Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Choo Choo Challenge

It’s time for a new challenge playthrough of Nuts & Bolts! The Alphabet Challenge and Highlander Challenge were amazing, and I felt like another playthrough! I like 100%ing this game, so I decided to attempt that again though I suspected it wouldn’t be possible. Allow me to introduce my plan for this playthrough:

  • Goal: Complete as many challenges as I can: I was assuming it simply would not be possible to complete some of these challenges with the train restrictions, but I managed to collect all Jiggies, Jinjo tokens, parts, and notes!  I was unable to colelct the Trophy from Lap Happy in Logbox act 6, but you are able to miss one trophy and still 100% the game. Some other challenges presented serious concerns (i.e. Jiggosseum darts, some Terrarium races, etc), but I managed to get the trophy in them all. The Jinjo races were incredibly hard too, but I cleared every one.
  • Every custom vehicle I use must be a “train”.
  • A train is defined, for these purposes, as any vehicle consisting of at least three separate “cars” connected by tow bars.  Can be oriented in any direction and can be any size, but must have at least three cars.
  • I am loosely defining a car as a 3x3x3 unit.  This prevents me from just using a tail of tow bars and counting that as individual cars.

This restriction was considerably more difficult than I anticipated, but I had a blast with it!  This was by far the most mentally taxing playthrough of N&B that I’ve ever done, and as a result many of these play sessions were shorter. These vehicles were a mess and I cannot even begin to describe how hard they were to control. I really enjoyed the challenge and got some really great laughs out of it, so I’d call it a success!

Nutty Acres Jiggy Challenges
Nutty Acres Jinjo Challenges
LOGBOX 720 Jiggy Challenges
LOGBOX 720 Jinjo Challenges
Banjoland Jiggy Challenges
Banjoland Jinjo Challenges
Jiggosseum Jiggy Challenges
Jiggosseum Jinjo Challenges
Terrarium Jiggy Challenges
Terrarium Jinjo Challenges
Spiral Mountain Jiggy Challenges
Vehicle Tier List

Nutty Acres

This is a really great level in theory, but some of these challenges are miserable.  The map is wide-open which lets me use some rather big vehicles, and it covers a wide range of story progression.  Since I needed tow bars and several other parts in order to make a serviceable “train”, I once again collected a large number of crates before entering act 2.  I really enjoy Nutty Acres still, but it has a rather high density of annoying challenges that are bothering me more and more every playthrough.  Fortunately, I was able to clear most of the really bad challenges in only a few tries!

Jiggy Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge name Challenger Vehicle Time/Score T.T. threshhold Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 1 Bangers ‘n’ Dash Klungo L.O.G.’s Choice 0:22.66 0:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 2 Great Balls of Fire Humba Traffic Blight 1:18.30 1:50.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 2 Coconut Circuits Trophy Thomas Traffic Blight 1:41.46 1:50.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 2 Tick, Tick, Bang! Mumbo L.O.G.’s Choice 0:45.09 0:50.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 3 Grunty’s Loco Coco Grunty Traffic Blight 0:03.03 0:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 4 Cheatin’ Witch Trophy Thomas Traffic Blight 1:41.96 1:50.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 4 High Jinks Bottles L.O.G.’s Choice 2:05.28 2:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 4 Vac o’ Nuts Klungo L.O.G.’s Choice 0:55.30 2:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 4 Fighting Fit Mr. Fit Choomander 798 750 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Save Our Statue Bottles ChooChoocabra 889 800 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Leaky Waterworks Trophy Thomas Freight Pain 1:48.98 2:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Farmhand of the Year Mr. Fit ChooChoocabra 4550 2500 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Beat the Fleet Mumbo Choomander 0:56.64 1:05.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Hard-Boiling Egg Klungo ChooChoocabra 1:32.14 2:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Old Dog, New Tricks Humba Splatterpillar 1:36:35 1:45.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 6 Air Coconut Bottles Leviatrain 1:58.44 3:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 6 Freewheel Festival Trophy Thomas Traffic Blight 1569 1500 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 6 Riverbed Head-to-Head Klungo Choorizard 1:58.89 2:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 6 Nuts to Go Humba L.O.G.’s Choice 1:06.65 1:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 6 Makin’ Waves Mr. Fit Anchoovy 1:23.52 1:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video

Jinjo Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge Jinjo color Vehicle Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 1 Jinjo Speed Red Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 1 Jinjo Fetch Green ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 2 Jinjo Taxi Purple L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 2 Jinjo Race Green Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 2 Jinjo Combat Blue Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 3 Jinjo Hurling Red Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 3 Jinjo Fetch Yellow ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 4 Jinjo Taxi Blue L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 4 Jinjo Hurling Orange Bert Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Jinjo Speed Purple Noodle-dangle Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Jinjo Combat Yellow Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 5 Jinjo Race Orange Anchoovy Twitch link Youtube video
Nutty Acres 6 Jinjo Hurling Orange Freight Pain Twitch link Youtube video

LOGBOX 720

This is a rough level; it is very vertical but has low ceilings.  Navigating with a car is tiresome, trying to fly is difficult, and trying to use a train is a monumental task.  My trains have somehow achieved the trophy on every challenge except for Lap Happy, and I think it is fundamentally impossible to get a trophy on that challenge with trains.  I can miss one trophy and still get all jiggies, so this might just be the one I skip.

Jiggy Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge name Challenger Vehicle Time/Score T.T. threshhold Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 1 Dodgy Connection Klungo ChooChoocabra 0:23.56 0:50.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 1 Workers Wipe Out Pikelet Traffic Blight 0:59.46 1:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 2 Dumb and Dimmer Bottles L.O.G.’s Choice 0:54.67 1:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 2 Chips Away Humba L.O.G.’s Choice 1:41.02 1:45.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 3 Flush the Floater Grunty Locoboative 1:09.18 1:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 4 Chip Chop Jolly Voltrain 1:32.77 1:40.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 4 You Little Squirt Mumbo L.O.G.’s Choice 1:05.09 1:55.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 4 Make the Weight Bottles Traffic Blight 1:14.20 1:40.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 4 Gunge-a-Sponge Klungo ChooChoocabra 0:50.05 1:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 4 Red Bear Racing Humba Leviatrain 1:35.53 1:40:00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 5 Unstable Hardware Humba L.O.G.’s Choice 1:36.34 1:45.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 5 System Update Required Bottles L.O.G.’s Choice 1:05.22 2:20.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 6 A Sight for Poor Eyes Pikelet L.O.G.’s Choice 1:20.33 1:45.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 6 Lap Happy Humba Choomeleon 1:41.02 1:35.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 6 Bug Ridden Jolly Freight Pain 1:44.89 1:45.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 6 Critics Say No Mumbo Freight Pain 1:21.75 1:40.00 Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 6 Glubber Hubbub Bottles ChooChoocabra 1:49.24 2:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video

Jinjo Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge Jinjo color Vehicle Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 1 Jinjo Fetch Blue ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 1 Jinjo Speed Orange Noodle-dangle Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 2 Jinjo Combat Orange Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 2 Jinjo Taxi Green L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 3 Jinjo Combat Yellow Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 3 Jinjo Speed Green Noodle-dangle Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 4 Jinjo Race Purple Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 4 Jinjo Taxi Blue L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 4 Jinjo Hurling Red Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 5 Jinjo Race Red ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 5 Jinjo Combat Green Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 6 Jinjo Race Red Choorizard Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 6 Jinjo Fetch Yellow ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
LOGBOX 720 6 Jinjo Hurling Purple Bert Twitch link Youtube video

Banjoland

Banjoland is an exceptional stage.  There are some really unique challenges here, and lots of space for me to maneuver unwieldy vehicles!  I used to really dislike many of these challenges, but I have grown to like them quite a lot.  I was expecting this stage to be a big obstacle, but it went impressively well!

Jiggy Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge name Challenger Vehicle Time/Score T.T. threshhold Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 1 You’ll Go Blind, You Clanker Captain Blubber Voltrain 1:08.28 1:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 1 Ice to See You Bottles L.O.G.’s Choice 0:44.95 1:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 1 Park Prix 1 Klungo Traffic Blight 1:48.48 1:50.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 2 The Referee’s An Aardvark Mr. Fit Freight Pain 10 10 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 2 Wasting Away Boggy Voltrain 0:29.02 1:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 3 Clock Off! Bottles L.O.G.’s Choice 1:25.85 2:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 3 Get Protected Mr. Fit Leviatrain 1:13.41 1:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 3 Water Way to Go Klungo Anchoovy 1:38.11 1:50.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 4 Spring Break! Grunty Voltrain 0:06.23 0:40.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 5 Canned and Panned Bottles Freight Pain 11 10 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 5 Checkpoint Charlies Mr. Fit L.O.G.’s Choice 1:13.41 1:15.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 5 Land, Sea, Not Air Klungo L.O.G.’s Choice 1:29.15 1:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 6 Eggcellent Racing Klungo L.O.G.’s Choice 2:01.21 2:05:00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 6 Home Improvements: Igloo Edition Boggy Final Bert 0:59.25 1:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 6 Baa For the Course Mr. Fit Choomander 3 4 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 6 Mumbo’s Stunt Spectacular Mumbo L.O.G.’s Choice 2:20.99 2:45.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 6 Mad Monster Mix Up Bottles Leviatrain 1:43.34 2:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 6 Even Older Dog, Newer Tricks Captain Blubber Splatterpillar 0:22.03 1:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video

Jinjo Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge Jinjo color Vehicle Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 1 Jinjo Combat Blue Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 1 Jinjo Speed Orange Noodle-dangle Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 2 Jinjo Taxi Purple L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 2 Jinjo Speed Red Noodle-dangle Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 2 Jinjo Hurling Orange Bert Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 3 Jinjo Race Blue Leviatrain Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 3 Jinjo Combat Green Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 3 Jinjo Taxi Yellow L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 4 Jinjo Race Red Anchoovy Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 4 Jinjo Fetch Green ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 5 Jinjo Taxi Blue L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 5 Jinjo Speed Yellow Anchoovy Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 5 Jinjo Fetch Orange ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 6 Jinjo Hurling Yellow Freight Pain Twitch link Youtube video
Banjoland 6 Jinjo Fetch Purple ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video

Jiggosseum

This is, without a doubt, the best stage in the game.  I can’t say enough good things about the challenge design of this level.  Absolutely fantastic.  Wide-open space plus several non-race challenges means I am able to be as creative as possible with some of my solutions.  Jiggosseum was great in this challenge, except that I spent a million years trying to get the max score on dominos and the darts challenge was insanely hard.  I thought I was going to fail 100% on darts, but I’m super proud of achieving the trophy!

Jiggy Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge name Challenger Vehicle Time/Score T.T. threshhold Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 1 Fat Blokes in Nappies Pikelet Choomander 0:30.85 1:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 1 Unhappy Landings Mr. Fit ChooChouroboros 520 500 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 2 Burnin’ Rubber Trophy Thomas Traffic Blight 3:04.18 3:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 2 Half-Time Snacks Bottles L.O.G.’s Choice 1:23.25 1:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 2 Tumblin’ Domies Boggy Trainbow 102 40 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 3 World’s Strongest Bear Captain Blubber ChooChoocabra 1:52.04 2:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 3 Heavy Balls and Hairy Pits Bottles Final Bert 1778 500 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 3 A Load of Blocks Trophy Thomas Choorizard 2:16.30 2:25.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 3 Brown Bears Can’t Jump Mr. Fit Oopsprey 6 5 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 4 Who Left the Tap On? Grunty ChooChoocabra 8 8 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 5 9-Ball Nightmare Grunty Choorizard 9 7 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 6 No Holds Beared Pikelet Choomeleon 0:23.36 1:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 6 Up the Oche Boggy Choo Choo Rocket 330 300 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 6 Smashin’ Time Bottles Choomander 95 75 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 6 Bear in a Ball Trophy Thomas L.O.G.’s Choice 2:36.36 3:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 6 The Jiggosseum Torch Captain Blubber L.O.G.’s Choice 1:17.80 1:35.00 Twitch link Youtube video

Jinjo Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge Jinjo color Vehicle Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 1 Jinjo Taxi Purple L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 1 Jinjo Race Red Leviatrain Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 2 Jinjo Combat Red Final Bert Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 2 Jinjo Speed Blue Noodle-dangle Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 2 Jinjo Hurling Orange Freight Pain Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 3 Jinjo Combat Green Final Bert Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 3 Jinjo Taxi Yellow L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 4 Jinjo Race Purple Leviatrain Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 4 Jinjo Fetch Orange ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 5 Jinjo Combat Blue Final Bert Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 5 Jinjo Speed Green Leviatrain Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 5 Jinjo Hurling Purple Final Bert Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 6 Jinjo Fetch Green Oopsprey Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 6 Jinjo Speed Yellow Leviatrain Twitch link Youtube video
Jiggosseum 6 Jinjo Hurling Blue Freight Pain Twitch link Youtube video

Terrarium of Terror

This stage is growing on me.  It used to be my overwhelming least favorite, but I really enjoy a lot of these challenges.  I was expecting a lot of resistance from these in this challenge, but I did really well!  My trains were definitely up for the challenge.  The Jinjo challenges were far harder than the Jiggy challenges here, and by a substantial margin.

Jiggy Challenges

 

 

Level Act Challenge name Challenger Vehicle Time/Score T.T. threshhold Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 1 Bear’s Eye View Humba L.O.G.’s Choice 0:42.76 1:40.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 1 Need for Seed Klungo Splatterpillar 0:43.46 1:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 Flashy Fly-Off Captain Blubber ChooChoocabra 1:41.82 1:50.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 Berry Ripe Indeed Klungo Choomander 0:29.62 1:15.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 The Saucer of Peril Returns Boggy L.O.G.’s Choice 459 425 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 Great Balls of Gas Boggy Splatterpillar 1:08.18 1:10.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 Intergalactic Binman Humba Choomander 0:31.81 0:45.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 Germ Warfare Pikelet L.O.G.’s Choice 1:13.80 1:40.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 Taxi of Terror Jolly Traffic Fright 2:04.58 2:15.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 3 Family Misfortune Boggy ChooChoocabra 1:23.62 1:40.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 3 Hovering Harvest Klungo Oopsprey 1:39.79 1:45.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 3 Time for a Cuppa Jolly L.O.G.’s Choice 2:16.23 2:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 3 Super Sally Captain Blubber L.O.G.’s Choice 1:16.77 1:20.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 3 Flower Power Shower Pikelet Oopsprey 0:49.18 1:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 4 Space Bandits Ahoy! Captain Blubber Freight Pain 0:57.60 1:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 4 To Boldly Go… Anywhere Pikelet Leviatrain 1:59.66 2:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 4 No-Armed Bandits Humba L.O.G.’s Choice 1:03.32 1:15.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 4 Uranus Mud Monsters Klungo Freight Pain 17 15 Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 5 Unpleasant Fat Oaf Grunty Choomander 0:16.30 0:30.00 Twitch link Youtube video

Jinjo Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge Jinjo color Vehicle Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 1 Jinjo Combat Blue Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 1 Jinjo Speed Blue Leviatrain Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 Jinjo Race Red Anchoovy Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 2 Jinjo Taxi Green L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 3 Jinjo Race Orange Choorizard Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 3 Jinjo Fetch Red ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 3 Jinjo Hurling Orange Final Bert Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 4 Jinjo Fetch Yellow ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 4 Jinjo Taxi Purple L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 4 Jinjo Race Red Choorizard Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 5 Jinjo Hurling Purple Final Bert Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 5 Jinjo Taxi Yellow L.O.G.’s Choice Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 5 Jinjo Combat Green Traffic Blight Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 5 Jinjo Fetch Purple ChooChoocabra Twitch link Youtube video
Terrarium of Terror 5 Jinjo Speed Yellow Leviatrain Twitch link Youtube video

Spiral Mountain

I hate this level.  Note: Spiral Mountain Act 1 is technically the intro cutscene with Fat Banjo

Jiggy Challenges

 

Level Act Challenge name Challenger Vehicle Time/Score T.T. threshhold Twitch link Youtube video
Spiral Mountain 2 Six of the Best L.O.G. Spiral Mountrain 2:03.91 2:15.00 Twitch link Youtube video
Spiral Mountain 2 Spiral Mountain Showdown Grunty ChooChoocabra 2:50.46 4:00.00 Twitch link Youtube video