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'''The Woods of Light''', also known as '''the Clearing''', is the first level in ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]'' and its remakes. It follows [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]]'s escape from [[the Buccaneer]], and is the first level in all versions of the game but [[Rayman 2 Forever|the Game Boy Color adaptation]], in which it doesn't appear at all. It is a tutorial level without enemies and significantly shorter than the other levels in the game. This is where [[Rayman]] learns that [[Ly the Fairy]] was captured by the [[Robo-Pirate Army|pirates]] and then decides to set her free. It is mentioned that the fairy likes to hang out in this area.

| preceded by = [[The Buccaneer]] (escape)

[[Rayman]] soon finds the first [[cage]] in the game, which contains the first [[yellow Lum]] he will collect. He has to go down a waterfall, and then up a small valley to find three [[baby Globox]]es crying.

They temporarily calm down when they see [[Rayman]], but start crying again when they learn he has no idea where their father is. [[Rayman]] then asks where [[Ly the Fairy|Ly]] is, and the babies burst in tears, telling him she was captured by the [[Robo-Pirate Army|pirates]].

[[Rayman]] then decides to head for [[the Fairy Glade]], where she is help captive, and frees a group of [[Teensie]]s who argue over who of them is the king. If he has collected the five [[yellow Lum]]s in the level, he will be able to use [[the Hall of Doors]] and leave the place.

[[File:R2TGE-PC-TheWoodsOfLight-HallOfDoors.jpg|left|thumb|320px|The [[Spiral Door]] in [[the Hall of Doors]] which takes [[Rayman]] to the Woods of Light]]

[[Image:BzzitRayman2.jpg|thumb|320px|none|A few [[mosquito]]es briefly appear in the Woods of Light]]

| preceded by = [[The Buccaneer]] (escape)

 

The level is almost identical to that in the original version, though it is graphically enhanced; for example, [[Popolopoï]]s and a flower bed were added to the area where Rayman learns to wall jump. The most notable gameplay enhancement is the inclusion of a [[Purple Lum]] found high up in the air at the near end of the level.  Rayman can only reach this once he climbs between the two walls to the top of the ledge, and then the [[Purple Lum]] will take him onto another ledge that gives him access to the [[Globox Village]], a location exclusive to the Dreamcast version. However, Rayman will need to return to the Woods of Light in order to use it, once he has rescued [[Ly]] from her prison in the [[Fairy Glade]] and acquired the power to swing onto Purple Lums from the [[Silver Lum]] she gives to him.

In the iOS version, which is directly based off of the Dreamcast version, the ledge to access Globox Village and Murphy's hint stone still exist, but as the village itself has been removed, the Purple Lum is absent and the hint stone does not function.

<td valign="top">[[Image:TheWoodsOfLightButterfliesDC.jpg|thumb|left|320px|[[Popolopoï]]s can be found in the Dreamcast version]]</td>

<td valign="top">[[Image:ExtraPurpleLum.jpg|thumb|none|320px|This [[Purple Lum]] will help [[Rayman]] find the [[Globox Village]]]]</td>

<td valign="top">[[Image:GloboxVillage.jpg|thumb|right|320px|The [[Globox Village]], a secret location hidden away in the Woods of Light]]</td>

| preceded by = [[The Buccaneer]] (escape)

[[Image:The Hall of Doors PS1 01 The Clearing.jpg|thumb|320px|left|The [[Spiral Door]] in [[the Hall of Doors]] which leads to the Clearing]]

 

Compared to the original version, there are twice as many [[Yellow Lum]]s to be found, and only one [[cage]], that being the cage carrying the [[Grand Minimus]] - both the cage that was supposed to carry the first [[Yellow Lum]] and the wooden grating underneath it are absent.

[[Image:TheClearingWaterfall.jpg|left|thumb|320px|The waterfall at the beginning of the level]]

[[image:TheClearingBabyGloboxes.jpg|none|thumb|320px|Three [[Baby Globox]]es crying]]

| preceded by = [[The Buccaneer]] (escape)

==PlayStation 2 version==

 

[[File:FamiliarSpiritWoL.jpg|thumb|320px|left|Instead of a [[Yellow Lum]], a [[Familiar Spirit]] is found in the very first cage.]]

In ''[[Rayman Revolution]]'', this level may only be accessed once and as such it is not connected to any of the three hubs in the game. The beginning area has been completely remodelled (for example the waterfall and the stone bridge seen in previous versions are absent). While the five [[Yellow Lum]]s and the two [[cage]]s remain intact in this version, instead of a Yellow Lum, the first of 80 [[Familiar Spirit]]s is rescued from the first cage in the level (the other cage carrying the [[Grand Minimus]] and his cohorts does not count towards the total number of cages in the game), and [[Murfy]] will appear to explain the purpose of these blue spirits. The Yellow Lum that is usually found in the cage in other versions is located at the ledge opposite the ledge on which the [[Baby Globox]]es stand, and a [[Stone of Thought]] explains the purpose of the Yellow Lums instead of Murfy himself initially.  

At the end of the level, [[Rayman]] finally acquires his [[magic fist]] from the [[Grand Minimus]], who gives him a [[Silver Lum]] that again was passed to him by [[Ly]], thus permanently replacing his punching power which he used to break the cages. The spiral door the Grand Minimus creates for Rayman will not take him to either the [[Hall of Doors]] nor the [[Isle of Doors]], but to the [[Minisaurus Plain]], therefore he will not be able to return to the Woods of Light from then on.