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|image = [[File:Gruntilda's Lair B-K.png|250px]]
|image = [[File:Gruntilda's Lair N&B.jpg|300px]]<br>Gruntilda's Lair in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''
|game = ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' (entrance only) <br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' (outside only)
|game = ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''<br>''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|theme = Cave, lair
|jiggies needed = None
|transformation = [[Pumpkin Banjo|Pumpkin]]
}}
}}
'''Gruntilda's Lair''' is the lair of the evil witch [[Gruntilda]] before her first defeat by [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]. During ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', most of the game is set in this massive area. Within the lair itself, there are entrances to nine different worlds:
'''Gruntilda's Lair''', also known as simply '''Grunty's Lair''', is a recurring location in the [[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]].


:[[Mumbo's Mountain]]
==Features and overview==
:[[Treasure Trove Cove]]
Gruntilda's Lair is a building in [[Spiral Mountain]] and the residence of [[Gruntilda]], with its entrance being shaped like her head.
:[[Clanker's Cavern]]
:[[Bubblegloop Swamp]]
:[[Freezeezy Peak]]
:[[Gobi's Valley]]
:[[Mad Monster Mansion]]
:[[Rusty Bucket Bay]]
:[[Click Clock Wood]]


Outside of these nine worlds, there are a number of different rooms and sub-areas. The hat on top of the lair is actually a tower, which ultimately leads to the roof where the final battle against Gruntilda takes place in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. Unlike most main antagonists' lairs, Gruntilda's Lair actually serves as a hub world of the first game.
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
[[File:Gruntilda's Lair B-K interior.png|thumb|220px|The first room of Gruntilda's Lair in ''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 [[Jiggy|Jiggies]] and complete the [[Jigsaw Picture]]s until the entire lair is traversed.
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====Enemies====
<gallery>
Beehive B-K.png|[[Beehive]] (count: 11)
Bigbutt.png|[[Bigbutt]] (count: 1)
Big Clucker.png|[[Big Clucker]]* (count: 1)
Buzzbomb.png|[[Buzzbomb]]* (count: 2)
Chinker.png|[[Chinker]]* (count: 1)
Chump.jpg|[[Chump]] (count: 3)
Flotsam.jpg|[[Flotsam]]* (count: 1)
Grille Chompa B-K.png|[[Grille Chompa]]* (count: 3)
Red Gruntling.png|[[Gruntling]] (red) (count: 7)
Blue Gruntling.png|[[Gruntling]] (blue) (count: 4)
Black Gruntling.png|[[Gruntling]] (black) (count: 2)
Mum-mum.png|[[Mum-mum]]* (count: 2)
Ripper BK art.jpg|[[Ripper]] (giant)* (count: 3)
Scabby.png|[[Scabby]]* (count: 1)
Shrapnel B-K.png|[[Shrapnel]]* (count: 2)
Sir Slush.png|[[Sir Slush]]* (count: 1)
Snippet.png|[[Snippet]]* (count: 1)
Tee-hee.png|[[Tee-hee]] (green) (count: 1)
Ticker (B-K).png|[[Ticker]]* (count: 1)
Whipcrack.png|[[Whipcrack]] (count: 8)
</gallery>
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Only appear after their respective worlds have been entered and left once.
 
====Pickups====
{|class=wikitable
!Image
!Name
!Amount
|-
|[[File:BK XBLA Extra Life icon.png]]
|align=center|[[Extra Life]]
|
#On top of the Gruntilda statue's hat near the entrance to [[Freezeezy Peak]].
#On a log near [[Bubblegloop Swamp]]'s entrance.
#In the room where [[Mad Monster Mansion]]'s Jigsaw Picture is.
#Behind [[Mumbo's Skull]] in the Mad Monster Mansion entrance area.
#In the room where [[Click Clock Wood]]'s Jigsaw Picture is.
#On top of Click Clock Wood's entrance.
#Near a yellow [[Warp Cauldron]] in [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]].
#Next to a Sudden Death square in Grunty's Furnace Fun.
#Next to two Sudden Death squares in Grunty's Furnace Fun.
#Next to three Sudden Death squares in Grunty's Furnace Fun.
|}
 
====Jiggies====
{|class="wikitable"
!No.
!style="width:15%"|Official title (Player's Guide)
!Description
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|style="text-align:center"|N/A
|The first Jiggy is to the left of the lair's entrance.
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|'''Which Switch First?'''
|The second Jiggy appears atop the entrance to [[Mumbo's Mountain]] after the world's [[Witch Switch]] is pressed.
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|'''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.
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|style="text-align:center"|'''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.
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|style="text-align:center"|'''Into the Urn'''
|Appears inside the urn near the entrance to [[Gobi's Valley]] after [[Bubblegloop Swamp]]'s Witch Switch is pressed.
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6
|style="text-align:center"|'''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.
|-
|style="text-align:center"|7
|style="text-align:center"|'''Coffin It Up'''
|Appears inside a coffin near the entrance to Gobi's Valley after the world's Witch Switch is pressed.
|-
|style="text-align:center"|8
|style="text-align:center"|'''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]].
|-
|style="text-align:center"|9
|style="text-align:center"|'''The Long Jump'''
|Appears inside a waterlogged chamber behind the 450-[[Note Door]] after [[Rusty Bucket Bay]]'s Witch Switch is pressed.
|-
|style="text-align:center"|10
|style="text-align:center"|'''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.
|}


When Banjo and Kazooie visit the lair again in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', the lair has been severely wrecked, as the entrance inside of the cave shaped like Gruntilda's face is blocked by rocks, and the players only use of visiting this area is visiting [[Cheato]].
====[[Mumbo Token]]s====
{|class=wikitable
!No.
!Location
|-
|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.
|}


During ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', the lair is inaccessible but visible from the outside in Spiral Mountain (probably to make you focus on [[L.O.G.]]'s and Grunty's Challenges).
====Transformation====
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.


==Points of interest==
===''Grunty's Revenge''===
*Grunty Portrait #1 (Only slightly able to be seen in [[Banjo-Tooie]] only with a hole in it and slightly Zoomed-In.)
{{quote|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 {{button|gba|A}} you can select.|[[Mecha Grunty]]|[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]}}
*Mayahem Peak ([[Mumbo's Mountain]] room) (Mumbo's Mountain Puzzle)
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 2 answers right, he has to fight [[Klungo]] again and, once he defeats him too, the quiz resumes. After 5 questions have been answered correctly, Mecha-Grunty takes him to Winkybunion Tower where the final battle against her takes place.
*Grunty Round Floor Tile (Treasure Trove Cove Puzzle) (Clanker's Cavern Puzzle)
*Waterfall Room
*[[Click Clock Wood]] Puzzle Room
*[[Banjoland]]'s Epic Toy chest ([[Treasure Trove Cove]] room)
*Pipe Drainage Room ([[Clanker's Cavern]] room)
*Jungle Lot ([[Bubblegloop Swamp]] Puzzle)
*[[Grunty]] Statue Island
*Swamp Room ([[Bubblegloop Swamp]] room)([[Freezeezy Peak]] Puzzle)
*Giant Stone Urn
*Mummy's Tomb ([[Gobi's Valley]] room)
*Grunty Face Statue
*Advent Room ([[Freezeezy Peak]] room)
*Lava Room ([[Gobi's Valley]] Puzzle)
*Cemetery ([[Mad Monster Mansion]] room)
*[[Mumbo]]'s Shack
*Water-Level Raising Room (Mad Monster Mansion Puzzle)
*Grunty's Port (Rusty Bucket bay Room)
*Storage ([[Rusty Bucket Bay]] Puzzle)
*Woods ([[Click Clock Wood]] room)
*[[Grunty's Furnace Fun]]
* [[Beauty Transfer Machine|Transformation Room]]
*Grunty Portrait #2 (Top of the Tower Puzzle)
*[[Dingpot]]'s Room
*Red Honeycomb Puzzle
*[[Top of the Tower]]


==Worlds==
====Enemies====
*[[Mumbo's Mountain]]
<gallery>
*[[Treasure Trove Cove]]
Klungo BKGR sprite.png|[[Klungo]]
*[[Clanker's Cavern]]
Mecha-Grunty BKGR sprite.png|[[Mecha-Grunty]]
*[[Bubblegloop Swamp]]
Green Spooko sprite.png|[[Spooko]] (green) (count: 2)
*[[Freezeezy Peak]]
Red Spooko sprite.png|[[Spooko]] (red) (count: 2)
*[[Gobi's Valley]]
</gallery>
*[[Mad Monster Mansion]]
*[[Rusty Bucket Bay]]
*[[Click Clock Wood]]


==Collectibles==
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
===Jiggies===
In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Gruntilda's Lair has been mostly destroyed, with rocks blocking the way and only the entrance left standing, that being where [[Cheato]] is found.
''Note that [[Jiggies]] 2-10 can only be collected after the corresponding world's [[Witch Switch]] has been pressed.''
# Left of the main entrance.
# On top of the entrance to [[Mumbo's Mountain]] - access as termite. ([[Mumbo's Mountain]])
# On top of the ship near the entrance to [[Treasure Trove Cove]] - climb on cannon. ([[Treasure Trove Cove]])
# Beak Bust [[Gruntilda]]'s eyes on the flat disc with her portrait. ([[Clanker's Cavern]])
# Jump inside the gold urn in the room just before [[Gobi's Valley]] - use jump pad activated through a room blocked by a breakable brick wall. ([[Bubblegloop Swamp]])
# In alcove high above the entrance to [[Freezeezy Peak]] - use flying pad under cobweb in nearby room- activate pad with switch in a lower alcove, and use running shoes to reach pad in time. ([[Freezeezy Peak]])
# Inside the stone coffin in the room with the gold urn - use jump pad. ([[Gobi's Valley]])
# Break the glass eye in the [[Gruntilda]] head - use flying pad under cobweb. ([[Mad Monster Mansion]])
# In alcove leading to the level 3 water switch. ([[Rusty Bucket Bay]])
# In alcove above the entrance to the [[Click Clock Wood]] area - access as bee. ([[Click Clock Wood]])


===[[Extra Life|Extra Lives]]===
===''Banjo-Pilot''===
*On the back of the Huge Grunty Statue's hat.
In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', the entrance to Gruntilda's Lair can be seen in the background of Spiral Mountain although it is never entered.
*At the [[Bubblegloop Swamp]] entrance room, near the 3 logs, jump to the top of the middle one.
*In the [[Mad Monster Mansion]] Puzzle room, after pushing the second water raise switch, go to the surface and you should see an Extra life.
*Behind [[Mumbo]]'s Shack (the house you can only enter if you're a pumpkin inside the graveyard).
*Located behind some roots, in the room with the [[Click Clock Wood]] Puzzle.
*Behind the entrance to [[Click Clock Wood]], walk in the grass until [[Banjo]] rises a little out of the grass. Banjo is on top of a [[Shock Spring Pad]]! Use it to jump on top the [[Click Clock Wood]] entrance and collect an Extra life. You may also use the Bee transformation to get it.
*Located on a window ledge near the last yellow Cauldron, after completing [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]].
*There are four extra lives inside [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]].


==Enemies==
===''Nuts & Bolts''===
Gruntilda's Lair hosts a variety of enemies, some exclusive to the lair itself and others which only appear after their native world has been accessed.
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.
*[[Whipcrack]]
*[[Grille Chompa]]
*[[Gruntling]]
*[[Beehive]]
*[[Chump]]
*[[Tee-Hee]]
*[[Bigbutt]]


===World enemies===
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
*[[Ticker]] - Appears in the [[Mumbo's Mountain]] room, after Mumbo's Mountain has been accessed.
Gruntilda's Lair appears as a background element on the Spiral Mountain stage. However, due to the stage's rotation mechanic, it will not always be visible.
*[[Snippet]] - Appears in the [[Treasure Trove Cove]] room, after Treasure Trove Cove has been accessed.
*[[Shrapnel]] - Appears in the [[Clanker's Cavern]] room, after Treasure Trove Cove has been accessed.
*[[Grille Chompa]] - Appears in the [[Clanker's Cavern]] room, after Clanker's Cavern has been accessed.
*[[Buzzbomb]] - Appears in the [[Bubblegloop Swamp]] room, after Bubblegloop Swamp has been accessed.
*[[Sir Slush]] - Appears in the [[Freezeezy Peak]] room, after Freezeezy Peak has been accessed.
*[[Chinker]] - Appears in the [[Freezeezy Peak]] puzzle room, after Freezeezy Peak has been accessed.
*[[Mum-mum]] - Appears in the [[Gobi's Valley]] room, after Gobi's Valley has been accessed.
*[[Scabby]] - Appears in the [[Gobi's Valley]] room, after Gobi's Valley has been accessed.
*[[Ripper]] - Appears in the [[Mad Monster Mansion]] room, after Mad Monster Mansion has been accessed.
*[[Flotsam]] - Appears in the [[Rusty Bucket Bay]] room, after Rusty Bucket Bay has been accessed.
*[[Big Clucker]] - Appears in the [[Click Clock Wood]] room, after Click Clock Wood has been accessed.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Pictures===
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
<gallery>
Gruntilda's Lair B-K.png
Gruntilda's Lair 1.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K interior.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K floor tile.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K statue.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K face.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K lava room.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K water level.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K urn.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K shack.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K Warp Cauldron.png
</gallery>
 
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
<gallery>
Gruntilda's Lair 3.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-T interior.png
</gallery>
 
===''Grunty's Revenge''===
<gallery>
Gruntilda's Lair 2.png
Grunty's Lair (arena 1).png|Arena 1
Grunty's Lair (arena 2).png|Arena 2
Grunty's Lair (winkybunion tower).png|Winkybunion Tower
</gallery>
 
===''Banjo-Pilot''===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Gruntilda's Lair 1.png|''[[Banjo Kazooie]]''
Gruntilda's Lair 4.png
Gruntilda's Lair 2.png|''[[Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]''
Gruntilda's Lair 3.png|''[[Banjo Tooie]]''
Gruntilda's Lair 4.png|''[[Banjo Pilot]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Areas===
===''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts''===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Gruntilda's Lair B-K interior.png|The foyer
Gruntilda's Lair B-K-NAB.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K floor tile.png|A Grunty floor tile adjacent to Treasure Trove Cove's Jigsaw Picture
Gruntilda's Lair B-K-NAB 1.png
Gruntilda's Lair B-K statue.png|A large Grunty statue in the swamp area
Gruntilda's Lair B-K face.png|A statue of Grunty's face
Gruntilda's Lair B-K lava room.png|Lava room with the Gobi's Valley Jigsaw Picture
Gruntilda's Lair B-K water level.png|Room with water raising
Gruntilda's Lair B-K urn.png|Room with a giant urn
Gruntilda's Lair B-K shack.png|A shack from the Mad Monster Mansion hub
Gruntilda's Lair B-K Warp Cauldron.png|One of the Warp Cauldrons of Gruntilda's Lair
Gruntilda's Lair B-T interior.png|The interior of Gruntilda's Lair in ''Banjo-Tooie''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Nomenclature==
{{Foreign names
{{Foreign names
|Spa = La Guarida de Gruntilda (BT)
|Spa = La Guarida de Gruntilda (''Banjo-Tooie'')
|SpaM = Gruntilda's Lair
|SpaM = Gruntilda's Lair
|Ita = Antro di Gruntilda
|Ita = Antro di Gruntilda
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', though after Grunty is trapped by the rock outside her castle, her laughing can still be heard while walking through in her lair.
* Gruntilda's Lair's theme is based on the song "''{{wp|The Teddy Bears' Picnic}}''." The theme has 20 different variations in ''Banjo-Kazooie'', including three on the main version and two variations per level, one for the jigsaw puzzle and one for the level entry area, except for the Mumbo's Mountain jigsaw, which uses the regular theme, Rusty Bucket Bay, which is connected to the level entrance, and possibly Freezeezy Peak, as there is an identical sounding "jigsaw" and "entrance" version. In the case of Gobi's Valley and Clanker's Cavern, the jigsaw theme sounds noticeably different from the level entry area theme.
* In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', a statue of [[King_Jingaling|King Jingaling's]] head can be seen laying on the ground outside [[Grunty's Castle]]. This could imply that at one point King Jingaling wanted to settle in Spiral Mountain with the [[Jinjo]]s, but was overtaken by Grunty. This could have something to do with the dispute between Grunty and the Jinjos, and why she captures them on Banjo-Kazooie, and imprisons them in Banjo-Tooie.
* 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.
*The first few bars of the theme music to Grunty's Lair sounds very reminiscent to the famous song "The Teddy Bears' Picnic".
* In ''Banjo-Kazooie'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' 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.  
*Although they were separate game levels in the first game, the entrance to the lair was all the player could access in in the game's sequel, [[Banjo-Tooie]] and was part of the Spiral Mountain level.
*While Banjo-Tooie's version of the music track is similar to the first game, it no longer has the sound of a witch laughing in the background. This is due to Grunty's absence of the area in the game.
*When certain Game Shark or PAR cheats are used (which inadvertently do something like violating protected memory or the checksum), the bridge to Grunty's Lair in Spiral Mountain will have a large hole in it, making it impossible to cross without a levitation cheat. There are no still effects otherwise. Amusingly, said bridge is in a similar state of disrepair in Banjo-Tooie.
*The Tower of Gruntilda's Lair can be seen in the background of [[Showdown Town]] in [[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]].
*The orientation of the eyes varies in each game. In ''Banjo-Kazooie'' both of her green eyes are present. In ''Banjo-Tooie'' her left eye is missing. In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'' her right eye is missing, not the left eye, and it is an object that Kazooie can pick up.


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Latest revision as of 04:00, March 27, 2024

Gruntilda's Lair
Gruntilda's Lair N&B.jpg
Gruntilda's Lair in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Game appearance(s) Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Banjo-Pilot
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Gruntilda's Lair, also known as simply Grunty's Lair, is a recurring location in the Banjo-Kazooie series.

Features and overview[edit]

Gruntilda's Lair is a building in Spiral Mountain and the residence of Gruntilda, with its entrance being shaped like her head.

Banjo-Kazooie[edit]

The first room of Gruntilda's Lair in 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.

Enemies[edit]

*Only appear after their respective worlds have been entered and left once.

Pickups[edit]

Image Name Amount
BK XBLA Extra Life icon.png Extra Life
  1. On top of the Gruntilda statue's hat near the entrance to Freezeezy Peak.
  2. On a log near Bubblegloop Swamp's entrance.
  3. In the room where Mad Monster Mansion's Jigsaw Picture is.
  4. Behind Mumbo's Skull in the Mad Monster Mansion entrance area.
  5. In the room where Click Clock Wood's Jigsaw Picture is.
  6. On top of Click Clock Wood's entrance.
  7. Near a yellow Warp Cauldron in Grunty's Furnace Fun.
  8. Next to a Sudden Death square in Grunty's Furnace Fun.
  9. Next to two Sudden Death squares in Grunty's Furnace Fun.
  10. Next to three Sudden Death squares in Grunty's Furnace Fun.

Jiggies[edit]

No. Official title (Player's Guide) Description
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[edit]

No. Location
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[edit]

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.

Grunty's Revenge[edit]

“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 A 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 2 answers right, he has to fight Klungo again and, once he defeats him too, the quiz resumes. After 5 questions have been answered correctly, Mecha-Grunty takes him to Winkybunion Tower where the final battle against her takes place.

Enemies[edit]

Banjo-Tooie[edit]

In Banjo-Tooie, Gruntilda's Lair has been mostly destroyed, with rocks blocking the way and only the entrance left standing, that being where Cheato is found.

Banjo-Pilot[edit]

In Banjo-Pilot, the entrance to Gruntilda's Lair can be seen in the background of Spiral Mountain although it is never entered.

Nuts & Bolts[edit]

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.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Gruntilda's Lair appears as a background element on the Spiral Mountain stage. However, due to the stage's rotation mechanic, it will not always be visible.

Gallery[edit]

Banjo-Kazooie[edit]

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Banjo-Tooie[edit]

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Grunty's Revenge[edit]

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Banjo-Pilot[edit]

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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts[edit]

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Nomenclature[edit]

Language Name Meaning
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[edit]

  • Gruntilda's Lair's theme is based on the song "The Teddy Bears' Picnic." The theme has 20 different variations in Banjo-Kazooie, including three on the main version and two variations per level, one for the jigsaw puzzle and one for the level entry area, except for the Mumbo's Mountain jigsaw, which uses the regular theme, Rusty Bucket Bay, which is connected to the level entrance, and possibly Freezeezy Peak, as there is an identical sounding "jigsaw" and "entrance" version. In the case of Gobi's Valley and Clanker's Cavern, the jigsaw theme sounds noticeably different from the level entry area theme.
  • 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 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 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.
Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)
Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie
Transformations Termite Banjo • Crocodile Banjo • Walrus Banjo • Pumpkin Banjo • Bee Banjo • Washer Banjo
Supporting characters Ancient Ones • Bikini Girl • Boggy • Bottles • Brentilda • Captain Blubber • Cheato • Chimpy • Clanker • Croctus • Dingpot • Eyrie • Flower pots • Gloop • Gnawty • Gobi • Grabba • Groggy • Broomstick • Histup • Jinjos • Jinxy • Juju • Klungo • Leaky • Loggo • Magic Cauldrons • The Mighty Jinjonator • Moggy • Motzand • Mr. Vile • Mrs. Nabnut • Mumbo Jumbo • Nabnut • Napper • Roysten • Rubee • Snorkel • Soggy • Tanktup • Tiptup • Tiptup Choir • Toots • Tooty • Trunker • Tumblar • Twinkly • Wozza
Bosses Conga • Nipper • Black Snippet • Mutie-Snippet • Yellow Flibbits • Boss Boom Box • Zubbas • Gruntilda
Enemies Bawl • Beehive • Bigbutt • Big Clucker • Black Snippet • Boom Box • Buzzbomb • Chinker • Chump • Colliwobble • Flibbit • Flotsam • Grille Chompa • Grimlet • Grublin • Grublin Hood • Gruntling • King Sandybutt • Limbo • Little Lockup • Lockup • Mum-mum • • Nibbly • Portrait Chompa • Quarrie • Ripper • Scabby • Seaman Grublin • Shrapnel • Sir Slush • Slappa • Snacker • Snarebear • Snippet • Tee-hee • Ticker • Topper • Twinkly Muncher • Whipcrack • Whiplash • Yum-Yum
Items Acorn • Blubber's Treasure • Blue Egg • Caterpillar • Extra Honeycomb Piece • Extra Life • Gold Feather • Honeycomb • Ice Key • Jiggy • Jinjo • Musical Note • Mumbo's Magic Token • Mystery Egg • Orange • Present • Red Feather • Turbo Trainers • Wading Boots
Objects Pads Exit Pad • Flight Pad • Jiggy Pad • Shock Jump Disc
Switches Fan Switch • Honeycomb Switch • Jiggy Switch • Jiggy Pad Switch • Orange Switch • Pyramid Switch • Rotor Switch • Season Switch • Water Raise Switch • Witch Switch
Obstacles Spider web • Toxic Waste • Icy water • Lava • Oily water • Piranha water • Quicksand • Bramble field
Others Beauty Steal Machine • Blue Egg Toll • Gruntilda Doll • Jigsaw Picture • Molehill
Abilities Beak Barge • Beak Bomb • Beak Buster • Claw Swipe • Climb • Dive • Egg Firing • Feathery Flap • Flap Flip • Flight • Forward Roll • Jump • Rat-a-tat Rap • Shock Spring Jump • Stilt Stride • Talon Trot • Turbo Talon Trot • Wonderwing
Locations Overworld Spiral Mountain • Gruntilda's Lair (Grunty's Furnace Fun • Winkybunion Tower)
Worlds Mumbo's Mountain • Treasure Trove Cove • Clanker's Cavern • Bubblegloop Swamp • Freezeezy Peak • Gobi's Valley • Mad Monster Mansion • Rusty Bucket Bay • Click Clock Wood
Other places Banjo's House • Boggy's Igloo • Gnawty's Lodge • Mumbo's Hut • the Squirrel's House • Rusty Bucket • Sandcastle • Sharkfood Island • Ticker's Tower • Wozza's Cave • Zubba's Nest
Minigames Grunty's Furnace Fun • Bottles' Moving Picture Game
Other Banjo-Kazooie Memory Game • Banjo-Kazooie Promo Video • Banjo-Kazooie: The Soundtrack • Dream: Land of Giants • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Glitches • Stop 'n' Swop
Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live Arcade)
Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie • Mumbo Jumbo • Golden Goliath • Jamjars* • Gruntilda* • Jinjo** • Humba Wumba***
Supporting characters Alph • Alphette • Bang • Betette • Beti • Big Al • Biggafoot • Blobbelda • Blobbelda's cat • Boggy • Bottles • Bovina • Bullion Bill • Canary Mary • Captain Blackeye • Captain Blubber • Cheato • Chief Bloatazin • Chris P. Bacon • Chompasaurus • Conga • Crash • Dilberta • Dindin • Dingpot • Dippy • Disciple of Jiggywiggy • Floatus Floatium • Gamette • Gammo • George Ice Cube • Gobi • Goggles • Groggy • Guffo • Hak • Heggy • Honey B • Humba Wumba • Jamjars • Jinjos • Jolly Roger • King Jingaling • Krop • Loggo • Loudspeaker • Master Jiggywiggy • Merry Maggie Malpass • Mildred Ice Cube • Mingella • Moggy • Mr. Fit • Mrs. Boggy • Mrs. Bottles • Officer Unogopaz • Oogle Boogle • Pawno • Piggles • Rocknut • Roysten • Sabreman • Salty Joe • Saucer of Peril • Scrat • Scrit • Scrotty • Scrut • Skivvy • Soggy • Speccy • Ssslumber • Stomponadon • Superstash • Tiptup • Tiptup Jr. • Toots • Trotty • Unga Bunga • Wak • Whallop
Bosses Klungo • Targitzan • Old King Coal • Mr. Patch • Lord Woo Fak Fak • Terry • Weldar • Chilli Billi • Chilly Willy • Mingy Jongo • Gruntilda • Hag 1
Enemies Bang Box • Banjo-Kazooie Game Pak • Bargosaurus • Bazza! Superlife Battery • Beehive • Bigfoot • Billy Bob • Boltoid • Blubbul • Clinker • Cursed Beehive • Diggit • Dragunda • Eyeballus Jiggium Plant • Flatso • Frazzle • Fruity • Globble • Gobgoyle • Gruntydactyl • Guvnor • Hothand • Hothead • Illuminus • Inky • Jippo Jim • Keelhaul • Klang • Livewire • Minjo • Minion • Moggie • Mucoid • Nutta • Pansie • S'Hard • Seemee • Shrapnel • Snapdragon • Soarasaurus • Sput Sput • Spy-I-Cam • Swellbelly • Tintop • TNT Stick • Toxi-Gag • Toxi-Klang • Washup • Whirlweed • Zubba
Spells Transformations Stony Banjo • Detonator Banjo • Van Banjo • Submarine Banjo • T-Rex Banjo • Washer Banjo • Snowball Banjo • Bee Banjo • Dragon Kazooie
Mumbo's spells Heal • Summon • Levitate • Power • Oxygenate Water • Enlarge • EMP • Life Force • Rain Dance
Items Amaze O' Gaze Glasses • Bean • Blue Egg • Burger • Cheato Page • Claw Clamber Boots • Clockwork Kazooie Egg • Doubloon • Empty Honeycomb • Fire Egg • Fries • Glowbo • Golden Egg • Golden Feather • Grenade Egg • Honey Pot* • Honeycomb • Ice Egg • Ice Key • Jiggy • Mega-Glowbo • Musical Note • Proximity Egg • Random Stop Honeycomb • Red Feather • Skill Stop Honeycomb • Springy Step Shoes • Ticket • Turbo Trainers • Wading Boots
Objects Pads Flight Pad • Mumbo Pad • Shock Spring Pad • Split-Up Pads • Warp Pad
Switches Banjo Switch • Burger Stand Switch • Cactus o' Strength Switch • Fire Egg Switch • Kazooie Switch • Train Switch
Obstacles Icy water • Lava • Toxic Gas • Toxic Waste
Others Big-O-Blaster • Bigga-Bazza! • Bill Drill Object • Cactus o' Strength • Crystal Jiggy • Gruntilda Doll • Jiggy Boulder • Jolly's Jukebox • Molehill • Service Elevator • Informational Signpost • Silo • Talon Torpedo Door
Moves Pre-learned Beak Barge • Beak Bomb • Beak Buster • Climb • Dive • Egg Firing • Feathery Flap • Flap Flip • Flight • Forward Roll • Jump • Peck • Rat-a-tat Rap • Shock Spring Jump • Stilt Stride • Talon Trot • Turbo Talon Trot • Wonderwing
New Airborne Egg Aiming • Beak Bayonet • Bill Drill • Breegull Bash • Breegull Blaster • Egg Aim • Fast Swimming • Grip Grab • Split-up • Sub-Aqua Egg Aiming • Talon Torpedo
Banjo-only Pack Whack • Sack Pack • Shack Pack • Snooze Pack • Taxi Pack
Kazooie-only Glide • Hatch • Leg Spring • Wing Whack
Locations Overworld Spiral Mountain (Gruntilda's Lair) • Isle O' Hags (Jinjo Village • Wooded Hollow • Plateau • Pine Grove • Cliff Top • Wasteland • Quagmire)
Worlds Mayahem Temple • Glitter Gulch Mine • Witchyworld • Jolly Roger's Lagoon • Terrydactyland • Grunty Industries • Hailfire Peaks • Cloud Cuckooland • Cauldron Keep
Other places Atlantis • Banjo's House • Big Top • Boggy's Igloo • Bottles' House • Code Chamber • Crazy Castle • Digger Tunnels • Hag 1 Boss Area • Heggy's Egg Shed • Honey B's Hive • Jiggywiggy's Temple • Jinjo Houses • Jolly's • King Jingaling's Throne Room • Mumbo's Skull • Targitzan's Temple • Terry's Nest • Train Station • Wumba's Wigwam • Zubba's Nest
Minigames Jiggywiggy's Challenge • Mayan Kickball Tournament • Ordnance Storage Challenge • Dodgems Challenge • Hoop Hurry Challenge • Balloon Burst Challenge • Saucer of Peril Ride • Grunty's Submarine Challenge • Chompa's Challenge • Twinkly Packing Challenge • Clinker's Cavern Challenge • Colosseum Kickball Tournament • The Zubbas' Nest Challenge • Guffo's Trash Can Challenge • Grunty's Pot O' Gold Shooting Challenge • Tower of Tragedy Quiz
Other Banjo-Tooie: CD Soundtrack • Gallery • Glitches • Pre-release and unused content • Stop 'n' Swop • Stop 'n' Swop II
* Multiplayer Shootouts only   ** Unlockable character for the Multiplayer Shootout modes through Stop 'n' Swop   *** Multiplayer Tower of Tragedy Quiz only
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (Mobile) (Missions)
Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie
Forms Candle Banjo • Mouse Banjo • Octopus Banjo • Tank Banjo
Supporting characters Alfred P. Cock • Bozzeye • Gruntling Commander • Honey B • Jinjo Oracles • Little Blubber • Master Jiggywiggy • Miss Bucket • Momma Clucker • Mr. Ripovski • Mrs. Squitter • Mumbo Jumbo • Squits
Species Bleater • Breegull • Chick • Dolphin • Glow grub • Jinjo • Snowy
Bosses Ghost Pirate • Gruntilda • Klungo • Mecha-Grunty
Enemies Bee • Beehive • Bigfoot • Bogfoot • Boom Box • Germuloid • Grille Chompa • Gruntling • Gruntweed • Livewire • Maggie Bird • Shrapnel • Spooko • Stinglash • Whiplash • Yum-Yum
Obstacles Lava • Oil • Poison gas
Items Battery Eggs • Egg • Fire Eggs • Gold coin • Gold nugget • Hollow Honeycomb • Honeycomb • Mr. Drippy Cone • Ice Eggs • Jiggy • Mumbo Totem • Silver coin • Toy Spaceship
Objects Molehill • N. Kreditz Arcade • Shock-Spring Pad • Switch • Witchy Warp
Abilities Battery Eggs • Bill Drill • Climb • Dive • Egg Firing • Feathery Flap • Fire Eggs • Flap Flip • Forward Roll • Ice Eggs • Jump • Pack Whack • Rat-a-tat Rap • Shock Spring Jump • Talon Trot • Wonderwing
Locations Worlds Spiral Mountain • Cliff Farm • Breegull Beach • Bad Magic Bayou • Spiller's Harbor • Freezing Furnace • Grunty's Castle
Other places Banjo's House • Honey B's Hive • Jiggywiggy's Temple • Mumbo's Pad
Miscellaneous Gallery • Pre-release and unused content
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Characters Playable characters Banjo • Kazooie
Supporting characters Boggy • Bottles • Captain Blubber • Ghost • Humba Wumba • Jamjars • Jinjo • Jolly Dodger • King Jingaling • Klungo • Lord of Games • Mr. Fit • Mumbo Jumbo • Pikelet • Supporting cast • Trophy Thomas
Antagonists Gruntbot • Gruntilda • Minjo • Mr. Patch • Piddles • Showdown Town Police
Cameos Bawl • Captain Blackeye • Cheato • Clanker • Colliwobble • Dingpot • George Ice Cube • Glowbo • Gobi • Golden Goliath • Loggo • Mildred Ice Cube • Moggy • Roysten • Saucer of Peril • Soggy • Tanktup • Targitzan • Tooty • Topper • Weldar
Items Jiggy • Jinjo Token • Mumbo Crate • Musical Note • T.T. Trophy • Vehicle parts
Objects Jig-O-Vend • Jiggy Bank • Laser Door • Mumbo's Wrench • Trapdoor Tower • Vehicles • Wrench-it Bolt
Locations Spiral Mountain (Banjo's House • Gruntilda's Lair) • Showdown Town (Mumbo's Motors • Test-o-Track • Klungo's Arcade • Boggy's Gym • Bingo Palace • L.O.G.'s Video Game Factory) • Nutty Acres • LOGBOX 720 • Banjoland • Jiggosseum • Terrarium of Terror • L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges
Minigames Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh World • Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh Universsse
Other Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Original Soundtrack • Gallery • Glitches • Pre-release and unused content • Stop 'n' Swop
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