Barrel Volcano

**Barrel Volcano** is a volcano that Mario, Mallow, Geno, Bowser and Princess Toadstool enter to find the Muspelheim Key in *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Magician's Sword*. Mario reaches the Barrel Volcano by jumping right into the crater from the clouds of Nimbus Land.

Muspelheim Key is guarded by the Czar Dragon, but after they defeat it and get the star, it is stolen by the Axem Rangers. Mario and his party chase the Axem Rangers through the volcano and end up on top of it, where the Axem Rangers get onto their huge battleship Blade, but are followed by Mario. Mario battles the Axem Rangers on Blade, defeats them and destroys the ship.

Hinopio also runs an item shop, an inn and an armor shop in the volcano. Many diamonds can also be found inside the volcano.

## Obelisks

Volcanic obelisks are located at the end of the paths, and when the enemy is completely cleared in that layer, the obelisks begin to shine, and when the player touches the shining obelisk, it teleports to a lower layer. To teleport back, the player must come to the obelisk that has just teleported, and these obelisks appear purple. If any of these obelisks is damaged or broken, the player can collect the stone from the volcano and repair the obelisk. This feature is only available in SMRPG: Legend of the Magician's Sword: Because in this game the map of Barrel Volcano is different from the original game.

## Locations

There are 8 layers in this volcano. As the layers go down, new enemies appear and the difficulty increases. Czar Dragon and Muspelheim Key are located on the bottom layer.

In the first layer, it is where the player starts and it is the top part of the volcano. Enemies are weak in this layer and are the easiest. In this layer, Goomba and Koopas are very common. As the layers descend, the game increases difficulty and enemies become difficult.

On the bottom layer, it is the widest part of the volcano and has a variety of enemy bars, and this layer also hosts the strongest enemies. Pyrospheres are very common in lava rivers. Unlike Muspelheim's lava rivers, pyrospheres are extremely visible in this volcano. Czar Dragons will appear when the player reaches the center of the volcano (inner caldera), with the Muspelheim Key in the middle. To get this key, all dragons must be killed because the shield will appear around the key. When all dragons die, the shield disappears and the player allows to receive the key, but the lava pit explodes violently when the player receives the key. At the moment of the explosion, the volcano throws the player into the Vista Hills and the player hits the low section of Bowser Rock.

## Bosses

*Main article: Czar Dragon*

The **Czar Dragon** is a dragon made out of many Pyrospheres and the boss of the Barrel Volcano, who is guarding the Muspelheim Key in *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Magician's Sword*. The dragon first appears when a group of Pyrospheres join together to form it, and it immediately attacks the party. The dragon is physically strong and uses a small variety of powerful magic, most notable of them Flame Wall.

### Bahamuth

Bahamuth is a Muspelheim dragon and he is also Hawth's pet. He rarely appears after the Czar Dragons die, but he does not attack the player. He just curses that player. To get rid of his curse, it is necessary to go to Nimbus Land and drink the Holy Potion water, or the player will die by the curse.

## Music

Layer 1-7

Layer 8

Czar Dragons