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
  3. The Princess's Secret Slide
  4. Whomp's Fortress (every star)
  5. Castle Stars
  6. Bowser in the Dark World
  7. Bob-omb Battlefield
  8. Cool, Cool Mountain

Basement

  1. MIPS
  2. Shifting Sand Land
  3. Lethal Lava Land
  4. Hazy Maze Cave
  5. HMC Toad
  6. Dire, Dire Docks
  7. Bowser in the Fire Sea

Upstairs

  1. Wet-Dry World
  2. Tiny-Huge Island
  3. Upstairs Toad (near TTM)
  4. Tall, Tall Mountain
  5. Snowman's Land
  6. Open the 50 star door, then perform Backwards Long Jumps on the endless stairs.
  7. Bowser in the Sky

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
  3. The Princess's Secret Slide
  4. Whomp's Fortress (every star)
  5. Castle Stars
  6. Bowser in the Dark World
  7. Cool, Cool Mountain