Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door/Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree

The hidden badge

Chapter 2 has many new enemies and encounters. Having a few healing items and damage dealing items (like Fire Flowers) is encouraged.

In order to begin Chapter 2, head to east Rogueport Sewers, in the room with the Airplane Panel and large staircase. You'll notice a creature scurry into a nearby hole. While in the area, jump as close to the screen as possible in front of the hole to reveal a hidden block with a Pretty Lucky badge. Follow the creature into the next room with Paper Mode. He reveals himself to be Punio, a member of the Punis. He explains that their tree is under attack, and needs help freeing his friends. As long as you promise not to eat him, Punio will lead you to Chapter 2.

After opening up the walkway, head into the tunnel and head left. A Damage Dodge badge is at the end. This is an extremely powerful badge, so equipping it is highly suggested. Then, head right into the special pipe going to Boggly Woods.

Secret Entrance

Boggly Woods:

Enemies:

• Cleft - 2 HP, 2 ATK, 2 DEF
• Dark Puff - 3 HP, 2 ATK, 0 DEF, sometimes flying
• Pale Piranha - 4 HP, 2 ATK, 0 DEF, spiked

Boggly Woods is like a photo negative of the Real World, so all of the native trees, monsters, and vegetation are different shades of black and white. It's quite lovely.

Save your game to the right and continue. Watch the scene with the Shadow Sirens and continue on your way. Defeat the Pale Piranha and Cleft—be aware that Clefts have defense and Pale Piranhas cannot be jumped on—use of the hammer or a Power Smash will be necessary. On the next screen, continue until Punio goes into the pipe. Follow him to the Great Tree.

The Great Tree:

Talk to Punio and you'll see that someone installed a door in front of the tree. Follow him up the tree's base and talk to him. He will state that the secret entrance is covered, and that he needs assistance of Madame Flurrie. Before leaving, go to the very right of the screen and go under a small waterfall to get the FP Plus badge. Now, go back toward the pipe to leave and Punio will point you to Madame Flurrie.

Boggly Woods:

When you're back in the main part of the screen, Punio will point rightward towards Madame Flurrie's house. Go in that direction. In the Nintendo Switch version, Charleton is here to sell a few healing items if needed before progressing. On the next screen, defeat the Cleft and Dark Puff. Having a First Strike with Koops or the use of Mario's hammer may help swing the fight to be more in your favor. Continue to the ledge, and walk into the near side (closest to the screen) of the hill and go up and then left when you can't go up anymore. Follow the path, jumping on the seventh stump from the right to get a P-Down, D-Up P Badge, until you reach a blue switch. Hit it to raise an airplane platform, and get the nearby Star Piece.

Star Pieces

• At the far end of the raised path in the Airplane Panel area.
• In the third tree from the entrance into the area with Flurrie's house.
• To the left of the Warp Pipe that leads to Flurrie's house.

Go back to the pipe at the beginning of this screen and enter it. Before you fly off, use Koops' shell to get the Shine Sprite to your left. Now, fly to the right until you're on top of the wall. In order to maximize your distance, you'll have to tilt right and left a few times. Continue on into the next screen, and defeat the Dark Puff. Bash the third tree for a Star Piece, and continue until Punio announces the location of the house. You should see a thin hole in the fence, where you can slip through. If you head right, you can find a hidden Volt Shroom. If you turn left and continue past the pipe and there'll be a Star Piece hidden on the wall. Go into the pipe and follow the path into the house. Inside, go up to the door and examine it for an introduction to Flurrie, and that she can't leave the room without her necklace. After the discussion, head all the way back left until you meet the Shadow Sirens again. When you get to them, a fight commences.

Mini-Boss Fight

The Shadow Sirens (The Three Shadows in the Switch version)

Beldam

Goomballa's Tattle: That's Beldam. She's the oldest sister, the leader of the Shadow Sirens. She can make her partners big and make us tiny, and attacks with weird magic. The worst thing about her is that sinister snicker. She sounds so totally evil! I mean, she's just the sort of person you want to avoid like the plague, y'know?

• HP: 9
• ATK: 1
• DEF: 0
• Difficulty: ✭✭
• Attacks:
  • Long Range Blizzard (Does 2 Damage)
  • Short Range Blizzard
  • Enlarge (makes her or her sisters bigger and raises ATK)
  • Mini (makes Mario or his partner smaller, lowering their attack)

Marilyn

Goombella's Tattle: That's Marilyn. She's a Shadow Siren, Beldam's younger sister. She charges up her attacks occasionally. Says here she’s the toughest of the sisters, so it might be best to defeat her first, huh? Other than that, she doesn't have any particularly outstanding characteristics.

• HP: 12
• ATK: 2
• DEF: 0
• Difficulty: ✭✭
• Attack:
  • Hand clap
  • Charge up (raises attack once or more for lightning attack)
  • Lightning attack

Vivian

Goombella's Tattle:That's Vivian. She's the youngest of the three Shadow Sirens. She doesn't seem all that noteworthy. Uh... She is kind cute I guess... She might even be cuter than I am... I guess... ...Uh... What am I thinking?

• HP: 10
• ATK: 1
• DEF: 0
• Difficulty: ✭✭
• Attacks:
  • Shade Fist
  • Fiery Jinx

First, attack everyone with Earth Tremor and any other attack that attacks all characters, such as Power Shell. The more damage, the better. When you run out of FP and Star Power, attack Marilyn, since she is the strongest and can charge up a nasty lightning attack. After she's done, finish off Beldam (if she's still standing, because she doesn't have a lot of HP to begin with). When the both of them are done, take care of Vivian. Shouldn't be too hard if you attack hard and fast.

When they disappear, pick up Flurrie's necklace and go back to her house. Go to her door and watch the scene. Flurrie will join you and now you can go back to the Great Tree.

You'll probably receive e-mail from the RDM service before you make it to the tree.

Gathering the troops

The Great Tree:

The Punies' rivals, the Jabbies, have recently joined forces with the X-Nauts to take over the great tree. The Punies are in dire need of a mustachioed general to turn the tide.

Enemies:

• Mini-Yux (appears from Yux) - 1 HP, 0 ATK, 0 DEF
• Pale Piranha - 4 HP, 2 ATK, 0 DEF, spiked
• Pider - 5 HP, 2 ATK, 0 DEF, sometimes flying
• X-Naut - 4 HP, 3 ATK, 0 DEF
• Yux - 3 HP, 2 ATK, 0 DEF

Go up the big root to the left of the door. When you can't go further, go to the edge and use Flurrie's wind power to uncover the secret entrance (which is labeled that, contrary to what Punio said earlier). Watch the cutscene and press A near the door to enter. Go forward inside and you'll soon get attacked.

Mini-Boss

X-Naut x2

Goombella's Tattle: That's an X-Naut. Says here it's classified as an 'enemy combatant'. The description stinks... You think it means they're just low-level foot soldiers? They drink these potions that make them all big and burly and they attack! One's easy, but if there's two or more, better watch out! Use special moves and items!

• HP: 4
• ATK: 3
• DEF: 0
• Difficulty: ✭
• Attacks:
  • Body Slam
  • Potion drink (makes them bigger)
  • X-Naut Bomb (similar to Crump-a-bomb)

Just attack them both (preferably the one that enlarges himself). It will be over shortly.

After the scene, save your game and heal. The door at the end is locked, so don't even bother. Instead, use the gray pipe nearby. When you emerge, ignore the pedestal and go to the other side to use the pipe there. Defeat the X-Naut in this room and check the lower right-most bush for a Power Punch. Use the pipe on the other side and defeat the Yux. Continue upwards. You'll find the rest of the Punies trapped in cages. After this scene, enter the door to the left. Another encounter with Ms. Mowz will lead you to get into another battle.

Mini-Boss

X-Naut

• HP: 4
• ATK: 3
• DEF: 0
• Difficulty: ✭
• Attacks:
  • Body Slam
  • Potion drink
  • X-Naut-bomb

Same as last time, except there's one of them.

After the so-called mini-boss, you get the red key. Grab the Ultra Shroom from the closed chest. Go back to the red cell and use the key to free the Puni elder. After a long lecture, you regain control. Return to the first room in the tree by using the series of pipes that got you here. After the cutscene, 10 Punies will join your party and you will receive the Puni Orb. Save, and lead your 11 Punies up the pipe to the second room. Place the Puni Orb on the pedestal in the center of the room, which will attract the Punies onto the platform. The pipe will emerge once 10 Punies are on the platform. Remove the Puni Orb and use the pipe. Defeat the X-Nauts guarding the door and press the control panel to unlock the door.

You now need to get your 11 Punies across the gap. Put the orb in the pedestal to the right and use Flurrie to blow all Punies off the edge. Now, as soon as you see them come up in bubbles, blow them to the other side. If you miss, they will either land on your platform, or on the center. Jump down and grab the Shine Sprite and the Thunder Rage from the big bush to the right. Use the pipe to go back up, grab the Puni orb, and hop to the pedestal, to the other side. Go down the pipe.

Star Pieces

• In the bush to the right of the Save Block below the twisting path.

On the next lower floor, watch out for the Pider that drops from the ceiling when you're crosing the ledge. These will scare the Punies. Change to Koops and hit it with his shell to allow the Punies to pass. Don't worry if some of them fall off, you will retrieve them later. After defeating the Pider, use Flurrie to blow off the large black vase to reveal an airplane panel. Use it to fly to the another one, then fly to the Shine Sprite. Drop down, and go back up using the pipe on the left. Go back down the pipe, defeat the two Dull Piranha Plants, and retrieve any Punis that dropped off from above. Head to the right and enter the pipe there.

You will spot the first Jabbi, which will flee to the right. Head after it with the 11 Punies, and engage them in combat. You can have Madame Flurrie use her ability to stun the Jabbis, but you otherwise can't do much in the battle. Once the Jabbi fortress is destroyed, you can enter and take the blue key. Head to the left, but don't head up the pipe yet. Head left until you can reach the red block (taking out the Piders on the way). Throw Koops underneath the red block to reveal an invisible block. Jump on this hidden block to hit the red block, and get the badge (even if it falls down to the floor below). You can't progress to the left of the winding path, but you can still jump down, and use Madame Flurrie to blow open a secret passage on the left, to reveal a shop (where you can stock up on any desired items). Hidden in the left of the shop, you can talk to a Jabbi and make him your ally if you promise to not hurt him. This gives a slight advantage in a later Jabbi battle.

With the blue key, head back to the top floor. Unlock the jail, and after the freedom cutscene, you will now need to guide them down below. When you reach the bubble gap, use the orb to collect the Punis, then blow them off the ledge, and collect all 90 of them on the other side. Continue down until you reach the winding path, and proceed to the left. Make sure you have 101 Punis before proceeding—or 102, if you befriended Jabble.

The Battle for the Great Tree

Star Pieces

• Behind a Warp Pipe to the left of the room with a cage trap.
• Behind the Warp Pipe below the room with a cage trap.

Now, lead your 101 Punies into the second hive room, and begin the combat with the army of 100 Jabbis. After the Punies win, they'll destroy the last Jabbi hive. Defeat the Pale Piranha and go down the warp pipe. Defeat another Pale Piranha, grab the Star Piece from behind the pipe, and go into the next room. Put the orb into the weird pedestal. After getting trapped, grab the orb and use your paper mode to escape from the cage. Go down the pipe to the right that appeared when you were trapped.

The combination, to be used later.

Grab the Star Piece from behind the pipe after the short cutscene. Hit the switch and remember the order of the symbols on the columns (Sun, Moon, Puni, and Star from left to right). Use the doors and pipes until you reach the first Punies vs. Jabbies room, and proceed to where you got the blue key. In this room, there are four new switches. Hit these switches until they're like the ones in the other room (Sun, Moon, Puni, and Star), to reveal a new doorway. Walk into the new room and grab the Super Boots. This starts a short tutorial showing the spin jump. Exit this room, and use the spin jump on the wooden panel to land in the room below. Carefully jump to the left and use Koops to grab the Charge badge. Then, carefully jump to the right, then up, then to the left, and grab the Shine Sprite.

With your Super Boots, retrace your steps to the caged room and slip through the bars. Spin jump through the wooden panel near the center-left side of the cage. Keep the Punis in position with the orb, and use Flurrie to blow them down the hole. Retrieve the orb and jump down with them. Go up the pipe and leave the room. Go up the pipe to the left and put the orb on the pedestal. Spin-jump through the panel to land on the big tree stump. Now, blow the Punies all down the hole and enter the pipe. Go across the room (dealing with the X-Naut) and go down the pipe. Watch out for the Yux, who'll probably fire at you when you enter. Enter the next pipe to a large water area. Ignore this room for now, and go down next the pipe and jump across the panels. Head up to reach the other side of the water, and stand on the blue switch. Hold Koops to the left and step off the switch. When the blue switch surfaces, release him and the water will drain to the room below. Fall off the left and get the badge, and go behind the stairs to get a Dizzy Dial. Go down the pipe and walk across the bridge of lily pads and platforms and lead your army to the other side, getting the Shine Sprite on the way. Go down the warp pipe and you'll be very close to the Crystal Star.

Final Countdown

Star Pieces

• In the bush to the bottom-right of the Warp Pipe in the shortcut room.

Put the orb on the pedestal. If you have all of your Punies, the platform will lower. Grab the Mushroom from the lower left bush, heal, and save. As you wonder how Crump got all the way over here, put the orb on the pedestal and watch the scene. After Crump snatches the star, and starts the timer, quickly follow him up the pipe. Quickly defeat the two X-Nauts (or scurry by them in the GameCube version) and unlock the door by pressing next to the control panel. Go up through the series of pipes and hurry to the entrance of the tree (although there's no requirement to escort the Punies with you). There will be a humorous exchange between the characters lasting roughly 50 seconds, but Mario should still arrive with plenty of time to spare. Afterwards...

Boss Fight

Magnus Von Grapple

Goombella's Tattle: That's Magnus Von Grapple. It's a giant robot built by the X-Nauts. Lord Crump drives it. Its most effective attack is one that takes advantage of its size: a smothering stomp. It can also shoot out its fists, which do these super-gnarly rocket punches. Its fists are super powerful, so it's best to knock them down fast. The thing about this robot is I can't tell it looks cool, or really, REALLY stupid...

• HP: 30 (X-Fists' HP: 2)
• ATK: 2 (X-Fists' ATK: 4)
• DEF: 1
• Difficulty: ✭✭✭
• Attacks:
  • Magnus Von Punish (just a stomp attack)
  • X-Fist Launch
  • X-Fist Rocket Punch (occurs 1 round after they launch; has an attack of 4)
  • Earthquake

Start off with Earth Tremor and then use your most powerful attacks against him. The item Thunder Rage is also useful. Attack any X-Fist that he fires (could use Multibounce or Flurrie's Gale Force). He regenerates them every few turns. Keep attacking him until Magnus gives in. Use of Power Smash or the new Spin Jump attack are both useful options for Mario to deal more damage.

Watch the robot explode and this chapter is over.

Interlude

Watch the scene and go to TEC's room (or you can take a shower again to have Peach hum a different tune). Once inside, you'll take part in a dancing mini-game. Just press the buttons as they appear on screen.

Watch the scene and you'll replay the first level of Super Mario Bros...AS BOWSER! Anyway, just go through the level, grabbing pieces of meat as you go.

Don't worry about dying, you have infinite lives. Afterwards, watch as the "king of guys who talk to posters" makes a fool of himself.

Intermission

Boggly Woods:

Be on your way to Rogueport Sewers. You'll receive mail from Peach on the way there.

Rogueport Sewers:

Use the Spin Jump near the center of the first underground room when you enter from the pipe, near Professor Frankly's house. A piece of the room should pop up. Spin Jump near the edge of the piece and a Star Piece will come out of it. Once you're in the room before the Thousand-Year Door room, use Flurrie to blow off the piece of wall that sticks out. You'll get a Happy Heart P badge from inside the chest. Now go to the black chest room and look for the Star Piece from underground with the Spin Jump. Then go to the Thousand-Year Door room. There's also a hidden Star Piece in the front-center area of the room (towards the screen). Use the Spin Jump to uncover it. Now step on the pedestal and watch the scenes that follow.

Rogueport:

Start off by powering up your partners. By now, all of your current ones should be powered up. In other news...

X-Nauts terrorizing Boggly Woods have withdrawn! Just what was their motive?

Now, there's a few hidden Star Pieces to be found with your new move. One is in front of the gallows of the plaza. There's another one in front of Frankly's place and also near the stairs in the docks. If you choose, you have new options at the Trouble Center. Going back to the Great Tree is a good move to collect a lot of stray Star Pieces, and helping Pine T. Jr. can help level Mario up a bit before the next chapter. More advanced players might use the Pine T. trouble to get to the Pit of 100 Trials' 30th floor for the Zap Tap badge, a very strong badge that hurts enemies that make contact. While difficult to obtain, it has a very strong payoff for the rest of the game.

Troubles unlocked

• Client: Puni Elder (Great Tree)
• Title: Emergency shroom!
• Reward: 60 Coins

Either buy a Life Shroom from West Rogueport, or use the one you got from Koopook (assuming you still have it). Now, go back to the Great Tree and give her the shroom and get your coins.

• Client: Lahla (Rogueport)
• Title: Play with me
• Reward: 10 Piantas (for use in the Pianta Parlor)

Go to Western Rogueport. Go into the Pianta Parlor and talk to the Boo behind the counter.

• Client: Pine T. Jr. (Rogueport Sewers)
• Title: Help my daddy!
• Reward: Silver Card (for use in Pianta Parlor)

Go back down to the sewers after resting at the inn. Go to the Thousand-Year Door room. Make sure to save your game. Go back near the entrance and slip through the bars. Use the spring to get up to the ledge above. Fly to the other side, slip through and go through the door. Fight your way down to level 18, getting the Sleepy Stomp badge from the treasure chest at level 10. Do not use the shortcut, or the toad will not appear. Once there, defeat the enemy and talk to the toad on the ground. He'll wake up and follow you down the pipe. Go to level 20 and he'll escape to the entrance. Open the treasure for a Fire Drive badge and go up the pipe to the entrance. Talk to Pine T. to get your reward.

Additional Star Pieces

Star Pieces

With the Super Boots in your possession, many Star Pieces become available to find in previous areas. Two are available in The Great Tree:

• Under a flippable panel in the room above the entrance.
• Under a flippable panel in the blue cell.

Flurrie's house also has a Star Piece, found under a flippable panel south of her bed.
Rogueport Sewers has five to collect:

• Under a flippable panel just ahead of the Warp Pipe into Boggly Woods.
• Under a flippable panel in front of the Black Chest.
• Under a flippable panel south of the Thousand-Year Door.
• Under a flippable panel in the area where Mario first fought some Goombas.
• Under a flippable panel south of the table in Wonky's bar, which is in the main square.

Petalburg has two to collect:

• Under a flippable panel in the area with Bub-ulber.
• Under a flippable panel to the south of the east gate.

Hooktail Castle has one to collect, under a flippable panel to the left of the first jail cell with the Koopa corpses. This panel is inside the jail cell.
Rogueport has six to collect:

• Under a flippable panel in front of Professor Frankly's house.
• Under a flippable panel behind Zess T.'s house.
• Under a flippable panel in front of the gallows in the main square.
• Under a flippable panel next to the stairs in the harbor.
• Under a flippable panel in front of the Pianta Parlor.
• Under a flippable panel in front of the Excess Express.