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Part 20
Donkey Kong Country Returns

Part 20

Walkthrough for Part 20 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, covering levels 4-3 'Bombs Away', 4-4 'Mole Patrol', and 4-5 'Crowded Cavern', with puzzle piece locations.

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Walkthrough for Part 20 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, covering levels 4-3 'Bombs Away', 4-4 'Mole Patrol', and 4-5 'Crowded Cavern', with puzzle piece locations.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Level 4-3: Bombs Away
    • Jump into the first blast barrel after the life balloon to reach K.
  2. 2
    Jump off the mine cart to land in a blast barrel leading to a bonus area.
  3. 3
    Full jump off the first tiki buzz after the bonus area for a puzzle piece.
  4. 4
    Take the top path after the first climbable ceiling, follow the banana trail for O.
  5. 5
    Hang off the climbable ceiling attached to a train and drop off before it reaches the end.
  6. 6
    Checkpoint.
  7. 7
    Ground-pound in front of the plant left of the checkpoint for a puzzle piece.
  8. 8
    After the mine cart explodes, drop between tiki buzzes for N and land on the next mine cart.
  9. 9
    Wait until the last moment to jump to the next mine cart for a puzzle piece.
  10. 10
    After the moving ceiling explodes, jump on a tiki buzz, then into a blast barrel. Follow the background track to reach G, then a blast barrel launches you back.
  11. 11
    Walk through the door to the left for a room with bananas.
  12. 12
    Follow bananas over the gap for K.
  13. 13
    Duck to avoid crystals. Tap jump for short hops on the mine cart.
  14. 14
    Jump off a mole miner to reach the upper track and get a puzzle piece.
  15. 15
    Duck under crystals for O, then jump to get it.
  16. 16
    Short hop over a gap to a lower track with a puzzle piece, then hop to the top track.
  17. 17
    Avoid bombs thrown by a mole miner on a mine cart.
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    Fall into the third gap created by falling crystals to reach a lower track with a puzzle piece, then jump back up.
  19. 19
    Checkpoint.
  20. 20
    Crouch under crystals. Stay crouched for a banana trail to get a puzzle piece, then immediately duck.
  21. 21
    Do short hops off the first two of five mole miners, then a full jump off the third for N.
  22. 22
    Combine short hops and full jumps to avoid bombs. Jump over the gap in the looping track for G.
  23. 23
    At the end, run past the exit barrel and through the door on the right to a bonus area.
  24. 24
    Level 4-4: Mole Patrol
    • Start by going left to enter a bonus area.
  25. 25
    This is a rocket barrel level.
  26. 26
    Follow the banana trail at the beginning for K.
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    Collecting all bananas in the trail yields a puzzle piece.
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    Avoid mole miners and their projectiles. Hit balloons to defeat moles on them.
  29. 29
    O is in a gap between two large rocks in the middle of the screen after mole miners drop crystals.
  30. 30
    Checkpoint.
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    Follow the banana trail for a puzzle piece.
  32. 32
    Pop all mole miners' balloons for a puzzle piece.
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    N appears in a gap at the bottom of the screen after the mole miners. Veer downward to grab it.
  34. 34
    After following a drill through a tunnel, G appears in a gap at the top of the screen between two crystals.
  35. 35
    At the end, walk past the exit barrel and ground-pound in front of the plant near the right wall for a puzzle piece.
  36. 36
    Level 4-5: Crowded Cavern
    • Start to the right. When the wooden floor shakes, jump left to get a puzzle piece falling from the top, then jump into the shaft.
  37. 37
    Walk left to enter a bonus area.

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