Follow this comprehensive guide to conquer Part 14 of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, detailing puzzle piece locations, collectibles, and secrets in Windmill Hills.
Walkthrough
- 1Puzzle Piece 1: In Windmill Hills, look left for a shield covering a hole. Start right, ground-pound a stack of logs, and pull the handle to reveal a barrel. Use the barrel to break the shield and enter a bonus area. Collect all bananas for a puzzle piece.
- 2Puzzle Piece 2: Return to the second windmill platform. Pick up a banana on one blade, and more will appear clockwise. Collect them all to reveal a puzzle piece in the center.
- 3K: Jump on the hootz between the two windmill platforms.
- 4Puzzle Piece 3: On the next windmill, defeat all the tucks on the rotating platforms to reveal a puzzle piece in the middle.
- 5Puzzle Piece 4: Ahead, defeat the fire pig on a platform with a mug. Ground-pound the mug and collect the appearing bananas for a puzzle piece.
- 6Puzzle Piece 5: Shortly after, you'll see a hanging bag. Throw the Diddy barrel ahead of it at the bag to receive a puzzle piece.
- 7Puzzle Piece 6: Roll through a pile of leaves to reveal a handle. Pull it to drop rocks, uncovering a puzzle piece. Ground-pound the wooden platform to the right to collect it.
- 8Puzzle Piece 7: After a barrel cannon section, jump to the platform on the left instead of entering the cannon to reach a bonus area. Collect all bananas for a puzzle piece.
- 9Puzzle Piece 8: The next windmill has bells on each platform. Ground-pound them all to reveal a puzzle piece.
Collectibles:
- K: Between the two windmill platforms.
- O: To the right of the first gear platform in the large mechanical section. Time your jumps carefully.
- N: On a platform to the right and down from the windmill with bells. Return to the windmill before the platform breaks.
Tips
- Watch out for falling spikes while climbing vines.
- Keep moving past the rolling platform, hanging platform, swinging vines, and rolling boulder.
- An orange and purple urn in the background after a barrel cannon indicates a hidden puzzle piece. Ground-pound in front of it.
- A statue will give you a present with a relic.
- Grab a life balloon high in the air above the elevated platform to the right after the second windmill.
- Time your shots in the barrel cannon section as the windmills stop spinning shortly after firing.
- Collect spinning bananas on the first gear platform for a life balloon.
- Platforms in a later section will break after a short time.
- Pull a handle under a schnautzel to release a winged banana, followed by bananas for a banana coin.
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