Level
Gauntlet Pond
Mario on a platform above the pond
Level code	W3-9
World	World 3
Game	Paper Mario: Sticker Star
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Gauntlet Pond is the ninth level ofWorld 3 inPaper Mario: Sticker Star. The level takes place in apoisonous pond with several platforms that swing back and forth, along with a few elevated plains. TheWiggler Segment of this area can be seen in the beginning of the level, isolated in a plain in the middle of the poison.

Layout[edit]

At the start of the level,Mario can see the Wiggler Segment in a platform in the middle of the poison, surrounded byPoison Bloopers. Mario must use the various swinging platforms to cross the poisonous pond, where someSnifits can be found. After making it to the other side of the pool, Mario must pull off aBowser Tape, releasing a log that can be used to safely cross the poisonous pond. Using this log, Mario can reach the platform where the segment is located, but when Mario approaches, the Wiggler Segment runs away.

Mario must then head right, until he is taken to an area with several swinging platforms above another poisonous pool. This time, aHeart Block can be found near the poison. Here, Mario needs to jump from platform to platform, eventually having to pull a Bowser Tape off of a swinging platform, to reach the segment, who once again runs away when Mario comes too close.

Mario eventually finds aSuper Star on the poisonous pool, allowing him to becomeinvincible and walk in the poison without taking damage. Mario can use this star to reach the next area, where he finds the Wiggler Segment stuck on a piece of a tree trunk, floating in the poison. Mario needs to jump on the tree trunk and pull the segment off, releasing it. After the Wiggler Segment joins Mario, he must collect theComet Piece, using the swinging platforms to reach it.

Kersti's comments[edit]

• Time to show off your jumping skills! If you fall in, you're definitely getting an exfoliating poison bath.

Enemies[edit]

• Poison Bloopers
• Snifits
• Ninjis

Items[edit]

Other items not included here are peelable Stickers and items from sticker upgrade spot.

Blocks[edit]

Item	Icon	Location	Image
Burnhammer,Chillhammer,Baahammer (first time), 3x Burnhammer (later times) Shiny Fire Flower,Shiny Ice Flower,Shiny POW Block (first time), 3xFire Flower (later times)		Behind the Secret Door found in the second scene.
Ice Flower		In the third scene, in the middle to the north.
Line Jump		In the first scene, found right away after entering from the third scene.

Field[edit]

Item	Icon	Location	Image
8 Five Coins,HP-Up Heart		In the second area, an arrow on the ground can be seen pointing toward the wall, previously concealed by the poison. Mario must follow and enter the hole in the wall to find them.
Heart		In the second scene, in the left tree. In the second scene, in the right tree.
Sponge		In the third scene, in the northwest part of it. Sponge must be hit three times before it can be picked up.
Super Star		In the second scene, at the end of the poisonous water.

Hidden Blocks[edit]

Item	Icon	Location	Image (Unrevealed)	Image (Revealed)
Fire Flower		In the second scene, in the northwest, between two Brick Blocks.
Chillhammer		In the third scene, above the first Brick Block.
Shell		Same scene, above the second Brick Block.

Paperization Spots[edit]

Scrap/Sticker	Icon	Location	Necessity	Image
Secret Door		In the second scene, in the middle of the lower part.	Optional
Random 1x1Sticker	N/A	In the first scene, to the right of the entrance from the third scene.	Required
Random 1x1 Sticker	N/A	In the third scene, in the northeast. Available only after defeating Gooper Blooper.	Optional

Names in other languages[edit]

• Forests
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star locations

• Articles with unsourced foreign names