List of treasure chests in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Treasure chest from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

This is a list of treasure chests from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its remake of the same name. There are 59 treasure chests in the original game and 62 in the remake.

There are two types of chests: Small ones contain either badges, items required for progression or usable items. During the story, big ones contain upgrades to Mario's Jump and Hammer abilities, while in the Pit of 100 Trials, they contain badges or a important thing.

Petal Meadows, Petalburg, Path to Shhwonk Fortress, Shhwonk Fortress, Boggly Woods, Glitz Pit, Twilight Trail, Keelhaul Key, Poshley Sanctum, Path to Fahr Outpost, Fahr Outpost and Moon are the only locations without treasure chests.

Chapter 1: Castle and DragonEdit

There are a total of 4 treasure chests to find in Hooktail Castle during Chapter 1.

Item/s	Description	Necessity
Hooktail Castle \| 4 Treasure Chests
Black Key	In the spiky room in the right of the first floor, in the middle.	Required
/ Honey Syrup, Castle Key, Mushroom	In the storeroom on the third floor.	Key Chest Required, Honey Syrup and Mushroom Chests Optional

Between Chapters 1 and 2Edit

There is only 1 treasure chest to find in Rogueport Underground between Chapters 1 and 2.

Item/s	Description	Necessity	Image ( )	Image ( )
Rogueport Underground \| 1 Treasure Chest
Soft Stomp	In the ruins of the 1,000 year old town on sublevel 1, in the left of the south water.	Optional

Chapter 2: The Great Boggly TreeEdit

There are a total of 6 treasure chests to find during Chapter 2:

Flurrie's House has 1 Chest
The Great Tree has 4 Chests
Rogueport Underground has 1 Chest

Item/s	Description	Necessity
Flurrie's House \| 1 Treasure Chest
Super Appeal P	In the bedroom.	Optional
The Great Tree \| 4 Treasure Chests
Ultra Mushroom	In the storeroom in the highest place.	Optional
Blue Key	In the second room below the entrance, to the right of the twisty path, on the ground.	Required
Super Boots	Same area, in a cave found to the north after removing the statues.	Required
Shrink Stomp	In the water-draining room deep in the tree, in front of the stairs in the upper room.	Optional
Rogueport Underground \| 1 Treasure Chest
Happy Heart P	In the lower corridor on sublevel 3, hidden behind a piece of paper underneath the stairs. Have Flurrie to blow it up first.	Optional

Chapter 3: Of Glitz and GloryEdit

There is only 1 treasure chest to find in Glitzville during Chapter 3.

Item/s	Description	Necessity	Image ( )	Image ( )
Glitzville \| 1 Treasure Chest
Power Plus P	On the roof of the juice bar.	Optional

Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell TollsEdit

There are a total of 9 treasure chests to find during Chapter 4:

Twilight Town has 1 Chest
Creepy Steeple has 8 Chests

Item/s	Description	Necessity
Twilight Town \| 1 Treasure Chest
Defend Plus	In the second scene, in the storage room of the shop.	Optional
Creepy Steeple \| 8 Treasure Chests
Ice Smash, Cookbook	In the treasure room through a hole on the north wall of the main room.	Optional
Flower Saver	In the room just below the main room, in the secret passage to the back. Have Flurrie blow up the wall.	Optional
TRAP	In the passage below the main room. This one is a trap chest which releases 200 Boos upon opening. Last Boo asks Mario how many of them were there and if he anwsers correctly, he is rewarded an Ultra Mushroom.	Optional
/ Steeple Key, The Letter "p", Power Plus, Mr. Softener	In the storeroom with the parrot.	Key and Letter P Chest Required, Power Plus and Mr. Softener Chests Optional

Between Chapters 4 and 5Edit

There are a total of 2 treasure chests to find between Chapters 4 and 5:

Rogueport Underground has 1 Chest
Hooktail Castle has 1 Chest

Item/s	Description	Necessity
Rogueport Underground \| 1 Treasure Chest
Spike Shield	In the spike room on sublevel 2, located behind a series of spikes that can be crossed with Vivian.	Optional
Hooktail Castle \| 1 Treasure Chest
Elusive Badge	Covered by a piece of paper at the center of Hooktail's room while doing Ms. Mowz's trouble.	Optional

Chapter 5: The Key to PiratesEdit

There are a total of 2 treasure chests to find in Pirate's Grotto during Chapter 5.

Item/s	Description	Necessity	Image ( )
Pirate's Grotto \| 2 Treasure Chests
Super Mushroom	Inside the derelict ship housing the black chest.	Optional	N/A
Defend Plus P (international and Switch) Damage Dodge P (Japanese GameCube)	In the big stair room in the right of the north area, there is a river to the north of the stairs. To the right of the river source is a hidden area behind the waterfall. Accessible using Boat Mode.	Optional

Between Chapters 5 and 6Edit

There are a total of 3 treasure chests to find in between Chapters 5 and 6:

Rogueport has 2 Chests
Hooktail Castle has 1 Chest

Item/s	Description	Necessity
Rogueport \| 2 Treasure Chests
HP Drain	In the harbor, in the small house to the left of the sea.	Optional
Double Dip	In the east area guarded by Gus, near the south sea. Accessible from a boat panel near the other side of the river.	Optional
Hooktail Castle \| 1 Treasure Chest
Up Arrow	To the right of the spiky room on the first floor, appears after hitting the ! block.	Optional

Chapter 6: Three Days of ExcessEdit

There are a total of 3 treasure chests to find during Chapter 6:

Excess Express has 1 Chest
Riverside Station has 1 Chest
Poshley Heights has 1 Chest

Item/s	Description	Necessity	Image ( )
Excess Express \| 1 Treasure Chest
Ragged Diary	Found behind some crates in the baggage room. Accessible using Paper Mode.	Required	Out visible in the open
Riverside Station \| 1 Treasure Chest
Ultra Boots	In the Office, in the ceiling and is accessed through the higher door in the records room.	Required
Poshley Heights \| 1 Treasure Chest
HP Drain P	In the first area, in the back room of Goldbob's house. Accessible using Paper Mode.	Optional

Between Chapters 6 and 7Edit

There are a total of 4 treasure chests to find in between Chapters 6 and 7:

Rogueport has 1 Chest
Rogueport Underground has 3 Chests

Item/s	Description	Necessity
Rogueport \| 1 Treasure Chest
Ultra Hammer	In the plaza, near the inn. Requires a Spring Jump. Only chest that despawns after opening it and leaving the area.	Required
Rogueport Underground \| 3 Treasure Chests
Defend Plus P	In the eastern entrance room on sublevel 1, in a highest place just before the sea room. Accessible from the next room.	Optional
Flower Saver P	In the western entrance room on sublevel 1, it is to the left of the X sign on the southwest ground. Requires a Spring Jump.	Optional
FP Plus	GameCube: In the western blue pipe room on sublevel 2, near the pipe to Poshley Heights. Switch: Behind a big stone block, in the pipe room.	Optional

Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the MoonEdit

There are a total of 4 treasure chests to find in X-Naut Fortress during Chapter 7.

Item/s	Description	Necessity	Image ( )
X-Naut Fortress \| 4 Treasure Chests
Elevator Key (Blue)	To the right of level 1, beyond the electrical floors.	Required
/ Security Key (◆)	To the left of sublevel 2, beyond the electrical floors.	Required
Elevator Key (Red)	Won after the 66th Trivia Quiz-Off.	Required	Drops on the ground
/ Security Key (♠︎)	To the left of sublevel 3, beyond the electrical floors.	Required

Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year DoorEdit

There are a total of 13 treasure chests to find in Palace of Shadow during the Chapter 8.

Item/s	Description	Necessity
Palace of Shadow \| 13 Treasure Chests
Star Stone	In the Gloomtail room, spit out after Gloomtail is defeated.	Required
/ Tower Key	Note: These two chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. In the first/second-floor Palace of Shadow Tower, in the northwest room. Accessible by hitting the ! Block after clearing the blocks.	Required
/ Tower Key	In the first-floor Palace of Shadow Tower, in the northeast room. Accessible by hitting the ! Block beyond the fake wall on the right.	Required
/ Tower Key	Note: These two chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. In the first-floor Palace of Shadow Tower, in the southwest room. Accessible by hitting the ! Blocks in this order: left, left, left, right, right. In the second-floor Palace of Shadow Tower, in the southwest room. Accessible by hitting the ! Block after defeating the bones in the order from weak to strong.	Required
/ Tower Key	Note: These two chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. In the first-floor Palace of Shadow Tower, in the southeast room, covered by a piece of paper which can be blown away by Flurrie. In the second-floor Palace of Shadow Tower, in the southeast room. Accessible by hitting the invisible ! Block.	Required
/ Tower Key	GameCube: In the northeast room on the second floor of Palace of Shadow Tower, beyond the wall on the right which can be blown up by Bobbery. Switch: In the second-floor Palace of Shadow Tower, in the northeast room, after blowing up the wall with Bobbery and hitting the ! Block inside the new room, it appears in the previous room.	Required
Shooting Star	In Gear Room Two, in the southwest corner.	Optional
/ Palace Key	In Gear Room Three, in the east part.	Required
Ultra Mushroom	In the Depths, near the doorway back to the Throne Room.	Optional
Jammin' Jelly	Same area, near the exit.	Optional

Pit of 100 TrialsEdit

There are a total of 10 treasure chests to find in the Pit of 100 Trials.

Item/s	Description	Necessity
Pit of 100 Trials \| 10 Treasure Chests
Sleepy Stomp, Fire Drive, Zap Tap, Pity Flower	Note: These four chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. Found north at the floors 10, 20, 30 and 40.	Optional
Strange Sack, Double Dip, Double Dip P	Note: These three chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. Found north at the floors 50, 60 and 70.	Optional
Bump Attack, Lucky Day	Note: These two chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. Found north at the floors 80 and 90.	Optional
Return Postage	Found at the floor 100, spit out after Bonetail has been defeated.	Optional

StatisticsEdit

This chart shows the number of treasure chests for each location, with the total amount at the bottom. Locations are listed in the order the player can visit them.

Location	Total	Total
Hooktail Castle	6	6
Rogueport Underground	6	6
Flurrie's House	1	1
The Great Tree	4	4
Glitzville	1	1
Twilight Town	1	1
Creepy Steeple	8	8
Pirate's Grotto	1	2
Rogueport	3	3
Excess Express	0	1
Riverside Station	1	1
Poshley Heights	1	1
X-Naut Fortress	3	4
Palace of Shadow	13	13
Pit of 100 Trials	10	10
Total	59	62

[Edit] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube / Nintendo Switch)
Main characters		Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • X-Nauts • Yoshi Kid
Species		Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters		Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars		Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses	Regular	Blooper • Bowser • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows (Beldam • Marilyn • Vivian/Doopliss)
	Chapter	Hooktail • Magnus von Grapple • Macho Grubba • Doopliss • Cortez • Smorg • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen
	Optional	Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Mush^a • Whacka^a
Non-playable characters	Rogueport	Arfur • Bomberto • Chet Rippo • Darkly • Dazzle • Eddy the Mask • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Grifty • Herb T. • Ian Foomus^a • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi and his party (Blooey · Hayzee · Jerry · Screamy · Torque) • Lumpy • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Mousimilian • Peeka • Pianta syndicate (Don Pianta · Francesca · Frankie · Rocko · Tony · Vinny) • Plenn T. • Podley • Professor Frankly • Robbo Thieves (Garf · Goose · Gus · Ishnail · Pierre) • Swindell • Toadsworth • Wonky • Zess T.
	Glitz Pit teams	The Bob-omb Squad (Master Crash) • Chomp Country • Craw-Daddy • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • The Fuzz • The Goomba Bros. • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare (Hamma Jamma) • The Hand-It-Overs (Bandy Andy) • The Iron Adonis Twins • The Koopinator • The KP Koopas (King K) • The Magikoopa Masters • The Mind-Bogglers • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • The Punk Rocks (Cleftor) • Rawk Hawk • The Shellshockers (Shellshock) • Spike Storm • The Tiny Spinies (Spiky Joe) • Wings of Night (Sir Swoop)
	Other / wandering	Battle Master^a • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Creepy Steeple Boo • Doe T. • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Grubba • Heff T. • Jabble • Johnson • Jolene • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • Korvallis • Kroop • Lady Bow • Mayor Dour • Maude • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Pennington • Petuni • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Podler • Porter • Prince Mush • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Rob • Scarlette • Stewart • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesman^a • Toadette • Toadia • Toce T. • Toodles • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Whacka • Zip Toad
Enemies		Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para- · Spiky) · Hyper (Para- · Spiky) · Para- · Spiky) • Goomboard^a • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para-) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para-) · Para- · Shady (Para-)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations	Rogueport	Lovely Howz of Badges • Pianta Parlor • Podley's Place • Rogueport Underground (Deepdown Depot · Herb T.'s place · Pit of 100 Trials) • Trouble Center • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Westside Goods
	Chapter 1	Petal Meadows • Petalburg (Niff T.'s shop) • (Path to) Shhwonk Fortress • Hooktail Castle
	Chapter 2	Boggly Woods (Flurrie's House) • Great Tree (Pungent's Great Tree Shop)
	Chapter 3	Glitzville (Fresh Juice Shop · Hot Dog Stand · Souvenir shop) • Glitz Pit
	Chapter 4	Twilight Town (Twilight Shop) • Twilight Trail • Creepy Steeple
	Chapter 5	Keelhaul Key (Keelhaul Galleria) • Pirate's Grotto
	Chapter 6	Excess Express (Sales Stall) • Riverside Station • Poshley Heights (Poshley Sanctum)
	Chapter 7	(Path to) Fahr Outpost (Northwinds Mart) • Moon (X-Naut Fortress)
	Chapter 8	Palace of Shadow (Tower)
	Bowser	World 1 • World 2 • World 3
	Miscellaneous	Bowser's Castle • Inn • Item Shop • Mario Bros.' House
Items and objects	Items	Badge • Coin • Flower • Heart • Meat • Pianta token • Shine Sprite • Star Piece • Stone keys
Items and objects	Objects	Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Metal Block • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Stone Block • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Moves	General	Action Command • Appeal • Charge • First Strike • Flee • Guard • Stylish move • Superguard
	Mario	Jump (Spin · Spring) • Hammer (Super · Ultra) • Plane Mode • Paper Mode • Tube Mode • Boat Mode
	Special	Sweet Treat • Earth Tremor • Clock Out • Power Lift • Art Attack • Sweet Feast • Showstopper • Supernova
	Goombella	Headbonk • Tattle • Multibonk • Rally Wink
	Koops	Shell Toss • Power Shell • Shell Shield • Shell Slam
	Flurrie	Body Slam • Gale Force • Lip Lock • Dodgy Fog
	Yoshi Kid	Ground Pound • Gulp • Mini-Egg • Stampede
	Vivian	Shade Fist • Veil • Fiery Jinx • Infatuate
	Bobbery	Bomb • Bomb Squad • Hold Fast • Bob-ombast
	Ms. Mowz	Love Slap • Kiss Thief • Tease • Smooch
Game mechanics	Stats	Badge Point • Defense • Flower Point • Heart Point • Power • Star Point • Star Power
	Status effects	Allergic • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Frozen • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Tiny
	Battle	Audience • Bingo! • Level up • Stage
	Minigames	65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Happy Lucky Lottery • Pianta Parlor games • Stump Petuni
Music		"Rogueport" • "Battle - Chapter 1" • "Battle - Prince Mush"^a • "Meanwhile, Princess Peach…" • "Attack-a of the Whacka!"^a
Lists and sub-articles		Art Gallery^a • Badges • Battle tips^a • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Partner Hints^a • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallery^a • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Treasure chest locations • Unnamed NPCs
Miscellaneous		Flash game • Paper Mario RPG Special Comic • Parade • Rogueport Direct Mail Service
^a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
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