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How to clear Forest of Illusion 4 in Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy Advance.

How to Clear Forest of Illusion 4

Near the start of the level, there is a Fishin' Lakitu with a 1-Up Mushroom on a fishing line. If you take the 1-Up Mushroom, the Fishin' Lakitu will turn into a normal Lakitu and start throwing Spiny Eggs.

There is also a green Koopa Paratroopa bouncing along from the right side of the screen.

If you're Caped Mario, you can get up on the Blocks and hit Lakitu with your cape (but you will lose the 1-Up Mushroom if you didn't get it already), then you can jump into the Lakitu Cloud and float to the right until the cloud disappears.

On the ground, after the gap, there is an unshelled Koopa Troopa that gets into a red shell, then there are some Blocks, and a Super Mushroom on top of the Blocks. Get on top of the top row of Blocks and jump through the Dragon Coin and two coins on the right.

Next, there is a Lakitu in a Pipe that throws Spiny Eggs.

To the right of that, there is a Roulette Block that you can hit to get the changing power-up inside.

Next, there is a Prize Block that contains many coins, so hit it as quickly as you can to get as many coins as possible before it turns into a Brown Block, but beware of the Spiny Eggs from the Lakitu that appears in the sky and the Lakitu in a Pipe on the right.

After the pipe, there are six Prize Blocks, a regular Block, and a Dragon Coin. The second Prize Block from the right contains a Fire Flower.

Just after the Prize Blocks, there is a Lakitu in a Pipe, and after a gap, there is yet another Lakitu in a Pipe.

After another gap, there is a pipe that rises and falls. Stand on it to get the Dragon Coin and three regular coins up above.

After another gap, there is a Lakitu in a Pipe that is next to an empty pipe.

Next, you will find the Midway Gate (you can jump on the right side if you aren't floating in the Lakitu Cloud), a Lakitu in a Pipe, and a P Switch beneath another Lakitu in a Pipe. If you hit the P Switch, rows of coins will appear around the pipe.

If you want to go to the Secret Exit, go down the pipe to reach the keyhole and key. If you don't have a Lakitu Cloud to help you reach that pipe, carefully go to the right, but watch out for the bouncing green Koopa Paratroopa that falls down onto the top step. As soon as you can get on the top step, run to the left, and try to stomp on the green Paratroopa, and bounce from it to the pipe that leads to the Secret Exit. If you put the key in the keyhole, the southern path unlocks, and you can go to Forest Secret Area.

If you don't want to go to the Secret Exit, carefully go to the right, but watch out for the bouncing green Koopa Paratroopa that falls down onto the top step. Then go to the right, where there are three pipes. You can optionally go down the middle pipe to reach an underwater area where many Blurps swim from left to right, and there 15 coins that you can collect. You will end up to the left of the Midway Gate if you go that way.

Otherwise, if you go to the right from the three pipes, you find some Prize Blocks and regular Blocks, and there is a Blue Shell in the middle that you can make Yoshi eat so he can fly straight up to get the coins and Dragon Coin in the sky. Or if you have a Cape Feather, you can go to the right of the area with Prize Blocks, and fly to the left to reach the coins and Dragon Coin. Or if you have a Lakitu's Cloud, you can try to float there. To the right of the Dragon Coin, there are four more coins that you can collect.

To the right of that, there are two pyramids made of Grab Blocks. This is followed by a pipe with a Jumping Piranha Plant in it, and a Chargin' Chuck to the right of that. Above that, there is the final Dragon Coin, and to the right, there is another pipe with a Jumping Piranha Plant. Then there is the Giant Gate to complete the level.

After the Level

If you went through the secret exit, the path to the south will unlock and you can go to Forest Secret Area. If you went through the Giant Gate, the path to the east will unlock and you can go to the Forest of Illusion 2.