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Donkey Kong Bananza

Groove Layer Banana and Fossil Locations (SL 1300)

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Groove Layer Banana and Fossil Locations
Groove Layer is the fourteenth layer in Donkey Kong Bananza. Check out where to find the locations of all Groove Layer Bananas, fossils, and other collectibles in this level!

Groove Layer Guides
Walkthrough Collectibles

Groove Layer Collectibles Overview

List of Collectibles

Banandium Gems Total: 30
Fossils Total: 30
Checkpoints Total: 2
Challenges Total: 3

There are 30 bananas and 30 fossils available in Groove Layer.

Groove Layer Bananas

Banandium Gems Map Overview

First Section
Second Section
Third Section

SL 1300 Banana Locations

Checkbox Overworld View Map Location
01
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
The Secret in Solitary

Construct a Swap Harp for the Jail cells, then change rubber into gold to break the cell. Break the concrete afterwards, then change gold into rubber again. Jump on the rubber veins to reach the top, either by climbing on the ceiling, or by using Bananza Powers.
02
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Deep under Detention

Construct a Swap Harp for the Disco Room, then change the floor under the Barrel Cannon to gold, then dig underground. From the secret area, continue digging towards under the Prison to find the Banandium Gem.
03
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Banana behind Bars

Throw a gold chunk at the jail cell on the second layer of the prison.
04
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
A Square-Shaped Secret

Use the Swap Harp to change the cube Fractone into gold, then destroy it to reveal the secret room with the Gem.
05
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Smash and Receive

Behind the "Smash and you shall receive" stone tablet in the prison.
06
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Gettin' Down in the Groove Layer!

Found with story progression.
07
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Over the Disco

Perform a double jump into a mid-air roll then punch forward to reach the Disco Ball.
08
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Bouncy Brainteaser

Convert the rubber pole into gold, climb to the top of it and use Snake Bananza to break the Banandium Gem.
09
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
A Complete Fossil Collection

Get all 696 Fossils in the game and spend all of it to buy all clothing items.
10
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Destined for the Top

Found inside Quest for the Top Challenge Course 1. It is found in the middle of the course.
11
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Liftoff to the Top

Found at the end of Quest for the Top Challenge Course 1.
12
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
A Groovy Disco-very

Found inside Quest for the Top Challenge Course 1. Store Liftoff Ore using Elephant Bananza, then take it out behind the barrel cannon to reach the disco ball.
13
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Cranky's Groove Rant

Talk to Cranky inside the VIP Room. Break the Fractone before it becomes metal to access the room.
14
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Banana Chandelier

Dive Jump into the rubber Fractone to reach the ceiling, then break the hanging Gem.
15
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Groove Smashin' Stats

Destroy 3000 m3 of Concrete in the Groove Layer.
16
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem (Post-Game)
Groovin' Once Again

After clearing the game, talk to Grumpy Kong and pay 20000 gold to fix the speaker. Find four disco balls nearby, then speak to the pyramid Fractone in front of the speaker to get the Gem.
17
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Disco-Ball Destruction

After freeing the Fractone from the prison, talk to the brother inside the VIP room to get the Gem from the Disco Ball.
18
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Behind the Disco's Wall

Break the wall to the side of the Disco Hall, into the hidden underground area. Gem can be taken without changing rubber to gold.
19
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
The Funky Beat Is Back

Found with story progression.
20
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Rising Bass Line

In the tunnel leading to the bass room, use the rubber floor to bounce up to a higher floor and reach it.
21
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Beat the Concrete

In the passageway with spinning concrete blocks, throw a chunk of Gold at the second concrete block to reveal a Banandium Gem.
22
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
The Groovy Bass Is Back

Found with story progression.
23
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Lofty Melody

Use the Swap Harp to change the gold to rubber, then hold A to jump higher and reach the Banandium Gem.
24
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
A Gift from a Fan

While digging a tunnel from the Melody track, dig underground under the last Fractone pointing you in the correct direction.
25
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
The Catchy Melody Is Back

Found with story progression.
26
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Battle Opposite Obliteration

Clear Battle Challenge 1 found under the Disco Hall. Challenge is initially blocked by rubber, use the Swap Harp to change rubber to gold.
27
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Battle Cliff-Wall Ambush

Complete Battle Challenge 2 found under the Disco Hall. Obstruction removed by paying gold to the Construction Fractone.
28
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem (Post-Game)
A Gift from Poppy

After rebuilding the Speaker, speak to Poppy Kong in the corner of the room.
29
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem (Post-Game)
Dig the Groovy Nightlife

After rebuilding the Speaker, speak to the rubber Fractone and find his four friends.
30
1x Banandium Gem 1x Banandium Gem
Groove Chip Exchange

Found beside the other shops. 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.

Banandium Gems List and Locations

Groove Layer Fossils

Fossils Map Overview

Jail and Disco Halls
Three Routes

SL 1300 Fossil Locations

Checkbox Overworld View Map Location

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 1

Buried in rubber, just near where the giant monster appeared.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 2

Found on the rightmost Record corridor.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 3

Found on the rightmost Record corridor, embedded on the right wall.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 4

Found on the rightmost Record corridor, embedded on the right wall.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 5

Found on the rightmost Record corridor, embedded on the left wall.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 6

Found on the rightmost Record corridor, once you've entered the room at the end.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 7

Found on the rightmost Record corridor, once you've entered the room at the end. Embedded in a pillar.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 8

Found on the rightmost Record corridor, located on the underground route.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 9

Found on the rightmost Record corridor, located on the underground route. Dig through the right.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 10

Found on the central Record corridor, once you've entered the room at the end. Embedded in a pillar.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 11

Found on the central Record corridor, once you've entered the room at the end. Embedded in a pillar.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 12

Found on the central Record corridor, located on the underground route.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 13

Found on the central Record corridor, located on the underground route. Dig through the right.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 14

Found on the leftmost Record corridor, once you've entered the room at the end.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 15

Found at the back of a Fractone, just outside the entrance of the central Record corridor.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 16

Found on a jail cell just ahead of the Jail Hall Teeleport Point.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 17

Found on a wall near the Disco Hall Teeleport Point.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 18

Found on a jail cell near the Jail Hall Teeleport Point.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 19

Found on the back of a Fractone just inside the Fossil Museum.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 20

Found on the disco ball inside the Style Shop.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 21

Found on the left room from the Disco Hall Teeloport Point.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 22

Found on a Disco Ball inside a room near the Disco Hall Teeleport Point.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 23

Found on a wall near the Disco Hall Teeleport Point.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 24

Found on a wall near the entrance of the VIP Room terrace.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 25

Found on the ceiling above the Disco Hall. To reach it, you must first open the door to Cranky Kong's room by throwing a sturdy chunk at the Fractone that can shift into an unbreakable metal on the second floor. Once inside the secret room, talk to the Fractone next to the other door to unlock a barrel cannon outside.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 26

Found on a Disco Ball at the open area below the Disco Hall.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 27

Found on a Disco Ball near the Disco Hall Teeleport Point.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 28

Found on the underground below the Disco Hall.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 29

Found on the underground below the Disco Hall. Dig through the center.

Beaver (alt color) Fossil Beaver (alt color) Fossil
Beaver (alt color) 30

Found at the end of the area from the Hail Hall Teeleport Point. Reach the room located above this area.

All Fossil Locations

Groove Layer Checkpoints

All Checkpoint Locations

Checkbox Overworld View Map Location

Jail Hall Checkpoint (SL 1300)
Found outside the jail cell you start in.

Disco Hall Checkpoint (SL 1300)
Located in the central area of the Groove Layer.

All Checkpoint Locations

Warp Gong Location

Layer Overworld View Map Location
SL 1300
Disco Hall Warp Gong
Found in a room above the Disco Hall checkpoint.

How to Teeleport: Fast Travel Guide

Groove Layer Challenges

All Challenge Locations

Layer Overworld View Map Location
SL 1300
Crockoid x2
Groove Layer Battle Challenge 1

On the lower level of the Disco Hall. The ruins are covered in debris that you need to change to gold with the harp on the top layer.
SL 1300
Wallopoid x4
Groove Layer Battle Challenge 2

On the lower level of the Disco Hall. The ruins are covered in debris that you need to change to gold with the harp on the top layer. Pay the Constructone 600 gold to clear the debris to the challenge ruins.
SL 1300
Quest for the Top
Groove Layer Challenge Course 1

Right next to the Disco Hall check point. You'll need to pay the Constructone 500 gold to construct a harp to change the terrain of the railing blocking the challenge ruin entrance.

List of Challenges

Bonus Stage Location

Layer Overworld View Map Location
SL 1300
Bombing for Gold
Found behind a wall at the Disco Hall. Use a Swap Harp to change rubber into gold and go to the lower level.

All Bonus Stage Locations

Groove Layer Shops

Groove Layer Style Shop

Style Shop Location

Layer Overworld View Map Location
SL 1300
Disco Hall Style Shop
The Stuff Shop, Style Shop, and Chip Exchange can be found together in a room at Disco Hall.

Available Outfits

Name Type Cost Effect
Fractone Gradient FurFractone Gradient Fur Fur Color
Beaver (alt color) 2
Chipper and pleasing, like a friendly, fun-loving Fractone!
Flower Gradient FurFlower Gradient Fur Fur Color
Beaver (alt color) 8
Bright and delightful, like a bouquet of freshly bloomed flowers.
Monochrome Gradient FurMonochrome Gradient Fur Fur Color
Beaver (alt color) 8
Stark and clean, as if the color has been fully drained.
Shiny Silver FurShiny Silver Fur Fur Color
Beaver (alt color) 12
Sparkly and shiny, like a disco ball over a dance floor.

All Style Shop Locations

Stuff Shop Location

Layer Overworld View Map Location
SL 1300
Disco Hall Stuff Shop
The Stuff Shop, Style Shop, and Chip Exchange can be found together in a room at Disco Hall.

All Stuff Shop Locations

Chip Exchange Location

Layer Overworld View Map Location
SL 1300
Disco Hall Chip Exchange
The Stuff Shop, Style Shop, and Chip Exchange can be found together in a room at Disco Hall.

How to Farm Banandium Chips

Cranky Kong Location

Room in Groove Hall

Map / Overworld Image Video Directions

In the center room, upper right, a Fractone blocks a door by turning to stone. Open it to find Cranky inside.

All 17 Cranky Kong Locations

Groove Layer Getaways

All Getaway Locations

Map Location Overworld Image

Groove Layer (SL 1300)
Getaway 57 Getaway Overworld Image
Disco Getaway

Getaway Guide: All Getaway Locations

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