Level 17: Diggin' It

At the start, break the two boxes and approach the spitting plants carefully. These plants attack by spitting exploding seeds. Jump on them when they stop attacking to bounce, or bodyslam them to kill them.

Deal with the first plant, then break the boxes behind it.

Past those boxes, handle two more plants and break an Aku Aku box.

After the plants and box, avoid the mines.

Behind the mines is a pit with a central platform and a plant on the other side. Jump onto the platform, then jump across the pit. The plant will spit seeds at the platform; jump onto the platform right after a seed explodes to pass unharmed. You can kill the plant and break the box if desired.

A large statue will move along the path as you approach. It will not actively attack but can be avoided easily.

Past the statue, use the speed boost on the ground to jump over the next pit.

Avoid the mines and watch out for the plant and its seeds.

After the plant, use a speed boost to break the boxes.

Pass another statue, avoiding the pit on the left. Jump over the pit when it crosses the whole path.

Break the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death) here, then jump over the next pit.

Walk on the remaining path between pits on either side.

Break the Aku Aku box in front of two Nitro boxes, being careful not to hit the Nitro.

Past the Nitro boxes, use the two speed boosts to go over them.

Slide under the two electric fences. You will encounter another plant; avoid its seeds and kill it if you wish.

Behind the plant is an electric fence that turns on and off. Pass it when it turns off.

Use the speed boost behind the fence to smash into all the boxes.

Pass two more fences that turn on and off. A plant behind them spits seeds that can reach past both fences, so be careful.

Pass the first fence when it turns off, then avoid the seeds while standing near the second fence.

When the second fence turns off, go through it and kill the plant.

Use the speed boost to collect Wumpa Fruit.

Pass the next statue and go right around the pit.

Watch out for the plant ahead spitting seeds and go around the next pit to the left.

Kill the two plants spitting seeds.

Stand on the large "?" on the ground to reach the BONUS STAGE.

Break the checkpoint and walk along the narrow path between pits.

Use the speed boost on the ground to run into the boxes.

At a fork, if you reached it without taking damage, take the SKULL PLATFORM PATH on the left. Otherwise, go right.

Break the two boxes and approach the beehive. Passing it will trigger a bee chase. You can kill bees, but more will replace them. Move far enough away to stop the chase.

Jump over the pit and avoid the small pit on the left. The bees will stop chasing you around here.

Jump over the next pit and onto the metal arrow box to break the bounce box above it.

Pass another beehive and stay on the narrow path to the left of a large pit.

Avoid the mines at the end of the pit and move right to avoid the next pit.

Jump over the pit when it crosses the path and ditch the bees.

Use the speed boosts on the ground to run into the four boxes.

Past the boxes is a beehive and an electric fence that turns on and off. Time your run past the hive and fence to avoid waiting for the fence.

Stay away from the pit on the left. Jump over it when it crosses the whole path.

Wait for the electric fence to turn off to pass. If a bee gets too close, kill it with a spin.

Once the fence turns off, go by and jump over the pit right behind it. Break the checkpoint here.

Jump over the next pit onto reddish-colored ground.

Spin on this ground to burrow under it. While burrowed, press Square to spin and hurt enemies above, use the D-Pad to move, and press X to jump out. You can break boxes by spinning into them or going under them. Watch out for Nitro boxes, which can still kill you. You can also avoid exploding seeds from plants while burrowed.

Go under the two plants here and spin into them to kill them.

At the end of the reddish ground is the CRYSTAL. Go under it to get it, or jump out and get it.

Past the crystal, the reddish ground ends, and there is a pit.

Jump over this pit and break the boxes.

Jump over the next pit onto more reddish-colored ground.

Press Square to burrow.