Shiver City
A map of the center area of Shiver City
Appears in	Paper Mario (2000)
Greater location	Shiver Region
Ruler	Mayor Penguin
Inhabitants	Bumpties,Toad

Shiver City is a cold and icy city found during the events ofPaper Mario. Manypenguins live in this city.Mario and his partners travel here at the beginning of Chapter 7 and must solve a murder mystery before they can go on. Mario can also get anUltra Shroom and four regularMushrooms by sleeping at theToad House after gaining access to theCrystal Palace. Every time he sleeps there, Mario receives anIced Potato, an item used in many recipes. Beyond the city isShiver Snowfield. Shiver City is later referenced by one of the Bumpties inPoshley Heights duringPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Mario andGoombario discover the body of the Mayor.

AfterMario and hispartners clear Chapter 6 inPaper Mario, they are told by aNinji atMerlon's house inToad Town to go toStarborn Valley. Merlon mentions that there is a pipe below Toad Town that links to Shiver City, which Starborn Valley is located near. When Mario and his partners go throughToad Town Tunnels, they arrive at a place where Mario must doTornado Jumps to reveal somehidden blocks. With the help of these blocks, they are able to reach the blue door to a frozen pipe, which leads to Shiver City.

Upon first arrival, Mario and his partners are told by the guard of the east gate that the city is on alert after asuspicious person ran through the village and caused a stir, so they cannot pass withoutthe Mayor's approval. When they head to the Mayor's house, however, they find the Mayor unconscious on the ground, supposedly dead. Mario is soon accused of murder by thepenguin patrol, who gives Mario a chance to prove his innocence by finding the real "murder", forbidden to leave the city (even to go back to Toad Town Tunnels) before he does. Mario breaks the frozen pond in the village with the Tornado Jump and gets theWarehouse Key withSushie's help, and uses it to open the door to the storehouse. After getting to the roof, he jumps to the roof of the house to the west and gets intoHerringway's house. When Herringway and he go to the Mayor's house to further investigate, however, the supposedly-dead Mayor gets up again, revealing that he had only been knocked out from a fall. Mario is then free to go.

When Mario receives theScarf fromMerle, he is told to get theBucket from the Mayor, and comes back to the city to do this. With the two items, Mario and his partners will be able to proceed further toShiver Mountain.

Sidequests in this area include getting theStar Pieces near the Mayor's house as well as from the Mayor for letter delivery. The city is divided in three scenes, with the Mayor's house being the westernmost one in the western scene. There are another two houses in the western scene, in the eastern one of which lives a food-lovingpenguin. Mario can use this house to get to the western one for theAttack FX E badge in it. The scene in the middle contains the pipe to/from Toad Town Tunnels, as well as an ordinary penguin's house, theShiver Shop, and aToad House. If Mario sleeps for the first time in the Toad House after helping thesnowmen, he will find anUltra Shroom surrounded by fourMushrooms on the inn ground as well as anIced Potato on the table the next morning, with the Toad unsure where they are from. Subsequent nights spend in the Toad House only witness one Iced Potato each time. Herringway's house and the store house are in the eastern scene, and so is the gate to theShiver Region. The Bumpties in the village will often sneak into Herringway's house to read his unfinished novel, much to his annoyance.

At the end of the game, the explorerKolorado with two assistants can be seen in Shiver City, heading forShiver Mountain under the assistance ofKooper. Mail carrierParakarry comes and delivers an invitation letter to Kooper fromPrincess Peach, and Kolorado lets Kooper go. Parakarry also brings a message to Kolorado fromKolorado's wife, which scolds him for not returning home often. Upon hearing this, Kolorado abandons his plan and the two assistants, heading back home.

Shiver City is mentioned inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. A penguin living in a periwinkle house in the second area ofPoshley Heights, while admitting that his new home is fun, laments about not being able to eat snow cones, make snowmen, or go ice-skating like he could do in Shiver City.

Collectibles[edit]

In addition to the items listed below, several items can be purchased fromShiver Shop, and 64Star Pieces can be obtained fromChuck Quizmo here.

Field/Given[edit]

Item	Location	Location Image
Bucket	Given by Mayor Penguin after visitingMerle and getting theScarf. Required to progress.
4x 4Mushrooms,Ultra Shroom Iced Potato	Appears the first time Mario sleeps in the Toad House after opening the passage to Shiver Mountain. (Mushrooms)
Warehouse Key	In the ice in the east scene (by performing several Tornado Jumps over the ice after "murdering" the Mayor). Required to progress.

Star Pieces[edit]

Location	Location Image
Under a hidden panel to the east of theMayor Penguin's room at the very west (has four Bumpties standing on it sometime).
Given by Mayor Penguin after giving him a letter fromShiver Snowfield.

Treasure Chest[edit]

Item	Location	Location Image
Attack FX E	In the middle house in the west scene (obtainable from the east house).

Profiles[edit]

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• Tattles:
  • "This is Shiver City. It's usually completely covered with snow and ice. It's perfect for penguins. It's a bit cold for me. You seem to be fine, though. How do you do it, Mario?"
  • "It looks like we could go skating on that frozen pond. Skating is tons of fun! I don't know, though... Do you think that ice might break? Oh, you might also notice that gate over there. It leads out into the highlands. The path from that gate leads all the way to Starborn Valley."
  • "It's too bad we broke the ice in that pond, huh? Now we can't go skating! What a pity! That gate is the way between the village and the cold hills beyond. A guard is always stationed there. If you follow the path from that gate, eventually you'll come to Starborn Valley."
  • "I heard fromGoompa that Shiver City is covered with snow all year round."
• In-game map description:
  • A path toStarborn Valley leads from this chilly penguin city.
  • This chilly penguin city has aToad House and a shop. A path leads to Starborn Valley andShiver Mountain from here.

Gallery[edit]

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  TheWarp Pipe toToad Town Tunnels.

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  Mario meets the three castle maids.

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  A patrol penguin repels Mario from the thin ice.

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  Mario finds a treasure chest.

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  The treasure chest contains anAttack FX E badge.

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  Mayor Penguin's wife blames Mario

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  The four gossiping penguins

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  A penguin blocks the pipe.

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  Mario spin jump breaks the ice.

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  Mario rides on Sushie to fetch theWarehouse Key.

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  Sushie dives down under, allowing Mario to retrieve the Warehouse Key.

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  Herringway's house.

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  Shiver Shop

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  The mayor gives Mario aBucket.

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  TheStar Piece given byMayor Penguin.

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  The Star Piece next to Mayor Penguin's house.

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  FourMushrooms and anUltra Shroom along with anIced Potato

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  Kolorado and his team heading forShiver Mountain at the end of the game.

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  Kooper gets invited to Princess Peach's party at the end of the game.

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