Bolt Lift

Bolt Lifts,^[1] also known as bolts^[2] or Nuts,^[3] are a set of nuts (often four of them) that are screwed onto a very long bolt. They serve as platforms in Super Mario Bros. 3. They only appear on airships, and are usually only horizontal. Like Donut Blocks, Mario and Luigi must continually jump to avoid falling. However, with each jump, the Bolt Lift moves to the right slightly, so they can be used as a transport above bottomless pits or dangerous Burners. Bumping a Bolt Lift from below moves it to the left.

Bolt Lifts also appear in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Here, they are found in the Factory, and work very much like isometric versions of their Super Mario Bros. 3 counterparts. Also, falling off of them usually results in being thrown back to the beginning of them (usually in a humorous way involving trampolines) rather than death.

Bolt Lifts later make an appearance in Super Mario Galaxy, and are located in Dreadnought Galaxy. Here, they are operated by standing on the left side, so that they twist like a screw and move forward on the screw that they are on. The player has to stay in motion to avoid falling.

Bolt Lifts reappear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and are once again present in the airship levels.

They reappear again in New Super Mario Bros. U, and act the same as in the previous games.

Gallery

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Luigi using Bolt Lifts to traverse a pit in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
A Bolt Lift in Super Mario Galaxy.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ナット^[?] Natto	Nut

References

^ The Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Player's Guide, page 62.
^ Hodgson, David S J. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 53, 86, 98.
^ Stratton, Steve. New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 120.

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Objects	Main game	? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Green Shell • Giant Red Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Jump Block • Lift • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coin^a • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • White Block • Wood Block
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World-e mini-games^a		Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
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^a Exclusive to Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

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Playable characters		Mario • Luigi
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Non-playable characters		Apricot Luma • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Lumas • Polari • Hungry Lumas • Lumalees • Comet Tico • Toads • Toad Brigade (Toad Brigade captain · Mailtoad · Blue Toad · Yellow Toad · Green Toad) • Star Bunnies • Honeybees • Queen Bee • Boards • Ray • Penguins • Coach • Penguru • Penguin Racers • Gearmos • Worm • Spooky Speedster • Guppy • Cosmic Mario
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Obstacles		Banzai Bill Cannon • Bars / Crystal • Bill Blaster • Black hole • Bramble • Bumper • Burner • Cannon • Cannonball • Chomp box • Dark matter • Electric rail • Eye Beamer • Fire Bar • Fire geyser • Fireball • Freezing water • Giant prickly plant • Gravity field • Honey • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Meat • Meteor • Moving sand • Mud • Poison Swamp • Prickly plant • Quicksand • Sand tide • Snow • Spike • Spring • Torpedo tube • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind
Bosses		Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Megaleg • Kamella • Tarantox • Topmaniac • Bowser • Bouldergeist • Bowser Jr. • Major Burrows • Baron Brrr • Undergrunt Gunner • Kingfin
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Locations	Terrace	Good Egg Galaxy • Honeyhive Galaxy • Loopdeeloop Galaxy • Flipswitch Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor • Sweet Sweet Galaxy
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Moves		Backward somersault • Crouch • Dash • Double jump • Double kick • Fly • Ground pound • Jump • Kick • Long jump • Co-Star Super Jump • Side somersault • Skate • Slide • Spin • Spin jump • Stomp • Sweep kick • Swim • Triple jump • Wall jump
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[Edit] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad
Supporting characters	Yoshi • Princess Peach • Toad
Bosses	Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Larry Koopa · Roy Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Ludwig von Koopa) • Magikoopa • Bowser
Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World Coin
Items and objects	? Block • ? Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • Arrow lift • Balance Lift • Barrel • Blue Coin • Bolt Lift • Brick • Chest • Cog • Coin • Current • Dark • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Flip Panel • Flower • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Fruit • Glow Block • Half-circle rock • Hard Block • Hidden Coin • Hidden goal • Ice Block • Ice Flower • Ice Snake Block • Ice Wall • Invisible Block • Iron Block • Light Block • Limited Lift • Midway point • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • P Switch • Paddle wheel • Pendulum Platform • Penguin Suit • Pipe Cannon • Pole (goal) • Pole (object) • POW Block • Propeller Block • Propeller Mushroom • Quicksand • Red ! Switch • Red Block • Red Coin • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform • Remote-Controlled Clown Car • Remote-Controlled Fence • Remote-Controlled Lift • Rolling log • Roulette Block • Sand Geyser • Screw • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom • Sinking and Rising Mushrooms • Slow falling platform • Small pipe • Spine Coaster • Square cloud • Star • Star Coin • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom • Super Mushroom • Swing • Swinging Hammer • Tilt Lift • Toad balloon • Trampoline • Turning Floor • Unstable mushroom • Vine • Warp Cannon • Warp Pipe • Water Ball • Wind
Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Fly • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Shell Toss • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies	Amp • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Boo • Big Dry Bones • Big Fire Piranha • Big Fuzzy • Big Thwomp • Big Wiggler • Big Urchin • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber • Bull's-Eye Banzai • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep-Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Clampy • Climbing Koopa • Cooligan • Crowber • Deep-Cheep • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Foo • Fuzzy • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Giant Goomba • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro • Jellybeam • King Bill • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Mechakoopa • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Mega Deep-Cheep • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • Quartet-cannon • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Super Piranha Plant • Swoop • Thwomp • Urchin • Venus Fire Trap • Wiggler
Obstacles	Ash • Ball 'N' Chain • Burner • Circus ball • Fire Bar • Ghost Block • Ghost Vase • Giant Spiked Ball • Huge Icicle • Icicle • Jumbo Ray • Lava Geyser • Ring • Skewer • Spiked ball • Volcanic debris
Minigames	1-up Blast • Power-up Panels • Enemy Course
Further info	Paah • Coin Battle • Gallery • Glitches • Hint movies • Media • New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Time Limit • Trading cards

[Edit] New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Playable characters	Mario^a • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Mii • Nabbit^b • Toadette^c
Supporting characters	Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshi (Balloon Baby Yoshi · Bubble Baby Yoshi · Glowing Baby Yoshi)
Bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Larry Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) • Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Magikoopa
Worlds and areas	Acorn Plains • Layer-Cake Desert • Sparkling Waters • Frosted Glacier • Soda Jungle • Rock-Candy Mines • Meringue Clouds • Peach's Castle • Superstar Road • Secret Island • Coin Courses^a
Items and objects	! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • 3-Up Moon Block • Arrow lift • Bean Platform • Big Block • Blue Coin • Blue Ring^b • Boost Block • Boost Star • Brick Block • Bridge • Checkpoint Flag^a • Chest • Cloud Lift^a • Coin • Coin Block • Cross Lift^a • Dark • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Floor • Flower • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Fruit • Goal Pole (secret) • Goal ring^a • Green Coin • Green Ring • Hammer Pendulum • Hidden Block • Hidden Coin • Ice Block • Ice Chunk^a • Ice Flower • Iron Block • Leaf Platform • Light Block • Limited Lift • Luigi Block^b • Mega ? Block • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • Note Block • Nut • P Switch • P-Acorn • Paddle Platform^a • Pendulum Platform • Penguin Suit • Pole • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform^a • Rolling log^a • Scale Lift • Screwtop • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom^a • Seesaw Log Bridge • Seesaw Shroom^a • Seesaw Shroom (blue)^b • Slide Lift^a • Small pipe • Snake Block • Spine Coaster • Star Lift • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom^a • Stone block • Super Acorn • Super Crown^c • Super Guide Block^a • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Switch-Lift^b • Tilting mushroom^a • Trampoline • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Pipe • Water Ball^a • Wobble Rock^a • Yoshi egg
Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Fly • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies and obstacles	Amp^a • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Amp^a • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle^a • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Dry Bones • Big Deep Cheep^b • Big Eep Cheep^b • Big Fuzzy • Big Goomba • Big Koopa Troopa • Big Piranha Plant • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Venus Fire Trap^b • Big Wiggler • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby^a • Blooper Nanny^a • Bob-omb • Bomb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Stunner • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber^a • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball^a • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Cooligan • Deep Cheep^b • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Energy ring • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fire Bar • Fire Piranha Plant • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Fliprus • Foo • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Ghost Block • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Giant Clam^a • Goomba • Goombrat • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Huge Fire Bar • Huge Icicle • Ice Bro • Icicle • Jellybeam^a • King Bill • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Lava Geyser^a • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep^a • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Mega Grrrol • Meteor • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba^a • Paratroopa • Piranha Plant • Piranha Pod • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^a • Rubber ball • Scaredy Rat^a • Skewer • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiked ball • Spinner • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swoop^a • Targeting Ted • Thwimp^a • Thwomp • Torpedo Base • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube^a • Urchin • Waddlewing • Wiggler
Others	Ash • Current • Enemy Course • Lava • Poison • Quicksand • Sand Geyser • Stone-Eye • Time Limit • Water Geyser
Game modes	Boost Mode • Challenge Mode^a • Boost Rush^a • Coin Battle^a
Further info	Paah • Gallery (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe) • Glitches • Media • New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)
^a Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U ^b Exclusive to New Super Luigi U ^c Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

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