Paper Mario Glitchless Route

Paper Mario GLITCHLESS Route
Version 1.2-S Originally by r0bd0g

This version is a very brief version of the original route and expects that you know where to go generally in Glitchless

~ Prologue ~

- Hammer the brick block for 10 coins. [10 coins]
- Take the spring and get 4 coins and a Fire Flower. [14 coins]

- Press B to say no to tutorials, equip Power Jump

- Hit the 2 coins blocks. [16 coins]

Red & Blue Goombas
Badges: Power Jump
1. Power Jump Red Goomba / Headbonk Red Goomba
2. Power Jump Blue Goomba / Do Nothing
3. Fire Flower (Mash A)

- Go back and hit the Heart Block

Goomba King
1. Power Jump Goomba King / Headbonk Tree
2. Power Jump Goomba King / Headbonk Goomba King

Magikoopa
Blocking this attack can save a few frames
1. Power Jump / Do Nothing
2. Power Jump

~ Chapter 1 ~

- Hit the coin block. [17 coins]
- Get Fright Jar.
- Get POW Block.
- Hit the block for 10 coins. [27 coins]

- Buy 3 POW Blocks and a Fire Flower. [7 coins]

Fuzzy 4x
1. Fire Flower (Mash A)

- Use Kooper to get HP Plus.
- Get the 5 coins on the path. [12 coins]
- Use Kooper to get the Thunder Bolt.
- Get the Fire Flower in the invisible block.
- Hit the Heart Block

Koopa Troopa, Bob-omb (Key)
0. First Strike (Jump)
1. Power Jump [3 fp] / Untimed Shell Toss (Untimed Power Shell if you missed the 1st strike)

- Level Up: FP
[10 hp | 10 fp | 3 bp]

- Get Power Bounce.

Koopa Troopa, Bob-omb 3x (Switch)
1. POW Block (Up 2) / Power Shell
- Pit Fights

Paratroopa, Koopa Troopa (Right)
0. First Strike (Jump)
1. POW Block (Up 2) / Power Shell

Paratroopa 2x (Middle)
1. Fright Jar (Up 1) [4 items]

- If 1 enemy doesn't run:
1. Do Nothing
2. Power Jump [2 fp] / Shell Toss

- If both enemies don't run:
1. Fright Jar / Do Nothing
2. Power Jump / Shell Toss
3. Power Jump / Shell Toss

Koopa Troopa 2x (Left)
- If the Fright Jar was successful:
1. POW Block (Up 1) / Power Shell

- If one enemy didn't run on the previous fight:
1. POW Block / Shell Toss
2. Power Jump

- If both enemies didn't run on the previous fight:
1. POW Block / Shell Toss
2. Jump

- Jump over both firebars for 20 coins. [32 coins]

Koopa Troopa, Bob-omb 2x (Jail)
1. Power Jump last Bob-omb (Left 1) / Bomb
2. Power Jump

- Collect all 9 coins that drop. [41 coins]

Bill Blaster 3x
0. First Strike (Bomb)
1. Thunder Bolt (Down 1) / Bomb

- Quickly hit the Heart Block.
- Quickly collect all 10 coins that dropped. [51 coins]

Bowser???, The Koopa Bros.
1. Power Jump / Bomb
2. Power Jump / Bomb
3. POW Block (Up 1) / Do Nothing
4. Fire Flower (Mash A)

- Get Dizzy Attack in the badge block.

Jr. Troopa (Chapter 1) [201 xp]
1. Power Jump [8 fp] / Bomb [5 fp] / Damage [9 hp]
2. Power Jump [3 fp] / Bomb [0 fp] / Damage [8 hp]
3. Hammer
- Level Up: FP [10 hp | 15 fp | 3 bp]

- Buy Speedy Spin and equip it [1 coin]




~ Chapter 2 ~

- Get a Whacka's Bump.
- letters
- Get Damage Dodge in the chest on the way to the 3rd Letter.
- Answer the 2nd option when you meet Buzzar.

- Once in the desert, go Down one screen.
-- Hit the coin block in this room If you’re not doing the 1st strike on the Pokey
- Go Right, Down, and Right.

- Slightly up from going straight right across the room is a brick block with coins. until 9 coins (or 14 if you’re not doing the 1st strike)
- Go Right, Right, Right, and Right, into the Oasis.
- Hit the Super Block and upgrade Bombette (Up 2).

- Get the Life Shroom in the invisible block. [2 items]

- Visit the shop and buy a Dried Shroom then a Dusty Hammer, and a Thunder Bolt (buy 2 Thunder Bolts if you’re not doing the 1st strike).

- Climb onto the rooftops and talk to Moustafa to get the Pulse Stone.
- Exit to Dry Dry Desert. Go Left, Up, Left, Up, Left, Up, and Left and place the Pulse Stone.
- Get Spike Shield

- Fight the middle Pokey Mummy last.

Pokey Mummy 2x (Left)
1. Power Bomb

Pokey Mummy 2x, Swooper (Right)
1. Power Bomb / Thunder Bolt (Mash A)

-Swap to Parakarry before the fight if you got a 2nd Thunder Bolt in the shop

Pokey Mummy, Swooper (Centre
1st strike fight
0. First Strike (Bomb)
1. Switch to Parakarry (Down 1) / Shell Shot

No 1st strike
1. Thunder Bolt (Mash A) / Shell Shot

- Head back to the left, hit the Super Block and Upgrade Parakarry (Up 1).
- Switch to Bombette (Up 1) and blow up the wall.
- Eat a Whacka's Bump (Up 1)

Stone Chomp 2x (Diamond)
1. Power Bomb

- Get the Pyramid Stone while first-striking with Bombette.

Stone Chomp 2x (Pyramid)
0. First Strike (Bomb)
1. Bomb

Stone Chomp 2x (Lunar)
1. Power Bomb

- Place the Lunar stone in the 5th pillar and go down the stairs that appear.
- Hit the Heart Block.
- Switch to Parakarry (Down 1).

Tutankoopa
Badges: Power Jump, Speedy Spin
1. Power Jump / Shell Shot
2. Power Jump Tutankoopa / Shell Shot Tutankoopa
3. Power Jump Tutankoopa / Shell Shot Tutankoopa

- In the Peach scene, go through the Library (lower-left room).

- Go Left, Down, and Left.
- Jump on the rock that's just in front of you, face rightward, and jump to get a hidden Thunder Rage.

- Go Down, Down (Delay your 2nd spin in this room by 1 second approx to avoid the bandit)
 and Left to return to Mt. Rugged.

- Answer the 2nd option again when you meet Buzzar.
- Fall down and Parakarry across the gap to the right to get the Mt. Rugged Magical Seed.
- Enter Forever Forest.

~ Chapter 3 ~

- In Forever Forest go Right 2, talk to Oaklie.
- Go Left 1, and Left 1.
- Go Left and get the Forest Forest Magical Seed.
- From the seed go Left 2, Left 1, Right 1, and Right 1.
- Get the record
- Play the record

- Jump on the couch

- Get Super Boots

- Get the Portrait

- Get Bow and leave

- Get the Repel Gel in the Block.

Clubba 2x
No Blocks
0. Get First Struck
1. Do Nothing / Do Nothing
2. Run Away

Unequip Power Jump (A),
Equip Power Bounce (Down 1),
Unequip Speedy Spin (Down 5),
Equip Mega Rush (Up 2).

Tubba Blubba's Heart
Badges: Power Bounce, Mega Rush
1. Power Bounce x6 / Shell Shot
2. Power Bounce x4 / Shell Shot

Tubba Blubba
1. Jump
- Level Up: BP
[10 hp | 15 fp | 6 bp]

- Equip Power Jump (A) and Equip Speedy Spin (Down 6) immediately.
- During the Peach scene, answer the questions with 3rd answer, 3rd answer, and 1st answer.

Jr. Troopa (Chapter 3)
Badges: Power Jump, Power Bounce, Mega Rush, Speedy Spin
Block 1/2
1. Thunder Rage (Down 1) / Shell Shot
2. Power Jump / Shell Shot
3. Power Bounce x5 / Shell Shot

- Go right 2, then turn back to return to Toad Town



~ Chapter 4 ~

- Get the Storeroom Key (Eat the mushroom if you don’t wanna risk losing a Life Shroom)
- Get the Toy Train and Volt Shroom from the Shop

- Pink Station
- Get the Frying Pan, Thunder Rage and Ice Power
- Give the Frying Pan to Taste. T

- Give the Cake to Gourmet Guy, flip the switch

- Green Station
- Block puzzle is 2, 1, 3, 4

- Red Station
- Hit Heartblock before Lanturn Ghost
- Get the Volt Shroom in the invisible block.

Lantern Ghost
Block 1/2
1. Volt Shroom (Mash A) / Do Nothing
2. Do Nothing / Switch to Goombario (Down 1)
3. Headbonk / Power Bounce Lantern Ghost x5
4. Headbonk / Power Bounce Lantern Ghost x4
- Double 4-cap loses a Life Shroom. Kill with an Untimed Jump on Lantern Ghost.

- Ride the platforms up over to the Super Block. Upgrade Watt (Up 1).

- If you've lost peril, heal to 10 hp, encounter the right-most Pyro Guy, Do Nothing / Do Nothing / Block 1 of 3, and Run Away.

General Guy
1. Power Bounce x3
2. Star Storm (Up 1)
3. Jump / Power Shock
4. Jump

5. Repel Gel (Down 2) / Electro Dash
6. Power Bounce x4 / Electro Dash
7. Jump / Electro Dash
- Level Up: FP
[10 hp | 20 fp | 6 bp]

-- Sugar (2nd from the left), Eggs (looks like eggs), talk to Twink.
-- Flour (far left), Butter (far right) talk to Twink.
-- Bake for 23 seconds
-- Cream and Strawberries

Fuzzipede
Block Nothing
1. Volt Shroom (Down 1) / Do Nothing
2. Do Nothing / Do Nothing
3. Do Nothing / Do Nothing
4. Power Bounce x4

~ Chapter 5 ~

- Get the Repel Gel in the invisible block.
- Get Power Quake.
- Unequip Power Jump (A)
 Equip Power Quake (Down 2).

M. Bush 4x
1. Power Quake
- Avoid heart drops.

- Get optional Fright jar

- Switch to Bombette (Down 3).

Putrid Piranha
0. First Strike (Bomb)
1. Jump 2nd Putrid Piranha / Bomb
- If you lost Peril or failed the first strike, kill both Piranha fights with Star Storm / Power Bomb.

- Switch to Bombette (Down 3).

Putrid Piranha 3x, W Magikoopa
1. Untimed Power Quake / Power Bomb
- If a Fright Jar failed, you will level up early. Level Up: BP.

- Go up the tree

- Enter Volcano

- Get the Life Shroom in the invisible block.

- Upgrade Parakarry (Down 3).

- Hit the Heart Block, unless you already have 9 or 10 hp. (If you have 9 hp, you will have to block both attacks in the next fight.)

Unequip Power Quake (Down 2) (unless you leveled up early then leave it on)
Equip Ice Power (R, Up 2)

Lava Piranha
Badges: Power Bounce, Mega Rush, Ice Power, Speedy Spin
Block 1/2 if 10 HP and both if 9HP
1. Thunder Rage (Down 2) / Air Raid
2. Jump / Shell Shot
3. Power Bounce x4 / 3 Bounces: Sky Dive

Phase 2
4. Power Bounce x6
6 bounces: Shell Shot
4 or 5 Bounces: Switch to Bombette (Up 1)
3 Bounces: Sky Dive
5.
5 Cap = Jump x2
3 or 4 cap = 4 Bounce
- Level Up: BP
[10 hp | 20 fp | 9 bp]

- Get the Jammin' Jelly behind the tree.

- Equip Power Jump (A),
- Equip Power Quake (Down 2), (Ignore this if you leveled up before Lava Piranha)
- Unequip Ice Power (R, Up 2),
- Equip Spike Shield (Down 1)
- Switch to Parakarry (Down 1).
- Board the whale and return to Toad Town.

Jr. Troopa (Chapter 5)
Badges: Power Jump, Power Bounce, Power Quake, Mega Rush, Spike Shield, Speedy Spin
Block Nothing
1. Power Jump / Shell Shot
2. Power Jump / Shell Shot

~ Chapter 6 ~

- Head Right



Monty Mole 2x (Bottom-Left)
No Fright Jar
1. Do Nothing / Air Lift / Don't Block
2. Air Lift [4 fp]
Fright Jar
1. Fright Jar
-- If it works on only the front Mole, Do Nothing with Parakarry, Don't Block, and then Air Lift
-- If it works on only the back Mole, Do Nothing with Parakarry, Don't Block, and then Jump
-- If it fails on both, continue as if you hadn't used the Fright Jar at all.

Monty Mole 1x (Top-Left)
- If you aren’t in Peril Do Nothing and don’t block
1. Jump or Air Lift if you killed 1 mole previously

- Eat a Jammin' Jelly (Mash A).
- Get Red Berry

Monty Mole 3x (Top-Right)
1. Untimed Power Quake / Air Raid

Monty Mole 4x (Bottom-Right)
1. Untimed Power Quake / Air Raid
- Level Up: FP
 [10 hp | 25 fp | 9 bp]

- Head down-left
- Hammer the tree for a Yellow Berry.

- Head down-right
- Talk to Lilly, select 1st option

- Head Left

Lakitu 2x, Spiny 2x
1. Air Raid [19 fp] / Star Storm

- Maze

- Head down right
- Talk to Posie and get Fertile Soil and Crystal Berry

- Head left and go through the maze
- Get the Water Stone
- Head down right and place the water stone

- Get Bubble Berry. Get an extra if you have less than 7HP

-- You'll just have to eat a Life Shroom if the Bzzap hits you.
- Take damage from the spikes to get to 9HP
- Get the Shooting Star hiding in the flowers.


-- Switch to Parakarry (Down 1) before the fight.
Spike Fight
Block 2 if 7HP, 1 if 8HP and none if 9HP
1. Power Jump / Shell Shot
2. Power Jump/ Shell Shot
3. Power Bounce x5 / Sky Dive, Shell shot if you got 4 capped

-Get a Stinky Herb if you have less than 6FP

- Switch to Parakarry (Up 4).

Lakitu 3x, Y Magikoopa
1. Shooting Star (Mash A) / Air Raid
- Level Up: HP
 [15 hp | 25 fp | 9 bp]

- Switch to Lakilester (Down 4).

- Hit the Super Block. Upgrade Lakilester (Up 1).

- Ride the cloud and get S. Jump Charge.

Unequip Spike Shield (R),
Unequip Power Jump (Z),
Equip S. Jump Charge (Down 1),
Unequip Power Quake (Down 2),
Equip Damage Dodge (Down 2).

Huff N. Puff
Badges: S. Jump Charge, Power Bounce, Damage Dodge, Mega Rush, Speedy Spin
1. Super Jump Charge / Do Nothing / Don't Block
2. Super Jump Charge / Do Nothing / Aim for 6 Damage from the Wind
3. Super Jump Charge / Switch to Parakarry (Up 4) block if 4 HP, don’t block if 6 HP
4. Power Bounce x5 / 4: Shell Shot / 3 Bounces (lol): Lose a Life Shroom
5. Jump / Shell Shot

- Talk go into Merlon’s house and head into the sewers

Blooper
Block 2/2
1. Super Jump Charge / Do Nothing
2. Super Jump Charge / Switch to Lakilester (Down 1)
3. Power Bounce x5

- Ultra Boots
- If you do not have 2 Life Shrooms, use the Ultra Boots to get the Life Shroom in the invisible block.
- Go to the left and hit the Super Block. Upgrade Lakilester (Up 1).

~ Chapter 7 ~

- If you took additional damage from Blooper or in the sewers:
-- Eat a Dried Shroom, Life Shroom or Bubble Berry if it will put you back to either 13 or 15 hp.
Otherwise sleep in the Toad House

- Talk to the Mayor

- Break the Ice and get the key, unlock the locked door

- Swap to Parakarry before entering the Mayor’s house

Jr. Troopa
Block 1/2 if 15HP, Block both if 13HP
- If you slept at the Toad House, do Shell Shots instead of Sky Dives.
1. Super Jump Charge / Sky Dive
2. Super Jump Charge / Do Nothing
3. Power Bounce x5 / 4 Bounces: Sky Dive


Monstar
1. Power Bounce x4
- If you lost Perill, do Jump / Shell Shot, Untimed Jump / Sky Dive (or just Shell Shot only on turn 2 if you have the FP for it).
- Level Up: FP
[15 hp | 30fp | 9 bp]

- Get the Scarf
- Head back to the Mayor’s house and get the bucket
- put the Scarf and Bucket on the snowmen

- Hammer the left Kooper

Duplighost 2x (Kooper Switch)
1. Switch to Lakilester (Up 2) / Hurricane

- Blow up the wall and head up to the Crystal Palace

- Enter bottom door and get the key
- Hit the switch to change it to the blue door, unlock it

- Bomb the wall, head through the mirror in the middle and bomb the left wall

Duplighost 2x (Reflection)
1. Switch to Lakilester (Up 3) / Hurricane

- Take the upper door once you reach the other side of the first room.
- Break the boards. (Don't fall down) and leave

- Head back to the front side of the mirror, hit the switch to change the door to red
- go into the bottom door
- Fall down the hole
- Blow up the wall (the real Bombette is the 2nd from the Right)
- Get the key and unlock the red door

- Switch to Lakilester (Up 3).

Clubba, GRY Magikoopa
1. Hurricane

Clubba 2x, W Magikoopa
1. Hurricane

Clubba 3x, G Magikoopa
1. Hurricane

- Head to the previous room and head right again through the far side

- Use Bombette on the switch to go to the near side of the mirror

- Kooper is the real Kooper
- Head through the mirror and head left, open the top door

- Push statue, Get P-Up D-Down
- Get Jammin Jelly from the hidden block

- Head back to the near side and take the bottom door, fall down the hole
- Get the palace key

- Hit the Heart Block

Crystal King
Block 5/6
1. Super Jump Charge / Shell Shot
2. Super Jump Charge / Shell Shot
3. Super Jump Charge / Shell Shot
(Eat Dried Shroom and block 1/3 if you used a Life Shroom)
4. Power Bounce x5 / Shell Shot

- Exit sewers through the Blue House
- Head for Shooting Star Summit.
- Go through Star Way, Star Haven, and meet with the Star Spirits.

~ Chapter 8 ~

Unequip S. Jump Charge (Down 1),
Unequip Power Bounce (Down 1),
Equip Power Quake (Down 1),
Equip Dizzy Attack (R, Down 3).

- Enter the room to the right of the locked door

Koopatrol
1. Untimed Power Quake / Power Bomb

- If you do not have 2 Life Shrooms, get the one in the crate. (Face right as you break it so that the item doesn't bounce onto the other crates.)




Koopatrol 3x, Magikoopa
1. Untimed Power Quake / Air Raid
- Kill it next turn with an untimed Jump if the Magickoopa didn't run
- Level Up: BP
[15 hp | 30 fp | 12 bp]

-- At the 1st crossroad, Top
-- At the 2nd crossroad, Middle. Loading zone
-- At the 3rd crossroad, Middle
-- At the 4th crossroad, Top and fall through the hole

- The answers to the quiz are 1st, 1st, 2nd, 1st, and 1st answer. If you get one wrong, the following answers are 3nd and 2nd.

Duplighost
1. Hurricane

Unequip Dizzy Attack (R, Down 3),
Equip Power Jump (Z),
Equip S. Jump Charge (Down 1),
Equip Power Bounce (Down 1),
Unequip Power Quake (Down 1),
Equip P-Up D-Down (Down 3).

- Switch to Bow (Up 3).

Jr. Troopa
Badges: Power Jump, S. Jump Charge, Power Bounce, Damage Dodge, P-Up D-Down, Mega Rush, Speedy Spin
Block 2/2
1. Super Jump Charge / Outta Sight
2. Super Jump Charge
3. Super Jump Charge / Outta Sight
4. Super Jump Charge
5. Power Bounce x4 (Up 2) [2 fp]

- Eat a Jammin' Jelly (Mash A)

Bowser (Hallway)
1. Power Bounce x5 (Up 2) / Outta Sight
2. Power Bounce x5 (Up 2)
3. Power Jump / Outta Sight
4. Power Jump
- If you get 3 bounces on the 1st Power Bounce, there's no reason to go beyond 5 bounces on the 2nd bounce.
- In the unlikely event that you get 7 bounces on the 1st bounce, you can stop at 4 bounces on the 2nd bounce.

- Just before you enter the final battle,
Unequip Speedy Spin (R, Down 2),
Unequip S. Jump Charge (Z, Down 1),
Equip HP Plus (Down 3).

Final Bowser (Phase 1)
Badges: Power Jump, Power Bounce, HP Plus, Damage Dodge, P-Up D-Down, Mega Rush
1. Power Bounce x4 / Outta Sight
2. Power Bounce x3 / Star Shield
(Swap to Parakarry with Bow if you didn’t get a 4 bounce)
3. Star Beam

- General Plan:

- After losing your first Life Shroom, if you get into Peril do a Power Bounce instead of using Repel gel, if you don’t get into Peril use the Repel Gel

- Block every attack, you can still win if you miss a block however

- If you get Jump taken away from butt-stomp use star storms

- If you miss fire/lightning block after losing your 1st life shroom don’t do any damage until you’re back into danger/peril

Final Bowser (Phase 2):
This is the most common pattern you’ll get
1. Peach Beam / Sky Dive or Swap to Parakarry
2. Power Jump / Shell Shot
3. Power Jump / Shell Shot; Lose a Life Shroom
4. Power Jump / Shell Shot / Star Shield
5. Peach Beam / Shell Shot
6. Repel Gel (Mash A) / Shell Shot
7. Power Jump / Shell Shot
8. Power Jump / Sky Dive
9. Jump


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