Hazy Maze Cave

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Hazy Maze Cave
Hazy Maze Cave start
Super Mario 64
Mario at Hazy Maze Cave
Super Mario 64 DS
How to unlock Clear Bowser in the Dark World.
Boss(es) None
Mission(s) Super Mario 64
Swimming Beast in the Cavern
Elevate for 8 Red Coins
Metal-Head Mario Can Move!
Navigating the Toxic Maze
A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit
Watch for Rolling Rocks
Super Mario 64 DS
Swimming Beast in the Cavern
Elevate for 8 Red Coins
Metal-Head Wario Can Move
Navigating the Toxic Maze
A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit
Watch for Rolling Rocks
Underground Switch Star
Stars Super Mario 64:
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Super Mario 64 DS:
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The Hazy Maze Cave, also known as the Hazy Maze Caves,[1] is an underground cave level and the sixth course in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. In both games, the entrance to the course is located in the basement of the Mushroom Castle behind the unmarked ★ door. Inside, there is a room with a small pool in the middle, which is the entrance to the course. The course has many paths and bottomless pits, as well as a large cavern that is home to a giant sea creature named Dorrie. Several maps are also placed on the walls to help the player figure out where they are and where to go.

The minigame Dorrie Dip from Mario Party 3, in addition to featuring Dorrie, takes place in an area that resembles this course.

Layout[edit]

Map of the main cave (left) and the Underground Lake (right) in Super Mario 64 DS. The map on the wall in Super Mario 64 is on the far right.
Map of the main cave (left) and the Underground Lake (right) in Super Mario 64 DS. The map on the wall in Super Mario 64 is on the far right.
Map of the main cave (left) and the Underground Lake (right) in Super Mario 64 DS. The map on the wall in Super Mario 64 is on the far right.
Map of the main cave (left) and the Underground Lake (right) in Super Mario 64 DS. The map on the wall in Super Mario 64 is on the far right.

The area the player starts off in contains a green block and two paths. The one to the right is a hall with several fire geysers that leads to the Hazy Maze and Red Coin area, with the left path having a hall with a large gap the player must long-jump across that leads to the area with the rolling rocks and the Underground Lake.

Through the door at the end of the left path is a large pit that rolling rocks continuously fall into, as well as a Spinning Heart on the left side of it and a hall to the other end of the course on the right side. This area also contains a Scuttle Bug and a Swoop. Up the ramp the rocks are rolling down is a ledge that holds a Power Star in the N64 version or a 1-UP Mushroom in the DS version, as well as a door that leads to an elevator room. In the elevator room is a ring of coins under a yellow block that holds a 1-UP Mushroom, as well as a Power Star behind a chain fence that can be accessed only through the Hazy Maze. Down the elevator is a large circular lake with Dorrie swimming in the water. There are two doors in this area, with the fenced-off one leading to a Power Star and the door on the ledge that the player has to use Dorrie to reach leading to the Cavern of the Metal Cap (N64)/Behind the Waterfall (DS). This makes the Hazy Maze Cave the only course in Super Mario 64 to contain a secret course. In Super Mario 64 DS, this attribute is shared with Big Boo's Haunt and its secret course, Big Boo Battle.

The door at the end of the right path from the start of the level leads to an open area containing the level's Red Coins and the lifts needed to reach them, as well as several Scuttle Bugs and Mr. I.'s. To the right of the room are an elevator that takes the player to the end of the course and a door that leads to the Hazy Maze. The Hazy Maze is a large maze covered in a strange toxic cloud that damages the player if they stand in it for too long. The maze can lead to two different Power Stars or back into the other room.

Missions[edit]

In Super Mario 64 DS, Wario Caps are available in all missions even if Wario has not been rescued. In the first mission, the cap is found on Dorrie's head, and in all the others, it is on a Goomba near the start.

Mission Appears in Summary
Luigi swimming with Dorrie in Hazy Maze Cave in Super Mario 64 DS
Swimming Beast in the Cavern
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS
This mission's objective is to collect the Power Star in the cavern by using Dorrie to reach it. In Super Mario 64, Dorrie is required to reach the Star, as the land that the Star is on is elevated off the ground. In Super Mario 64 DS, the ground was lowered to the point that Dorrie is not required, but only Wario can get the Star because it is trapped inside a rock.
Hazy Maze Cave Star 2
Elevate for 8 Red Coins
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS
The mission's objective is to collect the eight Red Coins in the Elevator Area.
Hazy Maze Cave Star 3
Metal-Head Mario Can Move! (N64) /
Metal-Head Wario Can Move (DS)
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS
This mission's goal is to collect the Power Star in the Abandoned Mine behind the gate in the Underground Lake.
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Navigating the Toxic Maze
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS
This mission involves collecting the Power Star at the end of the Hazy Maze.
Hazy Maze Cave Star 5
A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS
This mission's objective is to collect a different Power Star at the end of the Hazy Maze.
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Watch for Rolling Rocks
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 DS
This mission involves dodging the rocks in the N64 version or destroying them in the DS version.
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Underground Switch Star
Super Mario 64 DS This mission's objective is to collect the Switch Star in the main cave.

Enemies[edit]

Statistics from Super Mario 64[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Media[edit]

When the player is inside the Hazy Maze or at the Underground Lake, there is a layer of chant added to the beat of the music. Everywhere else, the Underground Theme from Super Mario Bros. is added to the beat instead.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese やみにとける どうくつ
Yami ni Tokeru Dōkutsu
The Cavern Dissolving Into Darkness

Chinese 迷失洞窟[2]
Míshī Dòngkū
Lost Cave

French Caverne brumeuse
Misty cavern
German Grüne Giftgrotte
Green Poison Grotto
Italian Grotta Labirinto
Labyrinth Grotto
Korean 어둠속에빠진동굴
Eodum sog e ppajin donggul
The Cavern Drowning in Darkness

Spanish Cueva del Laberinto
Labyrinth Cave

Trivia[edit]

  • With a properly timed dive, the player can dive forever on the left side of the gate underground once they have opened it.
  • The name of the 100-Coin Star is Blue Coins in the Haze.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Knight, Michael. Nintendo DS Pocket Guide. Page 362, 363.
  2. ^ From the score sheetMedia:SM64DS course list in Chinese.png and the star menu of Super Mario 64 DS as localized by iQue.
  3. ^ M. Arakawa. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Page 84.