Perilous Pokey Cave

This article is about Perilous Pokey Cave, a level in New Super Mario Bros. U. For its New Super Luigi U counterpart, see Underground Grrrols.

Level
Perilous Pokey Cave
Level code	World 2-2
World	Layer-Cake Desert
Game	New Super Mario Bros. U (Deluxe)
Primary power-up	Fire Flower
Time limit	400 seconds
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Perilous Pokey Cave, or Layer-Cake Desert-2, is the second course of Layer-Cake Desert in New Super Mario Bros. U. It is a cave consisting of Pokeys, various Sand Geysers and other enemies. It is unlocked via completion of Stone-Eye Zone, and its own completion unlocks Stoneslide Tower.

Layout

The cave, like Fire Snake Cavern, is barely shrouded in the dark. In the later part of the course, the entirety of the cave is shrouded in the dark. Sand Geysers and ledges act as platforms throughout the level, and allow access to secrets and hidden areas.

Mario starts outside the cave with a Pokey guarding a Hidden Block with a Yoshi's Egg and a Warp Pipe. Mario must enter this pipe to continue. Mario drops into the cave with Sand Geysers and many Pokeys. There is a block containing a Yoshi's Egg in the first section of the cave. The next section is through another Warp Pipe down deeper into the dark. Swoops and Pokeys appear throughout the section as enemies, and must be passed, or defeated with fireballs or eating them with Yoshi. Finally, another Warp Pipe is near the end. Another Warp Pipe beyond from the dark leads to the surface where the Goal Pole is.

Alternatively, the player can use the Super Acorn or P-Acorn in the starting area of the course to fly over the wall to the section where the Goal Pole is.

Star Coins

Image	Location
	Shortly after entering the cave, past the first Pokey on the ceiling, the player comes across an area with three Sand Geysers, a red Koopa Troopa, a Pokey and several floating blocks. They must jump onto the floating blocks to get the first Star Coin.
	Right after the player obtains the first Star Coin, two Pokeys are found on the ceiling between a sand geyser. They must get onto the geyser and jump up to reveal a Hidden Block, then use the block to wall jump up and to the right and over the ceiling. Then they must follow the path of coins right to the second Star Coin.
	Towards the end of the dark area full of Swoops and Pokeys, instead of taking the green Warp Pipe on the right, the player should head back and check the ceilings. If Mario or any other character finds a yellow Warp Pipe, they should look to the left of that to find some hidden blocks and a green Warp Pipe. They can use Yoshi, a Balloon Baby Yoshi, a Super Acorn, some Boost Blocks, or Peachette to reach it. The next area has three Pokeys and the Star Coin.

Enemies

Image	Name	Count
	Pokey	26
	Red Koopa Troopa	4
	Swoop	11

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	サンボだらけの どうくつ[?] Sanbo-Darake no Dōkutsu	Pokey-Filled Caves
Chinese	到处都是刺球丸子的洞窟 (Simplified) 到處都是刺球丸子的洞窟 (Traditional)[?] Dàochù Dōushì Cìqiú Wánzi de Dòngkū	Pokey-Filled Caves
Dutch	Ondergrondse Pokey-perikelen[?]	Underground Pokey-problem
French	Épiques Pokeys[?]	Epic Pokeys
German	Party in der Pokey-Höhle[?]	Party at the Pokey Cave
Italian	Grotta dei Marghibruchi[?]	Cave of the Pokeys
Korean	선인투성이 동굴[?] Seonintuseong'i Donggul	Cave full of Pokeys
Portuguese	Caverna Catubola[?]	Pokey Cave
Russian	Подземлье Поки[?] Podzeml'ye Poki	Pokey underground
Spanish	Terror subterráneo entre Pokeys[?]	Underground Horror Among Pokeys

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