The level starts with Mario on ground in front of a pair of a Mushroom Platforms, the right one with a Red Koopa Troopa standing atop it. To the right is another pair of Mushroom Platforms, the left one with two Little Goombas atop it, before a large gap between one final Mushroom Platform beside a Flimsy Lift. After the Flimsy Lift is a pair of Scale Lifts, which leads to another, thinner Mushroom Platform. Beside this Mushroom Platform is a vertical Lift, which leads to a wide Mushroom Platform with three ? Blocks, one of which houses a power-up, right beside a horizontal lift. Across this Horizontal Lift is another Mushroom Platform, which leads to a downward staircase of Mushroom Platforms, with each step having a Red Koopa Troopa on top of it. Beside this is a Scale Lift with a Mushroom Platform between it, which leads to a pair of Mushroom Platforms. Mario must break this Scale Lift, otherwise a Flimsy Lift further into the level will not spawn due to a glitch, and Mario will have to die. Above the lower Mushroom Platform, beneath the cap of the higher Mushroom Platform, is a Hidden Block which contains a single coin. To the right of the pair of Mushroom Platforms are two Flimsy Lifts with a large gap between them, which lead to a wide Mushroom Platform that leads to a pair of pipes with Piranha Plants in them, separated by a pit with a thin vertical Lift between them and a Brick Block above a pit. Inside the Brick Block is a Vine that leads to a secret area made of Hard Blocks that contains Coins, Cloud Blocks, Horsetails, and an exit Warp Pipe. If Mario ignores this vine, he will proceed to a staircase made of Mushroom Platforms that has a pair of Barrels at the top, leading to the flagpole. However, if Mario went into the secret area via the vine, he will emerge from a pipe underneath the staircase, and underneath the fourth tallest Mushroom Platform's cap is a Hidden Block containing a 1-Up Mushroom.
