{"id":1258460,"date":"2026-03-02T17:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/614609\/layer-name-banandium-gem-locations-in-donkey-kong-bananza-template-make-a-copy"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:46:13","slug":"forest-layer-banandium-gem-locations-in-donkey-kong-bananza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/forest-layer-banandium-gem-locations-in-donkey-kong-bananza\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Layer Banandium Gem locations in Donkey Kong Bananza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Forest Layer<\/strong> is the sixth layer in Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a><\/em> and its home to the beloved flying ostriches and dreadful poison.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Forest Layer is also full of Banandium Gems<\/strong>. To find all of the bananas on this layer, you\u2019ll need to make use of your ostrich powers and cleanse the forest of its poison. Some of the bananas can be fairly easy to find, but most are hidden within trees, in poisonous waters, and inside challenge courses.<\/p>\n

Below, we list where to find all of the Banandium Gems in the Forest Layer<\/strong> we\u2019ve found so far. We\u2019re still updating this guide with more golden bananas as we find them.<\/p>\n

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Sublayer 600 Banandium Gems<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve found 39 Banandium Gems<\/strong> in Sublayer 600 in the Forest Layer.<\/p>\n

#1: Branched into the Forest Layer<\/h3>\n

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This giant bunch of bananas is sitting on the woodland path waiting for you when you first arrive in the Forest Layer.<\/p>\n

#2: Battle: Thorn-Forest Throwdown<\/h3>\n

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Next to the Beaky Thicket tuning fork, there is a voided island. Destroy the void mechanism on the island to devoid the trunk of the tree. If you look back towards the tree, you\u2019ll notice a little divot in the wall, which hides the Forest Layer Battle Challenge 1 behind it. Defeat the five squeeloids inside to get a Banandium Gem.<\/p>\n

#3: View from Featherfall Isle<\/h3>\n

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Behind the Beaky Thicket tuning fork, climb up to the giant tree (not the stump, but the full-grown tree behind it), and walk to the side of it to find a hole in the wall. Break through the wall and climb up. Walk across its branches to reach the Banandium Gem on the small platform at the other end, but be careful of the thorny enemies as you’ll need to use a terrain chunk to defeat them.<\/p>\n

#4: Perched Where Branches Cross<\/h3>\n

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From the spot you land onto the Forest Layer, climb the giant tree ahead and follow its branches. If you look closely, you\u2019ll find a Banandium Gem hidden under a pile of leaves, but be careful of the two flying enemies nearby.<\/p>\n

#5: Shifting above the Forest<\/h3>\n

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Continue climbing the tree, and once you reach the top, you’ll see a shifty cube and a banana suspended above it. Grab a chunk of wood from the tree and hurl it at the shifty cube to turn it into a wooden platform. Then, grab the seed and throw it at the now-wooden platform to create a vine bridge that lets you reach the Banandium Gem.<\/p>\n

#6: Under Featherfall Isle<\/h3>\n

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After you cross to Featherfall Isle from the layer’s first island, walk ahead until you cross the thorn wall. Turn to the left to spot a banana hidden in a little sandy alcove.<\/p>\n

#7: Battle: Seed to Succeed<\/h3>\n

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Before you drop from the Beak-Leap Point tuning fork, you\u2019ll notice a trunk ahead of you that has a battle challenge on top. Make your way over and enter the battle challenge to find two buzzoids inside. Defeat the buzzoids to get a banana.<\/p>\n

#8: The Ostrich\u2019s Back Snack<\/h3>\n

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After you drop from the Beak-Leap Point tuning fork, turn left and climb the wooden ostrich to find a seed on top. Throw the seed at the wooden ostrich below to create a vine bridge over to the Banandium Gem.<\/p>\n

#9: Branching over the Plains<\/h3>\n

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Use the barrel cannon located above the Rockshade Getaway<\/strong> to reach the treetops above the thorns. Follow the branch path past the ostrich and past the second platform. At the end is a smaller platform with a Banandium Gem buried under some leaves.<\/p>\n

#10: Hopped into Bellhop Burb<\/h3>\n

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This banana is on the wooden ostrich that you use as a seed anchor to reach Bellhop Burb.<\/p>\n

#11: Blasting through Brambles<\/h3>\n
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Open the Bramble Country Ancient Ruin near the Bellhop Burb tuning fork, and make your way through the first half to get this gem.<\/p>\n

#12: Back of the Brambles<\/h3>\n

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This gem is in the background of the second barrel cannon challenge. At the top of the room is a set of four barrels, the bottommost of which automatically blasts you forward. None of the other three barrels point that way, though. To reach it, blast yourself into the topmost barrel, then press ZL to exit and angle your fall so you enter the bottom barrel.<\/p>\n

#13: Beat the Brambles<\/h3>\n

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This gem is at the end of the Bramble Country ruin challenge.<\/p>\n

#14: Bird\u2019s-Eye View on Bellhop Burb<\/h3>\n

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Grab the seed next to the Bellhop Burb tuning fork, and throw it onto the ostrich in the poison lake to make a bridge to the gem.<\/p>\n

#15: Forest Smashin\u2019 Stats<\/h3>\n

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Teeleport to the Bellhop Burb tuning fork and walk straight ahead to the Fractone balancing a few stones on its head. If you\u2019ve cleared 30,000 cubic meters of thorns, it\u2019ll give you a banana.<\/p>\n

#16: Found in the Ostrich Flock<\/h3>\n

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Climb up the ostrich monument above Bellhop Burb Getaway, and stop on the head of the first ostrich to your left. Use your sonar to spot the banana, then punch through to get it.<\/p>\n

#17: Beneath Bellhop Burb<\/h3>\n

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At the far end of Bellhop Burb, behind and under the yellow-green eggshell house, is a wall with a soft earth patch. Punch through it to open a tunnel that takes you to the gem.<\/p>\n

#18: Battle: Yucky Yard<\/h3>\n

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Just beside the entrance to Banandium Gem #17, you\u2019ll find a mud mound that is hiding the entrance to a battle challenge. In this challenge, you\u2019ll have to defeat five Antickoids that are in little cubbies surrounded by mud and concrete barriers. Make use of your Bananza forms to break through the obstacles and overcome the terrain, so you can quickly deal with each bug.<\/p>\n

#19: Mired in Mud<\/h3>\n

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At the base of the large tree beside the Bellhop Burb, you\u2019ll find a turnip stuck in the mud. Uproot the turnip and jump into the hole to find this Banandium Gem<\/p>\n

#20: Tiny Isle in the Wetlands<\/h3>\n

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After you exit the Bellhop Burb, you\u2019ll spot a tiny isle to the left of the eggshell surrounded by a void dome. Turf Surf across the poison lake or fly over using your Ostrich Bananza powers and dig into the mud mound to reach the banana.<\/p>\n

#21: Shifty Smash: Crossing the Branch<\/h3>\n
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Climb up the tree the muddy area beside the Bellhop Burb, and make your way to the far platform hanging over the poison lake to find the pyramid that starts the challenge. Before activating it, use the seed on the previous platform to make a bridge and cut out several seconds of climbing. Then, start the trial, make your way to the platform where the shifty blocks are, and demolish them before time runs out.<\/p>\n

#22: Cranky\u2019s Forest Rant<\/h3>\n

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This banana is in the same tree as the previous one, which is the large tree in the muddy area beside the Bellhop Burb. Climb up the tree and head to the far platform hanging over the muddy swamp to find Cranky Kong.<\/p>\n

#23: Behind the Big Tree<\/h3>\n

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Use your sonar ability beside the Big Tree Getaway, which can be unlocked near the base of the tree beside the Eggshell Hotel, to find a banana behind the wall. If you’ve purchased the getaway, you can walk through it and turn around the corner to find the banana. Otherwise, start smashing your way through the tree!<\/p>\n

#24: Sleeping in the Big Tree<\/h3>\n

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On top of the Big Tree, you’ll find a pile of sand with a ring of gold around it. Dig directly in the center to drop down into the tree trunk where a banana resides.<\/p>\n

#25: Glimmering Overhead<\/h3>\n

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After you’ve climbed to the top of the Big Tree, continue to climb up the neck of the wooden ostrich. At the top, you’ll find a banana sitting on the wooden ostrich’s head.<\/p>\n

#26: Checked in at the Eggshell Hotel<\/h3>\n

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After you blast through the front door of the Eggshell Hotel, you’ll see a gem sitting on the front desk.<\/p>\n

#27: Atop the Eggshell Hotel<\/h3>\n

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Climb all the way to the top of the Eggshell Hotel and to find a banana at the peak.<\/p>\n

#28: Lounge Lost and Found<\/h3>\n

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Drop down to the next floor under the lobby and break down the door to find a thorny crockoid guarding a banana. Defeat them or run around them to collect it.<\/p>\n

#29: Hangin\u2019 in the Lounge<\/h3>\n

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After you drop down to the floor under the lobby, stand on the barrel cannon and look up and to the right to see a banana on the ceiling. Along the wall, you\u2019ll find a seed that is blocked off by thorns. Destroy the thorn wall and throw the seed at the wooden ceiling just behind the banana to create a bridge. Cross it to collect your banana.<\/p>\n

#30: Present by the Pool<\/h3>\n

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On the floor with the pool, you’ll find a room with a seed and a half-broken wall. Completely tear down the wall to spot a wooden crockoid in the distance. Throw the seed at the crockoid to create a vine bridge and cross it to find a banana at the end of the path.<\/p>\n

#31: Secret Room Service<\/h3>\n
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Make your way to the bottom floor of the Eggshell Hotel. Along the outer wall, you\u2019ll find a door that is hiding the All-You-Can-Eat Tower Ruin. The next three bananas, including this one, will all be found in the challenge.<\/p>\n

Head inside and follow the main path, but turn around before you reach the first gem on the main path. You’ll see a walled off pillar. Either use one of the snakes as a platform to reach it or do a chunk jump and you’ll find a gem hidden there.<\/p>\n

#32: Scarfing the Scenery<\/h3>\n

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Get to the midway point in the All-You-Can-Eat Tower and you’ll get a banana.<\/p>\n

#33: Wall You Can Eat<\/h3>\n

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Finish the All-You-Can-Eat Tower and you’ll get a banana before you jump into the exit barrel.<\/p>\n

#34: Egg-Bottom Basement<\/h3>\n
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On the bottom floor of the hotel, you\u2019ll find a turnip hidden inside a ring of bushes. Uproot the turnip to find a hole that goes below the bottom floor of the hotel. Destroy the wooden wall to the side of the concrete crockoid to find a banana hidden behind it.<\/p>\n

#35: Egg-Bottom Break-In<\/h3>\n

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Inside the room with Bananadium Gem #34, look across the poisonous water to spot a wall of thorns. Destroy the thorns to find a hidden banana. Make your over by climbing along the walls or by surf surfing across the water to collect the Banandium Gem.<\/p>\n

#36: A Pain in the Neck<\/h3>\n

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As you’re climbing up the big tree beside the Eggshell Hotel, drop down to the adjacent island to find a seed and a Constructone. Grab the seed and continue along the wood pathway to find the Thorn Hollow tuning fork. Look up to see a wood panel on the tree stump and throw the seed at it to make a bridge. Walk up to the top and either destroy the concrete or pull the turnip out of the top to find a seal. Destroy the seal to de-void the area and return to the tuning fork to find a banana lodged into the neck of the wooden ostrich.<\/p>\n

#37: Tucked in Thorn Hollow<\/h3>\n
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Once you\u2019ve cleared the void around the Thorn Hollow tree, punch into it and jump down the hole to an area covered in thorns. When facing the gem locked behind a door, turn left. You’ll see a tangle of thorns on that side of the room. Break through them and you’ll find a gem barely sticking out of the sand in the corner of the room.<\/p>\n

#38: Sealed in Thorn Hollow<\/h3>\n

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In the Thorn Hollow, follow the thorny path, breaking through however you see fit until you reach the caged banana.<\/p>\n

#39-47: ???<\/h3>\n

Banandium Gems 39-47 aren\u2019t available on your first visit to the Forest Layer. We believe that you\u2019ll need to return after you\u2019ve progressed further or after you\u2019ve beaten the main story of Donkey Kong Bananza<\/em>.<\/p>\n

#48: Forest Chip Exchange<\/h3>\n

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Spend Banandium Chips and gold \u2014 depending on how often you’ve used the exchange before \u2014 to get this Banandium Gem from a Getaway concierge or from the layer’s brick-and-mortar Chip Exchange store.<\/p>\n

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Sublayer 601 Banandium Gems<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve found 23 Banandium Gems<\/strong> in Sublayer 601 in the Forest Layer.<\/p>\n

#49: Stuck in the Stump<\/h3>\n

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After you land in Sublayer 601, turn around and punch a hole into the giant trunk to find this Banandium Gem.<\/p>\n

#50: Plummeted to Mossplume Marsh!<\/h3>\n

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After you land in Sublayer 601, you\u2019ll find this Banandium Gem in front of you.<\/p>\n

#51: Secret in the Marsh<\/h3>\n

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After you’ve drained the poison once, go back to the Mossplume Marsh tuning fork. Turn to the right and drop onto the sand below. Use your sonar slap to suss out the banana’s position under the sand, and dig down to it.<\/p>\n

#52: Shifty Smash: Thwart the Thorns<\/h3>\n

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This shifty challenge is found inside a broken egg house on your way to the very first poison plant. To complete the challenge, you’ll need to destroy a shifty block behind the thorn wall behind you. To make the challenge a little easier, we recommend destroying the thorn wall before starting, so you can easily hop from platform to platform. After you destroy the block, you’ll be rewarded with a gem.<\/p>\n

#53: Beneath the Moving Platform<\/h3>\n

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After you’ve destroyed the first poison plant and lowered the poison level once, turn around to find a moving metal platform below you. If you look underneath it, you’ll find a banana.<\/p>\n

#54: Flying through the Sky<\/h3>\n
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After you’ve lowered the poison level once, make your way to the Rubbery Roost tuning fork. When facing away from bouncy platforms, look to your left to spot the Ancient Ruins inside the blue egg house. Transform into your ostrich form and head inside the Ostrich Bananza: Flighty Feast challenge.<\/p>\n

The first banana can be found half way through the course.<\/p>\n

#55: Soaring through Space<\/h3>\n

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To get this banana, you’ll need to clear away the concrete panel blocking the air vent. To do that, you’ll need at least one point in the Egg Bomb skill. Drop an egg bomb onto the concrete to release the air and ride it to find a banana on a floating platform.<\/p>\n

#56: Gliding through the Heavens<\/h3>\n

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The last banana in the challenge can be found just before the exit.<\/p>\n

#57: Bounced into Rubbery Roost!<\/h3>\n

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After you’ve lowered the poison level once, you’ll find the banana beside the Rubbery Roost tuning fork.<\/p>\n

#58: Battle: Bouncing Bites<\/h3>\n

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Defeat four crockoids in this bouncy challenge to get your banana. Slamming downwards on their long bodies will help take them out quickly, though you’ll need to punch upwards at the last one.<\/p>\n

#59: Beneath the Bounce<\/h3>\n

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After you\u2019ve lowered the poison level twice, head back to the bouncy platforms. Head under the bouncy platform with the two blue pyramids on it to find a cave with the Rubbery Roost Getaway. Inside the cave, you\u2019ll find the tip of this banana sticking out of the ground.<\/p>\n

#60: Bouncing to the Top<\/h3>\n

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From the Rubbery Roost tuning fork, turn towards the bouncy platforms to spot a tall stair-like structure in the distance. Bounce your way over to the staircase until you reach the step with the moving pyramid structure. While you’re in mid air, dive punch the ground to reach the highest level, where you’ll find a banana.<\/p>\n

#61: Forest Hide-and-Seek<\/h3>\n
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After you destroy the second poison plant, head underneath the bouncy platforms to find a Seekertone. This one is particularly annoying, but you\u2019ll need to find all four Fractones on the bottom floor.<\/p>\n