Junkyard

The Junkyard is a location in Crash: Mind Over Mutant connecting the Wasteland to Mount Grimly. A bleak and polluted place, it is littered with heaps of garbage and the rusted scraps of felled doomsday devices. Here, the ruins of N. Gin's weapons factory act as the base of operations behind N. Brio's schemes. Crash must infiltrate the Junkyard to save Crunch from N. Brio and the NV.

A campsite inhabited by Sludge exists in the heart of the Junkyard. After the events of the story, the Sludge Hero can be battled and jacked here.

Geography
The Junkyard is accessed through a pipe in a blocked-off area of the Wasteland, where Crash must make his way through mounds of rotting garbage. Busted TV sets release mojo when destroyed. Pools of hazardous waste will not only hurt Crash and most mutants that touch it, but also inflict poison damage over a period of a few seconds. Only Sludge can cross safely. Strange flying bug-like vacuums act as sentries and fire missiles at passerby. The mechanical skeleton of a titanic machine, animated by spinning gears and buzzsaws, lies ahead.

At this point, the camera switches to a side-scrolling perspective. Sludge is encountered for the first time upon entering. Spinning gears and pulleys threaten to drop Crash into a fiery abyss, but these can be crossed using ropes and chain-link wheels. At the top, there is a dead end. A Sludge NPC offers minigame rounds here after the main story is complete. To progress, Sludge must use its abilities to slip under a gap in a platform. From here, Crash must hop between platforms carrying Spike Crates, avoiding the Sludge and poison waste at the bottom. The exit is not far ahead.

Outside, friendly Sludge people have set up camp beneath the hollowed-out tail of a missile. A gang of NV-controlled Sludge have driven them into hiding. Upon their defeat, a salesman Sludge tells Crash where N. Brio and Crunch are hiding: inside the demolished head of the weapons factory to the east. When returning to the campsite after defeating Cortex, the Sludge Hero can be found harassing the salesman. Once defeated, it will always respawn here.

The gate to the east is powered by a Spin Switch. If N. Brio and Crunch are not already defeated, TK will spawn next to it, as it is required for the boss fight. Toggling a TK Switch removes the barricade in front of the head. Inside, the floor opens up into a flaming pit, fed by TNT from off a conveyor belt. Crunch attacks from a balcony on the opposite side lined with sentry-bots, while N. Brio watches from behind a glass casing.

On the northern side of the camp is another gate that opens only once Crunch is defeated. Another pool of hazardous waste exists for Sludge to cross. Alternatively, Crash or another mutant may climb along stretches of cable, though this is slower. In either case, he will arrive at Mount Grimly.

Trivia

 * Once the Sludge Hero is defeated, a conjoined Sludge NPC in the camp has a dialogue prompt, but no lines. The dialogue ends as soon as it starts.

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