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Donkey Kong Bananza: Landfill Layer and Racing Layer walkthrough

A junk-filled pit with a stronger Peekabruiser at the bottom, then a race track layer.

  • 2 parts · 6 steps
  • 1 boss

Compiled from 10 guides · checked Oct 19, 2026

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What each player can do here

P1 · Donkey Kong
  • Player 1 is Donkey Kong: punch, climb and dig through the terrain, tear off chunks to throw, and do all the platforming while Pauline rides along.
  • Pauline's singing turns DK into his Bananza forms, each learned from an Elder in one of the layers.
P2 · Pauline
  • Player 2 is Pauline, riding on DK's shoulder. Aim and fire vocal blasts at enemies and walls (Joy-Con 2 mouse controls or motion aiming), and copy nearby terrain to power up the blasts.
  • A second player can join with a shared Joy-Con, or from another Switch 2 (even a Switch 1) through GameShare with one copy of the game.

If your skill levels differ: DK handles every jump, and Pauline's job is aiming her blasts (and copying terrain to power them up), with motion or stick aiming. For an easier run overall, Assist Mode adds path guidance, aim assist, reduced damage and health that refills.Our suggestionGive the newer player Pauline. How to split the roles

Re-Peekabruiser (boss)

Part 1 of 2. Beat the rebuilt Peekabruiser.

  1. BothUse the Kong Bananza to smash off its octopus armour.
  2. BothLoose octopuses try to rejoin it and heal it; inhale them with the Elephant Bananza.
  3. BothWhen it forms its hill it now drops a pit around you; climb out and up the hill, then hit the exposed body.
  4. BothBreak the big stake it leaves to drop to the Racing Layer.

Racing Layer

Part 2 of 2. Find the way down to the Radiance Layer.

  1. BothBeat Diddy and Dixie in the Rambi Rumble race and a Barrel Cannon appears that takes you to the top of the trophy.
  2. BothBreak the stake in the middle to open the path down.single source

Boss

Re-PeekabruiserThe layer boss

  1. Armour: Smash the armour as the Kong Bananza; inhale stray octopuses as the Elephant.
  2. Pit and hill: Escape the pit, climb the hill and hit the body.
Sources (10)

Steps compiled from 10 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.