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

This is a list of treasure chests from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. There are 59 treasure chests in the game.

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, Boggly Woods, Glitzville, Twilight Trail, Keelhaul Key, Poshley Sanctum, Fahr Outpost and Moon are the only locations without treasure chests.

Chapter 1	Hooktail Castle
Between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2	Rogueport Sewers
Chapter 2	Flurrie's House • The Great Tree • Rogueport Sewers
Chapter 3	Glitzville
Chapter 4	Twilight Town • Creepy Steeple
Between Chapter 4 and Chapter 5	Rogueport Sewers • Hooktail Castle
Chapter 5	Pirate's Grotto
Between Chapter 5 and Chapter 6	Rogueport • Hooktail Castle
Chapter 6	Riverside Station • Poshley Heights
Between Chapter 6 and Chapter 7	Rogueport Sewers • Rogueport
Chapter 7	X-Naut Fortress
Chapter 8	Palace of Shadow
Pit of 100 Trials	Pit of 100 Trials

Treasure Chest locations

Chapter 1 Castle and Dragon
Hooktail Castle	Black Key	In the spiky room in the right of the first floor, in the middle.
Hooktail Castle	Mushroom, Castle Key, Honey Syrup	In the storeroom on the third floor.
Between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
Rogueport Sewers	Soft Stomp	In the ruins of the 1,000 year old town on sublevel 1, in the left of the south water.
Chapter 2 The Great Boggly Tree
Flurrie's House	Super Appeal P	In the bedroom.
The Great Tree	Ultra Shroom	In the storeroom in the highest place.
The Great Tree	Blue Key	In the second room below the entrance, to the right of the twisty path, on the ground.
The Great Tree	Super Boots	Same area, in a cave found to the north after removing the statues.
The Great Tree	Shrink Stomp	In the water-draining room deep in the tree, in front of the stairs in the upper room.
Rogueport Sewers	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.
Chapter 3 Of Glitz and Glory
Glitzville	Power Plus P	On the roof of the juice bar.
Chapter 4 For Pigs the Bell Tolls
Twilight Town	Defend Plus	In the second scene, in the storage room of the shop.
Creepy Steeple	Ice Smash, Cookbook	In the treasure room through a hole on the north wall of the main room.
Creepy Steeple	Flower Saver	In the room just below the main room, in the secret passage to the back. Have Flurrie blow up the wall.
Creepy Steeple	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's rewarded a Ultra Shroom.
Creepy Steeple	Steeple Key, The letter "p", Power Plus, Mr. Softener	In the storeroom with the parrot.
Between Chapter 4 and Chapter 5
Rogueport Sewers	Spike Shield	In the spike room on sublevel 2, located behind a series of spikes that can be crossed with Vivian.
Hooktail Castle	Attack FX B	Covered by a piece of paper at the center of Hooktail's room while doing Ms. Mowz's trouble.
Chapter 5 The Key to Pirates
Pirate's Grotto	Defend Plus P (international) Damage Dodge P (Japanese)	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.
Between Chapter 5 and Chapter 6
Rogueport	HP Drain	In the harbor, in the small house to the left of the sea.
Rogueport	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.
Hooktail Castle	Up Arrow	To the right of the spiky room on the first floor, appears after hitting the ! block.
Chapter 6 3 Days of Excess
Riverside Station	Ultra Boots	In the storeroom area in the deep place, in the rooftop above the storeroom.
Poshley Heights	HP Drain P	In the first area, in the back room of Goldbob's house. Accessible using Paper Mode.
Between Chapter 6 and Chapter 7
Rogueport Sewers	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.
Rogueport Sewers	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.
Rogueport	Ultra Hammer	In the plaza, near the inn. Requires a Spring Jump. Only chest that despawns after opening it and leaving the area.
Rogueport Sewers	FP Plus	In the western blue pipe room on sublevel 2, near the pipe to Poshley Heights.
Chapter 7 Mario Shoots the Moon
X-Naut Fortress	Elevator Key	To the right of level 1, beyond the electrical floors.
X-Naut Fortress	Card Key	To the left of sublevel 2, beyond the electrical floors.
X-Naut Fortress	Card Key	To the left of sublevel 3, beyond the electrical floors.
Chapter 8 The Thousand-Year Door
Palace of Shadow	Palace Key	Note: These two chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. In the northwest room on the first/second floors of Riddle Tower. Accessible by hitting the ! Block after clearing the blocks.
Palace of Shadow	Palace Key	In the northeast room on the first floor of Riddle Tower. Accessible by hitting the ! Block beyond the fake wall on the right.
Palace of Shadow	Palace Key	Note: These two chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. In the southwest room on the first floor of Riddle Tower. Accessible by hitting the ! Blocks in this order: left, left, left, right, right. In the southwest room on the second floor of Riddle Tower. Accessible by hitting the ! Block after defeating the bones in the order from weak to strong.
Palace of Shadow	Palace Key	Note: These two chests share the same room layout, so only one image is here. In the southeast room on the first floor of Riddle Tower, covered by a piece of paper which can be blown away by Flurrie. In the southeast room on second floor of Riddle Tower. Accessible by hitting the invisible ! Block.
Palace of Shadow	Palace Key	In the northeast room on the second floor of Riddle Tower, beyond the wall on the right which can be blown up by Bobbery.
Palace of Shadow	Star Key	In the Gloomtail room, spit out after Gloomtail is defeated.
Palace of Shadow	Shooting Star	In the room across descended hallways 2 and 3, in the southwest corner.
Palace of Shadow	Palace Key	In the room across descended hallways 3 and 4, in the east part.
Palace of Shadow	Ultra Shroom	In the hallway after the Sir Grodus fight, near the start.
Palace of Shadow	Jammin' Jelly	Same area, near the exit.
Pit of 100 Trials
Pit of 100 Trials	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.
Pit of 100 Trials	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.
Pit of 100 Trials	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.
Pit of 100 Trials	Return Postage	Found at the floor 100, spit out after Bonetail has been defeated.

Treasure chest count

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

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