Hi! Welcome to my walkthrough of Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon. (this is my first walkthrough, sorry if it’s not perfect)

First lets start with the controls, if you have played this game before on your PlayStation you might as well skip this section, but if you need a quick reminder feel free to read on. (keep in mind I made this before I got the PlayStation item so I don’t know the PC controls so I will use the PlayStation controls instead) If you see this * it means that all characters can perform this action.

SPYRO THE DRAGON
*Use the D-pad or the left analogue stick to move Spyro around, push the stick forward to move Spyro in that direction, left to move him left, right to move him right and back to move him back, if you push it a little Spyro will walk but if you push it all the way he will run at full gallop.*

*Use the X button to make Spyro jump, he will jump higher the longer you hold it*, if you press X again while Spyro is in mid jump he will glide, you can steer while gliding.

*Use the [] button to charge with your horns, hold down [] to keep charging, while you charge, the camera will automatically move behind you and stay there until you stop, use this to defeat small enemies with armor, this can also be used to press switches on walls.

*Use the O button to use an ability that dragons are best known for: Flame breath, use this to fry your enemies to a crisp, don’t forget you can’t flame enemies with armor. if Spyro has something in his mouth he will spit it out instead of using his flame.

*Use the triangle button to look around from Spyro’s point of view, you can look in any direction but you can’t look all the way around. (Spyro’s not an owl you know)* if you have something in your mouth you will go into sniper mode.

*If you press the triangle button in mid jump Spyro will perform the horn dive, this is useful for breaking metal gem containers with targets on top and for pressing switches on the ground.

*If you press the triangle button in mid glide you will do a short hover, this is useful for getting up to ledges after a long glide.

*To use a ladder jump on it and Spyro will cling on to it with his claws, to climb a ladder just use the analogue stick to climb it and move around on it.

*Spyro can swim in this game! And its really easy, just jump in any transparent water and Spyro will swim on the surface, moving on the surface of the water is the same as moving on land, if you want to dive underwater just press [] and you will dive, while you are underwater you can swim by holding the X button and you can charge underwater with the [] button. Because Spyro is a dragon he doesn’t need to go up to the surface to breath so you can stay underwater for as long as you want, but if you want to go back to dry land anyway just swim to the surface and jump out onto the nearest shore. Remember you can't use your flame attack underwater (logic duh) but if you look closely while trying to use your flame, bubbles will come out of Spyro’s snout, these do nothing though.

*To move the camera hold down the L2 or R2 buttons to move it left or right.*

*If you press the L1 or R1 button the camera will move directly behind the camera.*

* If you hold down L1 and R1 and use the D-pad or the left analogue stick you can rotate the characters on the spot.*

SHEILA THE KANGAROO
Sheila’s moves aren’t as complex as Spyro’s so they’re easy to explain.

*Press O or [] to make Sheila use her kangaroo kick attack.

*Press X again after jumping for an air hop.

*After jumping press X just as you hit the floor to do a really big double jump.

*By pressing triangle in mid jump you can perform the Sheila stomp, this is exactly the same as the horn dive so no need to go into detail.

SGT. JAMES BYRD
He’s a penguin… with rocket launchers… who can fly…

*Hold down the X button to make SGT. Byrd fly, you can move him in flight.

*Press O to fire a rocket, they will home in on the nearest enemy.

*If you land on certain objects like weights or bombs SGT. B will pick them up with his feet, to drop a weight or bomb just press [] in midair.

*Use the L1 or R1 to slide left or right while flying.

*Hold triangle to switch between normal and bomb view, if you are on the ground you will go into sniper mode.

BENTLY THE YETI
Bently has the most simple controls out of all the characters.

*Press the O button to make Bently attack by smashing his ice club to the ground.

*Pressing the [] button will make Bently spin his club, this is useful for deflecting snowballs.

*Move Bently towards a box to push it out the way.

AGENT 9
What ever you do, don’t tell him that there’s a Rhynoc nearby…

*Press O to fire Agent 9’s ray gun.

*Press triangle to go into sniper mode.

*hold L1 to zoom in while in sniper mode and R1 to zoom out.

*Use the D-pad or the left analogue stick to aim while in sniper mode.

*After picking up a bomb hold down the [] button and aim using the D-pad or analogue stick. To throw the bomb let go of the [] button.

SPARX THE DRAGONFLY
Bzz bzz bzzZZzz
(you play Sparx’s levels from a bird’s eye view)

*press the O button to fire at enemy insects, hold O to fire continuously. (don’t ask me how a dragonfly can fire projectiles because I don’t know )

*hold [] to charge (like Spyro) this doesn’t affect enemies though.

*Press X to use a power up.

*hold down R1 and use the D-pad or the left analogue stick to slide Sparx left or right.


OK! Now that that’s out the way lets start playing the game now shall we.

                                                                                                    STARTING THE GAME

It’s a bit obvious how to start a new game so I won’t explain it.

When you start your new game you will see the opening cutscenes, after that you will start in…

                                                                                                      SUNRISE SPRING

Welcome to Sunrise Spring, the first home world in Spyro’s new adventure. The first thing you will notice when you arrive is Hunter running into the distance, ignore him for now and collect any gems in the surrounding area, there are some behind you too, you can find gems in baskets and vases, you can flame and charge the baskets but you can only charge the vases because your flames wont work on them, after you have collected the gems in the lowest area jump to the first step then turn to the left and you will notice your first dragon egg.

EGG No 1 EGG BY THE STREAM
ISABELLE

Well done on finding your first egg, now collect any remaining gems (make sure you’ve looked everywhere!) and continue up the stairs, you will now encounter Zoe the fairy who will give you a quick tutorial on how to move the camera, after that jump to the next step and you will be confronted by Bianca, the girl who was with that strange villain before, she will threaten you and then disappear. By now you obviously noticed a portal that says Sunny Villa this is the first of six portals in this homeworld, don’t go through it just yet though, the strategy I use is to collect every gem and egg in the current level, so lets explore more of Sunrise Spring. Climb the last step and you will find your self in a new area with a river running through it, collect the gems lying around the place and then talk to our old “friend” Moneybags. You will notice he has a kangaroo trapped in a cage, this kangaroo is none other than Sheila, talk to Moneybags and he will say he is guarding her for the sorceress and that he will let her go if you pay him a fee of 300 gems, after that we get to watch a hilarious cutscene and Sheila offers Spyro to visit her world anytime he wants. After the cutscene ends, the portal to Sheila’s Alp is now open but you don’t need to enter now if you don’t want to but if you complete Sheila’s Alp, Sheila will be playable in special egg challenges in other worlds. Moving on, after you have freed Sheila move over to the path on your right, (assuming you are still facing the portal) clime up the steps and collect the gems on the way up, at the top you will find Hunter (fun fact: in this spot and this spot alone Hunter’s character model is leaning forwards slightly, you can tell because his feat aren’t flat on the ground. He isn‘t like this anywhere else.) talk to him and he will give you a tutorial on how to glide and hover, all you have to do is follow Hunter by using your glide, before you glide to Hunter glide to the small ledge to the left of where Hunter is and collect the gems there, then go back and follow Hunter, after the first glide you will find the portal Hunter mentioned which will take you to Cloud Spires, just like with Sunny Villa ignore the portal until you have found everything in sunrise spring, don’t forget to pickup the green gem next to the Cloud Spires portal, talk to Hunter again and he will teach you how to hover, follow his instructions and glide into the cave he jumped in and he will reward you with your next dragon egg.

EGG No 2 LEARN GLIDING
COLTRANE

After he gives you the egg Hunter will point out the hole next to you, collect the gems in the cave and jump down the hole, you will greeted by Zoe who will explain what the strange gold gate she is flying next to is, she will tell you that this is a special power up gate that will let you fly for a limited time and all you have to do is walk through it but before you do that walk up the cave and collect the gems lying around, NOW you can use the power up, once you walk through it Spyro will automatically start flying and a timer will appear at the right of the screen, this is how much flying time Spyro has left before the power up wears off, fly to the end of the cave and land on the opening at the top and you will find…

EGG No 3 FLY THROUGH THE CAVE
AMI

3 down 2 to go. Jump down the ledge and carry on down the path from where you met Hunter. Walk through the mini forest (as I call it) and collect any gems there, after that you will find a tiki called Rocky who will tell you the portal behind him (yes THAT big thing!) which leads to his home “ Molten Crater” has stopped working and that it might start working after a few more dragons hatch, 10 actually, so basically you have to come back later. You might have noticed Hunter before talking to Rocky, don’t talk to Hunter just yet, first walk around the portal to Molten Crater and pick up the gems lying around but don’t leave just yet, there is a big rock behind the portal, horn dive it and it will reveal…

EGG No 4 HEAD BASH THE ROCK
LIAM

Now that you have the 4th egg you can talk to Hunter who will teach you how to swim ( but I’ve already done that ) jump into the lake and dive down, you will find loads of gems some of which are in bottles that you charge to break, also you will find…

EGG No 5 BOTTOM OF THE LAKE
BRUCE

That’s it guys! All the eggs in Sunrise Spring have been found! Now all you need to do is collect the rest of the gems here and you can enter one of the portals you found earlier. Swim to the surface and enter the temple to the right of the lake, other than finding more gems you will see a large hot air balloon with five ropes hanging off it, this balloon will take you to Sunrise Spring’s boss fight but we’ll get to that later, the ropes are for the friends you help later to pull down so you can access the boss fight to progress to the next homeworld. After exiting the temple walk to the right and you will see a sign with a picture of Sparx on it, approach it to read it, it will say “Spyro, I’ve got a special task for Sparx. Meet me back here later! -Zoe”
Come back here after you beat the boss and Zoe will be there waiting for you. Anyway turn around and look straight ahead, you will see another portal with a seal standing in front of it, his name is Snappy and he will tell you that his portal is closed as well, this portal will take you to Seashell Shore (try saying that 5 times fast!) this portal need 14 eggs to activate. There are no gems here so progress to the stairs behind you (assuming you are still facing Snappy) climb up those and collect the gems on the way up, once you reach the top you will find a portal that leads to Mushroom Speedway which need 20 (yes 20!) eggs. Now assuming you have found all the gems in the rest of the homeworld, the gems you found on these steps should be the last of the gems in Sunrise spring so… congratulations! You’ve completed Sunrise Spring!


                                                                                                       LEVEL COMPLETE





Image upload: 293x206 totaling 30 KB's.

pika pika raikou : I guess it wasn't bad for a 1st attempt. Considering you said you would continue later on, if you do then that would probably be a very good thing. You probably did by now, of course.

MysteryMan007 : Well I can't really, I'm waaaay too busy with school to do more on this walkthrough, especially since I need to improve my grades to go to collage next year