Basic Any% Route

<languages /> This route is based off of Poka's 1:36:17. The boss objectives are changed to reflect a typical beginner run. Notes will be placed throughout the page with top strat alternatives.

Natural Plains

Stage	Dee's	Objective	Seg.	Total
1-1	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	4
	★ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Make 5 Tulips Bloom
	☆	Break the buildings shutter
	☆	Ride the spewing water up to the balcony
1-2	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	8
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Find the secret room
	☆	Light 4 Lantern Switches
	★	Remove wanted poster
1-3	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	13
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Find the side road while going uphill
	☆	Eat 1/3 snacks off tree stumps
	★	Drive without falling off the ledge
1-4	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	17
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Eat 4 Doughnuts
	★	Eat an Invincibility Candy
	☆	Navigate the Mall without getting lost
Boss (17)	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	22
	☆	Defeat with Sword
	★	Slip through Gorimondo's legs
	★	Clear within 2:00
	☆	Clear without taking damage

Everbay Coast

Tornado and Fire use the exact same Waddle Dee routing

Stage	Dee's	Objective	Seg.	Total
2-1	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	26
	☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Crack open 3 Knock Knock Nuts
	★	Destroy the animal sand sculpture
	☆	Complete the sign on the rooftop
2-2	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	30
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Greet 3 Sea Birds
	☆	Make landfall on the isle of treasure
	☆	Dig up the Maxim Tomato
2-3	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	35
	☆ ☆ ☆ ★	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Remove 3 wanted posters
	☆	Don't touch spikes in the secret room
	★	Freeze Fleurina with Ice
2-4	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	6	41
	★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Eat 1/3 Tins of Fish
	★	Win the battle without falling in the water
	★	Find the golden fish
Boss (19)	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	46
	☆	Destroy Tropic Woods' Roots
	☆	Defeat without Abilities
	★	Clear within 2:00
	★	Clear without taking damage

Wondaria Remains

Alternate 3-2 Route: Not completing the first race and instead collecting the final Waddle Dee

Stage	Dee's	Objective	Seg.	Total
3-1	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	50
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Help the lost ducklings find their mama
	★	Enjoy the view from the top of the rocket
	☆	Make all the wilted flowers bloom
3-2	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	55
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Beat the first race in under 20s
	☆	Defeat Wild Edge using an Invincibilty Candy
	★	Break the cardboard shortcuts
3-3	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	6	61
	☆ ☆ ☆ ★	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Don't get hit by any ghost gordos
	★	Eat 3 of the ghosts hidden snacks
	☆	Destroy 13 aliens using Vending Mouth
3-4	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	6	67
	☆ ☆ ★ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Help the lost ducklings find their mama
	★	Remove Elfilin's Wanted Poster
	★	Clear without stepping on any mud
Boss (21)	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	72
	☆	Hit high-up Clawroline using Ranger
	★	Defeat without floating
	★	Clear within 1:30
	☆	Clear without taking damage

Winter Horns

4-1 Snow Sculptures and 4-3 Seafood can be swapped if desired
For HSJ alternatives click here

Stage	Dee's	Objective	Seg.	Total
4-1	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	6	78
	☆ ☆ ★ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Destroy 1/4 animal snow sculptures
	★	Find the side alley
	★	Reach the clock tower
4-2	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	7	85
	☆ ☆ ★ ★	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Stand on top of 2 trains
	☆	Find 2 secret passages
	★	Check inside the shipping container
4-3	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	7	92
	☆ ☆ ☆ ★ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Find a cave that's safe from wind
	★	Enjoy 3 meals at sea
	★	Jump into the secret underground room
4-4	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	3	95
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Remove 4 wanted posters
	☆	Beat Twin Frosty without getting hit
	☆	Take a detour and find the Maxim Tomato
Boss (23)	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	100
	★	Swallow Dedede's Hammer
	☆	Clear without gaurding
	★	Clear within 1:30
	☆	Clear without taking damage

Originull Wasteland

This table is for World 5 with Fire
For World 5 with Torando click here

Stage	Dee's	Objective	Seg.	Total
5-1	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	105
	☆ ★ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	☆	Shoot 3 flying targets
	★	Defeat the lost Squishy
	☆	Defeat Fleurina using Ring Mouth
5-2	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	8	113
	★ ★ ☆ ☆ ★	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Take a nap by the secret pool
	★	Defeat 2 Poison Croakoms
	☆	Diligent digging in the secret room
5-3	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	117
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Taste 3 kinds of ice cream
	☆	Defeat Wild Bonkers with the Cutter ability
	☆	Fit through all holes using mouthful modes
5-4	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	8	125
	☆ ★ ★ ☆ ★	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Remove 3 wanted posters
	☆	Clear the secret room without falling
	★	Find the treasure hidden by cactus triplets
Boss (25)	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	129
	☆	Hit 3 of Sillydillo's handmade Kirbys
	☆	Defeat with the Hammer ability
	★	Clear within 2:00
	☆	Clear without taking damage

Redgar Forbidden Lands

You must have at least 128 Waddle Dee's after completing Sillydillo
If you only have 127, replace 6-4 Coaster Dee with 6-2 Shaft Dee
For HSJ alternatives click here

Stage	Dee's	Objective	Seg.	Total
6-1	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	4	133
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Defeat 2 lookout Awoofies
	☆	Find the secret passage
	☆	Use water to destroy 7 falling lava balls
6-2	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	5	138
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Steal 2 of the beasts meaty meals
	☆	Make all the Windmill Switches spin
	★	Use crash to defeat Wild Frosty
6-3	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	0	146
	★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Infiltrate the control room
	★	Perk up with 3 cups of coffee
	★	Don't get squished
Shopping		⬤ ⬤ ⬤ (Hold) ⬤	Cost: $600
6-4	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	9	155
	★ ★ ☆ ☆ ★	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Venture deep into the secret passage
	★	Defeat Sillydillo in 1:30
	★	Defeat Clawroline without getting hit
6-5	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	6	161
	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ★	Save the hidden Waddle Dee's
	★	Defeat all the beasts in the starting area
	☆	Remove 5 wanted posters
	★	Don't fall in lava while using Cone Mouth
Boss (32)	★ ★ ★	Clear the Stage	3	164
	☆	Don't get hit by Forgo Dedede's fire attack
	☆	Clear using a second level evolved ability
	☆	Clear within 2:00
	☆	Clear without taking damage