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Jak and Daxter

How to unlock Different Ending
Collect 100 power cells and finish the game

Infinite Health
During Game play , pause and press Up, Left, Left, Down, Right, X, Triangle and you'll be invincible

Beware of the big fish
If you go into deep water, you will hear a heart-beat. Then it will go faster. Go to shallow water quickly!!!! If you can't, you're doomed. A big fish will eat you even if you jump. It won't eat you if you're on the zoomer.

Unlimited Yellow Eco When Using Yellow Balls (NOT vents)
When you see a yellow eco ball (NOT yellow eco vent) get it and stand in the same place where you found it and when you shoot as long as you are in the same place it will automatically charge up again.

Hint
To acquire the seventh Power cell in the Volcanic Crater you must enter Spider Cave and get juiced up w/yellow Eco from the eco fountain that is to your left and up from you as soon as you enter the main cavern. Once you have it jump down directly in front of the entrance and run like your life depends on it. Now! here is the key to success, the four platforms that lead back to the volcano must be traversed in SINGLE JUMPS! It is possible I've done it. The double jump just takes to much time, now from the platforms you will get to the first ledge, climb up the next ledge and stop, use your FPS mode to target the small metal box sitting on a rock formation (that the mine carts circle) and fire away. In my best time I could only squeeze off two fireballs before my power faded. Also as a side note your fireballs are stupid and unless you get it lined up perfectly they will take off either too far left or too far right, once you get it though, assuming you have all the other cells, the precursor door and all its secrets await you.

Hint
While trying to find an orb called "Open the Frozen Crate", go and talk to the 2 miners in the cave, and the skinny one will say he has seen a place with a cell, and some orbs, (this is only after you have done after you have traded have traded for 4 power cells from them at 90 precuesor orbs each), after you talk to them go to snowy mountain and go to the ice lifts, and backtrack to the trees around the left corner. Go through the trees, and the orb is through there, may I add that that the things that try to push Jak and Daxter off the mountainside, are just wrong looking! Submitted by Cyrus E-Mail=Bgreene..bak.rr.com

Faster Credits
When you see the names of the Naughty Dog staff disappear off the screen, hold X or Circle. The credits will speed up and be completed in a few seconds.

The Strong Survive
While punching, jump and you will do an uppercut. Then do a spin kick or a dive for a very powerful attack

Boss One
Avoid the spiky creatures it sends forth until their pointy bits disappear then move in for the kill. The boss will then sprout two giant leaf platforms ,use them two jump and strike it in the head. repeat this three times. You'll be victorious. (Forbidden Jungle )

Jumping:
There are a few "long" jumps that people should be aware of. Do a slide "square", jump "x" then hit "circle" repeatedly and you will slide, jump then "helicopter" across the seemingly impossible distance. There is also another jump crucial to getting the final dark eco crystal. At the dark eco pool, with a pool of water beyond that one, hold L1 then jump. You will do a roll-jump all the way across the pool and get that elusive final power cell for that area

Snowy Mountain Fort
When you get inside the Lurker Fort On Snowy Mountain, there's a big wooden structure right in front of you, climb it. Once you get the PC (power cell) next to the scout fly and orbs on the top, jump down to the platform that is the highest one. (You just jumped of it to get up to the power cell). If you look around to your back you will see another PC on a different wood structure. You have to go all the way around the fort on platforms to get to it. But, if you do a running horizontal launch (L1+square while running) from the platform your on, you can skip all the hassle of going all the way around and get another Power cell! Good Luck.
 P.S.  (It may take a few tries)

Free Precursor Orbs
In the Forbidden Forest Kill the big flower boss. When it's dead jump on it's head to get free precursor orbs

Race abortion.
When your helping the gambler by beating the 45 second race in the precursor basin, get to the part where there is a pile of dark eco boxs and a lurker. Drive into the lurker and you should go off the bridge and it will say "race aborted". Submitted by jak and daxter king

Hint
Whenever you're in a place where you'll lose a life just because you fell off a really high place and actually HIT the ground (you know what I'm talking about), when you're about 1/4 of the way down start spinning rapidly and you'll land perfectly. Note: It has to be a place where you actually see him hit the ground, not where he just screams and the screen blacks out. Submitted by Nivek Regnarg: crazy_cottenheadx

Hint
In the level where you must battle Klaww I have a little that will help you with how quickly you can escape from the burning meteor that rolls towards you. this is how its done, when you shoot Klaww with the yellow eco, he will start to lose control of the lava ball, as soon as he dose this start running backward immediately, when you are half-way back the lava ball will fall and roll towards you but by now you should have reached the platforms and safe from it. Submitted by Emandbzx

Hint
When you are fighting Klaww.... get to the point where you are shooting at him with yellow eco... when he starts to loose control of the boulder jump onto the platform in front of you... you will get hurt by one point but a interesting glitch occurs.... try it out. Submitted by Suzanne [Iluvcds]

Find the Fisherman!
To find the fisherman you need to go to the forbidden jungle. Next go across the bridge, then across the river. (Note don't do in the river there are piranha's in it!) Then find the other bridge and go halfway on it the drop and you will see the fisherman!Submitted by Kevin

Hint
If you have to make a long jump, you should double jump and then do a spinning kick (the circle button). Submitted by RICK PURDY:hartwell

Alternate ending
Collecting at least 100 Power Cells and complete the game successfully to view an alternate ending.

What is behind the percuros door:
If you look at the "boarder" around the map on the back of the instruction booklet you will notice it looks a bit like writing. Well it is and this is the translation:
"In ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep, the silent giants wait to be awakened. Deep will their slumber be, silent their once echoing voices, until the world has no memory of their beginnings. In the gloom they will watch and they will wait. those who go to them for answers will return only with new questions. But there will come a time when silence ends. The one who carries the light will awaken the voices. With him, one whose fate was twisted towards darkness in the time before time. When the light bursts from the earth the answers to the questions will begin. But only begin, for still the world will not be ready to learn the truth of it's past, or the secrets of it's future."
This explains what is inside the precursor door at the ending and it fits with what Samos says at the beginning

Different teleporter shape.
When your at geyser rock walk away from the teleporter towards the cliff. Then turn around and the teleporter will be a pentagon instead of a circle. Submitted by shamatron

Oil can welder
If you look closely while keira is wielding the zoomer in her shed, it will be an oil can. Submitted by shamatron

Small fire
In rock village there small fire where the crying warrior and the gambler is. The small fire is the 1 in front of the gambler. Submitted by shamatron

Hint
In answer to the question of where the last crystal was in the spider cave, their is a second water pool that doesn't have dark eco in it. So that is the fifth crystal. Also the 7th power cell in the volcano crater is that box on the rocks by the coal mine carts however after powering up I still can not shoot it, but I here it has been done.

Don't lose life while jumping of a high area
When you are jumping off a high cliff and don't want to lose life right before your going to hit the ground press 0. You will hover and soften your landing

The 5th crystal in Spider Cave
The crystals seem easy to find, but they get harder as you destroy more. The 1st you destroy should be the one in the first room, with the gnawing lurkers. The 2nd near a Dark Eco pool between the gnawing lurker room and the lurker mine. The 3rd is on a ledge between the dark cave and the gnawubg lurker room. The 4th is in a water pool (not Dark Eco!) in the dark cave. Also finally the 5th is in a water pool by dark cave. when you enter the room with a Dark Eco pool that you have to hop across, on your way to dark cave, instead of going left, go right. You have to get across the dark Eco pool by running at it then pressing (and holding) L1 then before you get to the edge, jump. You should perform a Roll Jump to the other side. then you dive down (into the water) and hit the crystal before Roll Jumping back again.

Shortcut in Spider Cave
In Spider Cave, go to the place where they are building the Precursor Robot. Ride the elevator to the 2nd floor. Go to where the box with the flames shooting out of it is. Go on the pole with the platform on it. It will take you to the other side so you don't go around the whole path.

Hint
The box in the fire mountain is rather hard, but it can be done. There are two different places where you can power up. The one on the right side is the best choice, because you can jump through it power up and head up the tunnel. Do not double jump, this kills time duck and do high jump on first one then single jumps to the top one more high jump then comes the hard part of aiming and firing before the eco runs out.

Hint
After the first boss the dark eco plant, when its head is laying on the ground dead, jump on its head you will get those orbs that look like eggs. I think it stops after 10 eggs, but I'm  not totally sure.

Hint
On sentinel beach there are two poles, you need to push them up. So you need to make sure that  Jak is sitting down (L1) before hitting the pole, this will push the pole up, so you can get one of the scout flies.

Hint
If u press "o" while doing a double jump, it will sail you across to give you that extra inch to get to the cliff.

Hint
Get 100 or more power cells and finish the game to see a secret ending. If you get less than 100 power cells, you wont be able to see it.

Hint
When you go in the deepwater when a big fish come just jump and it will go

Hint
In the Lost Precursor city, there is a objective "climb the slide tube." You know when you step on the platform the Dark Eco rises? Well, if you hit the outer edge, the Dark Eco won't rise! But, this is extremely hard to do so you might not be able to do it every time.

Hint
A really good hint for reaching longer distances that u cant reach by jumping or just to move quicker is to run then hold R1 and press the X button. its a very easy, useful tip i reckon ;)If u don't understand it email me at big_bad_roxy.com

Infinite Green Eco
When fighting rats in Boggy Swamp, do not destroy their nest. They are very easy to defeat and give you four pieces of Green Eco each. If you are low on life, destroy some rats.

Power Cells
Go in the Forbidden Jungle and talk to the person that is standing on a bridge. If you catch 200 pounds of fish, he will give you a Power Cell and let you ride his boat until dark. To get the electricity to work for Sand over Village. go into the Forbidden Jungle and go behind the big building. There should be a little building on the right. Get on top of it and break the mirror by kicking it in the air. Follow
the beam to the next pole. Keep on doing this until it is done, then go to the mayor for a Power Cell.

Extra Precursor Orbs
After defeating the giant plant in the Forbidden Jungle, go back and jump on what looks like the left eye of the plant. An orb will appear. Grab it and repeat. You should be able to get at least four orbs out of it.

Defeating the Giant Plant
At the Giant Plant in the Forbidden Jungle level, run from the first spike bug until the spikes go in, then destroy it. The plant will try to eat you. Dodge it, and it will go to sleep. Jump up on the leaves and hit the flower part. Repeat this another two times. After he collapses, jump on his head and an orb will appear. Jump on the head until no more orbs come out.

Defeating the Klaww
At the Klaww in the Mountain Pass level, dodge the boulders. The last one he throws will contain Blue Eco. Get it, and a bridge will appear. Run to the end, dodging the boulders as you go. Get the Yellow Eco at the end, and when he starts to make a big boulder, fire away. Keep blasting him until he drops the boulder on his head, then run back to the first three platforms and repeat the process another two times.

Get to Yellow Sage
When you get to Gol and Maia's Citadel, free the Blue Sage first and go on the Blue Eco platform. Roll, then jump off. You will be able to free the Yellow Sage without having to go through the obstacles. Note: This may require some practice to avoid falling.

Map translation
The following message is the code translated from around the outside of the map that is included with the game:

"In ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep, the silent giants wait to be awakened. Deep will their slumber be, silent their once echoing voices, until the world has no memory of their beginnings. In the gloom they will watch, and they will wait. Those who go to them for answers will return only with new questions. But these will come when silence ends. The one who carries the light will awaken the voices. With him one whose fate was twisted toward darkness long ago, in the time before time when the light bursts from the earth the answers to the questions will begin. But only begin, for still the world will not be ready to learn the truth of its past, or the secrets of its future."

Dark Crystal locations
Hanging in Gnawing Lerker area. Same height as the power cell. It is easy to shoot and find.

On the way to the Robot area. It is harder to shoot, easy to hit, and easy to find.
Near Dark Cave entrance. It is easy to shoot and find. Use platforms to hit.
Near Dark Cave entrance. Cross Dark Eco with platforms. You should be able to find some clean water on the other side of some Dark Eco. You must use the rolling jump (L1 or R1 and jump when you finish rolling) or you cannot get across the Dark Eco. Swim down and get close enough and it will explode. It is difficult to get to.
In Dark Cave, after you pass the second hanging spider and before the first rotating platform. Near the crystal that is after the second spider, you can find some clean water. Swim down and get close enough and it will explode.

Shoot the pelican:
Remember the pesky pelican at the beach who steals the Power Cell, and you have to race it to get it? If you utilize the cannon off the coast, you can actually shoot the pelican, causing him to explode. You will know if you shot him, as the explosion from the bomb will sound louder than usual. Just go to the nest, and you will find the Power Cell there. This is useful if you cannot get the Power Cell before the pelican.

Hit Shark Lurker without getting swallowed:
Go to the place where the fire boulder gets lifted up so that you can kill the lava Boss. Jump to the rafts in the water. Jump in and wait for the sound that the Shark Lurker makes then jump up on the raft. Do not do this too soon or it will go away before it hits the surface. It will circle you. Go to the edge of the raft of your choice so that you are about to fall off. When it approaches, press Circle and you will kick it without getting swallowed.

Good looking attack:
First, use L1 to coach then press Square to uppercut. Then at the bend on top of the jump, press Square again to dive. Then at the bend again, press Circle to spin and finish the move. Note: This is hard to use on enemies because it is difficult to aim