Complete walkthrough for Part 13 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, covering Sloppy Sands, Peaceful Pier, and Cannon Cluster levels. Find all puzzle pieces and secrets.
Walkthrough
- 1Sloppy Sands (2-2)
- Puzzle Piece 1: Bring the DK barrel back and throw it at the target to break it.
- 2Puzzle Piece 2: Ground-pound the large peg after the squid shot.
- 3Puzzle Piece 3: Blow on the helicopter plant on the right side of the squid shot.
- 4Puzzle Piece 4: Jump off the higher squid shot on the floating platform to grab the piece above it.
- 5Puzzle Piece 5: Ground-pound in front of the cannon on the right to break the platform and access the piece below.
- 6Puzzle Piece 6: Roll through the left wall near the 'N' to access a bonus area with a moving, bouncy platform. Collect all items before time runs out.
- 7Puzzle Piece 7: Walk through the stack of barrels to the right after the circular climbing surface.
- 8Peaceful Pier (2-3)
- Puzzle Piece 1: Blow on the cattail at the beginning of the stage.
- 9Puzzle Piece 2: Collect a straight line of six bananas; a puzzle piece will appear ahead.
- 10Puzzle Piece 3: Fly upward after dodging the cannonball volleys from the pirate ship.
- 11Puzzle Piece 4: Veer downward immediately after the previous piece to grab another.
- 12Puzzle Piece 5: Walk past the exit barrel and ground-pound the funny-looking part of the platform with the barrel underneath to enter a bonus area.
- 13Cannon Cluster (2-4)
- Puzzle Piece 1: Ground-pound the second peg that appears to its right.
- 14Puzzle Piece 2: Blow on the helicopter plant between the two jellybobs.
Tips
- In Sloppy Sands, ground-pound in front of the cannon to get four banana coins.
- A treasure chest in Sloppy Sands guarded by electrasquids contains a life balloon.
- Checkpoint #1 in Sloppy Sands is after the first squid shot on the right.
- Checkpoint #2 in Sloppy Sands is before the DK platform that reveals a blast barrel.
- In Peaceful Pier, blow on the tiki torch at the beginning to make it vulnerable.
- When in the rocket barrel in Peaceful Pier, repeatedly tap the A button to blast off.
- A checkpoint in Peaceful Pier appears after three banana coins.
- Dodge the pirate ship's cannonballs in Peaceful Pier by dodging the explosions.
- In Cannon Cluster, pay attention to cannonballs coming from the background.
- Roll-jump under the raised platform to get the 'K' in Cannon Cluster, dodging the tiki buzz.
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