VS. Hard Roc

Level
VS. Hard Roc
Level code	9-B (GCN) 8-B (Wii)
World	Lemon Kingdom (GCN) Strawberry Kingdom (Wii)
Game	Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Boss	Hard Roc
Level progression ← Previous Grim Volcano (GCN) Primeval Ruins (Wii) Next → Arctic Plunge (GCN) Aurora Glacier (Wii) Donkey Kong Jungle Beat levels

VS. Hard Roc is the boss level of the Cherry Kingdom in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and the Grape Kingdom in New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, as well as the ninth boss level in the original Nintendo GameCube version and the eighth main boss level in the enhanced New Play Control! port for the Wii. It takes place on a large canyon during the sunset. This level's objective is to defeat Hard Roc.

Level layout

In this level, Hard Roc has 500 health points, and smoke is covered all over a massive and black egg that it is holding. It attacks by not only flapping its wings to both fire sharp feathers at Donkey Kong and create powerful winds to blow him away, but also firing Shadow Meteors from its mouth; however, like Fleet Roc during the second phase of VS. Fleet Roc, only one Shadow Meteor is fired at a time. Donkey Kong must use the Helper Monkeys and/or Banandelions to catapult himself up to rid the egg of the smoke and then damage the boss by headbutting it.

After losing at least two fifths of health, Hard Roc will begin the second (and final) phase. In this phase, it will shoot three Shadow Meteors at once. However, Hard Roc can also summon groups of Black Fairies, requiring Donkey Kong to either dodge them or use his Sound Wave Attack to deflect them three times, the latter that causes the smoke on the egg to disappear. If Donkey Kong deals damage to shatter the egg, it will be defeated and he will earn one to four crests in the original Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and one to three in the enhanced New Play Control! port for the Wii.