Show off your victories in style: With over a thousand unlockable stickers in Mario Kart World on Nintendo Switch 2, every race is a chance to personalize your kart and flaunt your achievements to rivals on the track. Whether you earn them by conquering tough challenges, hitting milestones, or simply logging in, stickers are more than just decoration-they’re your badge of honor in the world’s wildest kart racer.
Mario Kart World offers a multitude of options when it comes to stickers and each one can give that additional flavor you might want to add to your favorite character and kart. But if you have been hit by a rogue Green Shell and have no idea what to do with the stickers, don’t worry. Below, you will find a complete rundown on how to use stickers in Mario Kart World.
How to use stickers in Mario Kart World
To use stickers in Mario Kart World on Nintendo Switch 2, start by accessing the “Stickers” option found at the bottom left of the main menu. This opens a gallery showing all stickers you’ve unlocked. Selecting a sticker here will instantly apply it to all your vehicles and change the sticker icon visible on menus and leaderboards. Alternatively, you can add or change stickers on the vehicle selection screen by pressing the + button, allowing you to pick from your unlocked collection before racing. Each vehicle displays the sticker in a specific, preset position, and only one sticker can be active at a time. Stickers not only decorate your karts but also let you showcase your achievements to other players during races.
Right from the initial screen in Mario Kart World, you can access the “Stickers” menu, which displays the ones you have already unlocked. Stickers work only as cosmetics you can add to your kart and profile, having no effect on your character or vehicle during a race.
You can select only one sticker and change the sticker you’re using whenever you want by accessing the Stickers menu from the starting screen (the icon changes to the sticker you’re currently using) or in the kart selection screen (when in the latter, press the button).
When you select a sticker, it will appear in the corner of your character’s portrait (during online races as well) and on your vehicle. You can’t customize where the sticker is located on your kart or bike. On some vehicles, like the Biddybuggy, we couldn’t even see where the sticker was.
How to get more stickers in Mario Kart World
To get more stickers in Mario Kart World, you can unlock them by engaging in a variety of in-game activities. These include completing Grand Prix races such as the Special Cup, finishing P-Switch missions in Free Roam, collecting Peach Medallions, and activating ? Panels. Additionally, stickers are awarded for reaching gameplay milestones like driving and gliding set distances, performing tricks, and participating in a certain number of races. Some stickers are also earned simply by starting the game. Exploring all game modes and challenges thoroughly is the best way to accumulate a large collection of stickers to customize your vehicles and showcase your achievements.
As you play the game and do all the things Mario Kart World allows you to do, you get more stickers. Since you unlock stickers by completing certain milestones in the game, they are great when it comes to sending a message to your competitors. You might want to let them know you’re an experienced player by using a sticker given only after driving a certain number of kilometers; or that style comes before speed with a sticker you got after landing 100 tricks.
The best strategy to get more stickers and hit the right mood you want for a race is to play the game as much as you can, exploring all it has to offer. Play all the cups, grab all the coins. Eventually, you will have enough stickers to pick one to match your setup.
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What secret techniques can unlock rare Mario Kart World stickers faster
To unlock rare Mario Kart World stickers faster, several secret techniques and strategies can help speed up the process:
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Coin Farming Loop: Follow closely behind a vehicle or boat that continuously drops 3 coins and keep collecting them repeatedly in a loop. This is an efficient way to rapidly accumulate coins, which are required to unlock some stickers.
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Time Trials on Mario Circuit: Repeatedly running the Mario Circuit time trial is considered an effective way to rack up race completions and earn related stickers.
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Trick Timing: When performing tricks, avoid mashing the trick button rapidly. Instead, time the presses about half a second apart to do tricks faster and accrue sticker progress involving tricks quicker.
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Coin Pile Rotation: For coin collection tasks, target four specific locations with large coin piles (such as Peach Beach). After collecting all coins from one area, quit to the main menu and return to the location, as coins will respawn. Rotate through these areas to maximize coin gain.
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Unlock Special Cups and Medallions: Completing Grand Prix Cups, P-Switch Missions, collecting Peach Medallions, and activating question mark panels unlock many sticker batches, often including rare ones.
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Use Binoculars and Photo Mode to Spot Hidden Items: In Free Roam mode, switching to photo mode while using binoculars can remove overlays and better reveal hidden stickers or collectibles to unlock efficiently.
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Make Kamik Item Appear Faster in Two-Player Split Screen: For unlocking characters that may grant stickers, set computer difficulty to “no computer,” let one player wait behind item boxes while the other moves ahead, use two item boxes to get the Kamik item faster, speeding up character and related sticker unlocks.
These methods combine efficient farming of required resources like coins, race completions, and collectibles, plus smart use of game mechanics like item box manipulation and exploration tools to unlock rare stickers more quickly than just casually playing.
If you want, I can give you detailed steps for any specific method above.
What hidden techniques do players use to earn coins quickly in Mario Kart World
Players use several hidden and effective techniques to earn coins quickly in Mario Kart World:
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Follow the Red NPC Car: The best method is to find and tail the rare red car with question mark blocks on the windows. This car drops coins at a rate of about one coin per second in a slight zig-zag pattern behind it, allowing players to collect coins easily while driving. This can help earn the 3,000 coins needed to unlock all vehicles in under an hour. These cars are often spotted in areas like Crown City, DK Spaceport, Toad’s Factory, and Choco Mountain.
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Follow NPC Vehicles Dropping Coin Trails: Common vehicles and boats in free roam drop a trail of three coins continuously. Following these can generate a steady supply of coins, especially if combined with the rare red car method.
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AFK Farming at Toad’s Factory Conveyor Belt: In Free Roam mode, head to Toad’s Factory and enter the water near the Mario Kart banner to reach the conveyor belt that continuously drops coins and boxes. Positioning your kart facing the conveyor belt, you can earn about 5 coins every 20 seconds while idling, making this a low-effort coin farming spot, though slower than active methods.
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Farm Giant Coin Stacks: Large piles of coins spawn around the map in certain locations, notably near Boo Cinema. Collecting these stacks gives a significant coin boost, roughly 50 to 100 coins each. However, these piles respawn only after quitting and restarting the game, which can be tedious but useful for quick coin injections.
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Use Coin Shell Item: During races, using the Coin Shell item creates a trail of coins that players can chase and collect quickly to boost coin totals.
These methods combine both active following of NPCs with coin drops and passive farming spots to maximize coin gain efficiently in Mario Kart World.
