Unlock Every Banandium Gem in Donkey Kong Bananza’s Radiance Layer – Complete Guide and Tips!

Discovering Banandium Gems in Donkey Kong Bananza’s Radiance Layer

If you’re diving into Donkey Kong Bananza, the Radiance Layer is your 12th zone, packed with plenty of Banandium Gems to collect. This area features five sublayers, each with unique challenges and treasures. Don’t worry if some parts seem sparse on bananas — the Radiance Layer more than makes up for it with its diverse puzzles and hidden gems.

Overview of Radiance Layer and its significance
Detailed Banandium Gem locations in Sublayers 1200 to 1204
Tips on using Ancient Bananza Powers like Snake Bananza
How to unlock post-story challenge bananas
Insights on battling challenges and puzzle-solving strategies

Welcome to the Radiance Layer

The Radiance Layer introduces you to the snake people and grants your last Ancient Bananza Power: Snake Bananza. Mastering this power is essential as you’ll need to leap high and solve intricate puzzles using your coiled body, alongside your earlier abilities.

Sublayer 1200: The Starting Point

This sublayer offers three Banandium Gems. For example, one is hidden beneath the White-Sand Landing near the Shedlight Cave teleport spot—dig down carefully and use DK’s Hand Slap sonar to locate it. Another gem awaits you right after dropping into the snow-covered Radiance Layer, and a third is deep inside Shedlight Cave, requiring transformation into Kong Bananza to break through concrete floors.

Sublayer 1201: A Snake’s Domain with 27 Gems

Here, you’ll find the majority of Radiance Layer’s Banandium Gems. Highlights include:

Completing Shifty Smash challenges hidden in caves
Using light puzzles near Glowboa Grotto to reveal hidden bananas
Engaging in battle challenges that require paying gold to unlock
Climbing atop snake heads using charge jumps
Participating in the Snake Bananza: Charged Climb challenge course

Remember to utilize your new Snake Bananza abilities for charge jumps and gliding transformations to access tricky spots.

Post-Story Challenge: Snake Elder’s Rehearsal

After collecting 600 Banandium Gems, you can challenge the Snake Elder. This intense rehearsal tests your mastery of all snake-related skills, including the vital Glare ability to slow time. The challenge involves:

Precision charge jumps through hazardous goo and obstacles
Strategic use of Glare to navigate moving platforms and bombs
Multiple climbing sections requiring consistent time-slowing
Defeating enemies while maintaining control over time mechanics

Maxing out your snake skill tree before attempting this will make the challenge more manageable.

Sublayer 1202: Illuminating the Path with 15 Gems

This sublayer revolves around restoring light by turning the synthetic sun back on. Key spots include:

Combat challenges unlocked after restoring sunlight
Exploring the Sculptors’ Studio and ceiling grates using snake form
Hidden bananas in lava caves requiring elephant form to clear lava
Completing the Ancient Country challenge course
Using glow stone chunks to create shaded paths for safe traversal

Sublayer 1203: Serpent Sands and Shadowy Ruins

With 26 Banandium Gems, this sublayer features balloon-popping tasks, thorny caves, and shadowy ruins. Notable tips include:

Using elephant form to clear thorns and defeat trapantuloids
Breaking concrete and ice walls to uncover hidden paths
Feeding the Radiance Growtone gold to earn multiple bananas
Challenging combat zones requiring light exposure strategies
Mastering Shifty Smash challenges with Snake Bananza’s charge jump

Pay attention to environmental clues like glow stone veins and use your abilities creatively to access secret areas.

Sublayer 1204: The Final Stretch with 5 Gems

The last sublayer presents a compact but challenging environment. Here, you’ll:

Navigate the Strong, Shady Clouds Ancient Ruins by staying in shadows
Use ice balls to break thorn walls and open new paths
Break open a crystal snake to claim a hidden banana
Complete shadow-based challenge courses requiring careful timing

Once you’ve collected all Banandium Gems on the Radiance Layer, it’s time to move on to the Groove Layer and continue your adventure.

More Donkey Kong Bananza Guides

Need help with other layers or unlocking music discs? We’ve got you covered with detailed guides on the Resort Layer, Tempest Layer, and Landfill Layer. Plus, learn all about the Ancient Bananza Powers and skill tree to maximize your gameplay!