Rugged Road

Level
Rugged Road
Mario jumping into the hot spring
Level code	5-5
World	World 5
Game	Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Level progression ← Previous Chomp Ruins Next → Rumble Volcano Paper Mario: Sticker Star locations

Rugged Road is the penultimate level of World 5 in Paper Mario: Sticker Star. It is a lava-covered area with many lava flows and meteors. It also has a hidden hot spring.

Layout

The volcanic area is turned into an icy landscape by the special Thing Sticker.

The level starts out in a mountainous area. Passage through the area is blocked by lava geysers. Placing the Refrigerator or any other cold based Thing Sticker on the volcano via Paperize will cause the entire area to freeze, allowing for passage over the now frozen lava geysers, and any Fire Bros in the area will be turned into Ice Bros. Hidden in the small, frozen pool is a chamber with the Turkey.

The next area is a large lava pool guarded by Fire Piranhas. Rocky platforms must be jumped over quickly to avoid being scorched by the lava. After the lava flow, there is a small hole in the wall that can be peeled off via Paperize. After passing through the lava flows, there is an area with two gigantic boulders stacked onto each other. Dropping down from the main path will reveal a boulder that can also be peeled off and replaced by the Mountain Hole scrap. The Mountain Boulder scrap can be placed where the hole once was to allow access to a high platform with a few stickers and the Car Sponge.

The hole can then be passed through to get down to the lower boulder. Hammering the crack in the lower boulder will cause the upper boulder to topple over, creating a bridge on the upper path that leads to a Heart Block and Save Block. The area leads to another area with raining meteors that come straight at Mario. Baiting the meteors to crash into a certain hole will reveal access to the Bubbling Waters Natural Hot Springs, where a sticker, Luigi, and the Cracked Boulder scrap can be found.

Passing the second lava flow by carefully hopping on the floating rocks will take Mario to the next big boulder stack. Taking the lower path will allow Mario to get to the lower boulder, but this time, there is no crack. Instead, there is nothingness. The Cracked Boulder scrap can be placed here and hammered to drop down the upper boulder right on top of the Comet Piece, smashing it. The boulder can then be peeled off, flipped over, and re-positioned to reveal the Comet Piece.

Kersti's comments

• Main areas:
  • Ay-yay-yay! Talk about hot! (NA)
  • Phew! Is it just me or is it absolutely boiling round here? (EU)
• Hot springs area:
  • The water temperature seems nice, but it looks like it'd take my glue off, so I'll be skipping a dip. (NA)
  • The water temperature seems nice, but it looks like it'd take my glue off, so I'll be skipping the dip. (EU)
• First area, after freezing it:
  • Frozen rock solid! Now that's what I call cold!

Advice

• Careful of the lava! It descends with enough force to punch a hole in the ground. That'll HURT if it hits you! (NA)
• Careful of the lava! It descends with enough force to punch a hole in the ground. Needless to say, it'll hurt if it hits you! (EU)

Enemies

• Fire Piranhas
• Fire Bros.
• Ice Bros.
• Bony Beetles
• Spike Tops
• Shiny Buzzy Beetles
• Shiny Paratroopas
• Volcanic debris

Items

Other items not included here are peelable Stickers.

Blocks

Item	Icon	Location	Image
Line Jump		In the first scene, in the south.
Shiny Jump		Same scene, in the northwest.
Shiny Hammer		Same scene after lava was turned to ice, in the southwest.
Shiny Shell		Same scene, in the northeast.
Megaflash Burnhammer		In the scene found hidden right the previous ? Block.
Flashy Hopslipper		In the second scene, before the third lava river.
Flashy Jump		Same scene, after the third lava river.
Shiny Hopslipper		In the third scene, in the upper part, near the Recovery Block.
Flashy Iron Jump		In the fourth scene, in the southwest.
Shiny Eekhammer		Same scene, in the middle.
Shiny Hopslipper		Same scene, before the lava river.
Megaflash Slaphammer		Same scene, near the entrance is a giant X. After meteor destroys it, a hole is formed. By jumping in, another block can be found.
Megaflash Iron Jump		In the fifth scene, at the end is a giant X. After meteor destroys it, a hole is formed. By jumping in, another block can be found.

Field

Item	Icon	Location	Image
Basin		In the scene behind the Secret Door.
Car Sponge		After reaching the part of the second scene reachable only with Mountain Boulder scrap, by going left, Mario finds a secret scene with the thing inside.
3 Coins		In the second scene, they spawn in after replacing the Mountain Hole scrap with Mountain Boulder scrap.
Cracked Boulder		Found near the exit of the Bubbling Waters Natural Hot Springs scene.
Heart		In the second scene, found at the end of the part reachable from the boulder of the Mountain Boulder scrap.
Turkey		In the secret scene found left of the small frozen lake found in the southwest of the first scene.

Paperization Spots

Scrap/Sticker	Icon	Location	Necessity	Image
Any ice-based Thing Sticker	N/A	In the first scene, there is a rectangle in the volcano in the background. By putting any ice-based Thing sticker there, all lava is frozen solid, creating a path forward.	Required
Secret Door		Same scene after lava is frozen solid, on the wall after the second frozen gush of lava.	Optional
Mountain Hole→Mountain Boulder	↓	In the second scene, after the second lava river. Paperize is used twice here: first to take out Mountain Hole scrap, later to put Mountain Boulder in its place.	Required
Mountain Boulder→Mountain Hole	↓	In the third scene, near the entrance of the lower part. Paperize is used twice here: first to take out Mountain Boulder scrap, then to put Mountain Hole in its place.	Required
Luigi		In the Bubbling Waters Natural Hot Springs (area reached by jumping into the second hole in the fourth scene), found in the water.	Optional
Cracked Boulder		In the fifth scene, in the middle of the lower part.	Required
Huge Mountain Slab		After putting in the previous scrap and then hammering the crack. Paperize is used twice here: first to flip the Huge Mountain Slab scrap, then to put it back. Doing so makes the Comet Piece collectable.	Required

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ゴツゴツロード[?] Gotsugotsu Rōdo	Rugged Road
Chinese (simplified)	崎岖小径[?] Qíqū Xiǎojìng	Rugged Path
Chinese (traditional)	崎嶇之路[?] Qíqū zhī Lù	Rugged Road
French (NOA)	Route maganée[?]	Damaged road
French (NOE)	Sentier battu[?]	Beaten path
German	Holperpfad[?]	Rugged Road
Italian	Strada Accidentata[?]	Rugged Road
Spanish	Camino Escabroso[?]	Rugged Road