Krematoa

“Back for more clues, eh? Well, if you think I'm telling you the Lost World is in the compass rocks...”

—Blunder, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Krematoa (also known as the Lost World) is a large, hidden area in the game Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Krematoa's name is a pun of the volcanic island Krakatoa. Boomer is the Brothers Bear of Krematoa and resides in a bomb shelter near the world entrance. In the original Super Nintendo version, the world's theme is "Krematoa Koncerto", which is remixed from the game's main map theme, "Northern Kremisphere". Krematoa is the only world to not have a Swanky's Sideshow or a secret cave.

Krematoa takes place in a dormant volcano, and much of its terrain consists of cliffs and caverns. Contrarily, Krematoa also has both a jungle and a forest area, located at opposite ends of Krematoa. A large lake is in the center of the area.

Krematoa is somewhat similar to the Lost World from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Both worlds require the Kongs to pay an exclusive currency (Kremkoins or Bonus Coins) to access each of the levels, and both worlds have a lake in the center where the final boss battle takes place.

History

Krematoa, as seen from the world map

Krematoa was originally just a legend believed to exist by Blunder. As the Kongs progress through the game, Blunder slowly leaks clues as to how they can find Krematoa. Blunder reveals the actual method when the player completes the game. Krematoa once stood to the east of Mekanos but at some point had sunk to the bottom of a lake. The only remains of Krematoa are four rocks, each pointing in a compass direction. With the Hover Craft or Turbo Ski, Dixie and Kiddy must circle around these rocks in a clockwise direction to make Krematoa rise out from the water.

Inside Krematoa, there are a group of large boulders each blocking the path to one of the levels. The Kongs must visit Boomer's Bomb Shelter and pay him Bonus Coins so that he sends explosives to destroy a set of boulders in the path. The Kongs can then access that level. The Kongs are rewarded a cog for completing a level. Boomer puts the cogs on a machine in his bomb shelter.

When all five cogs are on Boomer's machine, a tremor occurs in Krematoa, causing Baron K. Roolenstein's Knautilus to rise up in the central lake. The lake turns from blue to red, and the entire Krematoa glows a faint red, which is also visible when replaying a level (although not in the Game Boy Advance remake). After the Knautilus rises, a bridge rises out of the lake and extends to the submarine. In the Game Boy Advance remake, the Kongs can swim across the water to reach the Knautilus.

Levels

Level	Description	Enemies	Animal Friends
Stampede Sprint	This is the third and final jungle area. Ellie the Elephant and Parry the Parallel Bird are used for the majority of this level. Ellie will begin to run out of control after being scared off by three Sneeks and try to avoid dangerous obstacles or bash enemies until the end of the level.	Neek Bristles Buzz Kuff 'n' Klout Krimp Koin	Squitter (bonus game) Squawks (bonus game) Ellie Parry
Criss Kross Cliffs	This is the fourth cliffside level. The Kongs must climb to the top via shooting steel barrels from a Bazuka. The Kong also must switch barrels to eliminate red Buzzes with TNT Barrels that will block the Kongs' way.	Bazuka Buzz Re-Koil Kuff 'n' Klout Koin Knik-Knak (bonus game)	None
Tyrant Twin Tussle	This is the fourth and final cave level. The level is filled with Kuff 'n' Klout duos that can be defeated by TNT Barrels or by Squitter the Spider's webs.	Kuff 'n' Klout Krimp Booty Bird Buzz Koin Bazuka	Squitter
Swoopy Salvo	This is the fourth and final tree level. The level is infested with Swoopies. The Swoopies will make good platforms to climb to the top of the finish, but most will fly in a line as a force field to block the Kongs' way.	Bristles Swoopy Buzz Booty Bird Koin	Squawks
Rocket Rush	This is the fifth and final cliffside level. The Kongs will begin to go in a rocket barrel to glide down and gather fuel. The level's only enemies are red Buzzes that are vulnerable to the fire from the rocket. This is considered the most difficult level of all because after getting halfway done, the Kongs must keep going up in order not to run out of fuel and not to bump into rock formations. In the Super Nintendo version, after completing the level, the Kongs can continue down a one-way path to Boomer's Bomb Shelter.	Buzz Koin	None
Boss: Knautilus	This second duel with Baron K. Roolenstein takes place in a submarine. The Kongs must toss steel barrels at Baron K. Roolenstein and avoid getting electrocuted from flying sparks.	None	None

Gallery

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  The four rocks that must be circled for Krematoa to rise out of the water

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  Krematoa as seen from the Northern Kremisphere map (Game Boy Advance version)

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  The interior of Krematoa (Game Boy Advance version)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	クレマトア島 Kurematoa Tō	Krematoa Isle
Italian	Krematoa	-
Spanish	Mundo Perdido: Krematoa	Lost World: Krematoa