A complete guide to finding all Puzzle Pieces and KONG letters in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze's Part 25, covering levels High Tide Ride, Amiss Abyss, and Irate Eight.
This guide covers Part 25 of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, detailing the locations of all Puzzle Pieces and KONG letters in the levels High Tide Ride (4-2), Amiss Abyss (4-3), and Irate Eight (4-4).
Walkthrough
- 1High Tide Ride (4-2)
- Puzzle Piece 1: At the beginning of the stage, hop into the barrel cannon underneath the very first suspended wooden platform and fire to a bonus area. Collect all bananas between the vines.
- 2KONG Letter K: Upon entering the mine cart, take the top path, then jump off the end to collect the K.
- 3Puzzle Piece 2: After a pair of snaggles, hop over the wooden fence to the lower track (not the top path) to find a puzzle piece. Jump back up to the top afterward.
- 4Checkpoint 1: You will go down into a temple.
- 5Puzzle Piece 3: In the room after the first door, collect all bananas on the middle, left, then middle tracks to make a puzzle piece appear.
- 6KONG Letter O: Immediately after the previous puzzle piece, the track splits into two. The O will appear over the gap on the left track.
- 7Puzzle Piece 3 (continued): In the next section, where wooden walls slide, collect all bananas. They appear on the left, right, then left tracks. A puzzle piece will appear on the left track.
- 8Checkpoint 2: The camera pans back to a side view.
- 9Puzzle Piece 4: After the camera returns to the corner view, jump to the left track, then back to the right. Stay on the right track to get a puzzle piece, ignoring the large stone that appears.
- 10KONG Letter N: After a couple of blast barrels, the N will be above a gap along the path.
- 11Checkpoint 3:
- 12KONG Letter G: When the track splits into five, the second track from the left presents the G. Favor the left side to grab it.
- 13Amiss Abyss (4-3)
- TL;DR: This is an underwater silhouette stage. Use corkscrews into schools of fish to generate light, revealing hidden paths and items.
- 14KONG Letter K: At the bottom of the first chasm, light up fish to reveal the K behind electric coral on the ceiling. Swim up to grab it.
- 15Checkpoint 1:
- 16Puzzle Piece 1: After the opening with five pufftups, there's a hidden area up and to the left. Light up fish to find it, then collect all bananas inside.
- 17Puzzle Piece 2: Grab a tuff tuck, carry it to the platform on the left, and throw it at the wall up and to the right to open a bonus area. Collect all bananas inside.
- 18KONG Letter O: Use the bouncy platform to the right of the Diddy barrel to reach the O overhead.
- 19Puzzle Piece 3: Follow the ring of jellyfish around a spiky rock to the one o'clock position. A darkened inset in the outer rock contains a puzzle piece.
- 20Puzzle Piece 4: Just before the next green arrow sign, collect the spiral-shaped pattern of bananas to make a puzzle piece appear.
- 21KONG Letter N: The N is at the top-right corner of this area, obscured by the machine connected to the arrow sign.
- 22Puzzle Piece 5: Collect all bananas in the air pocket at the top of the next area; a puzzle piece will appear in the center.
- 23Checkpoint 2:
- 24Puzzle Piece 6: Bring the tuff tucks back to the bag ahead to make a pattern of bananas appear. Collect them all for a puzzle piece.
- 25Puzzle Piece 7: Head left once back in the water, then jump out for an easy puzzle piece.
- 26Puzzle Piece 8: Follow fish around circular rocks. In the second circle, swim into a small gap at the bottom, collect all bananas, and a puzzle piece will appear in the middle.
- 27KONG Letter G: In the closing passageway with three green arrow signs, stay near the top after the third sign. The G is in the top half, near a pufftup.
- 28Puzzle Piece 9: Before the slot barrel, break through the wooden section of the wall on the right to enter a bonus area. Use bouncy platforms to collect all bananas for a puzzle piece.
- 29Irate Eight (4-4)
- TL;DR: This level features rotating spikes, a hidden area requiring corkscrewing through the floor, and a current.
- 30Checkpoint 2: Head forward to reach a blue portal containing a secret exit.
- 31Checkpoint 2 (continued): Head forward instead to find checkpoint #2.
- 32KONG Letter N: The N up ahead thinks it's a fish. Corkscrew into the school of fish to free it.
- 33Puzzle Piece 5: In the large clearing with rotating spikes, corkscrew through the floor to enter a hidden area. Defeat the fritz while it's not electrified, collect all bananas, and earn a puzzle piece. Watch your air meter.
- 34KONG Letter G: Swim through three lights to open a large horizontal section with a forward current. The G is about one-third of the way from the top, between two parallel sets of urchins.
- 35Puzzle Piece 7: Once you reach the slot barrel, corkscrew through the grassy floor to open a bonus area. Use springy platforms to collect all bananas for a puzzle piece.
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