World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)

Level
World 5-1
Level code	World 5-1
World	Sky Land
Game	Super Mario Bros. 3
Time limit	300 seconds
Music track	Ground Theme
Music sample
Level progression ← Previous World 4-Airship Next → World 5-2 Super Mario Bros. 3 levels

World 5-1 is the first level in Sky Land from Super Mario Bros. 3.

Layout

The player starts in an area with a single Buster Beetle, some bricks, a Wood Block containing a power-up, and a Chain Chomp. If the player has a P-Wing, or is powered-up with a Super Leaf or a Tanooki Suit, they can fly to a Warp Pipe leading to a secret area with a treasure box containing a Music Box, which can be accessed by crouching and flying to a small gap on the right or running across while small, and another Warp Pipe that leads the player to an area below the main level with four 1-Up Mushrooms. Above there are three bricks, one of them with a Switch Block, which makes two threes (or a three and a four in the Game Boy Advance version) made of coins appear. After that, there are some Walking Piranhas, another Buster Beetle and two more Chain Chomps, guarding some ? Blocks, one of them holding a Starman. Afterwards, there are more Walking Piranhas and a Para-Goomba, followed by some bricks and the goal. In the Japanese version, a horizontal pipe must be gone through at the end before reaching the goal.

Enemies

Sprite	Name	Count
	Buster Beetle	2
	Chain Chomp	5
	Brown Para-Goomba	1
	Micro-Goomba	∞a
	Walking Piranha	4 (stationary) 3 (moving)

^a - Spawned by a Para-Goomba

Items

Sprite	Name	Count	Notes
	Coin
	Blue Coin	76
	Super Mushroom	2	Replaced by Super Leaves if Mario is already in his Super Mario form.
	Super Leaf	2	Replaces Super Mushrooms if Mario is in his Super Mario form.
	Starman	2	Found in sequential blocks; the latter one requires invincibility to still be active from the previous one.
	1-Up Mushroom	4
	Goal card	1	Ends the stage when collected
	Music Box	1	Found in a small chest in the secret room

Objects

Main area

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  ? Block

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  Brick

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  Ground

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  Pipe

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  Pipe (Japan only)

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  Switch Block

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  Unbreakable block

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  Wood Block

Sub area

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  ? Block

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  Ground (Japan only)

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  Pipe

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  Pipe (Japan only)

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  Treasure chest

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  Unbreakable block

Level map

Gallery

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  The area with the 1-Up Mushrooms

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  Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

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  The four made of coins

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  The hidden box in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Italian	Mondo 5-1	World 5-1

Notes

The glitch in action

• In the Family Computer release, the main level ends in a pipe, with the goal being in a sublevel. However, because that sublevel also contains the secret area, this leads to a glitch where Mario can trigger the treasure box into appearing. The Nipper Plant and items in the goal box will then appear glitched, and once Mario gets a card, another box spawns in a random spot. If it spawns where Mario can get to it, the "Course Clear! You Got a Card" text also appears glitched. The box contains a fourth Magic Whistle.
• It is not possible for all four 1-Up Mushrooms to spawn at once, and hitting a block with a second 1-Up Mushroom in it will make the first one disappear. This was rectified for the Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 release, which does allow all four to appear onscreen together.
• Unusually, in the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 versions of this level, the Chain Chomps are depicted as having blue mouths.