Level
The Dotwood Tree
Level code	3-3
Game	Super Paper Mario
Boss	Dimentio
Music track	"The Open Plane"
Music sample
Level progression ← Previous The Tile Pool Next → Fort Francis

TheDotwood Tree, the setting for Chapter 3-3, is a large pixelated tree that appears inThe Bitlands inSuper Paper Mario. Its name is a pun on "dogwood tree" and "dot".

Chapter 3-3: Up, Up, and a Tree[edit]

Storyline text

Somehow, the heroes had beached theBig Blooper and crossed the Tile Pool.

But before they could dry, they saw the imposing silhouette of Fort Francis.

"It sure is getting dark," Peach said in a quiet voice.

But when they looked up, they realized they were in the shadow of a huge tree.

Mario, knowing in his gut this must be the way, set out toward the great tree...

Interior.

Red winds (white winds cannot be ridden).

The Dotwood Tree has three main areas, an outside area, an inside area, and the top. The outside is mainly a series of platforms and blocks, with two electronical screens that show pixelated arrows. In the Japanese version, the first screen instead shows「ガンバレ」(Ganbare, "Do your best"), while the second screen shows「アトスコシ！！」(Ato sukoshi!!, "Almost there!!"). Up above is aParatroopa near a? Block containing aSlow Flower. Further up are aPoison Cherbil and aTileoid B. To the left are some flipping blocks in 3-D, which can be used to reach a platform from whichPeach can float over to the right and continue upward. Past aKoopa Troopa is a post, whenGround Pounded withThudley, reveals a moving platform. Further up are someTileoid Gs, another Poison Cherbil and a Paratroopa. To the right, there is a pipe leading to a secret area containing severalcoins. Back outside the pipe are a few more platforms, followed by a door overgrown by bark. The bark must be burned away usingBowser'sFire Breath so that the tree can be entered.

The tree's interior is populated by several Tileoids andCrazee Dayzees. This area requires the use of switches that alternate between blue and pink, with different colored platforms appearing depending on the state of the switches. At the start of the area is a pipe that takes the player all the way to a small room at the top. The room contains aSave Block and a blue switch, which must be hit to make pink platforms appear. The player can then go back down to the bottom using the pipe and move upward with the platforms. There is another switch and some moving platforms that can be used to reach a ground pound post, which creates a ladder down the aforementioned switch, allowing the player to return to the post with the pink platforms active. Moving upward further, there is a pipe in 3-D leading to an area with several spikes moving up and down in the floor.Slim must be used to pass them and hit another switch. The newly created blue platform can be used to reach a small opening with spikes at the bottom and a switch in it.Boomer must be used to hit the switch. He must then be placed again, then blown after the pink platforms are used to create blue ones.

There are some more moving platforms, as well as a pipe leading to twoChain Chomps, which give up one of Peach'sCatch Cards when defeated. Further up, a pipe leads to a room with a moving platforms moving right through a wall of spikes. Slim must be used. There is another switch, but a pink platform traps the player in the room unless Boomer is used to blow the switch after they pass the offending platform. Using the pink platform, the player reaches a spot directly below the room at the top. There is a block containing aSuper Shroom and a switch that reveals a door at the very top of the tree's interior. The player must go back down to the bottom and go through the pipe to reach the door.

Outside, the heroes encounterDimentio, who warps them toDimension D and battles them. He is defeated, however, and leaves the heroes to their work. Elsewhere, he muses to himself about helping the heroes defeatCount Bleck.

The top of the tree has severalLakitus andSpinies, as well as a lot of wind. Red wind is solid and must be ridden to a pipe that leads to the end of the level.

Enemies[edit]

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  Chain Chomp

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  Crazee Dayzee

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  Dimentio (boss)

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  Koopa Paratroopa

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  Koopa Troopa

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  Lakitu

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  Poison Cherbil

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  Spiny

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  Tileoid B

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  Tileoid G

Collectibles[edit]

Additional items can be bought in the Itty Bits. Also not seen here are items given by accumulating certain number of Shop Points.

Field Items[edit]

Item	Location	Image
48x 48 Coins	In the scene accessible by a yellow pipe in the outside scene. 48 are visible only in 3D.

Blocks[edit]

Item	Location	Image
Slow Flower	In the outside scene, found above the third leaf platform.
Speed Flower	In the outside scene, above the third block platform.
Coin	In the outside scene, in a block found above the block containing a Speed Flower.
Mushroom	In the outside scene, found between eight and ninth block platforms
Super Shroom	In the inside scene, found near the top, left of the ! switch.
42x 42 Coins	In the top of the tree scene, found above the tenth block platform
20x 20 Coins	In the last scene, found left of the entrance pipe.

Map Treasure[edit]

Item	Location	Image
DimentioSuper Card	(Map 22), use Fleep on the lone Hard Block in an area patrolled by two Lakitus and where the red winds can be ridden. Available after Chapter 8.

Treasure Chest[edit]

Item	Location	Image
Peach (2)Super Card	In a chest after defeating the Chain Chomps in an area via a pipe on the right in the tree.

Menu description[edit]

• "This mighty tree stretches to the edge of the atmosphere. Even the inside of the tree was massive. And what about that strange red wind at the top? Dimentio also ambushed you here with dramatic flair."

Names in other languages[edit]

Up, Up, and a Tree

References[edit]

• Trees
• Super Paper Mario levels
• Super Paper Mario locations

• Articles with unsourced foreign names