Stone Block

The stone block as seen in Paper Mario

Not to be confused with Hard Block.

Stone blocks (also parsed Stone Blocks) are gray, stone blocks that appear during the events of Paper Mario. Stone blocks appear in various locations, blocking Mario's way. They most abundantly appear in Dry Dry Ruins, as these blocks cannot be pushed, smashed by the regular Hammer, or be destroyed by other means. The only way to break them is after Mario obtains a Super Hammer from Dry Dry Ruins. Stone blocks sometimes, albeit rarely, contain enemies, such as a Stone Chomp.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, an Ultra Hammer is required to break stone blocks. However, the Ultra Hammer appears late in the game, and is needed to smash only a handful of stone blocks.

Additionally, in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, Yoshi can break a stone block using a Wrecking Ball, or being transformed into Ball Yoshi.

Later, Wario Land: Shake It! used stone blocks as platforms and walls. They could be destroyed by any attack, and breaking them was required by some levels' missions.

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