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How to clear Vanilla Dome 1 in Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy Advance.

How to Clear Vanilla Dome 1

Go to the right and there will be a Spike Top that walks up the stairs, and Swoopers that swoop down from the ceiling.

Then there is a ledge with a Buzzy Beetle, more Swoopers, and a Flying Prize Block will fly over it. The Prize Block contains a Super Mushroom or Fire Flower.

Next there is an area with a lot of Blocks. If you're tall Mario, you can Spin Jump down through the Blocks. If you're Small Mario, go down to the ground and jump up to reach the rooms in the blocks. You can use the shells on the left to help you get rid of the Buzzy Beetles. The Prize Block contains a Fire Flower. In the Dragon Coin room, the second block from the left in the ceiling contains a Cape Feather. In the room with the regular coins, the third block from the left in the ceiling contains a coin.

To get past the wall beneath the pipe, if you're Caped Mario, you can just Spin Jump to go through. If you're Small Mario, you can again go down to the ground and jump up to the right of the wall. There is a 1-Up Mushroom in the first block in the ceiling after the wall beneath the pipe.

Secret Exit Path

After that, there is a Prize Block on the ground that contains a Super Mushroom or Fire Flower, and above that, there are some red Dotted Line Blocks. You can come back here after you visit the Red Switch Palace to be able to go up those blocks, hit the Block to make a Beanstalk appear, then climb up and put the key in the keyhole. Or, if you have Yoshi, go back to the Block area to the left and do a Spin Jump to get rid of all the walls, then have Yoshi eat the Blue Shell so he can temporarily fly. Quickly go to the right and fly up between the two pipes in the ceiling to reach the key and keyhole. This opens a path to Vanilla Secret 1.

Normal Exit Path

Otherwise, go to the right, past the Buzzy Beetle and a red Koopa Paratroopa, and go through the pipe at the end.

Go to the right and you find a Prize Block that contains a Super Star. After you take the star, jump onto the Sand Tide and run to the right. It will keep sinking downward and will eventually sink all the way down into the lava, so keep moving. There are Buzzy Beetles on the Sand Tide and Blarggs in the lava. There is a bump in the Sand Tide that you need to jump over, and at the end, there is a green Koopa Paratroopa that you can try to hit to get a 1-Up if you hit all the Buzzy Beetles, and a Dragon Coin that you can try to get before the Sand Tide sinks into the lava.

At the end, jump onto the ledge on the right and go through the pipe.

Jump onto the platform on the right and go through the Midway Gate, then jump off on the right and fall through the coins. Then go to the right, past the Buzzy Beetles. There are two coins at the end. Hit the Blocks and jump up to the ledge above.

To the right, if you're Small Mario, you can go through the narrow upper tunnel and pick up the Grab Block, then carry it to the right and get the Dragon Coin, then kick the Grab Block at the Buzzy Beetle. There is a Prize Block with a Super Mushroom to the right that you can use to become tall again. Otherwise, you can use the lower tunnel and go past the Spike Tops.

Next, there is a Buzzy Beetle, a Jumping Piranha Plant in a pipe, and a red Koopa Paratroopa floating up and down, with a Dragon Coin above it, followed by three coins.

After that, there is a Buzzy Beetle that comes down a steep slope. You can run up the slope, but you will need to keep moving to avoid sliding down.

To the right, you can jump over the gap to get three coins, then go back to the left, fall down to the lowest tunnel, and jump up and left from there to reach the four coins (if you try to fall into the left tunnel, you will just fall down through the hole and lose a life). Then go to the right and enter the lowest tunnel, pick up the green shell and kick it upward to get it out of your way without making it bounce from the left, then go to the right and pick up the Grab Block so you can get the Dragon Coin on the right. Then go left and hit the left Block to get a coin, and hit the right Block so you can jump up above.

From there, jump up to the right, kick the shell and run to the right, where there is a Buzzy Beetle and a Passin' Chuck. Go through the Giant Gate to complete the level.

After the Level

If you used the secret exit, the west path will unlock and you can go to Vanilla Secret 1. If you used the Giant Gate to complete the level, the north path will unlock and you can go to Vanilla Dome 2.