Jewel-Block Cave

Level
Jewel-Block Cave
World	Petal Isles
Game	Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Difficulty	★★
Primary power-up	Drill Mushroom
Wonder Effect	Summons a Big Konk
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Jewel-Block Cave is a course in Petal Isles in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. It is unlocked after visiting the Royal Seed Mansion, and its own completion unlocks Petal Isles Flying Battleship, as well as a Wonder Packun leading to Sunbaked Desert. It has a difficulty of two stars and contains two Wonder Seeds. It introduces the Drill form and is primarily designed around its abilities.

In the Nintendo Live 2023 and kiosk demo, it is shown to be located in Pipe-Rock Plateau with a difficulty of three stars, taking the place of Here Come the Hoppos.

Layout

The level takes place in a cavern full of jewel blocks, Konks, and Spinies walking on the ceiling. The player starts near a Konk in a recess in the ceiling, with a wide jewel block below and a ? Block above it containing a Drill Mushroom. Inmediately after, they will encounter a Spiny, more jewel blocks (including one with a Talking Flower trapped inside) and another Konk. After a small tunnel accessible only in Drill form leading into an alcove with a few coins, there will be a segment with Spinies and jewel blocks above small pits, and then another Drill-exclusive tunnel, leading to a Warp Pipe. Through it is a side room featuring coins, flower coins, a Talking Flower and a 1-Up Mushroom. If the player does not take the Warp Pipe, they will have to avoid three Konks and several pits. Both paths rejoin right before the Checkpoint Flag.

Past the checkpoint, cyan, upwards-facing Konks are introduced, along with beacons in the ceiling. Past another Konk, a Wonder Flower can be found inside a jewel block. Touching it will trigger the course's Wonder Effect, which will create blue blocks that wall the player into a vertical shaft and summon a Big Konk above. The Big Konk will slam down periodically, breaking jewel blocks in its way, but will stagger after breaking stone blocks. The Wonder Seed is found at the bottom of the shaft, encased in a jewel block. A Warp Pipe will take the player to the next part of the level, featuring a horizontal hallway with both downwards- and upwards-facing Konks on either side of a bridge of jewel blocks. At the end is another Warp Pipe, leading to the outside of the cavern, with one last Spiny, a staircase of jewel blocks and the Goal Pole, where the second Wonder Seed is awarded.

10-flower coins

• 10-flower coin 1: Found inside a jewel block under the second Konk.
• 10-flower coin 2: The center Brick Block in the middle of a set of three contains a beanstalk, leading the player up to an overground area containing a Konk floating above a pool of water and the second 10-flower coin.
• 10-flower coin 3: Found on an alcove before the final stretch. It can be reached from the left by drilling on the ceiling, or from the right, by hitting a Red Yoshi Hidden Character Block.

Enemies

• Konk: 10 (downwards), 7 (upwards)
  • Big Konk: 1 (Wonder Effect)
• Spiny: 8

Talking Flower quotes

• "*exhale*" (said by the first flower trapped in a jewel block, immediately after being freed)
• "*I can finally talk again! (said by the same flower)
• "*Not that I have anything to say.(said by the same flower)
• "*gasp*" (said by the second flower trapped in a jewel block, immediately after being freed)
  • "*I'm freeeeeeee*" (said by the same flower)
• "*exhale*" (said by the first flower trapped in a jewel block in the first secret room, immediately after being freed)
  • "*pant*" (said by the same flower)
• "Way to go!" (said by a flower right after the Wonder Seed)

Gallery

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  The course's thumbnail

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  The course's Wonder Effect

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ジュエルブロック だらけの洞窟どうくつ[?] Jueru Burokku darake no Dōkutsu	Cave full of Jewel Blocks
Chinese (simplified)	宝石砖块 满满的洞窟[?] Bǎoshí Zhuānkuài Mǎnmǎnde Dòngkū	Cave full of Jewel Bricks
Chinese (traditional)	寶石磚塊 滿滿的洞窟[?] Bǎoshí Zhuānkuài Mǎnmǎnde Dòngkū	Cave full of Jewel Bricks
Dutch	Juweelblokgrot[?]	Jewel Block Cave
French	Caverne aux joyaux[?]	Jewel Cavern
German	Höhle der Juwelenblöcke[?]	Cave of Jewel Blocks
Italian	La caverna dei blocchi gioiello[?]	The jewel block cave
Korean	주얼블록이 가득한 동굴[?] Jueolbeullog-i gadeughan dong-gul	Cave full of Jewel Blocks
Portuguese (NOA)	Um passeio joia pela caverna![?]	A Nice Walk Through the Cave! (Pun on "joia", a slang term for "nice" which literally means "jewel")
Portuguese (NOE)	Viagem pela gruta dos blocos joia[?]	A Trip to the Jewel Block Cave
Russian	Самобытная пещера самоцветных блоков[?] Samobytnaya peshchera samotsvetnykh blokov	Distinctive cave of Jewel Blocks
Spanish	La cueva de los bloques gema[?]	The Cave of the Jewel Blocks