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Donkey Kong Bananza

How to Unlock Rehearsal Halls

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Donkey Kong Bananza Bananza Rehearsal Guide
Bananza Rehearsals are unlockable post-game content from the five elders in Donkey Kong Bananza. See how to unlock the Bananza Rehearsal Halls and what the elders will reward DK for clearing them.

How to Unlock Bananza Rehearsal Halls

Clear the Main Story

Clear the Main Story

To unlock the Bananza Rehearsal, you need to complete the main story. Speeding through the main story of the game takes around 10 hours to do so.

Game Length: How Long to Beat

Visit an Elder

Bananza Rehearsal

Head to the Lagoon Layer and visit the Kong Elder. He will tell you about the Bananza Rehearsal and will check how many Banandium Gems that you have collected so far.

Collect the Required Amount of Banandium Gems

Attempt Rehearsal

Bananza Rehearsal How to Unlock
Kong Elder Collect a total of 300 Banandium Gems
Zebra Elder Collect a total of 350 Banandium Gems
Ostrich Elder Collect a total of 400 Banandium Gems
Elephant Elder Collect a total of 500 Banandium Gems
Snake Elder Collect a total of 600 Banandium Gems
Great Harmoneel Complete the 5 Elders' Rehearsals

In order to attempt a rehearsal, you need to collect a total number of Banandium Gems for the elders. See the table above for the required total number of Banandium Gems for each elder.

All Banandium Gems Locations

List of Bananza Rehearsal Halls

All 6 Bananza Rehearsal Halls

Bananza Rehearsal Banandium Gems to Collect
Kong Elder's Rehearsal Hall 10 Banandium Gems
Zebra Elder's Rehearsal Hall 10 Banandium Gems
Ostrich Elder's Rehearsal Hall 10 Banandium Gems
Elephant Elder's Rehearsal Hall 8 Banandium Gems
Snake Elder's Rehearsal Hall 9 Banandium Gems
Great Harmoneel's Windpipe 2 Banandium Gems

There are a total of 6 Rehearsal Halls to complete, each one corresponds to the elders and one for the Great Harmoneel. These halls function similarly to the Challenge Courses in Challenge Ruins though they contain more Banandium Gems and balloons to collect.

Bananza Rehearsal Hall Rewards

Additional Banandium Gems

Additional Banandium Gems
Completing the Rehearsal Halls of the elders will give you additional Banandium Gems as a reward. You can use these to upgrade skills and unlock the new Golden Skills.

All Banana Locations (Banandium Gems)

Golden Skills

New Golden Skills will appear in the Skill screen upon completing a Rehearsal Hall from an elder.

Note that the Golden Skill will initially appear as "???" and requires you to unlock the skills above it to uncover its name and description.

Skills List and Best Skills to Upgrade First

Diva Dress

Diva Dress

Completing the five Elders' Bananza Rehearsals rewards you with the Diva Dress. This is the same red hat and dress that Pauline wears in previous games such as Super Mario Odyssey.

How to Get Diva Dress

Secret Ending

Secret Ending

Completing all the Rehearsal Halls unlocks the secret ending of Donkey Kong Bananza. After completing the rehearsal, you will receive the objective to head to the surface.

How to Get the Secret Ending

Replica of the Ancient Record

How to Use Replica Ancient Record

Completing all of the Rehearsal Halls reward you with a replica of the elders' Ancient Records. These appear beside the elder and can be used to destroy terrain or Turf Surf.

How to Get Replica Ancient Records

Donkey Kong Bananza Related Guides

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Post-Game Guide

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Fossil Museum Guide All Post-Game Outfits
How to Get Replica Ancient Records Boss Rush Mode
Battle Rush Mode -

All Bananza Rehearsal Halls

Rehearsal Halls Guide Kong Elder's Rehearsal Hall
Zebra Elder's Rehearsal Hall Ostrich Elder's Rehearsal Hall
Elephant Elder's Rehearsal Hall Snake Elder's Rehearsal Hall
Great Harmoneel's Final Rehearsal

Post-Game Outfits

Donkey Kong Bananza - Mining HelmetMining Helmet Donkey Kong Bananza - Gold-Mining GearGold-Mining Gear Donkey Kong Bananza - Invisibility TieInvisibility Tie
Donkey Kong Bananza - Diva DressDiva Dress

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