Gold Ring

Gold Rings are objects that appear in New Super Mario Bros. 2. They are similar in appearance to the coin rings from Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World. If Mario or Luigi passes through one of these, all enemies will turn golden, twinkling effects are added to the game screen, and the music slightly changes with "sparkly" sounds added to it. If Mario is in Gold Mario form, he will earn more coins than usual.

Most golden enemies leave trails of coins behind as they move, or even throw coins instead of their usual projectiles. Five coins are given for each defeated enemy; if multiple enemies are defeated consecutively (either by stomping on them without touching the ground or using a Koopa Troopa shell), the number of coins earned increases to 10, 15, and 20 for the second, third, and fourth enemies, respectively. After four enemies, 50 coins are given for each consecutive enemy. These values are doubled under the influence of both Gold Mario and the Gold Ring. However, in the E3 trailer of New Super Mario Bros. 2, only five coins were given even when golden enemies were defeated in succession.

Enemy behavior list
d = Gold Ring behavior only encountered in DLC course(s).

List of level appearances

 * World 1-4
 * World 1-A
 * World 2-2
 * World 3-1
 * World 4-1
 * World 4-3
 * World 4-4
 * World 5-1
 * World 5-2
 * World 5-3
 * World 5-4
 * World 5-A
 * World 5-5
 * World 6-2
 * World 6-B
 * World 6-3
 * Gold Rush Pack Course 1
 * Gold Rush Pack Course 2
 * Nerve-Wrack Pack Course 3
 * Gold Mushroom Pack Course 2
 * Gold Mushroom Pack Course 3
 * Coin Challenge Pack B Course 1
 * Coin Challenge Pack B Course 2
 * Coin Challenge Pack C Course 2
 * Mystery Adventures Pack Course 1
 * Nerve-Wrack Pack Course 3
 * Gold Mushroom Pack Course 2
 * Gold Mushroom Pack Course 3
 * Coin Challenge Pack B Course 1
 * Coin Challenge Pack B Course 2
 * Coin Challenge Pack C Course 2
 * Mystery Adventures Pack Course 1

New Super Mario Bros. 2

 * Instruction manual description: "If you touch this, all of the enemies in the course will turn gold for a short time. Gold enemies will produce gold coins in various ways."
 * North American website bio: "Hop through a gold ring and all enemies will turn into gold for a short time, yielding more coins and coin-producing behaviors. Flying Cheep-Cheeps will have a trail of coins, Gold Lakitus will toss coins from the sky, and more."

Names in other languages
Goldener Ring Anello dorato