[Guide] Super Mario Bros. Wonder | Every Sunbaked Desert Wonder Seed & Flower Coin

With Super Mario Bros. Wonder available now on the Nintendo Switch, the time has come to embark on a wonderful 2D adventure. Mario is back with the extended gang, resulting in a playable roster of 12 characters and with eight worlds to conquer in the Flower Kingdom, we’re on hand to walk you guys through how to obtain every Wonder Seed and Flower Coin available.

To kick things off, we’re going to do a quick little walkthrough to explain the purples of Flower Coins, Wonder Flowers, Wonder Seeds and Secret Exits before diving into World 4: Sunbaked Desert:

What are Flower Coins?

Flower Coins are large purple coins that can be found on given stages. Some will be obviously visible when exploring through levels, but others can be hidden and require players to meet a certain requirement to revel them. On stages where Flower Coins are present, there are three to be found and all are required to count towards a level’s complete completion.

What are Wonder Flowers?

Wonder Flowers are an item players can encounter during a level, which once interacted with, unleashes a Wonder Effect that immediately impacts the current stage. Where there is a Wonder Flower, there is always a Wonder Flower waiting to be discovered.

What are Wonder Seeds?

Wonder Seeds are the main collectable this time around, with Mario and friends needing to collect them in order to advance through the game. One Wonder Seed will always be given to the player upon completing a stage, but a second one can be obtained by activating the Wonder Flower and traversing the Wonder Effect to collect the Wonder Seed.

On some levels, it is possible there is a third Wonder Seed available, but in order to acquire it, players will need to discover the Secret Exit in order to obtain it. Wonder Seeds can also be purchased for 100 Purple Coins at Poplin Shops and through completing Challenge levels.

What are Secret Exits?

Not present on every level, Secret Exits are a secondary exit players can discover by taking a different route and encountering a second Flagpole at the end of the level. Jumping on the Flagpole will end the current level and reward players with a new Wonder Seed.

Every World 4: Sunbaked Desert Wonder Seed & Flower Coin:

Armads on the Roll:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 2

Flower Coin #1: Jump on a nearby Armad, causing it to roll up and steal its shell. Then use said shell to throw it at the flower bud above to make the Flower Coin appear.

Flower Coin #2: Between the two golden pipes, there is a block you can hit to the right-hand side of the left-most pipe. A Propeller Flower will sprout out and take you to a new screen, where you need to scale vines to reach the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: There is a golden pipe you can enter, which takes you to an underground area with Armads and cacti. Let the Armads break the cacti enough so you can jump up and get the Flower Coin.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: Strike the sky-bound flower bud to get the Wonder Flower to appear. Once triggered, the Wonder Effect makes everything super fast. Advance through the stage to reach the Wonder Seed.

Wonder Seed #2: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

The Desert Mystery:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 2

Flower Coin #1: When you come across a large blue structure with a handle on it, pull on the handle to reveal a golden pipe. Once inside the new area, pull on the handle to make the Flower Coin appear.

Flower Coin #2: In the area where there is a row of golden pipes on the floor, there is another handle for you to pull. If done right, a blue pipe will be revealed, enter it. With the Drill power-up, jump into the ceiling to get the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: After the checkpoint flag, there is a ramped platform with a handle above it on a pillar in the background. Pull on it to reveal the Flower Coin.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: After the third Flower Coin, you will come across another pillar with a handle. Pull on it to reveal the Wonder Flower. This time around, the Wonder Effect causes a large pyramid to appear, which you will need to navigate to reach the Wonder Seed.

Wonder Seed #2: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Rolling-Ball Hall:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 2

Flower Coin #1: Go down the first hill and you will notice a bit where you can leap upwards to a raised platform. To your left you will find the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #2: On the platform with multiple tiers, make sure the Revver is facing towards the left and grab hold of its handle and pull. The Revver will clear a path for you, taking you to a new screen where you can find the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: Once the Wonder Effect has ended, lead a spiked Rolling-Ball to the right, through some smashable blocks to reveal the third Flower Coin.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: Continuing right, heading past the Wonder Flower, hop onto a nearby block and come back on yourself, running along the upper level to collect the Wonder Flower. With the Wonder Effect triggered, your character will be pursued by large Rolling-Balls and need to collect five Wonder Tokens to make the Wonder Seed appear.

Wonder Seed #2: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Ninji Jump Party:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 2

Flower Coin #1: Following the main path, you need only to leap up to grab the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #2: In the area with the purple platforms that lead you up to a platform with a red curtain in the background, jump to the beat in time to reveal the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: Just before the fifth Wonder Token, leap up to collect the third Flower Coin.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: Hit the flower bud near the beginning of the to cause the Wonder Flower to appear. Once the Wonder Effect is activated, Ninji will start a song for you to jump a long to as you chase down five Wonder Tokens to make the Wonder Seed appear.

Wonder Seed #2: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Bloomps of the Desert Sky:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 2

Flower Coin #1: This Flower Coin can be found to the right of a Bloomp that moves upwards.

Flower Coin #2: When you come across the two Bloomp just before a pipe, bounce between them as they take you upwards to where you will find a platform of clouds, with the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: After the Wonder Effect, there is a pipe that shoots out Galoombas. The Flower Coin is between platforms but with a well-timed bounce you can jump for it and bounce off a Bloomp.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: Hidden inside a green Bloomp, burst the Bloomp to free the Wonder Flower. With the Wonder Effect, your character will swell up like a balloon and you must direct them upwards to reach the Wonder Seed.

Wonder Seed #2: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Valley Fulla Snootles:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 2

Flower Coin #1: When you come across two pipes next to one another, enter the first one to enter a new area where you will need to defeat the Snootles in your way and collect the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #2: After the checkpoint flag, you will happen upon gears encased in a triangle shape, which you can bounce off of. Time your jump just right, or land on the flying Koopa Troopa, to get the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: After the second checkpoint flag, when scaling the pillars, strike the flower bud to make the third Flower Coin appear.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: When you come across the five pillars, three all in a line, jump on the three pillars and leap between the two bricks to strike a hidden block. Out will come the Wonder Flower, with its Wonder Effect making everything move in slow motion.

Color-Switch Dungeon:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 2

Flower Coin #1: Hit the color switch to reverse track direction and ride the red Zip Track to collect the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #2: With the Wonder Effect finished and the checkpoint flag reached, where you see two blue Zip Tracks facing each other, go down them and be ready to leap into the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: Using a vase containing water, throw it over the dried-up flower bud to make the Flower Coin appear., It will drop down and you will need to head to where the two blue doors are to collect it.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: During the silhouette section, run past the Wonder Flower, hit the color switch and then scale onto the platform with the Wonder Flower. With the Wonder Effect triggered, your character will be pursued by a ghost version of your character. Evade them and navigate the maze to reach the Wonder Seed.

Wonder Seed #2: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Secrets of Shova Mansion:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 3

Flower Coin #1: In the first room with the Shova and a door you can go into, once you’ve pushed the red and yellow block in place, go all the way to the right and push the standing rectangular block to the right to reveal the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #2: In the section where there is a door on a lower platform and a Shova above it, wall-jump off the wall to reach the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: After you collect the second Flower Coin, go through the door beneath it and push the red and yellow block to the left to get to the third Flower Coin.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: Just before the second Flower Coin, push the red and yellow blocks in place, forming a perfect line to make a door appear. Go in the door and you’ll find the Wonder Flower. Once triggered, the Wonder Effect will have an empowered Shova push a large Bowser statue in your direction to crush you. To avoid the Shove, push all manner of blocks as you run to the right until you reach the Flower Seed.

Wonder Seed #2: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Secret Exit / Wonder Seed #3: In the area with the Flagpole, ignore it to ground pound the breakable bricks by the Shova and then push the green and yellow block to make a pipe spawn. Take the pipe to access the foreground and follow the path until you eventually come across a second Flagpole.

Flight of the Bloomps:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 2

Flower Coin #1: After the Wonder Effect section, the first Flower Coin can be found hidden in a cloud, but you will need to bounce of a purple Bloomp.

Flower Coin #2: Where you see the gold pipe near the top of the screen, bounce on the green Bloomp to enter the pipe. In the new area, run through the maze of pipes, dodging the Bloomps to drop down into the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: When you come across the Talking Flower that tells you “It’s a long way down,” using the Bloomps, bounce all the way to the right to collect the third Flower Coin.

Wonder Flower / Wonder Seed #1: Hidden amongst the clouds after the checkpoint flag, once you’ve leapt into the Wonder Flower, the Wonder Effect will cause a ginormous Bloomp to appear, which you will need to continuously bounce on to reach the Wonder Seed.

Wonder Seed #2: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Badge Challenge: Parachute Cap II:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 1

Flower Coin #1: Glide through the three flower buds, with the third flower bud spawning the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #2: Between two green platforms with Piranha Plants on them and a third plant on a blue platform, time your jump just right to get the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: The final Flower Coin can be encountered just above the Flagpole. Time your glide just right to glide through it and land on the top of the Flagpole.

Wonder Seed #1: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Badge Challenge: Crouching High Jump II:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 1

Flower Coin #1: When on the falling platform, you can do a quick Crouching High Jump into the wall, jumping off it to reach the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #2: Stay on the falling platform long enough to drop into the Flower Coin and then spring to safety.

Flower Coin #3: The final Flower Coin can be encountered between breakable bricks as you’re making your way up the level. Smash through bricks to get the Flower Coin.

Wonder Seed #1: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Expert Badge Challenge: Invisibility I:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 1

Flower Coin #1: Can be seen above a Bulrush. Jump onto it to collect it.

Flower Coin #2: Blocked in by breakable bricks either side, bait a Bulrush to charge through the blocks to get the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: Obstructed by blocks to its right with a Bulrush on the platform above it, lure the Bulrush to break the bricks to get the final Flower Coin.

Wonder Seed #1: Reach the end of the stage and climb onto the Flagpole.

Sunbaked Desert Palace:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seed: 1 | Royal Seed: 1

Flower Coin #1: Just after the first Thwomp, you will see the Flower Coin just before a second Thwomp. As you get closer to it, blocks will appear, almost sealing it off. Dodging the second Thwomp, jump through the opening and collect the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #2: When you come across a platform with a handle on it, next to the pipe spawning spiked Rolling-Balls, grab hold of the handle and pull on it to expose the Flower Coin.

Flower Coin #3: Easily visible up above to the right, close to the ceiling, you will need the Drill power-up to reach jump up from the brick to reach the cieling above, doing your best to avoid the flames, before making your way over to it.

Wonder Flower: Avoiding the spiked Rolling-Ball rolling left to right, pull on the handle to reveal the Wonder Flower. With the Wonder Effect triggered, gameplay will go from super-fast, to slow-mo until you collect the Wonder Seed.

Royal Seed #1: Beat Bowser Jr. to complete the stage.

KO Arena: Sunbaked Skirmish:

Flower Coins: 3 | Wonder Seeds: 1

Flower Coin #1: Beat the KO Arena stage in 200 seconds or less.

Flower Coin #2: Beat the KO Arena stage in 150 seconds or less.

Flower Coin #3: Beat the KO Arena stage in 100 seconds or less.

Wonder Seed #1: Beat the stage to collect the Wonder Seed.

Search Party: Pipe Park:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Collect five hidden Wonder Tokens to reveal the Wonder Seed.

Break Time! Treasure Vault:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Using the Drill power-up, navigate the stager to reach a section with breakable crates, containing the Wonder Seed.

Break Time! Raise the Stage:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Jump in time to the beat with the oversized Ninji to raise the stage and hit the elongated Question Mark block to make the Wonder Seed appear.

Break Time! Revver Run:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Grab hold of the Revver and let it lose, then race it back to the On-Off switch, hitting it as you go to complete the stage and get the Wonder Seed.

Break Time! Floating Wonder Tokens:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Collect five Wonder Tokens to get the Wonder Seed to appear.

Break Time! Bouncy Tunes:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Jump into the five Wonder Tokens to make the Wonder Seed appear.

Break Time! Lights Out:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Hit the On-Off switch to make everything dark and make your way to the Wonder Seed.

Sunbaked Desert House:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Simply visit the Sunbaked Desert House, completing the little platforming area first and talk to the Poplin to receive a Wonder Seed.

Poplin Shop:

Wonder Seeds: 1

Wonder Seed #1: Purchase the Wonder Seed for 100 Purple Coins.

Poplin Shop: (Hidden)

Wonder Seeds: 3

Wonder Seed #1: Purchase the Wonder Seed for 30 Purple Coins.

Wonder Seed #1: Purchase the Wonder Seed for 100 Purple Coins.

Wonder Seed #1: Purchase the Wonder Seed for 200 Purple Coins.