
Activating that Ancient Ruin with the Mystic Melody opens a Warp Hole leading into a narrow room containing another Ancient Ruin, which will open yet another Warp Hole. The player then has to Glide around the building to the right to come to another ledge, before repeating the process from atop it to land next to the Ancient Ruin. The player should also take that rocket, and once it is possible to let go, stick to the wall and Climb up to the ledge. If the player bounces from that Spring, they will land on a blue platform with another rocket. To reach it, the player should start by taking the rocket between the four towers of the large central structure, which will drop the player on a platform with a Spring.

The Ancient Ruin in this stage is on the building high overhead. The remaining Rings are easily obtained by taking the rocket between the four towers to the first set of platforms overhead. There is another Item Box containing 5 Rings on the middle ledge jutting out from the west of the large central structure, and a 10 Rings behind the northern door on the west wall. The player should break the large Container atop the platform directly east of the large center structure to find another 10 Rings Item Box. There is an Item Box containing 20 Rings on the blue tube to the east, and another six Rings on the ground east of that. To complete this mission as quickly as possible, the player should begin by gathering the eight Rings around at the starting point, and another six on the ground just ahead. If the player keeps moving, the chances of being hit will be reduced. There are plenty of Rings in this stage, but the trick is holding onto them with all the Meteorites failing from the sky. After finding them, Knuckles then battles Rouge, who gives him the remaining Master Emerald shards after being defeated. Upon landing at the Space Colony ARK, Knuckles heads off to the outside of the colony to find the Emerald Shards. Due to Knuckles' panicking over the loss of the Emerald Shards, the shuttle nearly had a crash landing. Storyĭuring the heroes' trip, their shuttle's cargo bay opens up, causing the shards of the Master Emerald to fly out into space. It's Dark story counterpart is Mad Space. Higher up in the level, Knuckles comes across many small platforms, as well as indestructible Container-like boxes that are fixed in floating positions around the level.

The lowest area is home to many pieces of yellow equipment that appear to be bulldozers of sorts, as well as housing a large tank filled with lava. Meteor Herd takes place on the outside of the Space Colony ARK, inside of a meteor field. 4.4 4th Mission: Collect the Emerald pieces in 4 minutes 30 seconds!.4.1 1st Mission: Find 3 pieces of the Master Emerald!.
