Skills change the way you play Donkey Kong Bananza. As you collect Banandium Gems, you’ll earn skill points that can be used to upgrade Donkey Kong’s stats or unlock new skills. Most skills can also be upgraded multiple times, which will provide you with even more stats and strengthen your abilities even further. Not only will skills make your fights a little easier, they’ll make it easier for you to find Banandium Gems and provide you with more traversal abilities.
Here are all of the skills in Donkey Kong Bananza that we’ve unlocked so far, plus some details about how to get more skill points.
How to earn more skill points in Donkey Kong Bananza
To earn more skill points in Donkey Kong Bananza, you’ll need to find and collect Banandium Gems scattered throughout the layers. Once you find five Banandium Gems, you’ll get one skill point.
Donkey Kong Bananza regular skill list
The skills below apply to Donkey Kong all the time, whether he’s in or out of Bananza form.
| Skill | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Health | Increases your maximum health to 4/5/6/7/8/9/10 hearts | 1/2/3/4/4/5/5 points |
| Apple Juice | Increases the max number of juice cans DK can carry to 2/3/4/5 | 3/4/5/5 points |
| Melon Juice | Increases number of melon juice cans you can carry to 2/3/4/5 | 2/3/3/4points |
| Bananergy | Bananzas last 30%/70%/100%/130% longer | 1/2/3/4 points |
| Drumbeat | Reduces amount of time you hold L and R to activate Bananza | 1/2/3 points |
| Punch Power | Reduces the number of punches it takes to smash through terrain with a strength of 2/3/4/5 stars | 2/3/4/5 points |
| Better Collecting | Increases DK’s hand slap range by 50%/80%/100%, so you can collect gold and other items from further away | 1/2/3 points |
| Better Sonar | Increases hand slap’s sonar range by 60%/120%/160%, so you can detect items further away | 2/3/4 points |
| Charge Slap | Clear terrain chunks by holding R before releasing it to perform a hand slap | 2 points |
| Spin Jump | Rotate the left stick, then press A to make DK perform a spinning jump attack | 2 points |
| Jump Shot | Press A while holding a chunk of material to jump, then press A again to double jump. DK throws the chunk beneath him after the second jump | 1 point |
| Better Turf Surfing | Terrain chunks wear down more slowly while you Turf Surf | 3 points |
| Surf Surf | Enhance Turf Surfing so you can skim over water while holding a chunk | 4 points |
Donkey Kong Bananza Ancient Bananza skill list
The skills below only apply to Donkey Kong when he’s under the effect of specific Ancient Bananza powers. We’ll update with more as we unlock additional Bananza forms.
| Skill | Bananza | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charge Punch | Kong | Boosts the range of destruction when you do a Charge Punch by holding Y during Kong Bananza transformations. | 1/3 points |
| Fast Charge | Kong | Reduces amount of time you hold Y to perform a Charge Punch | 1/2/3 points |
| Kong Armor | Kong | Prevents flinching if you’re attacked while charging a Charge Punch | 3 points |
| Golden Punch | Kong | Fully charged Charge Punch attacks will transform the impacted terrain into gold | 5 points |
