List of blocks in Paper Mario

This article is about the visible ? Blocks from Paper Mario. For the hidden ones from same game, see List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario.

This is a list of ? Blocks from Paper Mario. There are 107 visible ? Blocks in the game. They contain mostly single coins or items, with occasional Badge. Some of them are also disguised as Brick Blocks and contain maximum of 10 coins.

Mario's House, Princess Peach's Castle, Shooting Star Summit, Koopa Village, Dry Dry Outpost, Windy Mill, Yoshi's Village, Shiver City, Shiver Snowfield, Starborn Valley, Star Way and Star Haven are the only locations without any visible ? Block.

Prologue	Goomba Village • Goomba Road
Chapter 1	Pleasant Path • Koopa Bros. Fortress • Toad Town • Toad Town Tunnels
Chapter 2	Mt. Rugged • Dry Dry Desert • Dry Dry Ruins • Toad Town Tunnels
Chapter 3	Forever Forest • Boo's Mansion • Gusty Gulch • Tubba Blubba's Castle
Chapter 4	Shy Guy's Toy Box
Chapter 5	Jade Jungle • Mt. Lavalava
Chapter 6	Flower Fields • Toad Town Tunnels
Chapter 7	Shiver Mountain • Crystal Palace
Chapter 8	Bowser's Castle

Locations

Prologue A PLEA FROM THE STARS
Goomba Village	10 Coins	At Jr. Troopa's playground, near the tree with Goombaria's Dolly.
Goomba Village	Coin	Near the entrance to Jr. Troopa's playground.
Goomba Road	Coin (both blocks)	In the middle of the first scene.
Goomba Road	Close Call	In the red badge block on the second part of the path.
Goomba Road	Super Shroom	To the south of the opening after Goomba King's Fortress, there is a brick which will reveal a ? Block after being hit.
Goomba Road	Sleepy Sheep	Near the descending stairs between Goomba King's Fortress and Toad Town.
Chapter 1 STORMING KOOPA BROS. FORTRESS
Pleasant Path	Coin, Dizzy Attack	In the middle of the first scene.
Pleasant Path	Fright Jar	In the rightmost block at the first scene.
Pleasant Path	POW Block	At the start of the second scene.
Pleasant Path	10 Coins	At the end of the second scene.
Pleasant Path	Attack FX B	Smashing the blocks near the entrance of Koopa Village in the order "left, right, middle" will reveal a red ? Badge block.
Koopa Bros. Fortress	EMPTY/TRAP	Required to progress, found at the top of the room accessed by a second locked door.
Koopa Bros. Fortress	Maple Syrup	At the Bullet Bill dodging scene, at the southwestern corner.
Toad Town	10 Coins	After gaining access to the rest of Toad Town, this block is found floating above wooden crates in the port.
Toad Town Tunnels	10 Coins	Third brick block in the row of brick blocks found at the room right of the tunnels entrance.
Chapter 2 THE MYSTERY OF DRY, DRY RUINS
Mt. Rugged	Sleepy Sheep	At the southeastern corner of the second scene.
Mt. Rugged	Mushroom	Near the start of the scene to the north of the second scene, accessible after sliding the slope in the third scene.
Mt. Rugged	Coin	After using the trampoline in the same scene, found on the left.
Mt. Rugged	Honey Syrup	After using the trampoline in the same scene, found after going to the right, guarded by a Cleft.
Dry Dry Desert	Fright Jar, Coin	In the scene three scenes north of the entrance.
Dry Dry Desert	10 Coins	In the scene six scenes east of the previous one, left of the tree.
Dry Dry Desert	10x Coin, 10 Coins, Honey Syrup	In the scene two scenes west and one south of the previous one.
Dry Dry Desert	Mushroom, Super Shroom, Ultra Shroom	In the scene four scenes west and one south of the previous one. Here, Mario must hammer the empty ? block to make others appear. One hit spawns a block to the left with a Mushroom, ten hits spawn a block to the right with a Super Shroom and one hundred hits spawns a block in the midle with a Ultra Shroom.
Dry Dry Desert	Coin, Coin, Fire Flower, Coin, Coin	In the scene two scenes east from the previous one.
Dry Dry Desert	10 Coins (both blocks)	In the scene three scenes east from the previous one, two brick blocks closest to the northern exit.
Dry Dry Desert	10 Coins	In the scene five scenes west and two south from the previous one, the middle brick block.
Dry Dry Desert	Coin	In the scene three scenes east from the previous one.
Dry Dry Desert	Coin	In the scene three scenes east from the previous one.
Dry Dry Desert	10 Coins	In the scene four scenes west and one south from the previous one, the brick block closest to the northern exit.
Dry Dry Desert	10 Coins	In the scene three scenes east from the previous one.
Dry Dry Desert	Coin	In the scene one west and one south from the previous one.
Dry Dry Desert	10 Coins (all six blocks)	In the scene two east from the previous one.
Dry Dry Ruins	EMPTY/TRAP	Required to progress, found at the end of the room with Ancient Artifact.
Toad Town Tunnels	Coin, Snowman Doll, Coin	In the room west of the entrance but before the pipe leading to the new area.
Chapter 3 THE "INVINCIBLE" TUBBA BLUBBA
Forever Forest	HP Plus	In the middle of a clearing found on a detour from the fifth area.
Forever Forest	FP Plus	In the middle of a clearing found on a detour from the seventh area.
Boo's Mansion	Volt Shroom	Outside the mansion, in front of the gate.
Gusty Gulch	Coin	In the scene with a Save Block, found in the house right of the Save Block.
Gusty Gulch	Coin	At the start of the scene one scene to the east of the Boo's area.
Gusty Gulch	Coin, Repel Gel	In the middle of the same scene.
Gusty Gulch	10x Super Shroom, 10 Coins, Coin	At the end of the scene before the scene with Tubba Blubba's Castle entrance.
Tubba Blubba's Castle	Maple Syrup	By the stairs that lead to the third floor.
Chapter 4 TRIALS IN THE TOY BOX
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Coin	At the end of the scene one scene east of the blue station.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Coin	Left of the wall in the very east of the Blue Station area.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Coin, Thunder Bolt	In the same scene, on the opposite side of the wall.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Coin	In the scene east of the Pink Station area, found above the walkway with looping Shy Guys.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Coin	In the scene west of the Pink Station area, found above the flower boxes.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Coin (both blocks)	In the next scene, found in the northwestern corner.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	10x Coin, 10 Coins, Coin	In the previous scene, found on the northern side of the tracks.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	10 Coins	In the scene east of the Green Station area, found above the moving pink platform near the end of the area.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	10 Coins	In the scene west of the Red Station area, found above the ferris wheel.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Coin (both blocks)	In the same scene, in the lower part of the scene left of the ferris wheel.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Sleepy Sheep	In the northwestern corner of the scene to the east of the Red Station area.
Chapter 5 HOT, HOT TIMES ON LAVALAVA ISLAND
Jade Jungle	Power Quake	In the scene with jungle entrance to the Yoshi Village, found on an island at the center.
Mt. Lavalava	Coin (all four blocks)	On the top of the third scene, under the first zipline.
Mt. Lavalava	Super Shroom, Maple Syrup	In the scene above the Lava Piranha scene.
Chapter 6 DARK DAYS IN FLOWER FIELDS
Flower Fields	Dizzy Dial	In the second scene on the southeastern road.
Flower Fields	10 Coins	In the center of the Hedge Maze found on the western road. Accessed by going right from the last pipe in the maze.
Toad Town Tunnels	Coin	Beneath the entrance room, there is a pipe by the path to the right that eventually leads to the Ultra Boots. In the first room down the pipe, found near the exit.
Toad Town Tunnels	Coin (both blocks)	In the next room, found between the brick blocks. They are high in the air, so Ultra Boots are required.
Toad Town Tunnels	Shooting Star	Beneath the entrance room, in the northwestern corner and high in the air, so Ultra Boots are required.
Toad Town Tunnels	Coin	In the area two screens east of the blue Warp Pipe to Yoshi's Village is a gap between two high platforms, with a doorway leading to Shiver City in the east. Found touching the western platform, high in the air, so Ultra Boots are required.
Chapter 7 A STAR SPIRIT ON ICE
Shiver Mountain	Mega Jump	On the second floor in the fourth scene.
Crystal Palace	10 Coins (both blocks)	In the second room after going through the blue locked door.
Crystal Palace	Super Shroom	Near the door in the room to the north of the first room.
Crystal Palace	Maple Syrup	Near the door in the big Albino Dino statue room. It is high in the air, so Ultra Boots are required.
Chapter 8 A STAR-POWERED SHOWDOWN!
Bowser's Castle	Life Shroom	On a platform in the lava area next to the front door scene.
Bowser's Castle	Deep Focus	On a platform in the lava area, near the entrance.
Bowser's Castle	POW Block	At the end of the north fork road in the first grotto scene.
Bowser's Castle	Shooting Star	At the end of the north fork road in the second grotto scene.
Bowser's Castle	Super Shroom	In the middle of the first Dry Bones room.
Bowser's Castle	Super Shroom, Maple Syrup	Found outside after the quiz room near the door.
Bowser's Castle	Super Shroom	In the same scene, found after going to the right.

? Block count

This chart shows the number of ? Blocks for each location, with the total amount at the bottom. Locations are listed in the order the player can visit them.

Location	Count
Goomba Village	2
Goomba Road	5
Pleasant Path	6
Koopa Bros. Fortress	2
Toad Town	1
Toad Town Tunnels	9
Mt. Rugged	4
Dry Dry Desert	28
Dry Dry Ruins	1
Forever Forest	2
Boo's Mansion	1
Gusty Gulch	7
Tubba Blubba's Castle	1
Shy Guy's Toy Box	16
Jade Jungle	1
Mt. Lavalava	6
Flower Fields	2
Shiver Mountain	1
Crystal Palace	4
Bowser's Castle	8
Total	107

See also

• List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario