Level
Castle Bleck Entry
Level code	8-1
Game	Super Paper Mario
Boss	O'Chunks
Music track	Castle Bleck
Music sample
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TheCastle Bleck Entry is the entrance toCastle Bleck inSuper Paper Mario. It is the setting of both Chapter 8-1, and ofPrincess Peach's escape attempt duringChapter 1's interlude, throughout which she is playable.

Chapter 8-1: The Impending Darkness[edit]

Storyline text

After finding everyPure Heart, the band of heroes set off for Castle Bleck.

The stakes were high as the ominousvoid grew larger and the end drew near.

Could Mario and friends stave off the inevitable and overturn the prophecy?

What strange twist of fate awaitedTippi andCount Bleck?

These thoughts plagued the minds of our heroes as the curtain rose on the final act...

The showdown between O'Chunks and Bowser.

The level begins with an ominous pan-out ofCastle Bleck.Tippi mentions "Blumiere", but hastily dismisses it. Like all levels in Castle Bleck, the level begins with a hall full of enemies, in this caseKoopatrols andBlue Magiblots. Next is a staircase withGoombas andBoomerang Bros. Along the way up, there is a door leading to the balconyPeach encountered at the end ofChapter 1, though it has enemies on it.

In the next room, there are someMister Is andRed Is, as well as a locked door. The key can be found by Super Jumping up to a platform and entering the door on it. This will lead out into another open room. Luigi can Super Jump to the top of the walls. On the left wall, there are chests containing aLong-Last Shake and aStop Watch. On the right, Peach can float across to a pipe, leading to a short hallway filled withSoopa Strikers. At the end, the key is found. The room behind the locked door is another enemy-filled hallway.

The next room is another staircase just like the first, except this one is populated byFire Bros and in place of the door leading to the balcony, there are five raised torches, with some lit and some not. The order of the torches' states from left to right is: unlit, lit, lit, unlit, lit. The next room contains aSave Block and five torches.Bowser must light them in the same order as the torches seen before to make a staircase appear, with a door at the top.

O'Chunks is waiting on the other side. He taunts the heroes, daring them to try and pass him. Bowser challenges him to a one-on-one duel, which O'Chunks accepts. He then grows to giant size and fights Bowser. Bowser defeats him, but their battle causes the ceiling to fall. O'Chunks catches it, saying they gained the right to pass. Bowser helps him and ordersMario &Luigi to get theprincess into the next room. He and O'Chunks launch into an argument about who stays and who leaves, but the ceiling falls before they finish. The heroes hear the thump in the next room, but decide that Bowser has survived worse and that there is no time to search for him. They can then hit theStar Block to end the level.

Enemies[edit]

• Blue Magiblots
• Boomerang Bros
• Dull Bones
• Fire Bros
• Gawbuses
• Goombas
• Heavy Cursyas
• Koopatrols
• Magikoopas
• Mister Is
• O'Chunks (boss)
• Red Is
• Tech Cursyas
• Soopa Strikers

Collectibles[edit]

Block[edit]

Item	Location	Image
Ultra Shroom	At the end of the second stairwell room.

Map Treasure[edit]

Item	Location	Image
NastasiaSpecial Card	(Map 46), use Fleep on the west lamppost fire at the area where Peach was first controllable. Available after Chapter 8.

Treasure Chests[edit]

Item	Location	Image
Long-Last Shake andStop Watch	In the chests found over the west wall of the area where Peach was first controllable.
Castle Bleck Key	In the scene where Peach was first controllable, there is a pipe at the east end of the scene. Chest is found at the end of the room accessed by said pipe.

Menu description[edit]

• "This is Castle Bleck's grand entry. Bowser wrestled O'Chunks to the ground here."

Names in other languages[edit]

The Impending Darkness

References[edit]

• Castles
• Super Paper Mario levels
• Super Paper Mario locations

• Articles with unsourced foreign names