Moon Rock

Moon Rocks (initially called Mysterious Cubes in the Prima Games guide ) are lustrous, gray cubic objects found in Super Mario Odyssey. There is one in each kingdom visited (excluding the Mushroom Kingdom, Dark Side, and Darker Side), but they have no function until after both Bowser is defeated in the Moon Kingdom and the player has collected all of the Multi Moons that are accessible during the main story. After completing both of these objectives, the kingdom's Moon Rock will glow, and Mario can activate it either by throwing Cappy at it or by Ground Pounding on it. Upon activating a Moon Rock, it will fly into the sky and explode, causing more Power Moons to become available in that kingdom. Toadette also gives Mario a Power Moon for activating all of the Moon Rocks.

Similarly textured rocks can be found in the Moon Kingdom, most prominently during the escape sequence at the end of the game.