Pit of 100 Trials
The Pit of 100 Trials is an optional challenge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The name says it all–the pit is a 100-floor dungeon that looks as if it were built for torture. It is found near the entrance to the Palace of Shadow. It appears as if it were closed off, as Mario has to turn into an airplane and fly over a fence before he can reach the entrance.
According to Grifty, the Shadow Queen created this dungeon and filled it with powerful monsters. She threw people she didn't like into the pit and left them to the mercy of the several enemies there. Every ten floors, there is a treasure chest containing prizes and a pipe to take you back to the surface. There are no Save Blocks in the pit, meaning that if you die while in the pit, you will lose everything that you won.
The enemy at the final floor is Bonetail, the Shadow Queen's eldest pet dragon. Bonetail is a tough enemy, somewhat because Mario will be worn out from the many battles before he reaches him, and also because he has high HP, attack power, and defense power.
While the first few floors are considerably easy, they grow much harder as you progress. You should not attempt to complete the whole pit unless you have finished at least Chapter 6 and have about 3 hours to spare. You should increase levels several times as you trek through the dungeon, but if Mario's HP reaches 0, it is all wasted. You need to be skilled at guarding and superguarding to protect yourself from attacks. It is not recommended that you enter without at least one Life Shroom.
Most floors have more than one enemy, and usually all floors past 90 have 5 or more enemies.
Two troubles at the Trouble Center require you to enter the pit. One trouble requires you to go down to floor 20 to rescue Pine T. Jr's father, and another required you to reach floor 50 and destroy one of the walls in that floor.
Enemies in the Pit of 100 Trials
Floors 1-9
Floors 11-19
Floors 21-29
Floors 31-39
Floors 41-49
Floors 51-59
Floors 61-69
Floors 71-79
Floors 81-89
Floors 91-99
Floor 100
Prizes in the Pit of 100 Trials
- Floor 10: Sleepy Stomp Badge
- Floor 20: Fire Drive Badge
- Floor 30: Zap Tap Badge
- Floor 40: Pity Flower Badge
- Floor 50: Strange Sack
- Floor 60: Double Dip Badge
- Floor 70: Double Dip P Badge
- Floor 80: Bump Attack Badge
- Floor 90: Lucky Day Badge
- Floor 100: Return Postage Badge (after defeating Bonetail)
