You can clip in without spending any Golden Gobbos (see: Jiggy Clip)

There is a Crystal on the Minecart tracks right near the start which can be tricky to grab without dying. There are a couple strategies:

  • Hold keyboard left THEN right at the same time like so
    • see: Holding left + right simultaneously
    • (note: in the clip, thermo’s dpad is mapped to kb arrow keys. and right arrow is held on the physical kb, so the right press isn’t visible on the controller input display)
  • Let off left temporarily like so

The first junction is a trick; it appears to take you right by default, but it actually defaults straight. (I believe that is the only trick junction?)