Mole Territories

Your friendly guide to Mole Hole in A Game About Digging A Hole! Learn how to find all the beads, collect furniture like the Carrot Dresser and Tree-Stump Bed, and master the Digger Metamortex.

Alright, let's dig into the Mole Hole! This is a pretty unique stage in _Kirby's Epic Yarn_ and _Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn_, and it's your first bonus stage after beating Fangora. You'll need to collect a bunch of beads during the Fangora fight to unlock it with the Mole Patch. Getting enough beads here will also snag you the Firecracker Patch, which opens up the Weird Woods bonus stage. What makes Mole Hole special is that you're stuck as the Digger Metamortex for the entire stage. The official guide says you can tunnel straight down to avoid most stuff and get to the Bonus Bell fast, which is super helpful if you're trying to beat Mara in a race. But for just exploring, you'll want to dig around for all the hidden beads. Getting Started: Right at the beginning, grab that Pull Patch to become Digger Kirby. The game will show you how to dig. After a couple of beads, you'll need to dig straight down a narrow passage. This is where the real stage begins. Navigating the Tunnels: Follow the beads to the left, and you'll find a dead end with five beads. Drop down, and you'll hit a Blue Arrow Block. Push it off the ledge to crush the Candlemander below, then keep going down. Now you have a choice: left or right. The left path is a dead end with a Candlemander, two beads, and three Blue Arrow Blocks. The right path leads down to the two-star Star Patch, but be careful of the Blue Arrow Blocks surrounding it! After that, you'll find a crystal. Breaking it with attacks reveals a door to the left. Go through, exit the next door, and you can jump down to grab the Carrot Dresser. Don't worry if you miss it; ignoring the crystal and digging straight down also leads to the same area. More Digging and Dangers: Next up, you'll see a pit of quicksand in the center, covered by dirt. If you dive in, you can find the three-star Star Patch, but watch out for the Gator at the bottom. To the right is another dead end with a star bead and some more beads behind a breakable barrier. To progress, you need to go left and dig down. You'll pass another breakable barrier, a Candlemander, and two beads. Break another crystal for more beads, then keep digging down. Now you have three options: dig left through a patch of dirt for a hidden star bead, dig right through a similar patch, or fall down the middle, passing a barrier and a Candlemander. The Five-Star Patch and the CD: To get the five-star Star Patch, you need to destroy two breakable barriers in the center. Be super careful here: destroy the top one, then quickly destroy the bottom one. If you're too slow, the two Blue Arrow Blocks will permanently block access! From here, you can go left, past two Candlemanders and two breakable barriers, or dig down to the right. You'll find a huge patch of dirt, and on the right, some Candlemanders are trapped in barriers. Keep an eye out for a star bead to the left (destroy a barrier, crush a Candlemander with four Blue Arrow Blocks) and another crystal nearby for even more beads. By pushing the Blue Arrow Blocks in the center, you can open a passage to a door. Go through, take a short fall, and you'll find the CD for the stage. Make sure to push the Blue Arrow Block blocking the CD area from the outside so you can get back easily! Finishing Up: Dig right from where you found the CD, and you'll see the Tree-Stump Bed surrounded by dirt. If you dig down and left from here, you'll find a star bead on the far left. Below that, ten beads point down towards the Reel Gate. If you dig right from that arrow, you'll trigger a circle of beads. When you're ready, fall through the Reel Gate. You'll transform back to normal, and then you can hit the Bonus Bell to finish the stage!