1.8)- Bricks, Pipes, and Doors

Learn how to interact with Bricks, Pipes, and Doors in Paper Mario. Discover different block types, how to use pipes, and navigate through doors.

Bricks, pipes, and doors are the main field items in Paper Mario. This guide explains how to use and interact with each of them.

Doors: Walk up to a door and press UP on the D-pad to go through it. The direction may change in 3-D mode.

Pipes: These are green, red, or blue pipes. Jump on top of a pipe and press DOWN on the D-pad to use it. Not all pipes are usable, and Piranha Plants may hide inside them.

Bricks (Blocks): There are 5 types of bricks:

• Sand Blocks: Brown blocks that look like bricks. They can be destroyed by Boomer or by hitting them from underneath. They may contain hidden items.
• Item Blocks: Yellow blocks with a question mark. These permanent blocks always contain an item, retrievable by jumping into them from underneath or by using Boomer on top.
• Brown Blocks: Indestructible blocks marked with an X. They do not hold items.
• Dimensional Blocks: Yellow blocks with two arrows. They only appear in one dimension at a time. To use them, you must be in the same dimension. If a dimensional block is in the wrong dimension, you can flip to its dimension and jump into it to change its dimension.
• ! Blocks: Special blocks of various sizes and colors that perform a special task when hit, such as opening a door, moving a pipe, or making a chest appear. Some ! blocks can only be hit once, while others are permanent.