Guide to Poshley Heights and Poshley Sanctum in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, including finding the Crystal Star and useful items.
Walkthrough
- 1After defeating the Smorg, you will be back on the train. Disembark at Poshley Heights.
- 2Explore Poshley Heights: Spin jump in front of the station steps for a Star Piece.
- 3In the western house, find a Star Piece behind the lawn chairs near the pool and an HP Drain P badge by slipping through a crack behind a table.
- 4Go to the eastern house, find the black mark, and walk to it. Go through the hedge to get a Star Piece behind the fence.
- 5In the next area, find the souvenir stand. The Fresh Pasta costs 50 Coins and is useless.
- 6Stay at the hotel for 30 Coins to get a free Omelette Meal, potentially using an Inn Coupon.
- 7Find a Star Piece behind the hedge near the area entrance.
- 8Proceed to Poshley Sanctum. The owner, Pennington, will open the locked door.
- 9Inside Poshley Sanctum, use Spring Jump to reach bars above, shimmy right to a ledge, and drop.
- 10Stand on the star tile at the front, Spring Jump, shimmy right, and drop to the next ledge. Repeat this process.
- 11Use the Plane Panel to reach the ledge on the other side. Repeat the Spring Jump process until you find a ! block.
- 12Hit the ! block to move a curtain, revealing a pipe. Enter the pipe to go to Poshley Sanctum 2.
- 13In Poshley Sanctum 2, defeat the Dark Boos.
- 14Use the Spring Jump process to reach the second-highest ledge for a Shine Sprite.
- 15Reach the highest ledge for the L Emblem, which changes your clothes into Luigi's.
- 16Head to the ground and collect the Crystal Star, the Garnet Star. Your max SP becomes 7.
- 17After Chapter 6, return to the first Poshley Sanctum and talk to Pennington to keep the Crystal Star.
Tips:
- Before fighting the Smorg, defeat the miasma (its
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