Any% US/PAL Route (BTS Parlor)

ROUTE IN BETA TESTING. DON'T BULLY ME.

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.

[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 the contact lens

**Toad Bros. Bazaar**
● Order Contact Lens
● Buy 3 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 (choose the top option, then mash B for second option)

GTS

Get the **Pretty Lucky** from invisible block (directly south of Puni hole)
Get the Black Key and Plane Curse (choose second option)

Use HRG to get to the Petal Meadows pipe early

[section=Petal Meadows]
Go to Petalburg
Grab **Close Call**
Talk to Mayor Kroop
E-mail on the way to the gate (Don't check it yet, it is faster to do so later)

Get the **POW block** in box

**Bald Clefts**
● Mario: POW Block
Level = 1.19

Get the **POW Block** from bush

**Bristles**
● Mario: POW Block
Level = 1.33

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 = 1.49

Get the Sun Stone

**Fuzzy Battle**
● Mario: Fire Flower
Level = 1.65

**Gold Fuzzy Battle**
● Mario: Jump x2
● Goombella: Full Headbonk
● (Fuzzy horde appears)
● Guard Fuzzy horde
● Superguard Gold Fuzzy
● Mario: Jump x2 on Gold Fuzzy (Fire Flower if you didn't superguard, there's a backup in the sewers)
● Goombella: Fire Flower
Level = 1.87

Get the **Multibounce** from block

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

Take the pipe and use Koops to get **Happy Heart**
Go to Hooktail Castle

[section=Hooktail Castle]
Get the **Power Bounce** in the first hall from block
Koops’ Dad's letter (mash B to select the bottom option)

**Red Bones Battle**
● Mario: Fire Flower
● Koops: Fire Flower
● Level = 2.20 // FP = 10

Use “Lock Jump” and “Flip Skip” in the Yellow/Purple 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 (choose the second option)
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 Block/Big 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.

In big green block room, grab the **Life Shroom** on the way up with Koops

Ms. Mowz Cutscene
Get the Castle Key

Run away from the Dull Bones

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 = 2.51

[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 to The Thousand Year Door

Go back down eastside sewers
Open the entrance to Boggly Woods
Jump up the stairs to go get **Damage Dodge**

Backtrack to east rogueport

Houz of Badges
● Sell all badges except Power Bounce and Multibounce

Toad Bros. Bazaar
● Buy Contact lens
● Buy 7 Fright Masks (receive Mushroom)

Check Charlieton for the **Boo's Sheet**

Go to harbour and give Lumpy 200

Give Zess T. the Contact Lens and head over to west side

Fall down grate and go to the teleporter room
Perform Teleporter Room Early

[section=X-Naut Fortress]
Go two rooms to the right

Read the Red Note
Go right to Grodus’ office and get the Card Key

Go all the way to the left to get the Card Key

Go in the elevator and go to Sublevel 1

Go right and enter the access code (014029)
Super Fun Quirk Quiz 66 (3, 4, 2, 3, 1)
Get the Elevator Key

Take the elevator back to Sublevel 2

Take teleporter back to sewers

Go back the way you came

Enter the Great Tree
JHS
Get the Super Boots

Get the **Thunder Rage** on the way out (toss Mushroom if needed)
HRG to open blue pipe and go to chapter 6
Read the sanctum note
Use the email on the train to get Jump Storage

Obtain garnet star

Recommended: Sort items so Fright Masks are on top

BTS

[section=Glitzville]
Go to Glitzville
Take the Blimp back to Rogueport
Go back to Glitzville

Get the **Star Piece** next to the door
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/changing partners.

4 Text Boxes to each condition

Leveling assumes that you kill the Piranha. You **need** to obtain [2,5] extra star points

**#19 Goomba Bros (5 Goombas)**
● Koops: Power Shell
Level = 2.66

**#18 KP Koopas (2 KP Koopas, 1 KP Paratroopa)**
● Koops: Fright Mask, Mario: Jump (if 1 Koopa doesn’t run)
Level = 2.67

**#17 Pokey Triplets (3 Pokeys)**
● Fright Mask
Level = 2.68

**#16 Dead Bones (3 Dull Bones)**
● Koops: Power Shell
Level = 2.77

**#15 Spike Storm (2 Spinies and 1 Lakitu)**
● Fright Mask
Level = 2.78

**#14 Mind Bogglers (1 Pale Piranha, 1 Dark Puff, 1 Pider)**
● Partner: Fright Mask
● Mario: Full Hammer (If the Piranha doesn't run)
Level = 2.82

**#13 Punk Rocks (3 Hyper Bald Clefts)**
● Mario: Thunder Rage
Level = 2.97

**#12 Bomb Squad**
● Fright Mask (lit the fuze of one Bob-omb if you didn’t kill Piranha)
Level = 2.98

**#11 Hand-It-Overs (2 Red Bandits => 5 star points each, 2 Green Bandits => 6 star points each)**
● Fright Mask
Level = 3.00 // BP = 6

**#10 Armored Harriers**
● Run Away

Yoshi hatches and joins your party

Go to the shop before leaving Glitzville

**Souvenir Shop**
● Buy 3 Power Punch
● Buy 2+ Point Swaps (keep the Ice Storm if you get it)

You want 10 items here (9 if you don't have Boo's Sheet yet)

Leave Glitzville
Grab the **Star Piece** behind the pipe

[section=Pianta Parlour]

Note: A faster way to get Jump Storage would be to just use any floor panel Star Piece. Lottery is ~30s slower, but no RNG.

Buy a Happy Lucky Lottery ticket, and check the board to get a Mushroom. (Do this after getting the Boo’s Sheet if you don’t have it yet)

Use this Mushroom with Yoshi to get Jump Storage

Pay Gus 10 coins and take on Frankie’s trouble (4th from the bottom)
Super Jump to get **Double Dip**

Go get 600 coins from Lumpy

Talk to Frankie in westside
Obtain Wedding Ring
Give it to Frankie for Gold Card

Go to the parlour and buy 204 tokens for 6 Power Rushes

Note: There’s a potential crash when entering the boss arena for chapter 7. Enter westside shop and leave to prevent this.

Go down to sewers
During paper mode equip 3 Power Rushes

[section=Magnus von Grapple 2.0]
Go right and use the Elevator Key to go to Sublevel 3 (the second elevator)
Go left to the third electric tile room and get the Card Key

Get the **HP Drain** while getting jump storage, toss a point swap (or Fright Mask)

Go right and use the 3 Card Keys

Super Jump CBS

Navigate the room and hit the stairs switch (Swap to Koops in the background)
Get the Card Key

Use Card Key to enter the final room

(Magnus's attacks do 6 damage Unguarded)

**Magnus Von Grapple 2.0**
● Mario: Swap to Goombella
● Goombella: HP Drain
Guard
● Goombella: Power Punch on Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce x6
● Goombella: Swap to Yoshi
● Mario: Power Bounce x6
Level = 3.40

**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
(E-mail near loading zone)

Take the teleporter back to Rogueport Sewers

Obtain Jump Storage with the e-mail, Super Jump to the right load zone

Get the **Star Piece** behind Dazzle
Buy **Item Hog** from Dazzle

Open The Thousand-Year Door

[section=Palace of Shadow]

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

Go through the Spike Room
Get the **Boo's Sheet** in the Fire Bar room, toss a Point Swap (or Fright Mask)
First Strike the Phantom Ember with Koops and use the invincibility frames to get past the last Fire Bars

**Dark Bones**
● Mario: Supernova
● Yoshi: Shooting Star
Level = 4.40 // BP = 9

Get the Palace Key
Run between the Bombshell Bills

Guard a first Strike to get into danger

Run between the second Bombshell Bills

Get the **Jammin’ Jelly**
Endless Room
Down - Down - Up - Up - Down - Up - Down
Go right to the room before Gloomtail

Equip Item Hog
Perform Palace Skip (use the Jammin’ Jelly)

**Ember**
Full Hammer
Level = 4.53

Hit the red “!” switch and use Yoshi to get to the Palace Key
Hover with Yoshi to get the **Life Shroom** and **Shooting Star**, toss Mushroom

Fall down, 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]
**Before Grodus:**
Unequip Item Hog
Equip 3 Power Rushes

**Boss: Grodus**
● Yoshi: Ice Storm or Shooting Star
● Mario: Power Bounce x5
Level = 4.94

**Boss: Bowser / Kammy Koopa**
● Mario: Power Bounce x4 on Kammy
● Yoshi: Life Shroom on Mario
Fire puts Mario back in danger
● Yoshi: Power Punch
● Mario: Power Bounce x7
Superguard bite to kill if 6 cap
● Mario: Failed Jump (if needed)
Level = 5.48 // BP =12

Equip Double Dip

**Final Boss: Shadow Queen**
● Mario: Power Bounce x1
● Yoshi: Failed Gulp

If Shadow Queen targets Mario:
● Mario: Power Bounce x5

If Shadow Queen targets Yoshi:
● Yoshi: Point Swap on Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce x5

**Phase 2 starts**
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Partner: Boo's Sheet on Mario
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Partner: Swap to Partner with 10HP or Defend
● Mario: Failed Jump
● Partner: Swap to Partner with 10HP or Defend

Have Koops out

Crystal Stars Cutscene

**Shadow Queen**
● Koops: Shell Toss (or Gulp if needed)
● Mario: Double Dip Point Swap + Boo’s Sheet on Mario
● Koops: Power Punch
● Mario: Power Bounce x6+
● Mario: Power Bounce x6+
Does 150 damage

If Shadow Queen is not dead:
Charge attack uses Life Shroom
● Koops: Point Swap on Mario
● Mario: Jump x2 (If she used HP Drain or increased defense, use a power bounce)

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