Radiance Layer

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Radiance Layer
Radiance Layer
Bosses Poppy Kong, Grumpy Kong
Terrain strength ★★★★☆
Emerald Rush difficulty ★★★★★
Banandium Gems 76
Fossils 72

Radiance Layer is the thirteenth layer visited in the Underground World of Donkey Kong Bananza, occupying sublayers 1200 to 1204. It is mostly made up of sandy caves, though it also features a small desert. Glow Stone can commonly be found in all of the sublayers, and it is populated by snakes.

Poppy Kong and Grumpy Kong serve as the layer's two bosses.

Sub-locations[edit]

Sublayer 1200[edit]

Shedlight Cave[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese シャドーくつ
Shadōkutsu
Portmanteau of "shadow" and どうくつ (dōkutsu, "cave") [1]

Sublayer 1201[edit]

Glowboa Grotto[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese プリズム
Purizumu-ko
Prism Lake [1]

Sublayer 1202[edit]

Sculptor's Studio[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese すいしょう
Suishō Kiriba
Crystal Quarry [1]

Sublayer 1203[edit]

Serpent Sands[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese しろばく
Shiro Sabaku
White Desert [1]

Sublayer 1204[edit]

Crystal-Cobra Den[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese すいしょうみゃく
Suishō Myaku
Crystal Vein [1]

Checkpoints[edit]

Sublayer 1201[edit]

Glow Stone Vein[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ヒカリいし
Hikari-Ishi Kiriba
Glow Stone Quarry [1]

Constrictor Corridor[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese トグろう
Toguroka
Portmanteau of 「とぐろ」 (toguro, "coil") and ろう (rōka, "corridor") [1]

Sublayer 1202[edit]

Solar Control Tower[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese たいようせいぎょとう
Taiyō Seigyo-tō
Solar Control Tower [1]

Sublayer 1203[edit]

Oasis Observation Deck[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese オアシスてんぼうだい
Oashisu Tenbō-Dai
Oasis Observatory [1]

Window Viper[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ガラスネークかいろう
Garasunēku Kairō
Glassnake Hallway; portmanteau of "glass" and "snake" [1]

Shade Clouds[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese グルミノうんかい
Gurumino Unkai
Gurumino Cloudsea; 「グルミノ」 (Gurumino) is either from 「グルミノいし (Gurumino-Ishi, "Shade Ore") or 「グルミノ」 (Gurumino, "Gloominoid") [1]

Getaways[edit]

Sublayer 1201[edit]

Glowboa Grotto Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese プリズム別荘べっそう
Purizumu-ko no Bessō
Prism Lake Getaway [1]

Constrictor Corridor Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese トグろう別荘べっそう
Toguroka no Bessō
Constrictor Corridor Getaway [1]

Elder's Back Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ちょうろうウラの別荘べっそう
Chōrō-Ura no Bessō
Elder's Back Getaway [1]

Sublayer 1202[edit]

Solar Control Tower Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese たいようせいぎょとう別荘べっそう
Taiyō Seigyo-tō no Bessō
Solar Control Tower Getaway [1]

Sublayer 1203[edit]

Tail-End Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese しっぽ別荘べっそう
Shippo Yane no Bessō
Tail Roof Getaway [1]

Desert Outskirts Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ばくのはずれの別荘べっそう
Sabaku no Hazure no Bessō
Desert Outskirts Getaway [1]

Hiss Hiss Oasis Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese オアシスしゅうらく別荘べっそう
Oashisu Shūraku no Bessō
Oasis Settlement Getaway [1]

Shade Cloud Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese グルミノうんかい別荘べっそう
Gurumino Unkai no Bessō
Shade Clouds Getaway [1]

Sublayer 1204[edit]

Crystal-Cobra Den Getaway[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]
Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese すいしょうみゃく別荘べっそう
Suishō Myaku no Bessō
Crystal Vein Getaway [1]

Banandium Gems[edit]

76 Banandium Gems can be obtained in this layer, excluding additional Banandium Gems from the Chip Exchange. Banandium Gems marked with a dagger (†) are unavailable during the first visit.

Sublayer 1200[edit]

  • 01. Beneath the White-Sand Landing
  • 02. Alighted in the Radiance Layer! (x3 bunch)
  • 03. Deep Down in Shedlight Cave

Sublayer 1201[edit]

  • 04. Sslithered Past Shedlight Cave! (x3 bunch)
  • 05. Shifty Smash: A Thorny Situation
  • 06. A Light Snack
  • 07. Revealed by the Light
  • 08. Glowing Fruit in the Darkness
  • 09. Sharp Eye for a Banana
  • 10. Guided by Glowing Fruit
  • 11. Adrift in Glowboa Grotto
  • 12. Battle: Some Light Smashing
  • 13. Sitting on a Snake's Head
  • 14. Over the Elder's Head
  • 15. Bathing in the Essence of the Sun
  • 16. Atop an Unlit Landing
  • 17. Sneaky Room under Sand
  • 18. Springing off Sandy Steps
  • 19. Swift and Shocking Ascent
  • 20. The View beyond Glowboa Grotto
  • 21. Ran the First Scale!†
  • 22. Summited the Snaking Path†
  • 23. Ran the Second Scale!†
  • 24. Floated Aloft with Laser Precision†
  • 25. Ran the Third Scale†
  • 26. Snaked by without Going Boom†
  • 27. Ran the Fourth Scale!†
  • 28. Sink like a Crock†
  • 29. Ran the Final Scale!†
  • 30. Radiance Chip Exchange

Sublayer 1202[edit]

  • 31. Unveiled in the Sculptors' Studio! (x3 bunch)
  • 32. Battle: Shining Through
  • 33. Ceiling Swingin' Snack
  • 34. Staying Fresh in the Storeroom
  • 35. Battle: Dive-Bombing Run
  • 36. Perfectly Preserved in Crystal
  • 37. Shifty Smash: A Dark Climb
  • 38. Soaking in the Essence of the Sun
  • 39. Warmed by Flaming Barrels
  • 40. Safe in the Barrel-Free Zone
  • 41. Summited the Solar Control Tower!
  • 42. Hidden in the Girders
  • 43. Jumpin' like Jumpman
  • 44. Climbing to a High Score
  • 45. Wishing on a Synthetic Sun

Sublayer 1203[edit]

  • 46. Settled upon Serpent Sands! (x3 bunch)
  • 47. Balloons under the Dunes
  • 48. Obssscured in a Dune Cave Nook
  • 49. Deep in a Dune Cave Hallway
  • 50. Bloomed in the Radiance Layer
  • 51. Battle: Shadow and Sunlight
  • 52. Shifty Smash: Timing Is Everything
  • 53. Radiance Fragmentone Recovery
  • 54. Radiance Fragmentone Restoration
  • 55. Battle: Vaulting Virtuoso
  • 56. Radiance Smashin' Stats
  • 57. Lit-Path Switchback
  • 58. Shadow-Path Rest Stop
  • 59. Shadow-Path Finish Line
  • 60. Tip o' the Stone Snake's Tongue
  • 61. Hanging Out beneath the Oasis
  • 62. The Radiance Growtone
  • 63. The Hungry Radiance Growtone
  • 64. The Sated Radiance Growtone
  • 65. Grown beneath the Growtone
  • 66. Cranky's Radiance Rant
  • 67. Under the Viper's Chinny-Chin-Chin
  • 68. Battle: Open the Window
  • 69. Head in the Shade Clouds
  • 70. Pillaged from a Shade-Cloud Pillar
  • 71. Walkin' on Shade Clouds

Sublayer 1204[edit]

  • 72. Crashed the Crystal-Cobra Den! (x3 bunch)
  • 73. Hidden in the Moving Wall
  • 74. Sticking to the Shadows
  • 75. Through Shadows and Thorns
  • 76. Swallowed by the Snake

Challenges[edit]

Sublayer 1201[edit]

Challenges
  • Radiance Layer Challenge Course 1: Snake Bananza: Charged Climb (Banandium Gems x3)
  • Radiance Layer Challenge Course 2: Dim Lights in the Darkness (Banandium Gems x3)
  • Radiance Layer Battle Challenge 1: Antickoid x6 (Banandium Gem x1)
  • Bananza Rehearsal: Snake Elder's Rehearsal Hall (Banandium Gems ×9, only available during postgame and requires collecting 600 Banandium Gems)

Sublayer 1202[edit]

Challenges
  • Radiance Layer Challenge Course 3: Arcade Country (Banandium Gems x3)
  • Radiance Layer Battle Challenge 2: Gloominoid x3 (Banandium Gem x1)
  • Radiance Layer Battle Challenge 3: Trapantuloid x3 (Banandium Gem x1)

Sublayer 1203[edit]

Challenges
  • Radiance Layer Challenge Course 4: Surfing in Shadow (Banandium Gems x3)
  • Radiance Layer Battle Challenge 4: Gloominoid and Illuminoid x5 (Banandium Gem x1)
  • Radiance Layer Battle Challenge 5: Molevoloid x2 (Banandium Gem x1)
  • Radiance Layer Battle Challenge 6: Crockoid x3 (Banandium Gem x1)
  • Bonus Stage

Sublayer 1204[edit]

Challenges
  • Radiance Layer Challenge Course 5: Strong, Shady Clouds

Enemies[edit]

Fossils[edit]

Main article: Fossil

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese 砂漠さばく階層かいそう
Sabaku no Kaisō
Desert Stratum [2]
Chinese (Simplified) 沙漠的地层
Shāmò de Dìcěng (Mandarin)
Sāmohk dīk Deihchàhng (Cantonese)
Desert Stratum [3]
Chinese (Traditional) 沙漠的地層
Shāmò de Dìcěng (Mandarin)
Sāmohk dīk Deihchàhng (Cantonese)
Desert Stratum [4]
Dutch Fonkellaag Sparkle layer [5]
French Strate du désert Desert stratum [6]
German Kristallschicht Crystal Layer [7]
Italian Livello del deserto Desert level [8]
Korean 사막의 계층
Samak ui Gyecheung
Desert Layer [9]
Polish Warstwa Błyszcząca Shining Layer [10]
Portuguese (Brazilian) Camada do deserto Desert layer [11]:5:47:06
Russian Регион «Светотень»
Region «Svetoten'»
"Chiaroscuro" region [12]
Spanish Estrato del desierto Desert layer [13]
Thai ชั้นเลื่อมประกาย
Chán lʉ̂ʉam bpràgaai
Sparkling-sequin layer [14]

References[edit]

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  14. ^ In-game name from Donkey Kong Bananza