This is a walkthrough for Whispering Woods in Paper Mario: The Origami King. Read on to learn locations for all Whispering Woods collectibles and treasure, hidden toads, hidden blocks, and confetti holes, as well as other useful tips and strategies for getting through this area.

Whispering Woods Walkthrough

Whispering Woods Outskirts

	Objectives
1	Hit A repeatedly to escape the tree you landed in, then go down the ledge in the south to find a non-bottomless hole.
2	Go back and collect confetti until the icon in the top-left turns yellow. Olivia will tell you once you've picked up enough confetti, but filling it up won't hurt. There are many holes in the world!
3	Return to the hole and press ZR to throw confetti until you fill the hole, then continue past and free your folded friend. Hold A for a few seconds to pull Olivia out of the ground.
4	Go back to the wider area and use 1,000-Fold Arms on the tree by the Magic Circle. If using motion controls, tilt the controller forward repeatedly to knock it down.
5	Go across the tree and to the right onto the next screen twice, into the heart of the Woods. Hit the ? Block on the way for a Mushroom.

Inside the Whispering Woods

	Objectives
1	Continue ahead to the right. Weave around in front of the spiky ground and fill in the hole with confetti to reach the ? Box with 1,000 coins.
2	Follow the path down and to the right. Jump up on the log against the back wall and up to the area with many vines.
3	Pull the vine in the back-right corner three times. After the third time, the log suspended from the tree will fall down and roll to the left. Collectible Treasure No. 1 can be obtained here. (Jump to Explanation)
4	Go left and jump up the platforms and onto the log that fell to reach the upper area. At the top, pull the vine attached to the party ball.
5	The vine will break, so hit the tree behind it with the hammer to create a Magic Circle.
6	Grab the vine and pull down with the 1,000-Fold Arms to open the confetti ball and get a Shriveled Seed.
7	Continue to the mist-filled path in the back. Before going through, go along the path to the right and fill in the hole with confetti. Go across to reach a ? Box with 1,000 coins.
8	In the next room, there will be a new path – using either will bring you back to the same room, like a loop.
9	Go on either path a few times and Olivia will want to rest on the stump. Go up there to start a cutscene.
10	After the cutscene, take the path to the right to continue. Continue until a battle with two rounds of 4 Goombas starts.
11	Fill up the hole to the left and continue. Continue to the far left to find a chest with Collectible Treasure No. 2. (Jump to Explanation)
12	Go to the ledge in the back and interact with the pond. You'll be able to choose something to throw in. Throw the Shriveled Seed into the pond to get the Soul Seed.
13	Return to the room with the stump. Throw confetti at the hole in the stump to repair it.
14	Select the Soul Seed and give it to the stump, then go east through the new path to the next area after the cutscene.

Back Outside the Woods

Video Walkthrough

Tips and Strategies

Start collecting Toads

There are a whopping twelve Toad locations to be found just in the area outside the Whispering Woods before reaching Toad Town. The more Toads you have, the more effective they will be when cheering for you in battle, so be sure to go ahead and grab all the Toads while you're here!

Whispering Woods Toad Locations

12 Locations Total

Location and Explanation
Enlarge Outside the Woods	After escaping the Whispering Woods, this Toad is encountered normally on the route, and rescued as part of the story.
Enlarge In the Tent	In the park area, open the pyramid-shaped tent to the left and hammer the Toad that comes out to rescue it.
Enlarge On the Swingset	In the park area, fight the Goomba on the swingset, then find this Toad folded up to look like a resting cicada on one of the ropes of the swingset. If you Hammer the swingset, it will fly onto the right vertical board.
Enlarge On the Stump by the Campfire	Jump onto the stump by the campfire and pull the Toad out.
Enlarge	Go left of the campfire to find another cicada in need of hammering.
Enlarge	In the pavilion in the park area, under the stump to the right of the table on the left. Press A to pull it out.
Enlarge	Hit the fried egg on the right table under the pavilion to free a very relieved Toad.
Enlarge In the Leaf Pile	Hit the pile of leaves in front of the pavilion with the Hammer to rescue a Toad.
Enlarge In the Flower Box	There is a flower box by the cabin without flowers. Hit it from below by jumping, then go up and hit the flower that appears with your hammer.
Enlarge In the Log Pile	Next to the log cabin, press A to interact with the front of the log pile. Mario will pull out a Toad.
Enlarge Left of the Log Cabin	Climb up the staircase to the Log Cabin and jump off to the left, behind the fence. You'll find a crumpled-up Toad.
Enlarge In the Big Shell	This Toad must be obtained later in the game after both reaching The Great Sea and defeating the Fire Vellumental. Read the full explanation below!

How to Find the Big Shell Toad

Enlarge

To obtain the most elusive Toad in Whispering Woods, you'll first need to reach The Great Sea. You'll want to complete this after breaking the Yellow Streamer so that you have access to the Fire Vellumental and the Sea Chart shown above. Visit the spot marked by the red boat icon, on the far right of square C3.

Here, you'll find a Shy Guy, who will tell you about a submerged shell. Press the D-pad here and search for the Big Shell.

Once you've obtained it, head to Whispering Woods and find the barbecue area. Use the Magic Circle to have a god-like phoenix light the barbecue grill. Overkill, much?

Use the Big Shell on the now-lit barbecue and you'll meet the Toad, who also happens to be the caretaker of the woods! He'll run off and unlock the nearby cabin, containing Collectible Treasure No. 3.

Whispering Woods Collectible Treasure Locations

3 Locations Total

Location and Treasure Name
Enlarge Treasure No. 1: Peach's Castle	In the area with the vines, pull the vine in the front-center (second vine from the left) to start a memory match mini-game. Make all the matches to get a Starman, making Mario invincible. Go across the spiky ground back and to the left while Mario is still invincible to reach a chest with Collectible Treasure No. 1, Peach's Castle.
Enlarge Treasure No. 2: Mushroom	In the first area when Goombas start appearing, go to the far left to find it in a chest.
Enlarge Treasure No. 3: Ol' Grandsappy	Follow the steps in the Toads section above to free the caretaker Toad, who will open the cabin. Inside, you'll find a chest with this treasure.

Whispering Woods ? Block (Hidden Block) Locations

10 Locations Total

Location
Enlarge	Enlarge
	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge

Whispering Woods Not-Bottomless (Confetti) Hole Locations

24 Locations Total

Location
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge
Enlarge	Enlarge

Story Walkthrough Related Links

Story Walkthrough

Main Story Walkthrough

Prologue
Peach's Castle
Red Streamer
Whispering Woods	Toad Town
Graffiti Underground	Picnic Road
Overlook Mountain	Earth Vellumental Temple
Overlook Tower	-
Blue Streamer
Autumn Mountain	Chestnut Valley
Water Vellumental Shrine	Eddy River
Shogun Studios	Ninja Attraction
Big Sho' Theater	-
Yellow Streamer
Sweetpaper Valley	The Princess Peach
Breezy Tunnel	Shroom City (Snif City)
Scorching Sandpaper Desert	Fire Vellumental Cave
Scorching Sandpaper West	Scorching Sandpaper Far West
Scorching Sandpaper East	Scorching Sandpaper Far East
Scorching Sandpaper Minor	Temple of Shrooms
Purple Streamer
The Great Sea	Bonehead Island
Crescent/Full Moon Island	Mushroom Island
Heart Island	Spade Island
Club Island	Ice Vellumental Mountain
Diamond Island	Sea Tower
Scuffle Island	? Island (Question Mark Island)
Hammer Island	-
Green Streamer
Shangri-Spa	Spring of Jungle Mist
Spring of Rainbows	Bowser's Castle
Finale
Hotfoot Crater	Origami Castle

Other Story Guides