Editing Hot Top Volcano

{{DKRBox
|image = [[File:DKR-HotTopVolcano.png|250px]]
|location = [[Dino Domain]]
|balloons = 5 (race)<br>10 (challenge)
|transportation = [[Hovercraft]], [[Plane]] (default)
|meet_tt = 1:35.00
|beat_tt = 1:30.71
|notes = The first and only lava-themed course.
|before = [[Jungle Falls (Diddy Kong Racing)|<<]]
|after = [[Tricky's Course|>>]]
}}
'''Hot Top Volcano''' is the fourth and final course of [[Dino Domain]] and the fourth overall track in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''. Hot Top Volcano is a barren, volcanic area with pools of yellow lava, a few caves, and orange-brown clouds in the sky. The player's racer is required to have at least five [[Golden Balloon]]s to access Hot Top Volcano and ten for the [[Silver Coin Challenge]] (or the [[Balloon Touch Challenge]] in the [[Nintendo DS]] remake).

Hot Top Volcano is the first course to use a [[plane]] as a default vehicle. In Time Trials and subsequent races, the player is provided with an option to have the characters race in [[Hovercraft]]s.

==Layout==
[[File:DKR64 HotTopVolcano1.jpg|thumb|left|The start of the track.]]
The course begins with a sharp drop. There are two red balloons and two balloons only planes can reach. Some bananas are found behind the rock structure. Then, there are two tunnels; on the right, there is a blue balloon both hovercrafts and planes can reach. Hovercrafts fall into the lava after this. Planes can collect red balloons on the main left path, but they can also collect some bananas on a narrow corridor on the left.

There is a large slope after this with a red balloon on the left and a blue balloon on the right. Hovercrafts enter the lava after a sharp downward slope. Planes can use a dash ring on the left. An arch is found here with two red balloons on the left and two blue balloons on the right.

Soon, there is a turn to the left, leading into another room. A green dinosaur roams in this room, being an obstacle. There is relatively rough terrain. Players can opt for balloons and dash rings on the sides of the room or for bananas in the middle. After an archway, racers complete the lap.
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==Silver Coin Challenge locations==
Like the other courses, Hot Top Volcano has eight [[Silver Coin]]s scattered in its area in the Silver Coin Challenge of the original version. The player can access this challenge after winning against Dino Domain's boss, [[Tricky the Triceratops]].

===Adventure Mode===
*The first Silver Coin is behind the rock formation just after the beginning of the lap.
*The second Silver Coin is at the end of the left tunnel at the first forking path of the lap.
*The third Silver Coin is in between two [[Weapon Balloon]]s on the left path in the first lava section.
*The fourth Silver Coin is at the top of the hill after the first lava section.
*The fifth Silver Coin is on top of an arch during the second lava section.
*The sixth Silver Coin is at the mouth of the tunnel after the second lava section.
*The seventh Silver Coin is in the penultimate boost ring.
*The final Silver Coin is in the final boost ring.

===Adventure Two mode===
*On the left of the rock formation, at the bottom.
*Underneath a stalactite in the first lava section.
*On the left side of the track, at the end of a small tunnel.
*In the middle of two Item Balloons, just before the second lava section.
*Underneath another stalactite in the second lava section, near a [[Dash Panel#Diddy Kong Racing / Diddy Kong Racing DS|Zipper]].
*Floating above the lava, just before exiting the second lava section.
*Floating above the lava in the middle of the track, during the section with the spurting fire.
*In the middle of the tunnel, just before the finish line.

==Gallery==
===''Diddy Kong Racing''===
<gallery>
DKR64 HotTopVolcano2.jpg
DKR64 HotTopVolcano3.jpg
DKR64 HotTopVolcano4.jpg
Hottopvolcano.png
DKR64 HotTopVolcano5.jpg
DKR64 HotTopVolcano6.jpg
</gallery>

===''Diddy Kong Racing DS''===
<gallery>
Hot Top Volcano Startup DKRDS.png|The player propels Diddy's Plane for startup.
Hot Top Volcano DKRDS 2.png|Diddy enters a tunnel which leads into the cavern portion. 
Hot Top Volcano DKRDS.png|Diddy in the cavern portion.
Hot Top Volcano DKRDS multi.png|Multiplayer race
</gallery>

==Name in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マグマかざん
|JapR=Maguma Kazan
|JapM=Magma Volcano
|Spa=Volcán Ardiente
|SpaM=Ardent Volcano
|Fra=Volcan Bouillant
|FraM=Boiling Volcano
|Ger=Brodelvulkan (N64)<br>Glutvulkan (DS)
|GerM=Boiling Volcano<br>Embers Volcano
|Ita=Vulcano Ardente
|ItaM=Ardent Volcano
}}

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[[Category:Underground areas]]
[[Category:Mountains]]
[[Category:Volcanic areas]]
[[Category:Diddy Kong Racing race courses]]