Editing World 8-Fortress

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{{level infobox
|title={{world|8|fort}}
|image=[[File:SMAS SMB3 World 8-F Screenshot.png|256px]]
|code=World 8-Fortress
|world=[[Dark Land]]
|game=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|limit=400 seconds
|boss=[[Boom Boom]]
|before_alt=
|before=[[World 8-2 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|<<]]
|after=[[World 8-Super Tank|>>]]
|secret=
|track=Fortress BGM
|sample=[[File:Fortress Theme Super Mario Bros 3.oga]]
}}
'''{{world|8|fort}}''' is the [[fortress]] level, and the ninth level overall, of [[Dark Land]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. It becomes accessible after the player clears [[World 8-2 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 8-2]] and its own completion opens {{world-link|8|tank3|World 8-Super Tank}}. It is the longest and final fortress in the game. One of the hardest levels in the game besides [[World 8-Airship|8-Airship]]! Probably the hardest fortress in the game! 

==Layout==
Dark Land's fortress is made up of many doors and traps. The player starts next to some [[Roto-Disc]]s, above the third of which is a door that leads onto a [[Conveyor Belt|conveyor belt]] over [[lava]], which leads to a power-up with a [[Super Leaf]]. Continuing from the Roto-Discs, the player will find a [[Brick Block]] containing a [[Fire Flower]]. The door above and to the right of the power-up will lead to a room with another Fire Flower, though the player has to first reveal [[Hidden Block]]s to get to it while avoiding a [[Thwomp]]. Back in the first room, there is a door surrounded by Brick Blocks, and going through the door will put the player on a conveyor belt over lava. The next four doors lead to the same large room, though if the player finds the [[P Switch|Switch Block]] in the Brick Block formation from earlier, there is a secret door that leads to a [[1-Up Mushroom]]. The door under the Thwomp will also lead directly to a 1-Up Mushroom. Continuing over the lava, the player will come to a brick wall with a [[? Block]] containing a [[Super Star|Starman]] next to it. Dropping down through the gap and trying to jump out will reveal Hidden Blocks, with the right-most one containing a 1-Up Mushroom. Going through the door on the right, followed by the next door, will take the player to a conveyor belt with [[Spike Trap|spikes]] above it; if the player is powered-up, they will have to [[crouch]] under them. Continuing up the stairs and moving to the far right, the player has to drop down while avoiding the sliding Thwomp underneath and move to the left. Hitting the block closest to the conveyor belt will produce a Switch Block, and pressing it will reveal a white door on a ledge to the far right, which leads to [[Boom Boom]], who is fought on a conveyor belt. The Switch Block will also reveal a door on the conveyor belt, which leads to a Fire Flower. Defeating Boom Boom will clear the fortress and open the way forward on the map.

==Enemies==
{|border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse"style="text-align: center"
!Name
!Count
|-
|[[File:Rotodisc.gif]]<br>[[Roto-Disc]]
|12
|-
|[[File:SMB3 Dry Bones Sprite.gif]]<br>[[Dry Bones]]
|4
|-
|[[File:SMB3 Thwomp sprite.png]]<br>[[Thwomp]]
|4 (vertical)<br>2 (horizontal)<br>2 (diagonal)
|-
|[[File:SMB3 Lava Bubble.gif]]<br>[[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]
|11
|-
|align="center"style="background:#000000|[[File:Boomboom.gif]]<br>[[Boom Boom]] 
|1 (boss)
|}

==Level statistics==
*[[List of power-ups|Power-ups]]: 8 ([[Super Mushroom]]s, 3 [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]], 3 [[Fire Flower]]s, 2 [[Super Star|Starmen]])
*[[1-Up Mushroom]]s: 5
*Secret areas: 0

{{SMB3 levels}}
[[Category:Fortresses]]
[[Category:Volcanic areas]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 levels]]