[Sonic Mania] Every Giant Special Stage Ring in the Game (And How to Reach Them)

Protip: Turn on Closed Captioning for additional commentary This video is intended as a guide to finding all giant rings for the special stages in Sonic Mania. As such this video shows you how to get to each ring from the start of the level, although there are usually many different ways to reach them. Timestamps: 0:00:00 Green Hill Zone Act 1 (1) 0:00:44 Green Hill Zone Act 1 (2) 0:01:13 Green Hill Zone Act 1 (Knuckles) 0:01:33 Green Hill Zone Act 2 (1) 0:02:13 Green Hill Zone Act 2 (2) 0:03:01 Green Hill Zone Act 2 (3) 0:03:52 Chemical Plant Zone Act 1 (1) 0:04:27 Chemical Plant Zone Act 1 (2) 0:05:11 Chemical Plant Zone Act 1 (3) 0:05:30 Chemical Plant Zone Act 1 (4) 0:06:06 Chemical Plant Zone Act 2 (1) 0:06:59 Chemical Plant Zone Act 2 (2) 0:08:12 Chemical Plant Zone Act 2 (3) 0:09:10 Studiopolis Zone Act 1 (1) 0:09:40 Studiopolis Zone Act 1 (2) [Method shown is more difficult for Knuckles] 0:10:38 Studiopolis Zone Act 1 (3) 0:11:07 Studiopolis Zone Act 2 (1) 0:12:01 Studiopolis Zone Act 2 (2) 0:12:32 Studiopolis Zone Act 2 (3) 0:13:33 Studiopolis Zone Act 2 (3) [Alternate Method] 0:14:01 Flying Battery Zone Act 1 (1) 0:16:34 Flying Battery Zone Act 1 (2) 0:16:54 Flying Battery Zone Act 2 (1) 0:17:21 Flying Battery Zone Act 2 (2) 0:19:07 Flying Battery Zone Act 2 (3) [Method shown was patched] 0:20:36 Flying Battery Zone Act 2 (4) 0:21:46 Press Garden Zone Act 1 (1) 0:22:25 Press Garden Zone Act 1 (2) 0:23:51 Press Garden Zone Act 2 (1) 0:24:50 Press Garden Zone Act 2 (2) 0:25:22 Press Garden Zone Act 2 (3) 0:25:53 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1 (1) 0:26:46 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1 (2) 0:27:36 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1 (3) 0:28:33 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 2 (1) 0:28:51 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 2 (2) 0:29:36 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 2 (3) 0:30:01 Hydrocity Zone Act 1 (1) 0:30:59 Hydrocity Zone Act 1 (2) 0:32:13 Hydrocity Zone Act 1 (3) 0:33:51 Hydrocity Zone Act 2 (1) 0:35:53 Hydrocity Zone Act 2 (2) 0:36:34 Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 ST (1) 0:36:56 Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 K (1) 0:37:16 Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 K (2) 0:38:44 Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 K (3) 0:40:20 Mirage Saloon Zone Act 2 (1) 0:41:00 Mirage Saloon Zone Act 2 (2) 0:41:49 Mirage Saloon Zone Act 2 (3) 0:42:53 Oil Ocean Zone Act 1 (1) 0:43:21 Oil Ocean Zone Act 1 (2) 0:44:12 Oil Ocean Zone Act 1 (3) 0:45:07 Oil Ocean Zone Act 2 (1) 0:46:42 Oil Ocean Zone Act 2 (2) 0:47:52 Lava Reef Zone Act 1 (1) 0:49:26 Lava Reef Zone Act 1 (2) 0:51:52 Lava Reef Zone Act 2 (1) 0:52:35 Lava Reef Zone Act 2 (2) 0:53:35 Lava Reef Zone Act 2 (3) 0:54:12 Lava Reef Zone Act 2 (4) 0:55:48 Lava Reef Zone Act 2 (Knuckles) 0:57:01 Metallic Madness Act 1 (1) 0:57:51 Metallic Madness Act 1 (2) 0:58:33 Metallic Madness Act 1 (3) 0:59:46 Metallic Madness Act 2 (1) 1:01:05 Metallic Madness Act 2 (2) 1:03:11 Titanic Monarch Act 1 (1) 1:05:00 Titanic Monarch Act 1 (2) 1:06:35 Titanic Monarch Act 2 (1) 68 big rings total. 63 giant rings available for Sonic and Tails with 1 exclusive giant ring in MS1-ST, while 5 are exclusive to Knuckles in GH1, LR2, and MS1-K.