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Gruntilda's Lair
Game appearance(s) | Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Banjo-Pilot Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts |
Gruntilda's Lair, also known as simply Grunty's Lair, is a building in Spiral Mountain and the residence of Gruntilda, with its entrance being shaped like her head.
History
Banjo-Kazooie
In Banjo-Kazooie, Gruntilda's Lair is the game's hub world and can be entered by using the bridge in Spiral Mountain. Banjo and Kazooie are forced to enter it after the evil witch kidnaps the bear's sister, Tooty, in order to steal her beauty. The only way to reach Winkybunion Tower, the top of the lair and where Gruntilda is fought, is by venturing through the worlds inside to obtain Jiggies and complete the Jigsaw Pictures until the entire lair is traversed.
Banjo-Tooie
In Banjo-Tooie, Gruntilda's Lair has been mostly destroyed, with rocks blocking the way and only the entrance left standing, being where Cheato, Gruntilda's traitorous spell book, is found.
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
- “Now you've entered my fair castle, I'm going to give you lots of hassle. Before you can go up a floor, I'll test your brain a little more. When an answer is correct, with button you can select.”
- —Mecha Grunty, Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Grunty's Lair appears as the final world, with 50 Jiggies being required to enter it. Inside, Mecha-Grunty is fought and, when she is defeated, Banjo is forced to play a quiz. The questions are fairly easy, with them all asking "Where is this?", "Where would you see this?", "Can you beat this game?", "What makes this sound?" and "Where would you hear this?", followed by a sprite, sound or mini-game. After Banjo gets two answers right, he has to fight Klungo again and, once he defeats him too, returns to the quiz. After he then gets 5 answers right, Mecha-Grunty takes him to Winkybunion Tower where the final battle against the witch takes place.
Banjo-Pilot
In Banjo-Pilot, the entrance to Gruntilda's Lair can be seen in the background of Spiral Mountain although it is never entered.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, the entrance to Gruntilda's Lair can be seen although it can't be entered due to the rocks blocking the mouth. The lair's left eye can be picked up with Mumbo's Wrench and needs to be taken to the garbage in Banjo's House during the Lord of Games' challenge.
Enemies
Banjo-Kazooie
Image | Enemy |
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Beehive | |
Bigbutt | |
Big Clucker | |
Buzzbomb | |
Chinker | |
Chump | |
Flotsam | |
Grille Chompa | |
Gruntling | |
Mum-mum | |
Ripper | |
Scabby | |
Shrapnel | |
Sir Slush | |
Snippet | |
Tee-hee | |
Ticker | |
Whipcrack |
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Image | Enemy | Count |
---|---|---|
Mecha-Grunty | 1 | |
Klungo | 1 | |
Spooko | 2 | |
Spooko | 2 |
Collectibles
Banjo-Kazooie
Image | Name | Amount |
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Extra Life | #On top the Gruntilda statue's hat in the swamp area.
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Jiggies
No. | Official title (Player's Guide) | Description |
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1 | N/A | The first Jiggy is to the left of the lair's entrance. |
2 | Which Switch First? | The second Jiggy appears atop the entrance to Mumbo's Mountain after the world's Witch Switch is pressed. |
3 | Where's The Witch Switch? | The third Jiggy appears on the ship near the entrance to Treasure Trove Cove after the world's Witch Switch is pressed. |
4 | A Fishy Witch Switch | Appears after Gruntilda's eyes of the disc near Treasure Trove Cove's Jigsaw Picture are hit with the Beak Buster, which can only be hit after the Witch Switch in Clanker's Cavern is pressed. |
5 | Into the Urn | Appears inside the urn near the entrance to Gobi's Valley after Bubblegloop Swamp's Witch Switch is pressed. |
6 | To The Top of the Sign | Appears in a tiny box on top of the sign framing the entrance to Freezeezy Peak after the world's Witch Switch is pressed. |
7 | Coffin It Up | Appears inside a coffin near the entrance to Gobi's Valley after the world's Witch Switch is pressed. |
8 | The Agony Of De Feet | Appears inside the eye of a Gruntilda statue near the entrance to Freezeezy Peak after the Witch Switch in Mad Monster Mansion is pressed. To obtain it, the eye first needs to be broken and then entered by using the Flight Pad under a spider web. |
9 | The Long Jump | Appears inside a waterlogged chamber behind the 450-Note Door after Rusty Bucket Bay's Witch Switch is pressed. |
10 | To Bee or No Jiggy | Appears in a nook carved high in the tree across from Click Clock Wood's entrance after the world's Witch Switch is pressed. |
Mumbo Tokens
No. | Location |
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1 | Behind the Warp Cauldron in the room where Treasure Trove Cove's Jigsaw Picture is located |
2 | Behind a tree in the room where Click Clock Wood's Jigsaw Picture is located |
3 | Atop a pipe near an orange Warp Cauldron |
4 | Above the entrance to Clanker's Cavern. |
5 | Behind the coffin near the entrance to Gobi's Valley. |
6 | In one of the tiny boxes on top of the sign framing the entrance to Freezeezy Peak. |
7 | Near the entrance to Rusty Bucket Bay. |
8 | To the left of the room where Mad Monster Mansion's Jigsaw Picture is located, next to a Whipcrack. |
9 | Above the ledges in the room that leads to Click Clock Wood's entrance. |
Transformation
Banjo-Kazooie
In Banjo-Kazooie, one of Mumbo's Skulls can be found near Mad Monster Mansion's entrance. It can only be accessed as Pumpkin Banjo, and he transforms Banjo into it inside the room.
Gallery
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Banjo-Pilot
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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French | Tanière de Gruntilda | Gruntilda's Lair |
German | Gruntildas Reich | Gruntilda's Realm |
Italian | Antro di Gruntilda | Gruntilda's Antrum |
Japanese | グランチルダのとりで Guranchiruda no Toride |
Gruntilda's Fortress |
Spanish | La Guarida de Gruntilda (Banjo-Tooie) | Gruntilda's Lair |
Trivia
- Gruntilda's Lair's theme is based off on "The Teddy Bears' Picnic".
- In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, a broken statue of King Jingaling's head can be found in front of Gruntilda's Lair. This implies Gruntilda built her home in the place of the statue.
- In Banjo-Kazooie, both of the eyes in Gruntilda's Lair can be seen, but in Banjo-Tooie and Banjo-Pilot the left eye is missing. In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, the right eye is missing and the left one can be picked up.