Giant Dam Stage

Giant Dam Stage (巨大ダムステージ) is Toxic Seahorse's stage in Mega Man X3.

Description
The stage begins in the depths of the dam, where the water is dark and impure. After travelling close to the rushing water, the stage goes vertical and forces X to scale a tall shaft full of pouring water. Next is a Bit or Byte's potential sub-boss room, followed by a hallway with a Ride Armor Platform at the end of it. Then there is a wide-open underwater segment with two possible routes: the higher path has rotors that push X back but can be destroyed with a Frog Ride Armor, while the lower path is more hazardous with pits and spikes. Either way, they lead to a sub-boss room for the encounter with Hotareeca. Afterwards, there is a brief outdoor segment where the massive dam can easily be seen, before dropping down to Toxic Seahorse's arena.

Enemies

 * Caterkiller
 * Earth Commander
 * Head Gunner customer (before completing Blast Hornet's stage)
 * Head Gunner masspro (after completing Blast Hornet's stage)
 * Mine Tortoise
 * Notor Banger
 * Victoroid
 * Sub-boss: Hotareeca

Items

 * Life Up: While in the tall water-shaft segment, continue all the way to the top to easily find the Life Up.
 * Change-H (Hawk): Destroy the underwater rotors with the Frog Ride Armor - try not to destroy too many Mine Tortoises, lest their shells impede you later on. Then "water jump" (jump across the surface of the water) to the left to find the Hawk mod part on a ledge. An alternate method is using a charged Frost Shield to create a platform that automatically floats up to the surface, which can be done right underneath the ledge.
 * Foot Chip: Instead of going left across the water to find the Change-H, go right to find the capsule.