★ door

★ doors are doors in Super Mario 64 and its remake, Super Mario 64 DS. There are eight ★ doors to open (nine in the DS version), with each one requiring a different amount of Power Stars to open. There are also bigger variants called Big Star Doors.

Zero Stars

 * Bob-omb Battlefield, main floor
 * Hazy Maze Cave, basement
 * Snowman's Land, Chief Chilly Challenge, and Through the Looking Glass (both latter in DS only), upper floors
 * Tiny-Huge Island, upper floors

One Star

 * Whomp's Fortress, main floor
 * The Princess's Secret Slide and Sunshine Isles (DS only), main floor

Three Stars

 * Jolly Roger Bay, main floor
 * Cool, Cool Mountain, main floor

Eight Stars (DS only)

 * Goomboss Battle