Wet-Dry World
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS
How to unlock	ClearBowser in the Fire Sea.
Boss	None
Missions	Super Mario 64 Shocking Arrow Lifts! Top o' the Town Secrets in the Shallows & Sky Express Elevator--Hurry Up! Go to Town for Red Coins Quick Race Through Downtown! Super Mario 64 DS Shocking Arrow Lifts! Top o' the Town 5 Secrets in the Shallows & Sky Express Elevator--Hurry Up! Go to Town for the Red Coins Quick Race Through Downtown! Soaked Silver Stars
Stars	Super Mario 64: Super Mario 64 DS:
Music track	Hazy Maze Cave

“The mystery is of Wet or Dry. And where does the solution lie? The city welcomes visitors with the depth they bring as they enter.”

—Sign,Super Mario 64

Wet-Dry World, also known asWet-Dry Land,^[1] is the eleventh course inSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS. It takes place within flooded ruins, separated into an undeveloped uptown that the player starts in and an underground downtown further into thelevel. The entrance to the course is the largepainting with theSkeeter on it on theMushroom Castle's second floor. Unique to this course is the ability to raise or lower thewater level based on where the painting is entered; the lower the painting is entered, the lower the water level, and the higher the painting is entered, the higher the water level.

This course was used in aGot Milk? commercial in the late 1990s.Mario, who is unable tojump onto aplatform in the first area, breaks through the screen and goes in a house's refrigerator, drinks some milk, becomes supersized, and starts walking on the top of the level. However, the sky is bright blue instead of dark.

Layout[edit]

Wet-Dry World's unique stage gimmick is being able to raise and lower the water level by touching theCrystal Taps located throughout the stage. When one is touched, the water level rises or drains to the level of the Crystal Tap's position, which affects the position of the floating platforms as well. Using these Crystal Taps is essential to reach certain areas and complete missions. Several Skeeters slide around on the water surface withflame throwers lining the platforms. If they are underwater, the flame throwers are not able to spit fire. There are two areas to this course: the uptown, which is split into layering platforms, and the downtown area, which has several buildings and the course'sRed Coins.

Uptown area[edit]

Map of Wet-Dry World inSuper Mario 64 DS

The player starts off on one of the floating platforms in the central area of the course. Directly ahead in the direction the player starts off facing is a large fence that blocks the way to the downtown area, with a Crystal Tap beside it and an elevator shaft nearby. Behind the player's starting position is a wooden bridge with aPurple Switch that leads to a platform with a Crystal Tap when pressed. Below the bridge are another Crystal Tap and severalblocks the player can break. North of the bridge behind the large stone structure is a set of tall steps that lead to a Crystal Tap with anAmp circling it. On the ground and in the corner of the steps is awarp that takes the player to the course'scannon. Behind the large structure in the back is a pushable block that can be used to reach a highyellow block.

On the second layer of the area are aBlue Coin Block and aHeave-Ho that the player can use to reach the upper layer. If the floating platforms are low enough, the player can reach some additional platforms that lead to thePower Star of thefirst mission.

The third layer consists of a platform with a ring ofcoins around it, an Amp, and a Heave-Ho on the left side, and on the right side, there is a tall elevator shaft with a Purple Switch next to it that causes platforms to appear, leading to the top of the shaft. Against the wall is a pushable block the player can use to reach a yellow block and the next layer of platforms.

From the gap in the platforms of the fourth layer, there is a Crystal Tap to the right and aChuckya to the left. In the DS version, there is also aGoomba wearingWario's cap, ared block, and aBob-omb Buddy, which was moved to this location. Past the Chuckya is a long board with two Amps circling it (one in the DS version). The board leads to a circular platform with both a tube-shaped platform with1-UP Mushrooms inside and a spinning platform next to it, though the platform spins much more slowly in the DS version. Past the spinning platform is the Power Star for thesecond mission. On the other side of the map is a lone platform with a Bob-omb Buddy in the original version or aStar Sphere during the mission "Soaked Silver Stars" in the DS version.

Downtown area[edit]

The downtown area of Wet-Dry World

Map of the downtown area

There are three ways to get to the abandoned "Downtown"^[2][3] area. The player can launch into a very tall mesh cage with the level's cannon or jump into it when the water level is at maximum high tide (entering the level from the highest point of the painting). InSuper Mario 64 DS,Luigi can use thePower Flower to go through the cage at any water level. He can alsobackward-somersault into it.

Once within the cage, Mario,Yoshi, Luigi, orWario must quicklyswim through a tunnel with partially closed gates before he loses all his health and drowns.

The downtown area consists of several buildings along the walls, a Crystal Tap in an alley, and a central plaza in the center. There is a small church^[4]-like building that contains theStar Marker for the course and a pole on top that the player can use to reach a Crystal Tap. In the back left corner is a mesh cage where the player has to turninvisible in order to go inside fora certain mission. The flame throwers on the ground never shoot fire during regular gameplay due to always being partially submerged in water. It is still possible to make them shoot fire by usingglitches to lower the water level. They were removed inSuper Mario 64 DS. If the player character activates a Crystal Tap in the downtown area, he cannot return to the main area unless he is Luigi, who can use a Power Flower to pass through the cage that otherwise blocks the path back.

Missions[edit]

Mission	Appears in	Summary
Shocking Arrow Lifts!	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to ride theArrow Lifts to get thePower Star.
Top o' the Town	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect the Power Star at the top of the uptown.
Secrets in the Shallows & Sky (N64) / 5 Secrets in the Shallows & Sky (DS)	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's goal is to find thesecret points hidden in the uptown.
Express Elevator--Hurry Up!	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect the Power Star in the elevator shaft.
Go to Town for Red Coins (N64) / Go to Town for the Red Coins (DS)	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect theRed Coins in the downtown area.
Quick Race Through Downtown!	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect the Power Star behind the fence in the downtown area.
Soaked Silver Stars	Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect theSilver Stars in the uptown area.

Enemies[edit]

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  Amps

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  Goomba (DS)

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  Chuckya

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  Heave-Hos

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  Flame thrower

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  Skeeters

Statistics fromSuper Mario 64[edit]

• Total Number ofCoins: 152 (107 in main course, 45 in downtown)
• Caps Found:Vanish Cap (2),Metal Cap (1)
• Spinning Heart: (none)
• Cannons: 1
• 1UP Mushrooms (4):
  • Static Mushroom :#1 & #2 Inside the floating stone cylinder.
  • Triggered Mushroom :#3 Appears after Marioruns around the spiked platform in the middle of the downtown.
  • Box Mushroom :#4 In the downtown between twotrees.
• Warps:
  • In the outside area, there is a small white structure on the ground with large steps and a Crystal Tap at the top. It has an inset corner on the ground with a warp that leads to the cannon. The water level needs to be as low as possible for this warp to be active.

Gallery[edit]

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  A close-up of the painting leading to Wet-Dry World in the N64 version

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  Map artwork

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  Map artwork

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  The painting leading to Wet-Dry World in the N64 version

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  The painting leading to Wet-Dry World in the DS version

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  The starting area with the water level at its highest in the N64 version

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  The starting area with the water level at its lowest in the N64 version

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  Float in the N64 version

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  Aflame thrower in the N64 version

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  A floating wood platform in the N64 version

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  A floating wood platform in the N64 version

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  ACrystal Tap in the DS version

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  Minecraft painting

Multimedia[edit]

This level uses the same music as theHazy Maze Cave. Like in the Hazy Maze Cave, the music changes depending on the area in which the player character is (either outside or downtown).

N64 stage theme - Wet-Dry World

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DS stage theme - Wet-Dry World

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Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

The background of Wet-Dry World

• One type of texture from this area (used for the unopenable doors in the downtown) was reused inThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• The skybox for this course is composited from altered photographs ofShibam, which is a city inYemen. The red building near the top is theMosque of Mohammed Ali inCairo,Egypt.^[13][14] Before this discovery was made, it was believed to be the hillside town ofCasares,Spain, due to the similar building layout.^[15][16]
• The term "downtown" normally refers to the commercial center in a city, whereas "uptown" is where one would find residencies such as houses and apartments. The "uptown" of Wet-Dry World appears to have much more commercial activity (especially construction), while the "downtown" area contains several homes and what appears to be a central park.
• The name of the 100-Coin Star isBlue Coin Collecting.^[17]

References[edit]

Wet-Dry World coverage on otherNIWA wikis:

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• Aquatic areas
• Towns
• Super Mario 64 locations
• Super Mario 64 DS locations

• Pages with audio files