How to Start a Fire in Whispering Woods

Do you wanna build a fii~re? If so you've come to the right place! This is a guide on how to start the campfire in Paper Mario: The Origami King. The wood logs of the campfire in Whispering Woods are begging to be burned, and you get rewards to do so, so let's bring the heat!

How to Start the Fire

Defeat the Fire Vellumental

To light fire (campfire) in Whispering Woods, first you will need the help of the Fire Vellumental.

This fiery foe can be found in the Scorching Sandpaper Desert, after rescuing Professor Toad. Technically, this is enough to light fire, but that won't give any rewards on its own, so you will want to continue the story until you...

Get the Sea Chart and Find the Shell

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To get a use out of the camfire at Whispering Woods, you also need the Sea Chart. To get it, you need to defeat Rubber Band and enter the Sun Altar in Scorching Sandpaper Desert.

After that, clear the fog on Bonehead Island, then set out to search for the Big Shell.

Story Walkthrough

How to Find the Big Shell

1	Enlarge Use the Sea Chart to head to the border between C3 and D3.
2	Enlarge Find the Shy Guy and dive here with the D-pad.
3	Enlarge Pull up the Big Shell.

Go to Whispering Woods

Now that the preparations are finally done, it's time to return to Whispering Woods and start to light fire!

How to Light the Campfire

1	Enlarge Head to Whispering Woods and the campfire.
2	Enlarge Find the Magic Circle to the left of the campfire and use the Fire Vellumental's powers.
3	Enlarge Use the Big Shell on the grill and wait for it to open.

And that's it! Congratulations on finally starting the Whispering Woods fire!

Rewards for Lighting the Campfire

Toad Trapped in the Shell

The (Venus) Toad you end up freeing from the Shell is actually the owner of the Cabin close by, and the last Toad to collect in Whispering Woods.

List of All Toad Locations

Treasure

Once Venus Toad has been freed, you can enter the cabin by the campsite to find the last treasure of Whispering Woods, Treasure No. 3: Ol' Grandsappy.

Those 100% warm almost as much as the fire!

List of All Collectible Treasure Locations

Music

And lastly, if you are anything like us, you will either get Disco Inferno or Burn Baby Burn stuck in your head. Enjoy!

Related Guides

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