Royal Road - Stage 5

Royal Road - Stage 5 Stage 5 on the Royal Road level hub. Details Level Royal Road Hypernova Section? Sun Stones 4 Keychains 5 Rare Keychain Golden Egg Statue Mid-Bosses Bonkers, All DX Mid-Bosses, Flowery Woods

Stage order ← Royal Road - Stage 4 Royal Road - Stage 6 →

Royal Road - Stage 5 is the fifth stage in Royal Road, and the final standard stage in Kirby: Triple Deluxe. There are four Sun Stones and 5 Keychains in this stage. The Gold Keychain is one depicting the Golden Egg Statue.

Overview

The stage begins outside a strange crystal structure. Kirby enters via a small hexagonal opening.

Inside, Kirby finds a locked gate, and a portal to another location. Taking the portal will lead Kirby to a large open room with no floor, and only gem-shaped platforms to jump across. A flower-like creature is being held in a cage in the foreground. If Kirby frees this captive, she will take him to the gate from earlier, and unlock it for him.

The next room has a gate with five bars on it. However, there are only four portals leading to different areas. Inside each are more prisoners to be rescued. These areas are as follows (starting clockwise from the leftmost portal):

• A hallway with background pistons that push forward at fixed intervals. Kirby does not want to be hit by one of these.
• Another open area with crystal platforms. Bonkers is fought in here.
• A drop-zone lined with Bomb Block platforms. Kirby can use the 3D Helmet Cannon to progress here.
• An open crystal platform zone with many 3D Warp Stars inset.

Once all of the prisoners from these areas are free, the fifth portal will appear, which leads to an area where Kirby will need to dodge many piston walls in sequence before being allowed to move forward. At the end is the last prisoner who - along with the others - will open the door for Kirby at last.

Through the door, Kirby ends up in a hall where Flame Galboros DXs are on patrol, guarding another prisoner. Up ahead, however, Kirby can get a Miracle Fruit and activate Hypernova. The rest of the area involves Kirby running through the halls, eating Mid-Bosses while freeing the rest of the People of the Sky.

In the last room, Flowery Woods appears one last time to try and stop Kirby. In Hypernova form, however, the big flowery tree is no match for the round hero, being gobbled up (including its health bar) like everything else. That done, the People of the Sky bring the stage exit to Kirby.

Sun Stone & Gold Keychain Guide

• Sun Stone 1 - In the area with the 3D Helmet Cannon, Kirby will need to reach the bottom area and blast stone blocks containing both the Key and the gate to reach this stone.
• Sun Stone 2 - In the side-area where Bonkers is fought, there is a side-door which can be accessed by hitting a switch in the foreground. Inside is a rather complicated Tilt Fuse Box puzzle, which leads to this stone when solved. Kirby will need a Fire-making ability to light the fuse.
• Sun Stone 3 - During the Hypernova section, eating Mr. Frosty DX will cause a 3D Warp Star to appear. Kirby can take this star to reach this stone.
• Sun Stone 4 - During the Hypernova section, three Grand Wheelie DXs will appear. If Kirby eats all three, a 3D Warp Star will appear which can take him to the background. There, Kirby can head to the left to find this stone.

• Gold Keychain - In the side area from the furthest-right portal, this keychain can be uncovered by pounding a Stake on one of the platforms in the foreground. The keychain can then be found underneath that platform.

Enemies, Mid-Bosses and Abilities

Regular Enemies	Mid-Bosses
Blade Knight Beetley Gordo Hot Head Poppy Bros. Jr. Searches Sectra Bronto Burt Sectra Dee Sectra Lanzer Sectra Spynum Sir Kibble Tick	Blocky DX Bonkers Bonkers DX Flame Galboros DX Flowery Woods Gigant Edge DX Grand Wheelie DX Hornhead DX Mr. Frosty DX
Abilities	Special
Archer Beetle Bomb Crash Cutter Hammer Needle Spear Sword	Hypernova

Trivia

• The flashing wall panels that shoot out toward the screen in several rooms are referred to officially as "3D Securitrons".
• There is a hidden room in this stage, but accessing it requires patience. It can be found from the fifth portal before the big door opens and requires waiting in the room with the 5×5 grid of 3D Securitrons for 86 seconds.
• The floating crystal platforms seen in this stage look very similar to the ones used for the floor in the fight with Dark Nebula from Kirby: Squeak Squad.

Gallery

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  Kirby enters the beautiful prison.

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  Kirby rescues one of the People of the Sky.

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  The door is partially unlocked.

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  Kirby picks up the 3D Helmet Cannon and starts shooting bombs.

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  Kirby avoids being smashed.

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  The People of the Sky use their magic to unlock a large gate for Kirby.

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  Kirby inhales Flowery Woods and the health bar, breaking the fourth wall.

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  An example of a door being treated as a continuity-breaking object, with the People of the Sky bringing in the Goal Door for Kirby at the end of the stage.

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  Level map