Any% US/PAL Route (No BTS)

Before starting your run, it's recommended that you enable debug mode by pressing X, B, R, B, Y, L on the title screen.

Note Leave the memory card out to skip the autosave at the start of the game. There are no autosaves after this so you can put it in any time after the curtain pulls.

Need ~500 coins for this route

[section=Prologue]
**Lord Crump**
● Mario: Jump x2
● Superguard
● Mario: Jump x2
Level = 1.09

Note It's always faster to fail the action command for the 2nd jump.

Goombella joins your party
Break Contact Lens

**Toad Bros. Bazaar**
● Order Contact Lens
● Buy 4 Fright Masks
● Buy 4 Fire Flowers

Hit the Save Block (If you don't, Goombella will explain saving to you. If you never save it is faster to have Goombella explain it)

Robbed by Bandit (Don't chase him to get the coins back, you make it up later)
Meet Frankly
Say No to the action command tutorial

Do GTS if you want, route assumes you do not.

**Goomba Trio**
● Mario: Fright Mask
Level = 1.10

Star Piece behind block
Get the **Pretty Lucky** from invisible block (directly south of Puni hole)
Get the Black Key and Plane Curse
Use HRG to get to the Petal Meadows pipe early


[section=Petal Meadows]

Grab **Close Call**

Perform Bridge Skip (impossible on PAL)

Go to Petalburg
Talk to Mayor Kroop
E-mail on the way to the gate (Don't check it yet, it is faster to do so later)
**Star Piece** from behind the bush east of Petalburg

Get the POW block in box

**Bald Clefts**
● Mario: POW Block
Level = 1.20

Get the POW Block from bush

**Bristles**
● Mario: POW Block
Level = 1.34

Get the **Fire Flower** from Block
Super Fun Quirk Quiz 65 (1, 3, 4, 2, 3)
Get the Moon Stone

**Fuzzy Battle**
● Mario: Fire Flower
Level = 1.50

Get the Sun Stone

**Fuzzy Battle**
● Mario Fire Flower
Level = 1.66

**Gold Fuzzy Battle**
● Mario: Jump x2 on Gold Fuzzy
● Goombella: Fire Flower
● (Fuzzy horde appears)
● Guard Fuzzy horde
● Superguard Gold Fuzzy
● Mario: Jump x2 on Gold Fuzzy
● Goombella Headbonk x2 on Gold Fuzzy
Level = 1.88

Get the **Multibounce** from block
Go Back to Petal Meadows
Koops joins your party
Get the **Fire Flower** from block
Go to Hooktail Castle


[section=Hooktail Castle]

Get **Power Bounce** in first hall from block
Koops’ Dad's letter (don’t read)

**Red Bones Battle**
● Mario: Fire Flower
● Koops: Fire Flower
Level = 2.21; FP = 10

Use “Lock Jump” and “Flip Skip” in the YellowPurple Block Puzzle
Get the Star Piece while doing Flip Skip
Go all the way to the right and get Black Key from chest
Get the Paper Curse
Get the **Attack FX R**

As you unspin from bars (pause menu will cut this animation short)
● Equip Attack FX R
● Equip Power Bounce
● Check the E-mail

Backtrack to Red Bones room and get Castle Key
Go back to Save BlockBig Green block room and ride the block up to unlock the door
In Upper Hallway, hit first “!” block
Use Koops to hit 2nd “!” block

Note You can jump to the window without hitting the second block.  It saves 8 seconds. However, if you mess up and fall below, you waste about 30 seconds.

Ms. Mowz Cutscene
Get the Castle Key

**Dull Bones**
● Mario Run Away

Go through the locked door
Get the last Castle Key and go through big locked door

**Boss Hooktail**
● Mario: Power Bounce x9
● Koops: Shell Toss
● Guard Hooktail Fire
● Mario: Power Bounce x8
● Koops: Shell Toss
● Hooktail Cutscene (Answer “Yes” for 1000 coins to take 5HP of damage)
● Mario: Power Bounce x8
● Koops: Shell Toss
Level = 2.52


[section=Pre-Chapter 2]

Peach Segment
● Enter the shower area and leave immediately to open the door (you don’t have to take a shower)
● Visit TEC

Bowser Segment
● Walk to the end of the hall

(Peach E-mail before bridge in Petal Meadows)

Go get **Mega Rush P**
**Star Piece** from tree before leaving Chapter 1
Optional Speed Swap to skip waiting for the last platform to move to the pipe

Go back to the Thousand-Year Door
**Star Piece** from behind pillar in Dazzle's room
Get **Item Hog** from Dazzle
Go to Boggly Woods

[section=Boggly Woods]

Go right for the Shadow Sirens cutscene

Go to the Great Tree
Talk to Punio by the door
Talk to Punio again

Leave the Great Tree for the Flurrie cutscene
Go to Flurrie’s House
Get the **P-Down, D-Up P** in the hidden block on the way to Flurrie’s
Raise the Plane Panel

Talk to Flurrie
Leave Flurrie’s house for the Shadow Sirens cutscene
Go back to the Shadow Sirens
Grab **Quake Hammer** in the block on the way to the Shadow Sirens

**Shadow Sirens**
● Mario: Jump x2 on Marilyn
● Koops: Power Shell
● Guard: all attacks
● Mario: Full Earth Tremor
● Koops: Power Shell
Level = 2.88

Note If you Superguard both Vivian AND Marilyn, you can do 4 bars of Earth Tremor instead of the full 5.

Grab the Necklace
Go back to Flurrie’s House
Flurrie joins your party
Go back to the Great Tree
(E-mail on screen with great tree)
Blow away the secret entrance and enter the Great Tree


[section=The Great Tree]

**X-Nauts**
● Mario: Fright Mask
Level = 2.89

Go to the top of the tree (where the cells are)
Enter the Storage Room

**X-Naut**
● Mario: Power Bounce x4
Level = 2.94

Get the Red Key and free the Elder
Get the **Power Punch** on the way back to Tree Entrance
Get the 10 Punies and the Puni Orb
Use the Puni Orb to make the Pipe appear

Punie glitch across the bubble room (or trap the Xnaut behind the orb pilar, and use Flurrie)
10 Jabbi fight
Get the Blue Key

Walk straight left to lose Punies in the Pider room (skip this if you used Flurrie back in bubble room)

Pick up the **Thunder Rage** from the bush in the Bubble Room (if you have the Punies, just leave them here)
Go back to the cells and release all of the Punies
Puni glitch down to the pipe below
Go back to the Bubble Room and punie glitch across again (or trap the Xnaut again)

Puni glitch down to the next pipe
Hammer the hidden block and get **Damage Dodge P** if it goes left

100 Jabbi fight
Cage Skip
Puni Glitch to the pipe in the next room.
Water Switch Skip

Go down the pipe and place the Puni Orb in the next 2 spots to reveal the Crystal Star
Leave the punies at the pillar and start the first escape

**X-Nauts**
● Mario: Fright Mask
Level = 2.95

During the first escape, go and grab the Super Boots
Use Koops to get **Charge**
Return back to the escape room (via red door) and re-trigger the escape
Chase Crump back to tree entrance (leave the Punies, you don’t need them)

**X-Nauts**
● Mario: Jump x2
● Koops: Fright Mask
Level = 3.00; BP = 6

Escape to the front of tree

**Boss Magnus Von Grapple**
● Koops: Power Punch on Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce x7
● Superguard Magnus Attack
● Koops: Shell Toss
● Mario: Power Bounce x6
● Magnus creates fists
● Mario: Power Bounce x6
● Koops: Shell Toss (if needed)
Level = 3.32

Note you can get capped at 6 here, so if you miss the Superguard, the fists may attack you. Just be sure to do 30 damage as soon as possible.


[section=Pre-Chapter 3]

Peach Segment
● Visit TEC for dancing (just walk around the door until it opens)

Bowser Segment
● Beat 1-1 (161 is best possible time, 160 if you get the meats)

(Peach E-mail outside Great Tree)

Get **Damage Dodge**
Use Flurrie to get **Happy Heart P** if you didn't get Damage Dodge P
Go to The Thousand-Year Door

**Howz of Badges**
● Sell all of your badges except for Power Bounce, Multibounce, Mega Rush P, and Item Hog
● Buy Power Rush

**Toad Bros Bazaar**
● Buy the Contact Lens (Get the Mushroom from 10 Shop Points)

**Charlieton**
● Buy Boo's Sheet and Mega Rush

Note: If Charlieton isn’t selling Boo's Sheet and/or Megarush, go to the Glitzville Blimp Excess Express area to reset what he’s selling.
Note: You need Mega Rush before fighting Magnus 2.0

**West Side Goods**
● Buy Dried Shroom
● Buy Dizzy Dial
● Store 1 Dizzy Dial, 1 Mushroom, 1 Dried Shroom

Answer anything for first question, “Yellow” for second (3rd option)

On your way to the harbor, check to see if Charlieton has the **Boo's Sheet** if you didn’t get it on the first try.
Go to Rougeport Harbor and talk to Francesca
Give Lumpy 300 coins

**Toad Bros Bazaar**
● Buy 6+ Fright Masks (fill inventory)

Go Back to Don Pianta and get the Blimp Ticket
(E-mail on the way to the sewers)

HRG to Chapter 6
Read sanctum note

**Default Inventory**
● 7 Fright Masks
● 1 Thunder Rage
● 1 Fire Flower
● 1 Boo's Sheet

Head to Glitzville


[section=Minor League]

Take the Blimp back to Rogueport(This is necessary)
Go back to Glitzville
Move backwards against the Minor League door to be able to open it

Note If you get “Use at least 1 special move” you should almost always fail an earth tremor, as it is the fastest thing to do.

Note 2 Jumping while waiting for the Guards delays him from entering the room. Try to avoid doing any actions during this time aside from equipping badges or changing partners.

Don't worry about star points, you can still get 21 more and be fine.

**#19 Goomba Bros (5 Goombas)**
● Standard: Fright Mask
Level = 3.33

**#18 KP Koopas (2 KP Koopas, 1 KP Paratroopa)**
● Standard: Koops Fright Mask
Level = 3.34

**#17 Pokey Triplets (3 Pokeys)**
● Standard: Fright Mask
Level = 3.35

**#16 Dead Bones (3 Dull Bones)**
● Standard: Power Shell (or Multibounce if you're saving FP)
Level = 3.44

**#15 Spike Storm (2 Spinies and 1 Lakitu)**
● Standard: Fright Mask
Level = 3.45

**#14 Mind Bogglers (1 Pale Piranha, 1 Dark Puff, 1 Pider)**
● Standard: Fright Mask, Kill Piranha
Level = 3.48

**#13 Punk Rocks (3 Hyper Bald Clefts)**
● Standard: Thunder Rage
Level = 3.60

**#12 Bomb Squad (4 Bob-ombs)**
● Standard: Fire Flower
Level = 3.80

**#11 Hand-It-Overs (2 Red Bandits, 2 Green Bandits)**
● Standard: Fright Mask
Level = 3.81

**#10 Armored Harriers (before the Yoshi egg hatches)**
● Mario Run

Yoshi hatches and joins your party

Sleep in bed

Keep 1 ranked item, store the rest
Buy 4 Point Swaps (5 if you don't have any extra)
Receive Ice Storm
OPTIONAL FOR SUPER JUMP CBS: Buy Point Swaps until your inventory is full (leave a space for Boo's Sheet if you didn't get it).

Leave Glitzville

If you didn't get the Boo's Sheet from Charlieton, check for it now.

Flurrie Super Slide off of Frankly's door to get Double Dip (don't touch boat panel)
Fall in the water and hold up to enter the Trouble Center
Take on Frankie’s trouble (4th from bottom)
Go down the pipe to reset Charlieton if you don't have the Boo's Sheet
Note: Save in the Central area if you are not confident at getting Jump Storage first try

Note: Game has a chance of crashing in Chapter 7, enter and leave Westside Goods to prevent this if you want. Loses like 10s.

If you still don't have the Boo's Sheet, then you must keep reloading his inventory and checking until you have it or get the Boo's Sheet in Twilight Town.

Get Jump Storage from the Star Piece in the bar and perform Super Jump TRE


[section=X-Naut Fortress]

Note: try to maintain full health on Yoshi and Mario

Go two rooms to the right
Read the Red Note

Go right to Grodus’ office and get the Card Key
Go into the far left room and get the Card Key
Go in the first elevator on the left and go to Sublevel 1

Go right and enter the access code (014029) ("excuse" on the French version)
Super Fun Quirk Quiz 66 (3, 4, 2, 3, 1)

Get the Elevator Key
Take the elevator back to Sublevel 2

Go right and use the Elevator Key to go to Sublevel 3
Go left to the third electric tile room and get the Card Key
Note You can use Yoshi to make the tiles move quickly. Just hop on Yoshi, run on the tiles, and hop off. It helps to know the pattern of the room so you stay on the lit panels.
OPTIONAL FOR SUPER JUMP CBS: Get Jump Storage from the HP Drain using Yoshi. Toss one of your Point Swaps.

Go right and use the 3 Card Keys
Get First Struck by the X-Naut PhD to do Conveyor Belt Skip (superguard the attack or use the heal block afterwards)
OPTIONAL: Perform Super Jump CBS and grab the Card Key

Navigate the room and hit the stairs switch
Hover with Yoshi to get the Card Key

Use Card Key to enter the final room

Enter fight with Mario and Yoshi at 10HP
Badges: Power Bounce, Power Rush, Mega Rush, Mega Rush P

**Magnus Von Grapple 2.0**
● Get in peril (Mario AND Yoshi)
● Mario: Defend
● Koops: Defend
● Mario: Defend
● Yoshi: Defend
Guard one of the drill attack to be put in peril
● Mario Power Bounce x5
● Yoshi: Ground Pound
● Mario Power Bounce x5
● Yoshi: Ground Pound
Level = 4.22; BP = 9

Bowser Segment
● Go into Poshley Sanctum

Intermission
Go to Sublevel 4 and talk to TEC
Head to Sublevel 2 and go two rooms to the left
Leave X-Naut Fortress via teleport

Go up westside Rogueport
Talk to Frankie about the trouble

Go to Rogueport Harbor
Get 999 coins from Lumpy

Pay Gus and use Yoshi to get to the Wedding Ring
Give Frankie the wedding ring to get the Gold Card
Go to Pianta Parlor and buy exactly 238 piantas
Buy 7 Power Rushes from the Pianta Parlor (714 coins)

While enter paper mode above the vent:
Unequip Power Bounce, Mega Rush, Mega Rush P
Equip 7 Power Rushes, Multibounce

[section=Palace of Shadow]

Open The Thousand-Year Door

Run past the Swoopulas on first staircase
If you didn't get the HP Drain in Chapter 7, get the **Shooting Star** from the yellow block

Get first Struck by Bombshell Bill
Use i-frames to run past Gold Cannons

Go through the Spike Room
HRG to get the **Boo's Sheet** in the Fire Bar room

Use Koops to first strike the ember, i-frames to get past the fire bars

**Dark Bones**
● Mario: Multibounce
● Yoshi: Shooting Star (or HP Drain on Dark Bones if you got it)
Level = 5.20; Level BP (2 extra star points from chap3)

Get the Palace Key
Get the **Ultra Shroom** from the yellow block (skip it if you did Super Jump CBS)
Run between the Bombshell Bills

**During a Paper Mode**
● Equip Item Hog

Bombshell Bill Blasters
● Mario Run Away

Get back in danger with the second Bombshell Bills

Use i-frames to run past the Gold Cannons
If you did Super Jump CBS: pick up the **Jammin Jelly** from the rightmost block

Endless Room
Down - Down - Up - Up - Down - Up - Down
Go right to the room before Gloomtail

Save the game to start Palace Skip

First strike failed hammer on Ember
Level 5.32

Perform Palace Skip (Use Ultra Shroom **on Yoshi**..)

Hit the red “!” switch and use Yoshi to get to the Palace Key

Have at least one Life Shroom

Hover with Yoshi to get **Life Shroom**

Fall down and use the spring to get back up to the Plane Panel
Fly across the room and unlock the door
Enter the throne room


[section=Grodus, Bowser, and Shadow Queen]

Unequip Item Hog
Equip Power Bounce

**Grodus**
● Yoshi: Ice Storm
● Mario: Power Bounce x4
Level 5.78

**Bowser + Kammy Koopa**
● Yoshi: Defend
● Mario: Power Bounce x3 on Kammy
Use Life Shroom
● Yoshi: Point Swap on Mario
● Mario: Swap to Goombella
● Mario: Power Bounce x5
Level 6.24; BP

Swap back to Yoshi
Equip Double Dip

**Shadow Queen 61 damage required**
● Mario: Failed Power Bounce
● Yoshi: Failed Gulp

**If Mario is targeted:**
● Mario: Power Bounce x4
● Yoshi: Swap to Koops

**If Yoshi is targeted:**
● Yoshi: Point Swap on Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce x4

**Phase 2 starts**
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Partner: Boo's Sheet on Mario
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Partner: Defend / Swap to Flurrie

Crystal Stars Cutscene

**Shadow Queen**
● Koops: Failed Power Shell (or Failed Gulp if you got stuck with Yoshi)
● Mario: Double Dip: Point Swap on Mario + Boo's Sheet on Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce x5+
● (If Koops is still alive) Koops: Swap to Yoshi
● Mario: Power Bounce x5+

Aftermath
Timing ends on the circular fade to black before credits start (first fully black frame)