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A softlock occurs when the game is put into a state where, though it has not crashed or ceased functioning, there is no way to progress without resetting the console.

Known softlocks

Repeatedly bonking within a glitchy wall^[1]
Getting stuck in some Black Room of Death
Activating a death, star, sign text, or painting entrance cutscene at the same time as a specific type of star activation cutscene (mainly item box stars)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Being grabbed by Heave-Ho or Chuckya while releasing its clone or the clone of its anchor object ^[5]
Being grabbed by Chuckya while in Time Stop^[6]
Attempting to speak to a bob-omb buddy while in Time Stop
Being thrown by a Heave-Ho while underwater^[7]
Being grabbed by Chuckya the same frame he dies or being grabbed in midair and having Chuckya unload^[8]
Collecting a star in vertical wind ^[9]
Collecting a star in a situation where Mario repeatedly ledge grabs^[10]
Activating a star outside the 12k limit^[11]^[12]
Talking to Yoshi while your lives counter is stuck (i.e. while having 1000 coins on the Japanese version)^[13]
Talking to Yoshi while it's falling off the roof^[14]
Dying when Lakitu's textbox is triggered at the start of the game (this is exclusive to the Japanese 1.0 version).^[15]
Activating certain text boxes while the camera is stuck
Being thrown by Chuckya while holding a handsfree teleported bloated bob-omb^[16]
Going into a tornado while permanently squished^[17]
Being shell Mario in certain geometry^[18]
Repeatedly being knocked back while being pushed off a floor by an object. ^[19]
Being stuck in a sliding state while sliding into a ceiling or out of bounds. ^[20]
Activating a textbox from an object and then unloading the object

References

[1] "How to softlock SM64 101" by TimeTravelPenguin

[2] "WDW Death Star Softlock" by Nim

[3] "Sign Star Softlock" by bad_boot

[4] "SM64 - The Evil MIPS Softlock" by a

[5] "SM64 - Simultaneous Events Glitches" by pannenkoek2012

[6] "THI Timestop Demonstration" by Tyler Kehne

[7] "SM64 - Heave Ho Water Softlock" by a

[8] "SM64 - Simultaneous Events Glitches" by pannenkoek2012

[9] "SM64 - Power Star Clone" by pannenkoek2012

[10] "Softlock from Repeatedly Ledge Grabbing with a Star" by UncommentatedPannen

[11] "Spawning a 100 Coin Star in a PU" by UncommentatedPannen

[12] "Softlock from Spawning a Star Too High Up & The 12k Limit" by UncommentatedPannen

[13] "Talking to Yoshi with Negative Lives" by UncommentatedPannen

[14] "SM64 - Yoshi Falls Off the Roof Glitch" by pannenkoek2012

[15] "Inverse Lakitu Skip" by bad_boot

[16] "SM64 - Hands Free Teleport Glitch" by pannenkoek2012

[17] "SM64 - Permanently Squished Glitch" by pannenkoek2012

[18] "Super Mario 64 - Shell Mario Glitch in Snowman's Land" by Tomatobird8

[19] "Knockback Grinding Softlocks" by UncommentatedPannen

[20] "Weird sm64 softlock" by Tranman64

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 A '''softlock''' occurs when the game is put into a state where, though it has not [[Crash|crashed]] or ceased functioning, there is no way to progress without resetting the console.
-==Known Softlocks==
+==Known softlocks==
 * Repeatedly bonking within a glitchy wall<ref>[https://youtu.be/g7lFIBxsjV0 "How to softlock SM64 101" by TimeTravelPenguin]</ref>
 * Getting stuck in some [[Black Room of Death]]
-* Activating a death, star, sign text, or painting entrance [[cutscene]] at the same time as a specific type of star activation cutscene (mainly item box stars)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWtT2Er-EQ "WDW Death Star Softlock" by Nim]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlrqJDgW3vE "Sign Star Softlock" by bad_boot]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/IjTY2eo6LZg "SM64 - The Evil MIPS Softlock" by Ethan White]</ref>
+* Activating a death, star, sign text, or painting entrance [[cutscene]] at the same time as a specific type of star activation cutscene (mainly item box stars)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWtT2Er-EQ "WDW Death Star Softlock" by Nim]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlrqJDgW3vE "Sign Star Softlock" by bad_boot]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/IjTY2eo6LZg "SM64 - The Evil MIPS Softlock" by a]</ref>
 * Being grabbed by [[Heave-Ho]] or Chuckya while releasing its clone or the clone of its anchor object <ref>[https://youtu.be/ixgL7FYF22w?t=103 "SM64 - Simultaneous Events Glitches" by pannenkoek2012]</ref>
 * Being grabbed by Chuckya while in [[Time Stop]]<ref>[https://youtu.be/dtB2afm_lCw?t=2 "THI Timestop Demonstration" by Tyler Kehne]</ref>
-* Being thrown by a Heave-Ho while underwater<ref>[https://youtu.be/vYw0cMVY8as "SM64 - Heave Ho Water Softlock" by Ethan White]</ref>
+* Attempting to speak to a bob-omb buddy while in [[Time Stop]]
+* Being thrown by a Heave-Ho while underwater<ref>[https://youtu.be/vYw0cMVY8as "SM64 - Heave Ho Water Softlock" by a]</ref>
 * Being grabbed by Chuckya the same frame he dies or being grabbed in midair and having Chuckya unload<ref>[https://youtu.be/ixgL7FYF22w?t=88 "SM64 - Simultaneous Events Glitches" by pannenkoek2012]</ref>
 * Collecting a star in [[Wind|vertical wind]] <ref>[https://youtu.be/TFSjlq-ExSs?t=213 "SM64 - Power Star Clone" by pannenkoek2012]</ref>
-* Collecting a star in a situation where Mario repeatedly ledge grabs and is then pushed off the ledge into the ledge grab again
+* Collecting a star in a situation where Mario repeatedly ledge grabs<ref>[https://youtu.be/LSBwOsCCYLA "Softlock from Repeatedly Ledge Grabbing with a Star" by UncommentatedPannen]</ref>
-* Activating a star in a [[Parallel Universe|PU]]<ref>[https://youtu.be/wC1PV9CYC4Y "Spawning a 100 Coin Star in a PU" by UncommentatedPannen]</ref>
+* Activating a star outside the 12k limit<ref>[https://youtu.be/wC1PV9CYC4Y "Spawning a 100 Coin Star in a PU" by UncommentatedPannen]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7AtSabtoHs "Softlock from Spawning a Star Too High Up & The 12k Limit" by UncommentatedPannen]</ref>
 * Talking to [[Yoshi]] while your lives counter is stuck (i.e. while having 1000 coins on the Japanese version)<ref>[https://youtu.be/AbCSED_FqjA "Talking to Yoshi with Negative Lives" by UncommentatedPannen]</ref>
-* Talking to Yoshi while falling off the roof<ref>[https://youtu.be/3UDDdbXaGx0?t=5m40s "SM64 - Yoshi Falls Off the Roof Glitch" by pannenkoek2012]</ref>
+* Talking to Yoshi while it's falling off the roof<ref>[https://youtu.be/3UDDdbXaGx0?t=5m40s "SM64 - Yoshi Falls Off the Roof Glitch" by pannenkoek2012]</ref>
 * Dying when [[Lakitu|Lakitu's]] textbox is triggered at the start of the game (this is exclusive to the Japanese 1.0 version).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8S0KrWU5hk "Inverse Lakitu Skip" by bad_boot]</ref>
 * Activating certain text boxes while the camera is stuck
 * Being thrown by [[Chuckya]] while holding a handsfree teleported [[Bloated Bob-omb|bloated bob-omb]]<ref>[https://youtu.be/qqmYYIQRSuI?t=9m8s "SM64 - Hands Free Teleport Glitch" by pannenkoek2012]</ref>
 * Going into a tornado while permanently squished<ref>[https://youtu.be/6jJKs3-U9KA?t=8m "SM64 - Permanently Squished Glitch" by pannenkoek2012]</ref>
+* Being [[shell Mario]] in certain geometry<ref>[https://youtu.be/flyo17g1Izk?t=37 "Super Mario 64 - Shell Mario Glitch in Snowman's Land" by Tomatobird8]</ref>
+* Repeatedly being knocked back while being pushed off a floor by an object. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2bTYf1fdU "Knockback Grinding Softlocks" by UncommentatedPannen]</ref>
+* Being stuck in a sliding state while sliding into a ceiling or out of bounds. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn70fnsgdZ0 "Weird sm64 softlock" by Tranman64]</ref>
+* Activating a textbox from an object and then unloading the object
 ==References==
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