In this level you need to collect 3 Chaos Emeralds before defeating the boss, Scorpius. The overall layout of this level is as follows:
| Boss room | ||
| Left table | Minecart | Right table |
| Lower table |
You start at the bottom in a little corridor, just above the water. Run to the right and enter a plunger to be launched into the lower pinball table.
Lower table[edit]
The first objective is to hit two small drop targets at the top of the table, one on either side of a vat of slime that contains a Chaos Emerald. Each drop target is located just above a group of three bouncy worm heads. Hitting both targets drains the slime from the vat (allowing you to get that emerald later on), and opens up a pair of sewer pipes on the sides of the table.
Now enter the left pipe to go to the left pinball table, or the right pipe to go to the right table. You will have to visit both tables in either order.
If the ball drains at the bottom of the table, you will land on a small platform. Jump back up quick, before a mechanical serpent grabs you. If he does grab you, spam the flipper buttons to escape.
Safety lids can be opened by hitting the lower two targets, and a bonus Loop-de-Force can be obtained by going through the loop after draining the slime.
Left table[edit]
There is a railway switch you have to hit at the right side of the table - follow the path indicated by a row of round red lights.
After you've hit that switch, make your way to the top of the table by either:
- Shooting up the sewer pipe on the left 4 times (the first 3 times are to break the barrels), OR
- Going around the loop directly above the flippers 3 times to open a door leading to an upper ledge (the loop contains a counter showing how many times you've visited it).
In the upper right corner of the table you will find a flipper that shoots you into the boss room. If you don't have all 3 Chaos Emeralds yet, you'll fall into a minecart. Read on further down below.
If the ball drains in the left table, you will either fall into deadly slime or, if you land precisely between the two flippers, into a floating metal barrel. If you haven't done so yet, press right to paddle over to a Chaos Emerald sitting in the slime vat you drained earlier. You can now jump in and get it.
Right table[edit]
(The right table is a mirror copy of the left table, so these instructions are the exact same as for the left table, but with reversed directions - left becomes right and vice versa)
There is a railway switch you have to hit at the left side of the table - follow the path indicated by a row of round red lights.
After you've hit that switch, make your way to the top of the table by either:
- Shooting up the sewer pipe on the right four times (the first three times are to break the barrels), OR
- Going around the loop directly above the flippers three times to open a door leading to an upper ledge (the loop contains a counter showing how many times you've visited it).
In the upper left corner of the table you will find a flipper that shoots you into the boss room. If you don't have all 3 Chaos Emeralds yet, you'll fall into a minecart. Read on further down below.
If the ball drains in the right table, you will either fall into deadly slime or, if you land precisely between the two flippers, into a floating metal barrel. If you haven't done so yet, press left to paddle over to a Chaos Emerald sitting in the slime vat you drained earlier. You can now jump in and get it.
Minecart[edit]
If you came in from the left table, press right to go down the track all the way to a Chaos Emerald. Conversely, if you came in from the right table, press left to travel to another Chaos Emerald. This requires you to have activated the railway switch on the table earlier, else you won't reach the emerald.
Once your minecart trip is over you'll find yourself at the bottom of the level. Make your way back up to either get more emeralds, or if you have all 3 emeralds, go to the boss room.
Boss room[edit]
Remember, the boss room is accessible via two pipes:
- In the upper right corner of the left table, and
- In the upper left corner of the right table
Once you have all three Chaos Emeralds and enter this room, the boss fight against Scorpius starts. Shoot up onto one of the upper ledges next to the boss, then jump onto the boss right between his body and tail to rapidly bounce around and deal a ton of damage. Hit the boss a few more times after his tail falls off to beat the level.