Gold Ring

	Gold Ring
	Description
	A big golden ring.
First appearance	New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012)
Effect on player	Turns some enemies into golden coin-producing versions of themselves.

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This article is about the golden rings from New Super Mario Bros. 2. For the item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, see Gold Ring (item). For the accessory from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, see List of clothing in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story § Gold Ring.

Not to be confused with Coin Ring.

“If you touch this, all of the enemies in the course will turn gold for a short time. Gold enemies will produce gold coins in various ways.”

—Electronic Manual, New Super Mario Bros. 2

Gold Rings are objects that appear in New Super Mario Bros. 2. They are similar in appearance to the Coin Rings from Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World. If Mario or Luigi passes through one of these, all enemies will turn golden^[1], twinkling effects are added to the game screen and the music slightly changes with "sparkly" sounds added to it. If Mario is in Gold Mario form, he will earn more coins than usual.

Most golden enemies leave trails of coins behind as they move, or even throw coins instead of their usual projectiles and five coins are given for each defeated enemy. If multiple enemies are defeated consecutively (either by stomping on them without touching the ground or using a Koopa Troopa shell), the number of coins earned is 10, 15 and 20 for the second, third and fourth enemies, respectively. After four enemies, 50 coins are given for each consecutive enemy. These values are doubled under the influence of both Gold Mario and the Gold Ring. However, in the E3 trailer of New Super Mario Bros. 2, only 5 coins were given even when golden enemies were defeated in succession.

Enemy behavior list[edit]

Name	Description
Boo / Big Boo	Leaves behind coins as they float away from Mario/Luigi.
Bullet Bill / Banzai Bill	Leaves rows of coins behind as they fly, similar to Koopa Troopas.
Leaping Cheep Cheep	Has a trail of five coins following it as it leaps out of the water.
Goomba / Paragoomba / Mini Goomba^d / Goomba Tower	Turn gold, but act just like normal, minus the coin bonus upon defeat shared with most other gold enemies.
Bill Blaster / Banzai Bill Cannon	Turn gold, but act just like normal.
Piranha Plant / Big Piranha Plant	If within a pipe, cause a large amount of coins to shower from said pipe for a short period upon defeat, but otherwise act the same.
Hammer Bro / Boomerang Bro / Fire Bro	Throws three coins at a time.
Koopa Troopa / Koopa Paratroopa	Leaves a trail of coins behind in its wake when its shell is kicked.
Lakitu	Drops three coins at a time, similar to Lakitus that spawn from Square Clouds in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Lakitu's Cloud	When ridden, the cloud generates coins in a way similar to the Gold Block.
Piranha Plant in pipe	When defeated, coins spout out of the pipe they were in.
Spiny	Turns into coins, much like the silver P-Switch's effects on them in Super Mario World.