Editing Gloam Valley

{{level infobox
|title=Gloam Valley
|image=[[File:Gloam Valley.png|250px]]
|code=2-1
|game=''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
|before=[[Yold Ruins|<<]]
|after=[[Merlee's Mansion|>>]]
|track=Gloam Valley
|sample=[[File:SPM Gloam Valley.oga]]
}}
[[File:SPM Chapter 2 Preview.png|thumb|left|Chapter preview]]
'''Gloam Valley''', also called '''Gloam Lowlands''', is the setting of Chapter 2-1 in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach]] reach this place through [[Flipside Tower]]'s orange door.
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==Chapters and locations==
{{content description
|name1='''Gloam Valley'''<br>(''Chapter 2-1: Bogging to Merlee's'')
|image1=[[File:Gloam Valley.png|150px]]
|description1=A swampy area with many enemies and underground caverns. [[Boomer (Super Paper Mario)|Boomer]] the Pixl is found here.
|name2='''[[Merlee's Mansion]]'''<br>(''Chapter 2-2: Tricks, Treats, Traps'')
|image2=[[File:MerleesEntry.PNG|150px]]
|description2=A large building that is home to [[Merlee]] and the [[Gnip]]s. It has been taken over by [[Mimi]] and filled with several traps.
|name3='''Merlee's Mansion'''<br>(''Chapter 2-3: Breaking the Bank'')
|image3=[[File:SPM VIP Room Wheel.png|150px]]
|description3=An area of the mansion devoted to Mimi's slave trap. Mario and Princess Peach briefly become enslaved. [[Slim (Pixl)|Slim]] is found here.
|name4='''[[Merlee's Basement]]'''<br>(''Chapter 2-4: The Basement Face-Off'')
|image4=[[File:SPM Merlee's Basement.png|150px]]
|description4=A maze-like area filled with enemies. Mimi pursues the heroes throughout the area and is fought as the Chapter boss.
}}

==Chapter 2-1: Bogging to Merlee's==
'''Storyline text'''
<blockquote>''With Princess Peach at his side, Mario set out once again, bound for adventure.''

''This time, our heroes were tasked with finding the mysterious charmer, Merlee.''

''If Merlon was right, then Merlee was the key to finding the next Pure Heart.''

''Never one to flinch from danger, Mario set out to find Merlee's mysterious mansion.''

''But little did he know, the evil works of dastardly Count Bleck awaited at every turn...''</blockquote>
[[File:Lock and Peach.PNG|thumb|left|200px|Lock talking to Peach]]
[[File:Boomer meeting SPM.png|thumb|200px|Recruiting Boomer]]
Gloam Valley becomes accessible after finding and activating the orange [[Heart Pillar]] in the [[Flipside]] Outskirts (which reveals Flipside Tower's orange door). It starts with a span of land and a platform above with three red [[Koopa Troopa]]s on it, as well as a [[? Block]] containing a [[Coin|coin]]. Beyond that is a higher platform and a pool of water with a high wall to the right of it. Peach must use the platform to float over the wall. Beyond the wall is another, larger pool of water with some [[Cheep Cheep]]s and floating platforms. There is a small stretch of land with a [[Squig]] on it, then another large pool of water with several platforms above it. At the end of the pool is a locked door. [[Flip]]ping reveals an arrow pointing back across the water. On the small piece of land, there are some yellow blocks in 3D that flip to 2D when hit and can be used to get up to the platforms. Traversing these leads to a pipe above the door. The pipe leads to an underground room with two [[Squiglet]]s and a Squig. Defeating these reveals a [[Door Key]].

The next area has a block containing [[Pal Pills]] at the start, then some [[Paragoomba]]s. After them, there is a door leading to a small area with a man named [[Lock]]. Lock won't talk to [[Mario]], but he finds [[Princess Peach|Peach]] cute. When she tells him she is headed to [[Merlee's Mansion]], he panics and warns her about bad things happening there. Interacting with Lock is completely optional. Beyond that door is some more Paragoombas and a pipe with a [[Piranha Plant]] in it. The pipe can be stood on to get to a platform, where some [[spinning device|rectangles]] will flip the player up to another platform. Peach's parasol can be used to traverse some more platforms and get to a pipe leading to the background, where there is a switch that creates a door.

In the next area, there are several blocks, one containing a [[Mega Star]]. This can be used to get through this entire area, which consists of blocks and enemies. At the end, there is a [[Save Block]] and a door. The next area has some water and some platforms above. There is a [[Slow Flower]] in a ? Block. After that, there is a stretch of land with some enemies. At the end, there is a platform with five other platforms above, but they cannot be reached because this platform is covered in blocks. The player must go down a pipe to an underground area that is seemingly empty, but [[Tippi]] reveals an invisible switch block that activates a pipe. Down the pipe is a [[Growmeba]] that, once defeated, reveals a large chest containing the [[Pixl]] [[Boomer (Super Paper Mario)|Boomer]]. After he is recruited, he can used to clear the blocky platform. Above, there are five platforms, four with doors on them. The first door leads to the bottom of a cave. An upper level with a switch can be seen, but not accessed from here. The second door leads to the bottom of a different cave with a [[Shlurp]]. The third door leads to the same cave as the last, but at the top. Flipping reveals that part of the floor has a hole patched up with blocks that can be destroyed with Boomer. The floor below that has many coins and another leading down to where the second door leads. The last door leads to the top of the first cave. The player can descend in the same way as the last door, but instead of coins, there is a switch that causes a loud rumbling. Leaving the cave reveals that a door has appeared on the fifth platform.
[[File:Mega Peach.PNG|thumb|150px]]
The last area has two [[Cherbil]]s and the [[Star Block (Super Paper Mario)|Star Block]]. Merlee's Mansion can be seen in the distance. Flipping reveals a hole that leads to a small area with two [[Swoop]]ers, two chests and a trampoline to get back up. The chests contain a Shlurp [[Catch Card]] and a Swooper Catch Card. Hitting the Star Block completes the level.

===Enemies===
<gallery>
File:Red Cheep-Cheep SPM.png|100px|[[Cheep Cheep]]
File:GoombaSPM.png|100px|[[Goomba]]
File:Growmeba.png|100px|[[Growmeba]]
File:Chibi Jawbus.png|100px|[[Jawbus]]
File:SPM Red Paratroopa.png|100px|[[Koopa Paratroopa]]
File:SPMKoopaTroopaGreenVariant1.png|100px|[[Koopa Troopa]]
File:SPM Megabite Catch Card.png|100px|[[Megabite]] (Star Block area)
File:SPMParagoomba.png|100px|[[Paragoomba]]
File:Shlurp.jpg|100px|[[Shlurp]]
File:SPMSpikedGoomba.png|100px|[[Spiked Goomba]]
File:SPMSwooper.png|100px|[[Swoop]]er
File:SPMCherbil.png|100px|[[Cherbil]]
File:SPMSquig.png|100px|[[Squig]]
File:SPM Squiglet.png|100px|[[Squiglet]]
</gallery>

===Items===
{{RPG item locations
|item1=Super Card
|image1=[[File:CatchCardSilverSPM.png]]
|location1=[[Watchitt]], in a 3D-accessible area on the other side of the area with Boomer's chest via a hole in the wall blown up by Boomer.
|item2=Caught Card
|image2=[[File:CatchCardOrangeSPM.png]]
|location2=<nowiki/>
*[[Swooper]], in an underground area under the Star Block via a 3D-accessible hole, right chest.
*[[Shlurp]], in an underground area under the Star Block via a 3D-accessible hole, left chest.
|item3=[[Shooting Star]]
|image3=[[File:Shooting Star SPM.png]]
|location3='''(Map 12)''', use [[Fleep]] on a seven-point star in the background near the Star Block, the one with five rays converging on it.
}}

===Menu description===
*''"Tall marsh grasses carpet this rich and wild wetland. You first met Boomer here under the ground."''

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=トワイランド
|JpnR=Towairando
|JpnM=Twiland, a portmanteau of "twilight" and "land".
|Kor=석양랜드
|KorR=Seogyang Raendeu
|KorM=Sunset Land
|Ita=Valle Crepuscolo
|ItaM=Twilight Valley
|SpaE=Valle del Crepúsculo<ref name=vallecrepusculo>[https://youtu.be/xJzSuDq_SfM?t=24 "Super Paper Mario - Valle Del Crepúsculo - Fase: 2-1"].</ref>
|SpaEM=Twilight Valley
|Ger=Dämmertal
|GerM=Twilight Valley
|Fre=Vallée Crépuscule
|FreM=Twilight Valley
}}

;Bogging to Merlee's
{{foreign names
|Jpn=サンデールの館をめざして
|JpnR=Sandēru no Yakata o Mezashite
|JpnM=Head for Merlee's Mansion
|Ita=In viaggio verso Merluna
|ItaM=Heading towards Merlee's
|Fre=En route chez Merlie
|FreM=On the way to Merlee's
|SpaE=A rastras hacia la mansión<ref name=vallecrepusculo/>
|SpaEM=Grudgingly going towards the mansion
|Ger=Auf dem Weg zu Merlee
|GerM=On the way to Merlee
|Kor=선데르의 저택을 향해
|KorR=Seondereu-ui jeotaek-eul hyanghae
|KorM=Toward Merlee's Mansion
}}

==Notes==
*The background music for Gloam Valley is the same music that was featured in the ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' trailer.
*[[The Void]] does not appear in this chapter until after obtaining the first Door Key.

==References==
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