Volcano Run II Guide
Written by troon
Basic Movement
- In order to get a high score in Volcano Run II you must learn to use the C key to slow down and the V key to dive forward.
- Sure you can get by without them for a while but your luck won't hold out forever.
- While using the C key hold your mouse button as well and you will hover.
- While using the V key to dive forward use the mouse click very sparingly or you will jump up and hit the ceiling.
The BIG Tip - Avoid the Gems at First
- The game really heats up and gets much harder after you reach a combined score of 800 or so (ha ha... "heats up" get it? ... erm ... never mind...).
- You can only get a gem bonus score of about 450-480. After that gems will stop appearing.
- This means the vast bulk of you score is made of your actual distance score. You can get a farther distance if the game stays in "easy mode" for longer.
- Obviously, if you cannot get by an obstacle without picking up gems just go ahead and get the gems.
- Once you reach a distance score of 600 or so you can start actively picking up gems. The gems will keep appearing until you reach a bonus of 450- 480 even in "hard mode".
- This strategy also means that the second and third of your three lives in a game are useless. The game remembers your max combined score and will start you out the difficulty of your run with that score. It is unlikely that you can get as great a distance on "hard mode" as you can on "easy mode".
- So, just restart the game after your first life.
- If you see gems there will be a fireball. In hard mode there will be three fireballs.
- The gems do not determine whether or not fireballs come. So reaching your gem-bonus-cap will not stop the fireballs from coming in areas where gems would have been.
The Challenges
(normal mode - under combined score of 800 or so)
- The narrow passage - rapidly make small clicks to fly a straight line though it.
- The moving rock field - stay in the back of the screen and use those C and V keys.
- The double fireball - There's always two.
- The Rock + Gems + Fireball + narrow entrance - Be prepared to hover and dive when an opening appears. sometimes there's just no way.
- The Gems + Fireball + narrow exit - This comes after the previous combination.
- Because you know it is coming, get to the front of the screen before the fireball appears so the fireball doesn't trap you in the narrow passage.
(hard mode - over combined score of 800 or so)
- The lava geyser - learn to hover. dive past after it blows.
- The super fast moving rock field - meh. Just a normal day in the volcano. use C and V.
- The Rock + Gems + Triple Fireball + narrow entrance - hover, dive, pray.
- The Triple Fireball + Gems + Narrow exit - get to the front. Don't let them trap you in the tunnel.
The Luck Factor
The Rock + Gems + Fireball + Narrow Entrance combo and the Fireball + Gems + narrow exit combo can sometimes be impossible. You will die. Restart your game and just hope it doesn't happen next time. Eventually you will get a good run with no impossible blockages.
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