Shine Sprites

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Shine Sprites are seen around the game's world as you travel to other locations. There are 42 in the entire game. Once you have collected some, you can visit Merlon in east Rogueport (right next to the Professor’s house) and he will power up your partners in exchange for three sprites. Later in the game, he can power them up again for another three sprites.

This guide uses the same numbers and check divisions in our Walkthrough and Collectibles Guide and is designed for you to get as many Shine Sprites as you can as you go through the main story. Unlike Star Pieces, there really aren’t any you need to backtrack for when you get other powers; they appear designed to be collected as you go. To keep track which ones you've collected in each area, use the Checklist tracker at the top of the page -- it can be accessed anywhere in this guide without losing your place.

Shine Sprite Locations by Location

• Hooktail Castle Shine Sprites
  • Rogueport I Shine Sprites
• The Great Tree Shine Sprites
  • Rogueport II Shine Sprites
• Glitzville Shine Sprites
  • Rogueport III Shine Sprites
• Keelhaul Key Shine Sprites
• Pirate’s Grotto Shine Sprites
  • Rogueport IV Shine Sprites
• Excess Express Shine Sprites
• Poshley Heights Shine Sprites
  • Rogueport V Shine Sprites
• Fahr Outpost Shine Sprites

Hooktail Castle Shine Sprites

In the middle of the room littered with dry bones all over the floor that you almost get kicked out of

In the room you first meet Ms. Mowz

Atop the staircase leading to the bridge (that leads to Hooktail)

Rogueport I Shine Sprites

In the same room as the Thousand-Year Door

The Great Tree Shine Sprites

Boggly Woods. In the area with all the tree stumps, to the left of the paper plane space. Use Koops.

Across the pool below the area where you have to make the Punies become bubbles

Float across two paper plane spaces on a platform

In the butt stomp trapdoor that leads to a room full of platforms, stay atop them and follow them to the background.

In the room with the rising water level, raise the level enough so you can cross the lily pads to it.

Glitzville Shine Sprites

To the right of the Glitz Pit entrance, use Koops to reveal a hidden box underneath it. Use this to jump up and get it.

While investigating the storage room of the Glitz Pit. Break boxes and reveal a blue switch and hit it, revealing stairs. Atop the stairs is the shine sprite.

Rogueport II Shine Sprites

In Rogueport east, use Yoshi to get onto the building rooftops.

In Rogueport east, behind the houses and cross the river to the left. Needs Yoshi.

Underground in the room with all the different Warp Pipes. Hammer the yellow box to the right.

Rogueport Sewers from Rogueport west. Fall down the sewer grate and float left with Yoshi.

Creepy Steeple Shine Sprites

In the forest, when you have to move the rock in background to move the rock in the foreground. After jumping out of the hole, one of the trees nearby has a shine sprite hidden amidst its branches that you’ll need to blindly jump to get (this may take several tries)

In the well in front of the steeple

In the room you have to roll into the left as you enter the Steeple, along with several other treasures.

Just after the sliding gate with Vivian

Rogueport III Shine Sprites

Rogueport west, first house in the area. Walk upstairs and roll through the small entrance to the right side wall.

Roll behind a wall in Admiral Bobbery’s house

Keelhaul Key Shine Sprites

On the way to the Pirate Grotto. Use Yoshi near the blue switch to get to the block.

In the area with the rope bridge, cross to the right and look under the trees here

Pirate’s Grotto Shine Sprites

On the half sunken ship near the entrance

In the area with the heal heart, stairs, and waterfall, use Koops to reveal a hidden box beneath it to stand on

In the storage room at the very top of the barrel rack

In a room with the rolling waves, use Koops.

Another hidden box after entering a doorway

Rogueport IV Shine Sprites

Rogueport west. Use Bobbery to blow a hole in the wall next to the item shop.

Excess Express Shine Sprites

Behind the lamp in Mario’s room

Give the young Bo-Bomb the engineer’s autograph

Riverside Station. At the bottom of the area with lots of stairs

Riverside Station. After solving the “1, 3, 10” boxes and stairs appear, use Koops near the top of the stairs.

Poshley Heights Shine Sprites

Right next to Poshley Sanctum.

Poshley Sanctum, inside the picture. While super jumping the pipes in the extreme foreground.

Rogueport V Shine Sprites

Underground. Use the spring jump in the area with the Star Piece collector to get atop the podium behind him

Underground. A hidden area you need the sailboat for with three Shine Sprites in it

Underground. Become a sailboat in the area of the Petalburg pipe.

Fahr Outpost Shine Sprites

The trail before Fahr Outpost, in the second area behind the first tree in the foreground

On the ground beside the rightmost house in town

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