Dive into the depths of Super Mario RPG’s Sunken Ship, where six cryptic puzzles guard a secret password that unlocks a treasure vault-and a fierce boss battle. After collecting clues from eerie rooms filled with Greapers and Dry Bones, players must crack the code by hitting floating letter blocks to spell out the ocean-themed word “PEARLS.” Master this puzzle to advance your adventure beneath the waves and claim your prize.
You do not need to solve all the prior puzzle rooms to get the code. If you know the password, you can just input it and skip all that stuff. There are additional items you get as rewards (like Flowers), though, so if you’re hankering for more stuff, you should do those puzzles.
Below, we explain the Sunken Ship password in Super Mario RPG and how to input it.
Super Mario RPG Sunken Ship password puzzle solution
To solve the Sunken Ship password puzzle in Super Mario RPG, you need to spell out the word “PEARLS” by hitting six floating letter blocks in the correct order. Each block is numbered from one to six, and you must jump under each block and hit it repeatedly until the correct letter appears: P, E, A, R, L, and S respectively. This password is revealed through clues found in six different memos scattered around the ship. Once entered correctly, the password opens the door to the next room, leading to the boss fight with King Calamari.
The password is “PEARLS.” You just have to hit each of the six blocks and select the corresponding letter to spell it out.
Importantly, make sure you’re reading which block is correlated to which letter. Key letter 1 needs to be set to P, key letter 2 needs to be set to E, key letter 3 needs to be set to A, and so forth until you spell out “PEARLS.”
They’re not in order from left-to-right, the way you’d expect, so if the game is saying the password is wrong, this is likely why. It kind of wraps around going from left-to-right and then right-to-left. See the image above for reference.
Once you input the password, interact with the speaker-tuba-thing behind the letters. Once you do, be ready to take on a boss and fight your way through more rats and fish before you get to the end of the Sunken Ship.
How does the password “PEARLS” unlock the Sunken Ship in Super Mario RPG
The password “PEARLS” unlocks the Sunken Ship door in Super Mario RPG by requiring players to hit six floating letter blocks in a specific order, each corresponding to a letter in the word “PEARLS.” Players must stand under each numbered block and jump to cycle through letters until the correct one is selected. After spelling out “PEARLS,” interacting with the nearby mouthpiece confirms the password, which opens the door leading to the King Calamari boss fight inside the Sunken Ship. This password is derived from clues found in the ship, emphasizing something valuable found on the ocean floor, and is the only correct solution to progress past the locked door.
How do the number of hits on each block correspond to spelling “PEARLS”
In the Sunken Ship password puzzle of Super Mario RPG, each of the six floating letter blocks corresponds to one letter in the password “PEARLS.” To select the correct letter on each block, players must hit the block repeatedly, cycling through letters until the desired one appears. The number of hits on each block determines which letter is selected, effectively spelling out “PEARLS” across the six blocks in order. Once all blocks display the correct letters, the password is complete and the door unlocks.
