In Donkey Kong Bananza, you’ll want to seek 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 all over the place (and utilizing DK’s sonar clap will aid you discover tons of them), there are some harder-to-find fossils which will evade you should you’re not holding your eye out.
The Lagoon Layer is residence to a few forms of fossils: ammonite, anomalocaris, and an enormous whale fossil. These are all water-based fossils, which is sensible, given the Lagoon Layer is, effectively, a lagoon.
Beneath, we checklist the place to seek out the rarer fossils within the Lagoon Layer we’ve discovered to this point. Observe that we’re not itemizing the place to seek out widespread fossils, like ammonite. There’s just too lots of them to checklist, however we’ll aid you 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 that you could naturally comply with as you progress by means of the Lagoon Layer.
Anomalocaris #1 (Sublayer 100)

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The primary anomalocaris fossil is discovered on a wall behind the Reservoir Financial institution tuning fork. Search for on the wall to seek out the fossil on a concrete wall. Fortunately, there’s a growth rock simply down the trail that you could chuck on the wall to gather it.
Anomalocaris #2 (Sublayer 100)


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Head beneath the massive pipe construction to discover a voided Banandium Gem. Observe the void path by means of the partitions till you discover the sealed object. Destroy the item to take away the void, and switch round to seek out the fossil on the wall.
Anomalocaris #3 (Sublayer 100)

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In case you stand beneath Cranky Kong’s floating island and search for, you’ll discover one other anomalocaris fossil. Throw a couple of chunks on the fossil till it breaks to gather it.
Anomalocaris #4 (Sublayer 100)

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Climb to the highest of the large 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 seek out the fossil inside.
In case you’re having a tough time breaking the wall, we suggest rolling at it to interrupt the wall and acquire the fossil in a single go.
Anomalocaris #5 (Sublayer 100)

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Alongside the sting behind the large 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)


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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 growth rock onto the fossil to gather it.
Anomalocaris #7 (Sublayer 101)

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Head in the direction of the Teeleporter within the village and switch to the precise to seek 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)

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This fossil is caught in a concrete block behind the Type Store in Sublayer 101. You’ll both want to make use of your Kong Bananza powers or throw a growth rock throughout the water to gather it.
Anomalocaris #9 (Sublayer 101)

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The final anomalocaris fossil in Sublayer 101 is positioned behind the delivery containers behind Elder Kong. Make your method across the containers both by swimming or strolling alongside the sting to seek out the fossil across the nook.
Anomalocaris #10 (Sublayer 102)

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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 seek out a gap within the wall, which incorporates the fossil.

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