Free Big Brother is one of the most interesting levels in Astro Bot, as you don't really go anywhere. You begin on a beach with a large white robot tied down, and just have to break the locks and climb the bot to end the level. However, that gives you plenty of opportunities to wander freely, which is where this guide to every Bot, Jigsaw Piece, and Black Hole comes in.

As everything is open, you can do the first few in any order, but we're going with the order the game lists the collectables in.

Black Hole

As soon as you land on the beach, turn around. You'll see three rocky platforms against the cliff wall, so swim over and an electric alien will appear. You need to wait on the left and right platforms (one at a time) to get the alien to attack, activating the electric pads. Once both are on, defeat the alien and the door on the cliff will open, revealing the black hole.

Usually, we war you that entering a black hole ends the level you're playing early in exchange for unlocking a new level in the Lost Galaxy, but since this is the first thing you can do, no progress is lost.

Bot 1

Head over to the stepping stones in front of the giant bot's head to see a regular bot being attacked by a slime enemy. Kill the slime and bash the bot to rescue your first one of Free Big Brother.

Jigsaw 1

To the immediate right of these stepping stones, you'll find a cave with the first jigsaw piece inside.

Bot 2

Keep going through the cave to find an owl with a rope. Grab it and let it carry you around in a loop to the stone columns. Here, you can jump to the top of the cave the first jigsaw was in to rescue the second bot, who is the unnamed protagonist of The Last Guardian.

Jigsaw 2

Grab the same owl as before. This time, head through the glass doors in front of you, then laser jump on the glass floor to drop down into a pit with the second jigsaw piece.

Bot 3

In the same area with the glass floor, at the back there is a trampoline hidden underneath. Laser jump to free it, then spring up to a higher glass door hiding a portal. Here, break the floor on the left to spring up and free Mono from Shadow of the Colossus.

The rest of the collectables can only be found after you perform the titular task of freeing Big Brother.

Jigsaw 3

In the middle of the map where the stepping stones are, there's now a tropical gazebo with a jigsaw piece floating on top. You can reach it by going back to the stepping stones.

Bot 4

To the left of the gazebo (with your back to Big Brother), you can hold Square to burrow into the sand to free the fourth bot.

Bot 5

As you climb Big Brother, you will (rather fittingly) find the Wanderer from Shadow of the Colossus clinging on to its neck. Bash him to save him, same as always.

Bot 6

As you climb the shells around Big Brother, there's a gap covered by a glass floor. Stick tight to the tower and laser jump to reveal more shells underneath, where your sixth bot is waiting to be rescued.

Bot 7

In a nice easy one to end the level, this bot is waiting inside a clam right before the finish line. Give it a bash and that's Big Brother freed - we'll see him again later on.

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