Cheeseoman | Some Other Rayman 2 Stuff @cheeseoman | Uploaded July 2013 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
1. You're supposed to ride a barrel to get to this lum in the Fairy Glade, but it's faster to helicopter to it, die, and go back. You can also helicopter to it after dropping off the other side of the ledge.
2. After getting the lums in the side area of the Fairy Glade near the barrel-throwing pirate, you can use a death warp to get back to the main path.
3. You can destroy the machine in the Fairy Glade with only three upward tosses. Spikevegeta posted about this a while back, but I never looked into it very closely. It turns out that it's not too hard; the trickiest part is probably throwing the barrel at the first X.
4. A fairly consistent and fast strategy for getting all the lums in the first room of the Canopy. It's actually possible to climb the whole length of the web without getting hit, but it's not very consistent.
5. A fairly safe way to skip the "Rayman is the greatest" text in the Canopy. I found another way to skip the text in 2007, but that method can freeze the game if it's not done correctly. With this method, make sure you wait a little while after shooting the switch before death warping. Otherwise, Globox's cage might not open (see #6).
6. If you shoot the switch to open Globox's cage and then die soon afterward, the cage won't open, but the "Rayman is the greatest" text can come up anyway.
7. If you stand in the right spot and jump, you can hit a switch in Whale Bay from afar, saving some time. It seems that the switch must be on screen when your shot hits it or else the hit won't register.
8. While I was testing the trick above, the pirate jumped through the floor.
9. A death warp in the Santuary of Stone and Fire. After getting the cage near the squeaky pirate, jump into the lava to warp back to the plum near the shadow fuzzballs.
10. Another death warp in the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire. By shooting the plum in the side area near the start of the level, you can grab it without touching the green lum. Stay away from the green lum and proceed to the next room. Once you have the lums there, jump in the lava to death warp to the plum near the shadow fuzzballs, avoiding several minutes of backtracking.
11. With a wall jump, you can grab a ledge in the Echoing Caves and get 5 lums without going through the plum section.
12. You can accomplish the same thing as above by jumping on a small rock and then jumping from there to the ledge with the lums. I'm not sure which method is easier.
13. By jumping repeatedly, you can coax 5 lums into coming down to you in the first area of the Echoing Caves. You can also get up to them with a wall jump as in #11.
14. By shooting the wall at the proper angle, you can hit a cage in the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava without jumping off the ledge and climbing back up. When you walk over the spot where the cage was, the lums will come up to you.
15. Skip the "Yeah" text near the end of the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava.
16. A death warp in Beneath the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava. After getting the first cage, fall into the lava to warp back to the beginning of the level.
17. A quick way to destroy a cage in Tomb of the Ancients. Just run into the floor above the cage while barrel flying.
18. Using the variation of the infinite barrel flying glitch found by BRyanS72, you can get through an optional section of Tomb of the Ancients fairly quickly. You need to stop to get a cage, though, and you can't proceed afterward. When you try to use the purple lum in front of you, it disappears while you're in mid-swing.
19. I posted a video showing that you can get 5 lums in the Iron Mountains with a wall jump. It turns out that a wall jump is unnecessary; just jump from a high part of the ground.
20. If you hold A while leaving the portal at the beginning of a level, you'll go farther than usual. This seems to work with most portals. I think I've done this accidentally before, but I never figured out how to reproduce it until now.
1. You're supposed to ride a barrel to get to this lum in the Fairy Glade, but it's faster to helicopter to it, die, and go back. You can also helicopter to it after dropping off the other side of the ledge.
2. After getting the lums in the side area of the Fairy Glade near the barrel-throwing pirate, you can use a death warp to get back to the main path.
3. You can destroy the machine in the Fairy Glade with only three upward tosses. Spikevegeta posted about this a while back, but I never looked into it very closely. It turns out that it's not too hard; the trickiest part is probably throwing the barrel at the first X.
4. A fairly consistent and fast strategy for getting all the lums in the first room of the Canopy. It's actually possible to climb the whole length of the web without getting hit, but it's not very consistent.
5. A fairly safe way to skip the "Rayman is the greatest" text in the Canopy. I found another way to skip the text in 2007, but that method can freeze the game if it's not done correctly. With this method, make sure you wait a little while after shooting the switch before death warping. Otherwise, Globox's cage might not open (see #6).
6. If you shoot the switch to open Globox's cage and then die soon afterward, the cage won't open, but the "Rayman is the greatest" text can come up anyway.
7. If you stand in the right spot and jump, you can hit a switch in Whale Bay from afar, saving some time. It seems that the switch must be on screen when your shot hits it or else the hit won't register.
8. While I was testing the trick above, the pirate jumped through the floor.
9. A death warp in the Santuary of Stone and Fire. After getting the cage near the squeaky pirate, jump into the lava to warp back to the plum near the shadow fuzzballs.
10. Another death warp in the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire. By shooting the plum in the side area near the start of the level, you can grab it without touching the green lum. Stay away from the green lum and proceed to the next room. Once you have the lums there, jump in the lava to death warp to the plum near the shadow fuzzballs, avoiding several minutes of backtracking.
11. With a wall jump, you can grab a ledge in the Echoing Caves and get 5 lums without going through the plum section.
12. You can accomplish the same thing as above by jumping on a small rock and then jumping from there to the ledge with the lums. I'm not sure which method is easier.
13. By jumping repeatedly, you can coax 5 lums into coming down to you in the first area of the Echoing Caves. You can also get up to them with a wall jump as in #11.
14. By shooting the wall at the proper angle, you can hit a cage in the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava without jumping off the ledge and climbing back up. When you walk over the spot where the cage was, the lums will come up to you.
15. Skip the "Yeah" text near the end of the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava.
16. A death warp in Beneath the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava. After getting the first cage, fall into the lava to warp back to the beginning of the level.
17. A quick way to destroy a cage in Tomb of the Ancients. Just run into the floor above the cage while barrel flying.
18. Using the variation of the infinite barrel flying glitch found by BRyanS72, you can get through an optional section of Tomb of the Ancients fairly quickly. You need to stop to get a cage, though, and you can't proceed afterward. When you try to use the purple lum in front of you, it disappears while you're in mid-swing.
19. I posted a video showing that you can get 5 lums in the Iron Mountains with a wall jump. It turns out that a wall jump is unnecessary; just jump from a high part of the ground.
20. If you hold A while leaving the portal at the beginning of a level, you'll go farther than usual. This seems to work with most portals. I think I've done this accidentally before, but I never figured out how to reproduce it until now.
