Sherbet Desert contains 44 chests: 38 collectible or Power Orb chests and six weapon chests. This route also includes the two additional chests beside its travel cannon at Peach’s Castle, for 46 entries. The castle-side rewards are separate from the world’s own total.
For a complete return visit, defeat Icicle Golem to unlock Beep-0’s Lift ability. You also need the exploration abilities earned in the earlier worlds. Follow the areas below in order; chest numbers are this guide’s route labels, while numbered artwork, models and music refer to their Museum entries.
A red-ring reward requires all eight red coins before time expires. A blue bonus cannon starts a separate timed course. If either attempt fails, start it again; opening a weapon chest unlocks the weapon for purchase in Battle HQ, so equip it after buying it.
Hot N’ Cold Commons — chests 1–13
1 — 5 Power Orbs
At the entrance to Sherbet Desert, explore the upper-right corner before leaving the first area. The chest is tucked behind the sheets of ice.
2 — Banzai Bill – Artwork 8
Circle the large ice formation near the gate. Once the rolling ball has broken the wall during the story, follow the newly opened side passage behind the ice.
3 — Mystic Battle – Soundtrack 10
Return after learning Lift. Find the Rabbid statue beyond the second early battlefield, carry it back to the red pedestal between the arenas and use the activated cannon.
4 — Wrecking Smasher – Artwork 9
On the platform reached for chest 3, continue to the two chests at the back. This is the first of the pair.
5 — Sherbet Smasher – 3D model 16
Open the second chest beside chest 4. Shift the nearby blocks if you also want to reconnect the return route.
6 — The Midboss Theme – Soundtrack 11
Beyond the second early arena, follow the main route to the small scene-setting square. Take the narrow left path around the rocks to the statue.
7 — 5 Power Orbs
In the snowy block puzzle, press green to lower the green platform and move the ordinary block onto it. Raise the platform again, then push the block onto the blue floor switch to open the chest’s gate.
8 — Sherbet Ziggy – 3D model 14
Follow the route out of that snowy puzzle. The chest is visible on the left of the next open area.
9 — Sherbet Hopper – 3D model 15
At the puzzle with two movable blocks, enter the little cave on the left. Push the additional block away from the reward.
10 — Bwahnzai Bill – weapon for Mario
Outside that cave, enter the red ring. Collect all eight red coins to make Mario’s weapon chest appear.
11 — Blastberry Swirl – weapon for Rabbid Luigi
Follow the route taken by the rolling ball down to the broken wall. Use the blue bonus cannon there and finish the coin course within its timer.
12 — Hoppers – Soundtrack 12
Pass the later Challenge 3 and 4 arenas. About halfway along the long connecting path, turn left into the small side branch.
13 — Brute – weapon for Rabbid Peach
Use the blue bonus cannon beside chest 12. Complete its blue-coin route to unlock Rabbid Peach’s weapon.
Lazy River — chests 14–23
14 — At the Tower’s Feet – Soundtrack 13
Find the area where Rabbid Mario was trapped in ice. Cross the nearby wooden bridge to the visible chest.
15 — 10 Power Orbs
Enter the pipe near chest 14. Push the three wooden crates across the water to form a continuous crossing and walk over it.
16 — 10 Power Orbs
With Lift available, use the next pipe and its switch to open the riverside wall. Pick up the Rabbid statue, carry it through the nearby pipe and place it on the pedestal above.
17 — 20 Power Orbs
Return to the Rabbid Mario ice-block area. Work the movable block through the sliding maze onto the red plate to open the reward gate.
18 — Tower’s Theme 1 – Soundtrack 14
From the large ice gate, pass the next two battlefields. The chest is at the lower-right edge of the second arena, beside a Rabbid statue.
19 — 5 Power Orbs
Carry that statue back to the red pedestal between the arenas. Open the first chest in the exposed side area.
20 — Tower’s Puzzle – Soundtrack 15
Open the second chest beside chest 19 before retrieving the statue or moving onward.
21 — Hieroglyphic – Artwork 12
Push the block behind the preceding reward area to access another section. Collect its statue and carry it to the red pedestal on the right to raise the route to this chest.
22 — Archaeo Site – Artwork 10
Return along the main route beyond the two arenas. Look near the large POW scenery occupied by two Rabbids.
23 — Sherbet Supporter – 3D model 17
In the same puzzle section, move the two blocks so that one rests on the blue moon-marked plate. The lowered wall exposes the Supporter model.
Plateau Point and The Hidden Gorge — chests 24–39
24 — Prickly Persuader – Weapon for Rabbid Mario
Enter the sandy, tornado-filled Plateau Point area. Follow the wooden bridge route to a red ring and collect all eight coins for Rabbid Mario’s weapon.
25 — 10 Power Orbs
Past the red ring, find the puzzle with red, blue and green blocks. Activate the red timed switch and reach the remaining switches before the mechanism resets.
26 — Archaeo Details – Artwork 11
Cross the southern wooden bridge from that puzzle area. The chest is at the end of the branch.
27 — Thunderceptor – weapon for Rabbid Luigi
Press the yellow switch near chest 26 to open the blue bonus cannon. Collect the entire blue-coin set before the timer expires.
28 — 5 Power Orbs
With Lift available, bring the two Rabbid statues to the two gray pedestals near the start of Plateau Point. One is nearby and the other is near the blue bonus cannon. Push the movable block onto yellow to open the first reward path.
29 — Tower’s Theme 2 – Soundtrack 16
Keep both statues in place and shift the block from yellow onto blue. Follow the newly opened branch.
30 — Peach – 3D model 22
Move that same block onto red. Enter the pipe it exposes to reach Peach’s model.
31 — In the Heat of the Battle – Soundtrack 20
Take the newly opened route toward Chapter 2-S. Use the cannon, descend and check the left side of The Hidden Gorge’s entrance.
32 — The Giant Fridge – Artwork 14
Clear both secret-chapter battles. Retrieve the statue from the previous battle area near its entrance and place it on the empty green pedestal beside the rewards.
33 — 20 Power Orbs
Open the second chest behind that green pedestal. It stands directly beside The Giant Fridge artwork.
34 — Sandy – 3D model 19
Return to the normal Plateau Point route. In the large yellow-green-blue puzzle, check the left side behind the stone wall; a lone coin marks the recess.
35 — Blizzy – 3D model 18
In the same colored puzzle, take the pipe at the rear up to the raised chest platform.
36 — Giant Skeleton – Artwork 13
Continue beneath the conspicuous Rabbid and cross the later Challenge 8 area. Take the pipe at the end of the battlefield.
37 — A Song of Ice and Desert – Soundtrack 18
On the small platform reached for chest 36, turn to the opposite side for this second chest.
38 — Sherbet Buckler – 3D Model 21
With Lift available, take the other pipe from that platform and collect the matching statue. Bring it back to the blue pedestal to expose the Buckler model.
39 — Rabbid Kong’s Theme – Soundtrack 17
Follow the path opened by that pedestal back toward the statue’s original location. Check behind the stone wall for the soundtrack.
Sherbet Mountain Summit — chests 40–44
40 — Special Delivery – Weapon for Rabbid Mario
Take the cannon to Sherbet Mountain Summit. Complete the red-ring course immediately at the start of the frozen section.
41 — Rabbid Mario – 3D model 20
After the first summit battle, push the block onto the blue plate. Continue down the path and press the red switch near the chest to finish opening access.
42 — 20 Power Orbs
Beyond the second summit battle, inspect the three fixed reference blocks beside the ice field. Arrange the three movable blocks as their mirror image to solve the reward puzzle.
43 — Ice of Sherbet Desert – Soundtrack 19
Take the pipe after that block puzzle. Turn back immediately at its exit and check behind the pipe rather than following the route onward.
44 — 5 Power Orbs
Continue along the summit path, use the cannon and solve the sliding-block gate. At the next pipe section, descend to the lower chest platform.
Peach’s Castle — chests 45–46
45 — Icicle Golem – 3D model 23
At Peach’s Castle, approach the Sherbet Desert travel cannon after completing World 2. Check the entrance area for the Icicle Golem model.
46 — Hog Wild – weapon for Luigi
Complete the red-ring course beside the Sherbet Desert travel cannon. Collect all eight coins around the castle-side route to unlock Luigi’s Hog Wild.
Continue exploring
Return to World 2 — Sherbet Desert for the story battles, or try its ten Challenges after completing the world. The Kingdom Battle walkthrough links the other worlds and Donkey Kong Adventure.