Super Mario Galaxy/Run Routes
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This page contains speedrun routes for Super Mario Galaxy. Routes from past speedruns and prospective speedruns can be placed here.
Contents
Route Correctness Checklist
A basic correctness checklist for possible run routes:
- Compare current star count with the next galaxy's star requirement.
- Comets:
- Make sure you've cleared the comet's requirement star (see the Comet Stars section).
- Make your star plan match the comet patterns (see the Comet Stars section).
- Star bits: Make sure you'll have enough star bits for each Hungry Luma star in the route.
- Luigi stars: Know when you're getting Luigi's letters (see the Luigi Stars section).
- Plan around the events that return you to the Observatory
61-star (Any%)
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor requires a minimum of 60 stars to enter, and unlike in Super Mario 64, the Grand Star from defeating Bowser counts in the star total.
Segmented
This is the route plan used in Yoshifan's 2:25:04 run as Luigi.
- Gateway - Grand Star Rescue
- End segment 1
- Good Egg - Dino Piranha
- Good Egg - A Snack of Cosmic Proportions
- Honeyhive - Bee Mario Takes Flight
- End segment 2
- Honeyhive - Trouble on the Tower
- Honeyhive - Big Bad Bugaboom
- Loopdeloop - Surfing 101
- Flipswitch - Painting the Planet Yellow
- Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor - Megaleg's Moon
- End segment 3
- Space Junk - Pull Star Path
- Space Junk - Kamella's Airship Attack
- Space Junk - Tarantox's Tangled Web
- Rolling Green - Rolling in the Clouds
- End segment 4
- Battlerock - Battlerock Barrage
- Space Junk - Pull Star Path Speed Run (Comet)
- Bowser's Star Reactor - The Fiery Stronghold
- End segment 5
- Beach Bowl - Sunken Treasure
- Beach Bowl - Passing the Swim Test
- Beach Bowl - The Secret Undersea Cavern
- Beach Bowl - Wall Jumping up Waterfalls
- Ghostly - Luigi and the Haunted Mansion
- End segment 6
- Talk to Luigi at the Garage
- Sweet Sweet - Rocky Road (400 star bits)
- Good Egg - Luigi on the Roof
- Honeyhive - Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- End segment 7
- Bubble Breeze - Through the Poison Swamp
- Ghostly - A Very Spooky Sprint
- Beach Bowl - Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone (Comet)
- Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada - Sinking the Airships
- End segment 8
- Freezeflame - The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr
- Freezeflame - Freezeflame's Blistering Core
- Freezeflame - Frosty Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- Freezeflame - Hot and Cold Collide
- Gusty Garden - Bunnies in the Wind
- Gusty Garden - The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows
- End segment 9
- Buoy Base - The Floating Fortress
- Ghostly - Matter Splatter Mansion
- Buoy Base - The Secret of Buoy Base (First green star)
- End segment 10
- Talk to the Mailtoad for Luigi's Battlerock letter
- Battlerock - Luigi under the Saucer
- Hurry-Scurry - Shrinking Satellite
- Sling Pod - A Very Sticky Situation (400 star bits)
- End segment 11
- Gusty Garden - Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble
- Freezeflame - Conquering the Summit
- Gusty Garden - Major Burrows's Daredevil Run (Comet)
- Gusty Garden - The Golden Chomp
- Honeyclimb - Scaling the Sticky Wall
- Bowser's Dark Matter Plant - Darkness on the Horizon
- End segment 12
- Gold Leaf - Star Bunnies on the Hunt
- Gold Leaf - Cataquack to the Skies
- Gold Leaf - The Bell on the Big Tree
- Gold Leaf - When it Rains, it Pours
- Gold Leaf - Cosmic Mario Forest Race (Comet)
- Toy Time - Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser
- Toy Time - The Flipswitch Chain
- Toy Time - Mario Meets Mario
- Toy Time - Fast Foes of Toy Time (Comet)
- Sea Slide - Going After Guppy
- Sea Slide - Underwater Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- Sea Slide - Faster than a Speeding Penguin
- End segment 13
- Talk to the Mailtoad for Luigi's Honeyhive letter
- Honeyhive - Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom
- End segment 14
- Drip Drop - Giant Eel Outbreak (600 star bits)
- End segment 15
- Bowser's Galaxy Reactor - The Fate of the Universe
- End segment 16
Single-Segment
Route 1
- Mostly based on Yoshifan's 2:25 segmented run as Luigi. The stars are almost all the same.
- There is only one comet that has to be at a specific point of the route: Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race. If it is planned later or earlier in the route, then Dino Piranha Speed Run may be the active comet instead. For all other comets in the route, the comet may be done sooner or later (but as usual, Terrace comets must be even stars, and non-Terrace comets must be odd stars).
- Gateway - Grand Star Rescue
- Back to start of observatory; Grand Star.
- To Terrace
- Good Egg - Dino Piranha
- Good Egg - A Snack of Cosmic Proportions
- Honeyhive - Bee Mario Takes Flight
- Back to start of observatory; found Toads.
- To Terrace
- Honeyhive - Trouble on the Tower
- Honeyhive - Big Bad Bugaboom
- Good Egg - King Kaliente's Battle Fleet OR Loopdeloop - Surfing 101 (These are both around the same length)
- Flipswitch - Painting the Planet Yellow
- Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor - Megaleg's Moon
- Back to start of observatory; Grand Star.
- To Fountain
- Space Junk - Pull Star Path
- Space Junk - Kamella's Airship Attack
- Space Junk - Tarantox's Tangled Web
- Rolling Green - Rolling in the Clouds
- Back to start of observatory; 13 stars unlocks comets.
- To Fountain
- Battlerock - Battlerock Barrage
- Space Junk - Pull Star Path Speed Run (Comet)
- Bowser's Star Reactor - The Fiery Stronghold
- Back to start of observatory; Grand Star.
- To Kitchen
- Beach Bowl - Sunken Treasure
- Beach Bowl - Passing the Swim Test
- Beach Bowl - The Secret Undersea Cavern
- Beach Bowl - Wall Jumping up Waterfalls (Skip cutscenes)
- Beach Bowl - Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone (Comet)
- Ghostly - Luigi and the Haunted Mansion
- Back to start of observatory; found Luigi.
- To Terrace Hungry Luma; feed it, and then...
- Talk to Luigi at the Garage
- Go back to Terrace Hungry Luma
- Doing things in this order can save a second if done just right.
- Sweet Sweet - Rocky Road (400 star bits)
- Back to start of observatory; Hungry Luma star + first letter from Luigi.
- To Terrace
- Honeyhive - Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- Good Egg - Luigi on the Roof (Skip cutscenes) (needs to have one level between talking to Luigi at the Garage and this star.)
- Exit Terrace
- To Kitchen (going clockwise in the observatory might be fastest)
- Bubble Breeze - Through the Poison Swamp
- Ghostly - A Very Spooky Sprint
- Ghostly - Matter Splatter Mansion (Skip cutscenes)
- Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada - Sinking the Airships
- Back to start of observatory; Grand Star.
- To Bedroom
- Freezeflame - The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr
- Freezeflame - Frosty Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- Freezeflame - Freezeflame's Blistering Core
- Freezeflame - Hot and Cold Collide
- Freezeflame - Conquering the Summit (Skip cutscenes)
- Gusty Garden - Bunnies in the Wind
- Gusty Garden - The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows
- Gusty Garden - The Golden Chomp
- Gusty Garden - Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble (Skip cutscenes) (Should come after Golden Chomp; platforms at start of gravity area are better that way, and it gives you a second chance if you fail ? coins the first time)
- Gusty Garden - Major Burrows's Daredevil Run (Comet)
- Buoy Base - The Floating Fortress
- Buoy Base - The Secret of Buoy Base (Skip cutscenes)
- Back to start of observatory; first green star.
- Talk to the Mailtoad for Luigi's Battlerock letter
- To Fountain
- Battlerock - Luigi under the Saucer (Skip cutscenes)
- Hurry-Scurry - Shrinking Satellite
- Exit Fountain
- To Fountain Hungry Luma
- Sling Pod - A Very Sticky Situation (400 star bits)
- Back to start of observatory; Hungry Luma star.
- To bedroom
- Honeyclimb - Scaling the Sticky Wall
- Bowser's Dark Matter Plant - Darkness on the Horizon
- Back to start of observatory; Grand Star.
- To Engine Room
- Gold Leaf - Star Bunnies on the Hunt
- Gold Leaf - Cataquack to the Skies
- Gold Leaf - The Bell on the Big Tree (Skip cutscenes) (Will have a Storybook unlock dialog at 49 stars, which is best left for a coin/starbit free level)
- Gold Leaf - When it Rains, it Pours
- Gold Leaf - Cosmic Mario Forest Race (Comet)
- Toy Time - Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser
- Toy Time - The Flipswitch Chain (Before Mario Meets Mario, in case you fail at 50 star bits the first time)
- Toy Time - Mario Meets Mario (Skip Cutscenes)
- Toy Time - Fast Foes of Toy Time (Comet)
- Sea Slide - Going After Guppy
- Sea Slide - Underwater Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- Sea Slide - Faster than a Speeding Penguin
- Exit Engine Room
- To Kitchen Hungry Luma
- Drip Drop - Giant Eel Outbreak (600 star bits)
- Back to start of observatory; Hungry Luma star.
- Talk to the Mailtoad for Luigi's Honeyhive letter
- To Terrace
- Honeyhive - Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom (Skip cutscenes)
- Back to start of observatory; 60 stars.
- Say Yes/Go to Rosalina.
- Bowser's Galaxy Reactor - The Fate of the Universe
Route 2
- Mostly based on some early testing back when SMG first came out.
- Gateway Galaxy - Grand Star Rescue
- Good Egg Galaxy - Dino Piranha
- Good Egg Galaxy - A Snack of Cosmic Proportions
- Good Egg Galaxy - King Kaliente's Battle Fleet
- Honeyhive Galaxy - Bee Mario Takes Flight
- Honeyhive Galaxy - Trouble on the Tower
- Honeyhive Galaxy - Big Bad Bugaboom
- Loopdeeloop Galaxy - Surfing 101
- Flipswitch Galaxy - Painting the Planet Yellow
- Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor - Megaleg's Moon
- Space Junk Galaxy - Pull Star Path
- Space Junk Galaxy - Kamella's Airship Attack
- Rolling Green Galaxy - Rolling in the Clouds
- Honeyhive Galaxy - Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race
- Battlerock Galaxy - Battlerock Barrage
- Battlerock Galaxy - Breaking into the Battlerock
- Battlerock Galaxy - Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe
- Battlerock Galaxy - Topmaniac's Daredevil Run
- Hurry-Scurry Galaxy - Shrinking Satellite
- Bowser's Star Reactor - The Fiery Stronghold
- Beach Bowl Galaxy - Sunken Treasure
- Beach Bowl Galaxy - Passing the Swim Test
- Beach Bowl Galaxy - The Secret Undersea Cavern
- Beach Bowl Galaxy - Wall Jumping Up Waterfalls
- Beach Bowl Galaxy - Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone
- Ghostly Galaxy - Luigi in the Haunted Mansion
- Ghostly Galaxy - A Very Spooky Sprint
- Ghostly Galaxy - Beware of Bouldergeist
- Ghostly Galaxy - Matter Splatter Mansion
- Ghostly Galaxy - Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run
- Bubble Breeze Galaxy - Through the Poison Swamp
- Buoy Base Galaxy - The Secret of Buoy Base
- Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada - Sinking the Airships
- Good Egg Galaxy - Luigi on the Roof
- Gusty Garden Galaxy - Bunnies in the Wind
- Gusty Garden Galaxy - The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows
- Gusty Garden Galaxy - The Golden Chomp
- Gusty Garden Galaxy - Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble
- Gusty Garden Galaxy - Major Burrows's Daredevil Run
- Freezeflame Galaxy - The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr
- Freezeflame Galaxy - Frosty Cosmic Mario Race
- Freezeflame Galaxy - Conquering the Summit
- Bowser's Dark Matter Plant - Darkness on the Horizon
- Battlerock Galaxy - Luigi under the Saucer
- Gold Leaf Galaxy - Star Bunnies on the Hunt
- Gold Leaf Galaxy - The Bell on the Big Tree
- Gold Leaf Galaxy - Cataquack to the Skies
- Gold Leaf Galaxy - When It Rains, It Pours
- Gold Leaf Galaxy - Cosmic Mario Forest Race
- Sea Slide Galaxy - Going After Guppy
- Sea Slide Galaxy - Underwater Cosmic Mario Race
- Sea Slide Galaxy - Faster than a Speeding Penguin
- Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor - King Kaliente's Spicy Return
- Honeyhive Galaxy - Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom
- Sweet Sweet Galaxy - Rocky Road
- Sand Spiral Galaxy - Choosing a Favorite Snack
- Deep Dark Galaxy - The Underground Ghost Ship
- Deep Dark Galaxy - Bubble Blastoff
- Deep Dark Galaxy - Ghost Ship Daredevil Run
- Deep Dark Galaxy - Boo in a Box
- Bowser's Galaxy Reactor - The Fate of the Universe
120-star (100%)
Requires beating the game twice. Fifteen purple coin collect-a-thons don't appear until Bowser's Galaxy Reactor has been cleared. After collecting all 120 stars, defeating Bowser again unlocks Luigi as a playable character.
Segmented
Segment 1
- Gateway: Grand Star Rescue
Segment 2
- Good Egg: Dino Piranha
- Good Egg: A Snack of Cosmic Proportions
- Honeyhive: Bee Mario Takes Flight
Segment 3
- Honeyhive: Trouble on the Tower
- Honeyhive: Big Bad Bugaboom
- Loopdeloop: Surfing 101
- Flipswitch: Painting the Planet Yellow
- Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor: Megaleg's Moon
Segment 4
- Space Junk: Pull Star Path
- Space Junk: Kamella's Airship Attack
- Space Junk: Tarantox's Tangled Web
- Space Junk: Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance
Segment 5
- Rolling Green: Rolling in the Clouds
- Space Junk: Pull Star Path Speed Run (Comet)
- Bowser's Star Reactor: The Fiery Stronghold
Segment 6
- Beach Bowl: Sunken Treasure
- Beach Bowl: Passing the Swim Test
- Beach Bowl: The Secret Undersea Cavern
- Beach Bowl: Wall Jumping up Waterfalls
- Ghostly: Luigi and the Haunted Mansion
Segment 7
- Sweet Sweet: Rocky Road
- Good Egg: Luigi on the Roof
- Honeyhive: Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- Good Egg: King Kalientie's Battle Fleet
- Good Egg: Dino Piranha Speed Run (Comet)
Segment 8
- Battlerock: Battlerock Barrage
- Battlerock: Breaking into the Battlerock
- Battlerock: Battlerock's Garbage Dump
- Battlerock: Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe
- Save Battlerock: Topmaniac's Daredevil Run for later in Segment 11 (After Luigi under the Saucer and Shrinking Satellite).
Segment 9
- Beach Bowl: Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone (Comet)
- Ghostly: A Very Spooky Sprint
- Ghostly: Beware of Bouldergiest
- Ghostly: Matter Splatter Mansion
- Ghostly: Bouldergiest's Daredevil Run (Comet)
- Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armanda: Sinking the Airships
Segment 10
- Gusty Garden: Bunnies in the Wind
- Gusty Garden: The dirty Tricks of Major Burrows
- Gusty Garden: Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble
- Gusty Garden: The Golden Chomp
- Gusty Garden: Major Burrows's Daredevil Run (Comet)
- Freezeflame: The Frozen Peak of Baron Brr
Segment 11
- Talk to Mailtoad for Luigi's Battlerock Letter
- Battlerock: Topmaniac's Daredevil Run (Comet)
- Hurry Scurry: Shrinking Satellite
- Battlerock: Luigi under the Saucer
Segment 12
- Bubble Breeze: Through the Poison Swamp
- Buoy Base: The Floating Fortress
- Buoy Base: The Secret of Buoy Base
Segment 13
- Freezeflame: Conquering the Summit
- Freezeflame: Frosty Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- Freezeflame: Freezeflame's Blistering Core
- Freezeflame: Hot and Cold Collide
- Honeyclimb: Scaling the Sticky Wall
- Dusty Dune: Soaring on the Desert Winds
Segment 14
- Dusty Dune: Blasting through the Sand
- Dusty Dune: Sunbaked Sandcastle
- Dusty Dune: Sandblast Speed Run (Comet)
- Dusty Dune: Bullet Bill on your Back
- Bowser's Dark Matter Plant: Darkness on the Horizon
Segment 15
- Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor: King Kalientie's Spicy Return
Segment 16
- Bowser's Galaxy Reactor: The Fate of the Universe
Segment 17
- Talk to Mailtoad for Luigi's Honeyhive Letter
- Good Egg: Purple Coin Omelet (Comet)
- Space Junk: Purple Coin Spacewalk (Comet)
- Honeyhive: Honeyhive's Purple Coins (Comet)
- Battlerock: Battlerock's Purple Coins (Comet)
- Honeyhive: Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom
Segment 18
- Beach Bowl: Beachcombing for Purple Coins (Comet)
Segment 19
- Sling Pod: A Very Sticky Situation
Segment 20
- Ghostly: Purple Coins in the Bone Pen (Comet)
- Gold Leaf: Star Bunnies on the Hunt
- Gold Leaf: Cataquack to the Skies
- Gold Leaf: When it Rains, it Pours
- Gold Leaf: Cosmic Mario Forest Race (Comet)
- Gold Leaf: The Bell on the Big Tree
- Gold Leaf: Purple Coins in the Woods (Comet)
Segment 21
- Dusty Dune: Treasure of the Pyramid
Segment 22
- Dusty Dune: Purple Coins in the Desert (Comet)
- Sea Slide: Going after Guppy
- Sea Slide: Underwater Cosmic Mario Race (Comet)
- Sea Slide: Faster than a speeding Penguin
- Sea Slide: The Silver Stars of Sea Slide
- Sea Slide: Hurry, He's Hungry
Segment 23
- Gusty Garden: Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube (Comet)
- Toy Time: Heavy-Metal Mecha Bowser
- Sea Slide: Purple Coins of the Sea Slide (Comet)
- Toy Time: The Flipswitch Chain
- Toy Time: Fast Foes of Toy Time (Comet)
- Toy Time: Mario Meets Mario
- Toy Time: Bouncing Down Cake Lane
Segment 24
- Freezeflame: Freezeflame's Purple Coins (Comet)
- Gateway: Gateway's Purple Coins
Segment 25
- Toy Time: Luigi's Purple Coins (Comet)
- Deep Dark: The Underground Ghost Ship
- Deep Dark: Plunder the Purple Coins (Comet)
- Deep Dark: Bubble Blastoff
- Deep Dark: Ghost Ship Daredevil Run (Comet)
- Deep Dark: Guppy and the Underground Lake
- Deep Dark: Boo in a Box
Segment 26
- Dreadnought: Infiltrating the Dreadnought
- Dreadnought: Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons
- Dreadnought: Revenge of the Topman Tribe
- Dreadnought: Topman Tribe Speed Run (Comet)
- Dreadnought: Dreadnought's Garbage Dump
- Dreadnought: Battlestation's Purple Coins (Comet)
- Matter Splatter: Watch your Step
Segment 27
- Melty Molten: The Sinking Lava Spire
- Melty Molten: Through the Metor Storm
- Melty Molten: Fiery Dino Piranha
- Melty Molten: Lava Spire Daredevil Run (Comet)
- Melty Molten: Burning Tide
- Melty Molten: Red-Hot Purple Coins (Comet)
Segment 28
- Snow Cap: Star Bunnies in the Snow
- Drip Drop: Giant Eel Outbreak
- Bigmouth: Bigmouth's Gold Bait
- Sand Spiral: Choosing a Favorite Snack
- Boo's Boneyard: Racing the Spooky Speedster
Segment 29
- Rolling Gizmo: Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets
Segment 30
- Bubble Blast: The Electric Labyrinth
Segment 31
- Loopdeswoop: The Galaxy's Greatest Wave
Segment 32
- Bowser's Galaxy Reactor: The Fate of the Universe
- Luigi unlocked, End of game.
Single-Segment
121-star New Game+
- Target: Under 7 hours
- Total star bits needed: 6370
In this category, we start with Luigi immediately after unlocking him, and collect all 120 stars with him. We unlock the Grand Finale Galaxy and complete it. This prevents repetition in collecting all 120 stars twice in a single run, and shortens the run's length to a reasonable time frame.