Palace of Shadow Tower

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The Riddle Tower
The Palace of Shadow Tower as seen with a statue of the orrery obscuring the entrance

The Palace of Shadow Tower, unnamed in the Nintendo GameCube version, is a circular tower in the Palace of Shadow in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The tower is in the center of a large open plaza surrounded by streams. Inside is a spiral staircase with several doors on each floor. Mario has to solve the riddles in each room to earn a Palace Key. The pedestals to the keys appear later after Mario obtains the Star Stone from Gloomtail's room.

The planetarium in Riddle Tower
The orrery

At the top of the tower is a large orrery. A lock is there for the Star Stone, which will in turn make the locks for the Palace Keys appear. When all eight Palace Keys are inserted, the large model in the center begins to move, lowering the hallway before Gloomtail's room and revealing the next stage of the Palace of Shadow. Mario must fight Beldam, Marilyn, and Doopliss outside in the plaza before being able to access this new area.

In the Nintendo Switch remake, the riddle rooms are unlocked only after Gloomtail's Star Stone is used.

The riddle rooms

Each room contains a plaque with a three-line riddle on it. In the Nintendo GameCube version, the first and third lines are the riddles themselves, while the second line is part of a complete message. In the Nintendo Switch remake, the message is on the top line, while the riddles are on the middle and third lines.

Northwest room, first floor

GameCube Switch
Four stones, twin stones... Master of shadow, queen of fear
Master of Shadow and Dark... Four stones, twin rooms...
Two are one, one is two...

There are four blocks here: two Stone Blocks and two unbreakable Metal Blocks. The metal ones can be broken by breaking the Stone Blocks in the room directly above this one.

Northeast room, first floor

GameCube Switch
All you see isn't all there be... Stones to rival the celestial spheres
Stones Have Power of Stars... All you see isn't all there be...
Touch it to pass through it...

This is an empty room. Mario can pass through the wall, revealing a room with a switch. Hitting the ! Block there makes a chest appear in the first room.

Southwest room, first floor

GameCube Switch
Beyond, beyond, beyond... The seven hewn by a fell hand
Complete All Seven... Onward, onward, onward...
Before, before... Retreat, retreat...

This room has two ! Blocks. "Beyond/Onward" refers to the ! Block on the left side of the room; "before/retreat" refers to the right ! Block. The blocks have to be hit in this order: left, left, left, right, right.

Southeast room, first floor

GameCube Switch
The unseen may yet be felt... Feared far and wide across the land
So That We, the Great Ones... The unseen may yet be felt...
Be it here? Be it there?

There is an invisible object in the middle of the room, and Mario cannot walk through the object. Flurrie can blow it away to reveal another chest.

Northwest room, second floor

GameCube Switch
Four stones, twin stones... By skill and might, engraved in stone.
Can Live Again by the Stone... Four stones, twin rooms...
Two are one, one is two...

There are four blocks in this room: two stone ones and two unbreakable metal ones. The metal ones can be broken by breaking the Stone Blocks in the room directly underneath this one.

Northeast room, second floor

GameCube Switch
Straight on, straight onward... Carrying secrets from on high
We Know the Stars Spurn Us... Straight on, straight onward...
Destroy all in your path... Destroy what lies in your path...

This is another empty room. The part of the wall directly opposite the door can be blown up using Bobbery's Bomb attack, revealing another room.

Southwest room, second floor

GameCube Switch
Let fall the weakest... Carrying the lore of the sky
And That the Skies Lie... Let fall the weakest...
Then build to the strongest...

One of each member of the Bones Family is in the room. The player must beat the members in this order: Dull Bones, Red Bones, Dry Bones, Dark Bones.

Southeast room, second floor

GameCube Switch
The shy one hides his shape... The stars up in the heavens shone
But the Stars Bring Balance. The shy one hides their shape...
The shy one hides his face... The shy one hides their face...

The room appears empty, but using Vivian to hide in the shadows makes a ! Block appear.

The hidden message

Assembling all eight messages gives a complete poem. The GameCube version does not notate an intended order, but they seem to make the most sense in the following order:

Master of Shadow and Dark...
Stones Have Power of Stars...
Complete All Seven...
So That We, the Great Ones...
Can Live Again by the Stone...
We Know the Stars Spurn Us...
And That the Skies Lie...
But the Stars Bring Balance.

In the Nintendo Switch remake, the messages have been altered to more closely match the Japanese localization. Upon Mario inserting all eight Palace Keys, the poem is displayed on the screen, with messages arranged in the following order:

The stars up in the heavens shone
Carrying the lore of the sky
Carrying secrets from on high
By skill and might, engraved in stone.
Stones to rival the celestial spheres
The seven hewn by a fell hand
Feared far and wide across the land
Master of shadow, queen of fear.

Messages in other languages

Japanese

Japanese Romanization Translation

天てんより おつる 星ほしのかがやき
天てんの ことわりを しり
星ほしの ことわりを しり
ワザを もって 石いしに やどす
星ほしのチカラが やどりし 石いしを
7つ すべてを つくりしは
おお いだいなる われらが
ヤミと カゲの あるじよ

Ten yori otsuru hoshi no kagayaki
Ten no kotowari o shiri
Hoshi no kotowari o shiri
Waza o motte ishi ni yadosu
Hoshi no chikara ga yadorishi ishi o
Nanatsu subete o tsukuri shi wa
Ō idai naru warera ga
Yami to kage no aruji yo

The starlight descended from the sky
Knowing the laws of the heavens
Knowing the laws of the stars
With skill, sealed into stones
Stones imbued with the power of stars
The one who made all 7 of them
O, our magnificent
Master of darkness and shadow

Chinese

Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Mandarin Romanization Translation

从天而降的星光
精通苍天之律
知晓繁星之理
以奇技封入石中
寄宿着星之力量的石头
将其共造7颗之人
啊，我等伟大的
暗影之主啊

從天而降的星光
精通蒼天之律
知曉繁星之理
以奇技封入石中
寄宿著星之力量的石頭
將其共造7顆之人
啊，我等偉大的
暗影之主啊

Cóngtiān'érjiàng de xīngguāng
Jīng tōng cāngtiān zhī lǜ
Zhīxiǎo fánxīng zhī lǐ
Yǐ qíjì fēngrù shí zhōng
Jìsù zhe xīng zhī lìliáng de shítóu
Jiāng qí gòng zào qīkē zhī rén
À, wǒděng wěidà de
Ànyǐng zhī zhǔ a

The starlight descended from the sky
Mastering the laws of the heavens
Understanding the knowledge of myriad stars
With miraculous techniques, sealed into stones
Stones imbued with the power of stars
The one who made all 7 of them
O, our magnificent
Lord of darkness and shadow

Gallery

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  • Palace of Shadow Treasure Chests 3 and 7.png
  • Palace of Shadow Treasure Chests 4 and 8.png
  • Palace of Shadow Treasure Chest 6.png
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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese やみのきゅうでん とう[?]
Yami no Kyūden Tō 		Palace of Shadow Tower
Chinese (simplified) 黑暗宫殿　高塔[?]
Hēi'àn Gōngdiàn Gāotǎ 		Palace of Shadow: Tower
Chinese (traditional) 黑暗宮殿　高塔[?]
Hēi'àn Gōngdiàn Gāotǎ 		Palace of Shadow: Tower
Korean 어둠 궁전 탑[?]
Eodum Gungjeon Tap 		Palace of Shadow: Tower
Spanish Torre del palacio[?] Palace tower

Notes

  • The theme that plays inside the Palace of Shadow Tower incorporates an ostinato that is strikingly similar to that of the background theme from the Pit of 100 Trials, emphasizing a connection between the two locations.
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