Duel of 100 in Sammer’s Kingdom

Duel of the 100 in Militis Kingdom

The Duel of the 100, also known as the Guardian of the 100 Goals, is one of the most comprehensive optional challenges in Super Paper Mario. In Militi’s kingdom, you have to face 100 fighters in succession and open each goal by one victory.

The individual opponents are called milits stretches. Each of them has its own name, a short introduction and partly a special fighting technique. Some rush directly towards you, others use jump attacks, bullets, spike trap or increased defense.

The duel during the main story

On the first visit of Militis Kingdom you can not complete the tournament yet. During chapter 6-1 you will first fight your way through the first 20 goals.

After the victory over Rolling Thwomp on the 20th. Tor reaches the Dark Heart Militis Kingdom. The world is wiped out and the duel ends prematurely. The stretches at the following gates cannot be challenged at this time.

Upon completion of the main story, Militis Kingdom is restored. Then return to Chapter 6 to begin the complete duel of the 100.

Distribution of the 100 gates

Section	Gates	Note:
Chapter 6-1	Gate 1 to 25	The first 20 fights already take place during the main story.
Chapter 6-2	Gate 26 to 50	This section can only be reached after completion of the main story.
Chapter 6-3	Gate 51 to 75	The opponents become much stronger and more resilient.
Chapter 6-4	Gate 76 to 100	The last section ends with the 100. Rigging.

After 25 goals each, you reach a star block and can save your progress. The chapter sections thus serve as intermediate stations of the tournament.

Attention: If you use a retreat tube and leave Militis Kingdom, the ongoing duel is considered aborted. The next attempt will start again at gate 1.

Recommended preparation

• Take several strong healing objects with you.
• Notrations, mushroom steaks, Dillia Spezial and Dillia Deluxe are particularly suitable.
• A Life Mushroom protects you from the immediate end of a very advanced attempt.
• Items to increase the attack power shorten the later battles significantly.
• Bowser causes great damage with his fire breath and is particularly effective against many frontally attacking stretches.
• Princess Peach can use her umbrella to protect herself from bullets and direct hits.
• Luigi’s super jump is suitable for high jumping or flying opponents.
• Mario can switch to the 3D view and thereby sideways evade some attacks.
• Cudge helps against armored and spiky opponents.
• Piekso is helpful against particularly fast stretches that constantly rush towards you.

General combat tactics

Most stretches fight on a relatively small platform. Therefore, do not stay permanently in a corner. Stay moving and first observe which attack technique the current opponent is using.

If a corner storms directly towards you, you can jump over it and then attack from behind. Against slow opponents, Bowser’s fire breath is particularly effective. Keep enough distance and let them run into the flames themselves.

For enemies with Spike Trap you should refrain from normal jump attacks. Uses Cudge, Boomer, or an attack item instead.

Rockets can often be fought safely with Princess Peach. Open your umbrella, wait for the attack and then counterattack.

Rapid navigation

Goals 1–25 · Goals 26–50 · Goals 51–75 · Goals 76–100 · Reward

Gates 1 to 25

Gates 26 to 50

Gates 51 to 75

Gates 76 to 100

Particularly striking stretches

The Watschenakademie

Weak pens, grip fin and fever fox are placed one after the other at gates 15 to 17. The three party members belong to the same combat school and use increasingly stronger variants of their technique.

Bitewicht at gate 18

Bitewicht is exceptionally small and moves very fast. Normal jump attacks are therefore difficult to place. Equip Piekso and let the opponent run against his protective barrier.

Big Sammer Guys

Some gates are guarded by particularly large and resistant stretches:

• Gate 10: Winter Koopa clan clan
• Gate 20: Rolling worm
• Gate 50: Icekeeper
• Gate 61: Turnip sleep
• Gate 83: POWL
• Gate 100: End boss

These opponents have more HP, a higher attack power and sometimes a stronger defense compared to ordinary stretches. Stay away and use Bowser’s fire breath or strong Pixl attacks.

Reward for all 100 goals

After defeating End Boss, you reach King Sammer. In recognition of the complete conclusion of the tournament, he presents you with seven rare catch cards.

• Goombella fishing card
• Coops fishing card
• Valery fishing card
• Yoshi fishing card
• Barbara fishing card
• Bobbery fishing card
• Ms Mowz fishing card

The seven cards show Mario’s partners from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They can only be obtained by complete victory in the duel of the 100.

Can the duel be repeated?

After the victory over all 100 stretches, the tournament is finally completed. On another visit, King Sammer explains that the previous party member should be replaced. The duel of the 100 cannot be restarted afterwards.

Therefore, make sure that you have made all the preparations you want before the last section. The seven catch cards are automatically handed over as a final reward and cannot be missed.