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Introduction 2. Trouble Center 2.1 Prologue/Chapter 1 2.2 Chapter 2 2.3 Chapter 3 2.4 Chapter 4 2.5 Chapter 5 2.6 Chapter 6 2.7 Chapter 7 2.8 Chapter 8 2.9 After beating the game 3. Disclaimer ____ _______________ ___________ _______________ __ ___________________ \ \/ |/ \/ \/ \| / \ | /_ I N T R O D U C T I O N _\ /__|________/|______________________________________________________/\____|__\ The Trouble Center is located in the east side of Rogueport. Inside is a board where people with a trouble will request help. At the end of each Chapter, check back the board to see the new requests. When you solve a trouble, you will be rewarded by various goodies, including money, items, special cards for the Pianta Parlor, a badge, and even a secret party member. With this guide, you should be able to solve all the troubles! And just in case you ask, you don't get anything for solving all the troubles. Nothing for your trouble... ____ _______________ ___________ _______________ __ ___________________ \ \/ |/ \/ \/ \| / \ | /_ T R O U B L E C E N T E R _\ /__|________/|______________________________________________________/\____|__\ ______________________________________________________________________________ \ Prologue / Chapter 1 / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: Garf TROUBLE: Need a key! REWARD: 20 coins Garf wants you to find his house key, which is located at the left of the badge shop. If you don't know where it is, enter the inn and leave through the door on the second floor. You'll find the badge shop at the left and the key there. Once you have the key, take it to Garf, who's situated at the very east of the town. He'll give you 20 coins as a reward. *** NAME: McGoomba TROUBLE: Safe Delivery REWARD: 20 coins Your destination for this trouble is the back alley at the back of the Rogueport Plaza. Go at the right, behind Zess T.'s house, and speak with the Goomba there. He'll entrust a package to you. Take it to Goomfrey, a Goomba hanging near Professor Frankly's house. Give him the box, then go back to talk to McGoomba to receive a reward of 20 coins. *** NAME: Arfur TROUBLE: Price Adjustment REWARD: 20 coins Arfur, who's right in front of the Trouble Center, will ask you the price of some items. Fire Flowers: 10 coins Sleepy Sheep: 8 coins Tasty Tonics: 3 coins Tell him the prices and you'll get 20 coins as a reward. *** NAME: Goomther TROUBLE: Find this guy! REWARD: 20 coins Goomther is in the Rogueport Plaza. He'll ask you to find Larson the bandit, who frauded him. To find him, go at the left of the Merlon's house, and examine the wall. It's a fake one. You can actually walk through it and get behind, in the back alley. There, talk to the thief. He'll run away. Go to the port and talk to him again. He'll run away once again. This time, go to the back alley in the Rogueport Plaza, behind the inn. Talk to him and Goomther will arrive. He'll then give you a reward of 20 coins for catching the bandit. *** NAME: Mousimilian TROUBLE: Hit me, please! REWARD: Nothing Talk to the purple mouse in front of the item shop. He'll ask you to hit him until he says "I remembered". Do so to solve the trouble. *** NAME: Bomberto TROUBLE: I'm hungry! REWARD: 11 coins Go to the port and talk to the blue Bob-omb near the Save Block. He'll ask for food. Talk back to him and give him food, like a mushroom, for example. If you don't have any, you can go buy one in the item shop. He'll give you 11 coins as a reward. ______________________________________________________________________________ \ Chapter 2 / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: Koopook TROUBLE: Try to find me! REWARD: Special Card Go to Hooktail Castle, in the room with a kind of bridge at the top of the room. Use the big block to go up and look at the left while you're going up. You'll see a Koopa on a ledge at the left. Once on the bridge above, go left and drop down below on the ledge with the Koopa. Talk to him to get a Special Card as a reward. *** NAME: Mayor Kroop TROUBLE: Listen to me! REWARD: Turtley Leaf Go to Petalburg and talk to the mayor in the pink house. Just listen to what he has to say and you'll get a Turtley Leaf. *** NAME: Plenn T. TROUBLE: Order me an item! REWARD: Ultra Shroom Go to the item shop in the Rogueport Plaza and talk to the shopkeeper. He'll ask you to bring him 5 Courage Shells. You can buy these 5 Courage Shells in the Petalburg item shop, for 5 coins each. Then give him the Courage Shells for an Ultra Shroom. ______________________________________________________________________________ \ Chapter 3 / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: Puni Elder TROUBLE: Emergency Shroom Reward: 60 coins Bring a Life Shroom to the Puni Elder in The Great Tree. You can buy one for 50 coins in the item shop situated in the west part of Rogueport. Give him to receive 60 coins as a reward. *** NAME: Lahla TROUBLE: Play with me! REWARD: 10 Piantas Talk to the kitty boo in the Pianta Parlor to receive 10 free Piantas. *** NAME: Pine T. Jr. TROUBLE: Help my daddy! REWARD: Silver Card Go to the Rogueport sewers, in the Pit of 100 Trials (at the left of the Thousand-Years door) and talk to Pine T. Jr. He'll ask you to find his dad. Go in the pipe to enter the Pit and reach the 18th level. There you should find Pine T. Jr's dad. Talk to him, then enter the next pipe and in the next level should be a guy who'll bring you back to the entrance for 10 coins. Go back to the entrance and talk to Pine T. Jr to receive a Silver Card. ______________________________________________________________________________ \ Chapter 4 / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: Jolene TROUBLE: Help wanted! REWARD: 30 coins Go to Glitzville and talk to Jolene in Grabba's office. She wants you to get rid of junk in the storage room. Go in there and pick up all the battle trunks on the floor. Don't forget the ones in the attic, also. Then talk back to Jolene. Return to Rogueport and talk to Goomfrey, who's near the Professor's house. Give him all the battle trunks, then return to Glitzville and talk to Jolene again to receive 30 coins as a reward. *** NAME: Merlee TROUBLE: Heartful cake recipe... REWARD: 30 coins Talk to Merlee the fortune-teller, who's in the background of the Rogueport sewers. She'll ask you for a recipe. Go to Petalburg and talk to the toad girl in the last house of the town. She'll give you the cake recipe. Go back to talk to Merlee and she'll ask you to bring her some Cake Mix. You can buy this in the Pianta Parlor, for 6 Piantas. Then go back to Merlee and give her the Cake Mix to get a reward of 30 coins. *** NAME: Bub-ulber TROUBLE: The food I want REWARD: Dried Bouquet Go to Petalburg and talk to the pink flower bulb across the river. He'll ask you to bring him a hot-dog. So, go to Glitzville and buy 2 hot-dogs (he asks you for 1, but in fact, he wants 2) at the stand for 10 coins each. Return to Petalburg and give Bub-ulber the 2 hot-dogs. Then, he'll ask you for a Mousse Cake. Go to the Pianta Parlor in Rogueport and buy a Cake Mix for 6 Piantas. Once you have the Cake Mix, give it to Zess T. the cook. She'll make a Mousse Cake out of it. Take the Mousse Cake to Bub-ulber to get a Dried Bouquet. ______________________________________________________________________________ \ Chapter 5 / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: ??? TROUBLE: Elusive Badge! REWARD: Attack FX B Go to the inn, second floor, and go through the door at the left to end up outside. Walk left, past the badge shop, and jump on Zess T.'s house roof. Talk to Ms. Mowz there. She wants you to go to Hooktail castle and retrieve a badge for her. So, head for Hooktail Castle and go in the room where you fought the boss, at the very top of the castle. In the middle of the room, you'll bump into an invisible obstacle and an exclamation point will appear over Mario's head. Use Flurrie to blow away the invisible thing, and a chest will be revealed. Open it for the badge. Take it to Ms Mowz and she'll give it to you as a reward. She'll also join your party. *** NAME: Mayor Dour TROUBLE: Newsletter... REWARD: 30 coins Go to Twilight Town and talk to the mayor in the second house. He'll give you the Routing Slip. Now, go to the Great Tree and give it to the Puni Elder. She'll tell you to take it to the Petalburg mayor, so do so. The mayor is in the pink house. Give him the Routing Slip. Then, go back to Twilight Town and give it back to the mayor for a reward of 30 coins. *** NAME: Zess T. TROUBLE: Seeking legendary book! REWARD: Honey Shroom Talk to Zess T. in her house. She wants you to find a book in the Creepy Steeple. Normally, you should already have it if you explored the Creepy Steeple when you went there. Talk back to her and give her. If you don't have it, go to the Creepy Steeple, and in the entrance hall, turn into a paper tube and roll into the small hole in the left wall. In the room there should be the book. Zess T. will reward you with a Honey Shroom. ______________________________________________________________________________ \ Chapter 6 / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: Eve TROUBLE: Tell that person... REWARD: Meteor Meal Go to Twilight Town and talk to Eve in the first house of the east side of the town. She has 3 kids. She'll ask you to find Podley in Rogueport. He is the barman in the inn. Talk to him, then talk back to Eve to receive a Meteor Meal. *** NAME: Goom Goom TROUBLE: Looking for a gal! REWARD: Couple's Cake Head for the Pirate's Grotto in Keelhaul Key. Go to the storeroom, the room with barrels piled up against the left wall. Talk to the Goomba there. He will ask you to find him a girlfriend. Choose Goombella as your party member and talk back to him. He'll give you the Couple's Cake. ______________________________________________________________________________ \ Chapter 7 / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: Frankie TROUBLE: Important thing! REWARD: Gold Card Go to the west part of Rogueport and talk to Frankie the Pianta in the small area with grass and flowers. He'll ask you to find the wedding ring he lost in town. Go to the east part of the town, past the Trouble Center. Stand at the right of the small bridge and use Yoshi to cross over the gap. Pick up the blue ring next to the crates. Bring it back to Frankie to receive the Gold Card. *** NAME: Chef Shimi TROUBLE: Get these ingredients! REWARD: 40 coins Chef Shimi wants 3 ingredients: a golden leaf, a mystic egg and a keel mango. For the Golden Leaf, go to Creepy Steeple and go through the door on the left wall to end up outside. Walk to the right until you see a hole in the fence. Once you spot it, turn into thin paper and pass through the fence. Walk into the grass to the right and you'll arrive at a huge tree. Hammer it to get the Golden Leaf. For the Mystic Egg, go to the Great Tree and talk to Petuni, the Puni with the pink antenna. She's near the elder. Play her game by creating a comprehensive question like, for example, "Which person does Mario like the most?". She will then give you the Mystic Egg. For the Keel Mango, go to Keelhaul Key and in the first area of the jungle, hit the tree at the left of the red block to get a Keel Mango. Once you have the 3 ingredients, go in the Excess Express train and talk to chef Shimi. Give him the ingredients to receive 40 coins. *** NAME: Toodles TROUBLE: I must have that book REWARD: Platinum Card Go to Poshley Heights and talk to the girl inside the pink house. She'll tell you that Jolene has her magazine and that she wants it back. Go to Glitzville and talk to Jolene to receive the magazine. Go back to Poshley Heights with the magazine and give it to Toodles to receive the Platinum Card as a reward. *** NAME: Businessman TROUBLE: Security Code REWARD: Hot Sauce Go to Glitzville and talk to the businessman in front of the hot-dog stand. He asks you to find his passcode, which is the number of chairs in some specific areas... Anyway, the code is 2625. He'll give you Hot Sauce as a reward for helping him. ______________________________________________________________________________ \ Chapter 8 / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: Goldbob TROUBLE: Delivery, please! REWARD: 64 coins Go to Poshley Heights and talk to Goldbob, the gold Bob-omb with a hat. Take the package he gives you and go to Fahr Outpost. Enter the last house of the town and talk to the Bob-omb in there. He'll tell you General White went to Rogueport. So go to the Rogueport inn and talk with the barman. He'll tell you General White went to Glitzville. Go to Glitzville and talk to the barman in the fresh juice shop. Then, go back to Poshley Heights and talk to Goldbob again. After that, return to Fahr Outpost and enter General White's house. Wake him up by jumping on him until he wakes up. Talk to him, give him the package, and finally, go to Poshley Heights and talk to Goldbob to receive your reward of 64 coins. *** NAME: Gob TROUBLE: I can't speak! REWARD: 20 coins Gob lost his voice. He needs a Honey Candy, which can be made with Honey Syrup and Cake Mix. You can buy the Honey Syrup from the item shop in Rogueport plaza for 5 coins and the Cake Mix in the Pianta Parlor for 6 piantas. Take both ingredients to Zess T. and she'll make a Honey Candy. Now go to Fahr Outpost and talk to the Bob-omb near the snowman at the left of the item shop. Give him the Honey Candy and he'll reward you with 20 coins. *** NAME: Toadia TROUBLE: I wanna meet Luigi! REWARD: Choco Cake Talk to Toadia near the fountain in Poshley Heights. She'll tell you she wants to meet Luigi. Simply wear the L Emblem badge, so you'll be dressed like Luigi, and talk back to her. She'll think Mario really is Luigi and will give you a Choco Cake. The L Emblem can be found in the sanctum, if you use the spring jump to reach the pole above the second room and then reach the third ledge at the left of the room. ______________________________________________________________________________ \ After beating the game / /____________________________________________________________________________\ NAME: Doe T. TROUBLE: Roust these cads! REWARD: 20 coins Go to Boggly Woods, in the second area. Talk to the toad here. He'll ask you to get rid of all the enemies in that area so he can safely reach the Great Tree. Simply battle all the foes and you'll receive 20 coins. *** NAME: Bub TROUBLE: Help me make up. REWARD: 3 coins Talk to the Bob-omb next to the sanctum in Poshley Heights. He'll ask you to choose a present to give his mom. I would suggest the Keel Mango as it's the easiest to get. Simply go to Keelhaul Key and in the first area of the jungle, hit the tree at the left of the red block to get a Keel Mango. Then give the present you chose to Bub and he'll give you a letter for his mom. Take the letter to his mother, who is in the first part of Poshley Heigts. Give her the letter, then go back and talk to Bub. He'll give you... 3 coins. *** NAME: Swob TROUBLE: Erase that graffiti! REWARD: Snow Bunny Swob wants you to erase a graffiti on the 50th floor of the Pit of 100 Trials. So, go to the Pit of 100 Trials and reach the 50th floor. Once there, you'll see the graffiti on the left wall. To get rid of it, blow up the wall with Bobbery. Exit the dungeon and go to Fahr Outpost. Talk to the Bob-omb next to the cannon statue in the village. 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