Captain Toad Gold Mushroom locations, 1-Up Mushrooms and all Treasure Tracker bonus challenge solutions

Bonus Challenges, solutions, and all Gold Mushroom locations in one place.

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Guide by Chris Tapsell Deputy Editor

Updated on July 20, 2018

Gold Mushroom locations in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, as well as the locations of some 1-Up Mushrooms, are the key to a number of Bonus Challenges for those keen on completing the game properly.

Here on this page you'll find everything you need to know about those Challenges in Captain Toad, including a list of all Bonus Challenge solutions as well as those pesky Gold Mushroom locations and more.

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Captain Toad Bonus Challenge solutions
Captain Toad Gold Mushroom locations for Episode 1, 2 and 3

For more on Captain Toad, we also have a full Captain Toad walkthrough and guide to all Gem locations, as well as a guide to all Captain Toad Pixel Toad locations, too!

Captain Toad Bonus Challenge solutions

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Episode 1 Bonus Challenge solutions

Number	Level	Bonus Challenge	Solution / Tips
1-1	Plucky Pass Beginnings	Gold Mushroom	See below
1-2	Walleye Tumble Temple	Don't destroy the bridge	Avoid walking on the bridge at all and just drop down the sides.
1-3	Touchstone Trouble	Clear the course in 3 touches	Tap pink, cross to blue; tap blue, cross to pink; tap blue again to finish.
1-4	Mushroom Mesa	Defeat all the enemies	Simple enough - throw turnips!
1-5	Double Cherry Palace	Collect 70 Coins	Be sure to get every pluck patch and it should be easy.
1-6	Shy Guy Heights	Don't get seen by any Shy Guys.	Tricky, but treat it like a stealth level - wait until they're turned away to dart by.
1-7	Spinwheel Library	Gold Mushroom	See below
1-8	Mine Cart Tunnel Throwdown	Defeat all Para-Biddybuds	Throw turnips at them and use POW blocks, which is easy enough.
1-9	Spinwheel Bullet Bill	Gold Mushroom	See below
1-10	The King of Pyropuff Peak	Collect 45 Coins	Collect all you see along the way and all pluck patches and it's no problem.
1-11	Piranha Creeper Cove	Collect 70 Coins	Hidden coins near the boat and coins from defeating Creepers will help.
1-12	Briny Bowl Swimming Hole	Gold Mushroom	See below
1-13	Turnip Cannon Jungle	Clear course using only 1 shot	Take out the one grey brick on the way to the star.
1-14	Pop-Up Prairie Town	Get the 1-Up Mushroom	From Blue Toad, low down under the bottom level.
1-15	Drop-Road Dash	Don't defeat any Para-Biddybuds	Easy to avoid defeating them but harder to get past them - be patient!
1-16	Bizarre Doors of Boo Mansion	Clear in 4 touches	Clear as usual but when you get to the stack of Goombas, simply drop down the short ledge rather than using the door above it.
1-17	Blizzard on the Star Express	Collect the 1-Up Mushroom	Tap the lever by Blue Toad in the room at the front of the train, and it drops down outside.
1-18	Wingo's Watchtower	Collect 70 Coins	Collect all you see and remember to get those inside the holes in the central tower too as you go - don't rush!

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Episode 2 Bonus Challenge solutions

Number	Level	Bonus Challenge	Solution / Tips
2-01	Chute Scoot Slopes	Gold Mushroom	See below
2-02	Stumper Sneakaround	Defeat all Piranha Creepers	Use the key to get rid of the first one you encounter, then turnips for the rest.
2-03	Mine Cart Sunset Rundown	Collect 140 Coins	Get all the coins you see, check under the ledge at the finish, use the POW blocks where possible, and remember enemies like Piranha Plants and Para-Biddybuds give 1 coin each too.
2-04	Sinister Street Signs	Defeat all Mud Troopers	Note that shining your light doesn't defeat Mud Troopers, it just stalls them. Use the Chargin' Chuck or drop on their head to properly defeat them.
2-05	Floaty Fun Water Park	Defeat all Goombas	Lure them towards ledges and drop onto as many of their heads as possible in one go!
2-06	Drift-Along Canyon	Don't take any damage	Simple enough - remember to keep moving side to side to dodge the Koopa hammers when on rafts.
2-07	Sliding Slab Shuffle	Clear course using 4 touches	Don't tap the first triangle, go up the side of it and drop off onto the higher ledge that way without having to move it. Then continue as usual!
2-08	Spooky Specters at Shadow Manor	Get the 1-Up Mushroom	From Blue Toad - before moving, turn around to face the dark corner and he's hiding there.
2-09	Draggadon's Revenge	Don't take any damage	Self explantory, just take your time!
2-10	Spinwheel Cog Ruins	Gold Mushroom	See below
2-11	Wind-up Stairs	Gold Mushroom	See below
2-12	Up 'n' Down Terrace	Only use the switches 3 times	Before you move the camera, fall to the left as you fist look at the level. Go up the ladder, hit the hedgetop P to lower the brown fences; drop off and run all the way to the other corner, on the side where the entrance to the star is, and press the P button on ground level; climb the ladder, go press the button at the far end of the hedges, and then drop off the white fences to the exit.
2-13	Clear Pipe Puzzleplex	Collect 70 coins	Easy enough if you get every one you see!
2-14	Midnight in the Wandering Woods	Gold Mushroom	See below
2-15	Double Cherry Spires	Gold Mushroom	See below
2-16	Bullet Bill's Touchy Trials	Gold Mushroom	See below
2-17	Spinwheel Sky Fort	Don't take any damage	Self-explanatory but beware the red Bullet Bills in particular.
2-18	Battle Tower Blitz	Collect 170 coins	Defeat all the enemies and collect every one you find and you'll be fine.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Episode 3 Bonus Challenge solutions

Number	Level	Bonus Challenge	Solution / Tips
3-01	Rolling Inferno	Collect 75 Coins	Simple enough, just don't rush it!
3-02	Seesaw Sizzle	Don't defeat any Spikes	This means you can't use the ramps as catapults. Instead, wait for a Spike to drop the ball and then as soon as it's clear, make a dash for the ladder on the far side of the ramp you're on. You'll take damage the first two times (there's a Red Mushroom between the two); at the third, rush as fast as possible up the ladder and go hard right at the top of it to dodge the Spike and reach the star!
3-03	Beep Block Sky Plaza	Don't take any damage	Easy enough, you're most vulnerable when waiting for the long strip of blue blocks to appear in the middle of the course - keep moving while you wait!
3-04	Pickaxe Cave Plummet	Don't break any blocks	Ignore all the pickaxes along the way and it's easy enough to drop all the way down the course.
3-05	Stumpy Springs Sanctuary	Gold Mushroom	See below
3-06	Biddybud Snow Stroll	Don't break any tiles	Tough but doable. Follow the Biddybuds as far as the second patch of two pluck patches, then wait there for them to turn back, whilst memorising where they went up ahead. Follow their route all the way to the open square near your start position and drop down next to the star.
3-07	Cagey Conkdor Caper	Gold Mushroom	See below
3-08	Up 'n' Down Desert	Only use the switches 8 times	The toughest part is the final area with 3 P buttons and a Piranha Sprout.
3-09	Mine Cart Ruins Rumble	Got the 1-Up Mushroom	After the big drop, look up to your right to the row of blocks with a POW block in the middle - shoot that, and then quickly shoot the green 1-Up Mushroom that pops out!
3-10	Multi-Vator Mayhem	Clear course with 5 Toads	First four cherries are fairly obvious, the final one is on the grassy ledge near the starting position, where you drop down for Gem 3 from the very top of the level.
3-11	Flip Panel Footpath	Collect 45 Coins	The main missable coins are those inside the lower tower, and the hidden ones around the top ledge of the final tower.
3-12	Rock Block Badlands	Clear the course in 10 shots or fewer	Once you've cleared this once it's easy to figure out what needs destroying in order to progress, just focus on hitting the joins between blocks in order to destroy multiple ones at a time.
3-13	Secret of the Golden Realm	Clear the course in 10 touches	Prepare the touches for the bottom level before moving so you have time to line them up as efficiently as possible, and you should be fine!
3-14	Shy Guy Shadow Den	Don't get seen by any Shy Guys	Same as the previous version of this challenge, just be patient and treat it like a stealth level!
3-15	Razzle-Dazzle Slider	Don't fall into any holes	You can't get this one at the same time as getting the gems, so do it in a separate run and it's just about your own ability to control Toad!
3-16	Poison Canal Cannon Run	Clear the course with 4 Toadettes	The main missable cherries are in the two areas over in the opposite, back-right corner from your start position.
3-17	Fright Train Flight	Defeat all the Mud Troopers	To do this, don't disconnect the train carts and instead bait the Chargin' Chuck onto all three carts to wipe out all the troopers, and use the birds for the rest!
3-18	No Sleep at Kamek Keep	Collect 190 Coins	Don't forget the big stack on ground level around the back!
3-19	Retro Ramp-Up	Smash all the blocks	This one just requires quick fingers and planning for when you pick up the pickaxes.
3-20	Twisty-Turny Planet	Gold Mushroom	See below
3-21	Ghost Gallery Gambit	Gold Mushroom	See below
3-22	Touchstone Turmoil	Clear the course in 6 touches	Tap yellow, walk to blue. Walk into the hole in the yellow wall, tap yellow. Come out and go up the blue ramp, tap blue. Cross to yellow, tap it up to three times as you dodge the para-biddybuds.
3-23	Colour Crate Carousel	Gold Mushroom	See below
3-24	Trick Track Hall	Gold Mushroom	See below
3-25	Deep Space Gyromajig	Don't take any damage	Simple enough!
3-26	Magma Road Marathon	Collect 150 Coins	Two things to bear in mind: make sure you take all the detours possible, especially the one to the glass cannon on your left; also, if you're going too fast try running into a wall for a bit until the speed boost wears off.
3-27	Scalding Scaffold Sinkhole	Collect 200 Coins	Surprisingly doable, just be quick!
3-28	Wingo's Whackdown	Collect 220 Coins	This one actually relies on you finding two Gold Mushrooms, worth 50 coins each - see below for more!