Banjo-Kazooie
Console icon Nintendo 64

  • Defeat Grunty without taking damage.

    922 (779) of 7,396 โ€“ 12.47%

    10.53% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    12.47% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Created by MarcusVinicius on: 24 Jul, 2017 05:25
    Last modified: 25 May, 2022 14:52


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    Saive10 29 Mar 2025 01:18
    I honestly can't tell if this was hard or not. I got used to all the phases in the end, the jinjo stages being the easiest. I think this just requires patience and remembering that those fireballs literally are a non-factor when you remember to just TURN AROUND...

    For me, the hardest part was the flying bit. Simply because flying is janky and i'd just more often than not drill myself into the floor and lose the run..

    What started out as a nightmare was enjoyable enough.
    Lordsoberano 14 Apr 2025 15:56
    Rdiculous archievements
    zones 5 May 2025 04:06
    arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
    RetroBurger 6 May 2025 23:10
    As someone said before, running in small circles to avoid her fireballs on Phase 5 tremendously helped. Once you get it down, don't get risky with your shots; take your time
    RedSlim777 8 May 2025 01:49
    This might be the singlemost infarious achievement I have ever tried, from the slippyness of this game, to the fact that you can't anticipate anything at what grunty is throwing at you.
    It's not hard by any means, it's just a game of luck, especially the last part of it.
    RetroBurger 8 May 2025 09:54
    I personally disagree with that statement; there is a huge learning curve to her fight, but everything can be overcome and learnt with enough practice!

    Give some suggestions by other people a try, see some videos, or discover methods that work best for you! Don't be afraid to activate the Cheato codes too for 20 Max Gold Feathers, as that'll allow you to take your time during Phase 5!

    Keep it up; I know you can do it!
    sandro4912 8 May 2025 10:12
    To add to this. You can do phase 5 endless by not use gold feathers at all.

    If you do a head nut right before the homing shot you will be invulnearable too.
    kylejohnston89 8 May 2025 13:21
    @RedSlim not sure what you mean by you can't anticipate anything. She has a set attack patterns. The hardest part about this fight (for me) is trying to hit her when she's flying. Everything else is practice and memorization.
    RedSlim777 8 May 2025 14:07
    Yeah idk why I wrote that tbh, it's just a pure skill issue on my end.
    Very sorry for making the comment section for that achievement like that.
    The only part of my comment I agree with is that it's not hard, just patience.
    Rareware 10 May 2025 07:13
    Did this on my 3rd attempt. Beak bomb section is annoying but I was able to get that out of the way quickly in my winning run. I actually struggled more with SM64 damageless final boss. Overall a fun challenge!
    tigersbowling 18 May 2025 13:58
    So sick of this achievement. I ditched it months ago and finally came back to try and finish this up, but I must be really unlucky to get the jingo glitch this much :/

    I can do the first two phases in my sleep and the third is annoying but fine with patience, but Iโ€™ve gotten the jingo glitch every single time so far.

    I really try not to complain about specific achievements but I donโ€™t understand why an achievement that everyone knows is broken is allowed to stay up. Like I feel like Iโ€™ve proven I can do this fight damageless several times at this point, but the game is simply not letting me.
    Superstar2025 23 May 2025 18:18
    i have a question now it counts as damage in combat if I accidentally beak barge and crash into the floor??
    sandro4912 23 May 2025 21:11
    yes it does.
    Superstar2025 23 May 2025 23:31
    what i have to do if the jinjo statue dont receive the eggs??
    Superstar2025 23 May 2025 23:35
    and another question, if i take the honeycombs what she's fall it is count for achievement lost??
    eRadicatedZomBiE 24 May 2025 01:18
    Jinjo Question: that is the jinjo glitch. You will not be able to do anything. You'll need to restart the fight.
    Picking up Honeycombs that fall during the fight: You can pick up honeycombs, this will not void the achievement. You just can't lose any health.
    DanelerH 24 May 2025 15:18
    That was a tough one. It took me maybe around four hours, but part of that might be due to it being a couple years since I last played this game. Even then, I didn't care about taking damage since I had a lot of health. This time, I progressively learned the fight. The second phase which initially caused me so much trouble (specifically the fourth portion where Grunty is near-constantly throwing fireballs) is now one I can do damageless consistently. Ultimately, it was my fourth try at the fifth phase where I finally won.
    MASF 5 Jun 2025 08:45
    Rip to me who got that bug several times of the Jinjo statue not working...still completed without getting hit after many restarts.
    orionbucks 20 Jun 2025 15:50
    The camera is your biggest enemy here
    Jailbird174 21 Jun 2025 14:42
    It's so weird to see people defend a bug. The achievement is hard and to have your runs become void through no fault of your own feels awful. I've encountered the jinjo statue bug 7 times. The first two phases are easy. Third is jank so sometimes I miss and hit the ground or a wild fireball hits me. But man oh man I've only had the jinjo statues cooperate twice and one time the jinjonator statue wasn't responding. I also don't have a progress icon so I have a bad feeling it's not tracking it either.

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