Editing Moon Rock

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'''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 lustrous gray cubic objects found in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. They are large chunks of minerals from the [[Moon]], and the raw form of the material that makes up [[Power Moon]]s.<ref>''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'', page 301.</ref> There is one 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]] is defeated in the [[Moon Kingdom]]. After the player defeats Bowser and collects all of the [[Multi Moon]]s in a given kingdom (if there are any), that kingdom's Moon Rock glows, and [[Mario]] can activate it by either throwing [[Cappy]] at it or [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing on it. Upon Mario activating a Moon Rock, it flies into the sky and explodes, causing more [[Power Moon]]s to become available in that kingdom. [[Toadette]] also gives Mario a Power Moon for activating all of the Moon Rocks. A Moon Rock fragment is also sold in the Moon Kingdom's [[Crazy Cap]] shop.  

Similarly textured rocks can be found in the Moon Kingdom, most prominently during the escape sequence at the end of the game. The same texture is also found on the colored material that makes up many of the "another world" secret areas.

*In [[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.