Other Random Items

Discover all the random items in Super Mario 64, including 1-Up Mushrooms, Boxes, Koopa Shells, Power Stars, Spinning Hearts, and Tox-Boxes.

1-Up Mushroom: When you find one of these green with white spotted mushrooms, grab it, and your current number of lives will be increased by one.

Box: These are not found very often in Super Mario 64. However, they do serve a purpose. You can pick them up and throw them at enemies to kill them. Some of them will release 3 coins when they break, but others do not.

Koopa Shell: To get this green colored turtle shell, you will either have to steal it from a Koopa, or you can find it from inside a Yellow '!' block. When you see one, jump on it, and you will begin to ride it. While riding it, you will have invincibility from virtually every enemy. There is no time limit for the Koopa Shell, but once you run into a wall, you will lose your Koopa Shell. You can also end your Koopa Shell by pressing Z.

Power Star: This is the most important item in Super Mario 64. There are only 120 of them in the entire game. A total of 7 stars are found in each course: 6 for completing missions and 1 for snagging 100 total coins. The entire walkthrough section of this guide is devoted to helping you find all 120 stars.

Spinning Heart: This helpful item was left in specific courses of the game by Princess Peach as she was being kidnapped. When you find one, run through it, and your power meter will recover. The faster you run through it, the more rapidly your power meter will recover. There is no limit on how many times you run through it.

Tox-Box: This hopping box is found a very limited amount of times in Super Mario 64. As soon as you pick it up, it will hurl both you and it up into the air. Upon its landing, it will break open releasing several yellow coins.