Editing The Secret Under the Moat

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|image=[[File:SM64 Vanish Cap Under The Moat.png|280px]]

|unlock=Clear [[Bowser in the Dark World]] to access the basement and drain the castle's moat.

|stars='''''Super Mario 64'':'''<br>[[File:Star SM64.png]]<br>'''''Super Mario 64 DS'':'''<br>[[File:Star SM64DS.png]][[File:Star SM64DS.png]]

'''Vanish Cap Under the Moat''' (called '''Vanish Cap Switch Course''' in the message that appears upon first entering the course) is a secret course in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' that contains the [[Vanish Cap]]'s [[! Switch]]. In order to access the course, [[Mario]] must drain the water in the moat of the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]] by [[Ground Pound|ground-pounding]] two certain pillars in the basement, then go outside to the newly exposed door. After he does so, there will be a hole in the drained moat by the waterfall that will warp him to the course.

In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the course was retitled '''The Secret Under the Moat''', and the blue ! Switch was removed. However, a second [[Power Star]] was added. Also, a [[Block (Super Mario 64)|Black Brick]] (in a rectangular shape, containing three [[coin]]s) covers the entrance to the course, requiring only [[Wario]]'s strength to enter. This is one of the only three secret [[level]]s in the remake that only one certain character can access, the others being [[Chief Chilly Challenge]] for [[Luigi]] and [[Bowser in the Sky]] for Mario. There is a known [[glitch]] that, when performed, allows any character to enter the moat by going out of bounds at high speeds.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtjFf1cZc6o Video of the glitch being executed.</ref>

[[File:SM64DS Secret Under The Moat Map.png|frame|Map of The Secret Under the Moat in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'']]

When Mario first enters the course, he will be atop a large slide, with several ledges located scattered throughout. Upon entering, Mario will also be [[Vanish Mario]], though nothing happens to Wario in the DS remake. At the bottom of the slide is a path consisting of various moving and [[seesaw|teetering platform]]s that lead to the ! Switch. There are several [[Amp]]s and [[Keronpa Ball]]s on the path. Once Mario pushes the ! Switch, all the blue [[! Block]]s in the game will become solid, making the Vanish Cap usable. If Mario falls, he will not lose a life, but he will come out of a gaping hole near the waterfall. In the DS version, if the player falls off, the same thing will happen, but the Black Brick will respawn.

There are eight [[Red Coin]]s in the course. The first four are located on the slide's ledges at the start, while the other four can be found along the path to the ! Switch. The [[Star Marker]] is inside a cage next to the ! Switch, so after collecting the final Red Coin and pushing the switch, Mario will have to don a Vanish Cap to pass through the cage and nab the Power Star.

In the DS version, by collecting the [[Luigi Cap]], Wario can use the [[Power Flower (Super Mario 64 DS)|Power Flower]] at the end of the course in lieu of a Vanish Cap and go through the cage to collect the Power Star.

In the DS version, there is a new area across the chasm at the bottom of the slide. By turning into Mario, Wario can use a Power Flower to [[Balloon Mario|float]] over to the new area. By activating the [[Star Switch]] on the platform, the Power Star will appear in the [[Star Sphere]] above. Wario can reach it either by floating upwards to it or by using [[Wall Jump]]s.

SM64 Dry Moat.png|The entrance to The Secret Under the Moat in the N64 version

|Jap=おほりのとうめいスイッチ

|JapR=Ohori no Tōmei Suitchi

|JapM=The Moat's Transparent Switch

|Fra=Invisible sous les Douves

|FraM=Invisible under the Moat

|Jap=おほりのしたのひみつ

|JapR=Ohori no Shita no Himitsu

|JapM=Secret Under the Moat

|Fra=Le secret des douves

|FraM=The secret of the moat

|Ita=Il Segreto del Fossato

|ItaM=The Secret of the Moat

|KorR=Haeja Mit e Gamchweojin Bimil

|Chi=护城河下的秘密<ref>From the pause menu of the level in [[iQue]]'s localization of ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.</ref>

|ChiR=Hùchénghé xià de Mìmì

|ChiM=Secret Under the Moat