Ingot Isle Cave-In
- This article is about the layer in the Donkey Kong Bananza world. For the location it takes place in, see Ingot Isle.
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| Terrain strength | ★☆☆☆☆ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Banandium Gems | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ingot Isle Cave-In is the first layer in the Underground World of Donkey Kong Bananza, occupying sublayers 1 and 10. It is a result of Ingot Isle being pushed underground by the Pay-Dirt Piledriver and is where Donkey Kong first meets the Odd Rock, who is later revealed to be a young Pauline. There are no fossils here.
During its initial visit, Donkey Kong and Odd Rock ascend to the top, defeat a Crockoid, and obtain a key to unlock the Void Stake, before breaking it to be able to dive down to the Lagoon Layer and start their journey together properly. This action also destroys the upper half of Baboomtown.
During the post-game, Poppy Kong and Grumpy Kong, having started a construction company together, can be found here, near the hole which once led to the Lagoon Layer, but is now patched up with a large metal grate. Grumpy Kong constructs a Warp Gong down in the mine where Odd Rock is first encountered at the start of the game, and will mention this if Donkey Kong talks to him before ringing it. Once the Warp Gong is rang, the Eelevator appears, spits out Pauline and reunites her with Donkey Kong. Additionally, for increasing sums of gold paid to Grumpy Kong, two Challenge Rushes can be made accessible – Battle Rush and Boss Rush – and Baboomtown and its surrounding area can be restored and have additional features added, which also includes a giant golden statue of Donkey Kong with a Banandium Gem on top of its head, and a sign honoring him as "The Hero of Ingot Isle".
Checkpoints[edit]
Sublayer 10[edit]
- Baboomtown Entrance
- Baboomtown Square
- Banana Mine Scaffold
Getaways[edit]
The sole Getaway in Ingot Isle Cave-In is only accessible after clearing the game.
Sublayer 10[edit]
- Baboomtown Getaway
Banandium Gems[edit]
- Main article: List of Banandium Gems in Ingot Isle Cave-In
There are a total of seventy-eight Banandium Gems (twenty-five regular gems, one bunch of 3 and ten bunches of 5) in Ingot Isle Cave-In. During Donkey Kong's first visit to this layer, he can collect only three Banandium Gems. After Donkey Kong defeats King K. Rool in New Donk City, the remaining thirty-three becomes available to collect.
Challenges[edit]
There are only two challenges in this layer; both are in sublayer 10, post-game only, and require gold to be paid to Grumpy Kong.
| Sublayer | Challenge | Name | Banandium Gems |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Challenge Rush | Bunch of Battles ×13 | 20 |
| Challenge Rush | Bunch of Boss Battles ×5 | 30 |
Enemies[edit]
| Enemy | Sublayer | Terrain |
|---|---|---|
| Antickoids | 1, 10 | Bedrock[A], Gold, Stone[A] |
| Crockoids[B][A] | 10 | Concrete[A], Sand[A], Stone, Thorns[A] |
| Molevoloids | 10 | Dirt, Salt[A], Stone, Thorns |
| Glitzoid[C] | 10 | Stone |
Only in Challenges[edit]
| Enemy | Sublayer | Terrain |
|---|---|---|
| Batteroids | 10 | N/A |
| Buzzoids | Stone | |
| Muckoids | Muck, ??? | |
| Munchoids | Grass, Stone | |
| Rolluskoids | Concrete, Lava, Stone | |
| Squeeloids | Boom Rock, Sand, Stone | |
| Stompoids | Bright Ore | |
| Wallopoids | Concrete, Spiked Concrete |
Bosses[edit]
| Enemy | Sublayer | Terrain |
|---|---|---|
| Grumpy Kong | 10 | Pure Gold |
| Inflammonite | Lava, Stone | |
| Abracajabya | Concrete, Dirt, Fragile Rubber, Mud, Poison, Thorns | |
| Sinister Blusterwing | Gloo Gum, Stone | |
| Muckety-Muck | Muck, Organic Matter, Salt, ??? | |
| Stompenclomper | Concrete, Spiked Concrete |
Footnotes[edit]
Signs[edit]
- (Hm. Sloppy handwriting...) Warp Gong Prototype No. 00-01 —Project Lead: Grumpy Kong
- It was hot that night... I couldn't sleep, and it was too late for minin', so I took a stroll the admire the stars through the cave-in's opening. Suddenly, a loud pinging sound echoed from the night sky! And a green star flashed in the distance! Then this tiny banana-shaped remote thingy fell down here from the sky! It smashed into pieces, and it creeped me out somethin' fierce...so I left it right here where it fell.
- (Hm. Sloppy handwriting...) The Hero of Ingot Isle —Donkey Kong
Gallery[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Rakka shita Ingosu-tō | Fallen Ingot Isle | [1] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 坠落的金砖岛 Zhuìluò de Jīnzhuān Dǎo (Mandarin) Jeuihlohk dīk Gāmjyūn Dóu (Cantonese) | Fallen Ingot Isle | [2] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 墜落的金磚島 Zhuìluò de Jīnzhuān Dǎo (Mandarin) Jeuihlohk dīk Gāmjyūn Dóu (Cantonese) | [3] | ||
| Dutch | Verzonken Ingot-eiland | Sunken Ingot Isle | [4] | |
| French (Europe) | Île Lingot effondrée | Collapsed Ingot Isle | [5] | |
| German | Ingot-Insel-Untergrund | Ingot Island Underground | [6] | |
| Italian | Rovine di Lingottisola | Ingot Isle ruins | [7] | |
| Korean | 낙하한 잉곳섬 Naghahan Ing-got Seom | Fallen Ingot Island | [8] | |
| Russian | Рухнувший Слитковый о-в Rukhnuvshiy Slitkovyy o-v | Collapsed Ingot Isle | [9] | |
| Spanish | Colapso de Isla Lingote | Collapse of Ingot Isle | [10] | |
| Thai | เกาะอินกอตที่ร่วงหล่น Gɔ̀ In'gɔ̀ɔt tîi Rûuang-lòn | Fallen Ingot Isle | [11] |
References[edit]
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- ^ MEGA album of Dutch Donkey Kong Bananza screenshots
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- ^ Domtendo (July 16, 2025). DONKEY KONG BANANZA 🍌 #2: Ingot-Insel Erkundung. German. Retrieved from YouTube.
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- ^ In-game name from Donkey Kong Bananza