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Chocolate Fortress
Super Mario World

Chocolate Fortress

A complete walkthrough for Super Mario World's Chocolate Fortress, detailing how to overcome lava pits, moving platforms, and defeat Reznor.

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A complete walkthrough for Super Mario World's Chocolate Fortress, detailing how to overcome lava pits, moving platforms, and defeat Reznor.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Go right and jump between the two stakes when they are apart, then through the next set when they have stopped moving.
  2. 2
    Jump over the pit of brown lava (or walk over if the red switch palace is unlocked).
  3. 3
    Jump up the ledge when the stake is up and out of the way.
  4. 4
    Jump across the pit when the stake is up, dispose of the skeleton Koopa, and hit the ? block for a powerup (mushroom or cape feather).
  5. 5
    Dodge the fireballs that start appearing.
  6. 6
    Go right when the stake is up, and past the next two stakes when they are out of the way.
  7. 7
    Jump down across the pit, and over the next gap to the alternating stakes. Jump over these when the left one is lowering.
  8. 8
    Avoid fireballs while navigating the alternating stakes.
  9. 9
    Go through three more stakes, and run right to the midway checkpoint and the door to the next area.
  10. 10
    Head right, drop down quickly, and hold right to avoid the falling block from above.
  11. 11
    Make the next block fall by standing next to it and go past as it is rising.
  12. 12
    Do the same with the next block, but move left to avoid a small jumping block.
  13. 13
    Jump across when the small block is on the right and the big block is rising.
  14. 14
    Go up the higher ledge, let the block fall, and drop down the gap when it is rising.
  15. 15
    Raid the blocks for coins and a powerup, then go right over the gap after letting the next block drop.
  16. 16
    Drop and go past the next block, avoiding the little jumping one.
  17. 17
    Do the same with the next block (easier if the red switch palace is activated).
  18. 18
    At the pit of spikes, make the block drop down first, then jump over it when it is at the bottom.
  19. 19
    Avoid the two sets of small jumping blocks.
  20. 20
    At the next block, jump over the gap and under the block quickly.
  21. 21
    Do the same with the next three blocks: jump underneath them, then quickly out before they fall.
  22. 22
    For the last two big blocks, if the correct switch palace is activated, they are stopped by ! blocks. The last one also has a small block; make it jump left, go to the middle as it returns, and right when it goes left again.
  23. 23
    Hit the green ! block for a cape feather.
  24. 24
    Go through the boss door to face Reznor.

BOSS: REZNOR

Stats / Weaknesses:

  • Reznor is defeated by hitting his rotating platform from underneath.

Phases:

  1. You are faced against four dinosaurs on rotating platforms that spit fireballs.
  2. Hit each platform from underneath to knock the dinosaurs off.
  3. The ground is slowly disappearing, so you must be hasty.
  4. If the ground is no longer accessible from below, jump onto one of the rotating platforms to hit the remaining dinosaurs.

Strategy:

  • Dodge the fireballs.
  • Hit one dinosaur off as you start.
  • Jump on a rotating platform to take out the others as it rotates around.
  • Complete this quickly to avoid falling into the abyss.

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