List of treasure chests in Paper Mario

This is a list of treasure chests from Paper Mario. There are 34 treasure chests in the game.

There are two types of chests: Small ones contain either Badges or items required for progression, while the big ones contain upgrades to Mario's Jump and Hammer abilities.

Prologue	Goomba Road
Chapter 1	Koopa Bros. Fortress • Toad Town Tunnels
Chapter 2	Mt. Rugged • Dry Dry Ruins • Toad Town Tunnels
Chapter 3	Boo's Mansion • Tubba Blubba's Castle
Chapter 4	Shy Guy's Toy Box • Princess Peach's Castle
Chapter 5	Jade Jungle • Mt. Lavalava
Chapter 6	Toad Town Tunnels
Chapter 7	Shiver City • Crystal Palace
Chapter 8	Bowser's Castle

Treasure chest locations

Prologue A PLEA FROM THE STARS
Goomba Road	Hammer Throw	On the roof of Toad Town entrance; get it by hitting the tree for a trampoline.
Chapter 1 STORMING KOOPA BROS. FORTRESS
Koopa Bros. Fortress	FP Plus	On a high platform near the fortress, accessed through a pipe by blasting the wall found near the Heart Block at the end of the last Pleasant Path scene.
Koopa Bros. Fortress	Refund	In a small area outside the fortress that can be accessed by blasting the wall on the east end.
Toad Town Tunnels	Shrink Stomp	At the end of the area to the east of the entrance.
Chapter 2 THE MYSTERY OF DRY, DRY RUINS
Mt. Rugged	Damage Dodge	In the scene to the north of the second room, by going in the cave.
Dry Dry Ruins	Slow Go	In the area with the Super Hammer, falling on the ledges above the chest and following them will lead to smaller one, hidden in the dark.
Dry Dry Ruins	Super Hammer	Inside a small room with rotating stairs and a stone block blocking the way out.
Toad Town Tunnels	Power Smash	To the west of the entrance is a pipe leading to a new area initially blocked by a Stone Block. In the new area, Mario should go west to find a trampoline on the brick block. By destroying the block and then jumping on the trampoline, he reaches the chest.
Chapter 3 THE "INVINCIBLE" TUBBA BLUBBA
Boo's Mansion	Weight	Guarded by a Boo in the left room on the second floor. To access it, Mario must play the Record to lure the Boo away.
Boo's Mansion	EMPTY/TRAP	In the west room on the first floor. This one is a trap because when opened, it causes the chandelier in the room to drop down. By leaving and reentering the room, the treasure chest closes itself.
Boo's Mansion	Super Boots	In the northwestern corner of the second storage room.
Tubba Blubba's Castle	Castle Key	In the basement, accessed by falling down from the final room to the north of the first-floor corridor.
Tubba Blubba's Castle	Castle Key	In the spike room on the second floor.
Tubba Blubba's Castle	Mystical Key	In the east corner of Tubba Blubba's room on the third floor.
Chapter 4 TRIALS IN THE TOY BOX
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Power Plus	Guarded by an Anti Guy in the Blue Station area. Mario can fight him or bribe him with a Lemon Candy to get it.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Storeroom Key	In the very east of the Blue Station area. Depending on Peach's answers during the interlude, it is guarded by either a Mushroom, Goomba or Clubba.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Mailbag	To the east of the Pink Station.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Defend Plus	On the high platform in the northwestern corner of the east scene in the Pink Station area
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Ice Power	At the east of the Pink Station area.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Frying Pan	In the east corner of the Pink Station area. Depending on Peach's answers during the interlude, it is guarded by either a Thunder Rage, Fuzzy or Hammer Bro.
Shy Guy's Toy Box	Dictionary	On the platform at the very east of the Green Station area. Depending on Peach's answers during the interlude, it is guarded by either a Super Soda, Pokey or Koopatrol.
Princess Peach's Castle	Last Stand	During the Princess Peach interlude after saving Muskular. Found in the room with a wardrobe. Can be given to Mario via Mysterious Treasure Chest. Alternatively, Mario can pick it up himself during chapter 8.
Chapter 5 HOT, HOT TIMES ON LAVALAVA ISLAND
Jade Jungle	Volcano Vase	In a scene to the east of the Yoshi Village entrance scene (the one where Sushie was recruited). Only appears after Lava Piranha is defeated and Mt. Lavalava erupts.
Mt. Lavalava	Ultra Hammer	Found in the area accessed by going left from second zipline until the dead end.
Mt. Lavalava	Dizzy Stomp	At the northeastern corner of the scene to the south of the Ultra Hammer area.
Chapter 6 DARK DAYS IN FLOWER FIELDS
Toad Town Tunnels	Ultra Boots	At the end of the third room of the area accessed by a pipe in the room with spikes.
Chapter 7 A STAR SPIRIT ON ICE
Shiver City	Attack FX E	In the middle house in the west scene. Mario need to go through the right house to reach the window of the middle one to enter.
Crystal Palace	Blue Key P-Down D-Up P-Up D-Down Palace Key	NOTE: These four rooms share the same layout so only one image is used. At the very east of the area to the south of the first room. (Blue Key) At the very east of the area below the room to the north of the first room. (P-Down, D-Up Badge) At the very east of the area below the small Albino Dino statue room. (P-Up, D-Down Badge) At the very east of the area below the big Albino Dino room. (Palace Key)
Crystal Palace	Red Key	At the very east of the area below the room to the south of the first room. Mario needs to break the panel in the north room first, then use Bombette to reach the room itself.
Crystal Palace	Triple Dip	In the fourth room after the red key. Mario must use Bombette on the wall behind the mirror one scene earlier to reach it.
Chapter 8 A STAR-POWERED SHOWDOWN!
Bowser's Castle	Castle Key	In the scene to the north in the second lava/moving platform area.

Treasure chest count

This chart shows the number of Treasure Chests for each location, with the total amount at the bottom. Locations are listed in the order the player can visit them.

Location	Count
Goomba Road	1
Koopa Bros. Fortress	2
Toad Town Tunnels	3
Mt. Rugged	1
Dry Dry Ruins	2
Boo's Mansion	3
Tubba Blubba's Castle	3
Shy Guy's Toy Box	7
Princess Peach's Castle	1
Jade Jungle	1
Mt. Lavalava	2
Shiver City	1
Crystal Palace	6
Bowser's Castle	1
Total	34