Misty Mine

Misty Mine is the thirty-first level of the popular Donkey Kong game, Donkey Kong Country. It is also the third level in the Chimp Caverns area.

Taking place, as its name suggests, in a misty mine, this level is littered with many Oil Drums. These Oil Drums, however, are not like the Oil Drums found previously, as they spit out enemies instead of flames. These enemies include Slippas at the beginning of the level, and then Gnawties, Klaptraps, and Armies. The level's mist effect also makes the area a little less clear and harder for the Kongs to see. One of this level's most unique features is the placement of its K-O-N-G Letters. Each letter is hidden near the other, all put into the first Bonus Level of Misty Mine. If the primates are able to find this Bonus Level, they also meet Expresso the Ostrich, who helps them progress through the level.

Level Layout
At the beginning of the level, the Kongs will find a TNT Barrel right in front of htem. They should pick it up and use it to blow away an Oil Drum. After that, they will have to travel onwards and move over a Slippa-spitting Oil Drum. From there, they will need to grab onto a rope and swing up to a high ledge. There, they will have to walk a long distance, simply jumping over small Oil Drums and avoiding many Slippas. Eventually, they will find a rope. It will lead them over a small abyss once grabbed and to another area, where they will find some more Oil Drums. These Oil Drums, as before, will contain Slippas. Soon, the group will come up to another rope. It will guide them over part of an abyss and to another rope. This rope will lead the monkeys over the rest of the pit. On the other end of this pit, the monkeys will find the level's Star Barrel.

Now halfway through the level, the Kongs will need to dodge some more Slippas and grab onto a long rope. It will take them fully over a large gap, and to an Oil Drum. The group should easily pass up the drum and head along the area to find some more Oil Drums, shooting out Klaptraps, Gnawties, and some Slippas. Eventually, the monkeys will have to bounce on a tire to reach a high ledge, though after that, they will find more Oil Drums to pass. After they both use an Oil Drum to give them a life over a small pit, they will have to defeat more Armies and Klaptraps from nearby Oil Drums. Soon, they will come up to a small gap. The apes will be able to simply jump over them and continue through the level, coming up to an area filled with four consecutive Oil Drums, all side by side. The group should dodge each of the Slippas shooting out of them and finally see an exit sign. Farther on, they will find themselves in the next level.

Bonus Levels

 * After passing the Star Barrel, the heroes need to grab onto a long rope. As they ride along it, they have to climb downwards to the bottom of the area to find a small cave. They should walk into it to enter the first Bonus Level. In this special Bonus Level, the heroes can grab onto a rope and swing over a wide abyss. As they go, they can notice the letter K at the top part of the area. After they snatch it, they come up to the letter O below them, then the letters, N and G. Once they pass every K-O-N-G letter, they are able to jump off of the rope and break open a crate on a solid area of land. In it, they find Expresso the Ostrich, whom they can ride on for the rest of the level.
 * A while after the Star Barrel, the primates find a TNT Barrel around several Klaptrap-spitting Oil Drums. The heroes should pick it up and carry it to a low area where a wall can be found. After blasting away the wall, the primates should walk into it to access the next Bonus Level, where they need to hit three barrels so that the changing pictures of Animal Tokens displayed on them all match. If this is done correctly, the Kongs are awarded with the Animal Token matched on the barrels. Afterwards, they exit the area automatically. They are also forced out of the bonus without a prize if they fail to march all of the barrels.