Lethal Lava Land

Mario fighting the Big Bully.

Lethal Lava Land is the seventh course in Super Mario 64, and later Super Mario 64 DS. As the name suggests, it is a course filled with Lava. There are many traps in the course compared to most previous levels. The primary enemies in the stage are the Bullies. The boss, in fact, is a Big Bully that Mario must push into lava. They exist in this stage as an annoyance to push Mario into the lava of the course. Unlike most other Mario games, the lava does not immediately defeat Mario; instead, it depletes Mario's health by three and sends him flying around. Fortunately, there are no bottomless pits to instantly kill Mario.

Highlights of this stage include a sliding puzzle that forms a picture of Bowser, many tilting platforms which easily dip Mario into lava, and a rolling log along which Mario must run. In the DS version, Power Flowers can save Wario from taking damage in the lava in this stage. Instead, Metal Wario gradually sinks into the lava as he walks along it, and must continuously jump to keep on the surface, similar to parts of Shifting Sand Land.

The entrance to Letal Lava Land is a painting of what appears to be a fireball with an eerie face, and is located in the basement of Princess Peach's Castle.

Super Mario 64

Boil The Big Bully

After Mario enter the stage, Mario should see a large bully on a square platform across the area. Using a variaty of punches, kicks, and other attacks, Mario will be able to push the Big Bully of the areana and into the lava. The Star will appear atop another platform and a set of steps will apear leading the plumber to it.

Bully The Bullies

Mario should head to the right of the site of his battle with Big Bully. He'll see a larger platform with three regular Bullies. After defeating the trio, a Big Bully will drop down and fight Mario. After pushing it into the lava below, the Power Star will appear in the center of the platform.

8-Coin Puzzle With 15 Pieces

Red-Hot Log Rolling

Hot-Foot-It Into The Volcano

Inside The Volcano

Super Mario 64 DS

Flaming Silver Stars

Trivia

A Blargg, in its Super Mario World appearance, was originally supposed to be in this level, or another lava-filled level. It was taken out for unknown reasons.

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Playable characters		Mario • Yoshi^b • Luigi^c • Wario^c • Red Yoshi^c • Blue Yoshi^c • Yellow Yoshi^c
Forms		Wing Mario • Metal Mario/Metal Wario • Vanish Mario/Vanish Luigi • Fire Power^c • Balloon Mario^c • Mega Mario^c
Non-playable characters		Lakitu Bros. • Princess Peach • Toad • Toads • Bob-omb Buddies • Koopa the Quick • Hoot • Penguins • Baby Penguins • Mother Penguin • Big Penguin • Snowman • Rabbits • MIPS^a • Glowing rabbits^c • Dorrie • Ukkikis
Enemies		Amp • Beach Koopa • Bob-omb • Boo • Bookend • Bub • Bubba • Bullet Bill • Bully • Chain Chomp • Chair • Chuckya • Clam shell • Flame thrower • Fly Guy • Fwoosh • Goomba • Goombette • Grand Goomba • Grindel • Heave-Ho • Klepto • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mad Piano • Manta Ray • Money Bags • Monty Mole • Moving Bar • Mr. Blizzard • Mr. I. • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Scuttle Bug • Skeeter • Small Koopa Troopa • Small Piranha • Snufit • Sparky • Spindel • Spindrift • Spiny • Spiny bomb • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Tox Box • Unagi • Whomp
Obstacles		Blaster • Casket • Cold water • Current • Endless stairs • Falling pillar • Fire bar • Fireball • Flamethrower • Hidden smasher • Ice block • Iron ball • Lava • Moving sand • Pendulum • Pit • Quicksand • Rolling rock • Slide Box • Spiked orb • Strange toxic cloud • Tornado • Water bomb • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind
Bosses		Big Bob-omb • Whomp King • Bowser • Big Boo • Big Mr. I. • Big Bully • Eyerok • Chill Bully • Wiggler • Goomboss^c • King Boo^c • Chief Chilly^c
Items and power-ups		1-UP Mushroom • Blue Coin • Bubble • Crate • Crazed Crate • Jumbo Star • Key • Koopa Shell • Luigi Key^c • Luigi's cap^c • Mario's cap • Mario's Key^c • Metal Cap^a • Mushroom^c • Power Flower^c • Power Star • Red Coin • Silver Star^c • Spinning Heart • Vanish Cap^a • Wario Key^c • Wario's cap^c • Wing Cap^a • Wings^c • Yellow Coin • Yoshi Egg^c
Objects		★ door • Arrow Lift • Arrow Sign • Big Star Door • Block • Blue Coin Block • Brick pillar • Bubble ring • Butterfly • Cannon • Cap Block • Cap Switch • Cloud House • Conveyor belt • Crystal Tap • Falling Block • Gondola • Key Door • Lift • Log • Magic carpet • Mushroom • Paddle wheel • Painting • Pole • Purple Switch • Pyramid platform • Rainbow Cruiser • Rotating bar • Secret • Seesaw • Semi-visible block • Shrinker Pipe • Sign • Square • Stake • Star Marker • Star Sphere^c • Star Switch^c • Swing • Tapering platform • Track • Treasure Chest • Tree • Warp pipe • Warp Point • Wire net • Wire platform • Work Elevator • Yellow block
Locations	First floor and mezzanine	Bob-omb Battlefield • Whomp's Fortress • Jolly Roger Bay • Cool, Cool Mountain • Bowser in the Dark World • The Princess's Secret Slide • The Secret Aquarium • Tower of the Wing Cap • Sunshine Isles^c • Goomboss Battle^c
	Basement and courtyard	Big Boo's Haunt • Hazy Maze Cave • Lethal Lava Land • Shifting Sand Land • Dire, Dire Docks • Bowser in the Fire Sea • Cavern of the Metal Cap/Behind the Waterfall • Vanish Cap Under the Moat/The Secret Under the Moat • Big Boo Battle^c • Battle Fort^c
	Upper floors and tower	Snowman's Land • Wet-Dry World • Tall, Tall Mountain • Tiny-Huge Island • Tick Tock Clock • Rainbow Ride • Bowser in the Sky • Wing Mario Over the Rainbow/Over the Rainbows • Chief Chilly Challenge^c
	Other	Castle Grounds • Mushroom Castle • Princess's room • Courtyard • Rec Room^c
Moves		Backward Somersault • Crawl • Crouch • Dive • Double Jump • Egg Throw^c • Flutter Kick^c • Fly • Jump • Kick • Long Jump • Pound the Ground • Punch • Scuttle^c • Side Somersault • Slide • Slide Kick • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow^c • Sweep Kick • Swim • Swing and Fling^c • Triple Jump • Wall Kick
Gameplay elements		Completion • Letter • Mario's face • Missions • Power Meter • Switch Cap Course
Minigames^c	Luigi	Lucky Stars • Mario Slot • Memory Master • Memory Match • Mushroom Roulette • Pair-a-Gone • Pair-a-Gone and On • Picture Poker • Super Mario Slot
	Mario	Bounce and Pounce • Bounce and Trounce • Connect the Characters • Mario's Slides • Shell Smash • Shuffle Shell • Sort or 'Splode • Trampoline Terror • Trampoline Time
	Wario	Bingo Ball • Bob-omb Squad • Coincentration • Giant Snowball Slalom • Intense Coincentration • Lakitu Launch • Psyche Out! • Slots Shot • Snowball Slalom
	Yoshi	Boom Box • Hide and Boo Seek • Loves Me...? • Mix-a-Mug • Puzzle Panel • Puzzle Panic • Tox Box Shuffle • Wanted! • Which Wiggler?
Musical compositions		"Super Mario 64 Main Theme" • "Slider" • "Inside the Castle Walls" • "Koopa's Road" • "Koopa's Theme"
Further info		Gallery (DS) • Glitches (DS) • Media (DS) • Original soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content (DS) • Quotes • Staff (DS)
^a Exclusive to Super Mario 64 ^b Present in both games, but has different roles in each ^c Exclusive to Super Mario 64 DS