Valley Fortress

How to clear Valley Fortress in Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy Advance.

A scene from Valley Fortress in Super Mario World.

How to Clear Valley Fortress

Go to the right and you will see Skewers appear from the ceiling. Each Skewer moves partway down from the ceiling, then slams all the way down, then slowly goes back up again.

To the right, if you have been to the Green Switch Palace, there is a Green Block that you can hit to get a Cape Feather. This is followed by four Skewers.

Go to the right and jump over the pit of spikes to reach the safe ledge on the right. Then carefully make your way to the right, where there are Dry Bones that throw bones, a Bony Beetle, and some darker spikes in the ceiling that fall after a moment.

To the right, jump over the pits of spikes while avoiding the ceiling Skewers. You have to be quick to get past the last three Skewers in this area.

Next, there is a lava pit with a Lava Bubble that goes up and down out of the lava. Jump on the floating platform, where there is a Dry Bones. If you have been to the Yellow Switch Palace, there will be a Yellow Block that you can hit to get a Super Mushroom.

There is another Lava Bubble before the middle platform, which has a Dry Bones, and two Lava Bubbles before the last platform, which has a Bony Beetle. There is another Lava Bubble after this platform.

After that, there are pits of lava, ceiling Skewers that move very quickly, and Lava Bubbles in some of the lava pits. Finally, there is a Skewer that comes up from the floor. Do your best to run as quickly as possible to get past each set of Skewers.

After that, go through the big door to face the fortress boss.

Reznor

There are four Reznor triceratops on four spinning platforms. You have to hit a platforms from underneath to defeat the Reznor on top of it. After you defeat the first Reznor, the floor will start to disappear, so jump onto an empty Reznor platform to avoid falling into the lava.

After the Level

After you defeat all four Reznors, the path to the north will unlock, and you can go to Bowser's Castle Back Door.