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Part 17
Donkey Kong Country Returns

Part 17

Complete walkthrough for Part 17 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, covering levels Mast Blast, Damp Dungeon, and Itty Bitty Biters. Find all puzzle pieces and KONG letters.

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Complete walkthrough for Part 17 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, covering levels Mast Blast, Damp Dungeon, and Itty Bitty Biters. Find all puzzle pieces and KONG letters.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Mast Blast (3-3)
    • Start right. On the second barrel cannon shot, head down the slope to the left and blow on the dandelion for a puzzle piece.
  2. 2
    Head right, jump off the slide to grab the [K].
  3. 3
    Checkpoint #1.
  4. 4
    Head left to a stack of crates with a giant banana bunch behind them. Bounce off a Snaps, ground-pound all three crates for a puzzle piece.
  5. 5
    Continue right, ground-pound the large crate trapping a puzzle piece.
  6. 6
    Grab the [O] above a skull crate.
  7. 7
    Use the barrel cannon under skull crates to reach a ship. Roll into the gates twice to break them.
  8. 8
    Head right on the ship's deck. Before the checkpoint, ground-pound the red gate and drop through to find the [N] at the end of the passage.
  9. 9
    Checkpoint #2.
  10. 10
    Blast to the next ship, break the wheel by rolling into it twice.
  11. 11
    Drop onto the deck, let cannonballs break the stack of two skull crates, then enter the hole for a bonus stage.
  12. 12
    After the bonus stage, go left into a blast barrel. Jump to the next platform, reach the climbable ceiling with the [G] on it.
  13. 13
    Jump right from the ceiling, roll-jump off skull crates onto the bow of the ship for a puzzle piece.
  14. 14
    Go back to where the [G] was, jump left onto the stern of the ship for a puzzle piece.
  15. 15
    Enter the barrel cannon, fire up to the next platform, go right and down. Let a cannonball break the skull crate to reveal a puzzle piece.
  16. 16
    Head left across hanging platforms, climb the vine into a barrel cannon.
  17. 17
    Damp Dungeon (3-4)
    • Start right. Carry the DK barrel onto the water wheel and toss it at the suspended bag for a puzzle piece.
  18. 18
    Continue right to a climbable ceiling. Drop to get the [K], then grab back onto the ceiling.
  19. 19
    Ground-pound the weak floor section after the climbable ceiling for a puzzle piece.
  20. 20
    After the next water wheel, take the bottom path right. Ground-pound in front of the vase for a puzzle piece.
  21. 21
    After the smaller water wheel, ground-pound the screaming pillar for a puzzle piece.
  22. 22
    Grab the [O] in the middle of the next water wheel by jumping at the bottom of your trajectory.
  23. 23
    After the next platform, drop down to the platform with a barrel and dandelion. Blow on the dandelion for a puzzle piece.
  24. 24
    Checkpoint.
  25. 25
    Immediately after the checkpoint, drop down. Jump right to a bonus area with spinning item circles.
  26. 26
    Before the barrel cannon to the right, drop below it. Blow on the windmill to the left to raise a platform in the background with a puzzle piece. Use the barrel cannon to go to the background and get it. Ground-pound in front of the vase to reveal another barrel cannon.
  27. 27
    On the next water wheels, break the bag between the second and third wheels with a barrel for a puzzle piece.
  28. 28
    On the third wheel, get on the top-most platform to reach the [N] in the air.
  29. 29
    After that, on the climbable wall section, the [G] is in the middle of the path. Watch out for stilts.
  30. 30
    Below the [G], ground-pound the stone panel to reveal a bonus area with spinning blast barrels.
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    Itty Bitty Biters (3-5)
    • Start left, climb the wall to find a barrel cannon to a moving-platform bonus area.
  32. 32
    Head into the temple and continue right. You will get locked in a room with a cageberry.

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