ENG any% Optimal w/ Tube Mode TRE

Rerouted by Vynneve

Shoutouts to Almo, Zephiles, Sjorec, and YoshiZilla for previous routes

**This still needs testing, use at your own risk**

Remove the memory card before pressing start on the title screen. Timing starts when you accept a file name.
[section=Prologue]
Move around the railing into the Lord Crump cutscene

**Lord Crump**
● Mario: Jump x2
● Superguard Crump's attack
● Mario: Jump x2
Level = 1.09

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

**Enter the Toad Bros. Bazaar**
● Order the Contact Lens
● Buy 4 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

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

Or perform Goomba Trio Skip (Leveling assumes you *did not* do GTS)

Note: The coin route allows for 2 encounters before Pre-Chapter 3. There is an optional Ultra Shroom in chapter 2 if you need it.

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
Grab **Star Piece** behind the block
Grab **Pretty Lucky**
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

[section=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

**Star Piece** in the bush
Get the **POW Block** by hammering the block
Check the pedestal in the first fortress area

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

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

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

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
Level = 1.50

Return to the right to get the Sun Stone

**Fuzzies**
● Mario: Fire Flower
Level = 1.66

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
Level = 1.88

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

[section=Hooktail Castle]
Use the spring to reach the upper level of the first room
Use the Plane Panel to fly directly to **HP Plus** and HRG back up
Use the plane panel again to fly across

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 = 2.21; FP = 10

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 obtain 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
In the upper hallway, jump on the first switch
Either use Koops to hit the second switch, or jump to the open window
Grab **Life Shroom** as you ride the block up to unlock the door
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 attack
● 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
Level = 2.52

[section=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
Get the **Star Piece** in the first tree
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
Get the **Star Piece** behind Dazzle and buy **Item Hog**
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

[section=Boggly Woods]
Go right and enter the Shadow Sirens cutscene
Go to the Great Tree
Talk to Punio by the door
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**
● Mario: Jump x2 on Marilyn
● Koops: Power Shell
● Superguard Vivian's attack
● Superguard Marilyn's attack
● Guard Beldam's attack
● Mario: 4-bar Earth Tremor (5-bar if you failed one or both of the Superguards)
● Koops: Power Shell
Level = 2.88

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

[section=The Great Tree]
Walk forward to trigger the X-Naut fight

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

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
Level = 2.94

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

Punie glitch the bubble room
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

Loose the punies by falling down in the Pider Room

Backtrack to the Bubble Room
Jump down and get the **Thunder Rage** from the bush to the right
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

Punie glitch the Bubble Room

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
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
Level = 2.95

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 = 3.00; BP = 6

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
Level = 3.32

[section=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

First struck by Piranha

**Piranha**
● Peril

Leave Boggly Woods

Grab **Damage Dodge** if you don't have Damage Dodge P
Go to The Thousand-Year Door

Might want to save in case you miss Jump Storage.

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

**Toad Bros. Bazaar**
● Buy Contact Lens

**Charlieton**
● Buy Mega Rush and Jumpman (need Mega Rush, Jumpman can wait)

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

Use Koops while entering the Don Pianta dialog to get Jump Storage.

**Don't jump**

Super Jump to obtain UHE

Go to Rogueport Harbor and talk to Francesca

**Toad Bros Bazaar**
● Buy 7 Fright Masks

Go Back to Don Pianta and get Blimp Ticket
E-mail before the grate

Go to Glitzville

**Inventory should currently be**
● 7 Fright Masks
● 1 Thunder Rage
● 1 Fire Flower
● 1 Life Shroom

[section=Grubba + Minor League]

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**
● 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 x4
● Koops: Defend
● Grubba: Power Bounce x4
Level = 3.66

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

**Bowser Segment**
● Talk to the Puni Elder

Leave and re-enter Glitzville.

**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.

Only 3 fights to Fright Mask. You have 4 extra, leveling is very tight, use extras to force KP Koopas + Spike Storm to all run.
If Piranha didn't run, you can manipulate points on bombs with another fright mask.

The level buffer is [-5,1] 2 extra means you level on SQ.

**#19 Goomba Bros (5 Goombas)**
● Standard: Power Shell
Level = 3.81

**#18 KP Koopas (2 KP Koopas, 1 KP Paratroopa)**
● Standard: Fright Mask
Level = 3.82

**#17 Pokey Triplets (3 Pokeys)**
● Standard: Ultra Hammer + Fire Flower
Level = 3.94

**#16 Dead Bones (3 Dull Bones)**
● Standard: Power Shell
Level = 4.03; BP = 9

**#15 Spike Storm (2 Spinies and 1 Lakitu)**
● Standard: Fright Mask
Level = 4.04

**#14 Mind Bogglers (1 Pale Piranha, 1 Dark Puff, 1 Pider)**
● Standard: Fright Mask + Full Hammer
Level = 4.05

**#13 Punk Rocks (3 Hyper Bald Clefts)**
● Standard: Ultra Hammer
Level = 4.17

**#12 Bomb Squad (4 Bob-ombs)**
● Standard: Multibounce 3 (or more/less), and Fright Mask. You obtain star points from the lit Bombs only.
Level = 4.37

**#11 Hand-It-Overs (2 Red Bandits, 2 Green Bandits)**
● Standard: Ultra Hammer + Thunder Rage
Level = 4.55

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

Get Yoshi, sleep in the bed if desired (Need HP to be at least 6 before Magnus 2)

**Glitzville Shop:**
● Keep 1 item, store all other extra items
● Buy 1 Power Punch
● Buy 2 Point Swaps (1 more if you didn't have any extra items)
● Ice Storm from shop points

Leave Glitzville

[section=Pre-Chapter 4]

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

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

Fahr Outpost for **Double Dip P**

Farm for Jumpman if you still don't have it

While going into paper mode above the grate:
**Equip Badges**
● Unequip Multibounce
● Equip Charge
● Equip Jumpman

Go to Twilight Town

[section=Twilight Town]
Go talk to the Gatekeeper
Talk to the shop manager’s wife
See the Mayor turned into a pig
See the gatekeeper turned into a pig while getting Jump Storage

Get the Black Key
Get the Shop Key with Koops (or Shop Key Skip with Super Jump)

Pick up the **Life Shroom**
Get the Tube Curse
Pick up the **Boo's Sheet**
Pick up and use **Jammin Jelly** for FP

Leave Chapter 4

[section=Pre-Chapter 7 & X-Naut Fortress]

Perform TRE using a stored Tube Mode

Go right into the room after second elevator and read the red note.
Continue right for Card Key in Grodus' office.

Go into the far left room for Card Key

Go in the first elevator on the left 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

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.

Go right and use the 3 Card Keys
Get First Struck by the X-Naut PhD to do Conveyor Belt Skip

(Guard the attack to be at 7HP. Mario must be at 10, 7, or 6 HP. If you need to heal, you can use the Heal Block by the Yux.)

Navigate the room and hit the switch to reveal the stairs
Hover with Yoshi to get the Card Key
Use the Card Key to enter the final room

Boss: Magnus Von Grapple 2.0
(Magnus's attacks do 6 damage Unguarded)

[big]**If Mario have 10, 7, or 6 HP**[/big]
● Mario: Charge
● Yoshi: Swap
● (Guard Magnus' attack, if at 7HP don't guard)

If you are not in peril:
● Mario: Defend
● Partner: Swap
● (Guard/unguard Magnus' attack to be in peril)

If you are in peril:
● Mario: Power Bounce x5
● Partner: Swap to Yoshi
● Magnus summons drills
● Mario: Power Bounce x5
Level = 4.95


[section=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 X-Naut Fortress via the teleporter

(e-mail near the Loading Zone)

Open The Thousand-Year Door


[section=Palace of Shadow]

Run past the Swoopulas on the first staircase
Get the **Shooting Star** from the Yellow Block

Get **All or Nothing** in the Spike Room (hammer the block from the right side)

Get the **Boo's Sheet** in the Fire Bar room

**While entering Paper Mode to get into Tube Mode**
● Unequip Power Bounce
● Equip Item Hog

**Dark Bones**
● Mario: Supernova
● Yoshi: Shooting Star
Level = 5.93: BP = 12

Get the Palace Key
Get the **Ultra Shroom** from the block
Run between the Bombshell Bills

**Bombshell Bill Blasters**
● Mario: Run Away

Run between the second set of Bombshell Bills

**Bombshell Bill Blasters**
● Mario: Run Away

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

Go right to the room before Gloomtail

First Strike Phantom Ember with a full hammer

**Phantom Ember**
● Yoshi: Gulp
Level = 6.05; BP = 15

Perform Palace Skip (use Ultra Shroom)

Mario should take 1 damage from First Striking the Ember. Jump on the Ember to take an additional 1HP damage.

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

Get the **Life Shroom**
Get the **Shooting Star**

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]
**Before Grodus:**
● Unequip Item Hog
● Equip Power Bounce
● Equip All or Nothing

**Boss: Grodus**
● Yoshi: Ice Storm
● Mario: Failed Power Bounce (to use 3FP)
● (Grodus' Unguarded Thunder attack puts Mario in Peril)
● Yoshi: Shooting Star
● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (must do 6 damaging bounces)
Level = 6.45

**Boss: Bowser / Kammy Koopa**
● Mario: Power Bounce Kammy x7 (must do 6 damaging bounces)
● Yoshi: Defend
● (Don't superguard fire, use a Life Shroom)
● Yoshi: Point Swap Mario
● Mario: Power Bounce x6 (must do 5 damaging bounces)
● (Guard Bowser's bite, to skip the animation)
● Mario: Power Bounce x6 (must do 5 damaging bounces)
Level = 6.97

Pick up Jammin Jelly

● Unequip All or Nothing
● Equip Double Dip P
● Equip HP plus

Idealy you have 2 Life Shrooms. Should at least have one.

Final Boss: Shadow Queen - 61 Damage Required
● Mario: Power Bounce x7 (Must do 6 bounces that do damage)
● Yoshi: Swap to Goombella

If Mario was attacked:
● Mario: Supernova
● Goombella: Failed Headbonk
● Skip to Phase 2

If Goombella was attacked:
● Mario: Full Jump
● Goombella: Swap to Flurrie

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

Have **Flurrie** out

Crystal Stars Cutscene

Try and superguard any attack that hits partner. You can let Mario get into peril if you want (2 attacks = 7+7).

If she brings out little hands, hope they target Flurrie, guard/superguard.

**Shadow Queen**
● Flurrie: Gale Force (only to use 4 FP)
● Mario: Charge

If Mario's HP=1
● Flurrie: Double Dip: Power Punch + Jammin Jelly
● Mario: Power Bounce x5+
Superguard if SQ attacks
● Flurrie: Boo's Sheet
● Mario: Power Bounce x5+
● Mario: Power Bounce x5+
● Mario: Failed Spin Jump

If Mario's HP does not = 1
● Flurrie: Double Dip: Power Punch + Point Swap
● Mario: Power Bounce x5+
● Flurrie: Double Dip: Boo's Sheet + Jammin Jelly
Superguard if SQ attacks
● Mario: Power Bounce x5+
● Mario: Power Bounce x5+
● Mario: Spin Jump

Your attacks do exactly 150HP. Use Power Bounce or Supernova at the end if SQ raises defense or steals HP

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