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{{articleabout|the box from ''Super Mario 3D Land''|the item from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' with the same name|[[Mystery#Super Paper Mario|here]]}}
{{about|the box from ''Super Mario 3D Land''|the item from the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]] with the same name|[[Mystery Box (item)]]|The Captain Command in ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey''|[[Mystery Box (Captain Command)]]}}
{{item-infobox
{{item infobox
|name=Mystery Box
|image=[[File:MysteryBox CTTT.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|description=A purple, transparent box with a question mark on the middle.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|image=[[File:MysteryBox SM3DL.png|200px]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[2011]])
|latest_appearance=
}}
}}
'''Mystery Boxes''' are boxes [[Mario]] can access in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They are found in most Worlds of the game, and contain various different tasks, such as defeating all the enemies in the box within ten seconds. When Mario completes the tasks, he will receive items such as [[Coin]]s, [[1-Up Mushroom]]s or a Star Medal. Friends via StreetPass can also send the player their Mystery Boxes for him to try out.
'''Mystery Boxes''' are objects debuting in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.


[[File:Golden_Mystery_Box.JPG|thumb|left|A golden Mystery Box. Note that there are two Star Medals.]]
==History==
Mystery Boxes can also be golden in the inside. Most of the golden-sided Mystery Boxes have two Star Medals in them, and many 1-Up Mushrooms. Mystery Boxes can contain many different things, such as [[Poison Mushroom|Poison Mushrooms]], [[Toad (species)|Toads]], or even [[P-Wing|P-Wings.]]
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
In ''Super Mario 3D Land'', they are found in most Worlds, with their primary task being to defeat all the enemies in the box within ten seconds. Enemies can range from [[Goomba]]s to [[Boom Boom]]s. When Mario completes the task, [[Coin]]s and a [[Star Medal]] appear. Other items, such as [[1-Up Mushroom]]s, [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] and [[Fire Flower]]s are also found within Mystery Boxes. However, if Mario loses a life in a Mystery Box, he will be forced to quit the level. Whenever the player first encounters a Mystery Box on the world map, they are required to enter it before moving on. The Mystery Box theme is a remix of the [[Teleporter (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|Teleporter]] theme from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.
 
[[File:Golden Mystery Box.png|thumb|left|A golden Mystery Box. Note that there are two Star Medals and even a P-Wing.]]
Mystery Boxes can also be golden on the inside, while still appearing purple on the outside. All of the golden-sided Mystery Boxes contain two Star Medals, and at least three 1-Up Mushrooms, with some containing as many as eight. No golden-sided Mystery Boxes contain enemies, and as such, Star Medals appear immediately upon entering a box. They can contain many different things, such as [[Poison Mushroom]]s, [[Toad (species)|Toads]], or even [[P-Wing]]s. These Mystery Boxes have a cover of the [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|main theme]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' as the background music.
 
There are a total of 20 unique normal Mystery Box contents and 15 unique golden-sided Mystery Boxes contents. Golden-sided Mystery Boxes more rarely appear than normal ones. Each normal Mystery Box can be found in two different Worlds, while each golden-sided one can only be found in a single World.
 
After completing a Mystery Box, it turns gray on the overworld map and "falls asleep", rendering it inaccessible. It may be accessed again 20 hours later. The contents of each Mystery Box changes each time it is re-entered.
 
Mystery Boxes can also be accessed via {{iw|nwiki|StreetPass}}, a wireless feature that automatically exchanges information with nearby [[Nintendo 3DS]] systems while the system is in sleep mode). The only difference in a StreetPass Mystery Box is that it is guaranteed to have a Star Medal or two, unless of course all Star Medals have been collected.
 
Mystery Boxes also can appear in some levels of ''Super Mario 3D Land'', which the goal is to collect as many coins from the blocks within the time limit. In the early versions of the game, these Mystery Boxes used the same design as that of the current [[Warp Box]]; similarly, the early Warp Boxes used the current Mystery Box design, albeit with an exclamation point instead of a question mark.<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20150819031416/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8CaDJZzjJY|deadlink=y|author=UltimatePisman|date=May 27, 2015|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'': E3 2011 Beta|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 29, 2024|language=en}}</ref> The colors were switched in the final version of the game.
 
====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
Mystery Boxes in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|its Nintendo Switch port]] can only be found in levels. Each of them has a [[Green Star]] which must be collected within the time limit. If Mario fails, he is sent back to the proper level. The Green Stars must be collected in different ways, like defeating every enemy present, navigating through a small obstacle course, or using given items or forms to reach it. Certain worlds also feature special courses called [[Mystery House]]s, which consist of clearing a number of Mystery Box courses in quick succession. In one area of the [[Shiftier Boo Mansion]] level, a [[illusion|fake Mystery Box]] appears, which summons a [[Big Boo]] when interacted with.
 
===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
Mystery Boxes also appear in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|ports]], appearing only in [[Coins Galore]] bonus levels this time. After entering a Coins Galore level, [[Captain Toad]] or [[Toadette]] can select two Mystery Boxes: one that accesses a bonus area with [[Super Pickax]]es and other that access a bonus area with [[Double Cherry|Double Cherries]]. The task is to collect many coins or [[Gold Mushroom]]s within 10 seconds. After completing a Coins Galore level, it cannot be entered again. However, if the Toads complete every level of the game, these Coins Galore levels will be permanently open and can be accessed at any time from the [[Bonus Episode]].
 
==Contents==
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!Image
!Content
!Location
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W1-3 MB (inside).png|180px]]
|
*3 [[? Block]]s, two of which contain a single [[coin]] and the other of which continues to produce coins as long as time remains on the Box's timer
*2 [[Hidden Block]]s (Note: They appear where there are gaps between the ? Blocks.)
|[[File:SM3DL W1-3 MB.png|180px|link=World 1-3 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W1-4 MB (inside).png|180px]]
|
*3 [[Long ? Block]]s containing two [[coin]]s and a [[Super Leaf]], a single set of three coins, and multiple sets of three coins, respectively
|[[File:SM3DL W1-4 MB.png|180px|link=World 1-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W6-1 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*3 [[Roulette Block]]s
|[[File:SM3DL W6-1 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]<br>(Note: A [[Yellow Toad and Blue Toad|yellow Toad]] will also be found here and will give a [[1-Up Mushroom]] if the player watched his entrance into the hidden Box through a pair of [[Binoculars]].)
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W8-5 3rd Star Medal.jpg|180px]]
|
*3 [[coin]] throwing [[Rocky Wrench]]es
*1 [[Star Medal]]
|[[File:SM3DL W8-5 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 8-5 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S1-3 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*45 [[Brick Block]]s each containing a [[coin]]
*3 [[Hidden Block]]s each containing a [[coin]]
*1 [[Hidden Block]] containing a [[1-Up Mushroom]]
|[[File:SM3DL S1-3 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 1-3]]
|}
 
====World Map Mystery Boxes====
Defeating every enemy in a Box will cause ten [[Coin]]s and a [[Star Medal]] to appear.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!Image
!Content
!Location(s)
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB (inside).png|180px]]
|
*2 [[Goomba Board]]s
*1 [[Fire Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB.png|180px|link=World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL W6 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]<br>(Note: This is also the tutorial.)
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB (3rd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*3 [[Piranha Plant]]s
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB.png|180px|link=World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL W6 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB (2nd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*3 [[Goomba]]s
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB.png|180px|link=World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S1 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 1]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB (4th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*1 red [[Biddybud]]
*1 [[Fire Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB.png|180px|link=World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S3 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 3]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S3 MB (2nd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*1 [[Fire Flower]]
*1 [[Goomba Tower]], two [[Goomba]]s high
*1 [[Fire Piranha Plant]]
|[[File:SM3DL W2 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S3 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 3]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W4 MB (2nd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*2 [[Tail Goomba]]s
*1 [[Piranha Plant]]
|[[File:SM3DL W4 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S5 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 5]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W4 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*1 [[Goomba]]
*1 [[Piranha Plant]]
|[[File:SM3DL W4 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S5 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 5]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB (2nd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*3 [[Biddybud]]s (yellow, green, and red)
*1 [[Fire Flower]]
*1 [[Super Mushroom]]
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W2 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*2 [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s
*1 [[Fire Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL W2 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S3 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 3]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S5 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*2 [[Tail Goomba]]s
*1 [[Super Leaf]]
|[[File:SM3DL W2 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S5 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 5]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W2 MB (3rd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*5 [[Biddybud]]s (yellow, green, red, blue, and pink)
|[[File:SM3DL W2 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S3 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 3]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB (4th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*2 [[Goomba Tower]]s, two [[Goomba]]s high each
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S1 MB (3rd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*1 [[Hammer Bro]]
*1 [[Boomerang Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL S1 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 1]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S1 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*1 [[Goomba]]
*1 [[Super Leaf]]
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB.png|180px|link=World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S1 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 1]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S3 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*1 [[Boomerang Bro]]
*1 [[Boomerang Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL S3 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 3]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S5 MB (3rd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*1 [[Hammer Bro]]
*1 [[Boomerang Bro]]
|[[File:SM3DL S5 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 5]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*1 [[Hammer Bro]]
*1 [[Boomerang Bro]]
*1 [[Boomerang Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB (2nd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*3 [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB (3rd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*[[Boom Boom]] (requiring only one hit to defeat)
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W4 MB (3rd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*2 [[Goomba Tower]]s, two [[Goomba]]s high each
*1 [[Fire Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL W4 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)]][[File:SM3DL S5 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 5]][[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|}
 
=====Golden Mystery Boxes=====
In addition to the features listed here, each Box contains two Star Medals.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!Image
!Content
!Appearance
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB (5th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*15 [[Super Leaves]]
*1 [[P-Wing]]
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB.png|180px|link=World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB (6th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*5 [[Toad (species)|Toads]] (red, blue, yellow, green, and purple)
|[[File:SM3DL W1 MB.png|180px|link=World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W2 MB (2nd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*9 [[Goomba Board]]s, five of which contain [[1-Up Mushroom]]s and others which contain [[coin]]s
*1 [[Fire Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL W2 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W4 MB (4th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*10 [[Crate]]s, four of which contain [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
*2 [[? Block]]s containing a [[Super Leaf]] and a [[Fire Flower]], respectively
|[[File:SM3DL W4 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB (3rd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*12 [[Cactus|cacti]], four of which contain [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
*1 [[Boomerang Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB (5th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*7 white dandelions
*4 yellow dandelions containing [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
*1 [[? Block]] containing a [[Super Leaf]]
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB (inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*4 [[P-Switch]]es pressing each of which causes a [[1-Up Mushroom]] to appear
|[[File:SM3DL W6 MB.jpg|180px|link=World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S1 MB (4th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*7 [[1-Up Mushroom Board]]s, four of which contain real [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
*A 5th [[1-Up Mushroom]]
*1 [[? Block]] containing a [[Fire Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL S1 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 1]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S5 MB (4th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*6 [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
*6 [[Poison Mushroom]]s
|[[File:SM3DL S5 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 5]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S5 MB (2nd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*12 [[? Block]]s containing [[coin]]s
*4 [[Invisible ? Block]]s containing [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
|[[File:SM3DL S5 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 5]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB (5th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*3 [[? Block]]s containing [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
*1 [[Coin Box|? Box]]
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB (4th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*4 [[Lantern|torches]] containing [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
*1 [[Fire Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S1 MB (2nd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*8 [[1-Up Mushroom]]s
|[[File:SM3DL S1 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 1]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S3 MB (3rd inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*[[Flower (environmental object)|Flowers]], some of which contain [[1-Up Mushroom]]s, and some of which contain [[coin]]s
*1 [[? Block]] containing a [[Fire Flower]]
|[[File:SM3DL S3 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 3]]
|-
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB (6th inside).jpg|180px]]
|
*Plants, some of which contain [[1-Up Mushroom]]s, and some of which contain [[coin]]s
*1 [[Coin Coffer]] hiding in one of the plants
*1 [[? Block]] containing a [[Super Leaf]]
|[[File:SM3DL S7 MB.jpg|180px|link=Special 7]]
|}
 
===''Super Mario 3D World''===
The player obtains a [[Green Star]] by completing the following objectives:
{| style="margin: 0 auto" width="100%" class=wikitable
!width="1%"|Level number
!width="1%"|Level name
!width="5%"|Objective
|-
|'''World 1-2'''
|[[Koopa Troopa Cave]]
|Defeating two [[Koopa Troopa]]s
|-
|'''World 1-5'''
|[[Switch Scramble Circus]]
|Destroying the crate in the left-hand corner
|-
|'''World 2-3'''
|[[Shadow-Play Alley]]
|Pressing the [[P Switch]] to open a hidden room underneath the stairs
|-
|'''World 3-3'''
|[[Shifty Boo Mansion]]
|Dodging the [[Peepa]]s in the rotating room to reach the Star
|-
|'''World 3-6'''
|[[Mount Must Dash]]
|Catching the [[Rabbit]]
|-
|'''World 4-2'''
|[[Piranha Creeper Creek]]
|Using four [[Piranha Creeper]]s as platforms to reach the Star
|-
|'''World 4-4'''
|[[Big Bounce Byway]]
|Jumping with a disabled [[Hop-Chops|Hop-Chop]] or using the [[Cat Mario|Cat transformation]] to climb to the Star
|-
|'''{{world|4|castle3dw}}'''
|[[Lava Rock Lair]]
|Pressing the three [[P Panel]]s
|-
|'''World 5-7'''
|[[Searchlight Sneak]]
|Climbing the stairs to the Star while dodging [[Cat Bullet Bill]]s
|-
|'''World 6-3'''
|[[Hands-On Hall]]
|Defeating the [[Spike]]
|-
|'''World 6-5'''
|[[Ty-Foo Flurries]]
|[[Ice Skate|Skating]] to the Star while dodging [[Walleye]]s and [[Skating Goomba]]s
|-
|'''World 6-6'''
|[[Bullet Bill Base]]
|Navigating the circular vertical conveyor belt to reach the Star
|-
|'''{{world|castle|4}}'''
|[[Boiling Blue Bully Belt]]
|Pushing a [[Bully]] into the lava
|-
|'''{{world|bowser|1}}'''
|[[Spiky Spike Bridge]]
|Climbing up the wall to the P Switch to reveal the Star and climbing the opposite wall to retrieve it
|-
|'''{{world|bowser|3}}'''
|[[Cookie Cogworks]]
|Navigating the giant cookie rotating counterclockwise to reach the Star
|-
|'''{{world|bowser|4}}'''
|[[Footlight Lane]]
|Navigating the invisible floors and dodging the [[Thwomp]] to reach the Star
|-
|'''{{world|bowser|6}}'''
|[[A Beam in the Dark]]
|Defeating six [[Boo]]s with [[Light Box]]es or the [[Lucky Bell]]
|-
|'''{{world|star2|3}}'''
|[[Rolling Ride Run]]
|Rotating the room to the right or using the Cat transformation to reach the Star
|-
|'''{{world|star2|5}}'''
|[[Super Block Land]]
|Extending the blocks in the room or using the Cat transformation to reach the Star
|-
|'''{{world|star2|8}}'''
|[[Peepa's Fog Bog]]
|Throwing a snowball at the Star to collect it; going near it causes it to vanish
|-
|'''{{world|flower2|1}}'''
|[[Switch Shock Circus]]
|Turning on all four [[Flipswitch Panel|Switch Panel]]s on the wall to reveal the Star
|}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
MysteryBox SM3DL.png|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
Mystery Box SM3DW Prima.jpg|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ミステリーボックス<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''|page=186 and 233|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Misuterī Bokkusu
|JapM=Mystery Box
|Spa=Caja misteriosa
|SpaM=Mysterious box
|Ger=Rätselbox
|GerM=Mystery Box
|Por=Caixa Mistério
|PorM=Mystery Box
|Rus=Ящик с секретом
|RusR=Yashchik s sekretom
|RusM=Box with secret
|Chi=神秘箱
|ChiR=Shénmì Xiāng
|ChiM=Mystery Box
|Ita=Cubo Mistero
|ItaM=Mystery Cube
}}
 
==References==
<references/>


After completing a Mystery Box, it turns gray, "falls asleep", and is inaccessible. It may be accessed again 24 hours later.
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[[Category:Blocks]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker objects]]
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[[Category:Super Mario 3D World objects]]
[[it:Cubo Mistero]]

Latest revision as of 10:19, November 9, 2024

This article is about the box from Super Mario 3D Land. For the item from the Paper Mario series with the same name, see Mystery Box (item). For The Captain Command in Bowser Jr.'s Journey, see Mystery Box (Captain Command).
Mystery Box
MysteryBox CTTT.png
Artwork from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
First appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)

Mystery Boxes are objects debuting in Super Mario 3D Land.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

In Super Mario 3D Land, they are found in most Worlds, with their primary task being to defeat all the enemies in the box within ten seconds. Enemies can range from Goombas to Boom Booms. When Mario completes the task, Coins and a Star Medal appear. Other items, such as 1-Up Mushrooms, Super Leaves and Fire Flowers are also found within Mystery Boxes. However, if Mario loses a life in a Mystery Box, he will be forced to quit the level. Whenever the player first encounters a Mystery Box on the world map, they are required to enter it before moving on. The Mystery Box theme is a remix of the Teleporter theme from Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Golden Mystery Box
A golden Mystery Box. Note that there are two Star Medals and even a P-Wing.

Mystery Boxes can also be golden on the inside, while still appearing purple on the outside. All of the golden-sided Mystery Boxes contain two Star Medals, and at least three 1-Up Mushrooms, with some containing as many as eight. No golden-sided Mystery Boxes contain enemies, and as such, Star Medals appear immediately upon entering a box. They can contain many different things, such as Poison Mushrooms, Toads, or even P-Wings. These Mystery Boxes have a cover of the main theme from Super Mario Bros. as the background music.

There are a total of 20 unique normal Mystery Box contents and 15 unique golden-sided Mystery Boxes contents. Golden-sided Mystery Boxes more rarely appear than normal ones. Each normal Mystery Box can be found in two different Worlds, while each golden-sided one can only be found in a single World.

After completing a Mystery Box, it turns gray on the overworld map and "falls asleep", rendering it inaccessible. It may be accessed again 20 hours later. The contents of each Mystery Box changes each time it is re-entered.

Mystery Boxes can also be accessed via StreetPass, a wireless feature that automatically exchanges information with nearby Nintendo 3DS systems while the system is in sleep mode). The only difference in a StreetPass Mystery Box is that it is guaranteed to have a Star Medal or two, unless of course all Star Medals have been collected.

Mystery Boxes also can appear in some levels of Super Mario 3D Land, which the goal is to collect as many coins from the blocks within the time limit. In the early versions of the game, these Mystery Boxes used the same design as that of the current Warp Box; similarly, the early Warp Boxes used the current Mystery Box design, albeit with an exclamation point instead of a question mark.[1] The colors were switched in the final version of the game.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]

Mystery Boxes in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port can only be found in levels. Each of them has a Green Star which must be collected within the time limit. If Mario fails, he is sent back to the proper level. The Green Stars must be collected in different ways, like defeating every enemy present, navigating through a small obstacle course, or using given items or forms to reach it. Certain worlds also feature special courses called Mystery Houses, which consist of clearing a number of Mystery Box courses in quick succession. In one area of the Shiftier Boo Mansion level, a fake Mystery Box appears, which summons a Big Boo when interacted with.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]

Mystery Boxes also appear in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports, appearing only in Coins Galore bonus levels this time. After entering a Coins Galore level, Captain Toad or Toadette can select two Mystery Boxes: one that accesses a bonus area with Super Pickaxes and other that access a bonus area with Double Cherries. The task is to collect many coins or Gold Mushrooms within 10 seconds. After completing a Coins Galore level, it cannot be entered again. However, if the Toads complete every level of the game, these Coins Galore levels will be permanently open and can be accessed at any time from the Bonus Episode.

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Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Image Content Location
The Mystery Box in World 1-3 of Super Mario 3D Land
  • 3 ? Blocks, two of which contain a single coin and the other of which continues to produce coins as long as time remains on the Box's timer
  • 2 Hidden Blocks (Note: They appear where there are gaps between the ? Blocks.)
 World 1-3 (Super Mario 3D Land)
The Mystery Box in World 1-4 of Super Mario 3D Land World 1-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot World 6-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)
(Note: A yellow Toad will also be found here and will give a 1-Up Mushroom if the player watched his entrance into the hidden Box through a pair of Binoculars.)
Where to find a Star Medal World 8-5 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 1-3

World Map Mystery Boxes[edit]

Defeating every enemy in a Box will cause ten Coins and a Star Medal to appear.

Image Content Location(s)
The Mystery Box in World 1 of Super Mario 3D Land World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)
(Note: This is also the tutorial.)
A Mystery Box screenshot World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 1
A Mystery Box screenshot World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 3
A Mystery Box screenshot World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 3
A Mystery Box screenshot World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 5
A Mystery Box screenshot World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 5
A Mystery Box screenshot World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 7
A Mystery Box screenshot World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 3
A Mystery Box screenshot World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 5
A Mystery Box screenshot
  • 5 Biddybuds (yellow, green, red, blue, and pink)
 World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 3
A Mystery Box screenshot World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 7
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 1
A Mystery Box screenshot World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 1
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 3
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 5
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 7
A Mystery Box screenshot World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 7
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 7
A Mystery Box screenshot World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)Special 5Special 7
Golden Mystery Boxes[edit]

In addition to the features listed here, each Box contains two Star Medals.

Image Content Appearance
A Mystery Box screenshot World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot
  • 5 Toads (red, blue, yellow, green, and purple)
 World 1 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot World 2 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot World 4 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot World 6 (Super Mario 3D Land)
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 1
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 5
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 5
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 7
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 7
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 1
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 3
A Mystery Box screenshot Special 7

Super Mario 3D World[edit]

The player obtains a Green Star by completing the following objectives:

Level number Level name Objective
World 1-2 Koopa Troopa Cave Defeating two Koopa Troopas
World 1-5 Switch Scramble Circus Destroying the crate in the left-hand corner
World 2-3 Shadow-Play Alley Pressing the P Switch to open a hidden room underneath the stairs
World 3-3 Shifty Boo Mansion Dodging the Peepas in the rotating room to reach the Star
World 3-6 Mount Must Dash Catching the Rabbit
World 4-2 Piranha Creeper Creek Using four Piranha Creepers as platforms to reach the Star
World 4-4 Big Bounce Byway Jumping with a disabled Hop-Chop or using the Cat transformation to climb to the Star
World 4-Castle Lava Rock Lair Pressing the three P Panels
World 5-7 Searchlight Sneak Climbing the stairs to the Star while dodging Cat Bullet Bills
World 6-3 Hands-On Hall Defeating the Spike
World 6-5 Ty-Foo Flurries Skating to the Star while dodging Walleyes and Skating Goombas
World 6-6 Bullet Bill Base Navigating the circular vertical conveyor belt to reach the Star
World Castle-4 Boiling Blue Bully Belt Pushing a Bully into the lava
World Bowser-1 Spiky Spike Bridge Climbing up the wall to the P Switch to reveal the Star and climbing the opposite wall to retrieve it
World Bowser-3 Cookie Cogworks Navigating the giant cookie rotating counterclockwise to reach the Star
World Bowser-4 Footlight Lane Navigating the invisible floors and dodging the Thwomp to reach the Star
World Bowser-6 A Beam in the Dark Defeating six Boos with Light Boxes or the Lucky Bell
World Star-3 Rolling Ride Run Rotating the room to the right or using the Cat transformation to reach the Star
World Star-5 Super Block Land Extending the blocks in the room or using the Cat transformation to reach the Star
World Star-8 Peepa's Fog Bog Throwing a snowball at the Star to collect it; going near it causes it to vanish
World Flower-1 Switch Shock Circus Turning on all four Switch Panels on the wall to reveal the Star

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ミステリーボックス[2]
Misuterī Bokkusu 		Mystery Box
Chinese 神秘箱[?]
Shénmì Xiāng 		Mystery Box
German Rätselbox[?] Mystery Box
Italian Cubo Mistero[?] Mystery Cube
Portuguese Caixa Mistério[?] Mystery Box
Russian Ящик с секретом[?]
Yashchik s sekretom 		Box with secret
Spanish Caja misteriosa[?] Mysterious box

References[edit]

  1. ^ UltimatePisman (May 27, 2015). Super Mario 3D Land: E3 2011 Beta. YouTube (English). Archived August 19, 2015, 03:14:16 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 186 and 233.
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Super Mario 3D Land
Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario • Boomerang Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Statue Mario
Non-playable characters Princess Peach • Toad • Toads
Enemies Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Cosmic Clone • Big Tail Goomba • Blokkablok • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Cosmic Clone • Draglet • Dry Bones • Fake Block • Fire Piranha Plant • Flophopper • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grinder • Hammer Bro • Inky Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Morty Mole • Para-Biddybud • Paragoomba • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prongo • Rocky Wrench • Sandmaargh • Spike Eel • Spiny • Stingby • Tail Bob-omb • Tail Boo • Tail Bullet Bill • Tail Goomba • Tail Thwomp • Thistle • Thwomp • Wallop
Obstacles Baddie Box • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Fire Bar • Giant spiked ball • Jet engine • Lava • Lava Geyser • Poison • Retractable spikes • Spike Pillar • Spiked ball • Spike Bar • Spike Block • Spiked roller
Bosses Tail Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Bowser • Dry Bowser
Items and power-ups ? Box • + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Boomerang Flower • Coin • Fire Flower • Invincibility Leaf • Note • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Star Medal • Statue Leaf • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects ! Block • ? Block • Assist Block • Beep Block • Binoculars • Block • Board • Bolts • Cactus • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cog • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Crumbling platform • Directional Block • Donut Block • Empty Block • Face block • Flip Panel • Flower • Fluff • Flying ? Block • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Green Shell • Hard Block • Invisible Block • Lift • Mystery Box • Note Block • Pipe • P Switch • Pole • Red-Blue Panel • Red Ring • Rock • Roulette Block • Rubber pad • Seagull • Small bird • Spine Coaster • Stump • Super Note Block • Switchboard • Tail Wheel • Tapering platform • Tightrope • Tree • Torch • View plate • Warp Box • World Warp Pipe
Locations Main worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8
Special worlds Special 1 • Special 2 • Special 3 • Special 4 • Special 5 • Special 6 • Special 7 • Special 8
Other Mushroom Kingdom • Peach's Castle • Sub-area • Toad Houses
Moves Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Ground Pound • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Side Somersault • Slide • Swim • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Completion • Item storage • StreetPass Gift • Tail Tree • UFO • Warp Zone
Further info Gallery • Glitches • "The Mario Drawing Song" • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff
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Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury / Bowser's Fury
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Peach • Toad • Rosalina • Captain Toad • Blue Toadb • Green Toadb • Yellow Toadb • Bowser Jr.c
Forms Small Mario • Mario (form) • Cat Mario • Double Mario • Tanooki Mario • Fire Mario • Boomerang Mario • Mega Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Lucky Cat Mario • White Cat Mariob • Giga Cat Marioc
Non-playable characters Sprixie Princesses • Sprixies • Rabbits • Mega Rabbit • Toads • Plessie • Lumas • Ghost Miisa • Toadettec • Kittensc • Neko Parentc
Enemies Ant Trooper • Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Ant Trooper • Big Boo • Big Galoomba • Blockstepper • Blooper • Blurker • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Brolder • Bullet Bill • Bully • Cat Banzai Bill • Cat Bullet Bill • Cat Goomba • Chargin' Chuck • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Conkdor • Disaster Nekoc • Fighter Flyd • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fireballd • Fizzlit • Flopter • Freezied • Fury Shadowc • Fuzzler • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grumblump • Hammer Bro • Hop-Chop • Horned Ant Trooper • Ka-thunk • Innertube Goomba • Lava Bubble • Madpole • Magikoopa • Mega Piranha Plant • Mini Goomba • Octoomba • Para-Biddybud • Parabones • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Porcupuffer • Rammerhead • Ring Burner • Shellcreeperd • Sidestepperd • Skating Goomba • Skipsqueak • Snow Pokey • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Skipsqueak • Splorch • Splounder • Stingby • Thwomp • Ty-foo • Unshelled Koopa • Walleye
Obstacles Baddie Box • Bill Blaster • Cannon • Dark • Fire Bar • Fury Sunc • Fuzzy Horde • Lava • Poison • Poison fog • Quicksand • Spike ball • Spike Block • Spike Trap • Spiked roller • Volcanic debris
Bosses Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Hisstocrat • Boss Brolder • King Ka-thunk • Prince Bully • Motley Bossblob • Meowser • Fury Bowserc • Giant Bowserc
Items and power-ups + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Baseball • Blue Coin • Bomb • Boomerang Flower • Cannon Box • Cat Shinec • Cat Shine Shardc • Coin • Coin Box • Coin pile • Crown • Double Cherry • Fire Flower • Giga Bellc • Gold Shell • Goomba Mask • Green Shell • Green Star Coin • Green Star • Hidden Coin • Ice Skate • Invincibility Bellb • Invincibility Leaf • Keyc • Key Coin • Light Box • Lucky Bell • Mega Mushroom • Plessie Medalc • Potted Piranha Plant • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Snowball • Springboard • Stamp • Super Bell • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects ? Block • Arrow platform • Arrow Sign • Assist Block • Beep Block • Big Block • Binoculars • Bowser Board • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Cactus • Cagec • Cat Wheel • Chain-Link • Character Switch • Checkpoint Flag • Clear Pipe • Clear Pipe Cannon • Cloud Cannon • Cloud Lift • Cog • Color Panel • Conveyor Belt • Crab • Crate • Crystal Block • Dash Panel • Donut Block • Empty Block • Falling spikec • Fling Polec • Floating couch • Floord • Flower • Fluff • Fury Blockc • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (flying) • Gold Ring • Gong • Graffitic • Green Star Ring • Ground-Pound Switchc • Hexagon • Hidden Block • Illusion • Jump Panel • Kick Bomb • Lift • Lighthousec • Long ? Block • Multi-Vator • Mushroom Trampoline • Mystery Box • P Panel • P Switch • Pipe • Pixel Luigi • Propeller Platforma • Red POW Block • Red Ring • Red-Blue Panel • Rising pillar • Rock Block • Rocket • Rotating Panel • Roulette Block • Seagullc • Searchlight • Seesaw • Sliding door • Slot Block • Small bird • Splotchy goopc • Super Jump Panelc • Swing • Switch Block • Switch Panel • Switchboard • Super POW Block • Tank • Timer Gatec • Torch • Touchstone • Trample Switch • Trapeze • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Box • Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door • World Warp Pipe • Zipline lift
Locations Normal worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Castle • World Bowser
Special worlds World Star • World Mushroom • World Flower • World Crown
Lake Lapcatc Fur Step Island • Scamper Shores • Pounce Bounce Isle • Fort Flaptrap • Slipskate Slope • Clawswipe Colosseum • Trickity Tower • Crisp Climb Castle • Risky Whisker Island • Pipe Path Tower • Roiling Roller Isle • Mount Magmeow • Lucky Isle
Other Sprixie Kingdom • Mushroom Kingdom • Sprixie Houses • Toad Houses • Mystery Houses • Lucky Houses
Moves Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Diveb • Floating Jump • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jumpb • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Scuttle • Shell dash • Side Somersault • Slide • Spin • Spin Jump • Swim • Synchro Ground-Pound • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements amiibob • Captain Toad's Adventures • Completion • Enemy Battles • Luigi Bros. • List of Cat Shine names in other languagesc • List of Pixel Luigi sightings • List of stamps • Miiversea • Points • Snapshot Modeb • Toad Brigadeb
Musical compositions "Super Bell Hill" • "Mario's Colour Panel" • "Super Block Land"
Further info Gallery (SM3DW+BF • BF) • Glitches (SM3DW+BF) • Media (SM3DW+BF) • Original soundtrack • Playable characters' statistics (SM3DW+BF) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SM3DW+BF)
a Exclusive to the Super Mario 3D World campaign in the Wii U version
c Exclusive to Bowser's Fury
d Exclusive to Luigi Bros.
Related Play Nintendo activities:
Can’t-miss games • What does THAT thing do? • Cute-throat enemies • Power-up trivia quiz! • Power-up personality quiz! • Colorful cat-tastrophe!
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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U) / Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)
Characters Playable Captain Toad
• Toadette
• Purple Captain Toad
Supporting Hint Toad
• Yellow Toad
• Green Toad
• Mole
Episodes Episode 1
• Episode 2
• Episode 3
• Bonus Episode
• Special Episode
Bosses Draggadon
• Wingo
• Gold Draggadon
Enemies and obstacles Ant Trooper
• Biddybud
• Big Boo
• Big Piranha Plant
• Bill Blaster
• Blurker
• Boo
• Bull's-Eye Bill
• Bullet Bill
• Cat Goomba
• Chargin' Chuck
• Charvaargh
• Cheep Cheep
• Conkdor
• Cookatiel
• Fire Bro
• Flaptor
• Fuzzy
• Goomba
• Goomba Tower
• Innertube Goomba
• Magikoopa
• Mummy-Me
• Mud Trooper
• Para-Biddybud
• Peepa
• Piranha Creeper
• Piranha Plant
• Piranha Sprout
• Shy Guy
• Spike
• Spike ball
• Spiked ball
• Stingby
• Stumper
• Walleye
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom
• ? Block
• Beep Block
• Brick Block
• Cannon
• Clear Pipe
• Coin
• Coin pile
• Color Panel
• Crown Chip
• Crystal Block
• Dash Panel
• Donut Block
• Double Cherry
• Flip Panel
• Girder
• Gold Mushroom
• Green Star
• Hidden Coin
• Invincibility Mushroom
• Key
• Key Coin
• Key Door
• Ladder
• Lift
• Mine Cart
• Multi-Vator
• Mystery Box
• P Panel
• P Switch
• Piranha Plant
• Pixel Luigi
• Pixel Toad
• Pluck Patch
• POW Block
• Power Moon
• Power Star
• Propeller Platform
• Pull Switch
• Rock Block
• Rotating platform
• Shiny Crown
• Spinwheel
• Stamp
• Super Crown
• Super Gem
• Super Mushroom
• Super Pickax
• Touchstone
• Tree
• Turning Floor
• Turnip
• Turnip Cannon
• Warp Box
• Warp Box (With Key)
• Warp Pipe
Miscellaneous Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Fun Quiz • Gallery • Luigi sightings
• Pre-release and unused content • Staff (Wii U • Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS) • Track That Treasure, Captain Toad!
Appears in version 1.0.0 of the Wii U version
Appears in version 1.1.0 of the Wii U version
Appears in the Nintendo 3DS version
Appears in version 1.0.0 the Nintendo Switch version
Appears in version 1.2.0 of the Nintendo Switch version
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