Vine

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Vines (also known as beanstalks) are essentially used as ladders in the Mario series.

Characteristics

Vine are often shown as having a Jumpin' Piranha Plant head while growing, but the head disappears once fully grown. A vine will grow indefinitely unless a block is above it, in which case the vine will stop there. They originally appeared in the original Super Mario Bros., where they were dormant inside ? blocks, until the player hits the block and they grow upward, often leading to secrets.

Hacking Information

In Super Mario world, they can either be placed as a turn block (extended object command 2B, depends on X position), one that grows automatically once onscreen (sprite command 79), or simply as a tile(standard object command 13). As the growing vines have a piranha plant head, it will change to a jumpin' pumpkin plant head after the completion of the Special World. Under "Change Properties in Header" in Lunar Magic, you can set the Layer 1 (FG) Vertical Scrolling in a level to "No Vertical Scroll Unless Flying/Climbing/etc".

Glitches

• Items cannot be normally held while climbing a vine. However, by throwing an item upward and catching while climbing, one can carry one with him.
• If a level is completed while Mario is climbing a vine, he will continue to climb in the "Level Complete" message.