Rushing Rapids Sanctum walkthrough: all 3 chests

Use Awaken on the statue in the middle of the hall and Twine with the Popota it hands you. Ten seconds later the surf card appears: Jump clears obstacles, and holding Dash makes Popota swim faster and jump farther. The corridor past the statue fires the Jump card and gives you a water jet and two speed pads to practise on, none of it timed.

Use the one-shot switch at the east end of the corridor. It opens the large mechanism gate behind it and arms the race in the same press, and the checkpoint just inside the gate becomes your respawn.

The Sanctum takes control for a few seconds, places you on the start pad facing south and counts down from three. Two times matter: cross the finish inside two minutes and all three chests stay open, and past two and a half minutes only the basic chest is left.

The first leg is a plain southbound channel down the east wall with five wide speed belts spaced along it. Hold Dash between them and let each belt do the work rather than burning stamina on top of the boost. Three stamina pickups sit abreast near the end, and the tiles after them narrow to short pads that drift off the centre line.

The channel swings east into the outer corner and lights the first save point. Cross the marker before you turn, because everything from here to the next corner is a long stretch with no other respawn.

Now you run west along the south wall through four pillars that slide across the lane, alternating from the far side and the near side, and the last two move noticeably faster. A speed tile sits between every pair, so time the tile so the burst lands you in the gap rather than into the stone.

Eighteen rings stand in six columns of three, and each pair of columns sits a little higher than the last. Take the middle row straight through and let the rings lift you, then two wide belts at the far end carry you into the corner.

The south-west corner holds the second save point with a pair of stamina pickups right beside it. Top up here, because the west channel that follows is the longest leg on the course.

Heading north the channel squeezes past two stone gates, then opens into a row of three speed tiles side by side with a matching stamina row just behind them. Past the lone ring the channel runs on two levels through four paired gates: the upper line carries the wide belts and a run of stamina pickups, the lower line spreads its pickups across three lanes, and the upper line is the faster read.

Four tiles in a rising line bring you to the third save point, level with the entrance hall on the far side of the wall. This is roughly the midpoint of the run, so check the clock here and decide whether the premium chest is still in reach.

Fifteen rings stand three wide and five deep in one flat bank. Line up on the centre column and hold Dash the whole way through, since the columns are close enough that a straight run takes every ring without steering.

The tiles above the bank stagger from side to side, so the fast line weaves rather than runs straight. A long bar sweeps across the lane near the top, and three narrow belts hug the west wall as the channel climbs to the corner.

A short belt and two stamina pickups mark the top of the west channel, and the fourth save point sits in the corner itself. Turn east here for the crossing.

The north wall is the cleanest part of the course and it repeats one shape three times: a pair of wide belts, then a single ring. Hit both belts of each pair before the ring and the bounce carries you straight into the next pair. One last belt lifts you into the north-east corner and the fifth save point, and from there the whole run is southbound.

Three narrow belts drop you down the top of the home channel to the sixth save point, with stamina on the ledge just before it. A pair of belts on opposite walls follows, so take whichever side you finished the descent on.

Two banks of stone pillars sweep right across the lane from the east wall, three in the first bank and four in the second. Wide belts sit on the centre line before and between them, so hold the centre and use the stamina row between the banks while you wait for a gap.

Four of the rings on this line slide west across the channel while a fifth stays put on the east side. Take the static one if the moving four are out of phase, then cross the seventh and final save point just below.

Five speed tiles lie abreast across the full width of the channel, and after them the line tightens to single tiles that alternate wall to wall. Three long bars sweep the lane further down, and a wide stamina row sits just past them for the last push.

The course ends in thirty rings, six columns wide and five rows deep, climbing in three steps toward the finish. Stay in the centre columns, take one ring per row and cross the line at the top; the result panel appears as soon as you do.

Carry on south past the finish and drop into the vault, where a row of rings at the bottom bounces you back up the chest stair. The premium chest is the lowest and nearest of the three, and its barrier is the one that closes on the two minute mark.

The standard chest sits on the next shelf up and a few paces further south. Its barrier holds until two and a half minutes, so this one survives a run that already lost the premium chest.

The basic chest stands at the top of the vault beside the last checkpoint and carries no barrier at all, so it is yours whatever the clock said. Confirm the counter reads three of three before you go any further.

Untwine if you need to, then follow the vault south to the square Sanctum Terminus on the ledge at the end. Using Touch sets it to its completion state, restores the Vein and clears the Sanctum, so take every chest first.