Mystic Realm/Levels/Midnight Freeze Zone Act 2

Single Player levels
MAPAE: Midnight Freeze Zone Act 2
JCZ JCZ1 JCZ2 JCZ3	TVZ TVZ1 TVZ2 TVZ3	VFZ VFZ1 VFZ2 VFZ3
FRZ FRZ1 FRZ2 FRZ3	MFZ MFZ1 MFZ2 MFZ3	SPZ SPZ1 SPZ2 SPZ3
	AGZ AGZ1 AGZ2 AGZ3 AGZ4
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MAPAE, Midnight Freeze Zone Act 2, abbreviated as MFZ2, is the second act of Midnight Freeze Zone, the fifth zone in Mystic Realm. It is very similar to the first act, but is larger and substantially harder due to numerous death pits that are located below the icy water. This stage contains the fifth Mystic Shrine, which leads to Midnight Freeze's emerald stage, Silver Cavern Zone.

Walkthrough

You start the level next to a frozen-over river. Follow the course of the river until it drops down into a larger, open area. Here the path splits.

Path split

You can either turn left, which leads to the lower path, or right, which leads to the upper path.

Lower path

After turning left, you will encounter a pool of water that is fed by a waterfall coming down from the right. Maneuver across the slippery ice bridge leading across the water, but be very careful not to fall in, since the water has a death pit at the bottom. After jumping over a gap, the bridge splits in two as the path turns left. Continue along either side of the bridge and follow it until you reach a series of steps leading up to a higher ledge. Here you will encounter the first Star Post.

Turn right to exit the area. You will enter a room with a bridge crossing overhead to your right. Pass underneath the bridge to enter a large room with a partially frozen-over lake and ice bridges crossing overhead, similar to the final room of the first act. This time, however, the lake has a death pit at the bottom. Use the ice bridges at the floor level to make your way to the other end of the lake, where a series of steps leads up to a higher bridge. The bridge splits in two in the middle. Make your way across either part of the bridge to reach the other side, where the upper path rejoins.

Upper path

After turning right, the path makes a left turn and leads up to the edge of a small cliff. A row of yellow springs hidden in the snow leads up to the top of the cliff, which overlooks the area where the path split. Continue forward until you reach the top of a waterfall, which is partially frozen over. Jump over the ice to make it across the waterfall. Avoid falling into the water at all costs, since it has a current that will push you into a pit below. After passing the waterfall, jump to another ledge in front of you and climb up the steps to the left to reach the first Star Post. Continue forward to reach a bridge.

After passing over the bridge, a few steps lead down to a mostly frozen-over pool of water with a hole in the middle. At first glance this appears to be a dead end, but if you look around the room, you will find two breakable walls. One of them is near the entrance and hides an Elemental Shield, while the other is further down and hides an Invincibility Monitor. You can use either to pass through the hole in the ice, which leads to an underwater passage. If you use the Elemental Shield, you can stay underwater indefinitely but can't afford to get hit by an enemy. If you use the invincibility, you don't have to worry about enemies but need to go through the passage quickly before the invincibility wears off.

The underwater passage leads to a room with a large death pit. Use your special ability to reach a ledge on the other side of the pit. Continue forward until you reach another hole in the ice surface that allows you to get out of the water. After jumping up a few steps, you will end up in a large room with a partially frozen-over lake and ice bridges crossing overhead, similar to the final room of the first act. This time, however, the lake has a death pit at the bottom. Here the paths rejoin.

Final section

Climb up the steps to the highest ice bridge and walk across it to the other side of the room. After a left turn, you will reach the second Star Post and the final room of the level, which contains many enemies and is covered in ice. Make your way to the other side while dodging or killing the enemies to reach the Level End Sign.

Points of interest

Extra lives

• From the starting point, turn right to see a waterfall that feeds the frozen-over river. With an Elemental Shield or invincibility, jump under the surface and follow the path of the river under the ice. You will pass by two Super Ring Monitors and an extra life before reaching another waterfall that leads into the area where the path splits. Be careful not to fall into the water below the waterfall, which has a death pit at the bottom.
• In the area where the path splits, a waterfall from the frozen-over river feeds a pool of water. As Tails or Knuckles, dive into the water. You will need an Elemental Shield or invincibility. Underwater, turn to the right to find an alcove that contains an extra life. While Sonic can also reach it, he cannot escape afterwards, so it is pointless for him.
• Collect an Elemental Shield or invincibility and take the upper path. When you reach the top of the waterfall that you have to jump across, dive into the water and go against the current towards the source of the waterfall to find an extra life.
• Take the upper path as Tails and continue until you get to the underwater passage. In the room with the large pit, there is a hole in the ice on the ceiling. Fly up through the hole to reach a room with two extra lives.
• In the final room, search the left wall for a small hole you can spindash through. You will reach a small area with a Crawla, several Buzzes and an extra life.

Shields

• After dropping down into the area where the path splits, look for a bustable wall to your left, which hides an Attraction Shield.
• In the area after the path split, there is a small ledge with an Elemental Shield next to the left wall where the path makes a left turn. You can reach it either from the upper path or the ledge with the Star Post on the lower path.
• Right before the lower path passes under the bridge of the upper path, there is a bustable wall to your left that hides an Armageddon Shield.
• After the bridge on the upper path, search the left wall for a bustable wall, which hides an Elemental Shield.
• At the start of the underwater passage on the upper path, you can find two ring monitors and an Attraction Shield. To keep the shield, you need to enter the passage with invincibility rather than an Elemental Shield.
• In the large lake room with the ice bridges, there is a Whirlwind Shield on the right branch of the second ice bridge.
• Sonic's emblem location contains an Armageddon Shield. To keep it, you need to enter the area with invincibility, which you can get right before the underwater passage on the upper path.

Invincibility

• Directly behind you from the starting point is a bustable wall leading to an invincibility monitor.
• Near the hole that leads to the underwater passage on the upper path, search the outer wall of the room for a bustable wall, which hides an invincibility monitor.

Super Sneakers

• In the starting area with the frozen-over river, you will pass by a Super Sneakers monitor in plain sight to your right.

Emblem locations

Sonic

This emblem is hidden underwater and requires an Elemental Shield (or invincibility) to reach it. There are two Elemental Shields in the level: The first sits on a small ledge in the area after the path split, where the path makes a left turn. You can reach it either from the upper path or the ledge with the Star Post on the lower path. The second Elemental Shield is hidden behind a bustable wall on the upper path, right after the bridge that crosses the lower path. Once you have the shield, there are two ways to reach the emblem, each with its upsides and downsides:

• If you are not confident about keeping the shield for a long period of time, continue on the lower path until you reach the large lake room with the ice bridges. Walk around the edge of the lake until you come to an area where the ice makes a U-shaped bend. Jump into the water in the space between the U-shaped bend, keeping as close to the wall as possible. You should land on a small ledge just above the pit, which leads into an underwater passage. Follow the passage to reach the emblem and an Armageddon Shield.

• If you don't want to take a leap of faith into the water, you can also progress through the level until you get to the final room, making sure to keep the shield. In the final room, search the left wall for a small hole you can spindash through. You will reach a small area with a Crawla, several Buzzes and an extra life. To avoid getting hit by the Buzzes, immediately spindash in place once you've passed through the hole in the wall. Once you are safe, look around and you will see a small platform with another hole behind it. Spindash through it and continue forward along the corridor that follows. You will reach the Mystic Shrine and a pool of water covered by a sheet of ice with a hole in it. Jump into the water and look around for a passage that leads to the emblem.

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Tails

This emblem is also hidden underwater and requires an Elementeal Shield or invincibility. Take the lower path at the path split and continue until you reach the ledge with the Elemental Shield. Collect it and then fly into the water directly in front of you. The emblem floats just beneath the ice bridge, shortly after the point where the split in the bridge reconnects.

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Knuckles

The emblem is at the top of the waterfall to your right at the start of the stage. Collect some rings, an Elemental Shield or invincibility beforehand in order to survive the damage dealt by the freezing water. An invincibility monitor can be found behind the bustable wall directly behind you from the starting point.

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