Tanetane Island is a location inMother 3 part of theNowhere Islands. It is an isolated island south from the mainland.Mixolydia, one of the sevenMagypsies, resides on the island and is guarding one of theSeven Needles.

The original Japanese name is Tanehineri Island; however, debug text in the Japanese version of the game refers to it as Tanetane Island. This text, due to its greater resemblance to an English place name, influenced the decision to use the name Tanetane Island in theMother 3 fan translation.^[1]

Geography

Tanetane Island is mostly a jungle swampland isolated from civilization. Visually the jungle is similar toDeep Darkness. A winding path cuts through the jungle on the way to the mountains to the east of the island. It follows mostly a straight path east before turning south, then looping around north. Near the end of the jungle there is a fork with the west path leading to a pond of sludge, and past that the hot spring.The east path will lead to a set of cliffs. Mixolydia's house is found on a plateau near a cave which leads to the higher parts of the mountain.

The cave follows a straight path east before exiting to the mountains. On the mountain the path will head east, and then north to several peaks connected by bridges, which then will lead to the summit where the Needle is found.

During the mushroom hallucinations the island's colors will be inverted with other strange effects:

• The enemies' overworld appearance are replaced with various characters found throughout the game. In battle, they take the form of theEerie Smile.
• The rafflesia flowers become replaced with mailboxes containing odd messages.
• Thepresents are replaced with trash cans.
• The sludge pool, which normally has no affect when entered, will appear as a beautifully decorated hot spring which will heal the party.
• Near Mixolydia's house is what is normally a mole cricket shop which is replaced by a lotus root.
• Mixolydia appears as a beautiful woman with Ocho appearing as a male sailor.

History

After fightingMaster Eddy in theSea Floor Dungeon, Lucas's party is washed ashore on Tanetane Island's beach. With no items and their stamina depleted, the party is forced to eat some odd-looking mushrooms, labeled "energizing mushrooms". Under the hallucinogenic effects, Lucas's party sees the landscape in odd colors and enemies appear ashallucinations of people who the party had previously met.Boney, immune to these effects, warns Lucas when a hallucination draws near.

During the hallucinations, the enemies appear as various people Lucas and his party know. They give bizarre speeches, most of which are nonsensical, however there are many who remind of past tragic memories or other negative emotions, as well as generally speaking negativly to the group, with Lucas being the most affected. Traveling north, the party reaches Mixolydia's home, who smacks them on the head to cure the effects of the mushrooms, andOcho returns the player's items.

Mixolydia tells them that theNeedle on the island is protected by theBarrier Trio. The magypsy then opens the gate leading to the mountain. At thd summit they find the Barrier Trio guarding the Needle. After defeating it, as Lucas is about to pull the Needle, thePigmask Army arrives with theMasked Man striking the party with a bolt of lightning. While they are lying down, the Masked Man pulls the Needle and flies off. Mixolydia then appears and gives Lucas aRazor and Lipstick in remembrance, before disappearing. Ocho then takes Lucas's party back toTazmily Village.

Items

Jungle

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Item		Location
	Alligator Hat	Beside the second Claus
	Bug Spray	Behind Salsa
	Cup of Lifenoodles	East of the first Wess
	Fairy Ribbon	Beside the third Claus
	Luxury Banana	North of the first Wess
	Magic Pudding	West of Violet

Mountain

Item		Location
	Vigor Stick	On a plateau across the westmost bridge
	Swallow Bandana	Across the bridge going east

Shops and Businesses

Mole Cricket's shop

Mole Cricket's shop
Item		Price	Effect
	Sincerity Dumplings	100 DP	Restores 100 HP
	Spiky Weapon	3240 DP	Weapon forLucas,Kumatora, andDuster
	Feather Charm	1280 DP	Armor forLucas,Kumatora,Duster, andBoney
	Libra Bracelet	2400 DP	Armor forLucas,Kumatora, andDuster
	Double Jerky	240 DP	Restores 160 HP
	Alarm Cicada	18 DP	Heals sleep
	Recollection Bell	20 DP	Heals forgetfulness
	Flea Powder	30 DP	Heals fleas
	Secret Herb	600 DP	Heals allstatus ailments
	Cup of Lifenoodles	1780 DP	Heals allstatus ailments
	Pencil Rocket	500 DP	Bomb element damage to all enemies
	Bug Spray	100 DP	Kills a single insect enemy instantly

Enemies

Sprite	Enemy name	Notes
	Zombieshroom	Boss, possibleEerie Smile
	Monkalrus	PossibleEerie Smile, 3% chance of droppingMysticalGloves
	Ancient Dragonfly	PossibleEerie Smile
	Titanian	PossibleEerie Smile
	Scamperin' Mushroom	None
	Unwelcome Gust	None
	Barrier Trio	Boss

Gallery

• 
  Full view of Tanetane Island's jungle.
• 
  Tanetane Island's appearance after eating the mushrooms.
• 
  Tanetane Island's cave and mountain.

Trivia

• The Old Man and Hot Spring Woman still appear in the sludge pool during the hallucination as Fassad and Ionia, respectively.
• When a party member is feeling feverish, if the player enters the sludge pool and waits for the fever to disappear, then enter the PSI menu and exit, the feverish character will be replaced with Boney. The glitch wears off after entering a different menu or battle.^[2]
• When talking to Mixolydia for the first time, if the player had gone to the sludge pool earlier Mixolydia will comment about the party smelling bad.

References

• Articles in need of cleanup
• Mother 3 locations