Puzzle Mode

Puzzle Mode is an optional minigame featuring collectible jigsaw puzzle pieces that was added to Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, and does not appear in the original version of Kingdom Hearts II. The minigame becomes available after Sora receives his new outfit, which includes a new short scene in which a puzzle piece falls out of his pocket. No one knows what it is, but Merryweather urges him to hold on to it, and Jiminy Cricket says he will note them in his journal.

Puzzle pieces gameplay — A pair of puzzle pieces in Hollow Bastion.

The pieces, presented as floating silver miniature crowns with a golden glow, can be found throughout every single world. The difficulty for acquiring pieces varies; ranging from zero effort, to more and more complex maneuvering using the terrain, as well as the growth abilities; High Jump, Aerial Dodge, and Glide. Sometimes pieces can be collected through other means, such as using a mid-air attack to extend airtime, or by using the skateboard.

Each piece is part of a larger puzzle, of which there are six in total, with four of them requiring only 12 pieces, whereas the latter two have 48. Pieces, once collected, also have to be individually arranged in the right spot, sometimes also requiring rotations. Completing a puzzle grants a single reward. Aside from using a reference image for solving the puzzle, an easier way (especially for the largest two) is to look for the colored borders and position those first, which allows the rest to follow smoothly.

The original artwork for the puzzles, and the rewards for each.

Puzzle pieces[]

Twilight Town[]

These pieces are only accessible when playing as Sora, several of which are only available towards the end of the game as several areas cannot be revisited for some time.

No.	Puzzle	Area	Requires	Location
#1	Daylight	Station Heights	Glide Lv3	High up, directly above the Tram Common passage. Use Glide to reach it from the Station Plaza entrance.
#2	Daylight	Tram Common	—	On-top of the Moogle Shop's roof. Use the Jump and Jump On commands to leap onto the tram, then wait for it to pass around the shop's building, and leap onto the roof.
#3	Frontier	Tram Common	—	On the balcony of a large green building, in the northeast corner, facing the northern side. Requires you to climb and cross several rooftops and then move around it from the south side.
#4	Frontier	Station Plaza	—	In the northeast corner.
#5	Sunset	Sunset Terrace	High Jump Lv2 Aerial Dodge Lv1	Above the waterfall mirror. Can be more easily reached by standing on the guardrail prior to jumping.
#6	Sunset	Sunset Terrace	—	On a rooftop facing the south side, alongside the tram line.
#7	Sunset	Sunset Hill	—	In the air at the top of the hill, facing the passage to Sunset Terrace.
#8	Sunset	Sunset Hill	—	On a bench next to the monument at the top of the hill.
#9	Sunset	The Old Mansion	High Jump Lv2 Aerial Dodge Lv2 Glide Lv2	On-top of the tallest stone pillar. Stand on the pillar with the flat top, then use High Jump and Aerial Dodge for height, and Glide to reach it.
#10	Daylight	Mansion: Foyer	Glide Lv1	Near the ceiling, closest to the entrance. Can be reached with Glide, as well as a very high level of Aerial Dodge if standing on the staircase.
#11	Daylight	Mansion: Foyer	—	On the ground floor.
#12	Sunset	Mansion: The White Room	—	—
#13	Daylight	Mansion: Computer Room (Roxas' world)	—	—
#14	Daylight	Mansion: Pod Room	—	—
#15	Sunset	The Tower	High Jump Lv2	High up in the air, to the right of the entrance.
#16	Awakening	Tower: Wardrobe	—	Obtained automatically as part of the story.
#17	Sunset	Tower: Wardrobe	—	In front of a window.
#18	Sunset	Tunnelway	—	In the northwest corner.
#19	Sunset	Underground Concourse	—	Above a guardrail in the southwest.
#20	Sunset	Underground Concourse	—	Off a ledge to the northeast.

Hollow Bastion[]

No.	Puzzle	Area	Requires	Location
#1	Sunset	Ansem's Study	—	Behind the door to the Heartless Manufactory.
#2	Daylight	Postern	—	At the top of the walkway.
#3	Frontier	Postern	High Jump Lv2 Aerial Dodge Lv1	Above the doorway to the Corridors.
#4	Duality	Bailey	—	On the staircase.
#5	Awakening	Borough	—	On top of the wall parallel to the staircase.
#6	Sunset	Borough	Aerial Dodge Lv1	On top of a house's chimney, next to the wall with the previous piece.
#7	Heart	Marketplace	High Jump Lv2	On top of the item shop's overhang.
#8	Awakening	Marketplace	—	On top of the accessory shop, can be reached by going around the back.
#9	Sunset	Corridors	Aerial Dodge Lv1	On the west side, near the ceiling.
#10	Daylight	Heartless Manufactory	—	—
#11	Awakening	Merlin's Study	Above the bed.
#12	Sunset	Bailey	Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	Only visible after visiting Space Paranoids, high up in the air and in clear view when entering from the Borough.
#13	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Depths	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1	In a nook below the door.
#14	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Depths	High Jump Lv1	Upon entering the main chamber, on a platform alongside the right wall.
#15	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mining Area	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	At the highest level, inbetween a platform and a pipe in a nook to the north.
#16	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mining Area, over the rising and falling piston	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	At the top of the tall pillar to the south that moves up and down over time.
#17	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mining Area	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	On top of a of a pipe in the center of the area.
#18	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mining Area	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	On top of a pipe at the highest level, near the white door.
#19	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mineshaft	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	At the end of the Quick Run barrier.
#20	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mineshaft	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	At the end of the Aerial Dodge barrier.
#21	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mineshaft	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	During the Glide barrier, in the first square pipe window.
#22	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mineshaft	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	During the Glide barrier, in the second square pipe window.
#23	Sunset	Cavern of Remembrance: Mineshaft	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	At the end of the Glide barrier.

The Land of Dragons[]

No.	Puzzle	Area	Requires	Location
#1	Heart	Encampment	High Jump Lv1	In the southeast corner, next to the guard tower and a tall pole.
#2	Sunset	Encampment	Aerial Dodge Lv2 Glide Lv1	In the northwest corner, reachable from a nearby guard tower.
#3	Frontier	Mountain Trail	High Jump Lv2 Aerial Dodge Lv1	On top of a large boulder in the center.
#4	Heart	Village	—	On a rooftop on the west side
#5	Awakening	Village	—	In the southeast corner.
#6	Daylight	Village	High Jump Lv2	On top of the roof of the structure holding up the bell, has to be reached from a nearby rooftop.
#7	Awakening	Ridge	—	High up in the northeastern corner, has to be reached with a whirlwind.
#8	Awakening	Ridge	—	To the right upon entering from the Village.
#9	Daylight	Throne Room	High Jump Lv2 Aerial Dodge Lv1	Along the western side.
#10	Daylight	Throne Room	High Jump Lv3 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	High up, in the southeastern corner.

Beast's Castle[]

No.	Puzzle	Area	Requires	Location
#1	Sunset	Entrance Hall	Glide Lv2	High up in the west side of the hall, between two pillars.
#2	Awakening	The Beast's Room	—	—
#3	Daylight	The West Hall	High Jump Lv1 Aerial Dodge Lv1	To the right of the main staircase, in front of a large statue.
#4	Heart	The West Wing	—	Next to the stairs.
#5	Awakening	Undercroft	—	On top of the furniture.
#6	Awakening	Undercroft	—	In the northwest corner.
#7	Awakening	Secret Passage	—	In the southwest corner.
#8	Awakening	Secret Passage	—	Above the square platform.
#9	Sunset	Bridge	—	At the end of the bridge.

Olympus Coliseum[]

No.	Puzzle	Area	Requires	Location
#1	Heart	Cave of the Dead: Entrance	—	Along the southeast wall.
#2	Heart	Underworld Caverns: Entrance	—	In front of the entrance, above the fog.
#3	Daylight	Underworld Caverns: Entrance	High Jump Lv2	On the other side of the room, floating above the fog, reachable when re-entering the Entrance room from the second entrance in The Lost Road room.
#4	Duality	The Lock	—	—
#5	Daylight	Cave of the Dead: Passage	High Jump Lv2 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	In the center of the western path, high up near the ceiling, between a pair of stalactites. Can also be reached with the skateboard.
#6	Daylight	Underworld Caverns: The Lost Road	High Jump Lv2 Aerial Dodge Lv1	On top of a stone pillar in the northeast corner. Can also be reached after an aerial combo on a Trick Ghost, or with the use of Aerial Recovery.
#7	Daylight	Underworld Caverns: The Lost Road	High Jump Lv2 Aerial Dodge Lv1	On top of a stone pillar in the southwest corner. Can also be reached after an aerial combo on a Trick Ghost, or with the use of Aerial Recovery.
#8	Duality	Underworld Caverns: The Lost Road	—	In the southeast corner.
#9	Heart	Underworld Caverns: Atrium	—	Underneath the stone ramp.

Disney Castle[]

No.	Puzzle	Location	Requires	Location
#1	Daylight	Colonnade	High Jump Lv2	High above the eastern staircase.
#2	Heart	Courtyard	—	Above the castle shrubbery's entrance to the Gummi Hangar.
#3	Heart	Courtyard	—	On-top of the trumpet-playing pig, in the southeast corner.
#4	Heart	Courtyard	—	In the northwest corner, reachable from the nearby hedhe.
#5	Duality	Gummi Hangar	High Jump Lv2	Above the archway.

Timeless River[]

No.	Puzzle	Location	Requires	Location
#1	Duality	Pier	—	Above the tree, can be reached with the skateboard.
#2	Frontier	Pier	—	Behind the ticket booth.
#3	Heart	Waterway	—	In the dead end to the north.

100 Acre Wood[]

No.	Puzzle	Location	Requires	Location
#1	Daylight	Starry Hill	Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv2	High up in the northwest corner.
#2	Daylight	Pooh Bear's House	High Jump Lv4	Directly above Pooh's house.
#3	Daylight	Rabbit's House	—	In the cabbage field.
#4	Daylight	Piglet's House	—	On a tree stump.
#5	Daylight	Kanga's House	—	On a stack of boxes.
#6	Daylight	The Spookey Cave	—	Next to the first patch of ice.

Atlantica[]

Since Sora is permanently in Merman Form while in Atlantica he will have no access to any of his Drive Forms, nor to their growth abilities.

No.	Puzzle	Location	Location
#1	Frontier	Triton's Throne	To the left of the throne.
#2	Frontier	Triton's Throne	To the right of the throne.
#3	Duality	Undersea Courtyard	Behind a column and underneath a small plateau on the east side.

Port Royal[]

No.	Puzzle	Location	Requires	Location
#1	Heart	Rampart	—	In the northeast corner.
#2	Sunset	Harbor	High Jump Lv3 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	In the northeast corner, high up between two towers.
#3	Duality	Town	—	In the northwest corner, behind a stack of destructible barrels and crates.
#4	Frontier	Town	High Jump Lv2	To the right of the previous piece, above a destructible opening.
#5	Daylight	The Black Pearl	—	On the south end.
#6	Daylight	The Black Pearl	High Jump Lv3 Aerial Dodge Lv3 Glide Lv1	On the south side of the mast, between it and a rope.
#7	Daylight	The Black Pearl: Captain's Stateroom	—	—
#8	Sunset	Ship Graveyard: The Interceptor's Hold	—	—
#9	Heart	Isla de Muerta: Powder Store	—	Behind the third stack of explosive boxes.
#10	Duality	Isla de Muerta: Powder Store	—	Behind the third stack of explosive boxes.
#11	Sunset	Ship Graveyard: Jetsam Keep	High Jump Lv2	Above the anchor, which can be moved with a finisher.
#12	Daylight	Ship Graveyard: Jetsam Keep	—	Past a small ledge, on the second floor, while facing the ship.
#13	Sunset	Ship Graveyard: Seadrift Row	—	Behind the mast of a crow's nest.

Agrabah[]

No.	Puzzle	Area	Requires	Location
#1	Duality	Agrabah	—	On top of a stall next to the passage to the Palace.
#2	Frontier	Agrabah	—	Inside of a stall in the southwest corner.
#3	Frontier	Bazaar	—	Inside of a stall, next to the middle northern passage.
#4	Sunset	Bazaar	High Jump Lv2	Above the gate to the Palace Walls, can be reached by jumping from a nearby stall.
#5	Daylight	The Cave of Wonders: Entrance	—	Behind the Guardian's head.
#6	Daylight	Treasure Room	—	In the southwest corner.
#7	Sunset	Treasure Room	High Jump Lv2	On top of a treasure pile in the southeast corner.
#8	Frontier	The Cave of Wonders: Valley of Stone	—	In front of the left elephant statue at the bottom of the slope.
#9	Daylight	The Cave of Wonders: Chasm of Challenges	—	Above the third platform in the Chasm of Challenges.
#10	Daylight	The Cave of Wonders: Chasm of Challenges	—	Above the fifth platform in the Chasm of Challenges.
#11	Daylight	The Cave of Wonders: Chasm of Challenges	—	Above the sixth platform in the Chasm of Challenges.
#12	Daylight	Sandswept Ruins	—	CLose to the ground in the narrow passage to the red tower.
#13	Daylight	Sandswept Ruins	—	Underneath the second arch along the stone path.
#14	Daylight	Sandswept Ruins	—	Underneath the first arch along the stone path.

Halloween Town[]

No.	Puzzle	Location	Requires	Location
#1	Duality	Halloween Town Square	—	In the northeast side, high up and in front of a house. Use a jet of water from the nearby grating to get launched into the air, and then use Aerial Recovery to direct yourself onto the piece.
#2	Sunset	Curly Hill	Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	High up, in the southeast corner.
#3	Duality	Hinterlands	—	Behind the tree.
#4	Daylight	Yuletide Hill	—	Behind the tree.
#5	Daylight	Santa's House	—	In the northeast corner.
#6	Frontier	Santa's House	—	In the southeast corner.
#7	Daylight	Toy Factory: Shipping and Receiving	—	Above the doorway to Santa's House.
#8	Sunset	Toy Factory: Shipping and Receiving	—	On a stone platform on the eastern side.

Pride Lands[]

Since Sora is permanently in Lion Form while in the Pride Lands he will have no access to any of his Drive Forms, nor to their growth abilities.

No.	Puzzle	Location	Location
#1	Sunset	Pride Rock	High up on the north-most end, can be reached with a long jump.
#2	Daylight	The King's Den	Along the path to the peak.
#3	Daylight	Wildebeest Valley	In the northeast corner.
#4	Daylight	Wildebeest Valley	Next to a tree in the southeast.
#5	Daylight	Elephant Graveyard	South of the central path.
#6	Daylight	Elephant Graveyard	In the north-most bend.
#7	Daylight	Wastelands	In the second bend from the north.
#8	Daylight	Wastelands	Farther down the path, visible from the previous piece.
#9	Daylight	Jungle	Close to the passage to the Oasis, from where it can be reached with a jump.
#10	Daylight	Oasis	High up, next to the main waterfall. Either dash and jump from the nearby pool, or use Combo Master for an extended mid-air combo.

Space Paranoids[]

No.	Puzzle	Location	Requires	Location
#1	Sunset	Canyon, over the Pit Cell exit	Glide Lv3	High up above the ground floor entrance to the circular area.
#2	Daylight	Canyon	—	Next to the high ledge on the northern side of the circular area.
#3	Sunset	Solar Sailor Simulator	—	—
#4	Sunset	Central Computer Core	—	At the north end of the room.

The World That Never Was[]

No.	Puzzle	Location	Requires	Location
#1	Sunset	Memory's Skyscraper	—	In front of the skyscraper.
#2	Sunset	Crooked Ascension	—	—
#3	Sunset	Twilight's View	Glide Lv3	Above the lower entrance.
#4	Daylight	Naught's Skyway	Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv2	Above the lower entrance.
#5	Sunset	Proof of Existence	—	—
#6	Sunset	Ruin and Creation's Passage	High Jump Lv3 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	High above the lower entrance.
#7	Sunset	Ruin and Creation's Passage	High Jump Lv3 Aerial Dodge Lv1 Glide Lv3	Above the second-last platform.

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