Friendly Faces in "Donkey Kong Bananza" Quiz

Answer: Ingot Isle

The game starts with DK amongst the Prospector Monkeys of Ingot Isle, all of them working together to strike the mother lode of Banandium if they can manage to locate it. It'll take an adventure through the mines to an Ancient Cave to help them out, but before they can claim their rewards, VoidCo will come in and make things difficult.

The result will be that DK and the Prospector Monkeys-- who look a lot like Diddy, one might note-- will sink into the ground to Sublayer 10. Operations at Ingot Isle will struggle for a bit, at the very least.

Answer: Fishing

Appearing for the first time in the Lagoon Layer, these new monkeys appear with blue fur and a bit of hostility from the outset. DK being a new face in their humble Layer, it won't take long for these denizens to realize that Donkey Kong can aid them in their mission to unplug their water sources, return the lagoon to its proper water level, and rid the area of VoidCo's evil forces. Though the Salvager Monkeys appear all throughout the Layer, their main home appears to be Salvager's Landing on Sublayer 101, where they have most of their fishing boats at work.

Answer: Rant

Cranky Kong can be found on nearly every Layer of the game, and he never really does anything to help mitigate the difficulty of the adventure for DK and Pauline. Instead, he'll contribute by ranting for varying lengths of time, providing a one-sided discussion while DK waits for the problem to pass. The reward for weathering the dialogue storm will always be a Banandium Gem.

As for how Cranky appears in every Layer, it appears that he's travelling around on Rambi the Rhino's back.

Answer: Racing Layer

Diddy and Dixie, who actually saved DK in a past adventure, return on Sublayer 1100 to act as hosts of the Rambi Rumble, an event that takes place on a Stampedeway deeper into the journey. Although they are the receptionists for sign-ups for the event, they're also the record-holders for the race, and one of DK's only to-dos passing through here is to beat them at their own game. If he does, he can continue down into the Radiance Layer.

Answer: Architectone

Shaped like houses, these blue-and-orange Fractones can be found throughout most layers and, for a nominal fee, will carve spots out of the ground to create Getaways for DK and Pauline, providing them a bed and wardrobe in doing this. The bed is a good spot at which DK can nap and regain health while the wardrobe allows the pair to change purchased outfits for new bonuses.

The more Getaways unlocked on a certain Layer, the higher the health bonus DK can receive on top of his regained health, but more Getaways will also increase the cost of new ones.

Answer: Swordfish Elder

There are five Elders that DK will encounter in the adventure starting with the Kong Elder in the Lagoon Layer, moving to the Zebra Elder (in the Freezer Layer), then the Ostrich Elder (in the Forest Layer), the Elephant Elder (in the Tempest Layer), and the Snake Elder (in the Radiance Layer). Each one of these Elders, who also happens to be an aspiring DJ, oversees some large operation or another and is more than willing to help DK if their Ancient Records can be returned to their massive turntables. Each will teach DK a Bananza, necessary to progress in the adventure to the Planet Core.

Answer: Glamtone

The Glamtone is the odd one out here because while they will offer up a Banandium Gem, they, like other Fractones throughout the planet, are there to create a mission and not necessarily support with wares. Instead, DK and Pauline will need to dress up in required outfits (purchased from a Styletone) to result in the gem.

The others are usually found in different settlements. The Styletone sells outfits (for Fossils); the Stufftone sells consumable items (for gold); the Chiptone trades Banandium Chips (and gold, at a fee) for Banandium Gems.

Answer: Eel

As will be discovered when DK reaches the Lagoon Layer and onwards, there must be a way to navigate the planet's Layers with ease. There is, in fact, because the Eels are there to help. Li'l Eelevators are the most common, allowing DK to travel anywhere within a Layer provided that he has checkpoints available to him. Regular Eelevators, which work from Warp Gongs, allow him to travel between different Layers, dropping him off at their respective Warp Gongs if they've been found.

There are bigger and smaller Eels in later Layers.

Answer: Three

Fragmentones appear in nearly every Layer of the planet, showing up in the form of a blue puzzle piece whenever DK and Pauline stumble upon them. These Fractones will hand over two Banandium Gems upon being helped out, and their tasks generally involve an easy and a hard option. To get one Banandium Gem, DK needs to locate one of its missing Fractones nearby, leading it back to the main Fragmentone to fill in one of its holes. To get the second, DK needs to find two more, wherever they are, sometimes needing to create new paths to help them along.

Answer: Pauline

DK will find the Odd Rock very early on, before even embarking on the adventure, when he locates it in Ingot Isle shortly after the planet-shaking events occur. Although a hefty companion to tag along, the Odd Rock becomes invaluable, especially when it's revealed, by the Kong Elder, to be Pauline.

Instead of retaining this temporary form, Pauline will remain in the quest with DK in her human form, capable of contributing a little more thoroughly in the quest to the Planet Core (and beyond).