Unsolved single-goal challenges

This page lists unsolved single-goal challenges that are not currently possible with current knowledge and strategies. None of these challenges have been completed or solved.

Unsolved

Coin Count

• Getting more coins than intended in:
  • Jolly Roger Bay (depending on the strat this would also save a Z press)
  • Cool, Cool Mountain
  • Big Boo's Haunt
  • Hazy Maze Cave
  • Lethal Lava Land
• Getting infinite coins in:
  • Bowser in the Fire Sea
  • Tick Tock Clock
  • Rainbow Ride

Cloning Related

• Transport cloning with Wiggler or a Skeeter
• Cloning in Lethal Lava Land (could also potentially solve the getting more coins than intended)
• Moving during time stop in Jolly Roger Bay (to get shell clones)

Collection Challenges

• Collecting the key in Bowser in the Fire Sea from underneath the ground, causing you to collect the key on the death floor
• Collecting a star during a demo sequence
• Collecting Mystery of the Monkey Cage without changing the HOLP for an arbitrary HOLP
• Collecting the new Impossible Coin in Tiny Huge Island
• Killing the Mystery Goomba and collecting its coin

Parallel Universes

• Vertical PU death in LLL
• Surviving in a vertical PU with a shell clone released in it
• Reach a PU without using joystick
• Reach a PU in any of the following:
  • Jolly Roger Bay unreached areas
    • Ship Subarea
  • Cool, Cool Mountain
    • Main level
    • Slide
  • Lethal Lava Land unreached areas
    • Main level
  • Shifting Sand Land unreached areas
    • Eyerok area (note that this is a different area than the rest of the pyramid)
  • Dire Dire Docks unreached areas
    • Starting area
  • Snowman's Land unreached areas
    • Igloo
  • Tall, Tall Mountain
    • Main level
    • Slide (top subarea)
    • Slide (medium subarea)
    • Slide (bottom subarea)
  • Tiny Huge Island
    • Tiny island
    • Huge island
    • Cave
  • Tick Tock Clock
  • Tower of the Wing Cap
  • Cavern of the Metal Cap
  • The Princess's Secret Slide
  • Secret Aquarium
  • Wing Mario over the Rainbow
  • Bowser in the Dark World
    • Main area
    • Bowser fight
  • Bowser in the Fire Sea unreached areas
    • Bowser fight
  • Bowser in the Sky
    • Main area
    • Bowser fight
  • Castle unreached areas
    • Castle Basement
    • Castle Upstairs
    • Castle Courtyard

Misc

• Clipping from the top area of Wiggler's cave to the bottom area.
• Activating more than 4 stars at once anywhere
• Reversing the one-way teleport in THI
• Ground-pounding Chain Chomp's post without interacting with the red coin (e.g. collecting its two coin value)
• Grabbing the hangable ceiling on the bottom of the beginning cloud in Wing Mario over the Rainbow
• Hanging below the entrance's bridge in the castle grounds with the water raised
• Accessing the upper floors of the castle without first collecting the key from Bowser in the Fire Sea
• Grabbing the wrong penguin without pressing B
• Defeating Bowser in the Sky without spinning Bowser
• Performing an instant release on MIPS at an arbitrary HOLP
• Spawning a "8" orange number from a red coin, secret, treasure chest or water ring
• Spawning a "9" orange number from a red coin, secret, treasure chest or water ring
• Spawning a "0" orange number from a red coin, secret, treasure chest or water ring
• Getting hurt (squished) by the penguin in CCM
• Taking fall damage during the FLYING_TRIPLE_JUMP action

Solved In Theory

• Grab a Bob-omb fake during boiling (The video provided uses certain hacked values and is Wii VC only).

• https://youtu.be/rS4KsVGbjaA

• Escape from PU starting from speed 0 (The video provided was done on an emulator and likely crashes on console).

• "SM64 Going to a PU (and Back Again)" by Chris Dusto

Solved Single-Goal Challenges

• Picking up the cannon Bob-omb on the same frame as leaving its radius

• "BoB Relocating the Stationary Bob-omb" by UncommentatedPannen

• Putting the Ukiki that steals your hat on the monkey cage

• "Completing the IMPOSSIBLE Ukiki Challenge (impossible challenge)" by bad_boot

• Collecting Mystery of the Monkey Cage without changing the HOLP

• "SM64 - Mystery of the Monkey Cage Without Updating HOLP*" by ds273

• Collecting Li'l Penguin Lost without changing the HOLP

• Media:Lil_penguin_holpless.mp4

• Collecting Blast Away the Wall without using the cannon, ledge grabbing, or using time stop

• "[TAS] Super Mario 64: Collecting 'Blast Away The Wall' Cannonless, Without Ledgegrabs Or Time Stop" by Superdavo0001

• Grabbing Ukiki without pressing B (useful for the B Button Challenge)

• "[TAS] SM64: Mystery of the Monkey Cage 0xB (Unabridged) by Nim and Pannenkoek2012" by Hello, my name is nim

• Performing a transport clone with 4 simultaneous pushers

• "Transport Clone with 5 Goombas" by UncommentatedPannen

• Collecting the red coin in Bowser in the Dark World at the start without using the ! Switch and living

• "[TAS] SM64 - BitDW Start Red Switchless (and without dying)" by PaLiX _

• Collecting the Impossible 1-up in Cool, Cool Mountain without dying

• "[TAS] SM64 - CCM 2nd Slide 1up Without Dying" by PaLiX _

• Ground-pounding Wiggler's cave and then going to the huge island before the water finishes draining (this preserves the lower water level and allows a second ground-pound to trigger it again)

• Video file

• Escaping from one of the fish tanks in the Jolly Roger Bay room in the castle (starting with zero speed and damage counter)

• "[TAS] SM64 - Escaping Both JRB Fish Tanks Via HSWK" by PaLiX _

• Crashing the game by going out of bounds in Tall, Tall Mountain

• "Game Crash from Going Out of Bounds in TTM" by UncommentatedPannen

• Clipping from the bottom area of Wiggler's cave to the top area.

• "[TAS] SM64 - Misc Challenges" by PaLiX _

• Reaching PU inside of the pyramid in Shifting Sand Land

• "[TAS] SM64 - Misc Challenges" by PaLiX _

• Ground-pounding the Blue Coin block in SSL without pressing A

• "[TAS] SM64 - Misc Challenges" by PaLiX _

• Hyperspeed Wall Kick between towers in Tower of the Wing Cap

• "[TAS] SM64 - Misc Challenges" by PaLiX _

• Leave the Eyerok boss room after defeating Eyerok

• "leaving the boss room after defeating eyerock" by lasplatte

• Causing a game crash by going out of bounds in the Cavern of the Metal Cap entry room

• "CotMC Painting Room Null Floor Crash" by supermarble94

• Grabbing the hat stealing Ukiki without pressing B

• "SM64: Grabbing the Cap Ukiki without B" by nim

Impossible Challenges

• Have Mario stand on a rotating platform, facing inwards, such that the camera focus doesn't move
  • Impossible since the focus always moves in an ellipse (/straight line): https://canary.discord.com/channels/267091686423789568/459907626189324298/917239764288143380
  • The joke challenge is now extended to the next best thing: cause Mario to walk such in a way that the focus stays constant