In Donkey Kong Bananza, you’ll want to search out fossils on the Lagoon Layer if you wish to purchase any swanky garments or fur dye for Donkey Kong and Pauline. Whereas fossils like ammonite are nearly in every single place (and utilizing DK’s sonar clap will make it easier to discover tons of them), there are some harder-to-find fossils that will evade you when you’re not holding your eye out.

The Lagoon Layer is house to 3 sorts of fossils: ammonite, anomalocaris, and an enormous whale fossil. These are all water-based fossils, which is smart, given the Lagoon Layer is, effectively, a lagoon.

Beneath, we checklist the place to search out the rarer fossils within the Lagoon Layer we’ve discovered thus far. Word that we’re not itemizing the place to search out widespread fossils, like ammonite. There’s just too a lot of them to checklist, however we are going to make it easier to discover the bigger, rarer fossils. We’re nonetheless updating this information with extra fossils as we discover them.

Anomalocaris fossil areas

There are ten Anomalocaris fossils discovered within the Lagoon Layer. The fossils themselves aren’t numbered in Donkey Kong Bananza, however we’ve numbered and arranged the fossils in a method which you can naturally observe as you progress via the Lagoon Layer.

Anomalocaris #1 (Sublayer 100)

Donkey Kong and young Pauline looking up towards a wall that contains a fossil in Donkey Kong Bananza.

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The primary anomalocaris fossil is discovered on a wall behind the Reservoir Financial institution tuning fork. Lookup on the wall to search out the fossil on a concrete wall. Fortunately, there’s a increase rock simply down the trail which you can chuck on the wall to gather it.

Anomalocaris #2 (Sublayer 100)

Donkey Kong looking at an entryway in the floor with an arrow depicting its location in Donkey Kong Bananza.
Donkey Kong and a rock standing in front of a purple banana and an arrow showing an opening in the wall in Donkey Kong Bananza.

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Head beneath the massive pipe construction to discover a voided Banandium Gem. Comply with the void path via the partitions till you discover the sealed object. Destroy the article to take away the void, and switch round to search out the fossil on the wall.

Anomalocaris #3 (Sublayer 100)

Donkey Kong looking at the underside of a floating island in Donkey Kong Bananza.

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For those who stand beneath Cranky Kong’s floating island and search for, you’ll discover one other anomalocaris fossil. Throw just a few chunks on the fossil till it breaks to gather it.

Anomalocaris #4 (Sublayer 100)

Donkey Kong looking at a stone wall on the side of a pipe in Donkey Kong Bananza.

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Climb to the highest of the enormous pipe construction, however don’t go all the way in which to the middle of the swirl. On the facet of the center pipe, you’ll spot a stone wall. Break the wall to search out the fossil inside.

For those who’re having a tough time breaking the wall, we advocate rolling at it to interrupt the wall and gather the fossil in a single go.

Anomalocaris #5 (Sublayer 100)

Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Bananza looking at three water bubbles with the middle being circled because it contains a fossil.

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Alongside the sting behind the enormous pipe construction in Sublayer 100, you’ll discover three floating bubbles. Seize a bit and throw it on the bubble within the center to gather the fossil.

Anomalocaris #6 (Sublayer 100)

An arrow depicting a cave opening in a lake in the Lagoon Layer in Donkey Kong Bananza.
A bug crawling on the ceiling above a fossil in Donkey Kong Bananza.

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Simply earlier than you cross the bridge in Sublayer 100, drop into the water and swim in the direction of the cave opening within the distance. Inside, you’ll discover an anomalocaris fossil with an antickoid crawling above it. Hit the antickoid to drop its increase rock onto the fossil to gather it.

Anomalocaris #7 (Sublayer 101)

A fossil behind a glowing platform in Donkey Kong Bananza.

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Head in the direction of the Teeleporter within the village and switch to the precise to search out this anomalocaris fossil. Throw a bit on the shifty block to create a platform and hop throughout to gather it.

Anomalocaris #8 (Sublayer 101)

A circle indicating the location of the fossil behind the Style Shop in the Lagoon Layer of Donkey Kong Bananza.

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This fossil is caught in a concrete block behind the Model Store in Sublayer 101. You’ll both want to make use of your Kong Bananza powers or throw a increase rock throughout the water to gather it.

Anomalocaris #9 (Sublayer 101)

An arrow depicting the location of an anomalocaris fossil in the Lagoon Layer of Donkey Kong Bananza.

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The final anomalocaris fossil in Sublayer 101 is positioned behind the transport containers behind Elder Kong. Make your method across the containers both by swimming or strolling alongside the sting to search out the fossil across the nook.

Anomalocaris #10 (Sublayer 102)

Donkey Kong standing on top of a bridge along with an arrow point downwards towards a fossil in Donkey Kong Bananza.

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The final anomalocaris fossil might be discovered contained in the bridge in Sublayer 102. Earlier than you cross the bridge, climb down to search out a gap within the wall, which accommodates the fossil.

Donkey Kong staring at a huge glowing whale fossil in the Lagoon Layer of Donkey Kong Bananza.

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You can’t miss the whale fossil in Sublayer 101 as it’s enormous. The one downside is, it’s unimaginable to achieve! Fortunately, you possibly can attain the whale as you progress within the story. After you increase the water stage within the layer, you’ll have the ability to swim over and wail on the fossil to gather it.