5-1: Sea of Lava
This is the first level in the Lava Zone. Many deadly and challenging traps await you in the badlands. Can you survive?
Difficulty: Brutal
Level Time: 400
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Magikoopa
Exit: Normal, Speedrun, Secret
Difficulty: Brutal
Level Time: 400
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Magikoopa
Exit: Normal, Speedrun, Secret
5-2: Magma Vaults
In the Magma Vaults, you need to find the Metal Suit, which lets you walk on lava. You will need this to pass the level.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level Time: 400
Midway Point: None
Boss: None
Exit: Normal, Run
Difficulty: Moderate
Level Time: 400
Midway Point: None
Boss: None
Exit: Normal, Run
5-3: Lava Plateau
The lava is rising in this area. You have no control of it. But you have to make your way through this crazy level. Reach the end before the rising or falling lava, gets you.
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: 500
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Red Birdo
Exit: Normal, Shadow, Secret
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: 500
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Red Birdo
Exit: Normal, Shadow, Secret
5-4: Blooper Basin
Blooper Basin is a secret war fortress built in the Lava Zone for King Blooper. You need to search for clues to figure out what is so great about the blooper race. However you might not find anything but lava and traps.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level Time: 400
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Hammer Brothers
Exit: Normal, Secret, Speedrun
Difficulty: Moderate
Level Time: 400
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Hammer Brothers
Exit: Normal, Secret, Speedrun
5-5: Volcano Depths
Filled with many pirhanha plants, deadly traps, an HIGH volcanic heat. Watch out in this deathly level.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level Time: 500
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Red Birdo
Exit: Normal, Speedrun
Difficulty: Moderate
Level Time: 500
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Red Birdo
Exit: Normal, Speedrun
5-6: Shrine Temple
This is one of the MOST IMPORTANT levels in the game. The Shrine Temple has many secrets about the blooper race and how to beat them. A mysterious ghost awaits in the temple, who will tell you a story about the King Blooper.
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: 400
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Bowser (Third Encounter)
Exit: Normal, Speedrun
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: 400
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Bowser (Third Encounter)
Exit: Normal, Speedrun
5-F1: Gooper Blooper's Fortress
Gooper Blooper's Fortress is a twisted level consisting of puzzles and wall triangles. Sometimes requires backtracking.
In this level, you have to find the exit to progres onto Gooper Blooper himself.
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: 500
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: KA-Boom Boom
Exit: Normal, Speedrun
In this level, you have to find the exit to progres onto Gooper Blooper himself.
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: 500
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: KA-Boom Boom
Exit: Normal, Speedrun
5-7: Gooper Blooper's Lava Nest
After you have completed Gooper Blooper's Fortress, you have to continue on in the lava lands to search for him. But its gonna get hot out there. A challenging level.
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: 500
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Gooper Blooper
Exit: Normal, Speedrun
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: 500
Midway Point: Gate
Boss: Gooper Blooper
Exit: Normal, Speedrun
5-8: Lava Stadium
This is a three parter level. Each part is a specific mission Bowser requests of you. He STOLE your golden star that you earned from Gooper Blooper. NOTE: This level does NOT have a shadow medal because it is not a true level. Bowser wants you to do three unbearable tasks. The first fighting a dragon, the second surviving under lava, the third figuring the way out of an impossible maze. Would Bowser THEN give Mario his golden star? Probably not.
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: First Task Unlimited Time, Second Task 900, Third Task 150
Midway Point: Hidden AFTER EACH TASK
Boss: Dragon, Fish Bone
Exit: Unknown
Difficulty: Hard
Level Time: First Task Unlimited Time, Second Task 900, Third Task 150
Midway Point: Hidden AFTER EACH TASK
Boss: Dragon, Fish Bone
Exit: Unknown