Comet Medal
- “Collect many Comet Medals? Comet arrive. First time in galaxy... Always one Comet Medal somewhere! Look hard. Find!”
- —Whittle, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Comet Medals[1] are a type of item that appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2. They are white octagonal coins with a golden lining and a picture of a golden comet imprinted on them. Collecting enough Comet Medals will make Prankster Comets appear, like the Prankster Comets in the first game. They are found in the first mission of every galaxy, usually in hard to reach places or requiring the use of a power-up. Once collected, if the player re-enters the level, the Medal will appear to be a clear blue silhouette of the original. It can still be collected, however. It will temporarily be added to the total, but as soon as the level is completed, the total will revert back to its previous value.
There are 49 Comet Medals total, but not every galaxy will encounter a Prankster Comet, even after every Comet Medal has been collected.
Comet Medal Locations
| World 1 | |
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Galaxy |
Comet Medal Location |
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High above the cylindrical planet with gray platforms rotating around it. | |
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On a small green hill in the area where the player first obtains Yoshi. | |
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Next to the right-most pillar on the Drill Zone Planet. | |
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Above a column of coins on the Pond Planet. Cloud Mario is needed, or a triple jump or back-flip and spin at the apex of the jump. | |
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On a blue platform near the end of the first area. | |
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Between two Thwomps in an upside down section, just after the Chomps. | |
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Above the Thwomp near the beginning of the stage. | |
| World 2 | |
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Galaxy |
Comet Medal Location |
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Off to the side of a wooden platform, just before two Grinders cut off a vertical wall, which creates an area that Mario must wall-kick up. | |
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Near the end of the level right after the Hungry Luma. | |
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Right at the beginning of the level inside the purple crystal. Rock Mario is needed. | |
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Inside a large shell-shaped structure underwater, near the button that freezes the entire area. | |
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Obtained after going through the five gates. | |
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On a small platform guarded by a Choppah. | |
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Reached by wall-jumping or Backflipping off a Whomp. | |
| World 3 | |
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Galaxy |
Comet Medal Location |
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On the Log Planet. | |
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Near the end of the level inside the crushing wall. | |
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Over a large gap, just after a green pipe. | |
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Hidden beneath some Brick Block-shaped snow, on the third planet after the slide. | |
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Near the end on a platform about to be cut by Grinders. | |
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Near the beginning on top of an orange Beat Block. | |
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On the Airship with the Hammer Bros, just before Mario fights Megahammer. | |
| World 4 | |
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Galaxy |
Comet Medal Location |
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At the start of the level, over a large gap in the middle of an arc of coins, near the large spinning coin and a Grand Goomba. | |
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On the first planet on the underside of it. | |
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Only in the underwater area of the mission "Surf, Sand, and Silver Stars", between two Gringills. | |
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At the beginning of the level, over the Chomps. | |
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In a secret platform that appears with Bulb Yoshi. | |
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In a set of two walls. It requires wall-jumping. | |
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Near the checkpoint flag in the castle. On top of the brick block. | |
| World 5 | |
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Galaxy |
Comet Medal Location |
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Between to an electric fence and set of platforms going down. | |
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On a small patch of solid ground where the sand river bends. | |
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Hanging over the moving stone platforms of the lava planet. | |
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In the swamp right next to the launch star. | |
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Under an electrified fence and over a moving platform. | |
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Obtained after flying through the five gates. | |
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On the mine-lined blue row on the spindly planet | |
| World 6 | |
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Galaxy |
Comet Medal Location |
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On one of the lava-burned planetoids hanging over the Magmaw planet. | |
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Hanging above the cogs rolling down the first slope. | |
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Found in the exact same spot from where the "Shoot Into the Wild Blue" Power Star from Super Mario 64 used to be. | |
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Right above a lava pool on the burn bit planet. | |
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Found at the top left corner of the planet where Yoshi is found. | |
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After sliding down the water slide, in the first room with Snoodles, the Comet Medal is located in a small alcove on the left side of the room, just before the next tunnel. | |
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With Yoshi's assistance, the Comet Medal can be found on the lava on the left moving path, next to two flowers. | |
| Special World | |
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Galaxy |
Description |
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This Comet Medal is located on Mario's left foot, on disappearing platforms. | |
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This Comet Medal is located on the expert path. After the Toad says "Experts stay right", go down the right path until seeing the Comet Medal and two Bob-ombs. It should be just before the other path crosses back into the course. | |
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This Comet Medal is located at the end of the second to last spinning block (Just before the star). | |
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This Comet Medal can be seen right from the start. However, it's right above one of the platforms that move left and right. (Closest to the Black Hole) | |
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Underneath the King Kaliente battlefield. | |
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Above the first blue platform when the player is in the second area of spikes. | |
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Next to one of the platforms on the right side, in the area filled with Hammer Bros. and Boomerang Bros.. | |
Trivia
- When collected, the Comet Medal makes a similar sound effect to that of a Red Coin from Super Mario Sunshine.
- They were originally thought to be known as Comet Metals due to a mistranslation.
- Comet Medals have a shape that is almost identical to the shape of the Bowser Space from Mario Party 6.
- The Star Medals in Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS, feature a design similar to that of Comet Medals.
