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Sunbaked Desert

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The walkthrough to Super Mario Bros. Wonder for the world “Sunbaked Desert”. On this page we help you find all 36 Wonder Seeds, the Royal Seed and all 10-Flower Coins. We’ll also tell you where to find Captain Toad, what secret levels there are, and how to unlock Special World access.

Level overview

  • Armads on the Roll
  • The Desert Mystery
  • Rolling-Ball Hall
  • Ninji Jump Party
  • Bloomps of the Desert Skies
  • Valley Fulla Snootles
  • Color-Switch Dungeon
  • Secrets of Shova Mansion – Secret Exit
  • Flight of the Bloomps
  • Badge Challenge Parachute Cap II
  • Badge Challenge Crouching High Jump II
  • Expert Badge Challenge Invisibility I
  • Sunbaked Desert Palace
  • Combat Party: KO Arena Sunbaked Skirmish
  • Search Party Pipe Park
  • Break Time! Treasure Vault
  • Break Time! Raise the stage
  • Break Time! Revver Run
  • Break Time! Floating Wonder Tokens
  • Break Time! Bouncy Tunes
  • Break Time! Lights out

Armads on the Roll

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • There is a yellow flower in the air. Throw the Armad ball up against the flower several times. Follow their trail until the first Flower Coin appears.
    • For the two cactus blocks you will find another block on the right. Perform a Ground Pound. A propeller flower appears and takes you up to the second coin.
    • After the checkpoint you can use a yellow tube. In the bonus area you have to destroy the blocks with the Armad ball and thus secure the third coin.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Shortly after the third coin, you see a glowing flower in the air. Throw a jug of water up and hit the flower to make the Wonder Flower appear. Then master the Wonder Effect for the first Wonder Seed.
    • In the finish you will receive the second Wonder Seed.

The Desert Mystery

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • Pull the handle relatively at the beginning so that a yellow tube appears from the sand. In the underground you pull on a handle again and lower the sand. This uncovers the first Flower Coin.
    • After the first checkpoint you reach an area with many tubes. Pull on the handle there so that the tubes move out of the sand. Use the blue tube and get the second coin underground.
    • After the second checkpoint you will find another handle. Draw on it so that a coin sheet including the third 10-flower coin appears from the sand.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Immediately after the third coin you will find another grip. Draw on it so that the two parts of the temple come together and the Wonder Flower appears. Follow the escaping Wonder Seeds through the temple until you can finally catch up with him.
    • In the finish you will get another Wonder Seed.

Rolling-Ball Hall

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • The first coin is clearly visible. Wait until the giant spiked ball has rolled past, and then go up to the coin.
    • Shortly after the first coin, you grab the Revver by the tail and let it race against the wall blocks. Through the exposed path you reach down to the second Flower Coin.
    • The third coin is right on your way again. Let the large spiked ball destroy the blocks in front of it.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Later on, you can climb up the wall and activate the Wonder Flower. During the Wonder Effect you have to collect all five Wonder Tokens. After that, the first Wonder Seed appears.
    • In the finish you will receive the second Wonder Seed.

Ninji Jump Party

The level is hidden on the world map behind a sandfall.

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • You will find the first Flower Coin before the first Wundermarken. Jump up to the rhythm to reach it.
    • After the third miracle brand, you reach a small stage. Spring four times to match the beat so that the curtain opens and the second coin appears.
    • Shortly before the end of the Wonder Effect, the third coin floats visibly in the air. Stay in rhythm and jump to her.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Activate the Wonder Flower right at the beginning and collect all five Wonder Tokens during the musical Wonder Effect. For this you get the first Wonder Seed.
    • In the finish you will receive the second Wonder Seed.

Bloomps of the Desert Skies

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • The first Flower Coin is waiting to the right of the second Bloomp pump. Let yourself be hurled up by the purple bloomp and jump to the coin.
    • The second coin is located high between the clouds. Use the purple balloinks from the two pumps alternately as trampolines to gain enough height.
    • After the checkpoint you will find another violet bloomp. Jump on it and get catapulted to the third Flower Coin.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Shortly after the checkpoint, a green bloomp falls between several purple balloinks. Jump on him several times or use a Ground Pound to expose the Wonder Flower hidden inside. You then turn into a balloon and have to keep floating up. The Wonder Seeds is waiting at the top.
    • In the finish you will receive the second Wonder Seed.

Valley Fulla Snootles

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • Use the yellow tube shortly after the start. In the secret underground area you will find the first Flower Coin on the right.
    • After the first checkpoint, the second coin floats between two triangle trampolines. Jump over the Para-Koopa Troopa or the trampolines to her.
    • After the second checkpoint you will find a glowing flower. Activate them so that the third Flower Coin jumps up from the abyss.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • After the second checkpoint, you will find an invisible block over a Koopa Troopa between two wall blocks. Meet him for the Wonder Flower to appear. During the Wonder Effect, everything runs in slow motion. Follow the path to Wonder Seeds.
    • In the finish you will receive the second Wonder Seed.

Color-Switch Dungeon

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • The first coin is on the colored tempo bands. Press the ON/OFF switch to change the direction or color of the bands and reach the coin.
    • After the Wonder Effect and the checkpoint you will find a water jug. Take it to the right and pour the dried flower. As a result, the second Flower Coin appears.
    • Shortly before the target, you will find two conveyor belts on the left that lead up. Between the two hovers the third Flower Coin.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Activate the Wonder Flower. Shadow Mario appears and follows you through the labyrinth. Press the color change switches and do not let yourself be touched until you reach the Wonder Seeds at the end.
    • In the finish you get the second Wonder Seed.

Secrets of Shova Mansion

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • In the first section, you go all the way to the right and push the big block aside. Behind it is the first coin.
    • After the checkpoint you will find the second coin on the far right. Use the moveable blocks and a Wall Jump to reach them.
    • After the second coin, you go through the door. In the next section, slide the block under the door to the left. This clears the way to the third coin.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • In the section with the second Flower Coin, you have to slide the displaceable blocks exactly into the recesses in the bottom. This makes a hidden door appear. She leads you to the Wonder Flower. Survive the chase with the huge Shova and collect the first Wonder Seed.
    • At the normal destination you get the second Wonder Seed.
    • At the secret destination you will receive the third Wonder Seed.
  • Secret Exit
    • Just before the normal goal you will find several wooden blocks. Destroy them and then push the large green block into the glowing recess in the ground.
    • This makes a golden tube appear. Enter her and you reach the secret goal pole.
    • The secret exit on the world map opens the way to “Flight of the Bloomps”. If you then also manage this level and „Expert Badge Challenge Invisibility I“, the entrance to the Special World is unlocked.

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Flight of the Bloomps

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • In the second larger bloomp section, the first coin is located far below the abyss. Jump to the bottom bloomp and get carried to the coin.
    • Shortly afterwards you will find a green bloomp. Use it as a springboard to reach the yellow tube on the ceiling. In the bonus area you get through the balloinks to the second coin.
    • After the section with the balloinks falling down, the third coin is in the clouds. Jump over a bloomp to the right of her.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Shortly after the checkpoint, the Wonder Flower is located in a bloomp that is partly obscured by clouds. Meet him from below. During the Wonder Effect, huge balloinks appear. Jump from one to the next and reach the Wonder Seeds at the end.
    • In the finish you get the second Wonder Seed.

Badge Challenge Parachute Cap II

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • After the first checkpoint, glide down through a section with many piranha plants. Touch the third glowing flower along the way. As a result, the first Flower Coin appears directly below it.
    • Just before the second checkpoint, the second coin is between four piranha plants on moving platforms. Wait for the right position and glide through with the Parachute Cap.
    • The third Flower Coin hovers very high immediately before the Goal Pole. Start on the elevated platform and slide to the coin with the Parachute Cap. From there you can reach the top of the target at the same time.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Create the badge test and reach the goal pole. There you will get a Wonder Seed.

Badge Challenge Crouching High Jump II

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • Shortly before the first checkpoint, the first Flower Coin is located in a triangular niche on the ceiling. Stand on the long donut block and charge the Crouching High Jump. Jump up at the right moment before the block sinks too far.
    • After the first checkpoint you will find the second coin over an abyss. Stand on the descending donut block, load the Crouching High Jump and jump up after collecting the coin to land safely on the next platform.
    • After the second checkpoint, the third coin is surrounded by brick blocks. Get a super mushroom from the long? block, then destroy the blocks and jump to the coin.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Take the badge test and reach the goal pole. There you will get a Wonder Seed.

Expert Badge Challenge Invisibility I

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • The first Flower Coin hovers above a Bulrush before the first checkpoint. Orient yourself on the coins and dust clouds and jump on the opponent to collect the coin.
    • After the first checkpoint, the second coin is located between wall blocks. Lock the Bulrush from the left to run against the blocks and destroy them.
    • After the second checkpoint, you will also find the third coin behind several wall blocks. Jump several times on the Bulrush and steer it to the right height. Then let him race against the blocks and collect the coin.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Create the complete invisibility test and reach the goal pole. There you get the Wonder Seeds.
  • Special World
    • If you have previously used the secret exit in “Secrets of Shova Mansion” and completed “Flight of the Bloomps”, this badge test will open the way to the propeller flower.
    • It takes you to the Special World to the level “Sunbaked Desert Special Pole Block Allure”.

Sunbaked Desert Palace

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • The first coin floats between two stone blocks. Curl the left block down and then gently jump to the coin.
    • After the first checkpoint, you will find a handle on a tube from which spiked balls fall. Pull it and avoid the balls at the same time. This exposes the second coin.
    • In the later stage, the third coin is directly under the ceiling. Get a drill mushroom beforehand, drill into the ceiling and then drop onto the coin from above.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Shortly after the first checkpoint, you can reach a grip at the top. Move to uncover the Wonder Flower. During the Wonder Effect, large masses of water flood the palace. Follow the path to Wonder Seeds.
  • Bowser Jr.
    • In the boss fight, dry and flooded phases alternate. Spring Bowser Jr. several times on the head and avoid his fire attacks.
    • While the water is high, you cannot hit it from above. Use this phase to avoid his attacks and attack again as soon as the water sinks.
  • Royal Seed
    • After defeating Bowser Jr., you will receive the Royal Seed of the Sunbaked Desert. Then the water returns to the desert.

Combat Party: KO Arena Sunbaked Skirmish

  • 10-Flower Coins
    • Finish the fight party in less than 200 seconds.
    • Finish the fight party in less than 150 seconds.
    • Finish the fight party in less than 100 seconds.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • Defeat all waves of enemies and reach the end of the arena. There you will get a Wonder Seed.

Search Party Pipe Park

  • Wonder Seeds
    • 1. Wundermarke: Go on the lower level into the sixth tube. At the blue block on the left is another hidden tube. It takes you to the first brand.
    • 2. Wundermarke: Go all the way to the right on the lower level through the tube. On the right you will find two hidden blocks. Activate them so that you can pull the handle high enough and reach the second mark.
    • 3. Wundermarke: Go on the upper level right into the penultimate tube. In the new area, you can push the right tube aside. Behind this is the third brand.
    • 4. Wundermarke: At the top of the middle you will find a platform with the fourth brand.
    • 5. Wundermarke: Slide the tube to the left on the upper level. Then jump over the tube to the left and get the last mark.
    • After collecting all five Wonder Tokens, the Wonder Seeds appears in the middle.

Break Time! Treasure Vault

  • Wonder Seeds
    • You start the section in the drill transformation. Drill through the floor and ceiling and follow the small cave passages.
    • Examine the boxes in the underground area. In one of them is the Wonder Seeds.

Break Time! Raise the stage

  • Wonder Seeds
    • Enter the dance stage. As soon as the music starts, you have to jump to the rhythm.
    • With every correct jump, the stage moves a little further up. Keep jumping in time until you can reach the long? block. Meet him and the Wonder Seeds appears.

Break Time! Revver Run

  • Wonder Seeds
    • Pack the Revver on the tail, pull them back far and let them go. She then races over the lower track.
    • Run back to the ON/OFF switch via the upper tempo path and activate it in time. This removes the blockage on the lower track.
    • When the Revver reaches the end, it crashes against the wall and exposes the Wonder Seeds. Run back quickly and collect it.

Break Time! Floating Wonder Tokens

  • Wonder Seeds
    • In this short level you have to collect all five Wonder Tokens.
    • Use the rotating triangular platform and the various balloinks as trampolines. Jump back to the Balloinks again and again to win enough height for the brands.
    • Once all five Wonder Tokens are collected, the Wonder Seeds will appear.

Break Time! Bouncy Tunes

  • Wonder Seeds
    • One by one, collect the five Wonder Tokens in the music room. Use the marimba blocks on the floor and ceiling.
    • For each collected stamp, a small fireworks display appears. After finding all five, the Wonder Seeds appears.

Break Time! Lights out

  • Wonder Seeds
    • Press the ON/OFF switch to turn off the light. Only in the dark will the right path through the section become visible.
    • Orient yourself on the illuminated contours of the platforms and climb carefully further and further up. At the end of the dark path awaits the Wonder Seeds.

More Wonder Seeds in the Sunbaked Desert

Sunbaked Desert House

  • Wonder Seeds
    • After arriving in the Sunbaked Desert, visit the Poplin House. After the conversation, the poplin opens a treasure chest and gives you a Wonder Seed.

Poplin shop at the oasis

  • Wonder Seeds
    • In the regular poplin shop you can buy a Wonder Seed for 100 Flower Coins.

Secret Poplin Shop

  • Location
    • The secret shop is located in the northern area of the Sunbaked Desert to the left of the palace. Follow the hidden path behind the scenes.
  • Wonder Seeds
    • 1. Wonder Seeds: 30 Flower Coins
    • 2. Wonder Seeds: 100 Flower Coins
    • 3. Wonder Seeds: 200 Flower Coins
  • Badges
    • In addition, you can buy the Fast Dash badge for 10 Flower Coins here.

Captain Toad in the Sunbaked Desert

From the Sunbaked Desert you can reach two hidden locations of Captain Toad. At each meeting, he gives you 50 Flower Coins.

Captain Toad – Shining Falls

  • Location
    • On the open world map of the Sunbaked Desert are three stone plates with luminous question marks. Step on all three plates.
    • This opens the large stone gate in the middle of the desert.
    • Follow the newly opened path to the right and walk past “Rolling-Ball Hall”. At the very end you will find a hidden tube behind the scenes.
    • The tube takes you to a secret area of Shining Falls. There, Captain Toad waits behind a waterfall.
    • Talk to him and you get 50 Flower Coins.

Captain Toad — Fungi Mines

  • Location
    • Pay the Poplin 50 Flower Coins to repair the destroyed bridge to the level “Secrets of Shova Mansion”.
    • Then go left from the Shova house and follow the path down, around the big boulder and back up.
    • Behind the scenes is a hidden green tube.
    • She takes you to a remote island in the Fungi Mines. There you will find Captain Toad again.
    • Also here you get 50 Flower Coins.

Unlock Special World in the Sunbaked Desert

  • 1. Secrets of Shova Mansion: Find the secret exit by destroying the wooden blocks just before the target and pushing the green block into the recess.
  • 2. Flight of the Bloomps: The secret exit unlocks this hidden level. Close it off.
  • 3. Expert Badge Challenge Invisibility I: Then master the Invisibility Test.
  • 4. Propellerflower: After completion, access to the Special World appears.
  • Sunbaked Desert Special Pole Block Allure.

Sunbaked Desert Completed 100%

In the Sunbaked Desert, there are a total of 36 Wonder Seeds and a Royal Seed. For all seeds, you’ll also need to find the hidden levels and breather breaks, use the secret exit at the Shova House, and buy the Wonder Seeds from both poplin stores.

Also, don’t forget the Poplin House with its free Wonder Seeds. For complete completion of each regular level and badge test, you should collect all three 10 flower coins and reach the top of the target.