Editing Redpepper Crater

{{PMCSLevelbox
|image=[[File:PMCS RedpepperCrater01.png|250px]]
Mario listens to a Shy Guy translating the Big Lava Bubble.
|access=Obtain the red [[Mini Paint Star]] from [[Redpepper Volcano]]
|stars=[[File:MiniOrangePaintStarIcon.png|20px]][[File:MiniPurplePaintStarIcon.png|20px]]
|colorless=19
|things=[[File:PMCS HairDryerThing.png|20px]]
|boss=[[Big Lava Bubble]]
|before=[[Redpepper Volcano|<<]]
|after=[[Toad Trainworks|>>]] [[Vortex Island|>>]]
}}
{{Quote|Well, that's one to check off the bucket list, eh? Bathing inside a volcano-fueled hot spring, I mean.|Huey|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
'''Redpepper Crater''' is a location from ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. The path leading here is unlocked after getting the [[Mini Paint Star|Red Mini Paint Star]] from [[Redpepper Volcano]], and unlocks paths leading to [[Toad Trainworks]] and [[Vortex Island]]. The [[Big Lava Bubble]] guards the entrance to the hot springs here, where the [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)#Hair Dryer|Hair Dryer Thing]] can be found.

==Layout==
When Mario first enters the area, he comes across a Toad who works at [[Tangerino Grill]]. The Toad explains that he has to find something to melt the ice in the freezer, but is not good at jumping. Huey offers to help, and the Toad happily leaves. Next, Mario must cross multiple moving rocks. The following area contains [[Piranha Plant]]s and a sequence of six rising and falling blocks. The entrance to the next room is at the upper right, and to reach it, Mario must pull [[Bowser Tape]] off one platform and repaint a section of another.

In the third area, Mario must use [[cutout]] when the lava is aligned to form a staircase. In the next room, after stepping on a platform in the middle, the [[Big Lava Bubble]] jumps out of the lava. A red [[Shy Guy]] follows it and translates its thoughts, with it being upset at Mario for entering its home.

Once the Big Lava Bubble is defeated, a pathway is created into the next area: a group of hot springs. Going into the hot springs causes Mario to regenerate all of his health, and Huey relaxes too, almost giving up on Mario to stay in the hot springs. Toad #45 of the red [[Rescue Squad]] is slightly more submerged in the water than the other Toads, and leaves after being talked to. Toad #44 is drying himself off with the Hair Dryer Thing, and leaves after Mario squeezes the Thing. Behind one of the waterfalls is an enemy spa with two [[Snifit]]s, a [[Boo]], three [[Shy Guy]]s, and an orange Mini Paint Star that opens a shortcut to [[Toad Trainworks]].

The purple Mini Paint Star can be found in the first area. Before the area with six rising and falling platforms, if Mario stands on the first platform and waits for it to lower, then goes to the left, he enters a secret cave with a Snifit and the Mini Paint Star. When collected, it opens a shortcut to [[Vortex Island]].

==Enemies==
*[[Lava Bubble]]
*[[Spike Top]]
*[[Piranha Plant]]
*[[Fire Piranha Plant]]
*[[Dry Bones]]
*[[Fire Bro]]
*[[Bob-omb]]
*[[Shy Guy]]
*[[Big Lava Bubble]] (boss)

==Colorless spots==
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! colspan="2" style="background:indianred; color:white; height:2em" | Redpepper Crater
|-
|In the first area, on the ground.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 1.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the wall.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 2.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the wall.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 3.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the wall.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 4.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the ground.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 5.png|400px]]
|-
|In the first area, on the wall.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 6.png|400px]]
|-
|In the second area, on the ground.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 7.png|400px]]
|-
|In the second area, on a moving platform.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 8.png|400px]]
|-
|In the second area, on the wall. This spot can be reached by jumping from the above area.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 9.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on a cardboard stalagmite.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 10.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on the wall.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 11.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on the ground.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 12.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on the ground.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 13.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on a cardboard stalagmite.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 14.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on the ground.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 15.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on a rock.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 16.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on the ground.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 17.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on the ground.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 18.png|400px]]
|-
|In the third area, on a cardboard stalagmite.
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater colorless spot 19.png|400px]]
|}

==? Blocks==
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|colspan=4 style="background:indianred|
|-
|[[File:PMCS Hammer x3 card unpainted.png|55px]]<br>Hammer x3 (colorless)
|In the first scene, near the entrance.
|{{anchor|Redpepper Crater}}[[File:Redpepper Crater Block 1.png|400px]]
|-
|[[File:PMCS Iron Jump x3 card unpainted.png|55px]]<br>[[Iron Jump x3]] (colorless)
|Same scene, before the second rising block.
|[[File:Redpepper Crater Block 2.png|400px]]
|-
|[[File:PMCS Big Ice Flower card unpainted.png|55px]]<br>Big Ice Flower (colorless)
|Same scene, before the last rising block of the scene.
|[[File:Redpepper Crater Block 3.png|400px]]
|-
|[[File:PMCS Big Hammer x2 card unpainted.png|55px]]<br>[[Big Hammer x2]] (colorless)
|In the second scene, near the entrance.
|[[File:Redpepper Crater Block 4.png|400px]]
|-
|[[File:PMCS Big Hurlhammer card unpainted.png|55px]]<br>Big Hurlhammer (colorless)
|Same scene, on the island accessed by a moving block, which is at first stuck with the [[Bowser Tape]].
|[[File:Redpepper Crater Block 5.png|400px]]
|-
|[[File:BigIceFlowerCard.png|55px]]<br>Big Ice Flower
|Same scene, above the platform which needs to be painted on first, found right of the previous block.
|[[File:Redpepper Crater Block 6.png|400px]]
|}

==Cutouts==
{|border=1 cellpadding=0 style="text-align: center; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid black; width:100%"
!Location
!Reward
!Hint
!Image
|-
|In the third area, on the lava.
|Required for completion
|None
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater cutout 1.png|400px]]
|-
|In the hot springs. Cutting this out reveals Luigi.
|300 Coins
|''The hot-spring shadow.''<br>''No one enters, no one leaves.''<br>''And yet there he is...''
|[[File:PMCS Redpepper Crater cutout 2.png|400px]]
|}

==Record==
{{media table

|file1=PMCS Redpepper Spa.oga
|title1=Redpepper Spa
|description1=Plays in Redpepper Crater's hot springs

|file2=PMCS Thing Hair Dryer.oga
|title2=Thing: Hair Dryer
|description2=Plays while using the Hair Dryer Thing
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PMCS RedpepperCraterIcon.gif|World map icon
PMCS Art 34.png|Redpepper Crater concept art
PMCS Redpepper Crater intro.png|Huey talks to a yellow Toad.
PMCS Redpepper Crater purple Mini Paint Star.png|The purple Mini Paint Star.
PMCS Redpepper Crater Bowser Tape.png|Mario pulls off some Bowser Tape.
PMCS Redpepper Crater Snifit.png|A Snifit talks to Mario.
PMCS Redpepper Crater Big Lava Bubble battle.png|Mario battles the Big Lava Bubble.
PMCS Redpepper Crater Huey hot springs.png|Huey in the hot springs.
PMCS Redpepper Crater Rescue Squad Toad 45.png|A Rescue Squad Toad in the hot springs.
PMCS Redpepper Crater Rescue Squad Toad 44.png|Red Rescue Squad member #44 dries off.
PMCS Redpepper Crater enemy hot springs.png|The orange Mini Paint Star's location.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マッカッ火口
|JapR=Makkakkakō
|JapM=Pun of 「<span class="explain" title="まっかっか">真っ赤っ赤</span>」(''makkakka'', deep red) and「火口」(''kakō'', crater)
|Spa=Cráter Rubicundo
|SpaM=Ruddy Crater
|Fre=Cratère Vermillon
|FreM=Vermilion Crater
|Por=Cratera Escaldante
|PorM=Scorching Crater
|Rus=Пылающий кратер
|RusR=Pylayushchiy krater
|RusM=Flaming Crater
}}

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[[Category:Volcanic areas]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: Color Splash locations]]