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Dry Lagoon

From Sonic Retro

Template:SA2Level Dry Lagoon is the second stage in the Dark storyline of Sonic Adventure 2 and the first stage playable with Rouge. It represents Rouge's attempt to find Master Emerald pieces that were scattered after Knuckles smashed it.

Plot

Appearance

Dry Lagoon is supposedly located in the desert, yet it’s full of grass and greenery, with several Egyptian references and wind currents as well. The level shares similar objects with Knuckles' Wild Canyon, for instance stone apartments and giant statues holding boxes.

The major gimmick of this level is the turtle that helps Rouge travel between the two main areas.

Other level specific-objects are shallow pools that can be dug into, small wind currents generated by swarms of butterflies which allow you to float, palm trees and obelisks that can be climbed, jars that can be smashed, patterned boxes that can be destroyed and eggs and skulls that can be picked.

Level divisions

Dry Lagoon is divided into two major sections, plus four secret rooms (the fourth of which has no natural entrance, and no exit at all).

The first section is called "Small Oasis" (Tiny Oasis) and it’s where Rouge first starts. It’s composed of two major levels, the bottom floor where a shrine-enclosed pond is and a high upper one, which is GUN’s storage area. After Rouge destroys the two Gun Hunters that are guarding a turtle at the bottom floor, it will drag itself to the pond. Rouge can stand on the floating turtle’s shell and travel from one section to the other, back and forth.

The second section is called the "Huge Oasis", consisting mainly of a large pool of water. It branches into two hallways opposite each, the "Three Head Wall" area to the left and the "Statue’s Pool" area to the right, in terms of the position Rouge first arrives from the turtle. There’s also another swimming turtle in the huge pool, which will take Rouge to the “Oasis Prison”. To return from "Oasis Prison", Rouge only needs to go with the water flow but can also catch a ride with the turtle once again.

Other versions

Dry Lagoon mirrors KnucklesWild Canyon in many ways: both are Egyptian themed to a certain degree, both are near the beginning of the story, and the two stages are shaped identically (except for the outcropping that forms the Oasis Prison, and the fact that the two main areas are positioned laterally across from each other in Dry Lagoon, instead of one above the other like in Wild Canyon).

Enemies

Locations

Animals

Animal Number Location
<iimg>Peacock!Peacock.png</iimg> 2 Small Oasis: By the foot of the palmtree, west.
Statue's pool area: In the grass between the two stone apartments at the left.
<iimg>Penguin!Penguin.png</iimg> 1 Huge Oasis: At the dry platform of the Oasis Prison, close to the Omochao.
<iimg>Sea Otter!Seaotter.png</iimg> 2 Three Head Wall area: At the left, between one of the heads and the Egyptian reed raft.
Statue's pool area: Inside the water, at the foot of the statue.
<iimg>Sheep!Sheep.png</iimg> 2 Huge Oasis: Close to a jar and Omochao, north.
Small Oasis: Close to the stone apartment in the upper level, southwest.
<iimg>Unicorn!Unicorn.png</iimg> 1 Huge Oasis: By whistling in the centre of the circular paddock located on the platform with the obelisk.
Random 2 Small Oasis: In a pipe in the upper level, located in the GUN's storage area directly above where Rouge first starts, between a jar and a metal container.
Three Head Wall area: Inside an egg Rouge can pick up, which is in turn is between some grass betwee the palmtree and the Egyptian reed raft.
Total 10

The level specific animal (third Chao box) is a Unicorn.

Big the Cat

At the beginning, destroy the Gun Hunters and ride the turtle to the "Huge Oasis". There, dive underwater and catch a ride with the swimming turtle. Halfway the water current tunnel you'll see Big's tail and part of his behind poking out of the sand behind a piece of wood.

Chao boxes

  • Small Oasis: On the right ledge, close to the painting.
  • Small Oasis: Next to a stone apartment, located in the GUN's storage area, northeast.
  • Three Head Wall area: On the right pillar.

Master Emerald shards - Hard Mode

Emerald shard Hints
#1 The highest Emerald.
Above the small oasis.
Try breaking the wooden container on the ledge in front of GUN's storage.
#2 Dig for the Emerald to get it.
In the sky above the small oasis.
Dig a hole in front of the Emerald by the huge wall painting.
#3 Bottomless pit.
Big oasis.
Put it on underwater.

*This emerald shard can be obtained normally without following any tip or using any upgrade.

  • Piece 1 is at the very top of the Small Oasis. Climb the south wall to the second ledge. There, destroy the wooden box in the middle of four black boxes, which contains a spring, and glide at the highest point you can to reach the piece.
  • Piece 2 is also in the Small Oasis, almost directly beneath piece 1. You can either get a significant distance above it and attempt to hit it with a Drill Drive, as a butterfly current prevents you from dropping onto it otherwise, or else to the the large murals on either the left or right sides of the room. In the center of each mural is an emerald symbol; digging into one of these symbols causes you to hit a hidden spring behind the wall, which shoots you directly into the piece.
  • Piece 3 is in the Huge Oasis, and is easiest to get with the help of the Treasure Scope. Put on the Treasure Scope either from on the turtle or after gliding forward to the ground in front of you, then run off into the water without pressing the A button (as doing so would remove the Treasure Scope). Use B to sink down slightly below the surface, and you'll see a spring on the underside of the Oasis Prison. This spring will shoot you into the piece.

Lost Chao

From where Rouge first starts, climb the south wall to the GUN's storage area. Destroy the metal containers, dig through the painting into secret room 1, use Mystic Melody, and go through the warp hole to secret room 3 where the Chao awaits.

Upgrade

Rouge's Mystic Melody upgrade can be found in this level, though the Pick Nails will usually be a prerequisite to finding it. It's in secret room 2, accessible by digging through the painting located below the first eastern wall ledge, in the Small Oasis.

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