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In ''[[Rayman 2]]'', the 1000th Yellow Lum first appears in the cutscene which plays when [[Rayman]] enters [[the Bayou]] for the first time. [[Razorbeard|Admiral Razorbeard]] is shown sitting in his cabin on board the ''[[Buccaneer]]'', when the [[Spyglass Pirate]] arrives to inform him that [[Rayman]] has reached the swamps. [[Admiral Razorbeard|Razorbeard]] goes into a fit of rage and orders that a [[Warship]] be despatched to destroy [[Rayman]] before he finds the [[Four Masks of Polokus]]. He then picks up a [[Yellow Lum]] and eats it. The [[Yellow Lum|Lums]] counter on [[Rayman]]'s heads-up display, which had previously read ‘xxx/1000’, changes permanently to ‘xxx/999’. However, the 1000th Yellow Lum can be found at a later point in the game. He does not have to collect the other 999 [[Yellow Lum]]s first, but most players presumably would, as the 1000th one is hidden in a more obscure location than any other. Collecting it does not restore the [[Yellow Lum|Lums]] counter on the heads-up display to ‘xxx/1000’, which may be a programming oversight. Near the end of the first phase of the [[Tomb of the Ancients]], [[Rayman]] can find a secret passageway by jumping off a high ledge and [[helicopter]]ing into a hidden recess in a wall. He then finds himself in a passageway leading to a secret chamber. There is a large pool of swamp water from one side of the chamber to the other; on the far side is an enormous [[skull]] with the 1000th Yellow Lum in its right eyesocket. It is not known how it came to be there after [[Razorbeard|Admiral Razorbeard]] swallowed it. To get the 1000th Yellow Lum, [[Rayman]] must fight six [[Henchman 800|Henchmen 800]], two at a time. The first two appear in the giant [[skull]]'s eyesockets as soon as [[Rayman]] enters the chamber; once he defeats them with his [[magic fist]], a platform rises out of the swamp water. When [[Rayman]] steps onto the platform, two more [[Henchman 800|Henchmen 800]] appear in the same positions as the last two. When they are defeated, another platform rises, and when [[Rayman]] steps on it, another two [[Henchman 800|Henchmen 800]] appear for him to fight. He can then jump forward onto a horizontal [[Spider (Rayman 2)|spider]] web directly in front of the [[skull]]. Two [[small spider]]s are crawling on the [[skull]]; they can hurt [[Rayman]] and even knock him into the deadly swamp water if he is not careful. The [[Spider (Rayman 2)|spider]] web can bounce [[Rayman]] high enough to climb into the eyesocket and collect the 1000th Yellow Lum. Unlike other [[Yellow Lum]]s, [[Rayman]] shouts ‘Yahoo!’ when he collects it, emphasising its significance. Inside and behind the [[skull]] is a slide into a pit of darkness; after [[Rayman]] falls down, he lands at the beginning of the second phase of the level, just as he would have if he had completed the first phase through by going through the normal ending point. The 1000th Yellow Lum is not counted as one of the [[Tomb of the Ancients]]'s fifty [[Yellow Lum]]s in this version; the level has an actual total of fifty-one [[Yellow Lum]]s.

In the PlayStation version of ''[[Rayman 2]]'', the 1000th Yellow Lum does not appear. Instead of eating a [[Yellow Lum]], [[Razorbeard|Admiral Razorbeard]] eats a [[Red Lum]]. Normal [[Robo-Pirate]]s eat [[Red Lum]]s, according to [[the Knowledge of the World]] (and evidenced by the fact that [[Red Lum]]s can be found when they are destroyed). In the other versions of the game, [[Admiral Razorbeard|Razorbeard]] is shown to be the only [[Robo-Pirate]] who eats [[Lum]]s of any variety other than [[Red Lum|Red]]. This may be because [[Yellow Lum]]s are much rarer and more valuable than [[Red Lum]]s. In this version of the game, only 800 [[Yellow Lum]]s are said to exist. This change was presumably made due to the limitations of the PlayStation's hardware.

In [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3'']], [[Razorbeard|Admiral Razorbeard]] never eats the 1000th Yellow Lum (there is some indication that he wants to eat a [[Black Lum]] to gain its power, but this is unclear). As such, the [[Yellow Lum]]s counter on the heads-up display reads ‘xxx/1000’ throughout the entire game. Once [[Rayman]] has broken all fifty [[cage]]s and collected the other 999 [[Yellow Lum]]s, a final bonus level, entitled [[Lum Challenge]], is unlocked in the [[Pirate Stronghold]], the last of the game's four worlds. Upon entering it through its [[magic curtain]], [[Rayman]] finds himself in a very difficult, platforming-oriented level, at the end of which is a single [[Yellow Lum]]. Victorious music plays when [[Rayman]] collects it. It is not clear if this 1000th Yellow Lum is the same one that was eaten by [[Admiral Razorbeard|Razorbeard]] and then found in the [[Tomb of the Ancients]] in ''[[Rayman 2]]'' and ''[[Rayman Revolution|Revolution]]''.