All Banandium Gems & Fossil Locations in Hilltop Layer in Donkey Kong Bananza | 100% Walkthrough
In this 100% guide, we track down all Banandium Gems and every hidden Fossil scattered across the Hilltop Layer — where serene hills make the perfect stage for quirky turf surfing. The following collectables can be found here: ▷ Banandium Gems: 35 (main story) ▷ Small Fossils: 30 I don’t necessarily grab Banandium Gems in strict numerical order — instead, we follow a route that matches the map’s natural flow, avoiding constant backtracking. You can see exactly which gem is being collected at any moment in the timestamps below. Fossils are picked up along the way — just watch the sections in between the Banandium Gem pickups to find them. Also, I'll only cover banandium gems that can be found during the main story. Any post game collectables will be part of a future guide. #donkeykongbananza #switch2 #gaming #donkeykong #nintendo ============================================== Time Stamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:12 - General Info Sublayer 200 (Upper Part) 01:03 - 1 Bruised Peekabrusier 02:15 - 2 Cave-Dwelling Treasure 03:28 - 38 Hilltop Chip Exchange 03:44 - 8-10 Challenge Course: Shifty Platform Road 05:00 - 7 The Shifty Path under the Village 05:45 - 6 Battle: Dig, Dig, Dig on Down 06:50 - 11-12 Hilltop Fragmentone Recovery 08:00 - 14 Hilltop Hide-and-Seek 09:10 - 16 Bloomed in the Hilltop Layer 10:12 - 17-19 Challenge Course: Thorny Hill Speed Surf 11:58 - 29 The Flying Banana 12:20 - 13 Battle: Spike-Spout Scrap 13:20 - 30 Gold-Dipped Banana 14:20 - 31 Hilltop Quiz Master 15:06 - 32 Cranky's Hilltop Rant 16:12 - 33 Shifty Smash: Downhill Run 17:12 - 25 Shifty Smash: The Rotating Ring 18:30 - 24 Bananas All the Way Down 18:45 - 26-28 Challenge Course: Spiked-Tide Slope 20:15 - 20 Shifty Smash: Break the Canopy 21:20 - 21 Battle: Three-Tiered Tussle 22:30 - 22 Peeled from Peel Peak 22:46 - 23 The Skies over Peel Peak 23:26 - 15 Hilltop Smashin Stats After completing the upper part of Sublayer 200, you should have a total of: ▷ 31 Banandium Gems ▷ 29 small fossils Sublayer 200 (Lower Part) 24:38 - #34 Tunneling Through the Pit 24:53 - #35-37 Challenge Course: Nostalgia Country After completing the whole of Sublayer 200, you should have a total of: ▷ 35 Banandium Gems ▷ 30 small fossils ============================================== Donkey Kong Bananza is the latest platformer developed by Nintendo EPD for the Nintendo Switch 2. Players control Donkey Kong and a young Pauline as they venture underground to recover stolen banana-shaped diamonds from villainous apes. The game features sandbox-style exploration, objective completion, enemy battles, and collectible hunting, reminiscent of Super Mario Odyssey but with a unique twist: highly destructible environments that players can manipulate to discover hidden paths and items. This marks Nintendo EPD’s first internally developed Donkey Kong game since Jungle Beat (2004), using advanced voxel technology to create large, destructible worlds emphasizing Donkey Kong’s strength. The soundtrack blends rearranged classic tunes by David Wise and Grant Kirkhope with new compositions. Scheduled for release on July 17, 2025, Bananza is the first original Donkey Kong title since Tropical Freeze (2014) and the first 3D platformer since Donkey Kong 64 (1999).
