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Super Mario Bros. 3

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Navigate Super Mario Bros. 3 World 5 Sky Land with this guide, detailing paths for levels 5-1 and 5-2, including secrets like the Music Box.

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Navigate Super Mario Bros. 3 World 5 Sky Land with this guide, detailing paths for levels 5-1 and 5-2, including secrets like the Music Box.

World Five Key:

  • S - Start Location
  • X - Level Location
  • P - Pipe Location
  • F - Fortress Location
  • R - Rock Location
  • H - Spade House (also known as Toad House) Location
  • T - Toad House Location
  • W - Wandering Hammer Brothers Location
  • L - Locked Door Location
  • C - Castle Location
  • B - Bridge Location
  • O - Tower Location

Sky Land Map Overview:

The Sky Land map in Super Mario Bros. 3 features various points of interest including level entrances (X), pipes (P), fortresses (F), Spade Houses (H), Toad Houses (T), Wandering Hammer Brothers (W), Locked Doors (L), and the Castle (C).

Mushroom House Contents

  • House #1: Tanooki Suit
  • House #2 (Random): Fire Flower, Raccoon Leaf, or Tanooki Suit
  • House #3 (Random): Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, or Raccoon Leaf

Wandering Hammer Brothers

  • Brother Set #1: Invincible Starman
  • Brother Set #2: P-Wing
  • Brother Set #3: Music Box

Level 5-1

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Option One: Head right, bump the Wooden Block for a Power-Up, and proceed past Chain Chomps. Bait the next Chain Chomp to access its Wooden Block for a power-up. Continue past another Chain Chomp, hop up steps, jump Nippers and a Buster Beetle. Pass a Chain Chomp to find ? Blocks containing an Invincible Starman (4th from the left). Descend the slope, pass Nippers and a Para-Goomba, hop a brick wall, and enter the Slot Box area, avoiding a final Nipper.
  2. 2
    Option Two: Head right, bump the Wooden Block for a Power-Up, and proceed past Chain Chomps. Bait the next Chain Chomp to access its Wooden Block for a power-up. Once you have Raccoon Mario, return to the start. Use short hops to run back and forth, jumping the blue block and avoiding Chain Chomp attacks to fly. Align over the Wooden Block and fly straight up to find a pipe. Enter the pipe, head right to the next pipe, and exit to collect FOUR 1-Ups from their bricks, ensuring each is collected before it disappears. Return inside, perform a ducking fly maneuver up into the passages above, head right, and stand to be sucked through the wall to find a Treasure Chest containing a Music Box. This ends the level. You can also use the outside runway to fly through sections of the blue containment wall with bricks to reach the Slot Box, but use Option One for enemy information if taking this route.
Tips
  • Baiting the Chain Chomp is risky but allows access to power-ups.
  • Collecting the four 1-Ups in Option Two requires careful timing.
  • The Music Box is found by navigating hidden passages after collecting the 1-Ups in Option Two.

Level 5-2

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Option One: Enter the pipe and fall straight down to a Note Block. Use this and the next Note Block to reach brick ledges. Climb upwards to a pipe, watching for falling Green Koopa Troopas. Slide down a hill, defeating three Goombas, then slide down another slope to defeat two more. Enter the first pipe encountered. Inside, find a Power-Up in the left-most brick on the bottom row, and a gigantic ? Block containing three 1-Up Mushrooms. Exit the pipe. Head right, deal with a Green Paratroopa Koopa, collect four ? Block Coins, and head right again to go up a pipe. Run right to hit the Slot Box to finish the level.
  2. 2
    Option Two: Enter the pipe and fall straight down to a Note Block. Use this and the next Note Block to reveal a Power-Up. Continue falling through an area with randomly distributed Coins until you land in a pond with three pipes. Take the middle pipe. Upon arrival, go right to encounter a Buster Beetle that throws ice blocks; stand close to dodge the block. Dispatch the Buster Beetle. Go right past two Pirahna Plants, dodge another ice block from a Buster Beetle, and pass a Venus Fire Trap to go under a structure.
Tips
  • The Note Blocks in Option One are crucial for reaching higher ledges.
  • The gigantic ? Block in Option One's underground section contains three 1-Up Mushrooms.
  • In Option Two, dodging the ice blocks thrown by the Buster Beetle is key.

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