Defense: 0 (3)

Learn how to defeat the Blooper and its tentacles in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This guide covers the battle strategy and the subsequent platforming challenge.

A simple battle. In this, the Blooper appears with two tentacles that have 3 HP each. Use the Fire Flower you should've gotten to eliminate the tentacles and reduce the Blooper's HP by 25%. After this, use either Power Smash/Jump until dead.

After the battle, some platforms will rise out of the water and begin moving. Jump on the first one and wait until it is close to the second one and jump on it. Then wait for the second one to get close to the pipe and jump onto the platform and enter the pipe.

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Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon

Petal Meadows

Upon exiting the pipe, immediately hit the two trees behind you to get a Star Piece and Mushroom. Afterwards, use the Save Block and continue eastward. You won't get far before a massive shadow covers the area. The shadow is caused by a dragon. Continue on eastward past the odd rock formation. Hit the block for a Mushroom.

Through this area are trees. Some of these may hold items. Hit them just once to reveal the item. Head on eastward, grabbing the badge and battling the Goomba, Spiky Goomba, and Paragoomba. The badge in the red block you hit is rather useless later on, but may help first-timers. Later in this area is a pipe. Until later, using it is useless. Also, there is a weird blue pole/hill/thing near the east exit. Whack it around ten times to get a Horsetail, a restorative with quite a few other useful functions... Exit whenever you're done.

In this area, you'll see some tufts of grass. Examining these may reveal items or coins. Head on eastward, examining grass as you go. Examine the big dark-green tufts to reveal a pipe. Use it and head east. Hit the switch and a bridge will be "built." Continue east to find a Star Piece and then go back to the pipe and use it. Continue east across the bridge and hit the item box for a Fire Flower.

Petalburg

Niff T.'s Shop

You may want to buy one POW Block if you want a chance to possibly get extra Star Points. Otherwise, get healing items if needed, or ignore the shop.

After the initial cutscene, head to the east side to the pink house. Once there, examine the trees/bushes/things in front of the house. One of these will hold a Turtley Leaf, which heals 3 FP, or more later on when you can cook. Go into the house. The mayor, the bushy-browed, hard-of-hearing Koopa, will first assume you're robbers, but will eventually tell you of Hooktail and the Crystal Star he may have. However, you need the Sun & Moon Stones to access Hooktail's Castle. The stones are east of the town, in Shhwonk Fortress. He gives you permission to go there. Exit the house and head to the east exit.

At this point, the gate will open and a Koopa with a sweater on will come over. He'll introduce himself as Koops and after an odd "conversation", he'll run off. Afterwards, head through the east exit.

Shhwonk Fortress (Path)

Other than your usual Goombas, you'll also encounter some Koopa Troopas. They have one Defense and are flipped over when jumped on, which reduces their Defense to zero. They also come in a Parakoopa variety. Like Paragoombas, jump on them to make them hit the ground. Hit them a second time to flip them over.

Search around through the bushes. There is a Star Piece in a bush, and a POW Block in that block. MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT POW BLOCK!

After exiting from the east, in the building are two pedestals. Examine one of them to make the things, enemies called Bald Clefts, fall down and battle you.

MINIBOSS: 2x Bald Clefts

Max HP : 2 (each)
Attack : 1 (each)