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100 Coins in Shifting Sand Land
Super Mario 3D All-Stars

100 Coins in Shifting Sand Land

Follow our Super Mario 3D All-Stars guide to collect all 100 coins in Shifting Sand Land, including tips for finding coins inside and outside the pyramid.

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Follow our Super Mario 3D All-Stars guide to collect all 100 coins in Shifting Sand Land, including tips for finding coins inside and outside the pyramid.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    At the start, grab the Red Coin behind you (2).
  2. 2
    Return to the starting platform, defeat the Fly Guy and two Bob-Ombs for four coins (6).
  3. 3
    Break the hopping box for five coins (11).
  4. 4
    Defeat the Pokey (a well-timed Ground Pound works) for a Blue Coin, then defeat three Goombas on the ground floor (19).
  5. 5
    Grab the Red Coin hidden in one of the big boxes on the stone structure (24).
  6. 6
    Defeat the Pokey before the Tox Boxes for a coin (29).
  7. 7
    Collect the solitary Red Coin on the walkways with the Tox Boxes (31).
  8. 8
    Cross to the oasis and collect the Red Coin in the water (33).
  9. 9
    Collect the coin at the top of one of the towers and defeat the Pokey there (39).
  10. 10
    Collect five coins on the way to the second pillar, and one coin on top of it (45).
  11. 11
    Past the second pillar, defeat the Pokey and optionally break the hopping box (55).
  12. 12
    Collect the four remaining Red Coins in the air.
  13. 13
    Collect the two lone coins on top of the other two pillars.
  14. 14
    Collect five coins on the outside of the pyramid (70).
  15. 15
    Enter the pyramid and turn left; Ground Pound the Blue Coin Block.
  16. 16
    Go straight from the entrance to find three Blue Coins in the sandy area (85).
  17. 17
    Go left from the entrance to find two Goombas (87).
  18. 18
    Take the right path from the entrance, finding three Goombas (90).
  19. 19
    Past the Grindel, find another Goomba and two loose coins before the ramp to the second floor (93).
  20. 20
    On the second floor, collect eight coins underneath the grating (101).
  21. 21
    Past the Amp, defeat a Goomba, and defeat two more Goombas past the Grindel (104).
  22. 22
    On the next floor, collect five coins under the hanging grate (109).
  23. 23
    Collect the single coin in the sand river (a secret for [Pyramid Puzzle](https://www.gamerguides.com/super-mario-3d-all-stars/guide/super-mario-64/shifting-sand-land/pyramid-puzzle "Pyramid Puzzle")).
  24. 24
    Collect four coins on the “steps” leading to the next section (114).
  25. 25
    Collect four coins on the vertically moving platforms before the jumping Grindel (118).
  26. 26
    After the Grindel, collect ten coins at the very top of the pyramid (128).
Tips
  • A well-placed Ground Pound can instantly defeat a Pokey.
  • Aim the bouncing box near the pyramid away from the quicksand.

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