(Outdated) TTYD Eng/PAL no PS

This route is outdated. If you're here on accident, visit https://www.speedrun.com/ttyd/guide for up to date stuff.
--------------------------------






Route credit goes to Almo, Zephiles, Sjorec, and YoshiZilla
Remove the memory card before pressing start on the title screen. Timing starts when you accept a file name.


~Prologue~

Move around the railing into the Lord Crump cutscene

Lord Crump
● Mario: Jump x2
● Superguard Crump's Jump
● Mario: Jump x2

Exit the harbor, Goombella joins your party
Break Zess T.'s Contact Lens

Enter the Toad Bros. Bazaar
● Order the Contact Lens
● Buy 5 Fright Masks
● Buy 4 Fire Flowers

If you plan on saving during the run, hit the save block and select the bottom option. If not, it is faster to have Goombella explain saving to you, so jump into her cutscene.

Enter Frankly's house
Outside, choose the top dialogue option first (scroll up and press A) and the bottom option second (press B.)
Go down the pipe to Rogueport Sewers
Start the Goomba Trio battle

Goomba Trio
● Mario: Fright Mask

Go down the pipe after the battle
Break one of the yellow blocks in front of the pipe in the next room and go down
Get Pretty Lucky from the invisible block
Get the Black Key
Use the Black Key to unlock the Plane Curse chest

Backtrack to the first room of the sewers
Use HRG (Hazard Respawn Glitch) to get to the Petal Meadows pipe early


~Petal Meadows~

Jump into the Hooktail cutscene
Go right to the bridge screen
Check the bushes from behind and hit the switch in the background to create the bridge
Enter Petalburg
Talk to Mayor Kroop in the first house on the second screen
E-mail on the way to the gate
Talk to the Koopa next to the gate to exit Petalburg

Get the POW Block by hammering the block
Check the pedestal in the first fortress area

Bald Clefts
● Mario: POW Block

Get the POW Block by checking the bush near the Paragoomba
Check the pedestal in the second fortress area

Bristles
● Mario: POW Block

Get the Fire Flower from the block
Enter and talk to the Thwomp to start the quiz

Super Fun Quirk Quiz 65 (1, 3, 4, 2, 3)
Go down the pipe
Head left to get the Moon Stone

Fuzzies
● Mario: Fire Flower

Return to the right to get the Sun Stone

Fuzzies
● Mario: Fire Flower

Backtrack to the center area

Gold Fuzzy
● Mario: Jump x2
● Goombella: Headbonk x2
● Guard Fuzzy Horde
● Superguard Gold Fuzzy
● Mario: Jump x2 on Gold Fuzzy
● Goombella: Fire Flower

Get Multibounce from the block
Go back to Petal Meadows

Koops joins your party
Get the Fire Flower from the block
Place the Sun and Moon Stones
Use Koops to hit the left switch, and Mario to hammer the right switch
Enter Hooktail Castle


~Hooktail Castle~

Use the spring to reach the upper level of the first room
Use the Plane Panel to fly across the broken bridge
Get Power Bounce from the block
Say "No" when asked to read the letter
Check the Red Bones

Red Bones
● Mario: Fire Flower
● Koops: Fire Flower
● Level 2: FP

Hold Koops out in front of the yellow switch, then either lower the purple block or jump on the door lock to reach the yellow block
Ride the yellow block up and jump over the Star Piece
Drop down to the lower platform and get the Castle Key
Go all the way right and get the Black Key
Escape the spike maze and get the Paper Curse
Get Attack FX R

Open the badge menu as you unspin from the bars
● Equip Attack FX R
● Equip Power Bounce
● Check the e-mail

Backtrack to Red Bones room and get the Castle Key
Go back to Save Block/Big Green block room and ride the block up to unlock the door
In the upper hallway, jump on the first switch
Either use Koops to hit the second switch, or jump to the open window
Use Koops to get the Life Shroom while riding the green block
Go left to start the cutscene with Ms. Mowz
Get the Castle Key from the chest

Dull Bones
● Mario: Run Away

Get Speed Glitch after the encounter by pressing A on one of the last two frames before returning to the field
Go right through the locked door
Ride the yellow block up to the Plane Panel and use it to reach the door on the platform
Lower the yellow block in the next room and use Koops to get the Castle Key
Climb the stairs and unlock the door
Maneuver around the outside room and enter Hooktail's tower

Hooktail
● Mario: Power Bounce x9
● Koops: Shell Toss
● Guard Hooktail's fire
● Mario: Power Bounce x8
● Koops: Shell Toss
● Answer "Yes" (press A) to end the cutscene early (you will take 5 HP damage from Hooktail's bite)
● Mario: Power Bounce x8
● Koops: Shell Toss


~Pre-Chapter 2~

Peach Segment
● Enter the left door and leave immediately
● Walk down the hallway and talk to TEC

Bowser Segment
● Walk to the end of the room

Exit Petalburg to the left
Peach e-mail before the bridge
Return to Rogueport Sewers

Speedswap across the last platform
Go down the left pipe in the next room
Use Paper Mode to drop down and go down the pipe
Step on the center of the pedestal in front of the Thousand-Year Door

Head back to Rogueport Sewers
Go down both pipes, take the north loading zone through the bars
Talk to Punio, choose the top dialogue option
Talk to Punio again to the right
Go to Boggly Woods


~Boggly Woods~

Go right and enter the Shadow Sirens cutscene
Go to the Great Tree
Talk to Punio by the door

(Optionally, you can get the FP Plus here for use in Chapter 3 later. You will want to get it while Punio is walking towards the Secret Entrance. This will cost around 8 seconds to get. Do not equip it yet.)

Talk to Punio again by the secret entrance
Leave Great Tree for Flurrie cutscene
You can jump right on the first frame after exiting the pipe to move closer to the loading zone during Punio's dialogue
Maneuver around to the stumps at the back of the next room
Get P-Down, D-Up P from the hidden block on the stumps
Use Koops to hit the switch that raises the Plane Panel
Use the Plane Panel to fly across to the next room
Get Quake Hammer

Head down the pipe to Flurrie's house
Check the door to talk to Flurrie
Choose the bottom dialogue option
Leave the house to trigger the Shadow Sirens cutscene
Return to the Shadow Sirens

Shadow Sirens
● Koops: Power Shell
● Mario: Jump x2 on Marilyn
● Superguard Vivian's attack
● Superguard Marilyn's attack
● Guard Beldam's attack
● Koops: Power Shell
● Mario: 4-bar Earth Tremor (5-bar if you failed one or both of the Superguards)

Get the Necklace
Either return to the right or use the tree to the left to fall out of bounds, respawning at the right
Return to Flurrie's house
Flurrie joins your party
Go back to Great Tree (e-mail on the screen with the Great Tree)
Blow away the secret entrance and enter the Great Tree


~The Great Tree~

Walk forward to trigger the X-Naut fight

X-Nauts
● Mario: Fright Mask

Take the pipe in the first room
Walk right and take the pipe in the second room
Climb up to where the Puni cells are
Go left to start the Ms. Mowz cutscene, followed by an X-Naut fight

X-Naut
● Mario: Power Bounce x4

Get the Red Key
Take the Red Key back and unlock the Puni Elder
Drop down on the way back to the front of the tree and get the Power Punch from the bush
Get the Puni Orb from the Puni Elder
Place the Orb in the pedestal in the room above the entrance to reveal a pipe
Encounter the X-Naut

X-Nauts
● Mario: Fright Mask

Place the Puni Orb and blow the Punies off the ledge
Unlock the left door and blow the Punies across the gap
In the next room, jump down from the upper platform and maneuver to the pipe with more jumps to keep the Punies from leaving you.
Go right and fight the 10 Jabbi squad using Flurrie
Jump down and get the Blue Key

Backtrack to the bubble room
Jump down and get the Thunder Rage from the bush to the right
Leave the 11 Punies here and return to the cells
Unlock the blue cell to free the 90 trapped Punies

Backtrack to the bubble room again
Jump to the pipe in the room after the cells to keep all 91 Punies with you as you transition
Blow the 91 Punies across the gap

Jump down to the pipe again to keep all 101 Punies through the room transition
Head left using Flurrie to stun the Pider
Switch to Koops and use him to reveal the hidden block under Damage Dodge P (alternatively, you can hammer the hidden block from the platform)
Pick up Damage Dodge P if it goes left

(If you got FP Plus earlier, you should now equip it while unequipping Power Bounce)

Use the block to jump across to the left, skipping the second Pider
Switch back to Flurrie and use her in the 100 Jabbi squad fight
Either Goombella buffer into the right loading zone in the room after the Jabbi fight, or walk against the bottom wall, moving right slowly to bypass the loading zone. Move right until you can hear a collision noise when moving against the north wall in Paper Mode. Switch from up to up-left and release R to clip onto the seam. Maneuver around to the left side of the Puni Orb pedestal and drop down to the pipe on the stump.

Jump to the pipe in the next room with all 101 Punies

Either use Koops to hit Blue switch in water room, or jump across the platforms in the lower room to keep the Punies with you as you enter the pipe to the basement. If you use Koops, return and take the Punies over the lily pads.

Place the Puni Orb in the pedestal leading to the lowest room in the Tree
If you're low on health, there is a Mushroom in a bush here
Place the Puni Orb in the center pedestal to trigger the first escape
Head up the right pipe (leave the Punies here)

X-Nauts
● Mario: Fright Mask

During the first escape, go right at the narrow path room and get the Super Boots
Get Charge
Return to the basement room where you triggered the first escape (via the red door) to trigger the second escape
Head up the right pipe (leave the Punies here)

X-Nauts
● Mario: Jump x2 on the first X-Naut
● Koops: Fright Mask
● Level 3: BP

(If you equipped FP Plus earlier, equip Power Bounce again without unequipping FP Plus)

Return to the entrance of the Great Tree

Magnus von Grapple
● Koops: Power Punch on Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce x6
● Superguard Magnus's Attack
● Koops: Shell Toss
● Mario: Power Bounce x6
● Magnus creates X-Fists
● Mario: Power Bounce x6
● Koops: Shell Toss


~Pre-Chapter 3~

Peach Segment
● Wait for the right door to open
● Dance with the Peach hologram (at least 10/16 dance cues required to progress)

Bowser Segment
● Complete 1-1 (161 is the fastest possible time, 160 with meats)

Leave the screen with the Great Tree
E-mail as you move left on the screen after the Great Tree
Grab the Honey Syrup as you are leaving Boggly Woods
Leave Boggly Woods
Pick up Damage Dodge if you didn't get Damage Dodge P
Go to The Thousand-Year Door

Lovely Howz of Badges
● Sell Damage Dodge P/Damage Dodge
● Sell P-Down, D-Up P
● Sell Attack FX-R
● Sell Pretty Lucky
● Buy Power Rush

Toad Bros. Bazaar
● Buy Contact Lens (receive Mushroom)

Charlieton
● Buy Mega Rush

Note: If Charlieton isn’t selling Mega Rush, go to the Glitzville Blimp/Excess Express area to reset what he’s selling.

Westside Goods
● Buy 1 Dried Shroom
● Buy 1 Dizzy Dial
● Answer anything for first question, “Yellow” for second

Talk to Don Pianta

Westside Goods
● Store 1 Dizzy Dial, 1 Dried Shroom, 1 Mushroom

On your way to the harbor, check to see if Charlieton has Mega Rush if you didn’t get it 1st try.
Go to Rougeport Harbor and talk to Francesca

Toad Bros Bazaar
● Buy 6 Fright Masks

Go Back to Don Pianta and get Blimp Ticket
E-mail before the grate
Go through the vent into the sewers
Use HRG to get onto the gray block and open the left pipe
Go to Poshley Heights and read the note on the Sanctum
Go back to the sewers and go left back to West Rogueport

Go to Glitzville

Inventory should currently be
● 6 Fright Masks
● 1 Honey Syrup
● 1 Thunder Rage
● 1 Life Shroom
● 1 Fire Flower


~Glitzville pt. 1~

Take the Blimp back to Rogueport, and then take it back to Glitzville
Walk backwards against the Minor League door to open it without talking to Jolene

Notes
● 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/changing partners.
● The fastest way to end a non-attack turn is to swap partners.
● The fastest way to fulfill "use at least one Special Move" is to fail an Earth Tremor. If you do this, it may be a good idea to appeal on turns where you can't attack, or to use stylish moves to refill your Star Power in case this condition comes up again.
● Jumping on spiky enemies DOES count towards "take damage at least 5 times." Swapping to Goombella might be a good idea before these fights.
● Superguarding DOES NOT count as an attack in the event of "don't attack for the first three turns."
● If you get "don't attack for the first three turns" on any fight, running away DOES NOT fail the condition.
● If you're overleveled already and you get "don't use items" on a fight where you'd normally use a Fright Mask, you can run from the fight and get a new condition. This wastes about a minute, so it's not recommended unless necessary.
● If you're ever running from a fight for a different reason, make sure that you fulfill the condition BEFORE running away, or else you will drop a rank and need to refight your last opponents.
● It's not too common, but the fight order can vary.

For the 5 fights you use fright masks on, you only have 1 extra. Do not waste your extra unless it is absolutely necessary. You need 1 star point from these battles to not be overleveled, but it is okay to normally kill some enemies. Getting less than 10 extra Star Points will make later fights faster, but is not required.

#19 Goomba Bros
● Standard: Koops: Power Shell
● Don't Attack With Partners: Multibounce
● Don't Use FP: Earth Tremor

#18 KP Koopas
● Standard: Koops: Fright Mask, Mario: Jump (if 1 koopa doesn’t run)
● No Items: Jumps + Shell Tosses

#17 Pokey Triplets
● Standard: Fright Mask
● No Items: Quake Hammer + Power Shell

#16 Dead Bones
● Standard: Power Shell (or Multibounce if you're saving FP)
● Don't Attack With Partner: Multibounce
● Don't Use FP: Hammer + Shell Toss

#15 Spike Storm
● Standard: Koops: Fright Mask, Mario: Spin Jump (if lakitu doesn’t run)
● No Items: Earth Tremor

#14 Mind Bogglers
● Standard: Fright Mask, Hammer + Shell Toss (If Piranha doesn't run)
● No Items: Gale Force

#13 Punk Rocks
● Standard: Thunder Rage
● No Items: Quake Hammer + Power Shell

#12 Bomb Squad
● Standard: Fire Flower (Fright Mask if overleveled)
● No Items: Multibounce + Power Shell

#11 Hand-It-Overs
● Standard: Koops: Fright Mask, Mario: Power Bounce (if 1 Bandit doesn’t run)
● No Items: Gale Force

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

Note: If you get “Appeal at least once”, “Appeal 3 times”, “Take damage at least ‘n’ times” or “Use at least 1 special move”, you must fulfill battle condition before you run away or else you will fight rank 12 which is randomly generated between minor league fighters.

Yoshi hatches and joins your party

Sleep in the bed before the next fight if you're not at 8+ FP

#10 Armored Harriers (after Yoshi)
● Standard: Gulp x2
● Level 4: BP

Enter Major League
Pick up Ice Storm in locker room
Sleep in the bed if you have less than 7 FP

#9 Tiny Spinies
● Standard: Failed Quake Hammer, Gulp
● Don't Attack With Mario: Gulp + Superguard
● Don't Use Hammer: Earth Tremor
● Don't Attack With Partner: Earth Tremor
● Don't Use FP: Earth Tremor

#8 Poker Faces
● Standard: Quake Hammer

Note: You’ll want to fail this condition no matter what so you start de-ranking immediately. Getting “don’t use hammer” is good luck here. If you get something like “don’t switch partner out” then swap with partner and then quake hammer. Or if you get “don’t use items” then use your honey syrup. You just have to disobey what he says and figure out the fastest way to beat them.

Note 2: Sometimes this fight will be Shell Shockers, although it is rare. This is bad luck and you just have to attack them until they’re dead.

After you get to rank #8, Get Super Hammer
Break the block in the Minor League locker room
Get Dubious Paper confiscated

#8 Poker Faces
● Fail condition and run away

#9 Tiny Spinies
● Fail condition and run away

#10 Armored Harriers
● Run Away

You’ll want to manipulate your HP to be as low as possible and FP at least 3. You can rest up before Armored Harriers fight and let them damage you a few times to put yourself in a good position.


~The Great Tree pt. 2~

Once you are back in minor league, leave Glitzville

In Rogueport, if you still don’t have Mega Rush, check Charlieton again. If he’s not selling them, just head to east Rogueport and go into the sewers.

Head down to the room with the big yellow block and 2 blue switches and open Chapter 2.

Head down in The Great Tree to the cage room and break the floor panel inside the cage. This will revert the game back to chapter 2. Leave the way you came from and head back to Glitzville.

If you're not in peril, fall in the water until Mario is at 1 HP

Check Charlieton again on your way back. If he’s still not selling Mega Rush, then go to the train/blimp area to reset what he’s selling and come back and check. Keep doing this until he has it.


~Glitzville pt. 2~

Advance the first text box once the scene shifts to Glitzville. Wait until Mario starts walking forward towards the Glitz Pit and then continue mashing through text. If you don't do this, then the Guard won't allow you access to Grubba's office.

Enter the arena to trigger the Rawk Hawk vs. the Koopinator cutscene
Head to the back hall and enter Grubba's office

When asked to sign the contract, say no (bottom option)
Do Bookcase Jump and walk into the vent
Go to Grubba’s office from vent, check the desk, and then head to the arena

Equip Badges
● Unequip Quake Hammer
● Unequip FP Plus if you got it
● Equip Mega Rush
● Equip Power Rush
● Equip Power Bounce
● Equip Multibounce

Climb the steps and enter the Grubba cutscene

Boss: Macho Grubba
● Mario: Power Bounce x6
● Yoshi: Ice Storm (hopefully freezes him to skip power up)
● Grubba powers up
● Mario: Jump x2


~Pre-Chapter 4~

Peach Segment
● Visit TEC
● Ride Elevator Up
● Go right and change into X-Naut
● Talk to Grodus
● Change back to Peach

Bowser Segment
● Talk to Puni Elder

Intermission

Glitzville Shop:
● Store any leftover items (Fright Mask, Fire Flower, Honey Syrup, etc.)
● Buy 1 Power Punch

You should now only have a Life Shroom and a Power Punch in your inventory

Leave Glitzville
(Peach Email before grate)
Get rejected by Twilight Pipe
Go to Thousand-Year Door

(e-mail leaving Frankly's house)
Talk to Darkly
Go to Twilight Town


~Twilight Town & Creepy Steeple~

Go Talk to Gatekeeper
See Mayor turned into a pig
Talk to the shop manager’s wife
See gatekeeper turned into a pig

Get Shop Key with Koops
Get Black Key

Pick up the Life Shroom if you lost the first one
Pick up the Boo's Sheet
If you think you'll be short on coins in Chapter 6, pick up the Jammin' Jelly to sell
Get Tube Curse (e-mail leaving the shop)

Go to Creepy Steeple

Drop down into the well
Get into peril from the Buzzy Beetle and then run away

Go inside the Steeple
Release the Boos (Guess 50 for 1 coin)
Talk to the Boo and answer “No”

Go through bottom door
Hit red “!” switch once
Go up the stairs and grab Steeple Key
Go through top door in the main hallway
Hit red “!” switch twice
Go to the top of the steeple

Doopliss
● Mario: Power Bounce x7
● Doopliss Copies Mario
● Yoshi: Boo's Sheet on Mario
● Mario: Jump x2

End of Chapter?

Note: Depending on what happened in Chapter 3, you might level up here. If so, level up BP.

Make your way back to Twilight Town
Run away from Doopliss

Find the Superbomb
Vivian joins your party
Run away from Doopliss again
Go back to Creepy Steeple

Drop down into the well
If you leveled up on Doopliss, encounter the Buzzy Beetle and get into peril
Head down to the room with the parrot
Get Power Plus
Get the Letter P
Get the Steeple Key

Go back to Doopliss and spell his name out
Chase him back to Creepy Steeple
Hit top red “!” switch once

Doopliss
● Mario: Power Bounce x7
● Level 5: BP

Vivian really joins your party


~Pre-Chapter 5~

Peach Segment
● TEC Quiz (2, 1, 3, 2, 3)

Bowser Segment
● Beat 2-1 (154 is the best possible time)

Intermission
Leave Twilight Town
(Peach e-mail exiting the Twilight Town door)
Head to the gray block room and use HRG to drop down in the center of the room
Hit the switch on the right

Note: When you hit this switch, position yourself on the bottom right of the switch and face left. (If you see Mario's shadow below the switch, you are too far down, and should move up slightly.) When you Spin Jump, hold down. Mario will bounce to the right, and holding down will let him fall into the water and put you back up top, preventing you from having to HRG a second time.

Go into the blue pipe on the right


~Keelhaul Key~

Hit invisible block by cliff area
Get Thunder Rage in yellow box on the way to Bobbery
Go to the screen with Bobbery
Goombella Buffer onto the seam and fall onto the embers with Yoshi

Embers - 8 HP each
● Mario: Art Attack

Knock Down Bobbery
Get a Coconut
Go back to Flavio and trade coconut for Chuckola Cola
Go back to Bobbery and give him the Chuckola Cola
Bobbery joins your party
Goombella buffer onto the seam and enter Pirate's Grotto


~Pirate's Grotto~

Use Yoshi to cross the floor spikes
Use Yoshi hover to go past the Bullet Bill Blaster

Go up the cliffs and head left
Use Bobbery to hit the blue switch
Use Koops to hit the “!” switch
Get the key and head back down to the locked door in the save block room

Use Tube Mode to get by the wall spikes
Use Bobbery to blast away the wooden planks
You can dodge the first set of Bullet Bill Blasters by using Paper Mode on the north wall
You can dodge the second set by doing the same on the south wall
Talk to black chest

If you used the Thunder Rage in Chapter 3:
Embers - 8 HP each
● First Strike Hammer the Ember (Do a Full Hammer)
● Mario: Thunder Rage
● Yoshi: Gulp

If you didn't use the Thunder Rage in Chapter 3:
Embers - 8 HP each
● Mario: Thunder Rage
● Yoshi: Thunder Rage

Get Boat Curse
Go into the loading zone in Paper Mode
Go into Tube Mode to jump over the cannons
Exit Pirate's Grotto
Go through the blue pipe back to the sewers
Take warp pipe to sewers and enter Poshley Heights pipe

Enter the train from Poshley Heights


~Excess Express & Riverside Station~

Tell the conductor about the “sticky, yummy threat”

Sales Stall (Express Excess Shop)
● (Sell the Jammin' Jelly if you got it)
● Buy 5 Boo's Sheets (You can buy 6 Boo's Sheets to avoid having to get the one in the Fire Bar Room in the Palace of Shadow, but doing this will force you to toss an item when receiving the Mushroom)
● Buy 1 Thunder Rage

Talk to Pennington in the Kitchen
Examine the floor in front of room 3
Talk to Heff. T
Get the Galley Pot from the drawer
Talk to Pennington in Room 6

Talk to Sylvia in Room 8 to find out about Bub’s present
Talk to bub twice
Talk to the conductor
Get the autograph from the engineer
Give Bub the autograph

Talk to the conductor to learn about the missing blanket
Use Vivian to talk to Ghost T. in room 4
Get the diary from the baggage car
Give the diary to Ghost T.
Give blanket to the conductor (Toss Mushroom if you bought 6 Boo's Sheets)
Go to sleep in room 5

(Email in dining car)

Talk to Pennington in room 6
Get the vital paper in Room 1
Give Pennington the vital paper
Use Vivian to catch Zip Toad in Room 5
Return the briefcase

Talk to the Riverside worker to get the Key
Unlock the door and head inside

Use Tube Mode to hit the blue “!” switch
Go up the stairs and get the Station Key in the next room
Unlock the door and go outside
Blow away the posters with Flurrie

Use Tube Mode to get down the maze
Get P-Up, D-Down in the tube maze

Multibounce on all of the Goombas
(You can do a Speed Glitch by pressing A on the first or second frame of gameplay right after leaving one of these fights)
Hit the switches as instructed

Get the Ultra Boots
Spring Jump out of the room and fall down through the vent

While going into Paper Mode over the vent:
● Equip Power Plus

When you land on the ground:
● Switch to Yoshi

Get the Elevator Key
Get Thunder Rage in the area outside from invisible block (Toss Ice Storm)
Ride elevator down and hammer Smorgs away
Pull switch and hit blue “!” switch
Get back on the Excess Express
(e-mail in front of train)

Go to sleep
(Email leaving cabin 5)
Go talk to Engineer

Get rid of Smorgs in the baggage car

Smorg
● Yoshi: Thunder Rage
● Mario: Spin Jump (make sure you hit both action commands for the Spin Jump)
● Yoshi: Thunder Rage
● Mario: Spin Jump (hit both action commands)
● Guard Smorg Attack to be put in peril
● Mario: Target Smorg's body and Spin Jump (hit both action commands)
● Level 6: BP

If you didn't level up on Smorg, sleep in the bed in room 5 once more


~Pre-Chapter 7 & X-Naut Fortress~

Go through blue pipe back to the sewers
Go right through the sewers and take the pipe back to Rogueport

Head to the Trouble Center
Take on ???'s trouble
Go back to Rogueport Sewers and enter Petal Meadows
Climb to the top of Hooktail Castle and reveal Attack FX B with Flurrie
Go back to Rogueport
Get the Ultra Hammer on the way to Ms. Mowz
Talk to Ms. Mowz on the rooftops
Ms. Mowz joins your party
Go down the vent in West Rogueport

Use Yoshi to hover left and enter Fahr Outpost
Get Double Dip P and leave via the pipe

Head to the underground town and use Ultra Boots Text Storage w/ Goombella and Mowz to Yoshi Teleport into the Teleporter Room. Take the teleporter to the X-Naut Fortress.

Go 2 rooms to the right
Read the red note
Go right to Grodus’ office and get a card key
Go all the way left and get the card key
Go in the first elevator on the left and go to Sublevel 1

Go right and enter access code (014029)
Super Fun Quirk Quiz 66 (3, 4, 2, 3, 1)
Get Elevator Key
Go to Sublevel 2
Go to the right elevator and go to Sublevel 3
Go left to the third electric tile room and get 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.

Go right and use the 3 card keys
Navigate the room and hit the stairs switch
Hover with Yoshi to get the card key
Use Card key to enter the final room

(If you have less than 10 HP, then you will need to adjust for the fight. Magnus's standard attack does 6 damage unguarded, and you can use P-Up, D-Down to reduce your defense by 1. The following battle instructions assume that you have 10 HP.)

Note: You can hover from the card key platform to get on top of the save block, at which point you should hover to the heal block, and then perform a Spring Jump to get to the moving platform. This will skip going through the background again. If you stand directly to the right of the heal block, you can time a Spring Jump to get up to the moving platform, but the moving platforms are off screen.

Magnus Von Grapple 2.0
● Mario: Defend
● Yoshi: Defend
● Guard the attack
● Mario: Defend
● Yoshi: Defend
● Don't Guard the attack
● Mario: Power Bounce x5
● Yoshi: Defend
● Mario: Power Bounce x5


~Pre-Chapter 8~

Bowser Segment
● Go into Poshley Sanctum

Intermission
Go to Sublevel 4 and talk to TEC
Head to Sublevel 2 and go 2 rooms to the left
Leave the X-Naut Fortress via teleport
(Email near loading zone)

While going through the bars while going to the Thousand-Year Door:
● Equip P-Up, D-Down

Open the Thousand-Year Door


~Palace of Shadow~

Run past Swoopulas on first staircase
Get the Shooting Star from the yellow block

Get First Struck by a Bombshell Bill

Bombshell Bill
● Don't Guard the First Strike (The attack will do 7 damage unguarded)
● Mario: Run Away

Avoid Bombshell Bills by running between them with Yoshi or using Vivian for safety
Skip the cannons by Spring Jumping to the candle

Get All or Nothing from the red block in the Spike Room
(Get the Boo's Sheet in the Fire Bar room if you only bought 5 Boo's Sheets on the Excess Express)
Get into peril by taking damage from the Fire Bars

Dark Bones - 20 HP; Dry Bones - 8 HP each
● Mario: Multibounce
● Yoshi: Boo's Sheet on Mario
● Mario: Jump x1 on Dark Bones
● Level 7: BP

Get the Palace Key
Skip the next set of cannons, and then get First Struck by a Bombshell Bill from the second set

Bombshell Bill
● Don't Guard the First Strike (The attack will do 7 damage unguarded)
● Mario: Run Away

Endless Room
Down - Down - Up - Up - Down - Up - Down

Cutscene Walk into the water while blowing up the left Chain Chomp statue
Hit the blue switch

Cutscene Walk into the water while blowing up the right Chain Chomp statue
Hit the blue switch

If you have more than 26 Star Points and less than 38 Star Points:
● First Strike Hammer the left Phantom Ember (There should only be one in the battle)

Go right to Gloomtail

Gloomtail
● Mario: Power Bounce x5
● Yoshi: Boo's Sheet on Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce x5

Get the Star Key
Go back to Riddle Tower

Riddle Tower
● 1F Bottom Left: Hit left switch 3 times, right switch 2 times
● 1F Top Left: Break Gray block and leave
(Optionally, you can do a Yoshi Teleport to the top of the blocks to hit the switch in Tube Mode)

● 1F Top Right: Run through the wall and hit the switch
● 1F Bottom Right: Blow away center with Flurrie
● 2F Bottom Left:
 ⁃ Dull Bones: First strike Jump x1
 ⁃ Red Bones: First strike Jump x1
 ⁃ Dry Bones: First strike Jump x1
 ⁃ If you level up here, level up BP

 ⁃ If you level up on Dry Bones, you will need to First Strike Spin Jump the Dark Bones

 ⁃ Dark Bones:
 ⁃ ● (First Strike Spin Jump if needed)
 ⁃ ● Mario: Spin Jump (or Jump x2 if you haven't leveled up yet)
 ⁃ ● Yoshi: Gulp
 ⁃ Level 8: BP

● 2F Top Left: Break 2 Gray blocks and leave
(Optionally, you can do a Yoshi Teleport to the top of the blocks to hit the switch in Tube Mode)

● 2F Top Right: Blow up wall with Bobbery
● 2F Bottom Right: Hit invisible Block
● 1F Top Left: Break Last Block and get key
● 2F Top Left: Get Key
● 3F: Insert Star Key, Insert all Palace Keys

If you don't have at least 9 FP (leveled on Dry Bones), hit the recovery block outside Riddle Tower

If you did not level up in Riddle Tower, then you need to fight either the left or the right Chain Chomp to level up. The left one will give 24 Star Points, and the right one will give 39 Star points. It would also be ideal to try to stay below 11 Star Points after leveling, but this is not required. Make sure you First Strike Hammer the Chain Chomp to not be First Struck yourself.

Chain Chomp
● (First Strike Hammer)
● Mario: Multibounce
● Level 8: BP

Perform Shadow Sirens Skip by either jumping outside the area that triggers the fight, or by doing Time Stop

Uncover staircase with Flurrie
Use Yoshi to cross the gap
Use Koops on red “!” switch
Use Yoshi to hover past the green block
Use Yoshi to cross the gap
Hit the purple switch, use Yoshi across next gaps to the door

Spring Jump to the poles (You can use Yoshi to hover across the 2nd gap)

Drop on the spikes until you're at 8 HP

(Optionally, you can do an extended Yoshi Hover to the right here and land on the ground to the next area. If you do this, then should skip down to the Badge Menu equips/unequips. This saves around 30 seconds optimally. Doing this, however, will bypass the Chain Chomp and the Life Shroom above the Wooden Wheel.)

Use Bobbery to hit red “!” switch and cross the gap

You can use Paper Mode to cross the stationary wooden wheel

Note: If would be a good idea to get the Life Shroom in the box above the Wooden Wheel. It almost always falls down next to the Chain Chomp, so be careful getting it.

Blow away block with Flurrie
Hammer Spin and Spin Jump through the floor

Badge Menu
● Unequip Multibounce
● Equip All or Nothing
● Equip Double Dip P
● Equip Charge

Get the Point Swap from the hidden block
If you're not in peril, fall onto the spikes to get to 8 HP

Use the Plane Panel to reach the area in the middle of the room
Hit red “!” switch and use Yoshi to get to the Palace Key

If you're not in peril, get First Struck by the Chain Chomp (does 7 damage unguarded)

Grab the Life Shroom to the right

Fly across the room and unlock the door
Enter the throne room


~Grodus, Bowser, & Shadow Queen~

Grodus
● Yoshi: Shooting Star
● Mario: Power Bounce Grodus x6 (Must do 5 bounces that do damage)

Bowser & Kammy Koopa
● Mario: Power Bounce Kammy x6 (Must do 5 bounces that do damage)
● Yoshi: Boo's Sheet on Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce Bowser x7 (Must do 6 bounces that do damage)
● Yoshi: Defend
● Mario: Jump x2 (Do not fail either jump)
● If you level up here, level up BP

If you didn't level up, pick up and use the Jammin' Jelly in the chest at the bottom of the stairs

Swap to Bobbery before entering the Shadow Queen fight

Shadow Queen - 61 Damage Required
If you did not level on the Bowser & Kammy fight:
● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (Must do 6 bounces that do damage)
● Bobbery: Bomb Squad (Make sure the bombs are spaced apart properly)
● Phase 2 starts
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Bobbery: Boo's Sheet on Mario
● Bomb Squad goes off
If the fight hasn't ended yet:
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Bobbery: Defend

If you leveled on the Bowser & Kammy fight:
● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (Must do 6 bounces that do damage)
● Bobbery: Bomb
● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (Must do 6 bounces that do damage)
● Bobbery: Bomb Squad (Make sure the bombs are spaced apart properly)
● Shadow Queen powers up
● Mario: Jump x2 if the Shadow Queen attacked Mario, otherwise use Art Attack/Supernova. If you do Jump x2, you can fail the second jump. If you use Art Attack/Supernova, you must do at least 15 damage.
● Bobbery: Defend
● Phase 2 Starts
● Bomb Squad goes off
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Bobbery: Defend if you spaced the bombs properly, otherwise use a Boo's Sheet on Mario
If the fight hasn't ended yet:
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Bobbery: Defend

Crystal Stars Cutscene

Shadow Queen
● Mario: Charge
● Bobbery: Double Dip -> Boo's Sheet on Mario + Nothing (Press B to have the option to select nothing)
● Shadow Queen attacks (swap Bobbery to front)
● Bobbery: Double Dip -> Power Punch on Mario + Point Swap on Mario (The order of these does not matter)
● Mario: Power Bounce (Do at least 5 bounces that do damage, but try to do as many bounces as you can)
● Shadow Queen powers up (swap Mario to front)
● Mario: Power Bounce (Do at least 5 bounces that do damage, but do as many bounces as you can)
● Bobbery: Boo's Sheet on Mario

Shadow Queen - 20 HP + Any Stolen HP
● Mario: Power Bounce (Bounces start at 12 damage)

Aftermath