Whomp's Fortress

Whomp's Fortress
Location	Peach's Castle
Floor	First
Level	Second
No. Of Stars	6
Inhabitants	Whomps Whomp King Goombas Piranha Plant Bob Omb Buddy

Overhead view of Whomp's Fortress

Whomp's Fortress is a level in Super Mario 64 and
Super Mario 64 DS.

Layout

At the start, Mario is near a tree in a grassy area with Piranha Plants and an owl. Going up a rocky slope Mario will meet some Bomps, which after that three closing platforms appear. After those, the first Thwomp in the game appears. Going up a set of stairs goes to a conjunction. Going to the left will make Mario go into a knee deep lake, which on the other side a cannon is accessed. Going foward leads to a platform with Goomba's and a Blue Coin Block. Going foward, entering and firing the cannon allows Mario to reach a platform with a star and a pole. Back at the conjunction, going foward goes to another Piranha Plant, and to the left is a small ledge and a set of falling blocks. On the platform at the end of the falling platforms, a Wing Cap Block appears., which the player then can take a board to a small platform with another Piranha Plant. A spinning platform will take Mario to a Pathway that leads to an elevator. Taking a pole in the middle of the pathway will give Mario a 1-Up(A Super Mushroom in the remake). Going up the elevator will take Mario to King Whomp, and in later levels, a fortress with a star at the top appears.

Missions

Mission 1 - Chip Off Whomp's Block

In Mission 1, Mario must climb the fortress and fight the Whomp King.

Mission 2 - To The Top of The Fortress

Mission 2 is just like Mission 1, but now instead of fighting Whomp King, there'll be a smaller tower on top of the fortress. Mario has to climb the smaller tower to the top to gain an another power star.

Mission 3 - Shoot Into The Wild Blue

In Mission 3, Mario must get into the cannon and shoot towards a narrow platform containing a star.

Mission 4 - Red Coins on The Floating Isle

In Mission 4, Mario has to collect all 8 red coins scattered all over Whomp's Fortress.

Mission 5 - Fall Onto The Caged Island

In Mission 5, Mario has to scare an owl out of a tree near the beginning of the level, which will fly him around the level to a star.

Mission 6 - Blast Away The Wall

In Mission 6, Mario has to get into the cannon and blast off part of a wall.

Enemies

• Piranha Plant
• Whomp
• Thwomp
• Goomba
• Bullet Bill
• Whomp King

Gallery

The Whomp's Fortress painting in Peach's Castle interior

The starting area

The first few moments into Whomp's Fortress. A sleeping Piranha Plant can be seen in the foreground.

After passing the first few bottomless pits, Mario meets the first Thwomp.

There's also a short tutorial about the activation of the Cap Blocks. These caps give Mario special abilities.

Further into the level, Mario meets the first Whomp.

After climbing all to the top, Mario meets Whomp King who is mad at Mario for stepping on his friends.

After defeating Whomp King, he will have a short defeat speech (just like King Bob Omb before him) and...

...Mario gets another star!

In another mission, Mario has to climb a smaller tower (which appeared on top of Whomp's Fortress).

After reaching the top, Mario can collect another star.

There's also a mission where Mario can scare an owl out of the starting area's tree.

The owl's help is needed to get another star in the sky which would otherwise be unreachable for Mario.

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