Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped – Time Trial Speedruns Guide (Gold Relics)

Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped contains 30 Relics.

Relics are rewards from doing speedruns / time trials. When you finish a mission in record time you earn a relic. There are 3 possible ratings depending on how fast you are: sapphire (slow), gold (good), platinum (best).

Before you attempt this it is highly recommended that you beat all bosses first. The bosses drop various helpful abilities, including double jump, continuous spinning (lets you fly through the air to get over long gaps and fly over rows of enemies unharmed), a bazooka (can trigger the timer from afar to get a headstart), sprint boost (lets you run very fast).
Also keep the slide jump in mind (slide with circle, then press X to jump). The slide jump lets you jump much higher than normal jump. When combined with continuous air spin or double jump it can create some interesting shortcuts. Most important is the sprint ability that you earn from the endboss.

Getting all 30 gold relics unlocks the trophy “Boo-yah, Grandma! Boo-yah!”. They are also needed to reach 105% game completion.

Please note that the time trials only unlock after beating a level for the first time. You will then find a stopwatch at the start of the level. Pick it up (or shoot it with bazooka) to start the timer.

Time Trials Video Walkthrough

Below you can find the target times for the gold relics, needed for the “Boo-yah, Grandma! Boo-yah!” trophy:

LEVEL 1: TOAD VILLAGE – GOLD TIME: 0:57:50
LEVEL 2: UNDER PRESSURE – GOLD TIME: 1:10:90
LEVEL 3: ORIENT EXPRESS – GOLD TIME: 0:27:80
LEVEL 4: BONE YARD – GOLD TIME: 1:40:20
LEVEL 5: MAKIN’ WAVES – GOLD TIME: 1:03:23
LEVEL 6: GEE WIZ – GOLD TIME: 1:22:73
LEVEL 7: HANG’ EM HIGH – GOLD TIME: 0:52:63
LEVEL 8: HOG RIDE – GOLD TIME: 0:44:43
LEVEL 9: TOMB TIME – GOLD TIME: 1:10:00
LEVEL 10: MIDNIGHT RUN – GOLD TIME: 0:38:23
LEVEL 11: DINO MIGHT! – GOLD TIME: 1:25:76
LEVEL 12: DEEP TROUBLE – GOLD TIME: 1:15:12
LEVEL 13: HIGH TIME – GOLD TIME: 1:04:10
LEVEL 14: ROAD CRASH – GOLD TIME: 1:26:70
LEVEL 15: DOUBLE HEADER – GOLD TIME: 1:21:12
LEVEL 16: SPHYNXINATOR – GOLD TIME: 1:22:63
LEVEL 17: BYE BYE BLIMPS – GOLD TIME: 0:38:40
LEVEL 18: TELL NO TALES – GOLD TIME: 1:35:63
LEVEL 19: FUTURE FRENZY – GOLD TIME: 1:34:00
LEVEL 20: TOMB WADER – GOLD TIME: 1:45:03
LEVEL 21: GONE TOMORROW – GOLD TIME: 1:25:60
LEVEL 22: ORANGE ASPHALT – GOLD TIME: 1:33:30
LEVEL 23: FLAMING PASSION – GOLD TIME: 1:13:10
LEVEL 24: MAD BOMBERS – GOLD TIME: 1:15:23
LEVEL 25: BUG LITE – GOLD TIME: 1:34:86
LEVEL 26: SKI CRAZED – GOLD TIME: 0:53:50
LEVEL 27: AREA 51? – GOLD TIME: 1:57:80
LEVEL 28: RINGS OF POWER – GOLD TIME: 1:11:46
LEVEL 29 (SECRET): EGGIPUS REX – GOLD TIME: 0:50:00
*See Unlock Guide
LEVEL 30 (SECRET): HOT COCO – GOLD TIME: 0:30:08
*See Unlock Guide