Super Mario Odyssey ships with 17 explorable kingdoms plus two post-game challenges. Every kingdom has a signature look — a palette, a skybox, and a set of landmarks that make it identifiable within a second or two once you know what you're looking at. This is your cheat sheet.
Cap Kingdom — Bonneton
Purple fog, top hats everywhere, a giant floating black hat behind the skyline. Everything is dim and moonlit. If the sky is soft violet and there are ghosts flapping around, you're in Cap Kingdom.
Cascade Kingdom — Fossil Falls
Red rock plateaus, a giant T-Rex, and the huge Fossil Falls waterfall shaped like a triceratops horn. Bright teal water. Very easy to identify.
Sand Kingdom — Tostarena
Yellow desert, tall cacti, the Day of the Dead skeleton motif, and the Inverted Pyramid floating above everything post-story. Warm orange skybox at day, cold blue at night.
Wooded Kingdom — Steam Gardens
A giant metal tower in the middle, robotic gardeners called Steam Gardeners, tall pine forests, waterfalls. Pipes and gears everywhere. Very green.
Lake Kingdom — Lake Lamode
Underwater plaza, elegant fish citizens (the Lochladies), pastel pinks and turquoises. If you see fish in fashionable dress or a huge central lake dome, that's Lake.
Cloud Kingdom — Nimbus Arena
Tiny. Yellow storm-cloud floor, arena for the Broodal boss, thunder gradient in the sky. You'll usually spot it because there's essentially nothing else there.
Lost Kingdom — Forgotten Isle
Overgrown jungle, giant Klepto birds, purple poison rivers. Tropical but hostile. Bright greens with pops of purple.
Metro Kingdom — New Donk City
Real-proportioned humans, skyscrapers, taxi cabs, and New Donk City Hall. The skybox is a bright cyan cityscape. Pauline sings jazz here.
Snow Kingdom — Shiveria
White-out blizzard on the surface, cozy underground Shiveria Town with igloos. Bound Bowl race track. If you can barely see the horizon, it's Snow.
Seaside Kingdom — Bubblaine
Champagne-bottle centerpiece, pink corals, orange sunset skybox. Bubbly citizens. Very warm palette.
Luncheon Kingdom — Mount Volbono
Everything is food. Pink meat platforms, magma soup, fork-shaped citizens (the Cookatiels and Volbonans). Warm reddish glow.
Ruined Kingdom — Crumbleden
One tiny arena. Grey stone ruins, blood-red skybox, giant Ruined Dragon. Usually the shot is a wide angle of a broken tower.
Bowser's Kingdom — Bowser's Castle
Japanese-inspired pagoda architecture, cherry blossoms, hakama-wearing Goombas (the Broodals' guards). Deep reds and greens.
Moon Kingdom — Honeylune Ridge
Low gravity, Peach's Castle floating in a crater, jagged grey terrain, black skybox with Earth in the distance. Wedding chapel interior in the story.
Mushroom Kingdom — Peach's Castle
Post-game only. The Super Mario 64 castle in HD, surrounded by yellow flower meadows. Warm bright pastels.
Dark Side — Rabbit Ridge
Black skybox, grey stone arenas, moon-crater terrain. Almost monochrome. Boss rush territory.
Darker Side — Culmina Crater
One long linear challenge. Purple-red interior with all-black surroundings. Very stylized.
Use the guide in-game
Open OdysseyGuessr on the same device and keep this tab open in a second window while you play. After a few rounds you won't need it — kingdom recognition becomes muscle memory faster than you'd expect.
Play OdysseyGuessr
Ready to put this into practice? Start a free single-player round or jump into a 4-player lobby. You can also submit a screenshot for the community to guess.