SMRPG 2014 route

"1 Death, Skip Pandorite" route
Route by cyghfer
Current as of 7/28/2014
Thanks to: rakuu, 0xwas, romscout, krystal, and catastrophe

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 & 4, which should be Attack
Geno: all Attack EXCEPT Lv. 7, which should be HP
Bowser: all Attack EXCEPT Lv. 14 & 15, which should be HP
Peach: all Special EXCEPT Lv. 15 & 16, which should be HP

***Bowser's Keep***

!!Terrapins
1 untimed attack, 3 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 2 Mushrooms, Flower Jar / buy 5 Honey Syrups, 3 Pick Me Ups, 2 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***

Skip 3 coins in 2nd screen
Get KeroKeroCola in 2nd screen
Use star, kill 17 K-9s (16 is slower Croco 2 but passable, 15 is reset)
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

***Mushroom's Kingdom 2***

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

***Kero Sewers***

Get Flower in same room as Pandorite (skip if you got enemy jump)
Use star, you must kill the Big Boo hanging off the ledge southeast of the circle of rats
Use recovery mushroom

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

***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 1 FroggieDrink / equip Froggie Stick, Pants to Mallow
Go to Frog Coin Emporium and: buy 1 Sleepy Bomb, 1 Energizer

***Rose Way***

Get both 10-coins on the way
Get 2 coins from screen before Bowser cutscene screen (one from each of the chests on the way to next screen)

***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
Jump on Wiggler in 2nd room for 9 coins and 1 frog coin
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 FroggieDrink/Mushroom/Pick Me Up/(if revived by Mario, defend)
geno beam -> use Mushroom -> use Honey Syrup
attack -> jump -> attack
geno beam -> jump -> attack
geno beam
>>Note: If you only have 1 FroggieDrink and Bowyer uses Static-E! twice in a row during the A-lock phase, use a
Mushroom on Geno and hope that Bowyer uses a normal attack on the 2nd turn of the X-lock phase.
>>Note: This strat depends on getting perfect timings on Geno attacks, and damage rolls with Mallow's attacks. There is a very small chance of Mallow not doing enough damage to kill Bowyer. Mallow must do at least 16-18-18 to kill.

***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

Use star, kill 10 enemies
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

Get 32 coins during Mine Cart minigame (31 is ok)

***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 2 coins in checkerboard room in front of the exit
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***

12 flowers is ideal to skip all extra flowers

***Marrymore***

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

***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 12 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)
2. Sell all KeroKeroColas, all Flower Tabs/Jars/Boxes, the FroggieDrink if available, the Goody Bag, the Wallet, and the Red Essence if you freebied it
3. De-equip everything except all Work Pants, Amulet, and Zoom Shoes
4. Give Mario the Amulet
5. Give Geno the Zoom Shoes
6. Sell all equips
7. 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 / 7 Fright
For the reverse of each of the aforementioned occurences: +1 Ice & +1 Fright (Flower Box) /  +1 Fire (Red Essence Freebie)

Talk to Fake Elder

***Sea***

Use Star, kill every Starslap

***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

Get frog coin in that one room behind the Dry Bones
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+ Fire Bombs Remaining: Switch Bowser->Mallow, use untimed Geno Boost -> Thunderbolt on both Bandana Reds

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

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

***Seaside Town 2***

!!Yaridovich

Mario: use Fright Bomb every turn
Peach: 1st turn defend, 2nd turn Group Hug, 3rd turn Group Hug (except if Yarid used Flame Stone on Geno or Mario, then use Fright Bomb), subsequent turns use Fright Bomb
Geno: Geno Boost to Mario, then Peach, and then himself, subsequent turns use Fright Bomb
Unless you freebie have enough Fright Bombs (10) to kill him during the fight, use your Rock Candy and hope you freebie it (Rock Candy Gamble)

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***

Use 1 Ice Bomb per Armored Ant battle
Perform death abuse once (if you hit the correct number of enemies with all the overworld stars):
1st star: Kill all enemies but leave 2 of the final 4 Chows alive (kill top 2)
2nd star: Kill all geckos, kill 1 of 2 remaining Chows, use last to suicide
3rd star: Kill all enemies
4th star: Leave 4 geckos alive
Pay 100 coins to trampoline Shaman

Switch & Equip:
Peach -> 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

Get 70 coins during vine climbs (each big coin is worth 10) - You can make this easier by hitting either of the 2 chests in Belome’s Temple. You only need 30 coins if 3+ ice bombs remaining(skip Maple Syrup in Nimbus).

***Nimbus Land***

Go to shop and: buy 2 Mid Mushrooms (only buying 1 is optional, but riskier), 1 Maple Syrup (can skip this if you have 3+ Ice Bombs OR are very confident in Czar jumps), 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 5 Blue Birds + Dodo

!!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

Cutscenes

***Barrel Volcano***

Get star, kill 9 enemies
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

Do not stop for anything at Hinopio
IF you used Geno Whirl on Corkpedite, 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 -> defend or thunderbolt if fireballs (or ice bomb if 3+ ice bombs)
Superjumps (see below) Czar dies -> attack -> untimed attack (mallow and geno die)
attack w/ mario until dead

Number of super jumps:

Without T-bolt or Ice Bomb: 42 if Mario's attack is >=248, 43 otherwise
With T-bolt: 40 if Mario's attack is >= 256, 41 otherwise
With Ice Bomb: 30 if Mario's attack is >= 240, 31 otherwise

>>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

No Rock Candy:

ice bomb -> attack pink -> fire bomb
geno blast -> defend -> defend (or heal mario or geno if they were bombed by black)
attack red -> defend -> shocker
attack -> attack
attack -> attack

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

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 -> Peach
De-equip Mario, Mallow and Peach
Exp. Booster on Mallow

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 except for the Super Slap (immediately after Donkey Kong)
In cannonball/bob-ombs room, get Rock Candy and get flower if necessary (if less than 12 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:
Peach -> 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:
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***

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 use Rock Candy -> use Rock Candy (both Ding-A-Lings die)
everyone attacks until end of battle except Mallow uses Shocker if Mario died

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

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

!!Cloaker & Domino
Attack Domino -> Geno Boost to Mario
Attack Domino -> attack Domino -> untimed attack Domino/defend if already dead (Earthlink phase starts)
62 Super Jumps to Earthlink

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)
Mallow: Zoom Shoes
Geno: Troopa Pin

!!Director
39 Super Jumps -> use Rock Candy

!!Gunyolk
**1 ICE BOMB STRATS**

1 Rock Candy

sleepy bomb -> untimed boost to Mario -> shocker Gunyork
jump on chief -> ice bomb -> shocker Gunyork
attack Gunyork -> rock candy -> attack Gunyork
attack chief

2 Rock Candies

sleepy bomb -> ice bomb -> shocker Gunyork
jump on Gunyork -> rock candy -> shocker Gunyork
attack chief -> rock candy

**2 ICE BOMB STRATS**

0 Rock Candies

sleepy bomb -> untimed boost to Mario -> shocker Gunyork
jump on chief -> ice bomb -> shocker Gunyork
attack chief -> ice bomb -> defend
attack Gunyork

1 Rock Candy

sleepy bomb -> ice bomb -> shocker Gunyork
jump on Gunyork -> ice bomb -> attack chief
attack chief -> rock candy

**3 ICE BOMB STRATS**

0 Rock Candies

sleepy bomb -> ice bomb -> shocker Gunyork
jump on Chief -> ice bomb -> attack Gunyork
attack Chief -> ice bomb

1 Rock Candy

sleepy bomb -> ice bomb -> ice bomb
jump on Gunyork -> ice bomb -> defend
attack Chief -> rock candy

!!Smithy

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

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

Phase 2:
attack -> attack -> attack
100 Super Jumps -> use KeroKeroCola -> use Shocker (if alive)
100 Super Jumps -> attack/Rock Candy (if alive) -> use Shocker (if alive)
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