Gloomy Woods

Gloomy Woods
Appears in	Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015)
Greater location	Mushroom Kingdom
Inhabitants	Toads, Paper Toads, Yoshis, Wiggler, Paper Kamek, Ninjis, Paper Spear Guys, Piranha Plants, Fly Guys, Monty Moles, Paper Boos, King Boo

Gloomy Woods is a forest area found in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. It is located south of Mount Brrr and north of Sunbeam Plains, and is split into an east and a west side with different enemies, obstacles and themes.

History

First Visit

Mario and Luigi first come to Gloomy Woods in an attempt to reach Mount Brrr, where Princess Peach is being held in Bowser's Villa. In this visit, they enter the east side of the woods, which are a standard woodland home to a town, various jungle dwelling enemies and Wiggler.

However, their progress through the woods is soon blocked by Paper Kamek, who drops paper landscape objects all over the area. The Wiggler they met earlier can remove these, but only after eating a certain amount of fruits in order to get the required energy.

Continuing through the woods after a couple of rounds of gathering fruit and having Wiggler destroy obstacles, the bros encounter a special Bowser gate, which is electrified to prevent passage to the next room. They have to find Bomb Buds in the area to destroy the gate with, deactivating the power source and opening up the path to the next part of the forest.

Later still, the bros encounter Kamek himself, who challenges them to a boss battle of sorts. This battle takes place entirely on the field, with the three characters having to defeat Kamek by throwing Bomb Buds at him with the Trio Grab ability.

Reaching the end of the forest, the bros encounter Wiggler arguing with Paper Kamek about the state the forest has been left in. Wiggler soon gets brainwashed by Paper Kamek, and attacks the bros in a boss battle. The effect of this battle seemingly kills him, though it soon turns out that Wiggler has actually just become a Flutter, who then takes them up to Mount Brrr.

Second Visit

Later in the adventure, after defeating Bowser Jr. and seeing Bowser's Castle become Neo Bowser Castle, they return to Gloomy Woods in an attempt to reach Mount Brrr again. However, the usual entrance to the forest is blocked by paper landscape objects, so they enter via the west entrance, accessible by some clouds above Sunbeam Plains.

This side of the forest however turns out to be haunted, and the party end up separated by the Boos living there. As a result of this, Luigi has to travel alone through the forest, dodging Boos and ghostly copies of Mario on his way to save the other two.

Eventually, after dodging ghosts and solving various puzzles, Luigi finds Mario, trapped upside down in a tree next to a group of Boos. Freeing his brother from the ghosts, the two then work together to find Paper Mario among the Boos and other enemies in the woods.

After doing this for a bit, and coming across a suspicious empty area with a healing block, the duo find Paper Mario seemingly safe and sound. However, it turns out this version of Paper Mario is actually King Boo in disguise leading to a boss battle.

In this battle, it turns out that King Boo has captured the real Paper Mario and is holding him hostage with one of his Paper Boo minions. After the battle is over, the real Paper Mario rejoined the party, and they make their way to the east side of the woods and Mount Brrr.

Further on, they encounter Roy, who also challenges them to a mini boss battle. This time, they pick up the bombs brought in by Fly Guys and chuck them back at Roy, eventually doing enough damage to drive him away.

Enemies

East Side

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  Ninjis

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  Paper Ninjis

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  Fire Piranha Plants

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  Paper Spear Guys

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  Fly Guys (Lakitu missions only)

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  Wiggler (boss)

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  Paper Kamek (boss)

West Side

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  Paper Boos

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  Monty Moles

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  King Boo (boss)

Collectibles

This list does not include items bought from the shops (card, gear, and item shops, and ? Card Toads), Battle Cards from Lakitu Info Centers, and tea bought in the arcade. Also, the coins from the Spinny Flowers, unflipped paper flowers, and under the paper rock slabs can be collected multiple times due to them respawning. All Berries are required to progress.

Field/Given/Object

Item/s	Location	Screenshot
Antiair Boots DX	In the third scene, given by a pair of Toads after Back Atcha, Roy! mission. Available only after clearing Bowser's Castle.
Berry	In the second scene, in the southwestern corner.
	3 in the second scene, fallen from a tree after using Trio Hammer on it, found in the wooden part of the scene.
	In the second scene, on the branch of a tree, grabable with the Trio Grab, found at the end of the wooden part of the scene.
	In the second scene, grabable with the Trio Grab, signified by a circle on the ground found in the middle of the scene.
	In the second scene, at the start of the wooden part accessible from the third scene, grabable with the Trio Grab, signified by a circle on the ground.
	In the second scene, at the end of the wooden part accessible from the third scene, grabable with the Trio Grab, signified by a circle on the ground, taken from the Paper Koopa Paratroopa.
	In the third scene, floating in the water in the northwest, grabable with the Trio Grab, signified by a circle on the ground.
	In the third scene, on the stone block breakable with Trio Hammer, found in the northeast.
	In the third scene, right of the entrance, grabable with the Trio Grab, signified by a circle on the ground.
Bomb Derby	In the fourth scene, picked up after throwing a Bomb Bud at Nabbit in the northeast. Required to progress.
Bros. Ring	In the first scene, on the second floor of the Card Shop, inside of a drawer. Available after clearing Bowser's Castle.
Five Coin	8 in the first scene, in the paper flowers flippable with Trio Hammer, found in the west. Coins only appear if all flowers are flipped at at the same time.
	10 in the first scene, in the Spinny Flowers found in front of item and gear shops.
	10 in the first scene, in the Spinny Flowers found in front of the Lakitu Info Center.
	8 in the first scene, in the paper flowers flippable with Trio Hammer, found in front of the easternmost house. Coins only appear if all flowers are flipped at at the same time.
	6 in the third scene, in the Spinny Flowers found in front of the entrance of the western part.
	10 in the third scene, in the Spinny Flowers found in the southwest of the western part.
	9 in the fourth scene, in the line of Spinny Flowers found from the entrance going to the south of the scene.
	11 in the fourth scene, in the Spinny Flowers found in the southeast.
	10 in the third scene, in the Spinny Flowers found in the east part.
	10 in the fifth scene, in the Spinny Flowers going from the entrance to the western exit.
	3 in the sixth scene, in the Spinny Flowers found near the exit to Mount Brrr.
	24 in the twelfth scene (sixth west GW scene), appear after using Trio Glider to fly through a golden ring.
	3 in the sixth scene, in the Spinny Flowers found in the northwest of the western part. Available after clearing Bowser's Castle.
10-Coin	3 in the third scene, right of the entrance, grabable with the Trio Grab, signified by a circle on the ground.
	3 in the third scene, above the waterfall, grabable with the Trio Grab, signified by a circle on the ground.
	3 in the fifth scene, in the northwest, grabable with the Trio Grab.
	3 in the fifth scene, in the very northwest, grabable with the Trio Grab.
	6 in the eleventh scene (fifth west GW scene), near the northeastern exit.
	9 in the twelfth scene, in the north, above the dissapearing platforms.
	14 in the sixth scene, appear only after using the Trio Glider to fly through a golden ring. Available after clearing Bowser's Castle.
2 100-Coins	In the first scene, in the two paper rock slabs flippable with Trio Hammer, found in the east. No longer accessible after clearing Bowser's Castle.
Five Coin and 10-Coin	2 Five Coins and 2 10-Coins in the second scene, found north of the southeastern exit.
	4 Five Coins and a 10-Coin in the fourth scene, on/above the tree stump found to the right of the entrance.
	12 Five Coins and 3 10-Coins in the fourth scene, on/above the three tree stumps found in the southeast.
	2 Five Coins and 2 10-Coins in the fifth scene, above the water in the southeast, grabable with Trio Grab.
	2 Five Coins and 2 10-Coins in the fifth scene, above the water in the northeast, grabable with Trio Grab.
	4 Five Coins and 4 10-Coins in the sixth scene, found in the southeast of the western part. Available after clearing Bowser's Castle.
Mix Badge DX	In the twelfth scene, given by a Toad after the Bye-Bye, Boo mission.
Mushroom Gloves	In the first scene, given by a Know-It-All Toad in the easternmost house if his quiz was completed last. Can be also picked up in Sunbeam Plains, Doop Doop Duness, Twinsy Tropics or Mount Brrr.
3x 3 Speed Beans	In the first scene, given by a Know-It-All Toad in the easternmost house.
Trio Meteor	In the first/sixth scene, given by the Delivery Toad in Lakitu Info Center after saving all Paper Toads. Can be also picked up in Sunbeam Plains, Doop Doop Duness, Twinsy Tropics or Mount Brrr.

Blocks

Gloomy Woods – 57 Blocks (45 ?, 2 M, 3 L, 6 P, 1 Rally)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot
2x 2 Super Mushrooms	In the first scene, above the log made of the paper left of the entrance.
10x 10 Five Coins and 10-Coin	Same scene, above the log between Lakitu Info Center and Card Shop.
50-Coin	Same scene, right of the Card Shop.
50-Coin	Same scene, in the southeast.
Koopa Troopa Wear	In the second scene, in the southeast.
10-Coin	Same scene, in the east.
10-Coin	Same scene, in the west.
50-Coin	In the third scene, in the left middle lower part, above the circle of leaves and 5 purple flowers.
10x 10 Five Coins	Same scene, in the upper part, in the middle.
10-Coin	In the second scene, in the northwest.
10-Coin	In the fourth scene, near the entrance.
10x 10 Five Coins	Same scene, in the northwest.
50-Coin	Same scene, in the southeast.
Silver Statue	Same scene, in the Paper Mario section.
Origami Boots	In the second scene, in the northeast.
10x 10 Five Coins	In the fifth scene, in the south.
10-Coin	Same scene, above the stone ground found near the west exit.
Filler Gloves	Same scene, in the northeast.
10x 10 Five Coins	In the third scene, in the lower right part, in the southwest.
2x 2 Supersyrup Jars	Same scene, in the Paper Mario section.
->98x Between 1 and 98 Coins (based on high score)	In the sixth scene, left of the entrance.
50-Coin	Same scene, north of the previous one.
2x 2 Super Nuts	Same scene, in the middle-east.
3x 3 Ultra Mushrooms	NOTE: Following block is available only after learning Trio Glider in Bowser's Castle. Same scene, above the log in the north accessible only with Trio Glider.
3x 3 Ultrasyrup Jars	NOTE: Following 32 blocks are available only after fifth mandatory visit to Sunbeam Plains. In the seventh scene (first west GW scene), in the middle of the scene after going up three steps.
50-Coin	Same scene, in the north.
50-Coin	In the eighth scene (second west GW scene), in the northeast.
100-Coin	In the ninth scene (third west GW scene), in the west, above the log made out of paper.
10x 10 10-Coins and 50-Coin	Same scene, north of the previous one.
50-Coin	In the tenth scene (fourth west GW scene), in the middle of the west part.
50-Coin	Same scene, in the west of the west part.
50-Coin	In the eleventh scene (fifth west GW scene), in the upper part, in the west, above the blue glowing mushroom.
10x 10 10-Coins	Same scene, near the northeastern exit, above the log.
1-Up DX	In the tenth scene, in the east of the east part.
10x 10 10-Coins	Same scene, in the northeast of the west part.
2x 2 Ultra Mushrooms	In the ninth scene, in the Paper Mario section.
Flame Hammer DX	In the eighth scene, above the log made out of paper found in the southwest, accessible only with Trio Glider.
Ultra Nut	In the seventh scene, in the Paper Mario section.
100-Coin	Same scene, near the east exit.
50-Coin and Ultra Nut	In the tenth scene, in the southwest, after lowering the iron spikes.
50-Coin	In the eleventh scene, in the lower part, above the right green glowing mushroom.
50-Coin	Same scene, in the northeast of the lower part.
2x 2 Double 1-Up Mushrooms	Same scene, in the Paper Mario section.
10x 10 10-Coins	In the twelfth scene (sixth west GW scene), above the second wooden log found in the west part.
10x 10 10-Coins and 50-Coin	Same scene, in the southwest of the east part.
100-Coin and Ultra Nut	Same scene, in the southeast of the east part.
50-Coin and Filler Brooch DX	Same scene, in the Paper Mario section.
Filler Wear DX	In the first scene, in the newly added Paper Mario section.
10x 10 Five Coins	In the sixth scene, in the west part, in the middle of the circular island in the southeast.
100-Coin and Ultra Candy	Same scene, above the paper terrain accessible only with Trio Glider in the northwest.

Drill spots

Gloomy Woods – 21 drill spots (2 Heart Beans, 2 Bros. Beans, 2 Power Beans, 2 Defense Beans, 2 Speed Beans, 2 Stache Beans, 7 50-Coins, 2 100-Coins)
Location	Items	Screenshot
In the area north of the area where Wiggler is first encountered, these 2 drill spots are found before the entry on the west drill-able wall. The southern one is Bros. Bean, the northern one is 50-Coin.	Bros. Bean and 50-Coin
In the area north of the area where Wiggler is first encountered, these 2 drill spots are found before the entry on the east drill-able wall. The southern one is Defense Bean, the northern one is 50-Coin.	Defense Bean and 50-Coin
In the area north of the area where Wiggler is first encountered, these 3 drill spots are found on the east end of the west drill-able wall. Going from east to west, first one is Speed Bean, second one is Stache Bean and the last one is 50-Coin.	Speed Bean, Stache Bean and 50-Coin
In the area where Wiggler and Paper Kamek is battled, these 2 drill spots are found in the northern part of circular ground, which is found in the south of the area. The eastern one is Power Bean and the western one is 50-Coin.	Power Bean and 50-Coin
In the area where Wiggler and Paper Kamek is battled, these 2 drill spots are found in the southern part of circular ground, which is found in the south of the area. The western one is Heart Bean and eastern one is 50-Coin.	Heart Bean and 50-Coin
In the area where Luigi and Starlow are separated from Marios, these 3 drill beans are found on the drill-able wall. The southwestern one is Stache Bean, the higher of the northeastern ones is Defense Bean and the lower is 100-Coin.	Defense Bean, Stache Bean and 100-Coin
In the area where Luigi must evade Boos during time limit for the second time, these 3 drill beans are found on the drill-able wall. Going from west to east, first one is Heart Bean, second one is Bros. Bean and the last one is 100-Coin.	Bros. Bean, Heart Bean and 100-Coin
In the area with the block which deactivates iron spikes blocking the way, these 4 drill beans are found near the northeastern exit. The northern one is Power Bean, the southern one is Speed Bean and the rest are 50-Coins.	2x Power Bean, Speed Bean and 2 50-Coins

Item patches

Gloomy Woods – 4 Item Patches (1 Syrup Jar, 1 Nut, 2 Other Items)
Location	Items	Screenshot
In the Toad Village area, this item patch is found in the southeastern corner of the biggest island in the eastern part of the area. Only available after clearing Bowser's Castle.	5x 5 Ultrasyrup Jars
In the area two areas north from Toad Village, this item patch is found in the northwestern corner of the area. Only available after clearing Bowser's Castle.	5x 5 Refreshing Herbs
In the area where Wiggler and Paper Kamek are battled, this item patch is found in the western part of the area near the paper terrain with L Block and P Block above it.	5x 5 Boo Biscuits
In the area where the Marios are saved/King Boo is battled, this item patch is found in the west of the area.	4x 4 Ultra Nuts

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	カブータ森林[?] Kabūta Shinrin	Elongation of「かぶった」(kabutta, "to have overlapped") +「森林」(shinrin, "woods")
Dutch	Meerwoud[?]	More Wood
French	Forêt Lugombre[?]	Forêt ("forest") + portmanteau of lugubre ("gloomy") and ombre ("shadow")
German	Zwielicht-Forst[?]	Twilight Woods
Italian	Foresta Tetra[?]	Gloomy Forest
Korean	오버랩 삼림[?] Obeolaep Samlim	Overlap Woods
Portuguese (European)	Floresta Similar[?]	Similar Forest
Russian	Мраколесье[?] Mrakoles'ye	Gloomy Woods
Spanish	Bosque Encapotado[?]	Overcast Forest