Escape the Cragmite Caves is a mission in Tools of Destruction, taking place in cragmite ruins on Reepor. After Tachyon brought back the cragmites from their banishment, Ratchet was separated from Clank.
Walkthrough[]
Note that you are without Clank for now, so the long jumps cannot be used to cross gaps, and gliding cannot be used to save yourself from a bad jump. Use the weapons vendor to restock your ammo and purchase raritanium upgrades for weapons like the Mag-Net Launcher and Negotiator.
Jump the gaps and engage with the two cragmite hunters that appear after going around the corner. These hunters fire a rapid series of energy blasts, after which they turn into a purple haze and move to another location. Because of their teleportation ability they can be difficult to hit and keep track of. Use the Mag-Net Launcher to pin them down, then follow up with the Negotiator (or Razor Claws up close). If needed employ Nano-Swarmers as support.
Hunters will explode into cragpoles upon death, which are easy fodder for your Pyro Blaster, although you still need to watch out for their spit attack while approaching them. In the next area you will be attacked by another hunter, along with two alien spawn pods that spit out more cragpoles. Unlike before the spawn pods are very fragile, so destroying them to block the distracting cragpoles is recommended after disabling the hunter with a mag-net.
Use the Swingshot to reach a much larger area where you must fight several hunters alongside cragpoles that arrive through more spawn pods. Use the vendor up ahead to recover, then utilize the Pyro Blaster to burn yourself through the hordes of cragpoles that appear from the many spawn pods as you move up the slope ahead. Use the Swingshot to reach the final area, wherein you must fight two hunters, followed by a cragmite warrior. The warrior is much larger and stronger, and fires three shots at once. However, it remains easy to defeat once you have it pinned down with a mag-net.
Continue onwards to trigger a cutscene and end the mission, after which you must travel to Igliak to save Meridian City.
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