The Great Tree

The Great Tree is a giant tree in the game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Its interior serves as the second dungeon in the game. It is located in Boggly Woods and is the home of the Puni Tribe. When Mario first arrives here, the entrance is sealed by a strange, metal door, which prompts him to take Punio to see Flurrie; the door is a result of the X-Nauts residing in the tree. There is actually a secret entrance in the Great Tree. Mario must use Flurrie to blow away "paper" that covers this entrance, which Punio proceeds to enter, prompting him to open the sealed door that Mario can walk through. However, the secret entrance is anything but secret as it is labeled "Secret Entrance" and is surrounded by flashing lights.



The Emerald Star is located within the tree. As such, Lord Crump and his X-Naut troops invaded the place to find it, even if that meant teaming up with the Jabbies (the rivals of the Punies), and additionally, imprisoning the Punies. Punio enlisted the help of Mario, Goombella, Koops, and Flurrie to liberate the Punies, take down the Jabbies, retrieve the Emerald Star, and drive the X-Nauts out of the Tree. Mario also obtained the Super Boots while he and his friends were here. After Mario and his friends find the Emerald Star, Crump steals it and activates a time bomb. Soon Mario, Goombella, Koops, Flurrie and the Punies corner Crump and demand that he surrenders the Crystal Star and leave the tree forever. However, instead of surrendering, Crump deactivates the time bomb and activate his robot, Magnus von Grapple and attacks. After defeating the robot, Crump and the X-Nauts are driven out of the tree and Mario is given the Emerald Star as a reward.

Enemies

 * Jabbi (Mario does not fight them in battle; the Punis do.)
 * Pale Piranha
 * Pider
 * Magnus von Grapple (Chapter 2 Boss)
 * X-Naut
 * Yux
 * Mini-Yux

Trivia

 * 1,000 years ago after the Shadow Queen was imprisoned the Goomba hero gave the Crystal Star to the Punies to keep safe.
 * The Goomba Hero also was the one who hollowed out the Great Tree, to give the Punies a safe place to live, away from the monsters of the Boggly Woods.
 * There is no way to go around the tree or over the high roots.
 * An invisible ! Block contains the FP Plus badge near the waterfall outside. Strangely, in international versions, the block isn't there, and the badge is just lying outside.
 * The Great Tree is the equivalent to the tree Raphael the Raven was staying on in Paper Mario. Deep in Jade Jungle the tree has an entrance in the same place, but inside is a spiral staircase carved from the wood. At the top is a branch to Raphael's nest. It's also the equivalent of the Dotwood Tree in Super Paper Mario.
 * Notably, this dungeon contains a shop. The shop sells mainly offensive items such as the Ice Storm, and there is also a Recovery Block that costs 8 coins. This is rare for a dungeon-type location.