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Definitive A Rank Guide for all stages [Video guide + tips]
By EnchantedNebula and 1 collaborators
Note, these video recordings contain no HUD (heads up display).
All video recordings belong to me (unless stated otherwise). I hope they help you out with fully completing this game.
This guide is purely for A ranks. Not emblems. You should look elsewhere if you need a guide for the chao garden/bonus kart racing missions/other emblem related missions.
Timestamps are provided for your convenience. (Huge thanks to RockOnRatchet95 for providing them).
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Guide Index
Overview
Mission 1  
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Mission 2  
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Mission 3  
⠀ 
Mission 4  
⠀ 
Mission 5  
⠀ 
All Bosses  
⠀ 
Bonus: Green Hill Zone  
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Mission 1
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Destroying the gold beetles in a majority of these stages are required for an A rank. These videos will show you where the gold beetles are located.
For Sonic's and Shadow's Stages, you need to homing attack chain multiple enemies in order to stack up a lot of points, and you will need to collect a lot of rings (try not to lose them). The more rings you have when completing a stage, the higher chance you will have for an A rank.
For Tails' and Dr Eggman's Stages, try locking on to x10 enemies/as many enemies as possible before releasing fire. Having enough rings at the end of a stage is also necessary for an A rank.
For Knuckles' and Rouges' treasure hunting stages, you need to beat them as fast as possible for an A rank, preferably without using any hints, as using any hints will decrease your points. Destroying the gold beetle for treasure hunting stages isn't necessary.
If you don't know where a shard is/have bad rng, I would suggest restarting the stage until you get a good run. I also suggest simply practicality the stages until you know where a majority of the shards are off by hard.
Tails and Rouge both have a kart mission, which is included in the video.
Please be aware that the game also requires you to not die in a stage in order to get A ranks.

All Sonic Stages:

https://youtu.be/xovU16w0KkU?si=DcclFwJBCNiVAhT6

Timestamp:
Stage:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
City Escape
18000
3:03
Metal Harbor
20000
5:20
Green Forest
15000
8:07
Pyramid Cave
15000
11:38
Crazy Gadget
17000
16:25
Final Rush
13000

All Tails Stages:

https://youtu.be/Qh2FleabbO0?si=u_O0SFn5CPAa8j83

Timestamp:
Stage:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
Prison Lane
26000
3:09
Mission Street
25000
6:58
Route 101
Reach the goal within 2 minutes and 45 seconds
9:58
Hidden Base
14000
13:28
Eternal Engine
35000

All Knuckles Stages:
https://youtu.be/nFaC0PjqvQs?si=wmAWBSkO6w9JyYw0

Timestamp:
Stage:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
Wild Canyon
16000
2:22
Pumpkin Hill
12000
3:35
Aquatic Mine
14000
5:51
Death Chamber
12000
8:37
Meteor Herd
13000

All Shadow Stages:
https://youtu.be/-MgwaSvPKmg?si=ECReoVdXNMrNxBkN

Timestamp:
Stage:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
Radical Highway
14000
3:19
White Jungle
14000
6:10
Sky Rail
14000
8:18
Final Chase
12000

All Dr Eggman Stages:
https://youtu.be/xyP8072dxsY?si=B3bwuc5otJfz22Bj

Timestamp:
Stage:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
Iron Gate
20000
3:03
Sand Ocean
25000
5:48
Lost Colony
34000
9:31
Weapons Bed
12000
12:33
Cosmic Wall
80000 for PC and 53000 for Dreamcast

All Rouge Stages:
https://youtu.be/gm8hbAuEGis?si=BtwPcEg-3Vta8byH

Timestamp:
Stage:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
Dry Lagoon
15000
1:53
Egg Quarters
12000
3:50
Security Hall
12000
6:30
Route 280
Reach the goal within 3 minutes and 20 seconds for an A Rank
9:55
Mad Space
14000

Cannon's Core:
https://youtu.be/QDzMUNhtD7w?si=Vp9QSTJo9EetmT7U

Timestamp:
Character:
0:00
Tails
1:29
Dr Eggman
3:31
Rouge
4:43
Knuckles
6:13
Sonic

Score required for A Rank: 29000
The gold beetle is located in Sonic's section.
Mission 2
⠀
Mission 2 requires you to get 100 rings within the shortest time possible.
Gold beetles are not required to be destroyed in these missions.
Tails and Rouge both have a kart mission, which is included in the video.
Some upgrades are required. Please consider searching up a guide on YouTube for their locations if you haven't got them yet/not sure where they are. (This is the only video footage I haven't recorded).

Upgrades required: Mystic Melody (For Rouge), Treasure Scope (For Rouge).

https://youtu.be/_NKE7RtUj2U?si=N4u2435u_mswgVSP

All Sonic Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Collect 100 rings within:
0:00
City Escape
1 minute and 20 seconds
1:09
Metal Harbor
1 minute and 10 seconds
2:07
Green Forest
3 minutes and 30 seconds
3:11
Pyramid Cave
3 minutes and 15 seconds
4:18
Crazy Gadget
3 minutes
5:29
Final Rush
1 minute and 30 seconds

All Tails Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Collect 100 rings within:
7:02
Prison Lane
2 minutes and 30 seconds
9:02
Mission Street
3 minutes and 30 seconds
11:47
Route 101
1 minute and 30 seconds
13:04
Hidden Base
3 minutes and 15 seconds
15:12
Eternal Engine
3 minutes and 30 seconds

All Knuckles Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Collect 100 rings within:
17:46
Wild Canyon
1 minute and 30 seconds
18:49
Pumpkin Hill
3 minutes
20:35
Aquatic Mine
1 minute and 50 seconds
22:03
Death Chamber
2 minutes and 30 seconds
24:08
Meteor Herd
2 minutes

All Shadow Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Collect 100 rings within:
25:58
Radical Highway
1 minute and 20 seconds
26:53
White Jungle
1 minute and 30 seconds
28:02
Sky Rail
1 minute and 15 seconds
29:03
Final Chase
1 minute and 30 seconds

All Dr Eggman Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Collect 100 rings within:
30:29
Iron Gate
1 minute and 35 seconds
31:48
Sand Ocean
3 minutes and 30 seconds
33:12
Lost Colony
2 minutes
35:05
Weapons Bed
2 minutes
36:53
Cosmic Wall
1 minute and 30 seconds

All Rouge Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Collect 100 rings within:
38:15
Dry Lagoon
2 minutes
39:28
Egg Quarters
2 minutes
41:17
Security Hall
4 minutes
42:26
Route 280
2 minutes
44:20
Mad Space
2 minutes and 30 seconds

Cannon's Core: 45:10 | Collect 100 rings within 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
Mission 3
⠀
You need to find the lost chao in these levels as fast as possible.
Tails and Rouge both have a kart mission, which is included in the video.
Some upgrades are required. Please consider searching up a guide on YouTube for their locations if you haven't got them yet/not sure where they are. (This is the only video footage I haven't recorded).

Upgrades required: Mystic Melody (For all characters), Air Necklace (For Knuckles), Treasure Scope (For Rouge).

Tips for Route 101 & Route 280: It is recommended to slow down if you feel like you are going to collide with a car. You can speed up again once you have passed the car.

Tip for Final Rush (Sonic): This Chao can be a tricky one to get. I recommend using a speedrun tactic: super bounce to reach it. You can find a tutorial on how to do super bounce on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/WZntQi6Bij4?si=uGOgzXvmL8ZSelUq

All Sonic Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Upgrade(s) required:
Find the chao within:
0:00
City Escape
Mystic Melody
2 minutes and 30 seconds
2:18
Metal Harbor
Mystic Melody
50 seconds
3:16
Green Forest
Mystic Melody
1 minute and 30 seconds
4:47
Pyramid Cave
Mystic Melody
3 minutes and 50 seconds
8:04
Crazy Gadget
Mystic Melody
5 minutes
12:34
Final Rush
Mystic Melody
4 minutes and 15 seconds

All Tails Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Upgrade(s) required:
Find the chao within:
16:20
Prison Lane
Mystic Melody
2 minutes
18:13
Mission Street
Mystic Melody
3 minutes and 20 seconds
20:34
Route 101
None
Requires you to dodge the cars (do not let the cars hit you)
23:36
Hidden Base
Mystic Melody
2 minutes and 50 seconds
26:15
Eternal Engine
Mystic Melody
2 minutes and 45 seconds

All Knuckles Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Upgrade(s) required:
Find the chao within:
27:51
Wild Canyon
Mystic Melody
40 seconds
28:35
Pumpkin Hill
Mystic Melody
1 minute
29:25
Aquatic Mine
Mystic Melody & Air necklace
1 minute
30:20
Death Chamber
Mystic Melody & Air necklace
2 minutes
32:00
Meteor Herd
Mystic Melody
1 minute and 30 seconds

All Shadow Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Upgrade(s) required:
Find the chao within:
33:16
Radical Highway
Mystic Melody
2 minutes and 30 seconds
35:18
White Jungle
Mystic Melody
3 minutes and 20 seconds
38:04
Sky Rail
Mystic Melody
1 minute and 10 seconds
39:11
Final Chase
Mystic Melody
5 minutes and 15 seconds


All Dr Eggman Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Upgrade(s) required:
Find the chao within:
43:56
Iron Gate
Mystic Melody
2 minutes
45:37
Sand Ocean
None
3 minutes
47:00
Lost Colony
Mystic Melody
2 minutes and 30 seconds
49:06
Weapons Bed
Mystic Melody
2 minutes and 15 seconds
51:00
Cosmic Wall
Mystic Melody
1 minute and 30 seconds

All Rouge Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Upgrade(s) required:
Find the chao within:
52:23
Dry Lagoon
Mystic Melody
40 seconds
53:08
Egg Quarters
Mystic Melody
1 minute
53:58
Security Hall
Treasure Scope
30 seconds
54:30
Route 280
None
Requires you to dodge the cars (do not let the cars hit you)
57:59
Mad Space
Mystic Melody
1 minutes and 30 seconds

Cannon's Core:

Find the Chao within 7 minutes and 30 seconds.

The chao is located in Sonic's section of the stage.

Timestamp:
Character:
Upgrade(s) required:
59:16
Tails
Mystic Melody
1:01:58
Dr Eggman
Mystic Melody
1:03:40
Rouge
Mystic Melody
1:04:14
Knuckles
Mystic Melody
1:07:02
Sonic
Mystic Melody
Mission 4
⠀
These missions are pretty much speedrun missions, as you need to reach the goal within a certain time frame, while also making sure to have enough points by the end.
Destroying the gold beetles in a majority of these stages are required for an A rank (you don't need to worry about destroying them for Knuckles and Rouge's stages).
Tails and Rouge both have a kart mission, which is included in the video.
Follow the tips mentioned in mission 1 on this guide.
In my video recordings, speedrun strats were used. I recommend watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYjgn3QWyiE by Shadow8769 to learn some of these.
Alternatively, you don't have to use these techniques if advance speedrun techniques are too hard for you to pull off. Just go through the stages as normal, while going as fast as possible.

Tips for Route 101 & Route 280: It is recommended to slow down if you feel like you are going to collide with a wall. You can speed up again once you have passed the wall.

https://youtu.be/qR9xp-AGZgY?si=imk2sSoLcW7CW2fc

All Sonic Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Reach the goal in:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
City Escape
3 minutes
18000
2:37
Metal Harbor
2 minutes
18000
4:45
Green Forest
4 minutes
12000
7:08
Pyramid Cave
4 minutes
13000
9:53
Crazy Gadget
5 minutes
16000
13:16
Final Rush
5 minutes
13000

All Tails Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Reach the goal in:
Score required for A rank:
17:17
Prison Lane
3 minutes
26000
19:58
Mission Street
3 minutes
22000
23:12
Route 101
-
Requires you to not collide with the wall
26:10
Hidden Base
3 minutes and 30 seconds
12000
29:07
Eternal Engine
5 minutes
30000

All Knuckles Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Reach the goal in:
Score required for A rank:
33:18
Wild Canyon
2 minutes
16000
34:13
Pumpkin Hill
3 minutes
13000
35:30
Aquatic Mine
3 minutes and 30 seconds
14000
36:54
Death Chamber
5 minutes
12000
38:44
Meteor Herd
4 minutes and 30 seconds
13000

All Shadow Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Reach the goal in:
Score required for A rank:
42:29
Radical Highway
3 minutes
14000
45:05
White Jungle
3 minutes
14000
47:32
Sky Rail
2 minutes
14000
49:01
Final Chase
5 minutes and 30 seconds
11000

All Dr Eggman Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Reach the goal in:
Score required for A rank:
53:04
Iron Gate
4 minutes
20000
55:10
Sand Ocean
4 minutes
25000
58:04
Lost Colony
3 minutes and 30 seconds
34000
1:01:28
Weapons Bed
2 minutes and 45 seconds
30000
1:04:17
Cosmic Wall
8 minutes
5000 for PC and 45000 for Dreamcast.

All Rouge Stages:

Timestamp:
Stage:
Reach the goal in:
Score required for A rank:
1:11:11
Dry Lagoon
3 minutes and 30 seconds
14000
1:12:24
Egg Quarters
3 minutes
13000
1:13:13
Security Hall
3 minutes and 30 seconds
13000
1:15:47
Route 280
-
Requires you to not collide with the wall
1:19:19
Mad Space
4 minutes and 30 seconds
14000

Cannon's Core:

Timestamp:
Reach the goal in:
1:21:28
7 minutes
Mission 5
⠀
Mission 5 is hard mode. Gold beetles are required to be destroyed in a majority of stages.
For the treasure hunting stages, you need to beat them as fast as possible.
Destroying the gold beetle for treasure hunting stages isn't necessary.
When going for an A rank, do not use hints in the treasure hunting stages, as doing so will decrease your points and chances of getting an A rank.
Hard mode treasure hunting stages are different compared to normal difficulty. The shards are in set locations, instead of being random in spots.
Follow the tips mentioned in mission 1 on this guide.
Please be aware that the game also requires you to not die in a stage in order to get A ranks.
Some upgrades are required. Please consider searching up a guide on YouTube for their locations if you haven't got them yet/not sure where they are. (This is the only video footage I haven't recorded).

Upgrades required: Sunglasses (For Knuckles), Air Necklace (For Knuckles), Mystic Melody (For Knuckles), Treasure Scope (For Rouge).

All Sonic Stages:
https://youtu.be/n9jKnxgS-7s?si=-lKPOX7H30sVsDZo

Timestamp:
Stage:
Gold beetle appears at:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
City Escape
2:14
19000
3:23
Metal Harbor
3:45
18000
5:47
Green Forest
6:30
12000
8:23
Pyramid Cave
11:18
14000
12:01
Crazy Gadget
14:41
15000
17:27
Final Rush
18:29
13000

All Tails Stages:
https://youtu.be/ol9HhNRZbS8?si=q5VkB2siecJ-314u

Timestamp:
Stage:
Gold beetle appears at:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
Prison Lane
2:06
26000
3:15
Mission Street
5:17
30000
6:40
Route 101
No gold beetle
Reach the goal within 2 minutes and 50 seconds for an A Rank
9:45
Hidden Base
10:21
13000
12:48
Eternal Engine
16:08
35000

All Knuckles Stages:
https://youtu.be/RXXdqLwt1DA?si=Hmc0iuj2Tpl_1iHn

Timestamp:
Stage:
Upgrade(s) required:
0:00
Wild Canyon
Sunglasses
0:58
Pumpkin Hill
Sunglasses
2:13
Aquatic Mine
Sunglasses, Air Necklace, Mystic Melody
4:19
Death Chamber
Mystic Melody, Air Necklace
7:00
Meteor Herd
Sunglasses

All Shadow Stages:
https://youtu.be/FWQx_IonfjM?si=W8rpNYrGq5n7oXZy

Timestamp:
Stage:
Gold beetle appears at:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
Radical Highway
1:59
16000
2:58
White Jungle
5:36
13000
6:08
Sky Rail
7:25
10000
8:16
Final Chase
9:14
10000

All Dr Eggman Stages:
https://youtu.be/h215Rv9OSiw?si=yT0OckXfMgOulL8a

Timestamp:
Stage:
Gold beetle appears at:
Score required for A rank:
0:00
Iron Gate
0:40
19000
2:19
Sand Ocean
3:16
23000
4:46
Lost Colony
6:46
44000
8:35
Weapons Bed
No gold beetle
30000
11:32
Cosmic Wall
No gold beetle
100000 for PC and 50000 for Dreamcast

All Rouge Stages:
https://youtu.be/vOSolXZrfQE?si=KMAj0k35h8I8F8nb

How to do a screw kick as Rouge: Kick twice, then move the right analog stick fast in a circle clockwise.

Timestamp:
Stage:
Upgrade required:
0:00
Dry Lagoon
Treasure scope
0:54
Egg Quarters
None
2:49
Security Hall
None
4:08
Route 280
None
7:40
Mad Space
None

Cannon's Core: https://youtu.be/wICVFefAaIE?si=yCvSAtJM289X4pBv

Score required for A Rank: 29000

Timestamp:
Character:
Gold Beetle appears at:
0:00
Tails
No gold beetle
1:29
Dr Eggman
No gold beetle
3:31
Rouge
No gold beetle
4:49
Knuckles
No gold beetle
6:17
Sonic
6:52
All Bosses
⠀
There are no A ranks for boss battles, but I thought I'd share this section regardless, for those that may need a guide on how to beat them quickly.

https://youtu.be/2up_1esarl4?si=W3-kCt6bpTVXtnGH

Hero Story:

Timestamp:
Boss:
0:00
F-6t Big Foot
0:50
Dr. Eggman (1st phase)
1:19
Shadow (1st phase)
2:16
King Boom Boo
6:11
Egg Golem
8:04
Rouge
8:46
Dr. Eggman (2nd phase)
9:41
Shadow (2nd phase)

Dark Story:

Timestamp:
Boss:
10:52
B-3x Hot Shot
11:48
Tails (1st phase)
12:22
R-1/A Flying Dog
13:22
Sonic (1st phase)
13:50
Egg Golem
15:06
Knuckles
16:02
Tails (2nd phase)
17:00
Sonic (2nd phase)

Last Story:

Timestamp:
Boss:
18:05
The Biolizard
21:41
The Final Hazard
Bonus: Green Hill Zone
⠀
In the vanilla game, you can only play Green Hill Zone as Sonic. I used mods to play as other characters, so you can ignore them if you wish.
My playthrough as Sonic here is guaranteed to show you how to get an A rank.
It is important to defeat as many enemies as possible, and collect as many rings as possible, while making sure to beat the stage in a short time to get an A rank.

https://youtu.be/QLGA3ab3d4A?si=_kEg61DMpYjMWUje

Score required for A Rank: 13000

Timestamp:
Character:
0:00
Sonic
2:13
Shadow
4:17
Metal Sonic
6:14
Blaze
8:18
Tails
10:08
Knuckles
11:54
Tikal
13:40
Rouge

5 Comments
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EnchantedNebula  [author] 24 Jan @ 9:23am 
@xDark Added the score requirement to the guide! Thank you so much.
xDark 23 Jan @ 5:10am 
13000 points are needed to A rank GHZ.
EnchantedNebula  [author] 21 Jan @ 6:41am 
@MetoolMan I don't think anyone has figured it out yet, sadly. Good luck, though!
MetoolMan 20 Jan @ 10:22pm 
The GHZ rank requirement is unknown? Is it not possible to find the value somewhere? Is it just that no one has bother to figure it out?

I'm FREAKIN' out man
chiprt 16 Jan @ 11:35am 
nice guide :steamthumbsup: