Cavern of the Metal Cap

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Metal Mario, when he first comes in.

Cavern of the Metal Cap is a cave in Super Mario 64 that contains the Metal Cap's ! Switch. The cave is decorated with large glittering crystals and has a stream running through the middle. The water is moving very fast and can sweep Mario out the cave's one-way exit, the waterfall outside Peach's Castle. Upon entering the cave, Mario is automatically turned into Metal Mario and invulnerable to the stream's current. Quickly defeat the few Snufits guarding the Green ! Switch and press it. All the green ! Blocks in the game will activate, granting access to the Metal Cap.

Eight Red Coins are in the area, and several of them are just below a huge waterfall supplying the stream. The only way to reach them is with the Metal Cap.

In Super Mario 64 DS, the area was retitled Behind the Waterfall, and the Green ! Switch was removed. However, a second Power Star was added, which can only be reached by Mario via a Power Flower.

The entrance is located in Hazy Maze Cave, behind the double doors in the underground lake.

Subterranean Locations


Mario series	Barrel Volcano • Belome Temple • Bigmouth Galaxy • Bowser in the Dark World • Cavern of the Metal Cap • Creepy Cavern • Deep Dark Galaxy • Deepdown Depot • Dry Dry Ruins • Donut Plains 2 • Flipside Pit of 100 Trials • Flopside Pit of 100 Trials • Floro Caverns • Hazy Maze Cave • Kero Sewers • Land's End • Larry's Chillton Hotel • Magnet Mania • Moleville Mines • Mt. Lavalava • Palace of Shadow • Pipe Vault • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Rogueport Sewers • Shhwonk Fortress • Shroob Castle Cellar • The Sea • The Underground • The Underwhere • Thwomp Volcano • Toad Town Tunnels • Underwhere Road • Valley of Bowser • Vanilla Dome • Vanilla Dome 1 • Wario's Gold Mine • World 1-2 (NSMB) • X-Naut Fortress
Yoshi series	BLIZZARD!!! • Blargg's Boiler • Bone Dragon Pit • Ghost Castle • Naval Piranha's Castle • Poochy Ain't Stupid • Shy Guys on Stilts • Tap-Tap's Sunken Cave • The Cave That Never Ends • The Cave of Chomp Rock • The Cave of Harry Hedgehog • The Cave of the Bandits • The Very Loooooong Cave • Underground Mysteries • What's Gusty Taste Like?
Wario series	Sneezemore Cave
DK series	Arctic Abyss • Banana Bird Cave • Banana Hoard • Black Ice Battle • Bouncy Bonanza • Buzzer Barrage • Chimp Caverns • Clapper's Cavern • Cranky's Dojo • Creepy Caverns • Crocodile Cauldron • Crystal Caves • Darkmoon Cavern • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Dingy Drain-Pipe • Hideout Helm • Hot Top Volcano • Hot-Head Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Krematoa • Loopy Lights • Lost World • Low-G Labyrinth • Manic Mincers • Mine Cart Carnage • Mine Cart Madness • Misty Mine • Monkey Mines • Necky Nutmare • Platform Perils • Poisonous Pipeline • Pot Hole Panic • Primeval Ruins • Red-Hot Ride • Reptile Rumble • Slipslide Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Stop & Go Station • Surf's Up • Tanked Up Trouble • Torchlight Trouble • Treasure Caves • Trick Track Trek • Tyrant Twin Tussle • Windy Well • Winky's Walkway • Wrinkly's Retreat • Wrinkly's Save Cave
SSB series	Brinstar Depths • Mushroomy Kingdom • Underground Maze
Other media	Elm Street Tunnel • Infernum • Lava Pits • Super Spy Headquarters • Temple of Koopa • Tunnel of Doom • Underground Maze of Pipes

Courses and Mini-Stages of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS
Bob-omb Battlefield \| Whomp's Fortress \| Jolly Roger Bay \| Cool, Cool Mountain \| Big Boo's Haunt \| Hazy Maze Cave \| Lethal Lava Land \| Shifting Sand Land \| Dire, Dire Docks \| Snowman's Land \| Wet-Dry World \| Tall, Tall Mountain \| Tiny-Huge Island \| Tick Tock Clock \| Rainbow Ride \| Tower of the Wing Cap \| Vanish Cap Under the Moat \| Cavern of the Metal Cap \| The Princess's Secret Slide \| The Secret Aquarium \| Wing Mario Over the Rainbow \| Bowser in the Dark World \| Bowser in the Fire Sea \| Bowser in the Sky \| Roof \| Sunshine Isles \| Battle Fort \| Goomboss Battle \| Big Boo Battle \| Chief Chilly Challenge
Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS Items
Power Star \| Gold Coin \| Blue Coin \| Red Coin \| Silver Star \| 1-Up Mushroom \| Mushroom \| Power Flower \| Wing Cap \| Vanish Cap \| Metal Cap
Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS Objects and Obstacles
Bill Blaster \| ! Block \| ! Switch \| ? Block \| ? Switch \| Blue Coin Block \| Crystal Tap \| Green Shell \| Cannon \| Star Marker \| Crazed Crate \| Donut Lift \| Lava \| Pushy Walls \| Pyro Box \| Spinning Heart \| Treasure Box