Ginger: Beyond the Crystal

Story related; cannot be missed.

This is the only progress-related achievement in the game, and it's for beating the game. The game itself is pretty straightforward. To progress, you have to get to the red crystal at the end of each of the 5 levels in each of the 3 towns. You do NOT need to complete the short platforming levels inside each red crystal in the towns. The 5th level in each town will have a boss fight at the end of it. All for the levels themselves are very straightforward so I won't go over them here, only a few out of the ordinary things you need to do to beat the game.

Opening each level requires a certain level of happiness in that town. You can increase happiness either by rescuing Gingerians (which you'll be doing without issue due to the abundance of crystals) or by building houses (which you'll also be doing, but at a slower pace) so there should be no problems with that aspect of opening up levels. In the second town, Crater Peaks, you'll also need to complete a miscellaneous task to remove forcefields over level portals. These are simply collection quests like the side quests Gingerians give you.

The third town, Bleepside Lake, has all of the levels accessible without issue as you progress until you get to the 5th level. In order to access the platform this level portal is on, you must do two things in the town:

1) Free the scientist. You won't be able to do this until you unlock the jester outfit. Once you do, head to the southeastern area of the town and there will be a big destructible rock you can blow up with a jester bomb. Behind it is the scientist who will head out to the dock where the 5th level is.

2) Find the battery for the platform. Right when you enter town you'll meet the pirate mayor in charge. He'll also give you a hint to finding treasure. There are a series of treasure chests you have to find and open based on clues provided. The clues are pretty vague so here is approximately where each chest is:

• from the top of the town (the entrance) looking down the hill towards the water, hug the right wall and go all the way down (you'll be going southwest on your map) and you'll run into the chest near the bottom
• go up to the very top of the area (north on the map) and there will be a bridge sticking out southeast from the second highest level. The chest is on it
• go to the level portal in the southeastern most corner. There is a bridge sticking out from this area with the chest on it
• go to the dock east of the dock leading to the 5th level portal and it'll be at the end of the dock next to a Gingerian that gives you a quest

After getting all of these, the pirate mayor will give you the battery. Now you can access the final level.

The final level is definitely the hardest in the game. It starts off with you having to outrun a giant boulder. You'll have to nail the platforming without stopping to escape it in time, and there's no checkpoint during the escape so be prepared to make a bunch of attempts. Make sure you're only doing single jumps on the platforms over the lava to save time. Double jumps aren't necessary and will waste time. Make sure to avoid the dark piles of sand on the ground since they slow you down. Same with the enemies.

Once you get to the end of the boulder chase, you'll get a checkpoint and have to do a simple color puzzle. Kill the three enemies first. Activate the machine in the center. It will then display a color that you need to match. Use the astronaut suit that shoots with to hit the color coded lasers. Here are the color combinations in case you're not up on your primary and secondary colors:

• Purple: red and blue
• Green: blue and yellow
• Orange: red and yellow
• White: all three

If you get any wrong, you'll have to fight enemies. Otherwise this is a calm color puzzle to easily complete. Once done, you'll open up the floor leading to the boss fight.

The final boss fight takes place on a 3x3 grid of floating platforms. The giant fish will swim around them. During the fight, the yellow robot enemies will randomly pop up on platforms and shoot at you. Keep your astronaut outfit on all the time so you can shoot these enemies from a distance. The boss has only two attacks: he will pop up and shoot a laser at you, which you simply have to run from, or he will target multiple platforms with a red cross hair, giving you some time to get to a safe platform before he shoots missiles at the others. The third thing he'll do is pop up and open his mouth, and you'll see tons of yellow electricity. If you're on the platform next to him when he does this, it will kill you, but you should always be staying back anyway. When he does this electricity attack, this is your chance to shoot him with after jumping. This will cause him to drop his head, and the bulb on the end of his antenna will be vulnerable. You now have to quick hop over to that platform he's on, switch to your jester outfit, and drop a bomb next to it. This will damage him and destroy that platform completely. After three hits with the bomb he'll finally be defeated.

After beating the final boss, you'll get your final outfit from the stone. Head to the opposite side of the Druid Forest to find a red crystal. Use your new outfit to purify it. You'll hop inside. Walk forward to the guy inside and initiate dialogue. This will start a cutscene and beat the game, unlocking this achievement.