Quick Links
AcrossDonkey Kong Bananza, there are a bunch of fossils to collect. However, there is onlyone Extra Rare Fossil per layer, which is the biggest, most interesting fossil any given layer houses. There are a total ofeight Extra Rare Fossils in the game, as not all layers have them, and despite their size, some can be very tricky to find.
Here, we’ll dive into the location of all eight of them, so you can turn Donkey Kong Bananza into Archaeology Simulator. If archaeologists excavate by punching things. Which, who knows! They might! But they probably don’t. Anyway! On with our exploration.
Where To Find The Extra Rare Fossil In The Lagoon Layer
The first Extra Rare fossil comes in the first real layer of the game after the opening prologue area. You’ll find it onLayer 101, off to theright off the Teeleportation Gong.
From here,jump downinto thewaterandswimover to thestone island, which has awhale fossilset inside of it. Climb up the stone,punching around the outline of the fossil, and soon enough it will pop out and your collection will have begun. Unless you already have some and are backtracking, in which case your collection will simply continue.
Where To Find The Extra Rare Fossil In The Canyon Layer
The Canyon Layer’s Extra Rare Fossil can be found onLayer 301, set in a wall as youride the mine cart into the sublayer. You’ll need tograb the exploding rocksby jumping while in the cart, thenaim at the wallwith enough hits to shake thetriceratops loose.
If youmiss, justride the cart backand keep throwing rocks at it until it emerges from the wall.
Where To Find The Extra Rare Fossil In The Freezer Layer
The Extra Rare Fossil in the Freezer Layer is onLayer 500, on the verytop of Coolstripe Cavern. When you reach theexit(which has afast travel point, if you’ve already been), you’ll see afragile ice paththat curves up to the top.
Runalong this withZebra Bananza, and in thefirst large trenchyou come to, aT-Rex will be buried. Punch down around the outline, and you’ll be able to free the fossil and add it to your collection.
Where To Find The Extra Rare Fossil In The Forest Layer
Down inLayer 601, you’ll find the Extra Rare Fossil in the Forest Layer. This can be foundburied under the dirtin theRubbery Roostarea of the map, between the gelatinous green columns.
Bounce down onto the mud and punch down into the dirt until you uncover the fossil, which this time around is agiant spider.
Where To Find The Extra Rare Fossil In The Tempest Layer
You’ll need to drop down toLayer 901to get the Extra Rare Fossil on the Tempest Layer, which is aswordfish fossil. The problem is, this fossil is ona lava wall surrounded by a lake of lava.
The solution, once you find it directlyunderneaththe fast travel point forAncient Road Crossroads, is to useElephant Bananzatohoover up the lavaand carve a path. Once this is done,hoover around the fossil too(or throw lava rocks) to rock the swordfish loose.
Where To Find The Extra Rare Fossil In The Radiance Layer
The Extra Rare Fossil on the Radiance Layer is found all the way down onLayer 1203, where you finally get to explore some more wide open spaces, as you might say if you were in a country music band in the ’90s.
In any case,head to the Style Shop, andcontinueout to thegiant statue of the ice snaketo theleftof theVoid Kong carving. Just before the snake, there will be ashallow trench of Neptunite.Destroythis in Kong Bananza mode and thesea urchin fossilwill pop out.
Where To Find The Extra Rare Fossil In The Feast Layer
On the Feast Layer, there is ahuge statue of a stone lionthat dominatesLayer 1400. This is where we’ll find our Extra Rare Fossil, so head over to it and loop around the backuntil you’veclimbed its tail.
From here, you’ll see arobot fossilstuck to thegold podiumat thebase of the lion’s neck. Grabsaltfrom the bristles of thelion’s tailandthrow it at the acideither side of the fossil. Keep doing this until enough dissolves and you’re able to collect the robot fossil.
Where To Find The Extra Rare Fossil In The Planet Core
The Planet Core is the home of the final Extra Rare Fossil of the game, and wouldn’t you know, it’sa Donkey Kong fossil. You’ll have to venture pretty far into the layer, down toLayer 1606, but if you’ve been here before, there’sa fast travel pointhere.
Drop downto thecentreof thisisland, and make your wayoutsidebypunchingthrough the rock tofind the pink mines. Set these off to open apassage a basementbelow. Here,hitthepink mineson theNeptunite wallto destroy it.
Behindit, you will finda second Neptunite wallwith theDonkey Kong fossilset inside it.Destroythe next set ofpink mines, and your collection will be complete. Assuming you did it in order. Otherwise, you’ve still got more to do.
