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After wandering around in the sewers, Jak reaches the MetalHead controlled section of the city. This is a creepy place. All the infastructure has been converted to (or covered in) strange mutant bio-mass plants with a river of toxic sludge below. |
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This place is crawling with MetalHead Lurkers and Scorpions. Don't stand around in one place for long. The object here is to get to the pedestal islands with the arcing blue tanks on top. There are 5 Dark Eco Tanks to destroy in all. It took me forever to figure out what to do? Use Jak's jetboard and rail grind across the root vine that connects to the pedestal platform over the toxic river. You can't shoot out the tanks, and you can't get near them with a jetboard or a super jump? |
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Hmmm... Then it hit me! There are small puff plants on the platforms. They belch gas every few seconds. If you jump over the plant while it's belching, Jak gets catapulted to another area or up to another platform! So... Jump to the tiered platform with the Dark Eco Tank up top. Find the puff plant and wait for it to belch. Jump into the gas and catapult to the higher platform. Up top, whack the Dark Eco Tank with Daxter's tail (spin move). KABBOOM!!! It vaporizes. |
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Jump back across to the lower pedestal platform. Use Jak's jetboard and rail grind across the connecting root vine to the next pedestal. Hop off the jetboard and jump into the gas from the puff plant. Jak gets catapulted across to another platform. Rail grind down the next vine. Hop over the bulging connector in the vine as you grind across. Jump to the platform tree of the next tank and use the puff plants to get up top. Whack the Eco Tank (spin move). Another one destroyed! |
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Now that you know the secret for navigating around in this area, LOOK FOR THE NEXT PUFF PLANT! The belching gas will catapult you over to the passageways along the walls from time to time. Look for a nearby puff ball in among the plant roots, to advance. You may have to shoot-down a few MetalHeads from time to time, but they don't interfere too much. Work your way down the river and take down 2 more Dark Eco Tanks. To get to the last Eco Tank, Jak has to navigate the mushrooms down in the toxic sludge. |
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One of the last puff plants will toss Jak down to a mushroom right near the river of toxic sludge. He slams down hard (injury for sure) into the shroom. Get up and jump across the islands in sequence to a puff plant on a large rock. Jump into the belching gas and catapult over to the last Dark Eco Tank platform tree. Climb up top and whack the tank with Daxter's Tail. After all 5 Tanks are destroyed, another Dark Eco Tank appears by the exit to Haven City Port. Find a nearby puff plant. |
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Jump to the passageway near the wall and walk towards the Dark Eco Tank on the ground. [Movie sequence begins] As Jak approaches the plant, the Dark Eco pulses and consumes Jak. His hands start to turn blue with the Eco energy surge. He transforms into Dark Jak and tries to fight off the tranformation of Eco into his body. Jak now has the Dark Eco Strike which lets him throw energy balls at targets.. Knock down the exit barrier with your newly acquired Eco Power. |
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Once the barrier has been knocked down, Jak can return to the Freedom League section of the city. Grab a nearby zoomer and go back to the Naughty Ottsel. |
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