Star Coin 3: This is located above the first Pokey after the checkpoint.The player needs to use the cannons to blow up the volcano's red crust in the area to reveal the Star Coin and a fountain of coins. The player needs to let Mario sink into the quicksand to enter a secret area with a small hill. Star Coin 2: Just after the checkpoint, there is a pool of quicksand with coins in it.The player needs to blow up the surrounding blocks using Bob-ombs to make a path to the Star Coin. Star Coin 1: When Mario comes across the first cannons, the player will be able to see the Star Coin enclosed in several blocks.Three more cannons come after that, followed by the Goal Pole.Ĭompleting this level unlocks World 2-Castle, skipping World 2-4 and World 2-5. A Red Ring can be found on several orange platforms that follow, which causes eight Red Coins to parachute down along with Para-bombs. There is a ? Switch in the middle Brick Block above the next cannon which makes two Coin Roulette Blocks appear for a limited time.
This is followed by the Checkpoint Flag and ? Blocks containing a coin and a Fire Flower.
Cannons then begin to appear on a structure. More Bob-ombs and Pokeys can be found, along with another ? Block containing a Fire Flower. A Pokey can then be found on a platform in-between quicksand pools with orange platforms above it, where another Bob-omb falls. Mario begins on the desert next to a pool of quicksand, where a Para-bomb parachutes down to several ? Blocks containing a Fire Flower.