Excess Express is a train that goes from Rogueport to Poshley Heights in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (TTYD) that you can board starting from Chapter 6. Check out all of the characters, Star Pieces, Shine Sprites, shops, quests, enemies, and other points of interest that you can find on the Excess Express!

Related Locations
Excess Express	Riverside Station	Poshley Heights	Poshley Sanctum

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Star Pieces	Shine Sprites	Chests	Items

Star Pieces in Excess Express

	Details	In-Game Image
	Chapter Unlocked: 6 Beneath a panel in the southwest corner of cabin 004.
	Chapter Unlocked: 6 Beneath a panel in front of the gauge in the engineer's room.
	Chapter Unlocked: 6 Inside the drawer of cabin 008.
	Chapter Unlocked: 6 Given to Mario by Chef Shimi as a reward for giving back his Galley Pot.
	Chapter Unlocked: 6 Given to Mario by the Express waitress in the dining car as a reward for giving back her Shell Earrings.

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Shine Sprites in Excess Express

	Details	In-Game Image
	Chapter Unlocked: 6 Behind the table in cabin 005, Mario's cabin.
	Chapter Unlocked: 6 Give Bub the Bob-omb the engineer's autograph to receive a Shine Sprite.

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Treasure Chests in Excess Express

	Details	In-Game Image
	Chapter Unlocked: 6 In the baggage room, behind crates that you need Paper Mode to get through. Contains Ragged Diary

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Items in Excess Express

Attention!	Spoiler Warning! The table below contains spoilers for the mysteries aboard the Excess Express in Chapter 6.

Item	How to Get
Dried Shroom	Found when interacting with the drawer in Mario's cabin, 005.
Galley Pot	Found when interacting with Heff T.'s drawer in cabin 003. This can only be done after talking to the conductor and checking the commotion in the kitchen.
Autograph	Given by the train engineer in the engineer's car on the east side of the train after talking to Bub and the conductor after completing the stew mystery.
Blanket	Given by Ghost. T in cabin 004 in exchange for her Ragged Diary.
Super Shroom	Given by the conductor in exchange for the Blanket.
Vital Paper	Found on the floor in cabin 001. This can only be done after talking to Pennington on the second day of the train voyage.
Briefcase	Can be obtained after catching the culprit in cabin 005. This can only be done after showing the Vital Paper to Pennington.
Gold Ring
Shell Earrings

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List of Excess Express Shops

Sales Stall Item Shop

Sales Stall Items
Tasty Tonic 3 Coins	Mystery 3 Coins	Thunder Rage 15 Coins
Maple Syrup 15 Coins	Super Shroom 15 Coins	Boo's Sheet 20 Coins

Sales Stall is an item shop located inside the dining car of the Excess Express. This shop closes during the night portion of Chapter 6.

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Excess Express Characters and Cabins

Mystery Suspects

Character	Info
Train Engineer Engine Room	・ Is responsible for driving the train ・ Can only be found in the Engine Room
Zip Toad Cabin 001	・ Is a high-profile celebrity ・ Can be found missing from his cabin in day 2
Toodles Cabin 002	・ Mising Item: Gold Ring ・ A wealthy toad that lives in Poshley Heights
Heff T. Cabin 003	・ Loves to eat food ・ Mentions that he hears noises in cabin 004
No Passenger Cabin 004	・ It looks like an empty room ・ Heff T. hears strange noises coming from here
Mario Cabin 005	・ It's you! ・ Investigates the mysteries of the Excess Express
Waitress Dining Car	・ Mising Item: Shell Earrings ・ A toad waitress that works at th Excess Express
Chef Shimi Dining Car	・ Mising Item: Stew and Galley Pot ・ A Cheep Cheep chef that works in th Excess Express
Pennington Cabin 006	・ A detective that asks Mario to solve the missing item cases ・ Appears to be a fan of Luigi
Businessman Cabin 007	・ Mising Item: Briefcase ・ A ratooey businessman from Glitzville
Goldbob, Sylvia, and Bub Cabin 008	・ A wealthy family of Bob-ombs ・ Don't agree about what to give Bub for his birthday
Conductor Car Four	・ Mising Item: Blanket ・ The train conductor guarding the baggage room

These characters, aside from Heff T. and the train employees, are only on the train in Chapter 6.

The Train Conductor

You can speak to the conductor about the mysterious note found in Mario's cabin, triggering the start of the series of mysteries on the Excess Express.

When you speak to him later at night after completing Bub's request, he will tell you that there is an extra passenger onboard the train due to the number of blankets he handed out.

The conductor can be found in Car Four in front of the door that leads to the baggage car.

Pennington the Penguin Detective

Pennington can be found in cabin 006, and you can always ask him about the next clue or step of the mystery that is happening around the train.

Talking to Pennington on the second day of the train voyage in cabin 006 will trigger the last part of the mystery. He can be seen talking with the businessman in his cabin.

Ghost T. the Ghost of Excess Express

The mysteriously empty cabin 004 actually holds a stowaway in the form of Ghost T. Use Vivian's ability to draw her out.

Ghost T. will request that you retrieve her Ragged Diary from the baggage car of the train. Upon obtaining the diary, you have the option to read it from your inventory. However, if you insist on reading it, Ghost T. will stop you and cause a Game Over.

Chapter 6: 3 Days of Excess Walkthrough

Excess Express Trouble Center Quest Clients

Trouble	Troubled	Reward
Get These Ingredients!	Chef Shimi	40 Coins

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Excess Express Bosses

Bosses in Excess Express

Enemy	HP	Atk	Def
Smorg Boss	4	3	0

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Excess Express Details and Chapter Unlocked

Excess Express
Description	A train that runs from Rogueport to Riverside Station and Poshley Heights.
Chapter Introduced	Chapter 6

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Boggly Woods	Creepy Steeple	Excess Express	Fahr Outpost	Glitz Pit
Glitzville	Hooktail Castle	Keelhaul Key	Moon	Palace of Shadow
Palace of Shadow Tower	Petal Meadows	Petalburg	Pirate's Grotto	Pit of 100 Trials
Poshley Heights	Poshley Sanctum	Riverside Station	Rogueport	Rogueport Sewers
Shhwonk Fortress	The Great Tree	Twilight Town	Twilight Trail	X-Naut Fortress

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