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Golden Temple

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The complete solution to Donkey Kong Country Returns for the world “Golden Temple”. On this page we help you search for all K-O-N-G letters and Puzzle Pieces.

You cannot reach the Golden Temple until you have solved all K levels in the previous eight worlds. For this, you have to find all Puzzle Pieces and K-O-N-G letter blocks in each level in the respective world.

In the Wii version of the game, the Golden Temple is the only level in World 9 and is therefore designated 9-1. In the 3DS version of the game, the Golden Temple is the last in a series of bonus levels in World 9 and is therefore called World 9-9 there.

For solving these additional levels, see here.

9-1: Golden Temple

This level appears as soon as you have played the game once. However, you can only enter the temple when you have all 8 balls of the respective worlds. For this, you have to collect the K-O-N-G letters in each level. In each world, a temple (K-1 to K-8) is unlocked that you have to play through. At the end of the temple you will receive a bullet. Now you have access to World 9.

  • Puzzle Piece 1 On the second platform is an urn with the first Puzzle Piece. The urn can be opened with a ground pound.
  • Puzzle Piece 2 In the area with the blueberries, a strawberry is reached along the top, here is a Puzzle Piece.
  • Puzzle Piece 3 The Kongs must collect all the bananas in an area with Ko-aaah-las.
  • Puzzle Piece 4 — Puzzle 4 There are three strawberries on which three banana trees must be collected in succession.
  • Puzzle Piece 5 — In the banana platforms at the end, there is a blast barrel that shoots the Kongs to the final Puzzle Piece.