, spread in the Snoring Tree. You simply jump to a bubble and you'll switch character. You unlock characters by saving a minimum number of Electoon groups, and when that happens the game will notify you.

In the middle of the Snoring Tree, you'll find the Bubble Dreamer meditating, and if you jump to his beard, he'll talk about facts related with the character that is pulling it. In the left area of the tree, there is the entrance for the Land of the Livid Dead but the Deadman will block it with his large head until you get all the 10 Skull Teeth for him, like the Magician inside his hat and side to him explains you if you hit his hat. In the right side of the tree you'll see a Spiral Door leading to the world map, where you'll be able to choose the world and level to play.

You start with the Jibberish Jungle. The Jibberish Jungle is the first world of Rayman Origins, with jungle-alike landscapes. It is also the easiest world of the game and serves as an introduction to it, where you start learning the basics and how to control your character. Livingstones and Hunters are the most predominant enemies of the world. Over the Rainbow Hi-Ho Moskito!

Electoon Cages - 1 Skull Coins - 2. The very first level of the game, and because of that are relatively few Lums to catch and only one cage of Electoons to break, which is located in the end of the level. In its start, you see Betilla being kidnapped by a Darktoon.

Jump over the obstacles and the Psychlops in the way until you reach a giant rock creature that ocasionally closes his mouth. Enter on its inside while being cautious with the "teeth" and jump to the head of the Darktoon to free Betilla.

She'll reward you with the power to attack. Breaking the "teeth" will give you extra Lums. In the remaining path you can beat up each enemy you found, just make sure to not trigger bulbs that might kill the enemies and making you lose the chance of getting extra Lums.