RTA Guide/120 Star

The goal of the 120 Star category is to complete the game as fast as possible while collecting all 120 stars.

Category Rules

  • Collect all 120 stars.
  • Beat the game.
  • No gameplay restrictions. (As such, all forms of BLJ and methods of skipping star door requirements are allowed.)

Notes

It is generally recommended to learn 70 Star before 120; most stars performed in that category are performed the same in 120, allowing you to focus more on the longer, 120-specific stars.

There are several different routes for 120 Star regarding stage order and castle movement; the route below is the most common non-LBLJ route, which aims to reach the basement as early as possible since it contains some of the most difficult stars in the run. Once you have learned all of the stars separately, you will be able to adapt to other routes fairly easily.

Route

Lobby

  1. Bob-Omb Battlefield (1)
  2. Whomp's Fortress (all stars)
  3. The Secret Aquarium
  4. Jolly Roger Bay (all stars)
  5. Castle Secret Stars
  6. Bowser in the Dark World
  7. Bob-omb Battlefield (2)

Basement

  1. MIPS (first star)
  2. Shifting Sand Land (all stars)
  3. Hazy Maze Cave (all stars)
  4. HMC Toad
  5. Lethal Lava Land (all stars)
  6. MIPS (second star)
  7. Vanish Cap Under the Moat

Middle Segment

  1. Cool, Cool Mountain (all stars)
  2. Big Boo's Haunt (all stars)
  3. Dire, Dire Docks (1)
  4. Bowser in the Fire Sea
  5. Dire, Dire Docks (2)

Upstairs

  1. Wet-Dry World (all stars)
  2. Tiny-Huge Island (all stars)
  3. Upstairs Toad
  4. Tall, Tall Mountain (all stars)
  5. Snowman's Land (all stars)

Tippy

  1. Wing Mario Over the Rainbow
  2. Tick Tock Clock (all stars)
  3. Tippy Toad
  4. Rainbow Ride (all stars)
  5. Bowser in the Sky