Level 17: Diggin' It

At the start, break the two boxes and approach the plant. These plants spit exploding seeds. Jump on the plant to bounce or bodyslam it to kill it.

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 platform and a plant. Jump onto the platform, then jump across the pit. The plant spits seeds at the platform; jump onto the platform right after a seed explodes to avoid damage. Kill the plant if desired and break the box.

A large statue will move around a path ahead. Avoid hitting it, as it will cause damage, but it doesn't actively attack.

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

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

After the plant, use another speed boost to run into and break the nearby boxes.

Go past another statue.

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

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

Jump over the next pit.

Ahead, walk on the remaining path between pits on both sides.

Break the Aku Aku box in front of two Nitro boxes, but avoid hitting the Nitro.

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

Slide under the two electric fences.

You'll reach another plant; avoid its seeds and kill it if you wish.

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

Run into the speed boost behind the fence and use it to smash all the boxes.

There are two more fences that turn on and off, with a plant behind them spitting seeds that can reach past both fences.

Pass the first fence when it turns off and avoid seeds while standing there.

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 in this area.

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

Break the checkpoint.

Walk along the narrow path between pits.

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

At a fork, if you haven't been hit at all, you can take the SKULL PLATFORM PATH on the left. Otherwise, go right.

Break the two boxes.

You'll encounter a beehive; passing it triggers a bee chase. You can kill bees, but they respawn (be brought back to life at a checkpoint after death). They stop chasing when you get far enough away.

Jump over the pit and avoid the small pit on the left. The bees will stop chasing 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 by 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 and break the four boxes.

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

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

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

Jump over the pit right 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.

While burrowed, 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 collect 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.