Part 31

Complete guide to finding all Blue Coins and Shine Sprites in Part 31 of Super Mario Sunshine, including detailed steps for The Maze and Pianta Village episodes.

This section covers specific Blue Coin locations in The Maze and details how to obtain Shine Sprites in Pianta Village episodes 1, 2, and 3.

The Maze Blue Coins:

1. #23 The Maze (6): Located in an alcove with two brown squares with spirals. Spray the brown square on the right to reveal a blue coin.
2. #24 The Maze (7): Found in a strange wall with a step at the bottom. Spray the top of the wall to reveal an alcove with a blue coin. This is beneath the alcove where coin #22 is.
3. #25 The Maze (8): In a large alcove accessible by wall jumping to a step and then backflipping. Spray the bottom left of the six brown squares to find a blue coin.
4. #26 The Maze (9): In the same alcove as #25. Spray the top right brown square to find a blue coin.
5. #27, #28, #29 & #30: These can only be obtained in episodes 4 & 8. Jump into the waterfall to reach the underwater area. Look for pillars that are almost tall enough to reach the ceiling; each has a blue coin on it. There are four such pillars.

Pianta Village Shines:

Pianta Village has unique shines, with the time of day changing depending on the episode number (night for odd, day for even). The spring is available at night, and the hot tub during the day.

EPISODE 1: CHAIN CHOMPLETS UNCHAINED

The objective is to return three Chain Chomplets to the spring. These Chain Chomplets are fast, leave burning goop, and burn Mario on contact. Wait for a Chain Chomplet to go near the lake, spray it until it turns black, then wash away nearby goop. Grab its tail (hold B), spin to face the spring, move away slightly, and release B to throw it into the spring. A shine will appear above a mushroom near the spring after all three are returned.

EPISODE 2: IL PIANTISSIMO'S CRAZY CLIMB

Race against Il Piantissimo. Start by jumping over the fence and turning left. Spray water to slide, then jump out of the slide onto the hot tub. Dive onto the giant tree and hold forward to walk up it faster. Stop briefly on the platform with the flag before dropping onto it. Il Piantissimo will appear, and beating him earns a shine.

EPISODE 3: THE GOOPY INFERNO

Shadow Mario steals FLUDD at the start of this episode. The town is covered in burning goop. The mayor is on a golden mushroom and needs to be washed off. FLUDD is next to the golden mushroom.

Shortcut (hard): Turn right from the start, follow the fence to the stream, swim to an island covered in goop. Spin jump out of the water above the island repeatedly to make a tree appear. Repeat until you have a safe spot. Stand in the water and spin jump towards the safe path, dropping water to create temporary safe spots on the goop. Backflip and dive to the safe path, then jump to the grass around the golden mushroom platforms. Jump to the base of the mushroom to reach FLUDD.

Intended Route: Do not jump over the fence. Turn right and follow the fence to the stream.