Ice Vellumental Mountain
| Ice Vellumental Mountain | |
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| Not-Bottomless Holes | 19 |
| Collectible Treasures | 4 |
| ? Blocks | 10 |
| Enemies | Ice Bros Sledge Bro Spike Top Snow Spikes Sidesteppers Mechakoopa (at random) Ice Vellumental |
- “Look at those mountains! What kind of animal are they supposed to be? Squirrels? Dogs? Twin deer? Oh, wait! I see it now. They're bears! It's hard to recognize animals when you've only seen them in origami. It's pretty chilly over there... OOH! What if these mountains have POLAR bears?! I hope we get to see one!”
- —Olivia, Paper Mario: The Origami King
Ice Vellumental Mountain is a location in Paper Mario: The Origami King. It is an icy cave home to the Ice Vellumental, who is fought at the end. It is connected to Diamond Island. Notably, Mario is required to clear Ice Vellumental Mountain before he can enter the Trial of Wisdom or Trial of Courage due to Olivia needing the Ice Vellumental's ability. There are no Toads to be found or rescued here.
History[edit]
When Mario and Olivia first enter Diamond Island, they are tasked with completing three provided trials, earning orbs allowing them to enter the Sea Tower. They are able to enter the Trial of Power before or after clearing Ice Vellumental Mountain due to it simply requiring the Earth Vellumental. However, both the Trial of Wisdom and Trial of Courage require the Ice Vellumental to access (in addition to the Water Vellumental regarding the Trial of Courage), so Mario has to clear the mountain before he can complete these trials. If the player uses the wrong Vellumental at a Magic Circle a few times, Olivia notes the mountain in the background, hinting it needs to be explored next. When they approach the path leading to the base of the mountain, Olivia notices the bear statues, wondering what they are. She realizes they are bears, not familiar with what they look like outside of origami. She then becomes excited at the idea of getting to see a polar bear.
As Mario and Olivia start to explore the mountain, Olivia notes the cold temperature, realizing the Ice Vellumental is nearby. After crossing the first two rooms, the entrance area and a puzzle room with a sliding piece of ice, Mario is stopped by a Sledge Bro who shakes the ground, dropping a large icicle onto the bridge, blocking their path. Olivia asks him to stop - he responds by shaking more and causing smaller icicles to drop. Mario must head up the stairs and fight him. After he is defeated, a Magic Circle appears, allowing Mario to use the 1,000-Fold Arms to break a large icicle on the ceiling, creating an extra platform down below. However, there proves to be another challenge immediately after - the door ahead is trapped and the Magic Circle needed to break it open is incomplete. Mario must head off to the left, find the ice slab, bring it over and use the 1,000-Fold Arms to open the teeth, allowing them to enter the next room.
After scaling a tower and making it past one more ice slab puzzle, Mario reaches a room with the bridge to the boss area. When they enter, the Ice Vellumental appears in a chunk of ice. Like the other Vellumentals, it has been turned into origami and corrupted, so Mario and Olivia have no choice but to defeat it. Once the Ice Vellumental is defeated, it unleashes a Bibliofold allowing Olivia to turn into the Ice Vellumental. She uses this new power to freeze over the moat, creating a slide shortcut back to the entrance.
Layout[edit]
The starting area has a small, icy bridge leading over a pool of water. When Mario tries to leave this room, he is ambushed by two Sidesteppers and an Ice Bro. The next room has a floor made entirely of ice, with a few small spike pits and Sidesteppers scurrying about. In the southwest corner of the next area is a slab of ice. Mario must hop on and hammer one of the walls to propel himself in a direction. Both of the doorways are off ledges, so Mario cannot simply jump up to them. Rather, he must lead the slab over to a doorway and jump to barely reach the ledge. Here, he must use the slab to cover up the spikes blocking off the doorway on the left. This doorway leads to the room where Sledge Bro is fought. When he shakes the ground, a few icicles fall, including a large one to the left. Here, Mario can find a chest containing a MAX UP Heart worth five additional HP.
When Mario makes it to the head monument in this area, he must head left to find a similar slab puzzle. The slab here has half of the Magic Circle symbol on it, and must be brought down to the other half to activate. However, this area has rocks Mario must hammer to break open. Breaking only certain rocks creates a simple path to the monument. Mario can enter the room nearby to reset the rocks. If Mario resets the rocks a few times, he finds certain rocks have changed color, indicating which ones need to be broken. Notably, certain rocks also contain enemies such as Ice Bros and items such as Ice Flowers.
Once the Magic Circle down below is activated, Mario must use the 1,000-Fold Arms to slam the monument's nose, causing the teeth to slide open, revealing the path to the next room along with a Shiny Ice Flower. The following room features an ice precipice Mario must climb. Snow Spikes along the way throw down snowballs which must be avoided. Additionally, he is forced to battle both the Snow Spike guarding the chest in the middle and the Snow Spike on the pillar. Mario can also hammer said pillar to destroy it, beginning the battle immediately.
The next room features one last sliding slab puzzle - similar setup applies. Certain rocks must be broken, and entering a nearby room resets the puzzle. There are also Spike Tops nearby Mario can defeat instantly by ramming into them while on the slab. Taking the slab down a slope leads to another room the slab can be steered in. Mario needs to take the slab up to the north end and enter the doorway. Here, there is a pretty steep slope with an ice slab at the top. Riding this slab takes Mario all the way into the other structure, where the Ice Vellumental is fought. Once the water surrounding the battlefield has been frozen, Mario can head right to find a long, coin - filled slope leading all the way to the entrance.
Collectibles[edit]
NOTE: Items not included here: Confetti and random coins from hammering boulders in sliding puzzles.
Field/Objects[edit]
| Item | Location | Image |
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 Big Bag of Confetti |
In the room that restarts the second sliding puzzle found in the fifth scene. | .png)
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 Coin |
4 in the first opening in the wall in the scene with rolling snowballs. | .png)
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| 8 at the base of the snow pillar found in the middle of the scene with rolling snowballs. | .png)
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| 41 on the slide between the boss arena and the first scene. Automatically collected during the cutscene. The bottom 3 can be also collected manually beforehand. | .png)
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7x 7 10-Coins |
In the fifth scene, in the lower part, in the northeastern corner. | .png)
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 100-Coin |
In the second scene, found in front of two exits, above the Not-Bottomless Hole. | .png)
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 Coin Bag |
In the second scene, in the south part, in the northwestern corner. | .png)
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  Healing Heart |
In the room that restarts the first sliding puzzle found in the scene with falling icicles. | .png)
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| In the second opening in the wall in the scene with the rolling snowballs. | .png)
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 Ice Bibliofold |
Spawns after defeating the Ice Vellumental. Required to progress. | 
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 Max UP Heart |
In the room with the falling icicles, Mario must jump left off the first one, where he will find an alcove containing the chest that the heart is in. | 
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 Shiny Ice Flower |
In front of the exit from the scene with the falling icicles to the scene with rolling snowballs. | .png)
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| 2 in two boulders in the second sliding puzzle found in the fifth scene. | .png)
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 Small Bag of Confetti |
In the room after going through the right exit in the second scene. | .png)
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Not-Bottomless Holes[edit]
| Description | Necessity | Image |
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| 19 Holes | ||
| Three in the ice floor of the second room and one on the wall. | Optional | 
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| Two in the ice floor of the adjacent section. | Optional | 
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| In the stairs leading up to Sledge Bro. | Required | 
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| Two in the north wall of the next ice slab puzzle section. | Optional | 
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| On the ground in front of the precipice. | Required | 
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| On the ground in the second opening next to the stairs with a HP heart floating above it. | Optional | 
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| Halfway up the precipice, at the base of the pillar. | Optional | 
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| Two in the north wall of the following slab section and one on the west one. | Optional | 
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| In the northwest corner of this section. | Optional | 
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| In the southeast corner of the adjacent section. | Optional | 
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| Two next to the Save Block before the boss. | Ground one required, wall one optional. | 
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Collectible Treasures[edit]
| Treasure | Description | Image |
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| 4 treasures | ||
 Paper Macho Buzzy Beetle |
Found in the chest halfway up the precipice, guarded by a Snow Spike. |
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 Ice Vellumental Bust |
Toward the top of the mountain is a Warp Pipe taking Mario back to the entrance, creating a shortcut. Here, there is a small alcove with a chest. | 
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 Origami Craftsman |
Once the water in the final area has been frozen over, Mario must head southwest to find a chest. | 
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 Diamond Island |
Once the water in the entrance room has been frozen, Mario can hop down to find a chest behind the left statue. | 
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? Blocks[edit]
| Hidden | Item | Description | Image |
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| 10 blocks | |||
 Flashy Iron Boots |
A ? Block can be found to the right of a rock near the mountain entrance. | 
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100-Coin |
When breaking a rock in the first room of the icy mountain, an icy panel will slide over a square hole, allowing a ? Block to be safely reached. |
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100-Coin |
In the same room is an opening on the right side with a ? Block and a bag of confetti. | 
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100-Coin |
After a Sledge Bro drops icicles from above, Mario can reach a ? Block on the way up to fight the enemy. | 
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Flashy Iron Boots |
Around the spiral staircase is a treasure chest with a Hidden Block directly above. | 
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Coin Bag |
Near a Save Block in the room beyond the spiral staircase, there is an opening where another ? Block and a bag of confetti are found. | 
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Coin Bag |
A ? Block is guarded by an Ice Bro on the upper right ledge of the last sliding puzzle room in the mountain. | 
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 Flashy Mushroom  Shiny Fire Flower  Shiny Tail |
After sliding across mountain peaks, Mario slides past three ? blocks which line a path to the Ice Vellumental. | 
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | 氷ガミ山[?] Kōrigami Yama |
Ice Vellumental Mountain | |
| Chinese | 冰神祇山[?] Bīngshénqí Shān |
Ice Vellumental Mountain | |
| Dutch | Hal van de IJs-Origant[?] | Hall of the Ice Vellumental | |
| French (NOA) | Pic de Glace[?] | Ice Peak | |
| French (NOE) | Piton de Glace[?] | Ice Peak | |
| German | Eis-Pergamenton-Massiv[?] | Ice Vellumental Massif | |
| Italian | Monte dei ghiacci[?] | Ice Mountain | |
| Korean | 얼음의 산[?] Eoreumui San |
Ice Mountain | |
| Spanish | Monte del Hielo[?] | Ice Mountain |
