SMRPG 2014 Route (Fight Pandorite)

"1 Death, Fight Pandorite" route
Route by cyghfer, modified by Checkers
Current as of 8/1/2014
Thanks to: rakuu, 0xwas, romscout, krystal, and catastrophe

NOTE: This route does not have to be followed directly. The goal of it is to provide easier exp/coin routes and some safer boss strategies. It is recommended that you read the optimal route as well and build your own route from the two if you wish.

Optimal route: http://pastebin.com/n4SkJFGW

Level-up bonuses throughout the entire run:

Mario: all Special EXCEPT Lv. 6, 9, 12 & 15 which should be Attack
Mallow: all Special EXCEPT Lv. 3, which should be Attack and Lv. 16 which should be HP
Geno: all Attack EXCEPT Lv. 7, which should be HP
Bowser: all Attack EXCEPT Lv. 14 & 15, which should be HP
Toadstool: all HP

***Bowser's Keep***

!!Terrapins
1 untimed attack, 3 untimed jumps

!!Bowser
2 untimed jumps to Kinklink

***Mario's Pad***

Jump on save box, do not save
Talk to Toad
Cutscenes
2nd option for both text prompts

***Mushroom Way***

Get flower in 2nd room

!!Hammer Bros.
Jump -> jump on other -> untimed attack -> untimed jump

***Mushroom Kingdom***

Go to store and: sell Flower Jar / buy 5 Honey Syrups, 5 Pick Me Ups, 4 Able Juice, 1 Shirt, 1 Pants, 1 Jump Shoes / equip Hammer, Shirt, Jump Shoes
Get flower in basement
Get frog coin in castle
Cutscenes

***Bandit's Way***

Get KeroKeroCola in 2nd screen
Use star, kill 14 K-9s*

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 2 - SP

*Note about all overworld stars: What is listed is the minimum to be at the correct levels for every fight. Killing more than the number listed is OK.

Attempt "Enemyjump" off 3rd K-9 to get flower

!!Croco
(Jump & defend)*2 -> jump -> use Honey Syrup -> jump -> defend -> jump -> defend -> jump -> use Honey Syrup -> jump -> defend -> jump
>>Do not use Mushrooms

LEVEL-UPS: Mallow - 3 - ATK

***Mushroom's Kingdom 2***

Enter from Mushroom Way, not Bandit's Way
Mack Skip
Get Cricket Pie

***Kero Sewers***

!!Pandorite
Jump -> defend
Jump -> defend
Jump if alive and not feared (Pandorite dies)/use Mushroom if feared -> Use Able Juice on Mario if feared/Use Pick Me Up on Mario if dead
Jump (if necessary)

Get Flower in same room as Pandorite
Use star, kill 8 rats

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 3 - SP

Use recovery mushroom

!!Belome
(Jump & thunderbolt)*2 -> jump -> use Honey Syrup -> jump -> use Honey Syrup (Mallow is swallowed) -> jump*2 -> untimed thunderbolt -> jump -> untimed thunderbolt

LEVEL-UPS: Mallow - 4 - SP

***Midas River***

Collect 4 frog coins during waterfall segment
>>There is a specific pattern to easily ensure the obtainment of 60 regular coins every time, which skips a line of text during the
coming cutscene. Collect 13 regular coins during waterfall segment. Proceed as normal in river section, but skip the 4th coin of every
cluster of 4 coins during which a fish does NOT jump out underneath the 4th coin. There are 8 of these such clusters assuming you
do not get hit by any fish.
Automatically receive NokNok Shell

***Tadpole Pond***

Cutscenes
Give Frogfucius Cricket Pie, automatically get Froggie Stick
Go to Juice Bar and: Buy 2 Froggie Drinks / equip Froggie Stick, Pants to Mallow
Go to Frog Coin Emporium and: buy 1 Sleepy Bomb, 1 Energizer (Optional 2nd Sleepy Bomb, see Johnny fight for more info)

***Rose Way***

Get flower on left side of first screen (skip if you got enemy jump)
Get both 10-coins on the way
Get 1 coin from screen before Bowser cutscene screen from the first chest

***Rose Town***

Enter shop through chimney and get flower and frog coin
Go to elevated house and get frog coin and 2 flowers
2nd option for text prompt preceding Geno cutscene

***Forest Maze***

Get KeroKeroCola in 1st room
Get frog coin in room after 1st underground section
Get KeroKeroCola behind sleeping Wiggler
Get Red Essence before 4-path screens

!!Bowyer
Attack -> jump -> use Energizer on Geno
attack -> jump -> attack
geno beam -> defend/use Pick Me Up -> use Froggie Drink/Mushroom/Pick Me Up/(if revived by Mario, defend)
geno beam -> use Mushroom/Froggie Drink -> use Honey Syrup
geno beam -> jump -> attack
geno beam -> jump -> attack
geno beam

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 4 - SP

 ***Moleville***

Go to shop and: buy 1 Punch Glove, 1 Cymbals, 1 Finger Shot, 4 Work Pants / equip new weapons and Work Pants to all three
Cutscenes
Chase Croco

!!Croco 2

IF you freebied the Energizer during Bowyer, Mallow uses Energizer on Geno first turn
For a little more consistency, consider defending with Mario on turn 1 or turn 2
Geno & Mallow normal attack and Mario jumps throughout
>>Croco 2 randomly causes misses
>>There is a 25% chance that you will receive a Flower Box from this battle

Get Frog Coin from Shy Guy on Minecart
Use star, kill 7 enemies

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 5 - SP; Mallow - 5 - SP; Geno - 7 - HP

IF you didn't get the Flower Box drop, double back and deplete 150 coin chest

!!Punchinello
If you freebied an Energizer, Mallow uses it on Geno 1st turn
All 3 normal attack through the fight
If Punchinello sandstorms early, Mallow uses an Able Juice on Geno

Mine Cart minigame

***Booster Pass***

Get frog coin and Rock Candy

***Booster Tower***
Cutscenes, 2nd option for switch allies text prompt
Get frog coin in 2nd room
Get Flower Tab in 3rd room
Press green exclamation switch
Get both frog coins in room after Thwomp seesaw room
Get all frog coins in checkerboard room
Get Zoom Shoes
Get Goody Bag and frog coin in last room before curtain room
Do not fail curtain minigame and automatically receive Amulet

Switch & Equip:
Mallow -> Bowser
Bowser: Work Pants, Zoom Shoes
Geno: Amulet

!!Knife & Grate Guy

Attack KG -> use Terrorize -> Fire Orb KG
Attack GG/use Able Juice if Mario/Bowser was put to sleep or if Mario is muted -> Attack GG/use Able Juice if Geno was put to sleep -> Fire Orb KG (KG dies)
attack with all 3 until GG dies

***Booster Hill***

7 flowers is ideal to skip all extra flowers (There are 2 flowers, one in Barrel Volcano and one in Bowser’s Keep that are free to get)

***Marrymore***

If you bought 2 Sleepy Bombs, get frog coin from the 2nd floor of the Inn

Cutscenes
After the door to the main room closes in the save box room, exit and reenter, making sure not to talk to Bowser again after his little speech (this is faster than talking to the door)

!!Bundt
Attack -> attack -> attack
attack -> attack -> use Red Essence on himself
attack (candle mode starts) -> untimed attack -> untimed attack
untimed attack -> untimed attack -> untimed attack
untimed attack -> untimed attack -> untimed attack (Raspberry mode starts)
attack -> attack -> jump
attack (-> attack -> jump
etc.)
>>If you freebie the Red Essence, you can sell it at Seaside to have more bombs to work with

LEVEL-UPS: Mallow - 6 - SP

***Mushroom Kingdom 3***

Ass boring cutscene (ＡＢＣ)

***Tadpole Pond 2***

Talk to Frogfucius

***Booster Pass 2***

Enter Booster Pass secret and obtain KeroKeroCola, frog coin, and flower if necessary (for fewer than 7 flowers at Booster Hill)

***Star Hill***

Just do it.

***Seaside Town***

---Shopping procedure---
1. Sell small items (Mushrooms, Honey Syrups, Able Juices, Pick Me Ups) - saving Pick Me Ups is optional safety
2. Sell all KeroKeroColas, all Flower Tabs/Jars/Boxes, Froggie Drinks if available, the Goody Bag, the Wallet, and the Red Essence if you freebied it
3. De-equip everything except all Work Pants and the Amulet
4. Give Mario the Amulet
5. Sell all equips
6. Assuming you did not get Croco 2 Flower Box and did not freebie the Red Essence, you should end up with 6 Ice / 5 Fire / 10 Fright
If you got the flower box, buy 7 Ice / 6 Fire / 9 Fright
If you got the red essence freebie, buy 6 Ice / 6 Fire / 10 Fright
If you got both, buy 7 Ice / 6 Fire / 11 Fright

Talk to Fake Elder

***Sea***

Use Star, kill every Starslap except for 1

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 6,7 - ATK,SP; Mallow - 7 - SP; Geno - 8 - ATK; Bowser - 9 - ATK; Toadstool - 10 - HP

Enter the back room behind the last Starslap, get frog coin and flower

***Sunken Ship***

---Password hit pattern---
0 3 2
4 2 0

!!King Calamari

Untimed Geno Boost to Bowser -> use Fire Bomb -> use Fire Bomb
untimed Geno Boost to Mario -> attack remaining Tentacle (note that Mario will, for some reason, switch turn order with Bowser) -> use Fire Bomb
defend -> jump -> use Fire Bomb

There is an optional KeroKeroCola in the clone room, safety strat for Smithy 2
Get 4 frog coins in underwater room
Get Safety Ring in room attached to Blooper room

4+ Fire Bombs Remaining: Use Fire Bomb on both Bandana Reds
3 Fire Bombs Remaining: Use Fire Bomb on 1st Bandana Red, if freebie, use on 2nd. If no freebie, switch to Mallow for 2nd Bandana Red, use untimed Geno Boost -> Thunderbolt
2 or fewer Fire Bombs Remaining: Switch Bowser->Mallow, use untimed Geno Boost -> Thunderbolt on both Bandana Reds

LEVEL-UPS: Mallow - 8 - SP; Geno - 9 - ATK; Bowser - 10 - ATK

If you used Mallow for Bandana Reds and do not have a fire bomb for Johnny, switch Mallow->Bowser before Johnny

!!Johnny

IF you have at least 3 Fire Bombs remaining:
Use Fire Bomb -> use Fright Bomb -> 100 Super Jumps

Otherwise:
Use Fright Bomb -> attack -> 100 Super Jumps
>>NOTE: All Super Jump figures in this guide do NOT count the initial jump

Sleepy Bomb Strat:
Use Sleepy Bomb -> Use Fright Bomb -> 100 Super Jumps
defend -> Attack -> Jump

Sleepy Bomb Strat Notes: This strat is definitely slower and requires getting an extra frog coin, but it is safer as Mario cannot die to Bandana Blue attacks and you can have another attempt or 2 at the 100 Jumps if you aren’t consistent at them. This also works better if Mario is level 8 before the fight, as Johnny will die at the end of 100 Super Jumps, so consider trying for that if you choose this strat.

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 8 - SP

Switch & Equip:
IF Mallow was used during Johnny, Mallow -> Bowser
Switch Bowser -> Toadstool (party is Mario -> Toadstool -> Geno)
Mario: Safety Ring
Geno: Amulet

***Seaside Town 2***

!!Yaridovich

Mario: use Fright Bomb every turn
Toadstool: 1st turn defend, 2nd turn Group Hug, 3rd turn Group Hug (except if Yarid used Flame Stone on Geno, then use Fright Bomb), subsequent turns use Fright Bomb
Geno: Geno Boost to Mario, then Toadstool, and then himself, subsequent turns use Fright Bomb
Unless you have enough Fright Bombs (10) to kill him during the fight, use Fire Bomb (2+ Fire Remaining) or an Ice Bomb to kill him

Switch:
Geno -> Mallow
Get Shed Key, go to shed, and automatically receive Flower Box
Buy 1 Exp. Booster from Frog Disciple
Talk to Elder
Go to shop and: sell 1 Flower Box / buy 1 Hurly Glove, 1 Double Punch / de-equip Work Pants from Mario & Mallow / equip Exp. Booster to Mario

***Land's End***

Optional Red Essence on 1st screen, safety strat for Axems
Use 1 Ice Bomb per Armored Ant battle

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 9 - ATK; Mallow - 9 - SP; Geno - 11 - ATK; Bowser - 11 - ATK; Toadstool - 11 - HP

Perform death abuse once:
1st star: Kill all enemies but leave 1 of the final 4 Chows alive
LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 10,11 - SP,SP; Mallow - 10 - SP; Geno - 11 - ATK; Toadstool - 12 - HP
2nd star: Kill all geckos
LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 12 - ATK; Bowser - 12 - ATK
3rd star: Kill all enemies
LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 13 - SP; Mallow -11 - SP; Geno - 12 - ATK; Bowser - 13 - ATK; Toadstool - 13 - HP
4th star: Kill all geckos
LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 14 - SP; Mallow - 12 - SP;

Pay 100 coins to trampoline Shaman
There are 2 optional coin chests in Belome Temple, you can get some coins there (should only need if you got the Croco 2 Flower Box as you would have fewer coins after Seaside shopping)

Switch & Equip:
Toadstool -> Bowser
Mallow -> Geno (Bowser should be in the middle slot)
Mario: Work Pants, Amulet
Bowser: Hurly Glove, Safety Ring
Geno: Double Punch
Mallow: Exp. Booster

The correct statue order when receiving your fortune is Left -> Middle -> Right

!!Belome 2

1. FOR 1+ Fright Bomb(s) remaining:
Use Fright Bomb -> Attack -> 49/50** Super Jumps

**49 Jumps if Bowser’s attack >= 182, 50 Jumps otherwise

2. FOR 0 Fright Bombs remaining:
Untimed Geno Boost to Mario -> Attack -> 59/60** Super Jumps
 **59 Jumps if Bowser’s attack >= 122, 60 Jumps otherwise

***Monstro Town***

Get Super Suit and Attack Scarf
Talk to melody star and then talk to Monstermama
Scale the cliff and automatically obtain Troopa Pin

***Bean Valley***

Equip:
Mario: Attack Scarf
Geno: Super Suit, Troopa Pin

!!Megasmilax
Attack -> jump -> untimed attack to same enemy as Mario
attack -> use Ice Bomb -> use Ice Bomb
attack -> (mushroomed, defend if otherwise) -> attack
attack ->  (if necessary) (mushroomed, defend if otherwise) -> attack

LEVEL-UPS: Geno - 13 - ATK;

***Nimbus Land***

Go to shop and: buy 2 Mid Mushrooms, 1 Maple Syrup (can skip this if you have 3+ Ice Bombs), 1 Mega Glove, 1 Sticky Glove / equip: Mega Glove, swap Mario and Geno Super Suit/Work Pants (Super Suit on Mario), Swap Troopa Pin and Safety Ring (TP on Bowser, SR on Geno)
Talk to Mallow statue in Garro's house
Massive cutscene sequence
Get Feather
Get Castle Key

!!Birdo
untimed attack -> untimed attack -> untimed Geno Boost to Mario
untimed attack -> untimed attack -> untimed attack (Birdo phase starts)
Mario attacks three times while the other two defend, Bowser untimed attacks on 3rd turn if necessary

Get Star, kill 6 Blue Birds + Dodo

LEVEL-UPS: Mallow - 13 - SP; Toadstool - 14 - HP;

!!Valentina

Dodo vs. Bowser phase:
IF you have a Fire Bomb, use Fire Bomb -> untimed attack
IF the above is not the case, just attack

Valentina phase:
Mario: just attack
Bowser: just attack
Geno: 1st turn untimed Geno Boost to Mario, subsequent turns attack

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 15 - ATK

Cutscenes

***Barrel Volcano***

Get star, kill 8 enemies

LEVEL-UPS: Mallow - 14 - SP; Bowser - 14 - HP

Get flower in room with save box

!!Corkpedite
IF you have 3+ Ice Bombs up to this point, defend -> use Ice Bomb
IF the above isn't the case, untimed attack Oerlikon -> defend -> use Geno Whirl on Body

IF you killed less than 8 enemies, fight Stumpet

!!Stumpet
Attack mite -> defend -> Geno Whirl Stumpet
Attack mite

Do not stop for anything at Hinopio
IF you used Geno Whirl on Corkpedite or Stumpet, use Maple Syrup in the item menu
Switch & Equip:
Bowser -> Mallow
Mallow: Sticky Glove, Work Pants, Amulet
Geno: Troopa Pin (manually de-equip the Safety Ring from Bowser)

!!Czar Dragon

attack -> boost Mario/use fright bomb if available -> attack or thunderbolt if fireballs (or ice bomb if 3+ ice bombs)
attack -> boost Mario/attack if already boosted -> attack or thunderbolt if fireballs (or ice bomb if 3+ ice bombs)
attack until dead, use mid mushroom on Mario if necessary during Zombone

LEVEL-UPS: Geno - 14 - ATK

 >>You must have at least 1 Ice Bomb for the Axem Rangers

Switch & Equip:
Mario & Geno exchange Super Suit & Work Pants
Mallow: Feather

!!Axem Rangers

Rock Candy Normal Strat (most common)

rock candy -> fire bomb (attack pink if no FB) -> ice bomb
geno blast -> defend -> shocker
attack -> attack
attack -> attack

Rock Candy Freebie

rock candy -> rock candy -> ice bomb
attack red -> defend -> shocker
attack -> attack
attack -> attack

Rock Candy + Extra Ice Bomb (very unlikely, 2 ice bombs at start of fight + first freebie):

rock candy -> fire bomb -> ice bomb
ice bomb -> defend -> shocker
attack -> attack
attack -> attack

All of these strats require perfecting timing (2x damage) attacks from Mario and Geno during the 2nd phase. If you mistime one, you will not kill him in time, so you must use Red Essence on Geno to survive. Make sure Geno is at > 113 health and Mario is at > 60 health before entering Phase 2, otherwise Breaker Beam will kill one of them.

Go to Nimbus Castle cutscene

***Bowser's Keep***

Bowser Doors 1-4 are technically the fastest 4 to enter discounting possible Battle Rooms

IF you enter a Battle Room:
Switch & Equip:
Geno -> Toadstool
De-equip Mario, Mallow and Toadstool
Exp. Booster on Mallow

Alternative Battle Room strat - Scouting
Save at the Save Box right next to Croco. Enter each door and soft-reset until you know the location of the 2 Battle Rooms. Scouting is on average comparable to getting 1 Battle Room with the other strat. However, the ideal case for scouting is slower than the ideal case in the other strat.

In the disappearing platform room, get Fright Bomb if you have none at this point, get Ice Bomb, and get Rock Candy
Get all prize chests
In cannonball/bob-ombs room, get Rock Candy and get flower if necessary (if less than 7 at Booster Hill)
In paired rotating platforms room, get Royal Syrup, flower, and KeroKeroCola

After Bowser Doors:
1. IF you encountered a Battle Room:
Switch & Equip:
Toadstool -> Geno
Mario: Mega Glove, Work Pants, Attack Scarf
Mallow: Sonic Cymbal, Work Pants
Mario & Geno exchange Super Suit & Work Pants (Super Suit ends up on Mario)

2. IF you missed both Battle Rooms or Scouted:
Switch & Equip:
Mario & Geno exchange Super Suit & Work Pants (Super Suit ends up on Mario)
Mallow: Sonic Cymbal, Exp. Booster

!!Magikoopa
Attack -> attack -> use Fright Bomb
attack -> attack -> attack

!!Boomer
Jump -> untimed Geno Boost to Mario -> defend
47 Super Jumps

!!Exor
Jump on Left Eye -> use Geno Whirl on Exor
***Factory***

LEVEL-UPS: Mallow - 15 - SP; Toadstool - 15 - HP

Get Ultra Hammer
Switch & Equip:
Mario: Ultra Hammer
Mario & Mallow exchange Super Suit & Work Pants (Super Suit on Mallow)
Mallow: Safety Ring
Mallow & Geno exchange Safety Ring & Troopa Pin (TP ends up on Mallow)
>>Exp. Booster should not be equipped to anybody

!!Count Down
Use Thunderbolt -> use Rock Candy -> use Geno Boost to himself
use Thunderbolt -> attack Count Down/IF scarecrowed, jump on Count Down/IF Count Down used Recover on a Ding-A-Ling jump on that Ding-A-Ling -> use Rock Candy (both Ding-A-Lings die)
everyone attacks until end of battle except Mallow uses Shocker if Mario died

LEVEL-UPS: Bowser - 15 - HP

Switch & Equip:
Mario & Mallow exchange Super Suit & Work Pants (Super Suit on Mario)

!!Machine Made Yaridovich
26 Super Jumps -> use Shocker

LEVEL-UPS: Mario - 16 - SP

!!Cloaker & Domino
defend -> Boost Mario
28 Super Jumps on Cloaker (Cloaker dies) -> attack -> attack
attack -> attack (if alive) -> defend (if alive)
attack -> defend (if alive) -> defend (if alive)
attack

 LEVEL-UPS: Geno - 15 - ATK

Switch & Equip:
Mario & Mallow exchange Super Suit & Work Pants (Super Suit on Mallow)

!!Mad Mallets
Use Thunderbolt

!!Clerk
Use Rock Candy -> attack (-> attack)

!!Manager
Use Thunderbolt -> attack -> attack -> use Thunderbolt -> attack -> attack

Switch & Equip:
Mario & Mallow Exchange Super Suit & Work Pants (Super Suit on Mario)

 !!Director
39 Super Jumps -> use Rock Candy

LEVEL-UPS: Toadstool - 16 - HP

!!Gunyolk
1. FOR 3 Ice Bombs:
Use Sleepy Bomb -> use Ice Bomb -> use Ice Bomb
jump on Gunyolk -> use Ice Bomb -> use Rock Candy (Gunyolk dies)
attack

2. FOR 2 Ice Bombs (revert to 1. if you start with 2 Ice Bombs and you freebie the 1st one):
Use Sleepy Bomb -> use Ice Bomb -> untimed Geno Boost to himself
jump on Gunyolk -> use Ice Bomb -> use Rock Candy
jump on Gunyolk (Gunyolk dies) -> defend -> attack
untimed attack

3. FOR 1 Ice Bomb (revert to 2. if you freebie the 1st one):
Use Sleepy Bomb -> use Ice Bomb -> untimed Geno Boost to himself
jump on Gunyolk -> Shocker on Gunyolk -> use Rock Candy
jump on Factory Chief -> Shocker Gunyolk/Rock Candy if at least 2 remaining(Gunyolk dies) -> attack Gunyolk if still alive, otherwise Factory Chief
(attack Factory Chief until dead)

LEVEL-UPS: Mallow - 16 - HP

Switch & Equip:
Switch Mallow -> Toadstool
Toadstool: Super Slap, Work Pants, Safety Ring
Geno: Troopa Pin

!!Smithy

Phase 1:
Attack -> Geno Boost to Mario -> defend
69/70/71** Super Jumps -> Geno Boost to Toadstool -> use Rock Candy

**69 if Mario’s attack is 236, 70 if Mario’s attack is >= 218, 71 otherwise

Phase 2:
attack -> Geno Boost to Geno -> Group Hug/KeroKeroCola
do whatever is sensible to kill him

IF Tankhead:
attack -> use KeroKeroCola if FP is low and party member might die/use Royal Syrup if FP is low and party is safe/use Group Hug if party member might die/defend -> attack

IF Magichead:
attack -> use KeroKeroCola if FP is low/cry/attack if Mario was Dark Star'd -> attack

IF Chesthead:
use Super Flame -> use KeroKeroCola or Royal Syrup if FP is low/use Fire Bomb/Rock Candy/defend -> use Fire Bomb/Rock Candy/attack

IF Safehead:
attack -> use Ice Bomb/defend -> Geno Boost to Mario (after Shredder)/defend

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Frog Coin Things:

This route gets 2 Frog Coins that are slower and safer than the current fastest route. If you would like to get those, first remove the Minecart Shyguy coin from your route, then next remove the Sea coin.

Optional Flower Locations:

Booster Pass chest by Frog Coin and Kero Kero Cola
Hidden behind blocks in the 4th room of Sunken Ship
several chests in Nimbus Castle (fastest is upper corner of room before Birdo)
3rd room of Barrel Volcano
Action room in Bowser’s Keep with rolling ball and 2 Bob-ombs, right next to exit