Gruntz Golfing

[twiggy]

I restarted again and sent my new grunt to the boxing area to kill all the boxers and suck up all the goo. I have 3 new gruntz. Am I supposed to drop one of them in the area with the spongegunz or do I enter with my gauntletz grunt from the previous group and drop a new one there later? I hope my question made sense.

[BattlezM]

All the new gruntz you have in the oven must be created at the boxing glove area.
The break-down of the gruntz in the level is like this:

• Gooberz and spyz lead group 1, group one is created by gauntletz
  
• The gauntletz of group 1 breakz away to the spongegun area.
  
• Gauntletz createz and leadz group 2.
  

Note that the groupz need to help each other at timez. A secret even requirez that you do not advance too far with one group...

[twiggy]

So am I supposed to kill all the spongegunz? This is really hard because some of them get knocked in holez. How much goo do I need?

[BattlezM]

All of it. It'z easier than it lookz, just save frequently. Their sense range is longer than their shooting range, you can try to split the group apart or corner them.

[twiggy]

OK, I got my strawz and 4 new gruntz in the oven. I guess 3 of them get the toolz (gauntletz, bomb and sponge and 1 is BH. The BH goes through BW to BO switch. The bombz breakz the brick and gauntletz breaks mushrooms. BH is stuck, so that leaves me with 3 gruntz. Straw gets the bomb to hit BO switch. I see that I need 3 gruntz for the checkpoint so something must be wrong?? Meanwhile, in the first group I sent 2 gruntz to the left to stand on purple switchez to let bootz come to the group. Am I on the right path??

[BattlezM]

You send bombz into the blue wormhole. Soundz crazy, but you'll have to find a way to get rid of that gold brick without only his help. Spoiler: Think friendly fire. Barehandz can then get the second bomb.

[manu]

battlezm said:

Don't you have a shovel?

If shovel goes past the cloud, he can only get the coin and go to the other side of the quicksands near the silver pyramids, but can't go to the green hold switch. Only springz could cross the quicksands back to it.
In addition, I think I will need four Gruntz at the end of this part (three on purple switches, and one for the warpstone) and I will have only three of them after using the bomb
I found 15 Goo puddles with the boxing gloves area, so I'm one short to bake another Grunt
Edit : I think I found answers to both of my questions
I'm now trying to make my way through the silver pyramids maze ...

[manu]

I got the Perfect in this level
It was really hard and sometimes frustrating, but what a pleasure to finish it at the end
Thank you, BattlezM, for this challenging level
PS : I'm still stuck in FoolsGold and you didn't answer my last question Is there a bug in the level or did I miss something
PPS : I sent my Statz Page image to GooRoo if he wants to Upload it ...

[twiggy]

I got my gauntlez going around breaking mushrooms and dodging the clouds and my other 2 gruntz waiting near the silver switch which I see moves some pyramidz at the area where my first group is. Now, I don't know where to go with them. I know that if I send 2 to the left on the purple switchez, I can get my bootz to join the group. But, the spy is stuck where the rolling rock is. Now going through the pyramidz to the right, does it matter which gruntz I send to stand on the 3 checkpoints? This level is quite extensive and some of these areas are too difficult to start over, so that is why I'm asking for help nearly every step of the way.

[BattlezM]

Isn't it obvious who goes to the checkpoint? Area in the 4 patrolling thunder cloudz, right?

[manu]

twiggy said:

I got my gauntlez going around breaking mushrooms and dodging the clouds and my other 2 gruntz waiting near the silver switch which I see moves some pyramidz at the area where my first group is.

If I understand well where you are, you might have made a little mistake : I think it's easiest if you have only two gruntz here at this moment because you will need 6 gruntz in the other team and it will be easiest to get a last goo puddle on the other side (where a grunt was killed by swords at the start of the level). If you continue as you started, you will have to kill the swordgrunt near your gauntletz using spongegun, get the goo with goober straw, and send back one grunt back to the silver switch. It is posible (that's the way I did it), but I think it's longer.

Now, I don't know where to go with them. I know that if I send 2 to the left on the purple switchez, I can get my bootz to join the group. But, the spy is stuck where the rolling rock is.

I'm not sure I understand where spy is. If you talk about the rolling rocks near the purple switches, Spy must stay on the first one, and you must send another grunt through the rolling rocks (hard timing !!!)

Now going through the pyramidz to the right, does it matter which gruntz I send to stand on the 3 checkpoints? This level is quite extensive and some of these areas are too difficult to start over, so that is why I'm asking for help nearly every step of the way.

You must send six gruntz through this maze. No matter the order, except that the 2 standing on the two first checkpoints must walk at the same speed (you'll see why... another hard timing )

[twiggy]

BattlezM, I was talking about the 3 checkpointz at the bottom where the SP's are. I have 3 gruntz on the checkpointz and 1 where the bomb is and 1 waiting where switch is that takes me there. Are all 5 gruntz supposed to go into this area?? How do I get the bridge tiles up for the others?? I still have my straw waiting by the silver switch below the cloud area. I haven't taken him up to the checkpoint yet. I am totally confused and about ready to throw in the towel

[BattlezM]

Send 2 gruntz over the crumble bridge (yes 2 ). This allowz the third grunt to join them. The fourth grunt also comez over to join them. Bombz however, headz back to the beginning. He should have been the one who operated all those SP puzzlez for the gruntz. Bombz lightz the fuse and hitz the unreachable STS. Then the other 4 can move on.

[manu]

battlezm said:

Send 2 gruntz over the crumble bridge (yes 2 ). This allowz the third grunt to join them. The fourth grunt also comez over to join them. Bombz however, headz back to the beginning. He should have been the one who operated all those SP puzzlez for the gruntz. Bombz lightz the fuse and hitz the unreachable STS. Then the other 4 can move on.

If you send only 4 gruntz to the other side, you will miss one : you need 4 gruntz at the end (3 on purple switches and one for the warpstone) and one suicide bomber...

[BattlezM]

It'z been a while since I've made this level so I can't remember everything. But that is the way to do the puzzle, no matter how many gruntz you send.

[twiggy]

Manu, you said that you took your straw and sucked up the goo from the swordgrunt in the cloud area and then went back to the silver switch. Am I to assume that the black pyramid will be lowered for him to be able to get back there because I see no way to get back without that lowered?? I am still trying to cross the crumble bridge in the other area with my shovel and straw and it's real hard. No matter how I place them, one goes off into the bubbling sand.

[BattlezM]

Send the grunt furthest to the right to the end of the bridge. When the grunt getz half way onto the tile that is right off the landing of the next grunt, send that one down to the end. Keep him selected and move him out of the way when he getz to the end. Quickly select the grunt behind and have him move to the landing.

[manu]

twiggy said:

Manu, you said that you took your straw and sucked up the goo from the swordgrunt in the cloud area and then went back to the silver switch. Am I to assume that the black pyramid will be lowered for him to be able to get back there because I see no way to get back without that lowered??

Non the black pyramid can't be lowered, but with the help of a friendly fire, straw can be pushed on the first tile of the bridge near this black pyramid, and then go back to the silver switch. But, as I said, I don't think it's the intended way to solve the puzzle.

[twiggy]

I'm at the lower left area with my 4 gruntz (shovel, springz, straw and sponge). Judging from what manu said, do I go with my springz to the green hold switch and then shovel digs up a hole and goes to the quicksand area. The 3rd grunt joins them and then another grunt controls the silver switchez to get them to another area.??

[manu]

Shovel can go to the GHS with the help of a friendly fire at the beginning
But you should have given the bomb to springz : he will be too slow to go to the other side