Haunted Hall

Level Details

Game	Donkey Kong Country 2
World name	Gloomy Gulch
Level name	Haunted Hall
Previous level	Ghostly Grove
Next level	Gusty Glade

Difficulty:

• Optimal: Tupac Shakur/10
• Optimal Alternative: Albert Einstein/10

Any%

Optimal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgcW6lIqvBQ

Notes

• Jump up all upwards slopes, no matter the size.
• Jumping down small slopes will lose you time. Aim to jump down large slopes only.
• Jumping on flat ground loses time, with some exceptions.
• Jumping into the transition doors also saves minimal frames. Aim as high as you can.
  • These may not feel like much, but an optimal Haunted Hall route can save up to 4-5 seconds compared to a casual route.
• Jumping over the bees at 1:14 can be tricky. You have to get really close to their hitboxes (note that there is only one bee in the J version).

Optimal Alternative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6BQGUzJ2ls

Notes

• Precisely follow where the video jumps and the size of these jumps. Failing to do so will cause you to lose time instead of save.
  • Nearly every jump has a visual cue at a railroad tie or wooden post (or shortly after one, in a few cases).
• This route is difficult to learn/memorize, but saves ~0.6 compared to Djeez's optimal route above.

Map of Optimal Alternative

• Imgur Album.
• Jump when the teeth of your cart touch the line.
• White = A small jump is more optimal, but you should probably do a slightly larger jump for safety.
• Green = Smallest possible jump.
• Orange = Medium jump. It's on the larger side of medium, though (hard to explain).
• Red = Largest possible jump.