Juicy Jungle | Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Welcome to Juicy Jungle, the fifth world of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. What begins as a lush fruit jungle is quickly becoming a massive production facility for juice, jam and ice cream. Between harvesting machines, rocket barrels, huge melons, honeycombs and slippery ice sheets, there are plenty of well-hidden collecting objects. In our solution you will find all KONG Letters and Puzzle Pieces as well as the two secret exits to 5-A Beehive Brawl and 5-B Jammin‘ Jams. Who collects all KONG Letters there, then unlocks the challenging K-Level 5-K Platform Problems.

5-1: Harvest Hazards

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Harvest Hazards takes you directly into the vast harvesting machinery of Juicy Jungle. Grip arms pick fruit from the trees, conveyor belts move platforms and the red fruits always serve as springs. In total, seven Puzzle Pieces are hidden here.

Puzzle Piece 1 — After the first conveyor platforms you reach the first Kong barrel. Jump to the platform above and defeat the penguin. Then pound on the large purple plant or fruit and the first Puzzle Piece appears.
K Directly to the right of the first Puzzle Piece are two large red fruits that catapult you upwards. Use the high jump to collect the K above them.
Puzzle Piece 2 Shortly afterwards, several gripping arms hang from the blanket. Wait a moment at the last gripper arm. Instead of an arm, a blast barrel appears at some point. Jump in and collect all the bananas in the bonus room.
Puzzle Piece 3 — A little later you discover a lizard enemie wearing a red fruit on his back. Jump on the fruit several times and collect all bananas circulating over it. If you have caught the complete formation, the third Puzzle Piece appears.
O After the first checkpoint, a section with platforms on rails begins. In the second moving car, the O hangs far below. Stay on the platform until it drops or falls off the railroad, fetches the letter block and then jumps in time.
Puzzle Piece 4 After the section with the green climbing platform you get to several caterpillars. Right next to it is a blast barrel. Jump in and do the bonus stage.
N Shortly afterwards, you move across several platforms that move into position one after the other. Stay on the way to the right. The N is at the end of the platform row.
Puzzle Piece 5 Immediately after the second checkpoint there is again a lizard with a red jump fruit. Use them to jump far up into the tree crown. This is where the Puzzle Piece floats. With Dixie, the job is particularly easy.
Puzzle Piece 6 Later you arrive at a large rotating harvesting machine. Above the first rotating platform, the Puzzle Piece can be seen well. Wait for the appropriate position and jump up.
G In the large Conveyor Belt elevator, the G is approximately halfway up. Stay on the moving platforms and jump over at the right moment.
Puzzle Piece 7 — Puzzle 7 Immediately after the G you reach a large rotating platform with a watermelon. Collect all bananas during a complete rotation. Then the last piece of the puzzle appears.

5-2: Reckless Ride

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Reckless Ride is the Rocket Barrel level by Juicy Jungle. A huge harvesting machine follows you through almost the entire level and tries to destroy the barrel with gripping arms, knives and falling fruit. Many collectibles are located directly in your route during the automatic flight and can only be reached once.

Puzzle Piece 1 — Puzzle 1 Even before you get into the Rocket Barrel, go left from the starting point. There is a hidden entrance to a bonus room. Collect all the bananas.
Puzzle Piece 2 Shortly after the launch of the rocket barrel, you will see a row of individual bananas deep below a huge fruit. Collect the complete row and the Puzzle Piece appears in front of you.
K Just before the big harvesting machine first appears, you fly through a damaged stone arch. Stay far below and fly under the bow to take the K.
Puzzle Piece 3 After the harvesting machine has temporarily retreated, several thick owls appear. At the same time, there is a banana trail on your flight path. Collect all the bananas and the third Puzzle Piece appears.
When the harvesting machine returns, it reaches for you with its huge arms. One of the arms strikes a warp pipe or platform and brings it to collapse. Fly immediately down over the fruit juice and collect the O there.
Puzzle Piece 4 In the next section, huge knives cut the fruit in front of you into pieces. Between the fruit parts float several bananas and banana coins. Collect the complete formation and you get the fourth Puzzle Piece.
N Shortly afterwards you fly through two large presses. The first one does not close completely. Stay up, get the N and only then dip down to avoid the second press.
G Towards the end, the harvesting machine finally loses control and destroys the entire plant. After large fruits have fallen, a high tower falls over. Fly under the collapsing tower and collect the G.
Puzzle Piece 5 — After the rocket barrel crashes, the harvesting machine is also destroyed on the ground. Jump into her head or the wreck. A hidden blast barrel will take you to the last bonus room. With Dixie or Cranky, the jump is particularly easy; alternatively, a further roll jump works.

5-3: Fruity Factory

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In Fruity Factory you reach the interior of the fruit factory. Huge cutting knives dismantle fruit, drills punch out watermelons and later you have to flee from a huge fruit press. This is also where Juicy Jungle’s first secret exit unlocks 5-A Beehive Brawl.

Puzzle Piece 1 — Puzzle 1 Right at the beginning, a large carnivorous plant hangs over the path. Defeat them with the nearby barrel and then stamp on the ground directly under their previous position. A trap door opens and leads to the first Puzzle Piece.
Puzzle Piece 2 After shooting your way into the Factory, square watermelons fall on the Conveyor Belt. Use one of them as a platform, jump up to the two penguins and then to the higher melons. Run left on them and enter the hidden bonus room.
K The K floats between two huge cutting knives over a burning owl. Wait until the owl no longer burns and use it as a springboard.
Puzzle Piece 3 In the section with the huge melon drills you jump on the second drill. Let him drive you upstairs and then jump left into the hidden niche.
Shortly afterwards you jump over several freshly cut fruit pieces. The O floats directly on your way to the next Blast Barrel.
N During the flee in front of the large fruit machine you reach several stacked square watermelons. Shortly afterwards, a fruit swings over you. Use them or the watermelons as a jumping aid and get the N.
Puzzle Piece 4 — After the second control point, several folding barbed plates follow. Cross them and then work your way back to the upper platform. There is a carnivorous plant next to a violet fruit. Stamp on the fruit and you get the fourth Puzzle Piece.
Secret exit to 5-A – Beehive Brawl Sticks with the platform of Puzzle Piece 4. Instead of jumping back down on the normal path, you run or roll on the top level all the way to the right. Behind the screen edge is a hidden area with a portal. The secret target barrel unlocks 5-A Beehive Brawl. Dixie makes the jump much easier, but it is not absolutely necessary.
G During the subsequent flee you jump over several high stacks of square watermelons. The G floats above the highest stack. Jump off early.
Puzzle Piece 5 At the very end you move up on freshly cut pieces of fruit. Watch the left side: A small platform with the last Puzzle Piece goes up there. Jump over before you reach the target.

5-4: Panicky Paddles

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The Panicky Paddles processes the fruit from the previous levels into huge amounts of fruit juice. Moving rubbing, spike fruit, deep juice basins and folding platforms make the search for the proud nine Puzzle Pieces extremely extensive. Just before the end is also the secret exit to 5-B Jammin‘ Jams – for this you need Dixie Kong.

Puzzle Piece 1 — After the first Kong barrel, you reach a flesh-eating plant and a flying enemy. Jump over the Enemies to the small metal platform on the upper right and stamp on the Crate or Fruit. A flying banana appears. Collect all the bananas.
K Shortly afterwards you cross a long barbed field under a large metal rub. The K is located between two safe places just above the Spike Trap. Roll and jump at the right moment.
Puzzle Piece 2 After the first checkpoint, dip into a large basin full of fruit juice. A shark patrols it. Collect all the free-floating bananas in the basin and the second Puzzle Piece appears.
Puzzle Piece 3 Later, large spikes jump on several metal platforms. Drop onto the single platform below and stamp on it. She’ll turn it around and take you to a bonus room.
Puzzle Piece 4 — Puzzle 4 You get to a large rub that moves vertically up and down. Dips into the juice below, swims down and then left. This is where the fourth Puzzle Piece is hidden.
After the next checkpoint, several machines drop porcupines on platforms. The O is under the second fruit donor.
Puzzle Piece 5 Soon after, you need a watermelon bomb to open a blocked passageway. Before you continue, dip into the juice basin and collect the four bananas at the bottom. Then the Puzzle Piece appears.
Puzzle Piece 6 — Puzzle 6 In the Enemies, which throws watermelon bombs at you, you bring a bomb to the folding platform. Then pound on the platform so that you get down with the bomb. Throw them against the locked door and enter the bonus room.
Puzzle Piece 7 — Puzzle 7 In the next big juice basin a dangerous shark swims. Still dive all the way down into seaweed. This is where the seventh Puzzle Piece is hidden.
Puzzle Piece 8 Later, a blast barrel sequence begins with several rotating metal platforms. The eighth Puzzle Piece moves with the last platform. Wait for the launch until it is directly on your trajectory.
Puzzle Piece 9 — Puzzle 9 In the following underwater section you will be threatened by a strong current and large spike fruits. Take the lower path. Below the normal route is an open passageway with the last Puzzle Piece.
N In the same strong current, the N is on the upper route. Let yourself first move past it and then float up against or with the flow back to the letter block.
G Shortly afterwards you move over folding platforms on which spike fruits jump up and down. The G hangs under one of the platforms. A well-timed roll jump or Dixies levitation helps you to collect.
Secret exit to 5-B – Jammin‘ Jams Just before the normal target barrel you will reach a large basin with strong currents. Dive in and swim all the way down. Only with Dixie Kong you can arrive with their propeller against the strong current. Below you reach the blue secret portal and the target barrel that unlocks 5-B Jammin‘ Jams.

5-A: Beehive Brawl

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Beehive Brawl can be reached via the secret exit in 5-3. Huge honeycombs swing through the hive, while bees carry entire platforms through the air. For the first Puzzle Piece you need Cranky Kong, which is why you best take it directly into the level.

Puzzle Piece 1 Right at the start you go to the left. The floor is completely covered with Spike Trap. With Cranky’s jump you can safely jump over it. Pulls on the Vine or the Color Switch and then collects all appearing bananas.
K After climbing a vertical section of honey, you reach the first large vibrating honeycomb with climbing grass. The K floats directly above this platform.
Puzzle Piece 2 Remains in the same passage. When the second honeycomb reaches its highest point, you jump to the top left into the hidden opening. There is a bonus room there.
Puzzle Piece 3 — After the first checkpoint you reach the second large vibrating honeycomb. Take her to the other side and jump to the climbing grass on the Blanket. Then move left to the puzzle.
O Directly to the right of it, the O floats over a field of stings between a bomb launcher and a carnivorous plant. Eliminate the plant with a bomb and then fetch the letter block with a long roll jump.
Puzzle Piece 4 — After a blast barrel sequence, you end up on an overgrown wall. Do not climb immediately, but go to the top left. There is another hidden bonus room.
Puzzle Piece 5 — After the next checkpoint, you will be transported by a Bee along with the overgrown platform. As soon as you land on the first secure platform, you go or fall into the hidden area below. There is the fifth puzzle.
N In the second passage, in which a Bee and platform transport you, the N hangs relatively far down. Let yourself fall for a short time and then pull yourself up again on the climbing surface.
Puzzle Piece 6 — After the third checkpoint, a particularly large honeycomb swings through the room. Drive with her far to the right. At the bottom right between the trees is a blast barrel hidden. Jump in and collect all the bananas in the subsequent barrel sequence.
Puzzle Piece 7 — Puzzle 7 In the large open area afterwards you work your way over the upper honeycombs to the top left. There is a purple fruit there. Stamp on it and collect the triangular banana formation completely.
G Towards the end, a large overgrown platform breaks off and is thrown uncontrollably through the area. Stay as high as possible. As soon as the platform reaches solid ground again, you jump to the overgrown wall on the right. The G is at the bottom of this wall.

5-5: Jelly Jamboree

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In Jelly Jamboree, the fruit juice is processed into huge gelatin blocks. Violet jelly works as a normal jumping surface, green jelly flings you especially high and blue gelatin serves as a color switch that changes other blocks. The level has seven Puzzle Pieces.

Puzzle Piece 1 — Puzzle 1 Even before you run to the right, you roll from the start against the violet jelly block to the left. The Puzzle Piece jumps directly from the Crystal block.
Puzzle Piece 2 In the first longer jelly section, you can see a wall with climbing grass on the left next to a low barbed ceiling. Climb up and stamp on the purple plant.
K Shortly afterwards, a green block of jelly will throw you into a blast barrel. Wait for the barrel to aim at the K and fire your way through the letter block.
In the next large area of jelly, the O is located above a blue gelatin block. Use a neighboring crystal block to get enough height.
Puzzle Piece 3 Next to a green block of jelly sits a thick owl. Defeat them or jump on them and fall into the underlying Blast Barrel. It puts you in a bonus room.
N At the first checkpoint you jump first to the left instead of further to the right. The N floats on an elevated gelatin platform.
Puzzle Piece 4 Later you reach gelatin blocks that change their paint via blue color switch. Switch the crucial crystal block from blue to green and use the particularly high jump to reach the platform high up.
Puzzle Piece 5 Immediately after the second checkpoint you jump over several violet jelly blocks. In the case of two blocks, banana formations appear successively. Activate both and collect all bananas.
G Shortly afterwards you jump on two green jelly blocks. In this case, the G is thrown up virtually directly from the gelatin block and can hardly be missed.
Puzzle Piece 6 Directly behind the G you will find an Enemies that you can record. Use it as a toss against the hanging sack. From the sack falls the sixth Puzzle Piece.
Puzzle Piece 7 — Puzzle 7 On the way to the level end, you land on a small platform. Below the platform grows a violet fruit. Stom directly on the ground and you open the fruit from above. Therein lies the last Puzzle Piece.

5-B: Jammin‘ Jams

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Jammin‘ Jams is unlocked via the secret output in 5-4. The factory works here with platforms that suddenly disappear on certain sections of the rails and reappear elsewhere. In addition, there are large presses, barrel cannons and plenty of goose fruit.

Puzzle Piece 1 — After the first Barrel Cannon sequence, you end up with a lizard with a red jump fruit on your back. Jump on it several times and collect all circulating bananas.
K Shortly afterwards, you move across platforms that alternately disappear and reappear. The K hovers over a secure platform. Use either the armored Penguin or the fish shot down by an Enemies as a springboard.
Puzzle Piece 2 In the first large presses, there is an overgrown wall on the right of a platform. Climb up and enter the hidden bonus room.
O After the first checkpoint, the O hangs below a higher platform directly in front of a donor for porcupines. Wait for a safe moment and jump down to the letter block.
N During the following Fasscannon sequence you reach a platform at the end. The N is located directly at your landing site and is hard to miss.
Puzzle Piece 3 Later you have to go far down on a long vine or climbing surface. Before you fully descend, jump into the opening on the top right. There is the third bonus room.
Puzzle Piece 4 After the next checkpoint, move under several platforms with climbing grass. In the third platform, a lizard with jump fruit is waiting again. Use it to get to the top of the platform and then move left to the violet fruit.
Puzzle Piece 5 — In the following press area there is a damaged machine with a clearly visible crack. Continue to the right of the handle to get a watermelon bomb, carry it back and throw it against the broken press. Behind this is the fifth Puzzle Piece.
G On the last path to the target barrel, you move again through a fast blast barrel sequence. The G is directly on the flight route. Wait to launch until the next barrel is properly aligned.

5-6: Frosty Fruits

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The name already reveals what is happening: The fruit factory is slowly freezing. The ground becomes extremely slippery, huge blocks of ice fall from the blanket and frozen fruits serve as platforms. Many obstacles are easier to overcome if you consciously work with the momentum on the ice.

Puzzle Piece 1 — After several slide passages you reach two high platforms between which there are two ice cubes. Destroy the ice blocks and let yourself fall down through the resulting opening. There is a bonus room there.
K Shortly thereafter, a large block of ice moves horizontally through the area. The K is on its top. Use the springy watermelon platform after the low barbed ceiling and jump from there to the ice block.
Puzzle Piece 2 Immediately to the left of the first control point, there is a grip in the floor. Pull on it and a flying banana appears. Collect the complete following banana row.
Shortly after the checkpoint, huge frozen fruit ice platforms fall from above. Stand for the second one and wait until it is sufficiently low. The O is located laterally underneath.
Puzzle Piece 3 A little later you pull on a Vine and lower a huge fruit ice cream. Don’t immediately jump to the obvious upper path. Wait until the ice is deeper and jump into the hidden area below.
In the section with the constantly falling blocks of ice, the N floats above a large thick owl. Jump on the Enemies and use the recoil.
Puzzle Piece 4 After a longer passage with drills and low barbed ceilings you reach a curved wooden bridge. Below it is hidden a blast barrel. Drop in and you will be shot to the fourth Puzzle Piece.
G Later you slide down a longer ice slope and again get to several drills that drive out of the Blanket. The G hangs over a gap just below the drill. Jump off early enough and duck during the flight if necessary.
Puzzle Piece 5 Directly at the target barrel, the level seems to have ended. Don’t jump in yet. Performs a wide roll jump below the target platform to the right. Behind the wall is a hidden area with the last Puzzle Piece.

5-BOSS: Punch Bowl

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Bashmaster is the boss of Juicy Jungle. The giant polar bear lies peacefully on an ice floe at the beginning and enjoys an ice cream on the stem. Donkey Kong’s somewhat rude landing, however, ensures that the ice falls into the fruit juice and is eaten by the piranhas. Haulukas is – understandably – not particularly pleased about this and reaches for his huge hammer.

The fight takes place completely on a single ice floe. After each hit, Haulukas falls into the violet fruit juice and his fur becomes increasingly darker. In total, you need nine hits – three per phase.

Tip: Cranky is an excellent choice because of its plunge, while Dixie helps you with its extra lift on the tall ice walls.

Phase 1: Haulukas begins with a huge hammer strike. The attack is long announced, so get away in time. If he misses you, the hammer gets stuck in the ice for a moment. Jump on the blunt hammerhead and from there directly on Haulukas. After a hit, he jumps high into the air. Watch for its shadow and move out of the landing area. Its impact shatters the entire ice floe.

Then several blocks of ice appear, which Haulukas pushes over the platform. Destroy them with a ground pound. In addition to coins and hearts, one of the blocks contains a watermelon bomb. Free them and throw them at Haulukas – that too counts as a hit. After a total of three hits, he falls into the juice again, his fur turns violet and phase 2 begins.

Phase 2: Now Haulukas is crashing several blocks of ice from above, forming tall pillars. Pay attention to the shadows so that no crystal block hits you. Shortly afterwards, the polar bear starts and races across the platform. Jump to one of the lower ice columns and then over Haulukas. Frequently, it turns during slipping and ends up dazed on the floor at the other end. Now you can jump on his head.

His jump attack has also become stronger: every time he lands, ice shock waves are created that move across the entire platform. Jump over it. Over the course of the phase, Haulukas races over the platform two and later even three times before he falls dazed. After three more hits, his fur turns dark violet and the last phase begins.

Phase 3: Now Haulukas combines his previous attacks and resumes again vigorously. The blocks of ice he pushes across the platform are now stacked in two, three or even four blocks high. For the highest pillars, you must first jump on a smaller pile and from there overlay it. Again, a watermelon bomb can be in an ice block – if you reach it safely, you can land a quick hit.

Particularly dangerous is his new ice missile attack. Haulukas summons individual blocks of ice and strikes them with his hammer to spiny bullets that fly furiously fast across the platform. Jump over every projectile. Caution: Occasionally, the polar bear just fakes a quick hammer strike and waits a short time before it strikes. As a result, the next projectile moves slower and messes up your jump rhythm.

His classic hammer strike also returns, but now generates an additional ice shock wave. Jump over the shockwave first and then onto the hammer to hit Haulukas. After three more hits – a total of nine – the unbreakable is not quite so unbreakable. Haulukas is defeated and the way back to Donkey Kong Island is cleared.

5-K: Platform Problems

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Platform Problems will not be unlocked until you have collected all KONG Letters from all levels of Juicy Jungle – including 5-A Beehive Brawl and 5-B Jammin‘ Jams. As usual, there are no checkpoints and no KONG Letters at the K level. Instead, five Puzzle Pieces and the mysterious relic of this world await you.

The central trick is platforms that move along different rails. Only on the bright or orange marked parts of the rails are the platforms in a safe horizontal position. On dark sections they fold up or disappear. Other platforms fall completely off the track as soon as you enter it. Therefore, keep moving constantly.

Puzzle Piece 1 Relatively early you move across several platforms on an upward curved track. Above them are five bananas or a longer row of bananas. Collect all the bananas. Shortly thereafter, the first Puzzle Piece appears directly on your way.
Puzzle Piece 2 — After several barbed passages and three owls, you reach a very narrow, S-shaped track. Drive up with the platform and then jump far to the left. There is a hidden niche with the second Puzzle Piece.
Puzzle Piece 3 Not long after you get to several platforms that move horizontally back and forth. On the left in the barbed wall is a visible small niche. Jump in from the mobile platform at the right moment and get the Puzzle Piece.
Puzzle Piece 4 — In the most difficult section, four platforms move vertically up and down. First jumps up on the right side and then switches over the falling platforms to the left. There are several owls hovering over the abyss. Jump over their heads and take the fourth Puzzle Piece with you.
Puzzle Piece 5 — Just before the end, you must jump over several owls while blue flames block your path. Collect the three banana coins above the opponents. If you have all caught, the last Puzzle Piece appears.

After that, survive the last moving and falling platforms. In the end, you reach the mysterious relic of Juicy Jungle. If you have also completely completed the K-levels of the other worlds, you are another big step closer to the secret seventh world Incognito Island.