This route is written to assume that your level up locations won’t be 100% consistent, so for simplicity, reference this table for what to pick at each level.

	Mario	Mallow	Geno	Bowser	Peach
2	Magic	–	–	–	–
3	Attack	Magic	–	–	–
4	Magic	Magic	–	–	–
5	Magic	Magic	–	–	–
6	Attack	Magic	–	–	–
7	Magic	Magic	HP	–	–
8	Magic	Magic	HP	–	–
9	Attack	Magic	Attack	–	–
10	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
11	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
12	Attack	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
13	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
14	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
15	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
16	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
17	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
18	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP
19	Magic	Magic	Attack	Attack	HP

Notes to Read Before You Start!

Super Jumps

This route assumes you can do 30 super jumps for an Attack Scarf at some point, but otherwise requires nothing special. Getting 100 super jumps instead of the Johnny fight as written, and using Super Suit optimally over the remainder of the run would save less than 30 seconds overall.

Frog Coins

Some small optimizations you can go for include skipping the party energizer / bracer for Smithy (including the 10 frog coins to buy them), as well as replacing 6 coins in the early game with wiggler jumps. Some optional replacements that could be made to save a little time:

Pipe Vault Frog Coins + Booster Pass revisit -> 4 Wiggler Jumps (saves around 10 seconds if wiggler jumps are perfect, forces a different shop in Seaside)
Marrymore Frog Coin + Moleville Mines -> Skip Energizer (saves somewhere from 10-20 seconds)
Skipping Party Bracer + Party Energizer is riskier for Smithy, but there are some fights written that would make it save a small amount of time as well (not timed extensively, estimate around 10-20 seconds saved by skipping the extra frog coins). The Super Jump Smithy 1 fight is slower than fast attacks from Smithy and breaks even with the trip to buy the party buff items.

Toad Assist

There is an optional fight written in that uses Toad Assist on Bowyer. When doing this fight, the Tadpole Pond Energizer purchase is skipped, allowing for 2 other frog coins to be skipped later on. Optimally this would likely skip the trip to Pipe Vault and do a single wiggler jump when entering Forest Maze.

Special Enemies

It’s ok to fight special enemies if you get them on Shoguns and Heavy Troopas. Lets you skip other frog coins if you’re getting Party Bracer / Energizer for Smithy. It will mess up the experience routing a bit, but it’s not the end of the world.

Star 1

Bowser’s Keep

Terrapins: Untimed Jump on Each {2}
Bowser: Timed Jump on Chain {3}

Mushroom Way

10 Coins from Chests (4 from first, all 6 on second)
Flower Tab behind Goomba that jumps out
Get Mushroom box

Hammer Bros.

45HP

Untime Jump on Left {4}
Jump on Right {5}
Jump on Left {6}

Mushroom Kingdom

Immediately go to shop

Sell 4x Mushroom
Buy 1 Honey Syrup
Buy 1 Jump Shoes and equip

Go to Castle
Get Frog Coin by jumping on moving Toad in Castle [1]

If you miss this on the first trip, it can be grabbed when you come back to recruit Peach

Say NO to tutorial (2nd textbox after getting stopped once)
Talk to Mallow and leave after he joins

Bandit’s Way

Grab the coins above the moving platforms (3)
Grab Croaka Cola by jumping right off the spinning flower
Grab Star from first chest in K9 room, try to kill at least 15 (18+ levels Mallow here instead of on Croco)
Use Flower Jar before fight

Croco

288HP

Jump / Attack
Jump / Attack (Defend if you got 18 dogs and Mallow leveled)
Jump / Defend
Jump / Honey Syrup
Jump / Defend
Jump / Defend {12}

Map warp to Mushroom Kingdom after fight

Mushroom Kingdom 2

Go to shop

Sell Wallet and Cola
Buy 3x Honey Syrup
Buy 2x Pick Me Up
Buy 2x Cleansing Juice

Use Flower Tab before fight

Claymorton

432HP

Jump / Thunderbolt
Jump / Thunderbolt
Jump / Honey Syrup
Jump / Defend
Jump / Thunderbolt {17}

Star 2

Kero Kero Sewers

Go straight to the switch to lower water (down left in first room then down right to pipe)

Belome

450HP

Jump / Thunderbolt
Jump / Thunderbolt
Jump / Honey Syrup
Jump / Thunderbolt
Jump {22}

Midas River

Four frog coins on the falls [5]
Try and get 60 coins for a Frog Coin [6]

If you miss the 60 coin reward, get a frog coin on Yo’ster Island

Tadpole Pond

Go to center island and talk to Frog Sage
Map warp to Tadpole Pond and go to Frog Coin Emporium

Buy 1 Energizer [4] (skip this if doing timed Toad Assist on Bowyer, can skip two frog coins elsewhere)

Leave pond

Rose Way

Get 2 big coins in first room with moving platforms
Get 1 coin from each block you pass in the bandit room at the end

Rose Town

Grab Flower and Frog Coin [5] from item shop (go through chimney)
Grab 2x Flowers and Frog Coin [6] from top house
Map warp to Rose Town
Go to the Inn
Pause Menu -> System -> To World Map

Forest Maze

Get hidden Cola and Mushroom in first room
Frog Coin [7] after underground
Cola behind wiggler
Red Essence before Bowyer

Bowyer

648HP

Geno Beam / Defend / Energizer on Geno
Geno Beam / Defend / Defend (Locks X)
Geno Beam / Defend / Defend
Geno Beam / Defend / Defend (Locks X)
Geno Beam / Defend / Defend
Attack

Do this if you skipped the Energizer:

Flower Essence (Toad Assist) / Jump / Defend
Geno Beam / Defend / Defend (Locks X)
Geno Beam / Defend / Defend
Geno Beam / Defend / Defend (Locks X)
Geno Beam / Defend / Defend
Geno Beam (this is an exact kill)

Star 3

Pipe Vault

Navigate Pipe Vault for 3 Frog Coins [10]

Take the second pipe in the room with a ton of pipes
For the crouching coin, run at the wall and press down at the end
Pause Menu -> System -> To World Map

Grab the Frog Coin behind the save block on Yo’ster Island (backup if you missed Midas River bonus)

Moleville

Go to shop

Buy all Weapons and equip
Buy 3x Work Pants and equip

Go into the mines
Jump on spring to trigger Croco, then take the up right path to activate the chase. Wait in the second doorway he blows open until he loops around to you

Croco 2

675HP

Attack / Jump / Attack (Energizer Geno if Freebie earlier)
Attack / Jump / Attack
Attack / Jump / Attack
Attack / Attack (might be low on damage from chain, etc) {25}

Go up left path and talk to mole to blow up wall
Get Frog Coin [11] from Shy Guy minecart in the lower level before the star
Run all the way to the save block with the star active, aim to hit 9 enemies (10 will level Mario on the first bandana red fight instead of the second, pairing it with a Peach level)

Punchinello

1080HP

Attack / Attack / Attack (Energizer Geno if Freebie)
Spam basic attack on Punchinello, bombs will die if you perfect hit every action

Star 4

Do the minecart minigame lol

Booster Pass

Get Frog Coin [12] and Rock Candy

Booster Tower

Get Bowser
Frog Coin [13] on 2nd screen
Flower Tab in train room
Press green switch
2 Frog Coins after Thwomp [15]
Get Key/Zoom Shoes and Frog Coins from Checkerboard Room [19]
Grab Goodie Bag and Frog Coin [20] in save room
Menu before curtain minigame:

Swap Mallow for Bowser (Mario / Bowser / Geno)
Bowser: Work Pants (off Geno) + Zoom Shoes

Instantly fail curtain game

Booster

Booster: 720HP

Snifster: 180HP

Rock Candy / Terrorize / Jump
Attack / Attack / Jump {27}
Swap to Mallow and Attack / Attack / Jump (shouldn’t need to jump)

Use Flower Items (should have 2 boxes)

Knife Guy / Grate Guy

KG: 630HP

GG: 810HP

Terrorize / Fireball Knife Guy / Clown Car Barrage
Attack / Attack / Switch to Geno and Attack (Mallow turn)

Booster Hill

Get as many flowers from Peach as you can

Need at least 10 flowers for optimal Weapon World strats

Marrymore

Go through back door into church
Break down doors

Bundt

Bundt: 810HP

Raspberry: 540HP

Attack / Attack / Attack
Attack / Attack (Torte runs) / Red Essence Mario (don’t use this before Torte’s run)
Attack / Attack / Attack
Attack / Attack / Attack
Attack / Attack / Attack (Candle phase ends probably)
Attack / Attack / Jump (should die in 2 rounds of this) {29}

Walk out of town

Mushroom Kingdom

Go to shop to be given Cricket Pie
Peach joins
Map warp to Tadpole Pond and talk to Frog Sage
Map warp to Booster Pass

Booster Pass

Go north, grab the hidden Flower on top of the plant and enter the secret for a Cola, Frog Coin [21] and second Flower

The Snifit in the secret can be skipped if you talk mario just slightly off the edge

Map warp to Marrymore
Go inside the inn, go to the second floor and grab a Frog Coin [22]
Pause Menu -> System -> To World Map

Star Hill

Activate all the doors and grab the star
Menu:

Party: Mario / Mallow / Geno
Mario

Unequip Punch Glove (Mash A equip Hammer)
Unequip Jump Shoes

Mallow: Unequip Cymbals (Mash A equip Froggie Stick)
Geno

Unequip Finger Shot
Equip Work Pants (off Bowser)

Bowser: Unequip Zoom Shoes
Peach: Unequip Slap Glove
System -> To World Map

Star 5

Seaside Town

Go to first shop

Sell 3 Cola’s and Goodie Bag
Sell all weapons and accessories
Buy 2 Ice Bomb
Buy 6 Fire Bombs
Buy 1 Fright Bomb

Go to Elder’s house, talk to Elder
Go upstairs and talk to Frog

Buy EXP Booster [0] and equip to Mallow

Menu:

System -> To World Map

Sea

Take lower path, grab star, try to hit every Zeostar
Enter ship

Sunken Ship

Grab 100 coin chest in rat staircase
Go straight all the way to the blooper fight, use flower tabs/jars/box if you have them
Password: PEARLS

Note: Bottom left two and top right two are the only ones that need to change

King Calamari

720HP

Geno Boost Mario / Fire Bomb / Fire Bomb (King Calamari appears)
Fire Bomb / Fireball / Defend (Fire Bomb if Freebie)
Attack / Fireball (Jump if Fire Bomb freebie) / Switch to Bowser and Attack

Leave this fight with at least 3 fire bombs

Grab both coin chests on top of the crates (+200)
Grab Cola in Mario Clone room
Get the Safety Ring in the underwater room behind barrels (hug the top wall)

Bandana Red 1

Defend / Defend / Thunderbolt

Bandana Red 2

Defend / Defend / Thunderbolt

Menu:

Mallow: Safety Ring
Mario: EXP Booster

Johnny

738HP

Fright Bomb / Shocker / Super Jump x30 (dies to 43 jumps)

100 jumps would get you the Super Suit later, this route assumes you don’t get that, but Super Jumping as much as you can is pretty fast and we need 30 for Attack Scarf. If you do get Super Suit, just put it on Mario or Mallow and adjust turn orders as necessary. Notably, doing 100 SJs loses enough time on the spot here that the eventual timesave from having SS comes close to breaking even at best.

Menu:

Map warp to Seaside

Seaside

Speardovich

1350HP

Geno Boost Mallow / Defend / Shocker
Defend / Croaka Cola / Shocker
Defend / Defend / Shocker
Defend / Defend / Shocker
Defend / Defend / Shocker

Go to shop (middle on left)

Buy Paratroopa Shell and equip
Buy Double Punch and equip
Buy Fake Chomp and equip (this is literally just for a damage roll on Axem)

Go talk to Mushroom Boy (middle shop on the top) (this sets a flag where the first Shogun is already defeated)
Go to Elder house and talk
Menu

Mallow: EXP Booster
Geno: Safety Ring
System -> To World Map

Star 6

Land’s End

Hidden Red Essence if no freebie on Bundt (jump up from platform at its peak)
Go left when you hit the desert and follow the ants in the sand

Shogun Fights

Attack / Attack / Attack (switch to Bowser for third physical if you need to)

Use an Ice Bomb if you have more than 1
Use a Rock Candy as long as you have them
Can use extra fire bombs with one attack if you got freebies, need to keep 3 for later fights

Belome Temple

Aim to hit 5+ lizards on the last screen (22 total enemies with first star)
Pay 400 coins for second star behind crates in lizard room
Get 150 coin block in room before RNG
Get these 2 frog coins [2] also
Reload room until you get “Mmm, I’m so hungry”
Make sure party is Mario / Mallow / Geno

Belome 2

1080HP

Fright Bomb (or switch to Bowser and Terrorize) / Jump / Shocker
Attack / Jump / Shocker {31}

Monstro Town

Enter first door and find the “star” upstairs
Enter second door and grab Attack Scarf for hopefully getting 30 super jumps by this point

If you have not done 30 consecutive super jumps, go to the dojo and fight Jagger to grind it out

Map warp to Land’s End -> Belome Temple
Pay 100 coins for the shortcut and take the spring

Land’s End

Do the paratroopa climb game. Need a 10.x time for the Troopa Medal

Can repeat the climb with a 9.x time or better for 5 frog coins

Bean Valley

Menu:

Mario / Mallow / Geno (if not)
Mario: Attack Scarf
Geno: Troopa Medal

Take right pipe at the start and go to the boss

Megasmilax

Mega: 900HP

Smilax: 180HP

Geno Boost Mario / Attack / Snowy
Fire Bomb (Megasmilax appears) / Ice Bomb / Star Riders

Take pipe
Hit block for vine, hit block again to start climbing
Try to get 4 of the big coins (leave with at least 200 coins)
Grab Flower and two frog coins [4]

First frog coin is on the side of the right, second is on top of left side

Nimbus Land

Mario:

Unequip Mega Glove
Equip EXP Booster

Mallow: Equip Troopa Medal
Geno:

Unequip Double Punch
Equip Safety Ring

Shop

Frog Coin [5]
Sell Paratroopa Shell and Double Punch
Buy Mega Glove and equip
Buy Sticky Glove and equip
Buy Hand Cannon and equip

Examine King Nimbus statue in top house to enter palace
Don’t fail Dodo minigame (get Feather)
Go straight up the top left path
Grab flower by left door in corner
Go in the first door and downstairs for key
Go back up and fight the chonky turtle

Big Troopa’s

Defend / Snowy

Mario: Attack Scarf
Mallow: EXP Booster

Birdo

Shelly: 450HP

Birdo: 699HP

Attack / Attack / Geno Boost Mario
Attack / Attack / Attack (egg hatches)
Attack / Defend / Defend
Attack / Defend / Defend
Attack / Defend / Defend (do extra attacks with Geno if missed block(s))

Mallow: Troopa Medal
Mario: EXP Booster

Big Troopa’s 2

Snowy

Walk straight up right into the next room for Valentina cutscene
Grab star on exit path and run through enemies + Dodo (try to hit 7 enemies total)
Fall down
Menu:

Mario: Attack Scarf
Bowser: EXP Booster
Map Warp to Nimbus

Valentina/Dodo

Dodo

Fire Bomb

Valentina

1800HP

This fight can be pretty dynamic, you may need to swap in Peach for a Group Hug depending on how she opens

Attack / Geno Boost Mario
Attack / Attack / Attack
Attack / Attack / Attack

Party (Mario / Mallow / Geno)
Geno: Feather
Map warp to Nimbus Land after king cutscene

Leave and fall down to the hot spring
Fall into volcano

Barrel Volcano

First chest is a flower
Grab star and run through as much as possible
Both frog coins on donut platforms [7]
First chest in save block room is a flower
Chest by the save block is a frog coin [8]
You can do a jump to skip the first Stumpet

Stumpet

Defend / Defend / Snowy

Stompillar

Defend / Defend / Snowy

Walk right past the last Stumpet
Restore FP before the fight

Czar Dragon / Zombone

1260HP

Geno Boost Mario / Jump / Snowy
Defend / Defend / Snowy {30}
(use a Croaka Cola with Geno for safety if you had a freebie and he uses Water Blast)

Zombone

1620HP

Attack / Attack / Shocker
Defend / Attack / Shocker

Axem Rangers

Red: 720HP

Black: 495HP

Yellow: 540HP

Green: 405HP

Pink: 360HP

Switch to Bowser (Clown Car Barrage) / Jump (Yellow) / Fire Bomb
Defend / Shocker (transition to Blade) / Red Essence Mallow {31}

Don’t use Red Essence if the fight doesn’t transition for any reason! Just keep defending and end on Mallow’s turn
If you lost chain early, will need to use Snowy on Axem Red

The Blade

899HP

Attack / Shocker / Defend
Defend (Attack if low chain) / Shocker

Star 7

Nimbus Land

Go through palace, talk to Mallow’s parents
On the way grab 2 frog coins [10]
Menu:

Map warp to Tadpole Pond

Tadpole Pond

Frog Coin Emporium

Buy 1 Party Energizer
Buy 1 Party Bracer
If you killed Special Enemies or have extra frog coins, buy up to 2 Sleepy Bombs to replace Sleepy Time usage in Weapon World

Map warp to Nimbus Land

Take bus

Bowser’s Keep

Run straight through to the 6 door room
If you get a battle door, immediately give up by press the minus (-) button

Rising Platform Room

Grab Croaka Cola in room 1
Rock Candy in room 2 (last item on the right)
Croaka Cola in the last chest of rotating platforms room
Sonic Cymbals reward

Quiz Door

Barrel counting #2 is 40 + top-most layer (if the side has fewer than 8 barrels, subtract)
Final room

1st Place: “I outdid <name>” (the one who gets outdone is 2nd)
2nd Place: “I fell into fourth”
3rd Place: “I placed the same in the swimming and cycling events”
4th Place: “I came in third for swimming”

Grab Rock Candy from reward chest

Coin Door

Don’t take the 21st coin lol. If you stop on the 15th coin you will always win the next round.
Second room
Third room:
Rock Candy reward chest

“Invisible” Floor Door

Grab Ice Bomb, Rock Candy (left side and last before door)
Room 2 straight down the middle

Red Essence on the left if you want to be extra safe on Smithy and skipped Party Bracer / Energizer

Menu before Wizakoopa

Swap Geno for Bowser (Mario / Mallow / Geno)
Mallow: Sonic Cymbals
Geno: Safety Ring
Bowser: No Accessory

Wizakoopa

1440HP

Attack / Attack / Attack
Attack / Attack / Attack (shouldn’t need this last attack, using a fright bomb guarantees max 5 attacks, likely to get that without the fright bomb though)

Boomer

1800HP

Jump / Shocker / Defend
Jump / Shocker / Attack
Jump / Shocker / Attack {34}
Basic attack if still alive and blue

Exor

Jump Left Eye / Geno Whirl Exor {35}

Weapon World

Count Down

2160HP

Attack (left Ring-a-Ding) / Thunderbolt / Rock Candy
Attack (right Ring-a-Ding) / Thunderbolt / Attack (use a Rock Candy if a Ring-a-Ding healed)
Jump / Shocker / Attack
Jump / Attack / Attack (number of attacks here depends on heals)

Machine Made (Speardovich)

Jump / Shocker / Attack {38}
Attack

Eat a Royal Syrup if <18 FP

Cloaker & Domino

Cloaker: 1080HP
Domino: 810HP

Jump Cloaker / Shocker Cloaker / Geno Boost Mario
Jump Cloaker / Attack Cloaker (Mallow physical should kill with chain) {40}
If you don’t have fp for the second Jump, physical with Mario + Geno

Mad Adder

1340HP

Star Riders
Attack

Mad Mallet

Defend / Thunderbolt

Clerk

450HP

Attack Clerk / Thunderbolt / Attack

Manager

720HP

Attack / Snowy / Attack (can kill this turn with incredible attack rolls)
Defend / Thunderbolt

Director

900HP

Defend / Defend / Switch to Peach and Sleepy Time
Jump / Shocker / Switch to Geno and Defend
Jump / Shocker / Defend
Defend / Thunderbolt

Gunyolk

Gunyolk: 1350HP

Chief: 900HP

Jump (on Chief) / Snowy / Switch to Peach and Sleepy Time
Jump (on Chief) / Snowy / Switch to Geno and Rock Candy (both die with good chain)

Smithy

1800HP

Party Energizer / Shocker / Party Bracer
Attack / Shocker / Attack (Rock Candy if you have them)
Attack / Shocker / Croaka Cola (if health looks good, just Attack)
Attack / Shocker (should die here assuming chain stays up)

Turn order: Mario -> Mallow -> Geno

Mario Physical ~ 258-294 (Jump is doing less than this)

Geno Physical ~ 168-198

Shocker ~ 225

Smithy Phase 2

7200HP

Start with the Triple on Geno and attack with Mario/Mallow until transformation

Triple Attack ~ 1000 damage start (with large chain)

Geno Attack ~ 302-332

Mario Attack ~ 392-428

Mallow Attack ~ 276-318

Should get at least 2000 damage before Tank Head transform

Tank Head: Super Jump / Shocker

Consider swapping Geno for Peach here to spam heal unless you have extra good items

Use a Geno Boost on Mario if he died at any point

Jump ~ 310+

Super Jump ~ 34 damage each (10 ~ 457, 20 ~ 707, 30 ~ 957, etc) [very slow]

Shocker ~ 651 (534 without chain)

Geno Beam ~ 248 (not really worth, just use items)

Mage Head: Physical attacks

Mario ~ 470-510

Mallow ~ 354-398

Geno ~ 384-414

Chest Head: Fire

Fireball ~ 529

Fire Bomb ~ 360

Mallow Physical ~ 164-210

Snowy ~ 291

Geno Physical ~ 194-224

Casket Head: Cry

He can use shredder, so these damage values will be lower if that happens

Mario Physical ~ 200-240

Snowy ~ 480

Ice Bomb ~ 420

Geno Physical ~ 114-144

Misc. Notes

Coin Route

	Coins	Current Total
Bowser's Keep	2	2
Chests	12	14
Hammer Bro Fight	20	34
Sell 3 Mushrooms	6	40
Buy Honey and Jump Shoes	-40	0
Bandit's Way	3	3
Croco 1	10	13
Sell Wallet and Cola	323	336
Buy before Claymorton	-48	288
Claymorton	20	308
Belome 1	40	348
Rose Way	22	370
Bowyer	50	420
Moleville Purchase	-194	226
Croco 2	50	276
Minecart	115	391
Booster Tower	0	391
Booster	147	538
KGGG	25	563
Seaside Sell Items	1344	1907
Seaside Bomb Purchases	-1800	107
Ship Coins	300	407
King Calamari	100	507
Bandana Red 1	40	547
Bandana Red 2	50	597
Johnny	50	647
Speardovich	50	697
Seaside Weapons Purchase	-238	459
Shogun Fights	90	549
Exp Star	-400	149
Belome Temple	150	299
Belome 2	20	319
Trampoline	-100	219
Bean Valley	40	259
Nimbus Sell Weapons	99	358
Nimbus Purchases	-305	53

* Coins can be removed in various places like Belome Temple

Exp Route

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