Editing Rock Star - Stage 3

{{Infobox-K64Stage
|image= [[File:K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 02.png|300px]]
|caption= [[Kirby]] finds a trio of [[Bo]]s guarding a massive fossil in a big cavernous region
|level=[[Rock Star]]
|stage=3
|midboss=Big [[Fishbone]]
|friend={{N}}
|theme music=[[File:K64 Inside The Castle theme.mp3]]
|theme title="[[Inside the Castle]]"
|description=Clip of the theme music for Rock Star - Stage 3.
|previous=[[Rock Star - Stage 2|Stage 2]]
|next=[[Rock Star - Stage 4|Stage 4]]
}}
'''Rock Star - Stage 3''' is the third stage of [[Rock Star]] in ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''. The stage is set in the depths of an enormous cavern complex with lots of sand and water intermixing, along with the fossils of massive creatures.

==Overview==
The stage begins with Kirby falling into a huge cave from a hole in the ceiling. The path continues to the right through this massive region, past a large skeleton with a crystal shard inside, and many spooky enemies. At the right end of the path, Kirby has to jump into a sand pit to move to the next area.

The pit leads to a sandy circular chamber. There are two pits along this path that lead further down. The right pit leads directly to the fourth room.

The left pit leads to a mid-boss encounter with [[Fishbone]]. Defeating it is necessary to proceed downward. 

In the next chamber, there are two separate areas, one of which Kirby will end up on. The path on the back contains a crystal shard. The path continues down another sand pit.

Both paths leads down to a lower pathway, which leads past puddles of water and sand pots. These pits contain [[Snipper]]s, so Kirby should not linger there. At the end, the path continues down a hole inside a pool.

Kirby falls down a waterfall to another pool, which then leads ashore to a sandy path with more Snippers. At the right end of the path, Kirby will jump into another pool and swim to the right.

The next path is an entirely underwater affair. Kirby has to first descend a chute full of Fishbone to reach a passageway at the bottom.

Still underwater, the path leads up another chute. Going up, Kirby will have to dodge some fossil spinal columns that will fall his way. The stage exit can be found to the right from the top of the chute.

===Crystal Shard guide===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=5|Crystal Shard locations in Rock Star - Stage 3 &nbsp;
|-
!Image
!How to reach
|-
|{{Center|[[File:K64 Rock Star Stage 3 Crystal Shard 1.png|150px]]<br>'''Shard 1'''}}
|The first [[Crystal Shard]] can be found in the first area, inside a large fossil skeleton. To get in there, Kirby will need some variant of the [[Stone]] ability.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:K64 Rock Star Stage 3 Crystal Shard 2.png|150px]]<br>'''Shard 2'''}}
|The second shard can be found in a sand pit after defeating the Mid-Boss [[Fishbone]]. To get there, Kirby will have to take the second sand pit immediately on the left after entering the first one.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:K64 Rock Star Stage 3 Crystal Shard 3.png|150px]]<br>'''Shard 3'''}}
|The third shard can be found at the top of an underwater chute, past the shooting Fishbones and falling fossil spines. It is in the upper-left corner.
|}

==Enemies, mid-bosses and abilities==
{| class="wikitable"
!Image
!Name
!Copy Ability
!Image
!Name
!Copy Ability
|-
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Bo Sprite.png]]
|[[Bo]]
|align=center|None
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Galbo Sprite.png]]
|[[Galbo]]
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Burning Sprite.png|link=Burning]]
|-
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Bobo Sprite.png]]
|[[Bobo]]
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Burning Sprite.png|link=Burning]]
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Glunk Sprite.png]]
|[[Glunk]]
|align=center|None
|-
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Bonehead Sprite.png]]
|[[Bonehead]]
|align=center|None
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Mariel Sprite.png]]
|[[Mariel]]
|align=center|None (hazardous to inhale)
|-
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Chilly Sprite.png]]
|[[Chilly]]
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Ice Sprite.png|link=Ice]]
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Mite Sprite.png]]
|[[Mite]]
|align=center|None
|-
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Fishbone Sprite.png]]
|[[Fishbone]]
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Cutter Sprite.png|link=Cutter]]
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Sandman Sprite.png]]
|[[Sandman]]
|align=center|None
|-
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Flopper Sprite.png]]
|[[Flopper]]
|align=center|None
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Snipper Sprite.png]]
|[[Snipper]]
|align=center|N/A
|-
|align=center|[[Image:K64 Gabon Sprite.png]]
|[[Gabon]]
|align=center|None
|colspan="3"|
|-
!colspan="6" | Mid-Bosses
|-
|align=center style="padding:10px;" colspan="6" | Big [[Fishbone]]
|-
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 01.png|Kirby hops down a hole into the cave, as he frequently does
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 03.png|Finding a sand vortex leading further down
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 04.png|Making a choice of vortexes to descend further
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 05.png|Battling Big Fishbone using [[Burn-Cutter]]
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 06.png|Hopping into yet another sand pit
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 07.png|Crossing a [[Snipper]] den
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 08.png|Finding pools of water in the cave
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 09.png|Emerging from a pool fed by a waterfall
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 10.png|[[Mariel]] guards the edge of the sand pit.
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 11.png|Swimming through a fully submerged portion of the cave
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 12.png|Following a line of [[Point Star]]s in the underwater cave
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 13.png|Avoiding pieces of falling fossil spine fragments
K64 Rock Star Stage 3 screenshot 14.png|Reaching the exit, shaped like a dragon's mouth
</gallery>

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