RTA Guide/50 Star

The goal of the 50 Star category is to complete the game as fast as possible while opening the 8, 30, and 50 star doors the intended way, and using Backwards Long Jumps to bypass the endless stairs.

Rules

• LBLJ and SBLJ are banned
• MIPS clipping is banned
• Any method to circumvent the 8, 30 or 50 star door requirement is banned

Suggested Routes

Standard Route

Lobby

1. Lakitu Skip
2. Bob-omb Battlefield
   • Behind Chain Chomp's Gate
3. The Princess's Secret Slide
   • The Princess's Secret Slide (first star)
4. Whomp's Fortress (every star)
5. Castle Stars
   • The Princess's Secret Slide (second star)
   • Tower of the Wing Cap
6. Bowser in the Dark World
   • Red Coins
   • Bowser Fight 1
7. Bob-omb Battlefield
   • Shoot to the Island in the Sky
8. Cool, Cool Mountain
   • Slip Slidin' Away + 100 Coins
   • Li'l Penguin Lost
   • Wall Kicks Will Work
   • Big Penguin Race

Basement

1. MIPS
2. Shifting Sand Land
   • Inside the Ancient Pyramid
   • In the Talons of the Big Bird
   • Shining Atop the Pyramid
3. Lethal Lava Land
   • Red-Hot Log Rolling
   • 8-Coin Puzzle with 15 Pieces
   • Boil the Big Bully
   • Bully the Bullies
   • Hot-Foot-It into the Volcano
   • Elevator Tour in the Volcano
4. HMC Toad
5. Hazy Maze Cave
   • A-Maze-ing Emergency Exit
   • Metal-Head Mario Can Move!
   • Watch for Rolling Rocks
   • Swimming Beast in the Cavern
6. Dire, Dire Docks
   • Board Bowser's Sub
7. Bowser in the Fire Sea
   • Bowser in the Fire Sea (Reds)
   • Bowser Fight 2

Upstairs

1. Wet-Dry World
   • Express Elevator--Hurry Up!
   • Shocking Arrow Lifts!
   • Top o' the Town
2. Tiny-Huge Island
   • Five Itty Bitty Secrets
   • Pluck the Piranha Flower
   • The Tip Top of the Huge Island
3. Upstairs Toad (near TTM)
4. Tall, Tall Mountain
   • Scale the Mountain
   • Breathtaking View from Bridge
   • Blast to the Lonely Mushroom
   • Mysterious Mountainside
5. Snowman's Land
   • Snowman's Big Head
   • In the Deep Freeze
   • Whirl from the Freezing Pond
   • Chill with the Bully
6. Open the 50 star door, then perform Backwards Long Jumps on the endless stairs.
   • BLJ Guide
7. Bowser in the Sky
   • No Red Coins
   • Bowser Fight 3

Advanced Route (Island Hop)

Rather than doing Shoot to the Island in the Sky after Dark World Reds, you can save time by getting this star without the wingcap in the first split by doing Island Hop. This saves approximately 5-6 seconds in castle movement as you only have to enter Bob-omb Battlefield once.

Lobby

1. Lakitu Skip
2. Bob-omb Battlefield
   • Shoot to the Island in the Sky
   • Behind Chain Chomp's Gate
3. The Princess's Secret Slide
   • The Princess's Secret Slide (first star)
4. Whomp's Fortress (every star)
5. Castle Stars
   • The Princess's Secret Slide (second star)
   • Tower of the Wing Cap
6. Bowser in the Dark World
   • Red Coins
   • Bowser Fight 1
7. Cool, Cool Mountain
   • Slip Slidin' Away + 100 Coins
   • Li'l Penguin Lost
   • Wall Kicks Will Work
   • Big Penguin Race