Donkey Kong Bananza Items Guide

Complete guide to all Donkey Kong Bananza items, collectibles, and upgrades in our comprehensive resource. Discover every Donkey Kong Bananza item including skill upgrades and transformation abilities. Master every essential Donkey Kong Bananza item and tool for the ultimate underground adventure!

Donkey Kong Bananza Items Overview

Banandium Gems

💎

777

Golden banana-shaped crystals that grant skill points to upgrade Donkey Kong's abilities.

Fossils

🦴

696

Ancient fossils that can be traded for clothing and costume items.

Music Discs

🎵

110

Music tracks that expand the in-game music player selection.

Skill Tree System

Health

Increase maximum health hearts from 3 to 10

Max Level: 7Total Cost: 29 Gems

Combat

Enhance punching power and combat effectiveness

Punch PowerCharge PunchSpin JumpKong Armor

Collection

Improve item collection and detection abilities

Better CollectingBetter SonarCharge Slap

Movement

Enhance mobility and traversal options

Better Turf SurfingSurf SurfJump Shot

Bananza Forms

Upgrade each transformation form's abilities

Kong FormZebra FormOstrich FormElephant FormSnake Form

Bananza Transformation Forms

Kong Bananza

👑

Donkey Kong's base transformation that greatly increases his strength and punching power.

Abilities

Charge PunchEnhanced StrengthTerrain DestructionGolden Punch

Unlock Requirement

Story progression

Zebra Bananza

🦓

A speedy transformation that allows DK to run on water and fragile platforms.

Abilities

Super SpeedWater RunningBrake BlastCharge DashSpin Shot

Unlock Requirement

Meet Zebra Elder

Ostrich Bananza

🦅

A flying transformation that enables gliding and dropping explosive eggs.

Abilities

FlightGlidingEgg BombsFlutterAerial Combat

Unlock Requirement

Meet Ostrich Elder

Elephant Bananza

🐘

A powerful form that can inhale and store terrain chunks.

Abilities

InhalingChunk StorageTrunk AttacksTerrain Manipulation

Unlock Requirement

Meet Elephant Elder

Snake Bananza

🐍

A stealthy form with time-slowing abilities and powerful jumping.

Abilities

Glare (Time Slow)Charge JumpJump BurstStealth Movement

Unlock Requirement

Meet Snake Elder

Special Items & Equipment

Checkpoints

🔱

Tuning fork-shaped fast travel points scattered throughout each layer.

Fast travel
Progress saving
Layer navigation

Void Stakes

Purple stakes that provide access to lower sublayers.

Sublayer access
Banandium Gem rewards
Layer progression

Getaways

🏠

Hideouts that can be built using gold for rest and recuperation.

Health restoration
Music player access
Rest stops

Equipment & Collection Tips

Collection Strategy

  • • Prioritize Banandium Gems for skill upgrades
  • • Use destructible environments to find hidden items
  • • Master each transformation form's unique abilities
  • • Build Getaways for convenient rest stops

Upgrade Priority

  • • Max out Health first for survival
  • • Upgrade Combat skills for boss battles
  • • Enhance Collection abilities for efficiency
  • • Improve Movement for better exploration