How to Use

Once you determine where a painting takes you, click on that painting's box to set the stage. You can set the stage either by clicking on the stage from the list, or by typing in the stage name and pressing Enter to autocomplete. This will make some icons appear next to the stage:

• Star icon — The number of loose stars in the stage, out in the open for you to collect. Click the icon to decrease the count as you collect them. Note: Some loose stars are only available after completing Mission 1, eg. WF and JRB.
• Box icon — The number of box stars in the stage, i.e. stars inside boxes. Click the icon to decrease the count as you collect them.
• Other (blank) icon — The number of other stars in a stage, i.e. stars that require you to complete an objective in order for them to spawn. Click the icon to decrease the count as you collect them.
• Red coin icon — Click this once you have collected the red coin star in the stage.
• Yellow coin icon — Click this once you have collected the 100-coin star in the stage.

Clicking the painting itself will toggle the row as completed, eg. once you've gotten all the stars you want to get there.

In addition, there are Mips and Toad icons next to some of the floor names, so you can check off each Mips and Toad as you collect its star.

Loops

As you fill in the painting destinations, the Loops section will automatically populate. This shows you which stages will loop if you keep re-entering the paintings. For example, if the BoB painting takes you to CCM, the CCM painting takes you to LLL, and the LLL painting takes you to BoB, that creates a "loop" and you'll see it in the Loops section.

If a loop requires you to enter a different painting than the one you exit (eg. exit DDD, enter BitFS) then you will see icon with an arrow, telling you to leave one painting and enter another.

Only the main stages are considered for the Loops section, as you wouldn't want to loop many times into a bonus stage with only one or two stars.

Popout

Click the Popout button to use the tracker in a popout window. This website will remember your popout window size if you resize it. Making the popout skinny enough will move the icons below the stage instead of next to it, which can help fit the tracker in a stream layout.