Yoshi Sphinx

This article is about the level in Paper Mario: Sticker Star. For the recurring landmark, see Yoshi Sphinx (landmark).

Level
Yoshi Sphinx
Mario going to the Yoshi Sphinx entrance.
Level code	W2-2
World	World 2
Game	Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Boss	Kamek
Level progression ← Previous Drybake Desert Next → Sandshifter Ruins Paper Mario: Sticker Star locations

Yoshi Sphinx is World 2-2 of Paper Mario: Sticker Star. It is located in a desert area that features a sphinx shaped like Yoshi with many doors and secret passages.

Layout

Yoshi Sphinx is located in a mysterious desert area. Mario starts in a remote platform with a pipe and some Spinies. This pipe will take Mario to the main quadrant of the sphinx. To the left is a door, and to the right is two blocks guarded by a Spiny. Mario must enter the door to progress. It takes him to a room with a Dry Bones and two torches on the wall; Mario can hit the torches from below to light them. On the right of the room is a door that takes Mario to another room somewhat alike the first one, except on the middle of the wall there is a different pattern. Mario has to hit the shape in the center with his hammer to discover a slot on the wall. He must then enter it to reveal another room with four doors, a Pokey and a Spiny. One door is hidden behind a beam that leads to a dark room with a passage to the piece of the Sticker Comet.

When Mario reaches the door, he will be attacked by three Paratroopas. After defeating the three Paratroopas, Mario gains access to the piece of the Sticker Comet by peeling some Bowser Tape, completing the level. If Mario goes into the archway, there is another bright area, one of which has the Lightbulb Thing. After Mario reaches the top of the sphinx and slips off onto the tongue, Kamek will be fought, but this time, he will transform all of Mario's stickers into sandals. After defeating him, Mario's Stickers are returned to normal and a tablet piece necessary to enter Drybake Stadium is obtained, then the tongue retracts, while hearing a very deep, "Yooooshiiiiiiiiii!" swallowing Mario with it.

Area Tattle

Beginning Area

• There's something really big over there. Is that some kind of animal?

Outside the Sphinx

• Now that I see it up close, it IS big. It looks a lot like a dinosaur. Or maybe a dragon.

Inside the Sphinx

• I feel like I'm being digested by an animal or something. What part would this be? The gizzard?

On top of the Head

• Wow, we are SERIOUSLY high up! Hey, is this what it means to have your nose in the air...?

Advice

• If it's a sphinx, it's got to have at least ONE treasure, right? Something flashy. It's, like, a law or something.

Enemies

• Spiny
• Hammer Bro
• Dry Bones
• Sombrero Guy
• Maraca Guy
• Accordion Guy
• Pokey (yellow)
• Pokey (green)
• Paratroopa
• Swoop
• Kamek (mini-boss)

Items

Other items not included here are peelable Stickers and items from sticker upgrade spots.

Blocks

Item	Icon	Location	Image
Hopslipper		In the first scene, in the east.
Eekhammer		In the second scene (the outside of sphinx one), seen after going left from the entrance warp pipe.
Iron Jump		Same scene, on the opposite side of the sphinx.
Hopslipper Shiny Jump		Same scene, right of the stairs in front of the sphinx.
Hammer, Slaphammer, Eekhammer		In the scene accessed by a opening on the left side of the sphinx, in the middle.
Shiny Hammer		In the third sphinx scene, in front of the second pillar from the left.
Shiny Line Jump		In the scene accessed by a opening in the north of the previous scene, at the top, above the block created by paperization.
Hammer		In the second scene, in the part reached by dropping down from the middle part of the sphinx.
Jump Hopslipper Shiny Jump		In the head scene (two scenes after the scene with Comet Piece., in the east part of the scene, hidden behind collapsible wall.
POW Block		In the previous scene, in the part reached after being swallowed by the sphinx.
Hopslipper, Eekhammer, Fire Flower		Same scene, in the southwest of the upper part.

Field/Objects

Item	Icon	Location	Image
Coin		In the first scene, in the first tree. In the first scene, in the cactus after hitting it 3 times. In the fifth scene, on the secret slope found in the back of the scene. Seen through the hole in the wall.
Coin, Hammer		In the first scene, in the second tree after hitting it 2 times.
HP-Up Heart		At the top of the Yoshi Sphinx where the piece of the Sticker Comet rests, Mario must move north despite the lack of a path. Mario falls off the sphinx and onto a platform down below containing it.
Lightbulb		In the scene after the scene with the Comet Piece, in the lower part, near the stairs.
Paper Fan		In the scene behind the Secret Door.
Tablet Piece		In the treasure chest found on the tongue of the sphinx. To open it, Kamek must be defeated first.

Hidden Blocks

Item	Icon	Location	Image (Unrevealed)	Image (Revealed)
Slaphammer		In the second scene, above the flower near the entrance warp pipe.
Coin		In the scene reached by a north opening in the third sphinx scene, at the top, left of the ? Block floating in the air.

Paperization Spots

Scrap/Sticker	Icon	Location	Image
Random 1x1 Sticker	N/A	In the first scene, in the north, above the flower.
Random 1x1 Sticker	N/A	In the scene reached by a north opening in the third sphinx scene, at the top, under the ? Block.
Secret Door		In the second scene, at the left side of the sphinx. Available only after getting access to Outlook Point and getting Secret Door sticker from there.

References in other games

A picture of Yoshi Sphinx can be seen in Dark Bloo Inn in Paper Mario: Color Splash.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヨッシースフィンクス[?] Yosshī Sufinkusu	Yoshi Sphinx
Chinese	耀西斯芬克斯[?] Yàoxī Sīfēnkèsī	Yoshi Sphinx
French	Sphinx Yoshi[?]	Yoshi Sphinx
German	Yoshi-Sphinx[?]	Yoshi Sphinx
Italian	Sfinge di Yoshi[?]	Sphinx of Yoshi
Spanish (NOA)	Esfinge Yoshi[?]	Yoshi Sphinx
Spanish (NOE)	Esfinge de Yoshi[?]	Sphinx of Yoshi