Thwomp Caverns

Thwomp Caverns
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
Greater location	Thwomp Volcano
Inhabitants	Thwomps, Blazing Shroobs, Gold Koopeleons, Thwack Totems

The Thwomp Caverns deep inside Thwomp Volcano

Thwomp Caverns are caverns that are inside Thwomp Volcano, in the game Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

In the game, after Bowser kidnaps Princess Shroob, who was disguised as Princess Peach, he accidentally falls into a time hole and appears on Thwomp Volcano, where he jumps inside the volcano and appears in Thwomp Caverns. Baby Bowser also falls here after getting blasted out of Yoshi's Island.

Baby Bowser and Bowser start fighting with each other while Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi climb Thwomp Volcano and jump inside it to get to Thwomp Caverns with help from Mr. Thwomp. The Mario Brothers then descend down the caverns on a Thwomp Elevator to reach Bowser and Princess Peach, although a few times the elevator is unable to move downwards, caused by colored blocks blocking its path. Mario and co. go through the area, and hit the small blocks which make the big colored blocks disappear, then allowing them to continue downwards. After a while the Mario Brothers reach Bowser and Baby Bowser. A boss battle starts, and after Mario and Company defeat Bowser and his baby counterpart, and are about to save Peach, the Shroob Mother Ship comes and sucks Mario, Luigi, the babies and Peach in, and the U.F.O. leaves. Also seen after defeating Bowser and his younger self is a cutscene where Baby Bowser and Bowser land on the elevator, and it shoots upwards, making Bowser fall into the time hole far below that Mario and co. came out of to enter the stage, and Baby Bowser remains on the Thwomp Elevator, but it gradually begins to fall back down and hit the top of the Shroob Mother ship in which Princess Peach, Mario, Luigi and the babies are soon trapped inside of.

If the player comes back here, the lower level where they fought against Bowser and Baby Bowser can no longer be accessed, and the Thwomp Elevator is absent.

Enemies

• Blazing Shroob
• Gold Koopeleon
• Thwack Totem
• Bowser and Baby Bowser (Boss)

Items

Item	Image	Location
Mushroom (x2)		Two are in the ? Block in the southwest of the second scene of the second area.
Super Mushroom (x2)		Two are in the ? Block in the east of the fifth scene in the first area.
Ultra Mushroom (x5)		Two are in the ? Block above the southwest platform in the scene to the northwest of the second scene in the second area. Three are in the ? Block in the northwest of the lower-left scene in the third area.
Max Mushroom (x3)		In the ? Block inside the hole in the northwest of the southeast scene in the first area. Two are in the third block (which is red) in the rightmost small scene in the third area.
Ultra Drop (x2)		In the green block in the northeast of the lava area in the second scene of the second area. In the fourth block (which is green) in the rightmost small scene in the third area.
1-Up Mushroom (x2)		In the ? Block above the center platform in the third scene in the second area. In the red block in the upper-center scene in the third area.
1-Up Super (x3)		In the green block in the center of the first scene to the east of the entrance scene to the second area. In the green block in the lower-left scene in the second area. In the second block (which is yellow) in the rightmost small scene in the third area.
Red Pepper (x5)		Two are in the ? Block by the left wall of the second scene of the first area. Two are in the ? Block in the east of the lava area in the second scene of the second area. In the fifth block (which is yellow) in the rightmost small scene in the third area.
Pocket Chomp (x6)		Three are in the ? Block in the northwest of the third scene in the first area. Three are in the ? Block in the southeast of the lower-left scene in the third area.
Ice Flower (x13)		Three are in the ? Block in the southeast scene of the first area. Two are in the ? Block in the wets of the first scene to the east of the entrance scene of the second area. Two are in the ? Block in the southwest of the lava area in the second scene of the second area. Three are in the left ? Block in the southeast of the lower-right scene in the second area. Three are in the ? Block in the west of the upper-left scene in the third area.
Trampoline (x3)		Three are in the left ? Block in the southwest of the lower-left scene in the second area.
Copy Flower (x18)		Seven are in the red block in the west of the third scene in the first area. Five are in the green block in the center of the southeast scene in the first area. Three are in the right ? Block in the southeast of the lower-right scene in the second area. Three are in the right ? Block in the southeast of the lower-left scene in the second area.
Lucky Badge		In the red block above the high platform in the east of the first scene to the east of the entrance scene to the second area.
POW-Peak Badge		In the red block in the east of the scene to the northwest of the second scene in the second area.
Dynamic Badge		In the sixth block (which is red) in the rightmost small scene in the third area.
Simple Badge		The first time the four play the 50-gem minigame with the Thwomp in the big east scene in the third area, he rewards them a red block with this badge inside.
Golden Pants		In the green block above the west platform in the third scene in the second area.
Bean (x6)		In the south of the third scene in the first area. In the southeast of the fifth scene in the first area. In the southwest of the southeast scene in the first area. In the ledge in the northwest of the lower-right scene in the second area. In the high platform in the lower-left scene in the second area. In the south of the upper-left scene in the third area.

Map

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドッスンボルケーノないぶ[?] Dossun Borukēno Naibu	Inside Thwomp Volcano
French	Grotte des Thwomps[?]	Thwomp Cave
German	Steinblock Kavernen[?]	Thwomp Caverns
Italian	Caverne Twomp[?]	Thwomp Caverns
Spanish (NOE)	Grutas Roca Picuda[?]	Thwomp Grottoes