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There are 42 Shine Sprites in the Nintendo Switch remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This checklist groups every pickup by chapter and area, including the five between-chapter sprites and locations that require backtracking. Give Shine Sprites to Merlon in Rogueport to power up your partners.
How to use this checklist
Locations below follow the Switch remake. Some pickups require abilities or partners Mario gains later, so revisit earlier areas when you unlock new ways to move. Chapter totals include the separately grouped pickups between Chapters 5 and 6 and between Chapters 6 and 7.
For partner upgrades, bring collected Shine Sprites to Merlon in Rogueport; Nintendo also describes this use in its Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door tips and tricks.
Chapter 1: 4 Shine Sprites
Hooktail Castle — 3
- In the room with flippable stairs, beside the last window on the north side.
- In the third-floor storage room.
- Near the fourth-floor door leading to the open area.
Rogueport Underground — 1
- On the left ledge in the Thousand-Year Door room on sublevel 3.
Chapter 2: 5 Shine Sprites
Boggly Woods — 1
- In the flying area, to the left of the airplane panel. Return when you have the ability needed to reach the panel.
Great Tree — 4
- To the right of the bubble pond.
- On top of the large stone in the lower-left of the room beneath the pond.
- Above a pillar in the north of the room beneath the area beyond the twisty path.
- On floating vegetation in the northeast water at the bottom of the tree.
Chapter 3: 6 Shine Sprites
Glitzville — 1
- Suspended near the Glitz Pit entrance and the Hammer Bro poster. Reveal the hidden block beneath it to reach the sprite.
Glitz Pit — 1
- Between boxes near the stairs in the second-floor storeroom. The room requires the Storage Key.
Rogueport — 2
- Behind the rightmost house in east Rogueport.
- On the red roof in east Rogueport. Return after Chapter 3 with Yoshi’s Flutter Jump and use the rooftop route.
Rogueport Underground — 2
- On the leftmost platform in the west entrance room on sublevel 1.
- On the platform with the Petal Meadows pipe on sublevel 2, behind the large yellow block in the Switch remake’s restructured pipe room.
Chapter 4: 6 Shine Sprites
Twilight Trail — 1
- Behind the last tree on the path to Creepy Steeple.
Creepy Steeple — 3
- In the southwest corner, down the outside well.
- In the treasure room north of the entrance.
- Beside the Save Block in a small room partway between the well and the steeple.
Rogueport — 2
- In the back room of Admiral Bobbery’s house.
- In a backyard reached through a hole on the second floor of the front house in west Rogueport. Use Tube Mode to get through.
Chapter 5: 7 Shine Sprites
Keelhaul Key — 2
- On top of a brick to the left of the upper area of the high mountain.
- Behind the leaves of the tree to the right of the bridge.
Pirate’s Grotto — 5
- On the bow of the left boat in the lower-left room.
- At the top of the stairs to the right of the waterfall. There is a hidden block nearby; the Switch version’s pickup location differs from the older route.
- On the northernmost barrel on the raised left side of the storeroom by the waterfall source.
- Above the water to the right of the north entrance in the wave room. Reach it with Koops.
- High in the northeast corner of the room south of the waterfall, with a hidden block underneath.
Between Chapters 5 and 6: 5 Shine Sprites
Rogueport — 1
- At the end of the path behind the cracked wall to the left of the store in west Rogueport. You need Admiral Bobbery to break through.
Rogueport Underground — 4
- One is on the south platform beyond the east sea on sublevel 1; reach it in Boat Mode.
- Three are together in a secret room in the east of sublevel 2, reached from the west boat panel. The highest middle sprite has a Spring Jump route. In the Switch remake, the guide also describes using the hammer directly on a block to reach the cluster.
Chapter 6: 6 Shine Sprites
Excess Express — 2
- On the floor in the southwest corner of cabin 005.
- Held by Bub in cabin 008. He gives it to Mario after the engineer’s autograph request is fulfilled.
Riverside Station — 2
- Near the wall corner on the right side of the sunset area.
- Atop the stairs above the records shelf in the low-west room.
Poshley Heights and Poshley Sanctum — 2
- Poshley Heights: high to the right of Poshley Sanctum.
- Poshley Sanctum: atop the front end of the second-highest platform on the left side of the inner room.
Between Chapters 6 and 7: 1 Shine Sprite
Rogueport Underground — 1
- Above the pillar beside the rightmost house in the central city on sublevel 1. From the pipe beyond the moving platform, use Spring Jump and head right.
Chapter 7: 2 Shine Sprites
Path to Fahr Outpost — 1
- Behind the southwest tree on the second screen from the left, on the screen before town.
Fahr Outpost — 1
- On the ground to the right of General White’s house in the east.
Areas without Shine Sprites
The location list names these areas as having no Shine Sprites: Petal Meadows, Petalburg, the path to Shhwonk Fortress, Shhwonk Fortress, Flurrie’s House, Twilight Town, the Moon, X-Naut Fortress, and the Palace of Shadow.
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