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Donkey Kong Country

Part 20

Navigate Part 20 of Donkey Kong Country Returns with our detailed walkthrough. Find all puzzle pieces, collectibles, and secrets in levels 4-3, 4-4, and 4-5.

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Navigate Part 20 of Donkey Kong Country Returns with our detailed walkthrough. Find all puzzle pieces, collectibles, and secrets in levels 4-3, 4-4, and 4-5.

Walkthrough
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    Level 4-3: Bombs Away
    • Jump into the first blast barrel after the life balloon.
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    Shortly after, jump off the mine cart to land in a blast barrel at the bottom of the screen, leading to a bonus area.
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    After exiting the bonus area, perform a full jump off the first tiki buzz to get a puzzle piece.
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    After the first climbable ceiling section, take the top path and follow the banana trail to get the 'O'.
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    In the area with the train and climbable ceiling, hang on and drop off before the train reaches the end of its track.
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    Checkpoint.
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    Ground-pound in front of the plant just left of the checkpoint for a puzzle piece.
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    In the next section, after the mine cart explodes, drop down between the tiki buzzes to get the 'N' and land safely on the next mine cart.
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    Right after the 'N', wait until the last moment to jump to the next mine cart to get a puzzle piece.
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    After the moving ceiling explodes, jump on the tiki buzz, then into the blast barrel. Follow the track through the background to reach the 'G'. A blast barrel will launch you back into the foreground.
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    Walk through the door to the left for a room with many bananas. Head right for mine carting.
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    Follow the bananas over the gap to get the 'K'.
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    The sign with the down arrow indicates you should duck to avoid crystals. Tap jump for a short hop on the mine cart.
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    Jump off a mole miner to reach the upper track and stay there for a puzzle piece.
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    In the next area, duck under the lowest set of crystals. The 'O' is right after this set; a well-timed jump should get it.
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    Do a short hop over the next gap to land on a lower track with a puzzle piece. Hop back to the top track.
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    A mole miner will throw bombs, breaking the track. Stay alert and jump as needed.
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    Three crystals will fall, creating gaps. Fall into the third gap to land on a lower track with a puzzle piece. Jump back to the upper track.
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    Checkpoint.
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    Crouch under crystals. If you stay standing for a banana trail, you can get a puzzle piece at the end, but immediately duck afterward.
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    Do short hops off the first two of five mole miners, then a full jump off the third to get the 'N'.
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    Combine short hops and full jumps during the bombing run. At the end, jump over the gap in the looping track.
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    Jump over the gap on the first revolution to get the 'G'.
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    At the end of the level, run past the exit barrel and through a door on the right to a bonus area.
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    Level 4-4: Mole Patrol
    • Immediately go left to enter a bonus area.
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    This is a rocket barrel level.
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    At the beginning, follow the banana trail to get the 'K'.
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    Collecting all bananas in the trail will reveal a puzzle piece.
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    Avoid mole miners and their projectiles. Hit moles on balloons with the rocket, but dodge pickaxes.
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    The 'O' is in a gap between two large rocks in the middle of the screen, after mole miners start dropping crystals.
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    Checkpoint.
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    Follow the next banana trail for a puzzle piece.
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    Popping all mole miners' balloons here will reveal a puzzle piece ahead.
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    The 'N' appears in a gap at the bottom of the screen shortly after; veer downward to grab it.
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    After the section with the drill through a tunnel, the 'G' appears in a gap at the top of the screen between two crystals.
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    At the end of the stage, walk past the exit barrel and ground-pound in front of the plant near the right wall for a puzzle piece.
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    Level 4-5: Crowded Cavern
    • There is nothing to the left. Start right. When the wooden floor shakes, jump left to get a puzzle piece that falls from the top, then jump into the shaft.
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    Walk left to enter a bonus area.
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    After the bonus area, there is another...

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