RTA Guide/70 Star

The goal of 70 star is to beat the game without any segment skips.

Rules

  • Any form of BLJ is not allowed
  • MIPS Clip is not allowed

Main Route

  1. Bob-omb Battlefield
  2. Whomp's Fortress (every star)
  3. Castle Stars
  4. Bowser in the Dark World (Reds)
  5. Bob-omb Battlefield
  6. Cool Cool Mountain
  7. Big Boo's Haunt
  8. MIPS
  9. Shifting Sand Land
  10. Lethal Lava Land
  11. Hazy Maze Cave
  12. HMC Toad
  13. Dire Dire Docks
  14. Bowser in the Fire Sea (Reds)
  15. Wet Dry World
  16. Tiny Huge Island
  17. Upstairs Toad (near TTM)
  18. Tall Tall Mountain
  19. Snowman's Land
  20. Rainbow Ride
  21. Tippy Toad (near TTC)
  22. Tick Tock Clock (every star)
  23. Bowser in the Sky (No Reds)

Alternative Routes

The route above is the most common, but a few modifications can be made to make the route faster, easier or more consistent.

Beginner

One way to make the Main Route listed above easier is to substitute one of the most difficult stars in the route, the TTC 100 Coin star, with either Navigating the Toxic Maze or Wiggler's Red Coins. Instead of Stomp on the Thomp + 100 Coins you will need to do Stomp on the Thwomp. This route loses approximately 10 seconds to the Main Route.

Intermediate

A few slightly faster alternatives exist to the Main Route listed above where instead of Big Penguin Race + 100 Coins and Slip Slidin' Away you can do any of the following combinations

Advanced

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 before Behind Chain Chomp's Gate. This saves approximately 6-7 seconds in castle movement as you only have to enter Bob-omb Battlefield once.

Additionally, like the Intermediate routes, you can substitute Big Penguin Race + 100 Coins with the following stars to save more time: