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Hilltop Layer is the third layer in Donkey Kong Bananza. Check out where to find the locations of all Hilltop Layer Bananas, fossils, and other collectibles in this level!
| Hilltop Layer Guides | |
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| Walkthrough | Collectibles |
List of Contents
| Banandium Gems | Total: 38 |
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| Fossils | Total: 30
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| Checkpoints | Total: 5 |
| Challenges | Total: 7 |
There are 38 bananas and 30 fossils available in Hilltop Layer.
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Found with story progression. |
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Follow the blue fractone into the tunnel and keep digging towards it to reach the Banandium Gem. |
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Give gold to the Hilltop Growtone. |
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Give gold to the Hilltop Growtone for the second time. |
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Give gold to the Hilltop Growtone for the third time. |
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Enter the manhole and use your Kong Bananza powers to break through the floors quickly and defeat the Crockoid. |
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Throw Boomrocks at the floating cubes under Fractone Village then break the wall to reveal the Banandium Gem. |
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Found at the start of Fractone Village Challenge Course 1. |
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Found inside the Fractone Village Challenge Course 1. Ride the vertically moving platform, then break the thorny wall to get the gem. |
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Found just before the end of Fractone Village Challenge Course 1. |
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Enter the gold-laden cave under Fractone Village and free the missing fractone piece behind the wall to receive a Banandium Gem as a reward. |
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Find all three missing Fractone piece to receive the second Banandium Gem reward. |
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| 13 |
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Clear Battle Challenge 2 inside the banana-shaped crevice near Fractone Village. |
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Head to the concrete banana near Fractone Village and talk to the Fractone there. Find the four hidden Fractones afterward to receive the Banandium Gem reward. |
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Break 20,000 m3 of rocks on the Hilltop Layer, then talk to the Fractone behind the void banana in front of the Construction Site. |
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Go to the concrete banana structure near the Construction Site, then break the top part of the banana to provide sunlight for the Fractone. |
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Found at the end of Thorny Hill Speed Surf Challenge Course 2. |
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| 18 |
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Found inside Thorny Hill Speed Surf Challenge Course 2. Get to the finish line within the time limit. |
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| 19 |
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Found inside Thorny Hill Speed Surf Challenge Course 2. After the finish line, perform a Chunk Jump over the wall on the far end to find it on the opposite side. |
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| 20 |
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Complete the Shift-Smash Challenge located inside the cave at the base of the banana mountain. |
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Enter the manhole and defeat three Crockoids. |
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Found with story progression. |
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Climb the top of Peel Peak and throw dirt onto the cloud lift to make the Gem fall. |
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| 24 |
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Found inside a concrete wall at the foot of the statue of three bananas. |
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| 25 |
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Complete the Shift Smash Challenge inside the banana-shaped cave at the end of the muddy area near Peel Peak. |
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| 26 |
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Found inside Spiked-Tide Slope Challenge Course 3. The Banandium Gem is found along the course. |
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| 27 |
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Found at the end of Spiked-Tide Slope Challenge Course 3. |
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Found inside Spiked-Tide Slope Challenge Course 3. On the bridge leading to the end of the course, look below to see an area you can drop down to. Go down and pull out the radishes to find two Boom Rocks. Throw one at the concrete floor ahead to make the spiked balls fall down, and throw another at the concrete wall on the ceiling so you can climb across. Go back and climb up to reach the mesh on the ceiling, and climb across it to reach the Banandium Gem on the other side. |
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Follow the flying platform and when it gets close to the ground, break the Banandium Gem. |
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In the area where the spiked balls are rolling towards the concrete circle in the middle, use the Hand Slap to make walls appear around the concrete circle to block the spiked balls from getting in. Once there are no spiked balls in the middle, use Kong Bananza and slam the ground to find a secret room with the Banandium Gem. |
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Answer the 3 questions correctly to get a Banandium Gem. |
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From the top of the banana-shaped hill near the previous Banandium Gem, throw a rock at the flying platform to make it fall. |
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Clear the Triangular Stone Prism Challenge inside the banana-shaped crevice near the Warp Gong. |
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Hidden behind a breakable wall halfway down the tunnel at the Construction Site. Use Kong Bananza to break the wall. |
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Found inside Nostalgia Country Challenge Course. At the very start, grab a rock and use Chunk Jump to go up and to the left. You'll find DK's house; jump on the tire to reach the Banandium Gem and break it. |
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Found inside Nostalgia Country Challenge Course. The Banandium Gem is found along the course. |
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Found at the end of Nostalgia Country Challenge Course. |
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Buy with Banandium Chips to get a Gem. The price will vary depending on how many you have purchased from other layers. You only need to exchange once for the collectible to count. |
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Banandium Gems List and Locations
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Under the tip of the giant stone banana in Fractone Village. |
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Found behind the Construction Site's sinkhole. |
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From the Surf Hills Checkpoint, follow the path to the stone banana tunnel. Turn right before the entrance to find the Fossil on the cliff. |
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Drop down to the right side of the Surf Hills Checkpoint to find the Fossil on a cliff below. |
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Turn around from the Surf Hills Checkpoint and drop down the cliff to find the Fossil. |
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Found at the neck of a large stone banana hanging from the edge of Fractone Village. |
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Embedded on the base of the landform where the Surf Hills Checkpoint is located. |
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Found near the bottom of the muddy platform in Fractone Village. |
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Embedded on the cliff between the Chip Exchange and Stuff Shop in Fractone Village. |
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Hidden inside the platform where a troubled Fractone is walking around. The platform is located near the giant stone banana across Fractone Village. |
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Hidden inside the platform where a troubled Fractone is walking around. The platform is located near the giant stone banana across Fractone Village. |
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Hidden inside the platform where a troubled Fractone is walking around. The platform is located near the giant stone banana across Fractone Village. |
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Embedded on a rock sticking out of the hill nearest to the Surf Hills Checkpoint. |
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Found on a stone banana sticking out of the ground near Fractone Village. |
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Found on the top of the giant stone banana between Fractone Village and the Construction Site. |
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Found at the neck of the giant stone banana between Fractone Village and the Construction Site. |
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Embedded on the cliff of the Construction Site, near a bed of flowers. |
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Located above the Challenge Ruin at the Construction Site. |
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Look for a troubled Fractone walking on a flower bed near the giant stone banana of Surf Hills. Excavate the center of this spot to find a Chest containing this Fossil. |
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Found on a rotating pillar on the field surrounding Peel Peak. |
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Buried in the muddy mound at the base of Peel Peak. Look for the mound with gold at its tip and dig until you fall down its hollow part and find three Fossils. |
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Buried in the muddy mound at the base of Peel Peak. Look for the mound with gold at its tip and dig until you fall down its hollow part and find three Fossils. |
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Buried in the muddy mound at the base of Peel Peak. Look for the mound with gold at its tip and dig until you fall down its hollow part and find three Fossils. |
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Found on the tip of the third stone banana in Peel Peak. |
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Smash through the third stone banana in Peel Peak to find three Fossils inside. |
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Smash through the third stone banana in Peel Peak to find three Fossils inside. |
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Smash through the third stone banana in Peel Peak to find three Fossils inside. |
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Found on the left side while ascending Peel Peak. |
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Found at the sinkhole of the Construction Site being examined by a Fractone. |
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Found along the wall of the sinkhole at the Construction Site. |
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Surf Hills Checkpoint (SL 200)
This is the starting point of the Hilltop Layer. |
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Fractone Village Checkpoint (SL 200)
This checkpoint is located in the middle of Fractone Village. |
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Construction Site Checkpoint (SL 200)
The Construction Site checkpoint is located near Peel Peak. If you haven't demolished it yet, there should be a banana formation in this area. |
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Peel Peak Checkpoint (SL 200)
Found on top of the muddy Peel Peak. Use Chunk Jump to climb up to this checkpoint. |
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Undertone Canal Checkpoint (SL 200)
Jump down the hole from the Construction Site to activate the Undertone Canal checkpoint. |
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Fractone Village Warp Gong
Found at Fractone Village, opposite the Stuff Shop. |
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How to Teeleport: Fast Travel Guide
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Crockoid x 1 Hilltop Layer Battle Challenge 1 Found in one of the houses with two Fractones looking at the entrance. You'll need to punch down to enter the challenge ruins. |
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Crockoid x3 Hilltop Layer Battle Challenge 2 Located slightly northeast of Fractone Village in a small cave with a banana arch. |
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Crockoid x 3 Hilltop Layer Battle Challenge 3 Found in the mudhole wall at the muddy area heading to Peel Peak with falling spiky enemies. |
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Shifty Platform Ahead Hilltop Layer Challenge Course 1 Located on a floating platform on the western side of Fractone Village between the Style Shop and the Chip Exchange. You'll need to throw a chunk of ground to create a floating platform to access the area. |
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Thorny Hill Speed Surf Hilltop Layer Challenge Course 2 Found near the tall gold deposits and on the base of the plateau with the large Void Banana. You will have to clear the Void Seals to access this course. |
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Spiked-Tide Slope Hilltop Layer Challenge Course 3 Found on the muddy platform at the left side of the large banana-like structure. You will have to clear the Void Seals to access this course. |
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Nostalgia Country Hilltop Layer Challenge Course 4 Found near the entrance of the Undertone Canal. You will have to clear the Void Seals to access this course. |
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Quaking for Gold
From the Undertone Canal checkpoint, break the stone wall behind the sinkhole. |
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Fractone Village Style Shop
This Style Shop is located in Fractone Village beside the Chip Exchange. |
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Cordial and cheery, like the gift of a dozen roses. | |||||||
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Zesty and intense, like sour citrus picked straight from its tree. | |||||||
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Regal as the king of any jungle. | |||||||
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Fractone Village Stuff Shop
This Suff Shop is located in Fractone Village beside the Chip Exchange. |
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Fractone Village Chip Exchange
This Chip Exchange is located in Fractone Village, between the Style Shop and Stuff Shop. |
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Hilltop Layer Sinkhole Void Stake
Can be found near the Saga of the Exploritone, Verse 1 Tablet. You need to demolish the Construction Site structure in order to reach this area. |
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From the Warp Gong, look right of the main banana bunch to spot Cranky on a floating platform above a lone banana.
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Trailhead Getaway |
Hilltop Layer only has one Getaway called Trailhead Getaway near Peel Peak.
Getaway Guide: All Getaway Locations
Hilltop Layer Banana and Fossil Locations (SL 200)



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