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Donkey Kong Bananza

Kong Bananza: City Smash Puzzle Guide

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Donkey Kong Bananza Canyon Layer Challenge Course 1 Guide
Kong Bananza: City Smash is a Challenge Ruin in the Canyon Layer in Donkey Kong Bananza. See the walkthrough, puzzle solution, and location of the Challenge Course here!

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Kong Bananza: City Smash Location

Canyon Layer

Overworld View Map Location
Canyon Layer Challenge Course 1 Overworld Location
Canyon Layer Challenge Course 1 Map Location
Location: Canyon Layer (SL300)
Challenge No.: Canyon Layer Challenge Course 1

Pay 1000 Gold to Unlock the Entrance

Canyon Layer Challenge Course 1 Entrance

To unlock the door to the Challenge Ruins, speak with the Constructone on the right side and pay 1000 Gold to remove the rubble blocking the entrance. Transform into Kong Bananza and punch the door to open it.

Kong Bananza: City Smash Puzzle Solution

Destroy the Building Within the Time Limit

Destroy the Building Within the Time Limit

Use Charged Punches to destroy all the concrete terrain on the building within 1 minute to complete the challenge and obtain the Banandium Gem (Wrecked by Kong Bananza).

Finish with 20 Seconds or More to Get the 2nd Banandium Gem

Banandium Gem (Quickly with Kong Bananza)
Finishing the challenge with 20 seconds or more rewards you with the second Banandium Gem (Quickly with Kong Bananza).

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How to Get Beneath the Central Pillar Banandium Gem

Destroy the Concrete Wall Blocking the Entrance of the Pillar

Enter the wooden barrel to reach the second floor of the building. Destroy the concrete walls to reach the central pillar blocked by another concrete wall. Destroy it and enter the pillar.

Perform a Dive Punch to destroy the concrete floor to collec the Banandium Gem (Beneath the Central Pillar) underneath it.

Donkey Kong Bananza Related Guides

Challenge Ruins

List of Challenge Ruins

All Challenge Ruins

Layer Challenge Ruins
Lagoon Layer Challenge Courses
1. Hangin' on Roof Road
2. Thorn-Choked Conveyor
3. Kong Bananza: Pop Party
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x3
2. Antickoid x6
3. Peekaboopoid x50
4. Buzzoid x 3
5. Crockoid x2
Hilltop Layer Challenge Courses
1. Shifty Platform Ahead
2. Thorny Hill Speed Surf
3. Spiked-Tide Slope
4. Nostalgia Country
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x 1
2. Crockoid x 3
3. Crockoid x 3
Canyon Layer Challenge Courses
1. Kong Bananza: City Smash
2. Thorny Blast Cave
3. Big Wheel Balloon Hunt
4. Spinning Laser Zone
5. Stompy Ascent
Battle Challenges
1. Squeeloid x10
2. Squeeloid x5
3. Crockoid x3
4. Stompoid x2
5. Stompoid x5
6. Stompoid x2
The Divide Challenge Courses
1. Great Switcheroo Hall
Freezer Layer Challenge Courses
1. Red-Hot Rotations
2. Zebra Bananza: Party Pop
3. Rising Iceberg Rush
4. Precarious, Powdery Path
5. Ice-Serve Slope
Battle Challenges
1. Rolluskoid x3
2. Crockoid x6
3. Antickoids x5
4. Rolluskoid x3
5. Antickoid x6
6. Squeeloid x8
Forest Layer Challenge Courses
1. Bramble Country
2. All-You-Can-Eat-Tower
3. Ostrich Bananza: Flighty Feast
4. Bouncing for Bananas
5. Pit Seeds
Battle Challenges
1. Squeeloid x5
2. Buzzoid x2
3. Antickoid x5
4. Munchoid x4
6. Munchoid x4
The Junction Challenge Courses
1. Crossing Through Crosshairs
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x 2
Resort Layer Challenge Courses
1. Mine-Cart Country
2. Switch-Lane Skyway
3. Ice-Serce Switcheroo
Battle Challenges
1. Trailfinoid x 3
2. Buzzoid x 3
3. Molevoloid x 3
Tempest Layer Challenge Courses
1. Liftoff Labyrinth
2. Elephant Bananza: Heating Up
3. Zip-Line Valley
4. Hot-Lava Hotfoot
5. Sharpshooter Scramble
Battle Challenges
1. Batteroid x3
2. Squeeloid x4
3. Antickoid x8
4. Crockoid x3
5. Rolluskoid x5
6. Crockoid x2
Landfill Layer Challenge Courses
1. Mazy Cave: Pop Party
2. Elephant Bananza: City Smash
3. Quick-Service Ice Treats
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x3
2. Peekaboopoid x100
3. Crockoid x3
Racing Layer Challenge Courses
1. Zebra Bananza: Liftoff Lope
Battle Challenges
1. Stompoid x3
2. Antickoid x15
Radiance Layer Challenge Courses
1. Snake Bananza: Charged Climb
2. Dim Lights in the Darkness
3. Arcade Country
4. Surfing in Shadow
5. Strong, Shady Clouds
Battle Challenges
1. Antickoid x6
2. Gloominoid x3
3. Tarpantuloid x3
4. Gloominoid & Illuminoiod x5
5. Molevoloid x2
6. Crockoid x5
Groove Layer Challenge Courses
1. Quest for the Top
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x2
2. Wallopoid x4
Feast Layer Challenge Courses
1. Freestyle Bananzas: City Smash
2. The Trap-Filled Towers
3. Branching-Track Roarcoaster
4. Steady Flow of Salt
5. Waves of Walls
Battle Challenges
1. Antickoid x5
2. Wallopoid x10
3. Muckoid x4
4. Muckoid x13
5. Wallopoid x5
6. Muckoid x2
Forbidden Layer Challenge Courses
1. Slippering, Soaking Shuffle
2. Lost in the Shuffle
3. Ostrich Bananza: Free Climbing
Battle Challenges
1. Illuminoid x4
2. Buzzoid x3
3. Crockoid x3

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