Editing Moon Rock

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|image=[[File:Mysterious_Cube_SMO.jpg|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|related=[[Moon platform]]
}}
'''Moon Rocks''' (initially called '''Mysterious Cubes''' in the [[Prima Games]] guide)<ref>Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe (2017). ''Super Mario Odyssey: [[Prima Games|Prima]] Collector's Edition Guide''. Page 25.</ref> are objects found in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. These lustrous gray cubic objects are large chunks of minerals from the [[Moon]], as well as the raw form of the material that makes up [[Power Moon]]s.<ref>''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'', page 301.</ref> There is a Moon Rock in each kingdom visited (excluding the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]], [[Dark Side]], and [[Darker Side]]), but Moon Rocks have no function until after [[Bowser's Moon Wedding]] is completed to finish the game. If that is done and the player has collected all of the [[Multi Moon]]s in a given kingdom (if there are any), that kingdom's Moon Rock starts to glow. [[Mario]] can activate it by either throwing [[Cappy]] at it or [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing it. When Mario activates a Moon Rock, it flies into the sky and explodes, causing more Power Moons to become available in that kingdom. The Power Moons that appear this way are each marked with a Moon Rock icon on the Power Moon List, and their locations are automatically revealed on the map. The indicators use yellow text. Activating every Moon Rock completes the "[[List of Power Moons in the Mushroom Kingdom#Moon Rock Liberator|Moon Rock Liberator]]" achievement from [[Toadette]]. A Moon Rock fragment is also sold in the Moon Kingdom's [[Crazy Cap]] shop. 

[[File:SMO Lake Moon 25.png|thumb|250px|Block formations that appear to be made of Moon Rock]]
Similarly textured rocks can be found across the game. One prominent instance is a pillar in the [[Cascade Kingdom]]. It has material similar to Moon Rocks embedded into it, and the brochure for the kingdom says that many think the pillar comes from the sky. The [[Moon Kingdom]] has a number of rocks with this texture. Underground sections of the Moon, such as the Moon Kingdom's [[Underground Moon Caverns]] and the cave of the Darker Side, are made up of similar cubic rocks, and their backgrounds show even more. The brochure for the Darker Side conjectures that these deposits are the source of Moon Rocks. The same texture is also found on the colored material that makes up many of the "another world" secret areas. Lastly, the escape sequence at the end of the game involves a collapsing cave consisting of a number of rocks that look similar to Moon Rocks. They also glow yellow when struck.
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==Gallery==
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SMO Asset Sprite UI Moon Rock.png|Map sprite
SMO Moon Rock Fragment Souvenir.png|The Moon Rock fragment souvenir
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=月の石
|JpnR=Tsuki no Ishi
|JpnM={{wp|Moon Rock}}
|Spa=Roca lunar
|SpaM=Lunar Rock
|Fre=Roche lunaire
|FreM=Lunar Rock
|Dut=Maansteen
|DutM=Moon-Stone
|Ger=Mondquader
|GerM=Moon-Cuboid
|Ita=Monolito lunare
|ItaM=Lunar Monolith
|Rus=
|RusR=
|RusM=
|Chi=月之石
|ChiR=Yuè zhī shí
|ChiM=Moon Rock
|Kor=달의 돌
|KorR=Dal'ui Dol
|KorM=Moon Stone
}}

==Notes==
*The [[Wooded Kingdom]] releases the most Power Moons from its Moon Rock when activated, releasing 22 Moons, while the [[Ruined Kingdom]] releases the fewest Power Moons, releasing five Moons.
*In [[Metro Kingdom|New Donk City]], there are some computers located in various areas of the kingdom. Looking closely at the computers reveals an open page with a picture of the [[Sand Kingdom]]'s Moon Rock, before it is active.
*The Moon Rocks show a {{wp|Widmanstätten pattern}}. This pattern occasionally appears on meteorites.

==References==
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