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For the race track in Jak X: Combat Racing, see Forbidden Jungle (race track).

Forbidden Jungle is a location in The Precursor Legacy. It is a large tropical jungle located north of Sandover Village, consisting of rivers, jungle flora and fauna such as large trees, vines, grassy terrain, and exotic species of lurker such as the jungle fish and jungle snake, among others. It was also home to the Forbidden Temple inside of which dwelt a massively mutated dark eco plant.

History

The Precursor Legacy

Forbidden Jungle 5 — The Fisherman's river valley in the Forbidden Jungle.

In The Precursor Legacy, Forbidden Jungle was one of the preliminary locations visited while in Sandover Village. When Jak and Daxter visited the jungle, it had been overrun by lurkers, who provided the main obstacles around the jungle.

Here, Jak could complete numerous tasks which would help further his progress in other parts of the game. One of these was helping the Fisherman catch 200 pounds of fish, who in turn would allow Jak to use his speedboat to get to Misty Island. Additionally, a powerful blue eco beam generated from the Forbidden Temple had been blocked by a lurker machine, and Jak was sent by the Mayor to unblock it to return power to Sandover Village, which Jak succeeded in doing. Jak could also unlock the blue eco vent switch here, which activated blue eco vents around the world, which helped further progress and accessibility in Sentinel Beach.

Throughout the level Jak would casually encounter hazardous vines from the ground. After entering Forbidden Temple and defeating the dark eco plant, these vines would die, indicating the dark eco plant's interconnectivity throughout the jungle.

Geography

Overview

Forbidden Jungle is a coastal area located north, north-east of Sandover Village. It is a large, tropical jungle, with varying ground levels surrounded by rivers connected to the surrounding ocean. It is littered with Precursor artifacts, the most notable of which being the large Forbidden Temple. Its overall layout consists of large cliffs with small rivers, canyons, and passages.

At the entrance of the jungle there is a canyon with a short river at the bottom, with a rope bridge stretched across the canyon, connecting the two sides. Across the wooden bridge is the central area of the jungle, and at the heart of this lies the Forbidden Temple. Around these areas are small alleys, rivers, paths, and islets, all accessible and able to be explored by Jak.

The jungle's inhabitants (presumably lurkers) utilize various forms of primitive traps such as swinging logs, rickety wooden bridges with planks missing, and makeshift trampolines, and other devices. These can be circumvented with simple maneuvers though requires close attention to the jungle's varying paths.

Forbidden Temple

Forbidden Jungle 2 — Entrance to the Forbidden Temple.

In the center of the jungle is a massive Precursor temple, inside of which lies various Precursor technology and a massively mutated dark plant. A blue vent switch is also accessed here, and after activating it will turn on blue eco vents around the world.

The Forbidden Temple can be accessed after climbing to the top of a large tower surrounded by blue eco silos, which contains an elevator that will sink below ground-level into the inner networking of the temple. After using the elevator, there will be three separate halls, two of which concealed by doors only activated while channeling blue eco. Between these doors is an entrance to the alley which contains the blue vent switch. After activating the switch and exiting the room via a door ahead, the elevator room can be located. The other door leads to the room with the dark plant and an eventual launcher exit.

Lurker machine

A large mechanical station powered by blue eco can be found near the Forbidden Temple surrounded by lurkers. This machine intercepts a blue eco beam coming from the Forbidden Temple, which would have normally been redirected to the village by use of tower lenses, although the lurkers never made an apparent use of it when Jak destroyed the mirror which stopped this from happening.

Fisherman game

After a lurker shark destroyed the village fishing boat, the Fisherman set station on a small bridge near the main river of the jungle in hopes of catching fish with a small net. He offered Jak a power cell if he could catch 200 pounds of "good fish", which included green one-pound fish and yellow five-pound fish, all while not missing twenty pounds of fish, and avoid catching a poisonous eel which would ruin the whole catch. This is also where Jak and Daxter gain permission to use his speedboat to access Misty Island.

Trivia

A race track by the name of Forbidden Jungle appears in Jak X: Combat Racing, though no connection to the Forbidden Jungle in the first game was ever made apparent. It is possible that this race track was simply named in inspiration to that of the first game, or that it is the same geographical location, only generations older (as Jak X took place in the far future).

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+{{infobox location
-|image           = Forbidden Jungle temple door.png
-|residents       = [[Fisherman]]
+|image          = Forbidden Jungle 3.png
+|residents      = [[Fisherman]]
-|enemies         = [[lurker piranha]], [[soldier lurker]], [[lurker snake]], [[lurker toad]], [[lurker bug]]
-|eco             = [[blue eco]] ([[Eco vent|vent]]), [[green eco]]
+|enemies        = [[Dark eco plant]] (vine), [[jungle fish]], [[babak]], [[jungle snake]], [[hopper (lurker)|hopper]], [[aphid lurker]]
-|missions        = [[Unblock the eco beam]] <br> [[Get to the top of the Temple]] <br> [[Find the blue vent switch]] <br> [[Defeat the Dark Eco Plant]] <br> [[Catch 200 pounds of fish]] <br> [[Follow the canyon to the sea]] <br> [[Open the locked Temple door]] <br> [[Free seven scout flies (Forbidden Jungle)|Free seven scout flies]]
+|missions       = [[Unblock the eco beam]] <br> [[Get to the top of the temple]] <br> [[Find the blue vent switch]] <br> [[Defeat the dark eco plant]] <br> [[Catch 200 pounds of fish]] <br> [[Follow the canyon to the sea]] <br> [[Open the locked temple door]] <br> [[Free seven scout flies]]
-|precursor orbs  = One-hundred and fifty (150)
+|precursor orbs = 150
+|orb location game = The Precursor Legacy
-}}{{For|the racetrack in Jak X|Forbidden Jungle (Racetrack)}}
+}}
-The '''Forbidden Jungle''' is one of the first locations [[Jak]] and [[Daxter]] visit in ''[[Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy]]''. Home to a variety of dangerous [[Lurkers]], several traps and rickety wooden bridges. Hidden inside the ancient [[Precursor]] building, the Forbidden Temple, lived a dangerously mutated [[Dark Eco Plant]] until it was defeated by Jak. In the Haven-era [[timeline]] it was seen again although by then it was turned into a racetrack for the [[Kras City Grand Championship]].
+{{for|the race track in ''[[Jak X: Combat Racing]]''|Forbidden Jungle (race track)}}
+'''Forbidden Jungle''' is a location in ''[[Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy|The Precursor Legacy]]''. It is a large tropical jungle located north of [[Sandover Village]], consisting of rivers, jungle flora and fauna such as large trees, vines, grassy terrain, and exotic species of [[Lurkers|lurker]] such as the [[jungle fish]] and [[jungle snake]], among others. It was also home to the [[Forbidden Temple]] inside of which dwelt a massively mutated [[dark eco plant]].
 ==History==
 ===''The Precursor Legacy''===
+[[File:Forbidden Jungle 5.png|thumb|The Fisherman's river valley in the Forbidden Jungle.]]
-In ''The Precursor Legacy'', it is one of the first locations visited, as it neighbours [[Sandover Village]]. The location has been overrun by [[Lurkers]], which have set up many traps and a strange machine, powered by the [[blue eco]] beam coming from the temple (the beam is deflected with a mirror). The major tasks in the jungle were to gain access to the fisherman's boat, defeat the [[Dark Eco Plant]], and activate the [[blue eco]] [[vent switch]].
+In ''The Precursor Legacy'', Forbidden Jungle was one of the preliminary locations visited while in Sandover Village. When [[Jak]] and [[Daxter]] visited the jungle, it had been overrun by [[lurkers]], who provided the main obstacles around the jungle.
+Here, Jak could complete numerous tasks which would help further his progress in other parts of the game. One of these was helping the [[Fisherman]] [[catch 200 pounds of fish]], who in turn would allow Jak to use his [[speedboat]] to get to [[Misty Island]]. Additionally, a powerful [[blue eco]] beam generated from the Forbidden Temple had been blocked by a lurker machine, and Jak was sent by the [[Mayor]] to [[Unblock the eco beam|unblock it]] to return power to Sandover Village, which Jak succeeded in doing. Jak could also [[Find the blue vent switch|unlock the blue eco vent switch]] here, which activated blue [[eco vent]]s around the world, which helped further progress and accessibility in [[Sentinel Beach]].
-===Post-''Precursor Legacy''===
-After ''The Precursor Legacy'', the Forbidden Jungle is not seen in the [[Haven City]]-era world. In ''[[Jak X: Combat Racing]]'', it returns as a racetrack, although it is unknown if the Forbidden Jungle from ''TPL'' and ''Jak X'' are the same location. It is possible that the Jungle became the [[Precursor]] [[Mountain Temple]] that Jak was assigned to visit and retrieve the three artifacts from.
+Throughout the level Jak would casually encounter hazardous vines from the ground. After entering Forbidden Temple and defeating the [[dark eco plant]], these vines would die, indicating the dark eco plant's interconnectivity throughout the jungle.
 ==Geography==
 ===Overview===
+Forbidden Jungle is a coastal area located north, north-east of Sandover Village. It is a large, tropical jungle, with varying ground levels surrounded by rivers connected to the surrounding ocean. It is littered with [[Precursor artifacts]], the most notable of which being the large Forbidden Temple. Its overall layout consists of large cliffs with small rivers, canyons, and passages.
-[[File:Forbidden Temple steps.jpg|thumb|The entrance|left]]
-The Forbidden Jungle is a coastal jungle east of [[Sandover Village]]. Upon entering the jungle, the temple is the most noticeable feature. There are many tree stumps around the first area, It has several rope bridges connecting the higher areas, a river flows through the lower area which leads to the sea. A machine was using blue eco from the temple, lenses were scattered around the jungle that were used to direct the eco beam. The jungle also has many traps like spikes, swinging spikes and Dark Eco plant roots. In the new world, some believe that the Forbidden Jungle is [[Haven Forest]], while some think that Forbidden Jungle is the Pumping Station.
+At the entrance of the jungle there is a canyon with a short river at the bottom, with a rope bridge stretched across the canyon, connecting the two sides. Across the wooden bridge is the central area of the jungle, and at the heart of this lies the Forbidden Temple. Around these areas are small alleys, rivers, paths, and islets, all accessible and able to be explored by Jak.
-===Forbidden Temple===
-At the heart of the jungle is the Temple, which is home to many secrets, including the deadly [[Dark Eco Plant]]. A [[blue eco]] vent switch is located within the temple which, when activated, activates Blue [[eco vent]]s all over the world. After seeing a [[power cell]] atop the peculiar device, Jak steps on the eco vent switch acquiring the power cell.
+The jungle's inhabitants (presumably lurkers) utilize various forms of primitive traps such as swinging logs, rickety wooden bridges with planks missing, and makeshift trampolines, and other devices. These can be circumvented with simple maneuvers though requires close attention to the jungle's varying paths.
-The Dark Eco Plant is, unless skipped, the first boss Jak and Daxter ever encounter. The plant, before being slain, slips its long tentacles through the ground of the Jungle area, with separate ends popping up around the entire level. Once the plant is defeated, the Tentacles all die, showing they were part of the plant. From this point, they no longer pose a life point sapping risk. Jak can jump on the head of the bestial vegetation five times to retrieve 5 [[precursor orb]]s it obviously stole.
-The Dark Eco Plant itself is a strange mutation caused by [[dark eco]], with noticeable dark eco barrels on the ends of two tentacles. In addition, its roots may have eventually tucked into a dark eco store deep below and from then on started growing rapidly throughout the jungle. Or another possible explanation is that the [[Lurkers|Lurker]]s increased it's growth using the machine outside. The Temple contains massive amounts of blue eco stored in Silos, like the [[dark eco silo]]s in the north. These blue eco Silos spread auras of blue eco, Sandover Village residents use a beam from one of the Silos to power their village. The temple looks similar to the [[Astro-Viewer]] found in [[Southern Haven Forest]] in Jak 3.
-===The Machine===
+===Forbidden Temple===
-[[File:Forbidden Jungle.jpg|thumb]]
+[[File:Forbidden Jungle 2.png|thumb|Entrance to the Forbidden Temple.]]
+In the center of the jungle is a massive [[Precursors|Precursor]] temple, inside of which lies various Precursor technology and a massively mutated dark plant. A [[blue eco|blue]] [[vent switch]] is also accessed here, and after activating it will turn on blue eco vents around the world.
-This strange machinery was constructed by Lurkers, serving an unknown purpose, possibly to limit the power directed to Sandover. It is powered by a blue eco beam, which is deflected using a mirror. Jak and Daxter climb it and destroy the mirror, ceasing the pumping and leaving nothing else but an odd metallic lump in the area.
-Another possibility is it is used to make weapons for the Lurkers such as the swinging spikes and maybe even the Locked Boxes used to imprison [[scout fly|Scout Flies]].
+The Forbidden Temple can be accessed after climbing to the top of a large tower surrounded by blue eco silos, which contains an elevator that will sink below ground-level into the inner networking of the temple. After using the elevator, there will be three separate halls, two of which concealed by doors only activated while channeling blue eco. Between these doors is an entrance to the alley which contains the blue vent switch. After activating the switch and exiting the room via a door ahead, the elevator room can be located. The other door leads to the room with the dark plant and an eventual [[launcher]] exit.
-This area may have been a part of the City for a while, the blue eco Silos on the Temple being used as the City's fuel cells until they were drained by the City's over use of power.
-===The Fisherman===
+===Lurker machine===
+[[File:Forbidden Jungle lurker machine.png|thumb|The lurkers' machine.]]
-This out-of-luck [[Fisherman]] came to the Forbidden Jungle to fish in the river that flowed through the area after his fishing boat was torn apart by a Lurker Shark or "them monsters patrollin' the ocean." After hours of trying to catch a single fish, Jak and Daxter fortunately come along. Jak manages to catch 200 pounds, attempting not to miss 20 pounds, or catch a [[poisonous eel]] by mistake, and Ollie awards the duo a power cell, as well as the right to use his [[Fisherman's boat|fishing boat]] to get to [[Misty Island]].
+A large mechanical station powered by blue eco can be found near the Forbidden Temple surrounded by lurkers. This machine intercepts a blue eco beam coming from the Forbidden Temple, which would have normally been redirected to the village by use of tower lenses, although the lurkers never made an apparent use of it when Jak destroyed the mirror which stopped this from happening.
+===Fisherman game===
-For the remainder of the game, one can hear a hearty laugh erupting from the river if they come near it.
+After a [[lurker shark]] destroyed the village fishing boat, the [[Fisherman]] set station on a small bridge near the main river of the jungle in hopes of catching fish with a small net. He offered Jak a [[power cell]] if he could catch 200 pounds of "good fish", which included green one-pound fish and yellow five-pound fish, all while not missing twenty pounds of fish, and avoid catching a [[poisonous eel]] which would ruin the whole catch. This is also where Jak and Daxter gain permission to use his speedboat to access Misty Island.
-===Precursor Artifacts===
-There are a lot of Precursor Artifacts in this area, namely the huge Temple in the centre. In addition, there is a blue eco vent switch, an old [[Precursor artifacts#Bridge|Precursor Bridge]], a large [[Precursor artifacts#Door|Precursor Door]] and several Launch Pads.
 ==Trivia==
+* A [[race tracks|race track]] by the name of [[Forbidden Jungle (race track)|Forbidden Jungle]] appears in ''[[Jak X: Combat Racing]]'', though no connection to the Forbidden Jungle in the first game was ever made apparent. It is possible that this race track was simply named in inspiration to that of the first game, or that it is the same geographical location, only generations older (as ''Jak X'' took place in the far future).
-* While the screensaver of the TPL map has "Forbidden Jungle" as the label for this area, the map that comes in the box has "Forbidden Temple" instead.
-* "Forbidden Jungle" is also a racetrack on [[Jak X: Combat Racing]].
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Forbidden Jungle 1.png|Entry area to Forbidden Jungle
+Forbidden Temple screen.png|Forbidden Temple
+Forbidden Jungle precursor pillars.png|Pillar Precursor artifacts
+Forbidden Jungle concept art.png|Concept art of Forbidden Jungle
+Forbidden Temple concept art.png|Concept art of the temple
+</gallery>
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