Have any Star Pieces been added to the Switch remake?
No, no Star Pieces have been added to the Nintendo Switch version of Thousand-Year Door. And all 100 Star Pieces are in the same location — only one has moved very slightly, but it's barely a few steps away.
Every Star Piece Location
We've got you covered for every single Star Piece in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Below, we've broken these down by chapter, so they should be easy for you to collect as you progress through the story.
Note that you can order the locations of the Star Pieces alphabetically, and you can click on the images to enlarge them.
Prologue Star Pieces
You'll be able to get six Star Pieces in the Prologue of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Location
How To Get
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Rogueport Head to the east end of the map and check behind the crates to find the Star Piece.
Rogueport Head to the very back of the central plaza and the camera will rotate. Enter the house all the way to the left and check behind the mattress to find the next Star Piece.
Rogueport In eastern Rogueport, there’s a very normal-looking wall made of bricks right by the entrance. Walk north in the middle of it and you’ll find it’s an illusion! Follow this area around until you see some crates at the end of the area. Hop on top of the crates and you’ll find this Star Piece.
Rogueport Head inside the inn and go upstairs. Exit through the door here and you’ll find yourself on a walkway. Follow it to the top of Zess T.’s house and you’ll find the next Star Piece.
Rogueport Sewers A little ways into the Rogueport Sewers is a giant yellow block with an angry face. This Star Piece is hidden behind the block.
Rogueport Sewers Head into the Rogueport Sewers from Rogueport itself and you’ll find a door that leads to the left. Enter it and check behind the pedestal to find this Star Piece.
Chapter 1 Star Pieces
17 more Star Pieces are available to collect in Chapter 1.
Location
How To Get
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Petal Meadows When you enter Petal Meadows for the first time, you will see a tree near a Save Block. Hit this tree with your Hammer and the Star Piece will fall.
Petal Meadows When you’ve entered the background to repair the bridge to Petalburg, head right after you press the blue switch and you’ll find a Star Piece on the hills.
Petal Meadows Exit Petalburg to the east. Check the very first patch of grass here and you’ll find a Star Piece.
Petal Meadows This one is in Petalburg in a floor panel next to the flower bulb character.
Petal Meadows This Star Piece is in east Petalburg near the fence gate under a floor panel.
Hooktail Castle
In the room with the horizontally flipping stairs. You’ll need to stand on the big yellow block while using Koops’ shell to hit the switch. This will send the yellow block upwards while you’re standing on it, which lets you access to the Star Piece.
Hooktail Castle In the horizontally flipping stairs room, except this time you’ll want to stand on the small purple switch at the top-right corner of the room. Do this, and you’ll be led to a door that takes you to a balcony containing a Star Piece.
Hooktail Castle After making it to the second floor of Hooktail Castle, unlock the door and continue left to find two blue switches. Use Koops to press them both and then hop out of a nearby window. From there, head right
Hooktail Castle In the third room of Hooktail Castle, which is the paper airplane room with the narrow walkways and broken bars. Take the yellow lift up and then carefully make your way to the other side of the room to find this Star Piece
Rogueport After purchasing a contact lens for Zess T. , head west and check behind the wall right in front of you. The Star Piece is hidden right behind it.
Rogueport In the same area as the above Piece, head all the way to the left and you’ll find a trash can against the wall. Check behind the trash can.
Rogueport In west Rogueport, check behind the tall pipe to find this Star Piece.
Rogueport In east Rogueport, you’ll need to defeat or pay Gus to access this area. Use paper mode to slip between the walls here, and check behind the barrel.
Rogueport Sewers After clearing Hooktail Castle, head back to the Thousand-Year Door room and slip through the bars. Jump on the spring, fly to the other side of the room in airplane mode, then slip through the bars again and enter the door to your left. The Star Piece is right behind the staircase.
Rogueport Sewers The rest of this section’s Star Pieces are in the underground city area of the Rogueport Sewers. You can access this area by activating paper mode on a sewer grate in west Rogueport. The first Star Piece here is behind a pillar off to the right.
Rogueport Sewers This Star Piece is behind a pillar to the left of this area near a house.
Rogueport Sewers This Star Piece is in the room directly west of the city area. It’s behind a big platform on the lower level.
Chapter 2 Star Pieces
23 more Star Pieces are accessible during Chapter 2.
Location
How To Get
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Boggly Woods
In the area to the right of the pipe that leads to the Great Tree, head through the black tree stumps and you’ll find this Star Piece at the end of the path.
Boggly Woods
Just left of the pipe that leads to Flurrie’s house is another Star Piece. It’s behind the fence.
Boggly Woods
In the third tree from the left of Flurrie's House. Give it a smack with your hammer to receive this Star Piece.
Boggly Woods
Head back to Flurrie’s house after clearing Chapter 2. Perform a ground pound in the bedroom to find a hidden Star Piece under a floor panel.
Great Tree Below the twisty narrow path is a seemingly empty room with bushes and a Save Block. Inspect the bushes by the Save Block to find this Star Piece.
Great Tree After all 101 Punies are trapped, enter the pipe to the right. When you exit, check behind this pipe to find another hidden Star Piece.
Great Tree
On your way out of the Great Tree, you’ll come across a room with a security door that needs to be unlocked and a pipe. This Star Piece is hidden in a nearby bush.
Great Tree
This Star Piece is in the room right above the first room of the Great Tree. Perform a ground pound near the pipe to find this Star Piece under a panel.
Great Tree
Head back to the black treasure chest where you were “cursed” with paper airplane mode. Ground pound here to reveal another Star Piece.
Great Tree In the blue jail cell, perform a ground pound to flip over a panel containing this Star Piece.
Rogueport
This Star Piece is under a floor panel right in front of Professor Frankly’s house. Perform a ground pound to get it.
Rogueport At the center of the map in central Rogueport, you’ll find another floor panel with a Star Piece hidden underneath.
Rogueport Over at Rogueport Harbor, there is a floor panel against the wall with a Star Piece inside.
Rogueport Head to central Rogueport’s back alley and then head to the right. Ground pound here to find another floor panel with a Star Piece in it!
Rogueport In west Rogueport there is a floor panel right in front of the Pianta Parlor . Perform a Spin Jump here to get the Star Piece.
Rogueport This floor panel is at the train station in western Rogueport. Perform a ground pound all the way to the left near the Orange Toad for this one.
Rogueport
This Star Piece is right behind a warp pipe (GameCube) / just right of the warp pipe (Switch) at the western Rogueport train station.
Rogueport Sewers After visiting the Great Tree, ground pound in the room with the pipe to reveal a floor panel containing this Star Piece.
Rogueport Sewers Head back to the black treasure chest where you were “cursed” with paper airplane mode. Ground pound here to reveal another Star Piece.
Rogueport Sewers At the south end of the Thousand-Year Door room is another floor panel. Perform a ground pound here to find the Star Piece.
Rogueport Sewers Near the exit pipe to Rogueport in the pit is a floor panel. Ground pound here for another tricky Star Piece.
Rogueport Sewers In the city area of the sewers is a lift that slowly moves up and down. Take the lift, enter the house on the left, and perform a ground pound for another floor panel Star Piece.
Hooktail Castle
Head all the way back to Hooktail Castle. In the room with jail cell bars, there is a floor panel in the leftmost cell.
Chapter 3 Star Pieces
Only 13 more Star Pieces are accessible in Chapter 3, and most of these are in the new areas.
Chapter 4 Star Pieces
There are only 10 more Star Pieces available in Chapter 4.
Location
How To Get
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Twilight Town This Star Piece is hidden away in some grass at the south of Twilight Town. It’s near a decayed tree.
Twilight Town You'll find this one behind a house at the west end of Twilight Town.
Twilight Town This Star Piece is behind a fence in the second part of Twilight Town near a tree and some barrels.
Twilight Trail After obtaining the crouch roll ability from Twilight Town, roll under the fallen tree and check behind it to find this hidden Star Piece.
Twilight Trail After the above Star Piece, head right, and you’ll find a tree. Use Flurrie to blow it away and then check behind the pipe to get this one!
Creepy Steeple The first Star Piece here is behind the wall – and the wall in question is behind the Save Block shown here.
Creepy Steeple This Star Piece is east of the main room in a floor panel near where the staircases appear.
Creepy Steeple In the well by Creepy Steeple, you’ll eventually ground pound through a panel into the next area. Check between the windows to the right and you’ll find this Star Piece behind them.
Creepy Steeple In the room with the parrot, ground pound the floor to find this Star Piece under a floor panel.
Creepy Steeple At the beginning of Creepy Steeple is a hole in the wall. Roll inside and check behind the table to find a tricky hidden Star Piece.
Chapter 5 Star Pieces
You'll be able to get 11 more Star Pieces in Chapter 5.
Location
How To Get
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Keelhaul Key
At the start of Chapter 5, you’ll be given control at the shoreline of Keelhaul Key. In this first area, head to the northeast and ground pound to find this Star Piece.
Keelhaul Key
Once you make it to the village, head out into the water and you’ll find this Star Piece lying in it,
Keelhaul Key
This Star Piece is behind the rocks on your way out the east exit of the village.
Keelhaul Key
As soon as you leave the village through the east exit, check the grass right by the beginning of this area to find another Star Piece hidden inside.
Keelhaul Key
This Star Piece is behind a big root you’ll pass as you climb up Keelhaul Key’s mountain area.
Keelhaul Key
After saving Admiral Bobbery from the embers, head into the water and check near the plant to find a hidden Star Piece.
Pirate's Grotto
Right after you drop to the lower level with the fire enemies and the small sunken ship, you can find this Star Piece in the foreground on a platform by itself.
Pirate's Grotto
This Star Piece is hidden in a floor panel. After the second Save Block, hop up and use Bobbery to hit the switch. This floor panel will be right in front of you when you enter the next room.
Pirate's Grotto In the storage room with the red switch, use Koops’ shell to raise the platform while you’re standing on it. Then hop on the box to the left and wait for it to ascend. Head south into the open barrel to find the Star Piece.
Pirate's Grotto In the room with all the flying Buzzy Beetles, ground pound the floor panel in the very center of the room. You may need to take out all three of the enemies.
Rogueport After you return to Rogueport Harbor from Keelhaul Key, head to the right and transform into boat mode. Loop around to the left and you’ll find a small area with some furniture. Check behind the barrels.
Chapter 6 Star Pieces
Another 11 Star Pieces are available from Chapter 6.
Chapter 7 Star Pieces
The final 9 Star Pieces become available during Chapter 7.
Location
How To Get
Image
Fahr Outpost
Directly west of the pipe in the very first room is a floor panel containing a Star Piece.
Fahr Outpost
On the second screen, you’ll find a Star Piece hidden behind a bush.
Fahr Outpost
Just as you’re headed to the village, check behind one of the walls to find a hidden Star Piece.
Fahr Outpost
Once you get to the village, you’ll find this Star Piece hiding behind another wall.
Fahr Outpost
Next to the cannon in the center of the village is a floor panel. Perform a ground pound to reveal the Star Piece.
Fahr Outpost
Enter the rightmost house in the village next to the cannon. Then, check behind the boxes to find the last Star Piece in Fahr Outpost.
Moon
When the X-Naut Fortress becomes visible in the background, blow up a nearby rock to find the pipe that leads there. Southeast of that pipe is a Star Piece hidden behind a smaller rock.
Moon
In the X-Naut Fortress, head to Sublevel 2 and enter the room with the test tubes and the white X-Naut. From there, Spring Jump into the top-right corner of the room and then check the southwest corner of the corridor for this hidden Star Piece.
Moon In the X-Naut Fortress after obtaining the cog, head to the crane room and use the controls to retrieve the Star Piece.
For more hints, tips, and guides, check out our full Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door guide .
