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Kirby and the Forgotten Land tasks Kirby with rescuing Waddle Dees that have been captured from Planet Popstar and put into cages. Over the course of the game, you're going to need to find a ton of hidden Waddle Dees throughout the many levels.

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Each level will have between three and four hidden Waddle Dees that can be found. How to do so is different for each Waddle Dee in each level, but we've managed to find all of the ones within Originull Wasteland, the game's fifth world. Here's how to find them.

Every Originull Wasteland Hidden Waddle Dee In Kirby And The Forgotten Land

The Wastes Where Life Began

Hidden Waddle Dee 1

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The first hidden Waddle Dee of this level is found by finding five green star shards around the first section of the area. The first is found in a chest next to a snake on the main path. The second is found by going to the right and shooting all three of the buttons that pop up. The third is found in a pile of sand on the main path, which you can blow away using Ring Mouth. The fourth is found by activating all the fans near the purple pool of sludge on the left of the main path. The fifth is found on the ship to the northeast after you defeat Fleurina. This will then open the gate on the boat revealing the hidden Waddle Dee.

Hidden Waddle Dee 2

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The next hidden Waddle Dee is easy to find. In the second section, you'll run into the Ring Mouth again. Get it and then turn back slightly to a crack in the ground. Use the Ring Mouth on the pillar to the right to send it flying down and revealing a chest with the Waddle Dee in it.

Hidden Waddle Dee 3

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Similarly to the last Waddle Dee, this one will require you to use Ring Mouth again. Just a few steps after where you got the last one, use Ring Mouth on another sandy pillar to reveal a secret door. You then just need to platform your way to the final hidden Waddle Dee.

Searching The Oasis

Hidden Waddle Dee 1

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The first hidden Waddle Dee is found in the first area, behind the second snake you kill. You'll know it when you see a grassy patch. You can then follow the path to a secret pool, which is where the first Waddle Dee is located.

Hidden Waddle Dee 2

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In the second part of the level, you'll run into a Poison Croakam along the main path. To the right of it is a ladder you can climb, which will lead you directly to the hidden Waddle Dee.

Hidden Waddle Dee 3

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Directly after finding the second hidden Waddle Dee, jump over to the orb that Kirby can use Mouthful Mode on. This will lead to a secret passage where you use Pipe Mouth to smash into a wall at the end. The hidden Waddle Dee is here.

Hidden Waddle Dee 4

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In the third section of the level, there will be a secret room to the right of the Poison Croakam which can be cleaned up with Water Balloon Kirby. Go in here using the Drill ability to find five green star shard and get the fourth hidden Waddle Dee.

Hidden Waddle Dee 5

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After finding the Water Balloon Kirby, go up the ladder and to the left to find a button you can press to get the water pump on the same level. Then use that pump to wash away all the poison and take out the Poison Croakam. Behind where that Croakam was sat will be the final hidden Waddle Dee of the level.

Alivel Mall (Staff Side)

Hidden Waddle Dee 1

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The first hidden Waddle Dee is found behind the O shaped hole in the level's fourth room. Go to the fifth room and break the bomb box to reveal the Ring Mouth and then take that back to the O shape to unlock the wall.

Hidden Waddle Dee 2

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Hope you're used to fitting into shapes. This time around it's the rectangle shape in the fifth room, which means we're looking for Vending Machine Kirby. Keep moving right past the area to find a rope to cut with Sword or Cutter, which leads to the Vending Machine. Use the teleporter to head back up and slot yourself into the wall.

Hidden Waddle Dee 3

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In the sixth room of the level, you'll see a red door behind a shutter. Slide under the hole on the left to reach it, making sure to grab the Cutter power on the way in to complete a secret objective. Defeat Wild Bonkers in here to get the hidden Waddle Dee. Grab the Hammer from Bonkers for the next Waddle Dee.

Hidden Waddle Dee 4

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In the seventh room of the level, right after beating Wild Bonkers, use the Hammer you just grabbed in a room hidden behind some cardboard boxes next to a broken clock. Then take the broken clock's O shape and use it to blow away the sand from the treasure chest, where the hidden Waddle Dee is waiting.

Hidden Waddle Dee 5

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The fifth and final Waddle Dee takes some legwork. Take the O shape you found from the fourth Waddle Dee into the eighth room and fit it into the hole in the wall on the right. Then fill Kirby with water and take him back to the big hole on the floor before it to break the floor and find the last Waddle Dee.

Moonlight Canyon

Hidden Waddle Dee 1

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The first hidden Waddle Dee can be found in the second section of the level, while using Lightbulb Kirby. When you run into two cannons, go right after the second one to find a secret path. Charge up the solar panel to create a path to the first Waddle Dee.

Hidden Waddle Dee 2

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This hidden Waddle Dee is technically unmissable. Keep going through the cave and you'll reach a section where falling pillars are knocking the path away. Then you just need to take a left and use the solar panel to reveal a new path, which will spawn the second Waddle Dee.

Hidden Waddle Dee 3

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The third part of the level will see you in the titular Moonlight Canyon. After sliding down the third ladder of the area, you'll see the third hidden Waddle Dee hanging near the edge of the cliff on unstable ground. Grab it quickly so you don't fall with the ground!

Hidden Waddle Dee 4

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The fourth hidden Waddle Dee can be found shortly after the third. Go up the cliff to find a stairlift you can use Mouthful Mode on. Hit the switch with it to unlock the hidden door. Go in there to face a challenge where you control a stairlift over ground that breaks when you touch it.

Hidden Waddle Dee 5

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The final hidden Waddle Dee can be found in the flying section of the fourth area. Right near the tailend of the course, you'll be given the choice to go right or left. Go right to find the final hidden Waddle Dee!

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