Silver Coins are items found in the games Diddy Kong Racing and Diddy Kong Racing DS. They are coins collected on racing courses during the Silver Coin Challenges.
Overview[]
In Diddy Kong Racing, Silver Coin Challenges can only be accessed after the player has beaten the boss of the current world in a race during the Adventure Mode, and has collected the required number of Golden Balloons in order to unlock the course of the challenge. During the races of the Silver Coin Challenges, the player must collect all eight of these coins and finish the course in the first place, which then rewards them a Golden Balloon. After all Silver Coin Challenges in each course of the current world are beaten, the player can return to the racing course of the world's boss and unlock a Trophy Race.
During the Adventure Mode of Diddy Kong Racing DS, the Silver Coin Challenges are replaced by Balloon Pop Challenges. However, it is still possible to access the former ones by purchasing them from Taj the Genie. Each Silver Coin Challenge becomes unlockable after the Balloon Pop Challenges are cleared in the respective courses.
Required Number of Golden Balloons for Unlocking Silver Coin Challenges (or Balloon Pop Challenges) by Courses[]
- Dino Domain
- Ancient Lake: 6 Golden Balloons after beating Tricky the Triceratops once in the Tricky's Course
- Fossil Canyon: 7 Golden Balloons after beating Tricky the Triceratops once in the Tricky's Course
- Jungle Falls: 8 Golden Balloons after beating Tricky the Triceratops once in the Tricky's Course
- Hot Top Volcano: 10 Golden Balloons after beating Tricky the Triceratops once in the Tricky's Course
- Snowflake Mountain
- Everfrost Peak: 10 Golden Balloons after beating Bluey the Walrus once in the Bluey's Course
- Walrus Cove: 11 Golden Balloons after beating Bluey the Walrus once in the Bluey's Course
- Snowball Valley:14 Golden Balloons after beating Bluey the Walrus once in the Bluey's Course
- Frosty Village: 16 Golden Balloons after beating Bluey the Walrus once in the Bluey's Course
- Sherbet Island
- Whale Bay: 17 Golden Balloons after beating Bubbler the Octopus once in the Bubbler's Course
- Crescent Island: 18 Golden Balloons after beating Bubbler the Octopus once in the Bubbler's Course
- Pirate Lagoon: 20 Golden Balloons after beating Bubbler the Octopus once in the Bubbler's Course
- Treasure Caves: 22 Golden Balloons after beating Bubbler the Octopus once in the Bubbler's Course
- Bubbler's Course: 23 Golden Balloons after beating Bubbler the Octopus once in the Bubbler's Course
- Dragon Forest
- Windmill Plains: 23 Golden Balloons after beating Smokey the Dragon once in the Smokey's Course
- Greenwood Village: 24 Golden Balloons after beating Smokey the Dragon once in the Smokey's Course
- Boulder Canyon: 30 Golden Balloons after beating Smokey the Dragon once in the Smokey's Course
- Haunted Woods: 37 Golden Balloons after beating Smokey the Dragon once in the Smokey's Course
- Future Fun Land
- Spacedust Alley: 43 Golden Balloons after beating Wizpig once in the course Wizpig Strikes Back
- Darkmoon Caverns: 44 Golden Balloons after beating Wizpig once in the course Wizpig Strikes Back
- Spaceport Alpha: 45 Golden Balloons after beating Wizpig once in the course Wizpig Strikes Back
- Star City: 46 Golden Balloons after beating Wizpig once in the course Wizpig Strikes Back
- Wizpig Strikes Back: 47 Golden Balloons after beating Wizpig once in this course