BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! A Tall Tale 100% Walkthrough: World 5 (Up Hook to the Heavens!)

BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! may start off pretty simple, but it gets tricky pretty quickly. So let’s get started on the A Tall Tale segment: World 5 (Up Hook to the Heavens).

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World 5-1

Boxes Used: 16

Vertically, make a four-boxed right hook and climb up to the first ledge. Whilst up there, rotate clockwise and make two boxes to the right. Jump to the right to hook onto the ledge and pull yourself up.

From the second section, straighten up and make a four-boxed left hook above yourself. Then use that to hook onto the top-left platform. To get the Crown, rotate to the right and make three boxes to the right to use to hook over to the far right ledge and grab it.

Now stand upright on the edge and make a three-boxed hook to the left of yourself (left, up, left) to hook your way up to the door.

World 5-2

Boxes Used: 11

Rotate clockwise and make four weapons in this order: right x3, up. Then jump to the right and hop to the right. Continue hopping all the way and place it down as far right as it can go. Use them as stairs together up and continue.

Stand onto the edge of the next ledge and make three boxes in this order: right, down, right. Jump down to hook onto the edge, continue to hop to the right and place them down teetering over the edge as shown below. Then stand on the bottom-right box, wiggle to the right and rotate clockwise to grab the Crown.

Now move back to the left ledge, get rid of the boxes and make a four-boxed right hook from the right (right, up x2, right). Hook onto the ledge and pull yourself up to the door.

World 5-3

Boxes Used: 18

Make a five-boxed right hook above yourself and jump to hook onto the top ledge. Rotate clockwise and make four boxes to the right to jump and hook onto the right floating platform. To get to the next platform, stand on the edge upright and make five boxes in this order: right, down x2, right x2. Jump to the right and when the box lands on the lower platform, pull yourself through.

On the edge, rotate clockwise and make four boxes in this order: right x3, up. Place it on the edge, reach for the Crown and make for the door.

World 5-4

Boxes Used: 22

Make a three-boxed right hook above yourself and pull yourself up to the right platform. You’ll then need to rotate anti-clockwise, make two boxes to the left and jump for the left platform to pull yourself onto it. You’ll then need to be upright and make two boxes up and two right get to the next platform.

Make a four-boxed right hook above yourself and pull yourself up to the top-right ledge. Rotate anti-clockwise and make four boxes to the left to get to the Crown.

Then straighten up and make five boxes in this order: right, up x3, right to pull up to the top ledge to the door.

World 5-5

Boxes Used: 19

Make a three-boxed right hook to the right of you and jump to the right to hook the boxes onto the blue button. Then drop down whilst keeping the boxes there and move on.

Rotate clockwise and make a single box to the right in order to hook onto the other side. Then make a three-boxed left hook above yourself and pull yourself up to the red button. From here, make three boxes in this order: left x2, down to grab the Crown.

Once you have the Crown, make retract the bottom box and fall down with the red button being held down as you move onwards.

Stand on the edge and make a five-boxed right hook to the right (right, up x3, right) and pull up to the top-right ledge. Rotate anti-clockwise, make five boxes in this order: left x3, up x2 and jump to the far left to cover the blue button and drop down to grab the Crown and make for the door.

World 5-6

Boxes Used: 14

Make four boxes in this order: right, up, right x2 and jump to press in the blue button whilst protecting yourself from the laser.

Next, stand to the left of the laser and make five boxes in this order: right x2, up x2, left in order to cover the red silhouette and the laser, allowing you to grab the Crown and continue onwards.

For the second Crown and the door, make a single box above yourself to get to the bottom-right area of this section. Stand underneath the Crown and make one box left and three down to collect it whilst protecting yourself and then retract them.

Then make a four-boxed left hook above yourself and throw them to the left to cover the blue silhouette and so they hook onto the laser cannon.

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