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 Dragon[edit]

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

Item/s	Description	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
Hooktail Castle \| 4 Treasure Chests
Black Key	In the spiky room in the right of the first floor, in the middle.
/ Honey Syrup, Castle Key, Mushroom	In the storeroom on the third floor.

Between Chapters 1 and 2[edit]

There are a total of 1 treasure chest to find in Rogueport Underground between Chapters 1 and 2.

Item/s	Description	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
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.

Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree[edit]

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	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
Flurrie's House \| 1 Treasure Chest
Super Appeal P	In the bedroom.
The Great Tree \| 4 Treasure Chests
Ultra Mushroom	In the storeroom in the highest place.
Blue Key	In the second room below the entrance, to the right of the twisty path, on the ground.
Super Boots	Same area, in a cave found to the north after removing the statues.
Shrink Stomp	In the water-draining room deep in the tree, in front of the stairs in the upper room.
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.

Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory[edit]

There are a total of 1 treasure chest to find in Glitzville during Chapter 3.

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

Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls[edit]

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	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
Twilight Town \| 1 Treasure Chest
Defend Plus	In the second scene, in the storage room of the shop.
Creepy Steeple \| 8 Treasure Chests
Ice Smash, Cookbook	In the treasure room through a hole on the north wall of the main room.
Flower Saver	In the room just below the main room, in the secret passage to the back. Have Flurrie blow up the wall.
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.
/ Steeple Key, The Letter "p", Power Plus, Mr. Softener	In the storeroom with the parrot.

Between Chapters 4 and 5[edit]

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	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
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.
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.

Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates[edit]

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

Item/s	Description	Image (Gamecube)
Pirate's Grotto \| 2 Treasure Chests
Super Mushroom	Inside the derelict ship housing the black chest.	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.

Between Chapters 5 and 6[edit]

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

Rogueport has 2 Chests
Hooktail Castle has 1 Chest

Item/s	Description	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
Rogueport \| 2 Treasure Chests
HP Drain	In the harbor, in the small house to the left of the sea.
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 \| 1 Treasure Chest
Up Arrow	To the right of the spiky room on the first floor, appears after hitting the ! block.

Chapter 6: Three Days of Excess[edit]

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

Between Chapters 6 and 7[edit]

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

Rogueport has 1 Chest
Rogueport Underground has 3 Chests

Item/s	Description	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
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.
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.
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.
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.

Chapter 7: Mario Shoots The Moon[edit]

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

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

Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

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

Item/s	Description	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
Palace of Shadow \| 13 Treasure Chests
Star Stone	In the Gloomtail room, spit out after Gloomtail is defeated.
/ 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.
/ 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.
/ 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.
/ 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.
/ 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.
Shooting Star	In Gear Room Two, in the southwest corner.
/ Palace Key	In Gear Room Three, in the east part.
Ultra Mushroom	In the Depths, near the doorway back to the Throne Room.
Jammin' Jelly	Same area, near the exit.

Pit of 100 Trials[edit]

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

Item/s	Description	Image (Gamecube)	Image (Switch)
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.
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.
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.
Return Postage	Found at the floor 100, spit out after Bonetail has been defeated.

Statistics[edit]

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) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Main characters	Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species	Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • 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	Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses	Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses	Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Mush^a • Whacka^a
Minor characters	Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Master^a • Blooey • The Bob-omb Squad • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • The Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • The Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • The Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Ian Foomus^a • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • The Koopinator • Koopley • Koopook • The KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • The Magikoopa Masters • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • The Mind-Bogglers • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • The Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • The Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • The Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesman^a • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • 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-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
Locations	Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Palace of Shadow Tower • Path to Fahr Outpost • Path to Shhwonk Fortress • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Underground • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress
Bowser levels	World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Moves	Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Super Hammer • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Ultra Hammer • Veil
Objects	Badge • Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Flower • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal Block • Pianta token • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone Block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Stats / statuses	Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
Miscellaneous	65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Art Gallery^a • Badges • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Flash game • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Goldbobbington's • Happy Lucky Lottery • Koopa Clan • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Parade • Partner Hints^a • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallery^a • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Stump Petuni • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Treasure chest locations • University of Goom • Unnamed NPCs • X-Nauts
^a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake

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

Contents

Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon[edit]

Between Chapters 1 and 2[edit]

Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree[edit]

Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory[edit]

Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls[edit]

Between Chapters 4 and 5[edit]

Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates[edit]

Between Chapters 5 and 6[edit]

Chapter 6: Three Days of Excess[edit]

Between Chapters 6 and 7[edit]

Chapter 7: Mario Shoots The Moon[edit]

Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Pit of 100 Trials[edit]

Statistics[edit]

See also[edit]

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