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All Skills in Donkey Kong Bananza

In this guide, we will list all skills available in Donkey Kong Bananza, including their effects and skill point cost.

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July 22, 2025

Donkey Kong Bananza offers an exciting and thrilling adventure filled with various layers of exploration, boss fights, challenges, collectibles, and much more. As players progress through the layers, the overall difficulty of the game will substantially increase. This is where the skills come into play, allowing players to unlock possibilities for higher survivability and better exploration. In this guide, we will list all skills available in Donkey Kong Bananza, including their effects and skill point cost.

All Types of Skills in Donkey Kong Bananza

There are two main types of skills available in Donkey Kong Bananza – Base Skills and Bananza Skills. Base Skills offer the generic skills that impact durability, survivability, powerful punches, exploration, and more. Bananza Skills are the special Bananza Power Skills. Each Bananza Power is unique and transforms DK, allowing him to perform a unique set of abilities temporarily. The Bananza Skills allow players to upgrade the overall potential of each Bananza Power.

List of All Skills in Donkey Kong Bananza

There are over 70 skills available across Base and Bananza Skills in Donkey Kong Bananza. As players progress through the game and pick up Banandium Gems, they earn Skill Points, which they can use to unlock suitable skills.

All Base Skills in Donkey Kong Bananza

The first three columns of the Skills offer the Base Skills, allowing you to enhance the overall base potential of DK, which helps you both in survivability and exploration. Here are all the base skills in Donkey Kong Bananza.

Skill	Description	Skill Points Required
Health Lv 1	Increases your maximum health to four hearts.	1
Health Lv 2	Increases your maximum health to five hearts.	2
Health Lv 3	Increases your maximum health to six hearts.	3
Health Lv 4	Increases your maximum health to seven hearts.	4
Health Lv 5	Increases your maximum health to eight hearts.	4
Health Lv 6	Increases your maximum health to nine hearts.	5
Health Lv 7	Increases your maximum health to ten hearts.	5
Apple Juice Lv 1	Increases the maximum number of Apple Juice cans you can carry to two.	3
Apple Juice Lv 2	Increases the maximum number of Apple Juice cans you can carry to three.	4
Apple Juice Lv 3	Increases the maximum number of Apple Juice cans you can carry to four.	5
Apple Juice Lv 4	Increases the maximum number of Apple Juice cans you can carry to five.	5
Melon Juice Lv 1	Increases the maximum number of Melon Juice cans you can carry to two.	2
Melon Juice Lv 2	Increases the maximum number of Melon Juice cans you can carry to three.	3
Melon Juice Lv 3	Increases the maximum number of Melon Juice cans you can carry to four.	3
Melon Juice Lv 4	Increases the maximum number of Melon Juice cans you can carry to five.	4
Bananergy Lv 1	Bananzas will last 30 percent longer.	1
Bananergy Lv 2	Bananzas will last 70 percent longer.	2
Bananergy Lv 3	Bananzas will last twice as long.	3
Bananergy Lv 4	Bananzas will last 130 percent longer.	4
Drumbeat Lv 1	Reduces the amount of time you must hold L+R to activate a Bananza with your drumbeat.	1
Drumbeat Lv 2	Further reduces the amount of time you must hold L+R to activate a Bananza with your drumbeat.	2
Drumbeat Lv 3	Greatly reduces the amount of time you must hold L+R to activate a Bananza with your drumbeat.	3
Punch Power Lv 1	Reduces the number of punches needed to smash through terrain with a strength rating of ★★.	2
Punch Power Lv 2	Reduces the number of punches needed to smash through terrain with a strength rating of ★★★.	3
Punch Power Lv 3	Reduces the number of punches needed to smash through terrain with a strength rating of ★★★★.	4
Punch Power Lv 4	Reduces the number of punches needed to smash through terrain with a strength rating of ★★★★★.	5
Better Collecting Lv 1	Increases your Hand Slap’s range by 50 percent, allowing you to collect gold by pressing R from farther away.	1
Better Collecting Lv 2	Increases your Hand Slap’s range by 80 percent, allowing you to collect gold by pressing R from farther away.	2
Better Collecting Lv 3	Increases your Hand Slap’s range by 100 percent, allowing you to collect gold by pressing R from much farther away.	3
Better Sonar Lv 1	Increases your Hand Slap’s sonar range by 60 percent, allowing you to detect hidden items with R from farther away.	2
Better Sonar Lv 2	Increases your Hand Slap’s sonar range by 120 percent, allowing you to detect hidden items with R from farther away.	3
Better Sonar Lv 3	Increases your Hand Slap’s sonar range by 160 percent, allowing you to detect hidden items with R from farther away.	4
Charge Slap	Clear away stray chunks of terrain by holding R before releasing it.	2
Spin Jump	Rotate the Left Analog Stick, then press A to perform a spinning attack as you jump.	2
Jump Shot	Using a held chunk to do a double jump by pressing A then A again will fire the chunk below you and impact the ground.	1
Better Turf Surfing	While Turf Surfing with ZL, the chunks of terrain you ride on will dissolve at a slower rate.	3
Surf Surf	Enhance your Turf Surfing skills so you can skim over bodies of water by pressing ZL while holding a chunk.	4

All Bananza Skills in Donkey Kong Bananza

Columns 4 to 8 in the Skills menu offer the Bananza Skills, each one offering the corresponding skill to the Bananza Power. Here are all the Bananza Skills available in Donkey Kong Bananza.

Kong Bananza Skills

Skill	Description	Skill Points Cost
Charge Punch Lv 1	Boosts the range of destruction when you do a Charge Punch by holding Y during Kong Bananza transformations.	1
Charge Punch Lv 2	Further boosts the range of destruction when you do a Charge Punch by holding Y during Kong Bananza transformations.	3
Fast Charge Lv 1	Reduces the amount of time you must hold Y to perform a Charge Punch during Kong Bananza transformations.	1
Fast Charge Lv 2	Further reduces the amount of time you must hold Y to perform a Charge Punch during Kong Bananza transformations.	2
Fast Charge Lv 3	Greatly reduces the amount of time you must hold Y to perform a Charge Punch during Kong Bananza transformations.	3
Kong Armor	Prevents flinching when attacked while holding Y for a Charge Punch.	3
Golden Punch	Fully chared punches will change the surrounding terrain into pure gold.	5

Zebra Bananza Skills

Skill	Description	Skill Points Cost
Brake Blast Lv 1	Sends out a destructive shock wave when you brake by suddenly tilting the Left Analog Stick in the opposite direction of your movement.	1
Brake Blast Lv 2	Sends out a more destructive shock wave when you brake by suddenly tilting the Left Analog Stick in the opposite direction of your movement.	3
Charge Dash Lv 1	Holding and releasing ZL will keep you Charge Dashing for a bit longer.	1
Charge Dash Lv 2	Holding and releasing ZL will keep you Charge Dashing for much longer.	3
Spin Slam	Perform a destructive spinning attack with a held chunk by holding Y while rotating the Left Analog Stick	2
Spin Shot	Rotate the Left Analog Stick and press ZR to hurl a held chunk that can smash through most terrain.	3
Golden Dash	Brake Blasts and Charge Dashes will change the surrounding terrain into pure gold.	5

Ostrich Bananza Skills

Skill	Description	Skill Points Cost
Glide Lv 1	Glide through the air by continuing to hold ZL after fluttering.	1
Glide Lv 2	Glide for a longer time by continuing to hold ZL after fluttering.	3
Better Flutter	Fly faster and farther while holding ZL to Flutter	2
Egg Bomb Lv 1	Drop an Egg Bomb below you by pressing ZR in midair. You can stock only one egg behind you at a time.	1
Egg Bomb Lv 2	Drop an Egg Bomb below you by pressing ZR in midair. You can stock two eggs behind you at a time.	2
Egg Bomb Lv 3	Drop an Egg Bomb below you by pressing ZR in midair. You can stock three eggs behind you at a time.	4
Golden Egg Bomb	Egg Bombs will change the surrounding terrain into pure gold on impact.	5

Elephant Bananza Skills

Skill	Description	Skill Points Cost
Trunk Room	Allows you to store up to 10 chunks of terrain when inhaling by holding ZR.	2
Better Inhaling Lv 1	Increases the range and distance of terrain that you can inhale by holding ZR.	2
Better Inhaling Lv 2	Further increases the range and distance of terrain that you can inhale by holding ZR.	3
Stronger Lungs Lv 1	Increases the amount of time that you can continually inhale by holding ZR.	1
Stronger Lungs Lv 2	Greatly increases the amount of time that you can continually inhale by holding ZR.	3
Quick Storage	Allows you to store chunks of terrain more quickly while you inhale by holding ZR.	2
Golden Vacuum	Inhale for extended periods to change the surrounding terrain into pure gold.	5

Snake Bananza Skills

Skill	Description	Skill Points Cost
Jump Burst	Doing a Charge Jump by holding A will cause damage as you launch.	1
Better Glare Lv 1	The slow motion caused by holding Y to Glare will last 60 percent longer.	1
Better Glare Lv 2	The slow motion caused by holding Y to Glare will last 100 percent longer.	2
Better Glare Lv 3	The slow motion caused by holding Y to Glare will last 140 percent longer.	3
Better Charge Jump	Perform a Charge Jump by holding A on the ground or in midair.	3
Meteor Punch	After holding A to do a Charge Jump, hold B to do a Dive Punch and create an impact crater in the ground.	3
Golden Jump	Jump Bursts and Meteor Punches will change the surrounding terrain into pure gold.	5

Throughout the adventure, players will discover numerous layers to explore. Each layer tends to favor a specific Bananza Power, so it is better to realize which Bananza Power to upgrade first. Moreover, you can reset skill points to have an overall better flow throughout the exploration of the layer.