All the bananas in Forbidden Layer

Before delving into this guide, remember that the focus is on a single Layer. If you are looking for general tips and tricks or the index of all guides, take an Eelevator to this central guide to get all 777 bananas.

Also, remember that the name of each Banandium Gem gives you clues on how to get it, and comparing your map with ours below can help. Still don’t know how to get a specific banana? Tell us the number in the comments and we’ll give you a hand.

The Forbidden Layer is the last special stop before the Planet Core, the “big reveal” (call it a spoiler) and the final battle. As such, it introduces one of the most mind-blowing mechanics in all of Donkey Kong Bananza. The game was already hinting at something along those lines with propulsion or rainbow bridge-generating sharks, but in this layer, in the areas that Securitone activates, what you can do is pick up any piece of material or terrain, throw it in any direction and watch as it leaves a new path behind it. It’s awesome.

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All bananas in Forbidden Layer and where to find them

The extra banana post-game is given to you by Grumpy, once you’ve defeated you-know-who and revealed you-know-what. Otherwise, it’s a matter of understanding the changing materials and experimenting with the path mechanics. Here we go:

Total: 25 bananas
Layer SL1500: bananas 1-25
Underlined: new bananas, added after the end of the game.

1. Scrubbed Muckety-Muck!
2. Secret in the Shaft
3. Soggy First Steps
4. Swift Sideways Shuffle
5. No Swimming, No Slipping
6. Battle: Nighty Night, Nemesis
7. Pitching for Passage
8. Past the Shuffling Ceiling
9. Under, Up, and Inside
10. Battle: Forged Path Upward
11. Passage to the Lonely Island
12. Perilous Passage
13. Cranky’s Forbidden Rant
14. Halfway Shuffled
15. Balloons in the Shuffle
16. Survived the Shuffle
17. Unwelcome at Go-No-Further Gate!
18. Battle: Shuffling Walls
19. Forbidden Smashin’ Stats
20. Passage through Lava
21. Shuffling Ascent
22. Behind the Shuffle
23. Atop the Shuffle
24. A Gift from Grumpy
25. Forbidden Chip Exchange

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