Mystic Realm/Levels/Tempest Valley Zone Act 1

Single Player levels
MAPA4: Tempest Valley Zone Act 1
JCZ JCZ1 JCZ2 JCZ3	TVZ TVZ1 TVZ2 TVZ3	VFZ VFZ1 VFZ2 VFZ3
FRZ FRZ1 FRZ2 FRZ3	MFZ MFZ1 MFZ2 MFZ3	SPZ SPZ1 SPZ2 SPZ3
	AGZ AGZ1 AGZ2 AGZ3 AGZ4
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MAPA4, Tempest Valley Zone Act 1, abbreviated as TVZ1, is the first act of Tempest Valley Zone, the second zone in Mystic Realm. It takes place in a stormy and rainy valley filled with toxic slime and is somewhat small, featuring two paths layered on top of each other. It is substantially harder than the first zone due to the harmful slime and Buzzes that can knock you into the slime.

Walkthrough

You begin the level in a valley with a river of toxic waste flowing in front of you. Leap across the river and proceed either through the tunnel to your right or up onto the ledges on the left.

Upper path

Climb up the steps to your left with several short jumps to reach a ridge attached to the outer wall of the valley. From there, you can either leap across a small gap in front of you or proceed to the left. If you turned left, jump over the river and proceed around the bend until you reach a row of yellow springs. Take them and turn right to reach the Star Post. If you jumped across the gap, hop up the ledges to the top and cross the river via a bridge. You should come across another ridge that eventually turns right and ends up at the Star Post.

After the Star Post, you will come out on the top of the other side of the valley. Jump across a toxic river to an elevated ledge and across another river to get to a cliff that is U-shaped. Run around the bend and take the row of yellow springs. Run along the cliff by making a left turn and then a right turn to reach the Level End Sign.

Lower path

In the tunnel, jump over the toxic river. Then simply proceed forward until you reach the Star Post. There is a river in front of you that is fed by two toxic waterfalls. Across the river is a small island that helps you cross this section. Afterwards, you will reach a sharp 180 degree bend which is cut off by another river. Jump across it, turn around and jump across it once more to reach a set of ledges to your left. After jumping across them, you will reach large valley with a shallow toxic pool in the middle. Continue by jumping over a few ledges to your right until you reach a gap. Jump over it, follow a U-turn that goes underneath a bridge and cross another gap. Now you will reach a set of stair-like ledges that lead to the top of the bridge. Cross it, jump over two more gaps and reach the Level End Sign to the left.

Points of interest

Extra lives

• In Tails' emblem location.
• As Knuckles, take the upper path. Where the path splits again, jump across the gap instead of turning left. After jumping up across the small ledges, look closely at the wall to your right. You should see a bustable part of the wall a bit above the ground. Climb to it to reach an extra life.
• At the split of the upper path, take the left option and search for a bustable wall to the right after you crossed the river. Behind it is an extra life monitor.
• In Sonic's emblem location.
• Go to the last room of the lower path. Below the bridge in the slime is an extra life monitor. You can collect it without an Elemental Shield by bouncing on it.
• After the last row of springs on the upper path, take the left turn and turn around. You should see a group of rings and a bustable wall behind them. Spindash through it to get to a yellow spring that takes you on top of the cliff. The cliff behind you contains a diagonal spring that takes you to another spring and on top of a high pillar that contains an extra life.

Shields

• On the lower path, turn right after the tunnel. A Whirlwind Shield and a Super Ring Monitor are located in the corner.
• An Attraction Shield is located on the pillar you climb around when entering the upper path. To reach it as Sonic, go straight back from the Star Post of the upper path.
• In the cave before the Star Post of the lower path, there is a bustable wall containing an Elemental Shield, which is essential to a few secrets in this level.
• After the last row of springs on the upper path, turn right to find an Armageddon Shield.
• Take the lower path and follow it until you reach the stairs that lead to the bridge in the last room. In the corner before the first step is an Elemental Shield, which is essential to a few secrets in this level.

Other

• At the split of the upper path, jump across the gap. When crossing the bridge over the slime, look for a bustable part of the wall to your right. Spindash through this and the next bustable wall to enter an enclosed area with four ring monitors and some bushes. In the center of them is an Eggman Monitor, so be careful.
• In the tunnel at the beginning of the lower path, there are three super ring monitors just below the waterfall. You can abuse temporary invincibility, spindash through all three of them and hurry out of the river before the effect wears off, or you can carefully monitor bounce across the three of them from the left fork of the upper path. The least dangerous option is to come back to the area after you have collected an Elemental Shield.

Emblem locations

Blue ( 一 )

Accessible by: All

On the right side of the upper path, after the first few jump-steps, turn around and follow where the goop water leads from: you'll notice a well-hidden corner that was obscured by the geometry. Get in the goop and go into that corner to find the Blue emblem.

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Red ( 二 )

Accessible by: All

Easier to acquire with Tails, Knuckles, or Fang: Just take the left path from the starting point up the jump-steps and fly/climb/bounce up to the raised pillar in the middle. The Red emblem is inside the bushes.

For other characters: Start with the above, but continue running past this pillar, taking the left split of the upper path, past the goop-fall. When you reach the yellow springs at the end of this split, stop and turn to your left. A raised platform with bushes should be in the distance. Do a running jump onto that platform and go inside the bushes to find the Red emblem.

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Green ( 三 )

Accessible by: Spin chars. / Amy

After the Star Post on the upper path, go to the U-turn. There is a bustable wall between the polluted flowers that leads into a tunnel with two more bustable walls. The left one leads to a ring monitor, while the right one leads to two super ring monitors, an extra life and the Green emblem.

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Speedrunning

This is a really short level that can be completed in less than 30 seconds if you are familiar with all of the areas. Sonic is the best character to use for this level, because while there are some vertical areas, Sonic's speed makes up for any time Knuckles or Tails might have saved. The quickest path is the upper path with the left fork.