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After leaving the Flying Lab on Planet Aranos, Fizzwidget tells Ratchet that he thinks the thief is lurking here on Planet Oozla. This place is gloomy and dark. Rain pouring down and overcast skies. First mission is to explore the planet, so go right, through the archway. All the cactus vegetation that look like bushes, are whackable for bolts. Walk down the slope to the edge of the swamp. The swamp is not swimmable (like quicksand), but no lose of health for just falling in?
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The only way across the swamp is by jumping across the small rock islands. Hop jump across to the far side. Jump up to the platform that is slightly elevated. All those nasty mutant slugs running around, won't get to you. Load the gravity bomb. Toss a grenade right in the middle of the pack. Take out as many as you can. The larger mutant snails are a little tougher and may take another grenade or two. Once the area is almost clear, load the lancer and fire 2-3 shots at any mutant snails that are still left.
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At the end of the path, there is a large swamp lake and 3 weird-looking serpent turtles? They're just sitting there in the swamp and don't do anything? Hmmm.. Their back is large enough and flat? Jump to the back-shell of the closest turtle. He immediately sqwaks and zooms across the swamp. As he swims close to a nearby turtle, jump to the back of the next turtle and take a ride with him. The turtle stops near the far shoreline. Jump off. Don't linger on the back of any turtle. They dive under about 5 seconds after they stop.
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On the far shore, there's a cave tunnel leading down to the right. First, go left and whack all the crates. If need be, grab the Nanotech health sphere. Slowly walk down the cave tunnel. Load the lancer. Peg off the snails as they move towards you. Watch-out for flying fire-flies. They're not that nasty, but pesky. As you get near a swarm, your lancer auto-aim target ring will click in. Take em down, 1 shot at a time. Clean-out the bolts in the cave and then jump to the platform. Jump over the flytrap to the ledge.
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This is a huge swamp lake. There are several serpent turtles floating around. Time to play leap-frog! Take the first turtle to the right. When he stops, jump to the next turtle. As he slows down, jump to the next turtle, then jump off as that turtle stops near the platform with the pole lamps. Load the lancer right away and peg the snails, that come out through the archway to ambush you. Clean-out the crates and then whack the pole lamps for more bolts.
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Through the archway is an open courtyard, full of snails and slugs. Load the gravity bomb and toss 2 grenades into the courtyard from the entrance. Load the lancer and take care of anything left lurking around. Through the far archway is another platform. There are fireflies and snails there as well. Take em all down. To the right, is a huge stack of crates. More importantly, blue Megacorp crates that will reload ammo.
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Jump to the back of the serpent turtle, on the left. Ride him around to another turtle. Note that this time, you have to jump over a fly-trap plant to get to the next turtle. Take that turtle to the next set of plants, and then ride the last turtle over to the far shoreline. Jump off right away. Ratchet needs to get up to the ledge with the large circular pipe. Hop jump over the fly-trap plants in sequence (like a set of stairs). You have about 2-3 seconds on each step, so don't wait.
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Should Ratchet be swallowed up by a fly-trap plant, you'll lose some health and be spit-out like bad food. Once up top, slide down the pipe. Movie sequence begins.. Time to meet the retired Gadgetron inventor.
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After you've left the planet completing all the missions, come back and return to the swamp area (going right from the shuttle launch pad). Jump over the first set of lily pads and stand on the higher platform. First it's time for a skill point. Look up... Way up... There are 4 pterodactyl birds flying in a circle. Load the lancer, and zoom-in on the target ring [L1] pointing up to the clouds. Wait for a bird to pass by and peg em off. Shoot all 4, and you're a commando hero! On the left, there's a new serpent turtle waiting to give you a ride.
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Jump on his back and ride all the way around to a hidden cave entrance. Load the lancer. There's a huge swarm of fireflies deep in the cave. Peg em off as they start to swoop down or use a gravity bomb and destroy everything. On top of the center pedestal rock is a glowing platinum bolt. Grab the bolt, return to the entrance, take the serpent turtle back to the swamp area and then return to your spaceship.
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