Mustard Café

Mustard Café
The cafe-owning Toad falls into a hole.
How to access	Obtain the yellow Mini Paint Star from Sacred Forest
Paint Stars
Colorless spots	54
Things	None
Level progression ← Previous Sacred Forest Next → Toad Trainworks Paper Mario: Color Splash levels

“Gotta hand it to the chef... He sure knows how to build hype. I suppose it helps that the fare he serves is so...rejuvenative.”

—Huey, Paper Mario: Color Splash

Mustard Café is a location from Paper Mario: Color Splash. The path leading here is unlocked after getting the yellow Mini Paint Star from Sacred Forest, and unlocks a path leading to Toad Trainworks.

Layout

When Mario enters the area, he and Huey notice a giant colorless spot on the ground. Toad #5 of the yellow Rescue Squad is fanning the Mustard Café Chef, who is in the middle of the giant spot. When Mario talks to him, the Rescue Squad Toad goes off to the Sacred Forest. The Mini Paint Star in this level is located in the café, although the chef is too busy relaxing to open it.

Once the purple Big Paint Star has been reclaimed from Wendy O. Koopa at Fortune Island, the colorless spot is repainted, and the Toad falls into the hole. When Mario and Huey go to investigate, they are blown in by a gust of wind. Huey gets lost in the sand, and Mario is temporarily unable to use his Paint Hammer until he rescues Huey from a Pokey. With Huey saved, Mario can repaint a Warp Pipe, although there is a rock blocking the other exit. To remove the rock, Mario must stand on a solid area and use Cutout when the rock is aligned, so he can remove it.

Continuing through the pipe leads Mario to an area with a tunnel of Warp Pipes, which rotate and may knock him off. One of these pipes is uncolored, and Mario must paint a section before he can use the pipe. This leads him to an area with quicksand where the Mustard Café chef is floating in a parasol. Once Mario and Huey get on, it collapses, and the chef begins following Mario around. He promises to give Mario a seat in the café, near the Mini Paint Star, if he is rescued.

The next area contains a larger pipe structure, with Pokeys jumping out of the sand across the pipes. Mario must navigate and paint every part of the pipe so he and the chef can pass through. After this is an area with a Save Block and a smaller pipe structure, where Mario must use Cutout to get on top and paint a Warp Pipe. In the following section, Mario and the chef see a very tall pipe that leads back aboveground. Before they can enter it, Snifits grab them and throw them in cells in the Snifit Undersand Hideout.

Inside the cell, Mario must hammer the ground to uncover a weak spot and drop down a floor, to B2. The cell is open and Mario must walk to the left to find another weak spot, and drop to floor B3. Here, Mario must hit a poster to lower a rope, which uncovers another weak spot after being pulled. The chef is trapped on B4, along with the Snifit's Card Key, found underneath the couch in a room to the left. With the Snifit's Card Key, Mario can open cells and operate the elevator, going to any floor.

After freeing the chef, Mario must go to floor B1 to get the Café Key, and then can leave the hideout. The chef opens up his café, and puts the Mini Paint Star as a menu item for Mario. Collecting it opens a path to Toad Trainworks.

Enemies

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  Pokeys
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  Green Pokeys
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  Red Shy Guys
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  Red Slurp Guys
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  Blue Shield Guys
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  Yellow Snifits
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  Pink Snifits
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  Red Slurp Snifits
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  Yellow Slurp Snifits
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  Blue Slurp Snifits
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  Green Whistle Snifits
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  Yellow Whistle Snifit
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  Green Spike Snifit
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  Pink Spike Snifit
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  Hammer Bros.
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  Paragoomba (Whistle reinforcement)
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  Spikes (Whistle reinforcement)

Collectibles

Additional items not included: Drinks from Prisma Café, globs of paint/random Coins from hammering/breaking random objects and items from the Spinning Door.

Field/Objects

Item	Icon	Location	Location Image
Café Key		On the key hook found near the cell on the B1 of the Snifit Hideout part. Required to progress.
3 Coins		In the second underground scene, found on the top of the first pipe.
		In the second underground scene, found on the top of the second pipe.
		In the second underground scene, found on the top of the third pipe.
		In the second underground scene, found on the top of the fourth pipe.
		In the Snifit Hideout's B2 part, in the breakable patch of sand found between the cell and the poster.
		In the Snifit Hideout's B3 part, in the breakable patch of sand found between the poster and the elevator.
		In the Snifit Hideout's B3 part, in the breakable patch of sand found in the cell with the Spinning Door.
Colorless Green Pokey and Pokey Battle Cards		In the Snifit Hideout's B1 part, in the two crates found at the west end.
Heart		In the third underground scene, on the elevated ground found in the southwest of the scene.
		In the Snifit Hideout's B2 part, in the breakable patch of sand found in the cell.
Heart and Snifit Battle Cards (all 5 color types and colorless)	5x	In the Snifit Hideout's B4 part, found in the secret room accessible from using the sand in the cell.
Holo-Peach PR-M4		In the outside scene, found left of the upper green pipe. Appears after the first visit to Violet Passage.
Snifit's Card Key		In the Snifit Hideout's B4 part, found in the office. Required to progress.
Thing Replica Battle Card 1-Up Mushroom Battle Card	N/A	In the fourth underground scene, found behind the collapsible wall. 1-Up Mushroom card appears only if Mario has all available Thing Replica Cards in his inventory.
Colorless Worn-Out Jump Battle Card		In the outside scene, found on the of the crate in a smaller crate.

Colorless spots

Location	Drop	Necessity	Location Image
In the first area, on the ground.	Coins, Eekhammer Battle Card	Optional
In the first area, on the wall north of the giant colorless spot.	Coins	Optional
In the first area, on a rock.	Coins, Worn-Out Jump x5 Battle Card	Optional
In the first area, on a barrel lid near the pipe to the cafe entrance.	Coins	Optional
In the first area, on the ground west of the cafe exit pipe.	Coins	Optional
In the first area, on the wall near the cafe entrance.	Coins	Optional
In the first area, on the ground near the cafe entrance.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the first area, on the giant hole. This spot is repainted by collecting the purple Big Paint Star.	None	Required
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the second area, on a Warp Pipe.	Coins	Required
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the second area, on the ground.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the second area, on the ground.	Coins, Iron Jump x2 Battle Card	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the second area, on the wall.	Coins, KO Hammer Battle Card	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the second area, on the ground.	Coins, Hammer x2 Battle Card	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the second area, on the wall.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the second area, on the ground.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the third area, on the wall.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the third area, on the ground.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the third area, on the ground.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the third area, on the wall.	Coins, Big Mushroom Battle Card	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the third area, on the wall.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the third area, on the wall.	Coins	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the third area, on a Warp Pipe.	Coins	Required
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star. In the third area, on the wall.	Coins, Colorless Iron Jump Battle Card	Optional
Required: Collect the purple Big Paint Star.