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|image=[[File:Extra Honeycomb Piece B-K.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:GR Extra Honeycomb Piece.jpg|200px]]
|aka=Empty honeycombs, hollow honeycombs
|game=''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Tooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]<br>[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|game=''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Tooie]]<br>[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]''
|use=Adds more health to [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]'s energy bar
|use=Adds more health to [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]'s energy bar
|icon=[[File:BK Extra Honeycomb icon.png|''Banjo-Kazooie'']] [[File:GR Hollow Honeycomb icon.png|''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'']]
|icon=[[File:BK Extra Honeycomb icon.png|''Banjo-Kazooie'']] [[File:GR Hollow Honeycomb icon.png|''Grunty's Revenge'']] [[File:BK XBLA Extra Honeycomb icon.png|''Banjo-Kazooie'' (Xbox Live Arcade)]] [[File:BT XBLA Extra Honeycomb Piece icon.png|''Banjo-Tooie'' (XBLA)]]}}
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{{quote|I'm an Extra Honeycomb Piece! Collect six of us to increase your energy bar!|Extra Honeycomb Piece|[[Banjo-Kazooie]]}}
'''Extra Honeycomb Pieces''', also known as '''Hollow Honeycombs''', are collectible items found in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', and ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]''. Usually hidden in hard-to-reach places throughout the games' worlds, collecting a certain amount will increase [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]'s maximum energy capacity by one [[honeycomb]].
'''Hollow Honeycombs'''<ref>''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'' manual, page 19</ref>, originally known as '''Empty Honeycombs'''<ref>''Banjo-Tooie'' manual, page 21</ref><ref>''Banjo-Tooie'' Nintendo Player's Guide, pages 12 and 16</ref>, '''Extra Honeycomb Pieces'''<ref>''Banjo-Kazooie'' manual, page 20</ref>, or '''Honeycomb Pieces'''<ref>''Banjo-Kazooie'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 16</ref>, are a recurring item in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series.
 
==Location and uses==
[[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] can collect a certain number of Hollow Honeycombs to add a [[honeycomb]] to their [[health bar]]. Hollow Honeycombs are often found in out-of-reach areas.


==Games==
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
===''Banjo-Kazooie''===
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', collecting six pieces, regardless of location or order, will automatically extend Banjo's energy bar by one unit. There are two extra honeycomb pieces in each of the nine worlds inside [[Gruntilda's Lair]] and six in [[Spiral Mountain]]. Collecting 18 of the 24 pieces will raise Banjo's energy bar from five to eight, however the final six Extra Honeycombs will not raise his maximum energy to 9 and only serve as extras. Despite this the animation and sounds that occur when Banjo gets his energy bar increased will still play but without a honeycomb being added to the energy bar. Two of the pieces only appear upon hitting a [[Honeycomb Switch]], one of them in [[Gobi's Valley]] and the other in [[Rusty Bucket Bay]].
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', every six Extra Honeycomb Pieces add another honeycomb unit to Banjo and Kazooie's health bar, which can have up to three units added, making for a total of eight units. Oddly, the remaining six Extra Honeycomb Pieces do not add a ninth unit to the health bar, despite still playing the sound effect and showing the animation for whenever Banjo collects and Extra Honeycomb Piece.
 
There are six Extra Honeycomb Pieces in [[Spiral Mountain]] plus two in each of the game's nine levels, making for a total of 24 Extra Honeycombs. Two Extra Honeycomb Pieces only appear upon hitting a [[Honeycomb Switch]], one of them in [[Gobi's Valley]] and the other in [[Rusty Bucket Bay]].


In the [[Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|Xbox Live Arcade]] version, collecting every Extra Honeycomb Piece does not provide nine bars of energy, but does unlock an [[Achievement]].
In the [[Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|Xbox Live Arcade]] version, collecting all 24 Extra Honeycomb Pieces unlocks the "Show me the Honey!" [[Achievement]]. Their speech icon is larger than in the original [[Nintendo 64]] release, although an unused variant based on the original speech icon exists in the game's files.


===''Banjo-Tooie''===
===''Banjo-Tooie''===
In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', each world has three extra honeycomb pieces to collect. Instead of collecting six, Banjo must collect a certain number for [[Honey B]] (which starts at 1 and increases by 2 each time) and bring them to her hive in exchange for an extra honeycomb. Each time he exchanges honeycomb pieces, the number he must collect for the next honeycomb will increase.
In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', they are renamed to Empty Honeycombs, and there are 25 of them to collect. The system for collecting Empty Honeycomb was altered, so to receive extra units for their health bar, Banjo and Kazooie must trade their Empty Honeycombs to [[Honey B]]. Her first exchange required only one Empty Honeycomb, but every subsequent exchange increases the cost by two Empty Honeycombs. The fifth and final exchange with Honey B. requires nine Empty Honeycombs, allowing Banjo and Kazooie to have ten units for their health bar. There are three Empty Honeycombs in every level.


Once Banjo turns in 25 pieces, his energy bar doubles from 5 to 10. The energy bar increase affects all playable characters and transformations (excluding the [[Snowball Banjo|Snowball transformation]]), although the total bar size will differ (for example, the [[Washer Banjo|Washer]] transformation always has one more Honeycomb than Banjo and Kazooie combined).
===''Grunty's Revenge''===
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', they were renamed again to Hollow Honeycombs. Their role is very similar to ''Banjo-Tooie'', as Banjo must trade them to Honey B. at her [[Honey B's Hive|hive]] to have extra units added to his health bar. There are four separate exchanges, the first requiring two Hollow Honeycombs, and the following three requiring four, eight, and twelve Hollow Honeycombs respectively.  


===''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge''===
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', Extra Honeycomb Pieces were renamed to '''Hollow Honeycombs''', and are used similarly as in ''Banjo-Tooie''. Once Banjo has collected the specified amount of hollow honeycombs, he can take them to Honey B's Hive on the Spiral Rise of Spiral Mountain who will transfer them to a honeycomb container. Banjo can get honeycomb containers once he has 2, 4, 8, and 12 hollow honeycombs.
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Hollow Honeycombs are found in Spiral Mountain. One can be seen in the vegetable garden, another on a tree stump, another above a tree and another next to a waterfall, matching their locations in the first game.


==''Gallery''==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Icon Extra Honeycomb Piece (BT) (XBLA).png|Menu icon in ''[[Banjo-Tooie (XBLA)|Banjo-Tooie]]'' (Xbox Live Arcade)
BK Empty Honeycomb Piece artwork.jpg|Artwork from ''Banjo-Kazooie''
BK Extra Honeycomb Piece art.png|Artwork from ''Banjo-Kazooie''
Extra Honeycomb Piece B-K.png|Render from ''Banjo-Kazooie''
Extra Honeycomb Piece in B-K.png|An Extra Honeycomb Piece in ''Banjo-Kazooie''
BK XBLA Extra Honeycomb icon early.png|Early chatter icon from ''Banjo-Kazooie'' [[Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|(Xbox Live Arcade)]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


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Latest revision as of 21:38, December 9, 2023

“I'm an Extra Honeycomb Piece! Collect six of us to increase your energy bar!”
Extra Honeycomb Piece, Banjo-Kazooie

Hollow Honeycombs[1], originally known as Empty Honeycombs[2][3], Extra Honeycomb Pieces[4], or Honeycomb Pieces[5], are a recurring item in the Banjo-Kazooie series.

Location and uses[edit]

Banjo and Kazooie can collect a certain number of Hollow Honeycombs to add a honeycomb to their health bar. Hollow Honeycombs are often found in out-of-reach areas.

Banjo-Kazooie[edit]

In Banjo-Kazooie, every six Extra Honeycomb Pieces add another honeycomb unit to Banjo and Kazooie's health bar, which can have up to three units added, making for a total of eight units. Oddly, the remaining six Extra Honeycomb Pieces do not add a ninth unit to the health bar, despite still playing the sound effect and showing the animation for whenever Banjo collects and Extra Honeycomb Piece.

There are six Extra Honeycomb Pieces in Spiral Mountain plus two in each of the game's nine levels, making for a total of 24 Extra Honeycombs. Two Extra Honeycomb Pieces only appear upon hitting a Honeycomb Switch, one of them in Gobi's Valley and the other in Rusty Bucket Bay.

In the Xbox Live Arcade version, collecting all 24 Extra Honeycomb Pieces unlocks the "Show me the Honey!" Achievement. Their speech icon is larger than in the original Nintendo 64 release, although an unused variant based on the original speech icon exists in the game's files.

Banjo-Tooie[edit]

In Banjo-Tooie, they are renamed to Empty Honeycombs, and there are 25 of them to collect. The system for collecting Empty Honeycomb was altered, so to receive extra units for their health bar, Banjo and Kazooie must trade their Empty Honeycombs to Honey B. Her first exchange required only one Empty Honeycomb, but every subsequent exchange increases the cost by two Empty Honeycombs. The fifth and final exchange with Honey B. requires nine Empty Honeycombs, allowing Banjo and Kazooie to have ten units for their health bar. There are three Empty Honeycombs in every level.

Grunty's Revenge[edit]

In Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, they were renamed again to Hollow Honeycombs. Their role is very similar to Banjo-Tooie, as Banjo must trade them to Honey B. at her hive to have extra units added to his health bar. There are four separate exchanges, the first requiring two Hollow Honeycombs, and the following three requiring four, eight, and twelve Hollow Honeycombs respectively.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Hollow Honeycombs are found in Spiral Mountain. One can be seen in the vegetable garden, another on a tree stump, another above a tree and another next to a waterfall, matching their locations in the first game.

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge manual, page 19
  2. Banjo-Tooie manual, page 21
  3. Banjo-Tooie Nintendo Player's Guide, pages 12 and 16
  4. Banjo-Kazooie manual, page 20
  5. Banjo-Kazooie Nintendo Player's Guide, page 16