Unlock Every Hidden Banandium Gem on Ingot Isle in Donkey Kong Bananza – Complete Guide!

Discover All Banandium Gem Locations on Ingot Isle in Donkey Kong Bananza

Starting your adventure on Ingot Isle in Donkey Kong Bananza means more than just learning the ropes—it’s your first chance to grab some shiny Banandium Gems. Once you’ve beaten the game, Ingot Isle opens up with even more golden bananas to find. Ready to know where every single Banandium Gem hides? Let’s dive right in!

Overview of Banandium Gem locations on Ingot Isle
Details for Sublayer 1 and Sublayer 10 gems
Tips for tackling challenges and boss fights
How to unlock special abilities to make collecting easier

Sublayer 1: The Beginner’s Banandium Gems

You’ll find three Banandium Gems here, perfect for getting started:

#1: The First Banandium Gem – Right after starting your journey, this gem is your warm-up.
#2: Through the Banana-Mining Belt – At the end of the mining belt, a sweet reward awaits.
#3: Digging up a Snack – Venture into the gold-filled cave and find the gem at the very end.

Sublayer 10: The Real Treasure Hunt Begins

With 33 Banandium Gems scattered around, Sublayer 10 is where the real challenge starts. Here are some highlights and tips:

#4: Secret by the Start – After hitting the Warp Gong and reuniting with Pauline, head back and look for a hidden ledge. Transform into your snake form to climb up and find a gem behind a breakable wall.
#6: Shifty Smash: Rising Tower – Unlock Snake Bananza’s Meteor Punch skill to smash through the tower layers easily. This challenge is atop the Ingot Isle sign.
#8: Thwarting the Thorns – Use the Egg Bomb skill or throw gold chunks to clear thorns on a floating platform and grab the hidden banana.
#12-14: The Ingot Isle Growtone Series – Feed the Growtone gold (a whopping 10,000!) to earn three bananas. Flying with Ostritch Bananza over thorny areas helps reach these platforms.
#22-25: Bunch of Battles & Battle Rush Challenges – Pay Grumpy Kong to unlock these intense fight sequences. Prepare for waves of enemies like crockoids, antickoids, and the final boss, Grumpy Kong.
#26-31: Boss Rush Battles – Face off against Inflammonite, Abracajabya, Blusterwing, Muckety-Muck, Stompenclomper, and more. Each fight requires strategy and upgraded skills for victory.

Additional Gems and Special Tips

#32: Snack on the Outskirts of Town – Use DK’s Hand Slap sonar to locate this gem hidden inside a rock near a covered sinkhole.
#33: Shifty Smash: Quick & Nimble – Enter barrels above and use Snake Bananza’s glare and charge jump to break boxes and claim the banana.
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#34 & #35: High-Paying Rewards – After paying Grumpy Kong 120,000 gold, climb the crane and the golden Donkey Kong statue to find two special Banandium Gems.
#36: Ingot Isle Chip Exchange – Trade Banandium Chips and gold to get this gem at the exchange point.

Looking to master every corner of Donkey Kong Bananza? Check out our other guides covering Banandium Gems on Feast Layer, Forbidden Layer, and Planet Core Layer. We also have tips on unlocking music discs, using Ancient Bananza Powers, and navigating the skill tree.