Complete walkthrough for The Floating Fortress in Super Mario Galaxy (Super Mario 3D All-Stars). Includes steps to guide Torpedo Teds, collect Pull Star Chips, and navigate Laser Planet.
Walkthrough
- 1Locate the large weighted orb chained to the buoy. Guide a Torpedo Ted into the weight to destroy it. Ted spawners are nearby.
- 2Once the weight is destroyed, the fortress will rise. Climb the structure, navigating Thwomps and Bombs, to find 5 Pull Star pieces.
- 3Around halfway up, a Gearmo will ask you to spin a Green Valve. Doing so turns off water shooters and spawns a Spring Topman. Use the Spring Topman to launch yourself to a higher platform.
- 4On the higher platform, spin the screw to activate rotating platforms. Collect four of the five Pull Star chips around these platforms.
- 5The last Pull Star chip is above the first Thwomp. You can drop from a rotating platform or backflip jump onto the Thwomp to grab it.
- 6With all 5 Star Chips collected, climb to the top of the fortress and use the Jump Guarder to jump to the Pull Stars.
- 7You will be drawn to a new planet (Laser Planet) with two Ball Beamers. The bottom one looks like a nut, and the top one is a screw you need to spin.
- 8Avoid the quick laser beams fired by the Beamers by jumping.
- 9Spin and unscrew the bolt at the top of the planet. This will open the planet, revealing a ball of water with a star at the center, surrounded by star bits.
- 10Dive into the water and grab the star to complete the level.
Tips
- The Bomp can push you off the edge if you are in his way.
- Thwomps can crush you.
- Collect all 5 Pull Star Chips to progress.
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