Summer Forest

Summer Forest
OriginalReignited
First appearance	Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999)
Latest appearance	Crash Team Rumble (2024)
Greater location	Avalar
Inhabitants:	Elora, Hunter, Professor
Gems	400
Fodder	Frogs, Sheep

Summer Forest is a sunny forested area located in Avalar. It is the first home world in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!. Summer Forest has a summertime theme, and it features lush scenery, including fully bloomed trees. A large castle is the centerpiece of Summer Forest, and it is surrounded by a moat containing a large body of water that appears to be sourced from a waterfall flowing out of a drain on the castle. There is also a small river flowing through some of the trees.

Objectives

Summer Forest consists of 400 Gems and 4 Orbs. It is also where Hunter provides Spyro with an opportunity to practice his glide and hover abilities. Spyro can learn the Swim ability by paying 500 Gems to Moneybags. This ability allows Spyro to swim underwater, which is essential for accessing certain areas within the castle and acquiring underwater Gems.

400/400

Orb Challenges	Description
Hunter's Challenge	1. The first part of the challenge involves jumping up one step. When you get close to the step, press X to jump. Join Hunter at the top. 2. The second part involves a Glide. To glide, run towards the edge and jump (tap X). Then at the top of your jump, hold X in again to glide to the next platform. 3. The third part of the challenge involves a hover. To make it to the next platform, Spyro must perform a normal glide but tap 'triangle' at the last second to get an extra little jump at the end. Follow Hunter up the stairs. 4. The fourth and final part of the challenge is a "Running Hover." To complete this, you must run to the edge of the platform, and perform a normal hover trying to get as much length as you can. Once you have completed this jump, you will meet Hunter on the final platform where you will be rewarded with an Orb.
On A Secret ledge	To complete this Challenge, Spyro will need to walk back to the area where the Glimmer Portal is located and follow the stream down until it turns into a pond. Use Spyro's swimming ability to dive and then follow a tunnel until you can re-surface inside a cave. Jump up the ledges provided, and an orb will be lying on the window-sill.
Atop A ladder	Inside the castle, there is an orb on a ledge atop a ladder that Elora is standing next to beside the portal to Hurricos. Spyro will need the Climb ability to climb the ladder and reach the ledge for them to get a few gems and gain the Orb.
Behind the Door	Two large wooden doors are operated by the Red/Green Switch in front of the doors. When the switch is activated; One door opens, The other one closes. This challenge will require you to jump from the window to the left and into the window further up so that you can get the orb. Once you have jumped from window to window, the orb will be past the second door lying on a platform.

Achievements & Trophies (Reignited Trilogy)

• Well, You Might as Well: Complete Hunter's challenge.
  • PS4: Bronze Trophy
  • XBOX One: 20G

List of Realms

Name	Collectibles
Glimmer	3/3 400/400 Magic Pick
Idol Springs	2/2 400/400 Jade Idol
Colossus	3/3 400/400 Gold Statue
Hurricos	3/3 400/400 Gear of Power
Sunny Beach	3/3 400/400 Turtle Medallion
Aquaria Towers	3/3 400/400 Enchanted Shell
Crush's Dungeon	None
Ocean Speedway	3/3 400/400

Glitch

There is a famous "walk in water" glitch located in this homeworld (as well as many others throughout the entire Spyro series- water-based glitches being the most common due to the interface of the pools of water and the diving mechanisms of the characters). Gliding outside left, from the ledge near Colossus will lead to an unprotected area, and allow one to land inside the water passage without diving.

Other game appearances

Crash Team Rumble

Starting in Season 3, Summer Forest is available as a playable map in Crash Team Rumble. It appears in Party Mode as Competitive Run map called Forest Run.

Main gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Summer Forest/Gallery.

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  Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Trivia

• In Spyro: Season of Ice, there is a homeworld named Summer Fairy Home that also has a summertime theme.
• A game design document for Spyro 2 reveals that Summer Forest was originally called Summer Spring Forest.
• Summer Forest is mentioned in the novel Skylanders: The Machine of Doom, where Spyro was played in at the time of Master Eon's arrival to his world. It is unknown if this Summer Forest is the same one from the original series or a completely revamped version.
• There are a few ways you can fight Crush and move on to the next world without getting all the talismans right after you learn to swim using the double jump glitch. One way is to use the double jump to jump out of the ledge right next to the wall blocking Aquaria Towers, providing you didn't pay Moneybags to lower it already, and fly out of the window leading out of bounds and fly into the chute leading to Crush. Another way is to stand under one of the button-operated doors that lead to Aquaria Towers and Crush and flame the button, so the door closes on you. If you look up with the triangle button, you'll notice an open square where you can use the double jump glitch to jump out of, and fly around and into the chute leading to Crush's Dungeon.
• The theme was remixed during Nancy's ice dancing sidequest in Icy Peak.
• Not counting boundary breaking, this is the only homeworld in the game where Spyro cannot die.

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