Platinum Relics (Times)

[IKARUS-RG]

Just a handy list of the Platinum Relic times for each of the 38 standard levels so you know what to shoot for (the game tells you only after you've got a Gold Relic, but I figured having a list of all the times would be convenient and a lot of YouTube video guides only have the runs without the actual Platinum time). I'm missing a few times due to jumping straight to Platinum or not trying them yet so if anyone knows the times I'll add them in.

 

Rude Awakening - 0:53.97

N. Sanity Peak - 0:43.81

A Real Grind - 0:59.11

Crash Compactor - 0:42.66

Hit The Road - 1:34.11

Truck Stopped - 1:18.86

Booty Calls - 0:59.56

Thar He Blows! - 0:47.79

Hook, Line and Sinker - 1:19.69

Jetboard Jetty - 0:53.86

Give It A Spin - 1:15.58

Potion Commotion - 0:54.61

Draggin' On - 1:51.59

Off-Balance - 1:28.76

Off Beat - 1:09.16

Home Cookin' - 1:57.55

Run It Bayou - 1:42.97

No Dillo Dallying - 1:30.16

Snow Way Out - 1:18.81

Ship Happens - 1:10.76

Stay Frosty - 0:53.50

Bears Repeating - 1:29.01

Building Bridges - 1:05.44

Blast To The Past - 0:52.83

Fossil Fueled - 1:20.84

Dino Dash - 1:35.70

Rock Blocked - 1:43.50

Out For Launch - 1:20.01

Shipping Error - 2:06.62

Stowing Away - 1:13.37

Crash Landed - 1:43.15

Food Run - 1:44.63

Rush Hour - 3:40.61

The Crate Escape - 1:47.51

Nitro Processing - 2:15.69

Toxic Tunnels - 2:01.66

Cortex Castle - 1:59.87

Seeing Double - 1:25.11

 

Best of luck on your Platinum runs! ?

Edited November 18, 2020 by KristophDJHero

[westersburg]

That's good to know. I never understood why all of the crash games just show you the times of the next medal you can earn (saphire, after that gold etc.)

[illuminati1556]

Thank you for starting this. If I find out any before you finish I'll dm you.  This is wildly helpful. I wish they would show you at least the blue/gold/plat times up front. I understand not showing dev times, but obscuring the others is frustrating. 

[AspherX]

Booty calls is 59.56

Off Beat is 1:09.16

No Dillo Dallying is 1:30.16

Ship Happens is 1:10.76

Stay Frosty is 53.50

Bears Repeating is 1:29.01

Blast to the Past is 52.83

Out for Launch is 1:20.01

Shipping Error is 2:06.62

Crash Landed is 1:43.15

Toxic Tunnels is 2:01.66

 

Jeez rock blocked took me 7 hours to beat

 

Finally finished! Thank you for the list, Good luck on your platinum runs!

Edited October 18, 2020 by AspherX

[JohnCenaSong-]

This is really quite handy, if I can offer any more information to fill up the list I will, sucks that you can't see platinum time without finishing a gold first. It's not like knowing the time is going to change how challenging it may be to attain it but it helps you figure out if your pace is good or if you maybe need to push yourself faster.

 

Personally I try to do the best time I can rather than settle for whatever is just good enough but seeing the time and knowing 'okay, maybe this difficult shortcut/trick isn't actually necessary here' etc. could help out.

 

Okay, so...

Potion Commotion - 00:54:61

Off-Balance - 01:28:76

Ship Happens - 01:10:76

Bears Repeating - 01:29:01

Out for Launch - 1:20:01

Edited October 19, 2020 by JohnCenaSong-

[PETMAN3000]

Dino Dash: 1:35.70

[coldhardcrash_]

Stowing Away is 1:13.37

[speedomer]

Off-Balance 1:28.76

[DaveRoox]

I was wondering what are the hardest plat time trial relics. 
I also have another question: in the first dimension, despite having the plat time trials relics for both levels I don't have the "V" (check sign) on them, while this happens for every other level in which I got the plat TT relic so far. Does anybody know if this normal?
I have every clear, coloured and inverted gem, every perfect relic and every flashback tape and platinum flashback relic.

[connorbartram]

For me: Rock Blocked, Nitro Processing, and Jetboard Jetty were the toughest time trials to platinum. There are some other really tough ones too, but those are the toughest 3 I can think of. Crate Escape / Seeing Double right up there too!

And yeah the no tick thing must be a glitch cause I had that too, but have unlocked all the trophies for time trial and perfect relics. 

[DaveRoox]

Just finished Nitro Processing today, and it was way too strict compared to the others I've faced so far. Looking forward for Rock blocked and Jetboard Jetty, hoping that once these 3 are done the rest is easier.

[connorbartram]

Rock Blocked is so bad cause the first minute is Dingodile who moves slowly and you have to do it again and again if you make a mistake on the Crash bit at the end. And the dinosaur chase; the time boxes don't count if the dinosaur gets them so you have to make sure to hit them yourself; which increases the chances of hitting the slow down mushrooms or the fucking dinosaur getting you right at the end when he jumps! And you have to triple spin the whole way essentially while running towards the screen. Such a strict time. 

And Jetboard Jetty is an easy level really but the timing; for me at least, was so tight. I triple spinned the whole way and was like 10 seconds slow. I had to have a perfect run with the obstacles all syncing up, and then on the bit where you're on the raft, I had to jump forward on boxes to get to the raft in front, cause if you wait on one raft the whole time, you're way too slow. Those two levels took me so long. 

The other ones I found hard were when controlling Cortex cause his aiming is broken af; so many seconds lost aiming at a box! 

Good luck, and well done on Nitro Processing, cause that level is a bitch too. 

[DaveRoox]

Just done Jetboard Jetty, what a level! 0.53.18 man it was close!

[Ptirle]

Surprisingly i spent whole day on a second level on the first island, with those frikin ropes, last dimension took a couple of hours. 

Edited October 30, 2020 by Ptirle

[DaveRoox]

For who may be interested, this is my personal list of the levels ordered by descendant difficulty for the plat TT relic, from the hardest to the easiest.
I just want to say that this wants by no means be an objective comparison between the levels, as it's only my personal experience that may be a result of personal skill, timing and luck.

 

1. Toxic tunnels
2. Nitro processing
3. Jetboard Jetty
4. Rock blocked
5. Seeing double
6. The crate escape
7. Draggin’ On

8. Cortex Castle

9. Rude awakening
10. Off-Balance

11. Snow way out
12. A Real Grind
13. Hit the road

14. No Dillo Dallying
15. Crash compactor

16. Run it bayou

17. Food Run

18. Shipping error

19. Out for launch

20. Ship happens

21. N.Sanity Peak
22. Booty calls
23. Thar He Blows!
24. Truck stopped

25. Fossil fueled

26. Rush hour
27. Give It a Spin

28. Dino Dash

29. Bears repeating

30. Building bridges

31. Stay frosty

32. Blast to the past

33. Off Beat

34. Stowing away
35. Potion Commotion
36. Hook, Line, And Sinker
37. Home Cookin’

38. Crash landed

 

My video playlist for platinum relics (first 4 levels are missing since I wasn't recording yet at that time):  

 

Edited November 9, 2020 by DaveRoox

[Ultimate_Rumbler]

Thanks very much for putting together your lists TC and DaveRoox. I've done up to Off Beat which I just beat on my first completed run by 7 seconds. Thought I'd drop my thoughts/tips on a couple of the harder levels if others are interested.

 

I've found Jetboard Jetty the most challenging so far by a distance - even pulling some triple-spin jump stunts to get on to the next boat in the 2D section I could still only beat the final time by less than half a second. I learned it's really important to grab all the time crates in the last jetski section on the right - it's not obvious, but they get deducted from your finishing time if your time's frozen when you end the level. The last two jetski sections are made much easier by using Aku-Aku's tactically to quickly blast your way through.

 

In Draggin On you can gain a second or so by crouch jumping up to the platform with the first "gong basher" enemy (jump right into the corner where there's a slight ledge raise rather than going on to the two sliding platforms) - this will mean he doesn't "wake-up" so you can pass across him instantly. In Off Balance I was able to overtake at the section where you use the purple spin mask in the middle of the level (by using the momentum from the wind elevator to carry me over the line of nitros with an air jump, while the Plat ghost drops to the ground and deals with the jumping enemy) and being more efficient with the Aku-Aku immunity when doing the wall jumps.

[DaveRoox]

You're welcome. I've embedded my video playlist of platinum TT relics, hopefully it can be useful.

[Bykovsky7]

On 11/3/2020 at 2:15 PM, DaveRoox said:

For who may be interested, this is my personal list of the levels ordered by descendant difficulty for the plat TT relic, from the hardest to the easiest.
I just want to say that this wants by no means be an objective comparison between the levels, as it's only my personal experience that may be a result of personal skill, timing and luck.

 

1. Toxic tunnels
2. Nitro processing
3. Jetboard Jetty
4. Rock blocked
5. Seeing double
6. The crate escape
7. Draggin’ On

8. Cortex Castle

9. Rude awakening
10. Off-Balance

11. Snow way out
12. A Real Grind
13. Hit the road

14. No Dillo Dallying
15. Crash compactor

16. Run it bayou

17. Food Run

18. Shipping error

19. Out for launch

20. Ship happens

21. N.Sanity Peak
22. Booty calls
23. Thar He Blows!
24. Truck stopped

25. Fossil fueled

26. Rush hour
27. Give It a Spin

28. Dino Dash

29. Bears repeating

30. Building bridges

31. Stay frosty

32. Blast to the past

33. Off Beat

34. Stowing away
35. Potion Commotion
36. Hook, Line, And Sinker
37. Home Cookin’

38. Crash landed

 

My video playlist for platinum relics (first 4 levels are missing since I wasn't recording yet at that time):  

 

 

Thanks for this a lot. 

 

I've got 30/38 both time trials and NSP relics so far. 

Now I'm about to start practicing Crash Landed, and then 3 levels in Sn@xx dimension and 4 levels on the Cortex Island... 

 

Is really a time trials relic in Crash Landed so easy that you listed it on the bottom of your list? 

 

Anyway, except those 8 levels which I haven't done yet so I can't share my opinion about them, basically I can agree with the difficulty of those 30 levels on your list - this is quite accurate and I think you did a good job for listing them from easiest to the hardest one. 

Only these three from the snowy dimension: Bears repeating, Building bridges and Stay frosty - I would put them higher on the list. For example, I found the Asian-style levels, those from the Tranquility Falls dimension, much easier than you did.

[DaveRoox]

1 hour ago, Bykovsky7 said:

 

Thanks for this a lot. 

 

I've got 30/38 both time trials and NSP relics so far. 

Now I'm about to start practicing Crash Landed, and then 3 levels in Sn@xx dimension and 4 levels on the Cortex Island... 

 

Is really a time trials relic in Crash Landed so easy that you listed it on the bottom of your list? 

 

Anyway, except those 8 levels which I haven't done yet so I can't share my opinion about them, basically I can agree with the difficulty of those 30 levels on your list - this is quite accurate and I think you did a good job for listing them from easiest to the hardest one. 

Only these three from the snowy dimension: Bears repeating, Building bridges and Stay frosty - I would put them higher on the list. For example, I found the Asian-style levels, those from the Tranquility Falls dimension, much easier than you did.

 

You're welcome! Happy to help!

 

Regarding Crash Landed I think it was really easy because I've done a lot of practice on that level for the Perfect relic (and that was a bit of a pain), but overall it's quite straightforward and forgiving if you miss some crates. I suggest that you have a look at my video, you will see a tons of errors I did, but I still took the platinum relic.

Regarding the snow levels I agree with you, probably they are harder than the ones in the Tranquillity Falls dimension, but I guess I just got some luck getting the plat there.

[nudoetcrudo]

Just done Toxic Tunnels and is the hardest so far by a lot (missing only Cortex Castle and Seeing Double). 

Jetboard Jelly comes second (but maybe because I did all levels in order and I was still lacking practice).

What I hated about TT is that it is clearly bugged. Sometimes platforms and pipes flicker and reset their position while I am midair, probably because they spawn according to specific triggers (like breaking a box). Also, the "aim" of enemies killed by spinning is way too inconsistent compared to other levels. The rats at the beginning before the TNT crates sometimes hit them, sometimes not. The buzzing bug before the 3s + TNT crates sometimes goes into them, sometimes not.

And sometimes the bats were hitting me even if I was spinning.

This increases my feeling that the endgame was rushed.

Edited November 9, 2020 by nudoetcrudo

[Bykovsky7]

On 9.11.2020 at 2:54 PM, nudoetcrudo said:

This increases my feeling that the endgame was rushed.

 

Possibly. Remember this is Activision...

Edited November 13, 2020 by Bykovsky7

[TheamiiboKing]

Doing all the levels in order and actually just finished up Jetboard Jetty after struggling with it for a while. Glad to see that the consensus is that it's one of the hardest relics, makes me feel better about my chances of actually pulling this off lol. Jetty and Rude Awakening are the only real hurdles I've encountered so far, so it's good to see that that's about as hard as it gets.

[eOhmz]

So after I finished the story, I did the TT for Rude Awakening. It wasn't as hard as people say. But then, I did Cortex Castle which I struggled with but that was probably because I didn't get used to the level and did the TT before the NPR.

 

Yesterday, I did Nitro Processing and Toxic Tunnels after getting all gems, NPRs, and platinum relics for the flashback tapes. I honestly didn't find them difficult as many people did. They took me several tries for sure but not hours. But Seeing Double, on the other hand, is just pure pain. I had tried to do it yesterday for more than 2 hours and couldn't do it. Controlling Cortex is just horrible. At least with Crash/Coco you have a lot of flexibility and different movements, not the case with Cortex.

 

Hopefully, I will do Seeing Double today and I will be done with the last dimension. Then, I will try Rock Blocked or Jetboard Jetty as many people consider them very difficult and tight in terms of time.

 

The levels I did or tried to do ordered from the most difficult for time trials:

1. Seeing Double
2. Cortex Castle
3. Jetboard Jetty
4. Rock Blocked
5. Toxic Tunnels
6. Nitro Processing
7. The Crate Escape
8. Draggin On
9. Rude Awakening

I will update the list as I go through the other levels.

Edited November 19, 2020 by eOhmz

[IKARUS-RG]

14 hours ago, Gamehelp said:

 

Rush Hour - is actually 3:40.61

Cortex Castle - 1:59.87

 

Thanks for the corrections, the list is complete now!! Thanks all!

[FiendEliminator]

I'm currently on 14 / 38 plat relics, I've done up to the "Give it a spin", Home Cookin', Fossil Fueled and Shipping Error, what ones do you recommend I go for to get out of the way just so it leaves the less stressful ones for last, thanks!