Osohe Castle

Osohe Castle is an important location in Mother 3. It is located outside of Tazmily Village, and past the graveyard. Osohe Castle is also the main setting for Chapter 2.

Area description

The bazaar selling (from left) Fresh Mints, Rope Snake and Beef Jerky.

It is a very large castle, haunted by various ghosts inside. Many of the rooms are in ruins, such as large gaps in the floor or piles of debris blocking paths. As such, one must use unconventional methods to fully explore the castle.

Osohe Castle is known for the ghosts within, ranging from simple but hostile ghosts to poltergeists, and to friendly ghosts. The friendly ghosts frequently hold dinner parties in the dining room, and treasure Rotten Eclairs. They use rotten eclairs either for trade and barter, or as a food. One of the ghosts owns a bazaar, selling either Fresh Mints, Beef Jerky or a Rope Snake.

There are two enchanted doors inside of the castle, and can only be opened by doing a specific dance. Only a handful of people know and can perform the dance, such as Wess and Kumatora. However, Salsa also learns how to do the dance by closely observing the figures depicted on the nearby wall. These doors lead to secret areas, with one door leading to the basement and another leads to the upper levels of the castle. Inside of the basement, one door eventually leads to the Needle hidden away in the castle. Meanwhile, on the upper levels of the castle, various enchanted brooms lurk about and sweep away anyone in their way, putting them in a trash can on one of the lower levels. On one of the highest floors of the castle is the Egg of Light, which is closely guarded by various traps.

Background

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Osohe Castle has been on the Nowhere Islands for a very long period of time, even before the White Ship had arrived on the islands. The islands and the castle had once been ruled by King Osohe and Queen Senaka^[1], although the kingdom seems to have been abandoned for an unknown reason. Kumatora's role in Tazmily Village's story is to be the princess of the castle.

The castle has many important objects inside of it, such as the Egg of Light or the Noble Spittoon. Wess had set up many traps inside of the castle to protect the Egg of Light from being stolen, as it was a very crucial item in keeping the townspeople's old memories from coming back. Either Wess or Duster were to retrieve the egg in case of emergencies, as they were the only ones who knew how to deactivate the traps.

History

During Chapter 2, Duster is tasked to retrieve a hidden treasure found deep in the castle. As the drawbridge wasn't lowered, he instead takes a detour below the Sunset Cemetery. Within the castle, he meets many friendly ghosts with one of which giving him the Rope Snake, whom he uses to cross the gaps in the castle to access the higher levels. Along the way a mysterious girl drops from the ceiling and leaves behind a pendant. He meets Mr. Passion who guards a room containing the Noble Spittoon, which he picks up after defeating Mr. Passion. Wess, outraged at Duster for bringing the wrong treasure, joins Duster to search for the real treasure in the castle, only to find that the Pigmask Army are also in search of the treasure. Wess performs the Osohe Dance to open the door behind the room where the Noble Spittoon was found to reach the higher level of the castle. Along the way, they meet the mysterious girl revealed to be Kumatora, princess of the Osohe Castle, who joins them on their quest. When reaching the final room they find the real treasure, the Egg of Light. Hearing the Pigmasks approaching, Kumatora hastily grabs the Egg without knowing that it will set off a trap placed by Wess. The trapdoor opens and drops them into the underground where they are confronted by the Oh-So-Snake. After defeating it, the water drains and they are washed out of the castle.

The castle is featured later in Chapter 3. Fassad and Salsa. Fassad tasked the Pigmask Army to retrieve the Egg of Light, however upon arriving to see if it had been found, the Pigmasks have been defeated by Wess and Duster, as was shown in the previous chapter. Hearing how they are in the basement, Fassad forces Salsa to find them in the basement. Salsa performs a version of the Osohe Dance to open the door to the basement. Inside they find a lever of which Salsa is told to pull, which causes the water to drain out along with Wess, Duster and Kumatora.

Lucas and Boney were tasked by Aeolia to find the Needle located behind the castle in the courtyard. Upon arriving, they find it had already been pulled, later revealed to have been by the Masked Man. Lucas is then taught by Ionia about the history of the Seven Needles and is sent on a quest to be the one who pulls the Needles.

The castle is also visited in Chapter 5, albiet optionally. Lucas, Kumatora, Duster and Boney find Mr. Passion has returned to the castle as Lord Passion. They defeat him and retrieve Duster's special weapon, the Mystical Shoes.

Memo description

Items

Introduced in Chapter 2

Item		Location
	Osohe Sketch	2F; in the kitchen
	Aquarius Bracelet	3F; south of the gap
	Battle Memory	1F; north from the main hall in the second-to-the-left door, guarded by Arachnid!s
	Beef Jerky ×2	1F; in the kitchen 8F; in the broom room
	Chick Bandana	2F; in the first room of the hall decorated by knight statues
	Durable Shoes	3F; in the room with the Ghost Knight
	Egg of Light	In the final room of the castle
	Flea Charm	On the stairs between 5F and 6F
	Fresh Mint ×2	On the stairs between 1F and 2F 1F; above the hot spring
	Noble Spittoon	4F; in the room after defeating Mr. Passion
	Pendant	On the stairs between 3F and 4F
	Rotten Eclair	Given by a Friendly Ghost in the party room
	Rotten Milk ×2	1F; in the kitchen 3F; near where Duster enters the castle
	Magic Pudding	7F
	Magic Tart	9F, in front of the double doors
	Sprinting Bomb	8F; in the broom room

Introduced in Chapter 3

Item		Location
	Ancient Banana	On the lowest level of the basement
	Beef Jerky ×2	From entering the basement, east of the ladder and up the stairs On the lowest level of the basement
	Pisces Bracelet	At the bottom of the ladder into the basement

Introduced in Chapter 5

Item		Location
	Mystical Shoes	Defeat Lord Passion

Shops and Businesses

Ghost Bazaar

Ghost Bazaar
Item		Price	Effect
	Fresh Mint	1 Rotten Eclair	Cures nausea
	Rope Snake	1 Rotten Eclair	Allows Rope Snake to join the party
	Beef Jerky	2 Rotten Eclairs	Restores 60 HP

Enemies

First trip in Chapter 2

Sprite	Enemy name	Notes
	Stinky Ghost	None
	Arachnid!	None
	Big Bro	None
	Barrel Man	None
	Ghost Armor	None
	Artsy Ghost	None
	Violent Roach	None
	Strawberry Slime	Optional enemy
	Carpet Monster	None
	Ghost Sword	None
	Ghost Shield	None
	Ghost Knight	None
	Rockin' Ghost	None
	Pseudoor	None
	Mr. Passion	Boss

New on the second trip in Chapter 2

Sprite	Enemy name	Notes
	Clayman	Boss
	Pigmask	None
	Recon Mech	None
	Lingering Spirit	None
	Osohe Cape	None
	Oh-So-Snake	Boss

New in Chapter 3

Sprite	Enemy name	Notes
	Cheery Skeleton	None
	Li'l Big Bro	None

New in Chapter 5

Sprite	Enemy name	Notes
	Lord Passion	Optional boss; guards the Mystical Shoes

New in Chapter 7

Sprite	Enemy name	Notes
	Cleocatra	None
	Bro Team	None

Debug NPC

A character intended for use debugging the game has been discovered in Osohe Castle's script file. A proper method of activating the NPC is not clear; however, a method using the main Debug Room has been discovered. The NPC is intended to be used to teleport to various parts of Chapter 7.^[2]

Area	Events
Murasaki Forest	Chimera Lab Spec. Room Ultimate Chimera Doria's Gate Pump Chimera Heart Needle Doria's Gate 2
Snowcap Mountain	Lydia's House Uninvited Guest Riding Sled Cemetery
Saturn Valley	Saturn Bean Saturn Valley Phrygia Volcano Tunnel Destroyed Birdcage Cerulean Beach
Tanetane Island	Tanetane Beach Funky Beach Missy's House Island Hill Defeated Octopus Ride Cerulean Beach

By going to Duster in the Debug Room, going to the right four times, selecting that option and leaving Oshoe Castle, by the grate to the right there'll be Doria, who will take the player to segments of Chapter 7 involving Doria. By going back to the Debug Room, going to Chapter 7, event "Cross Road", going back into the debug room and going to Chapter 2, event "Osohe Castle", using the walk-through-walls code (0200C492:FFFF), next to the drawbridge, other Magypsies shows up, taking the player to other chapters of the game.^[3]

References

1. ↑ No one's inside there, not even King Osohe or Queen Senaka - Nippolyte, upon being spoken to multiple times in a row in front of the castle.
2. ↑ Mother 3 Script: Block 11
3. ↑ Starman.net Unused debugging lines in game, finally found!

Locations in Mother 3

Nowhere Islands Cities and towns Tazmily Village (East Tazmily Village • Cerulean Beach) • Saturn Valley • New Pork City Businesses Thomas's Bazaar • Caroline's Bakery • Beauty & Tasty Areas of interest Alec's Log House • Twins' House • Cross Road • Forest Prayer Sanctuary • Sunshine Forest • Yado Inn • Mt. Oriander (Murki Cave • Drago Plateau) • Sunset Cemetery • Osohe Castle • Death Desert • Candrum Underpass • Old Man's Paradise • Railway • Factory • Murasaki Forest • Ropeway • Club Titiboo • Unknown Valley • Clayman Factory • Highway (Dur-T Cafe) • Thunder Tower • Chimera Laboratory • Mole Cricket Hole • Snowcap Mountain • Saturn Valley • Fire Mountain • Sea Floor Dungeon • Tanetane Island • Argilla Pass • Chupichupyoi Temple • Limousine • Arcade 1-Up • New Pork City sewers • Empire Porky Building • Empire Porky Building Underground Unknown Final area

Hacking subjects
Doll (unused enemy)  •  Gang Zombie (unused enemy)  •  Crooked Cop  •  Alkaline Man  •  Tiny Forest Memo  •  Kindness  •  Debug Room  •  Debug NPC  •  List of glitch enemies in Mother 3 See also List of glitches in the Mother series • Anti-piracy in the Mother series