Level 17: Diggin' It

At the start, break the two boxes and approach the spitting plants cautiously. These plants spit exploding seeds; jump on them to bounce or bodyslam them to kill.

After dealing with the first plant, break the boxes behind it.

Encounter two more plants and an Aku Aku box.

Navigate past some mines that cannot harm you but should still be avoided.

Cross a pit using a platform; time your jump onto the platform to avoid the plant's seeds exploding. Kill the plant and break the box if desired.

Approach the large statue; it moves but does not actively attack, making it easy to avoid.

Past the statue, use a speed boost (similar to those in chase levels) to jump over a pit.

Avoid mines and another plant with its seeds.

Use a speed boost and jump to break nearby boxes.

Pass another statue.

Stay away from the pit on the left and jump over it when it spans the path.

Break the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death).

Jump over the next pit.

Walk on the remaining path between pits on either side.

Break the Aku Aku box near two Nitro boxes, being careful not to hit the Nitro.

Use speed boosts to jump over obstacles.

Slide under two electric fences (similar to those in chase levels).

Deal with another plant; kill it if you wish.

Pass an electric fence that turns on and off by timing your movement.

Use a speed boost to smash into nearby boxes.

Navigate two more fences that turn on and off, while being mindful of a plant spitting seeds that can reach past both fences. Pass the first fence when it's off, avoid seeds, and pass the second fence when it's off, then kill the plant.

Use a speed boost to collect Wumpa Fruit.

Pass another statue and go right around a pit.

Avoid seeds from an upcoming plant and go around the next pit to the left.

Kill two plants spitting seeds.

Stand on the large '?' on the ground to access the BONUS STAGE.

Break the checkpoint.

Walk along the narrow path between pits.

Use a speed boost to run into boxes.

At a fork, if you haven't been hit, take the SKULL PLATFORM PATH on the left; otherwise, go right.

Break two boxes and encounter a beehive. Bees will chase you; you can kill them, but more will replace them. They stop chasing when you get far enough away.

Jump over a pit and avoid a small pit on the left.

Jump over another pit and onto a 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 mines near the end of the pit and move right to avoid the next pit.

Jump over a pit when it crosses the path and lose the bees.

Use speed boosts to run into four boxes.

Past the boxes, encounter 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 a pit on the left and jump over it when it spans the path.

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

Break the checkpoint.

Jump over the next pit onto reddish-colored ground.

Spin on this ground to burrow underneath. 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, but avoid Nitro. You can also avoid exploding seeds from plants while burrowed.

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

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