World 7

World 7-1

Reach the flagpole past Hammer Brothers and Bullet Bills.

How to progress

1. Hammer Brothers appear on tall block sets. Wait for them to drop, or run-jump the flats. Do not camp under hammers.
2. A power-up sits in bricks above twin cannons.
3. A pipe leads to a coin room (optional).
4. Flagpole.

Hazards that matter

• Hammer Brothers
• Bullet Bills
• Koopa Paratroopas under ? blocks

Notes

• A hidden 1-Up near the coin-room pipe is documented as appearing only if you collected every coin in World 6-3 or warped into World 7-1.

World 7-2

Swim the 2-2 layout with more Bloopers.

How to progress

1. Same job as 2-2. Fireballs work underwater if you have the Flower.
2. Bloopers that swim off-screen can return from behind.
3. Exit pipe, then flagpole.

Hazards that matter

• More Bloopers than 2-2
• Cheep-Cheeps
• drains

World 7-3

Cross the 2-3 bridges with added Troopas and Paratroopas.

How to progress

1. Harder 2-3. Grab the ? power-up on a right-hand bridge if you can do it without getting launched by a Cheep-Cheep.
2. Some Paratroopas never land. Small Mario can run under them; Super Mario can duck.
3. Flagpole.

Hazards that matter

• Leaping Cheep-Cheeps
• Koopa Troopas on bridges
• Paratroopas that stay in the air

World 7-4

Hit three correct heights, then the axe. Wrong paths loop.

How to progress

1. Maze castle. First zone correct order: bottom path, then middle, then top.
2. Second zone: go above the hanging fire-bar, then along the middle of the long block sets, then back to the top.
3. If you see the low alcove after that, you are through.
4. Impostor throws hammers. Get inside the hammer arc or run under a jump, then axe.

Hazards that matter

• Looping maze
• dropping lifts over lava
• fire-bars
• hammer-throwing impostor

Notes

• StrategyWiki notes the maze can rarely loop even on the right path; slow down and repeat the height order.
• Vs. Super Mario Bros. uses a different maze order. This page is NES Super Mario Bros., not Vs.