Super Mario RPG hidden treasure location guide

You will find out hidden treasure chests throughout Super Mario RPG, floating invisibly in the tone of different rooms. With some tools, you can be notified when you’re in a room with one of these chests, but even with those tools, it can be difficult to pinpoint the exact locations.

To that end, we have the details where you can find all the hidden treasures Super Mario RPG.

How to find hidden gems easily in Super Mario RPG

Right in the basement of the item shop in Mushroom Kingdom, you will find Signal Ring Utility, which won’t give you any stat boosts, but will ping you whenever the room you’re in contains a resource. Later on in Nimbus Land, you’ll find an upgraded version of this device that will listen to you as you approach wherever the hidden chest is.

The talking treasure chest located on the top floor of the mayor’s house in Monstro Town will also tell you how many hidden gems you’ve found, which is helpful if you’re trying to find all the hidden gems Super Mario RPG.

Hidden Treasure of the Mushroom Kingdom (Flower)

When you go down from the item shop, Toad will tell you to jump. Follow his instructions for what is technically the first hidden treasure. After doing this and getting a reward from Toad, jump on his head and wait for him to go into a corner to reach another hidden treasure.

Mushroom Kingdom Hidden Treasure (Frog Coin)

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Jump on Toad’s head in the entrance to the castle to gain access to this port, where you can jump and hit this hidden treasure.

Note that you will need to wait for the ruckus in the castle to die down. After meeting Mallow and about to exit, you can return to the castle to use this Toad to get onto the ledge.

Hidden Bandit’s Way (Croaka Cola)

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Use the red flower at the right exit of Bandit’s Way to jump up to the top right, allowing you to hit this very high chest.

Hidden Treasure of Rose Town (Frog Money)

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Enter the item shop and jump up onto the shelves behind the cashiers to reach this chest.

Hidden Treasure of Rose Town (Frog Money)

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There is a house in Rose Town on a cliff that is inaccessible, but you can reach it by jumping on the nearby Toad’s head and going over the cliff. Climb up this house and jump on the bed to find this hidden chest. (And hit that switch in the room to open the stairs to the house.)

Forest Maze hidden treasure (Croaka Cola)

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At the entrance to the Forest Maze, jump to the left of the path for this chest.

Forest Maze Hidden Treasure (Frog Coin)

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After the underground part, jump on the platform shown above to find this chest.

Forest Maze hidden treasure (Flower)

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In the area with seven stumps and wigglers, go into the stump near the entrance (the stump on the right). Inside, take out the enemies and jump to the platform above to find the hidden treasure.

Forest Maze hidden treasure (Croaka Cola)

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In the area with seven stumps and wigglers, go into the stump farthest from the entrance to the area (the one without a pair). Go to the back and jump behind the sleeping wiggler to get this chest.

Forest Maze hidden treasure (nothing)

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In the same room as above, if you take the left stump in the second row from the door, you can hit the chest in the area shown above, but you won’t get anything for it. Bub.

Forest Maze hidden treasure (Red Essence)

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In the last room with a save block (after the maze you followed Geno through), jump in the lower left corner through the door to find this chest.

Pipe Vault Hidden Treasure (Frog Coin)

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In the room with the row of Piranha Plants, install the second pipe. Jump in front of the higher platform to reveal an invisible block that you can use to get to the top of the platform. Run forward a bit and jump to reveal this treasure.

Pipe Vault Hidden Treasure (Frog Coin)

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Between the chest above and the chest already visible in this room, there is a second hidden treasure. (We took them out of order in this room, sorry if the pictures are confusing.)

Hidden Treasure of Yo’ster Isle (Frog Money)

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The hidden treasure is behind the block block.

Booster Pass Hidden Treasure (Flower)

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Stand on top of the artichoke plant in the meadow to get this chest.

Hidden Booster Path (Rock Candy)

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Just before exiting north of the first area, jump around the corner to reveal this hidden treasure.

Hidden Booster Tower (Frog Coin)

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In the stairwell with an endless line of Sniffits, jump to the ledge at the top of the stairs to find your hidden treasure.

Hidden Booster Tower (Goodie Bag)

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In the room with the platforms and the save block, carefully jump over the visible chest, then jump again to find this chest.

Booster Tower Hidden Treasure (Mushroom)

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In the same room as the chest above, jump around the corner to find this chest.

Hidden Treasure of Marrymore (Frog Coin)

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Continue upstairs to the inn/item shop and enter the room. Jump up onto the shelves of this chest.

Hidden Treasure of the Sunken Ship (Croaka Cola)

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To find this tricky chest, you’ll need to jump on the head of the Mario clone in front of you to gain access to the hidden treasure. Do not talk to Mario, as this will start a battle. If you talk and defeat Mario, you will have to leave the Sunken Ship area and come back for it to reappear.

Hidden Treasure of Land’s End (Red Essence)

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Use the cannon at the Land’s End entrance to shoot yourself off the yellow platform. Jump north from the platform to hit this chest.

Hidden Treasure of Land’s End (Croaka Cola)

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On the second screen in Land’s End, before jumping into the cannon, jump around the lowered ground in front of the cannon to reveal a yellow floating platform. Shoot yourself into the yellow platform and jump north from it to reveal yet another yellow platform. Shoot yourself from the cannon onto the second yellow platform to gain access to the cliff where the hidden treasure is to the west.

Land’s End Hidden Treasure (Frog Coin)

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In the first Land’s End map where you see grass, jump off one of the purple flowers above to reach this hidden chest.

Land’s End Hidden Treasure (Frog Coin)

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In the bridge crossing challenge map, jump into the hole in the wall below the bridge. Look at the back of this cave and jump around the corner to get this chest.

Belome’s temple hidden treasure (Frog Money)

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After entering the large lift gate, you will enter a room with a normal chest in front of you. Use the nearby ledge to jump over it to reach the first hidden treasure in this room.

Belome’s temple hidden treasure (Frog Money)

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Go down the stairs in the same room as the chest above and jump around the corner to find this hidden treasure.

Hidden Treasure of Monstro Town (Frog Money)

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Jump to the corner of this small room to find your hidden treasure.

Hidden Bean Valley (frog coin)

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After entering the pipe on the right in Bean Valley, jump to the upper corner to find this hidden chest.

Hidden Bean Valley (Red Essence)

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On the far right pipe between the five pipes with Piranha Plants on them, jump on this corner to reveal this chest.

Hidden Bean Valley (Croaka Cola)

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In the lower right pipe between the five pipes, jump on the corner to get this chest.

Hidden Treasure of Nimbus Land (Frog Coin)

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Jump up on the boxes in the Nimbus Land item shop to find this chest.

Hidden Treasure of Nimbus Land (Frog Coin)

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Down the stairs before you hit the prisoners in the castle, jump where Jawful was standing to reveal this chest.

Hidden Treasure of Nimbus Land (Frog Coin)

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From where the hidden treasure above is, go through the brick gap and walk north. Jump to reveal this chest.

Hidden Treasure of Nimbus Land (Frog Coin)

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In the room after the battle between Birdo, jump over the treasure that is there and then jump again to reveal this hidden chest.

Hidden Treasure of Nimbus Land (Frog Coin)

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This chest appeared to us only after beating Valentina and restoring the Nimbus Land castle to its former glory. In the palace hall with three doors, jump near the birdcage to find this chest.

Hidden Treasure Smithy (Mushrooms)

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In the save area after the room with the green machine, jump around the corner to find a … monster mushroom. It’s the last hidden treasure and it gives you a single, empty mushroom? Yes.

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