How to Clear Tour Challenges 1 and Availability | Mario Kart Tour

This page will cover the steps on clearing Tour Challenges 1 (how to obtain badges) as well as dates of availability. Read on for a list of rewards, tips, and strategy for Tour Challenges 1.

Tour Challenges 1 Rewards

Availability: 12/14 - 10:00 PM (PT) ~ 12/28 - 9:59 PM (PT)

Tips for Clearing Tour Challenges 1

Land 10 hits with Red Shells

Hit oppponents 10 times using Red Shells to clear this challenge.

Get any driver and take it to its favored course for a chance to get into Frenzy mode. Getting into Frenzy will let you shoot out items consecutively for a short while. You can also pair that driver to a glider with Red Shell Plus to further increase your chances of getting Red Shells in a race!

Gliders with Red Shell Plus

Peach Parasol	Oilpaper Umbrella	Strawberry Crêpe
Royal Parachute	Crimson Crane	Heart Balloons
Yoshi's Egg Hanafuda	Chocolate Donut	Boo Hanafuda
Jumping Mario Hanafuda	Butterfly Prism	Rose Parasol
Vampire Wings

Land 5 hits with Bananas

Landing 5 hits using Bananas will complete this challenge.

Select a driver with Banana Barrels, Triple Bananas, or Giant Bananas and take it to its favorite courses to get more Bananas in a race. You can also pair it to a glider with Banana Plus to further increase your chances of getting Bananas while racing!

Drivers with Banana Barrels

Diddy Kong

Funky Kong

Drivers with Triple Bananas

Waluigi (Bus Driver)	Dixie Kong	Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)
Daisy (Swimwear)

Drivers with Giant Banana

Donkey Kong	Morton	Mario (Sunshine)
Yellow Toad (Pit Crew)

Gliders with Banana Plus

Flower Glider	BBIA Parafoil	BaNaNa Parafoil
Sweetheart Glider	Bright Glider	Banana Wingtip
Tropical Glider	Great Sail	Sunset Balloons
Surf Master	Yukata Ribbon	Magic Parasol
New Year's 2022

Get a Fantastic combo a total of 5 times

Complete this challenge by getting Fantastic combo 5 times.

Take on T or R/T courses, as they have tons of ramps and platforms that you can use to perform combos in succession. You can also take on the Combo Attack Bonus Challenge a few times to clear this challenge, as it can help you perform combos.
How to Make Combos

Get 1 item from the Daily Selects section of the Shop

Buy an item from the Daily Selects to complete this challenge.

Open the shop in the main menu and scroll down to reach the Daily Selects section. Pick any item you want, buy it, and that will complete this challenge. If you don't have enough coins, you can always do Coin Rush, as long as you have tickets or rubies!
What Can You Buy in The Shop?

Get 3rd place or higher in a race 30 times

Place 3rd or higher in a race a total of 30 time to finish this challenge.

Completing this challenge will be easy. There is no speed requirement, which means you can go in 50cc races and beat all the bots you will face. But you can always go for 150cc or 200cc if you want to challenge yourself!

Cause opponents to crash using a Mega Mushroom

Ram into your opponents after activating a Mega Mushroom to complete this challenge.

There is a high chance you can get a Mega Mushroom when you are behind the race. Once you have the Mega Mushroom, stay close to your opponents and use it to cause them to crash and finish this challenge. Just be careful not to get hit by items, or the Mega Mushroom effect will go out.

Do 100 Jump Boosts

Perform a total of 100 Jump Boosts to clear this challenge.

Clear this challenge fast by taking on Do Jump Boosts or Combo Attack Bonus Challenge at least 2-3 runs. The courses on those bonus challenges have tons of ramps and platforms you can use to perform Jump Boosts. You can also go to T or R/T courses as they also provide almost the same amount of ramps and platforms on them.
How to do a Jump Boost

Land a hit with a Blooper

Complete this challenge by successfully landing a hit with a Blooper in a race.

Blooper is an item that any driver can pick up in a race, so select a course that favors one of your drivers to get 3 items slots in a race. You can use a glider with a Blooper Plus together with your driver to increase your chances of getting a Blooper in a race. Also, there is a higher chance of obtaining a Blooper if you are in the 4th-6th place in a race.

Race in every course of every cup, including bonus challenges

Finish the challenge by racing in all courses of each cups including bonus challenges.

You don't need to win in all the races on each course to finish the challenge. You only need to race at least once on each course, and you will get 2 Grand Stars for completing the challenge!
List of Courses and Shortcuts for All Courses

Mario Kart Tour Related Guides

List of Challenges

List of Challenges
Tour Challenges 1	Tour Challenges 2
Standard Challenges 1-1	Standard Challenges 1-2
Standard Challenges 1-3	Standard Challenges 1-4
Standard Challenges 1-5	Standard Challenges 2-1
Standard Challenges 2-2	Standard Challenges 2-3
Standard Challenges 2-4	Standard Challenges 2-5
Gold Challenges	Multiplayer Challenges
Expert Challenges	Anniversary Challenges
New Year's Challenges	Premium Challenges
Kart Pro Challenges	1.5 Year Anniversary Challenges 1
1.5 Year Anniversary Challenges 2	Tour Multiplayer Challenges
Summertime Challenges 1	Summertime Challenges 2
Autumn Challenges 1	Autumn Challenges 2
Premium Challenges+	Holiday Challenges

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