Sunken Ghost Ship

How to clear Sunken Ghost Ship in Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy Advance.

A scene from Sunken Ghost Ship in Super Mario World.

How to Clear Sunken Ghost Ship

Go to the right, but beware of the Turtle Cannon that shoots Bullet Bills. Hit the Prize Block to get a Cape Feather, then swim to the right. When you see a railing in the upper-right of the screen, go downward and to the right, where there is a pipe. Go down it.

Part 2

Go to the right, and dodge the Eeries that come from the right side of the screen. When you reach two large wooden crates, a huge crowd of Disappearing Boo Buddies will appear in both the upper and the lower parts of the screen. Make sure not to bump into any of them. They disappear after a moment, replaced by a crowd that is in a different position. Keep going slowly to the right, watching out for the Boo Buddies that keep appearing and disappearing.

After you go through a narrow corridor, the Disappearing Boo Buddies stop appearing, and some Eeries float across the screen. After that, there is a normal Boo Buddy that doesn't disappear, but will chase you if you turn away. Then there are Circling Boo Buddies, so go through the gap to get in the middle of the circle and make sure not to fall on the spikes below. Then swim upward through the hole in the Circling Boo Buddies.

Above the Circling Boo Buddies, there is a regular Boo Buddy, then to the right there are more Circling Boo Buddies. Go through the hole in the circle to reach the pipe down below. Go down it.

Part 3

This room has no floor, so you will keep falling for a long time. If you're Caped Mario, you can just hold the jump button to float down slowly.

First, try to get the Super Star as you fall. Then stay in the left half of the screen to get the Dragon Coin, then go to the right half of the screen to get a second Dragon Coin, then if you need a Super Mushroom, fall straight down from the Dragon Coin, then go to the middle of the screen to get a third Dragon Coin. Keep falling straight down from there to reach a Prize Block that contains another Super Star.

Fall off the left side of that platform to get a fourth Dragon Coin, then go slightly right of the middle to get a fifth Dragon Coin. Then go to the middle and you will fall through a hole in the floor. There are Floating Mines, then there is water down below, where you can try to fall in and get the 1-Up Mushrooms that are near the left and right walls.

Afterward, swim up to the pyramid of Gray Blocks and take the Magic Ball to complete the level.

After the Level

A cave will appear in the circle of boulders to the north, and you will go north to Valley of Bowser 1.