Alright, as the title says, I'm going to explain in full detail on how to take care of the
main bosses in each Star of Kirby 64, from their attacks and weaknesses, to using the best
abilities and tactics for the fight. I'm very experienced with this game, as I've beaten
it 100% and have successfully made it through Boss Endurance mode without dying, so you
know you're learning this from no amateur. Follow this guide and Im sure well beat all 7
bosses together. Let's get started!
1.) Whispy Woods
The first, and easiest, of all the major bosses. This familiar face is the boss of Pop
Star, and the only one that doesn't take the battle to a different area in his second
form.
Abilities avaliable: None
Phases: 2
Recommended abilities: Bomb + Bomb (Missiles), Bomb + Cutter (Shuriken Bomb)
The fight starts you out on a path around Whispy. Three Whispy Woods Juniors are also on
the looped path. In order to for the fight to go to phase two, you need to kill them
first. These guys always act the exact same as each other. They always attack at the same
time, jump at the same time, and move at the same time, always facing the back of the one
infront of them/having the back to the one behind them. They never make eye contact. They
can attack by spitting their breath at you in one projectile puff. Otherwise, the only
other way they can hurt you is by touching you, which is unlikely if you don't get close
to them (which you'll never need to). During this, Whispy Woods will try to spit apples at
you. Dodge them and suck them up. Then spit them at one of the Whispy Juniors. Lather,
rinse, repeat until they're all gone.
In phase two, Whispy battles independently with a permanent frown. He has 3 ways to attack
you. As soon as Phase 2 starts, hell attack by making one of his 4 roots touch you. This
will only hurt you if you are in the way when they appear or you walk into them. In
actuality, this is his weak spot. If you do not have an ability the first time he uses
this, you wont be able to attack him yet. If you do, attack one of the roots. If you are
using a fast projectile ability, such as the ones I recommended, you might be able to
attack the roots 2 or even more times by quickly alternating between the targets. After a
little while, the roots will retract and he will use his other attacks.
Most likely, he will next use his breath attack similar to the Whispy Juniors. More times
than not, he will miss-aim the attack, so chances are you wont even get hurt if you just
stand still. After doing this once or twice, he will shake his branches and send apples
flying everywhere. Dodge them when they land and try to suck one up. They disappear
briefly after and he will repeat his attack pattern (trying to get you with his roots once
again). This is your chance to spit the apple at the root to cause damage. Doing this 6
times should defeat him.
Note: If you manage to suck up 2 apples at once, you can do more damage to Whispy during
this, as the projectile you spit back out will go through the first root you spit at and
attack another root, meaning that only 3 double-appled attacks will rot his roots for
good.
2.) Pix
Major boss of Rock Star. Its an alien trio of floating polygons. One Red, one Blue, and
One green. This one technically has only 1 form, but well count it as two phases anyway.
Abilities available: None
Phases: 2
Recommended abilities:  Ice + Spark (Kirby Fridge), Bomb + Cutter (Shuriken Bomb)
Phase 1 starts you off in an elevator, where you wont be able to fight the boss until you
reach the top. The Red unit comes out from behind the pillar and starts to attack you by
touching you with its extended tip. It will only move horizontally, and the tip is only
pointing away from the pillar. This means that you can easily just squat the entire time
without taking damage. Approximately every 5 seconds, it will change its direction. This
lasts somewhere around 10 to 15 seconds before it changes its attack pattern.
When the Red unit is done attacking, a second, Green unit will come out. They will stay on
opposite sides of the pillar. This time, they flip as they move, meaning that you will
have to run if you dont want to be hit. This can drain your health pretty quickly if you
arent careful. Run along the same direction as the units. They are slightly faster than
you are, so when they come close enough, time it and sprint the other direction to not get
hit. As before, about every 5 seconds they change direction, and this lasts around 15 to
20 seconds.
Finally, a third, and last, blue unit will arise from behind the pillar. All three of them
will try what Red unit originally did, only they will hover up and down as they move.
Again, same as before, run along with them to dodge the attacks and sprint the other
direction when necessary. A small difference this time is that you might be able to duck
or jump over the edges if youre lucky, but its not quite worth the risk if youre going
through Boss Endurance. Same change time, same lasting pattern.
Note: The reason I recommended the Kirby Fridge ability earlier is solely for this part.
If you do happen to get hit, you can heal yourself using the food you create.
Protip: If youre confident enough, you can try to stand where you are and only
occasionally move left or right in Part 2 of Phase 1 when timing calls for it, and do the
same thing (with the addition of jumping) for Part 3.
At last, you reach the top of the elevator: The skies of Rock Star at the top of the
Tower. Now you can actually start to damage the boss. The trio, Pix, will start to mix
things up now instead of just pursuit you. It has three attacks, during all of which is
can be damaged. One attack includes them going into a spinning loop as they move along the
looped-path that will hurt you if you touch them. To dodge it, you have to jump through
the center. Dont jump too high, or youll be hurt by the top section. Another attack
includes the three of them taking positions farthest away from each other and dropping
particles of their body beneath them. They never do it at the same time, they always
alternate between Red -> Green -> Blue -> Repeat. It might be good to know this if youre
trying to go after one of them to avoid being hit. Their last kind of attack is similar to
what you encountered before, only in on-field form, extending their edges to attack. Red
unit acts the same way it and Green unit did in Part 2 of Phase 1, Green unit acts the
same way Red did in the first part of Phase 1 (only higher in the air, so you dont even
have to duck under it to not get hurt), and Blue unit acts similar to how Red unit does,
only all of its spin is on the field A full sideways 360, not just 180. By far the most
potential out of the threes attacks.
To damage Pix, you need to go with another reliable projectile once again. If youre going
ability-less, then you need to suck up one of the 6 atoms that appear before every attack
Pix makes, and spit them back at the units. Theyre not on the ground, but right above you.
Jumping up and touching one will hurt you, so be careful. Each unit should go down after 3
hits from the atoms, so that makes a total of at least 9 atoms need to be used. Shuriken
Bomb is also very reliable if you have that with you at this point. It basically does the
same thing, only faster and with a boom. Fight hard until Pix is done for!
Protip: If you decide to use the Kirby Fridge technique, you can take the ability out
after you reach the top and throw it with good timing to attack two units in one throw.
Similar to the double-apple attack back with Whispy Woods.
3.) Acro
Anyone who has played Kirbys Dreamland 3 will immediately recognize this guy. Acro, the
major boss of Aqua Star,  has a fight that takes place underwater, which means that youre
at a slight disadvantage (being somewhat slower than usual). Nonetheless, Acro isnt all
that hard as long as you know what youre doing.
Abilities available: Cutter
Phases: 2
Recommended abilities: Bomb + Needle (Gordo Bomb), Bomb + Cutter (Shuriken Bomb)
In phase 1, Acro will swim backwards to the right as he fires projectiles at you. These
can be one of three things. A Skull, that you can swallow and spit back at him; A
Bonefish, which you can either spit back at him or swallow to give yourself the cutter
ability (which isnt really recommended underwater); or a Gordo, which just sinks down and
bounces along the ground. During anytime you can spit the Skulls or Bonefish back at Acro
for damage. After Acro reaches the end of the battlefield, he will attempt some fancy
underwater maneuvering. Stand in the absolute bottom corner opposite from the side Acro is
on so you are least likely to get hurt, but still can rack up damage on him easiest. He
will try doing body slams on the ground or crashing face-first into the ground to crush
you. Both attacks kick up rocks, which are your chances to suck them up and spit them back
at him. Despite being rocks, they do not give you the stone ability. After damaging him 6
times, he will end his first phase.
Note: You can possibly suck up both rocks, the one on your side and the one on the other
side of Acro, to pull off another double-apple. However, it still does the same amount of
damage as before, so it isnt an extra bonus or anything.
As soon as you beat Acro in phase 1, he will partially explode and the area will begin to
crumble. Quickly swim upwards or else you will die the same way you can die from falling
via being left-behind in the abyss. This is a forced-scroll phase, so you will have to
keep moving or eventually you will fall and die. Acro will attack from the bottom by
launching Pedos at you and occasionally charging straight upwards. However, staying on the
complete left or right will make you out of range from his attacks. You can suck up the
Pedos and spit them back at him again for damage. There are also Squibbies and Blowfish on
the sides that you can suck up and spit at him as well. Spit at him 6 times to finish him
and let him sleep in the darkness.
Note: Although Pedos and Blowfish are supposed to give you the Bomb ability, it is
impossible to swallow them in this phase, as there is no floor. Therefore, Bomb wasnt
included in the available abilities in this fight.
The two abilities I recommend the most in this fight are either the Gordo Bomb or Shuriken
Bomb. The Gordo Bomb makes you move even slower underwater than you did before, but in
return, you fire 8 projectiles at the same time and earn a free not-getting-hurt advantage
when you touch an enemy. This can be helpful for getting Acro diagonally, where he cant
hurt you, and youre very likely to hit him. Shurkien Bomb, on the other hand, takes away
that protection, but goes for a more direct method of attacking from a distance very
quickly.
Note: Yeah, I get it. I recommend the Shuriken Bomb a lot. What can I say Its a really
good ability for boss fights. That speed, accuracy, and range makes it one of the best
abilities in my opinion.
4.) Magman
I actually find this guy to be my favorite boss. I dont know why. Perhaps its the funny
face. Regardless, hes the major boss of Neo Star and you gotta beat him. He loves to play
with lava--hes a living pile of it! This battle will get hot if youre not careful.
Abilities available: Fire
Phases: 2
Recommended abilites: Fire + Cutter (Fire Sword), Needle + Cutter (Snare)
The first phase has Magman standing in the background of the stage. Youre not going to
fight him directly yet. The arena has only 4 platforms you can stand on. If youre not on
those platforms, youre either in the air or in a bath of lava. Be careful where you jump,
or youll take damage from the lava.
As for his attacks, hell try to do what he can with his tentacles. These 3 attacks include
3 tentacles covering 3 out of 4 platforms, where you must jump to the platform that isnt
covered or youll get hurt; Sending the tentacles in a pursuit to lift up the platforms
(which would make you touch the lava ceiling) in which you must jump to the another
platform or else get burned; And trying to squish you with two tentacles. All of these
attacks have a huge clue as to where they will strike, mostly because they take a while to
initiate. The attack that covers the platforms is shown by where the tentacles stand in
the background as they come towards you. Move to the platform that doesnt have a tentacle
behind it to not take damage. When he sends them to lift up the platforms, he will only
send one at a time (though somewhat quickly). The tentacle behind the platform it will
lift will rush towards the platform, go under the lava, and crash the stone platform into
the ceiling. He does this once to each of the 4 platforms, so move to the platforms that
dont have tentacles moving towards them, then get back on the platform that has already
been lifted so he wont attack in the same spot again. As for trying to squish you, the two
rise up one at a time on either side of the platform they will attack. Your best bet is to
go to a platform that doesnt have a tentacle next to it. If youre trapped, stand on the
platform that had a tentacle rise 2nd, wait for the 1st one to drop, then quickly get back
on the 1st ones platform before the 2nd one attacks.
Inbetween every attack, 3 Magoos jump out of the lava. Suck up one of these and spit it
back at the tentacles in order to hurt Magman. You can get the fire ability if you swallow
one of them, but youre just asking to be hurt if you do. Youre better off just spitting
the Magoos back at Magman. Doing this 6 times should make Magman move onto phase two.
During any time that the tentacles are on the field in the battle, you can damage Magman.
You should know this if you would like to finish him quickly. If you enter the battle with
the Snare or Fire Sword, you can just stand on a platform and use them to attack the
tentacles from afar (or in Fire Swords case, just looking the other direction of the
tentacle to damage it). This can usually hurt Magman twice, meaning that doing this method
will only take you 3 attacks from Magman in order to kill him.
When Magman takes the last hit in his first form, he will sink into the lava in the
background and appear on the farthest-left platform. Stand on the farthest-right platform
and jump onto the solid cave ground when he starts to move to the right. Keep walking
along during this quick forced side-scrolling change until he comes to a stop. Now you can
fight him directly in his second form. During this, he has lost his tentacles, but he now
has new attacks at his disposal.
One very notable attack is that he can charge up his breath to breathe fire on you. This
can be either very easy or very hard to avoid. As he starts charging up, which is shown
when fire particles enter his mouth and starts to get a glow in his mouth, move closer to
him and stand right before his puddle of lava. Quickly duck until the attack is over. This
attack occasionally, though not very often, might attack you twice if you get caught in it
when it first starts. Another attack is to firmly raise high and drop many rocks onto you.
You can either dodge them, jump right under them to make them disappear, or suck them up.
His last type of attack involves him going into the form of a lava puddle and moving
across the floor. Jump over it to not take damage. After he crawls to the other side of
the room, he will shoot out firey rocks and Burnises at you. The Burnises wont dive at you
or release firey droppings, but you can still suck them up as usual. Again, you can get
the fire ability from them, but its highly recommended that you dont, as the only way to
attack Magman this way would also get you hurt.
Note: If you have the Fire Sword or Snare, you can use these to your advantage. The rocks
wont hurt you if you hold your Fire Sword up or keep your Snare wide open. These once very
offensive abilities from before are now really good defensive ones!
During anytime of this face (except when he is a puddle), you can attack his face to do
damage. If you dont have an ability, then you need to suck up one of the falling rocks or
one of the Burnises that he sends into the fight. The Snare might be hard to hit his face
with, but the Fire Sword can be thrown as a projectile, or swung in the air. As before, it
only takes 6 hits to bring him down.
5.) HR-H
HR-H, the major boss of Shiver Star, and the last conventional one. The first time you
this giant robot, you might not like it, but you get used to it after a little bit of
practice. Either way, following this walkthrough should make the fight a lot easier.
Abilities available: None
Phases: 2
Recommended abilities: Bomb, Bomb + Cutter (Shuriken Bomb)
HR-H has the widest range of attacks out of all the bosses youve fought so far. In its
first form, it has 4 attacks. Quickly going down, we have to deal with missiles, its
powerful arms, a laser, and its powerful arms AGAIN. The missiles will be launched at you
from the background. There are a total of 4. When they come down from above, they hit the
ground and explode. One or two of them malfunction, however, as they just stick to the
ground before exploding after a little bit. To avoid them, just stand in the center where
it is safest, because they will never go down in the center, just the panels next to it.
You can suck these up to use against HR-H. Youd think you can get the Bomb ability from
these (which would be nice in this fight), but sadly, you cant. Two of its attacks, the
laser and swinging its arm, can both be dodged by a well-timed jump in the center as well.
The laser is a lot faster than the arm, but the arm is partially in the air, so the arm is
probably harder to dodge. When I said that its power arms are AGAIN an attack, I meant
that it has a second, similar attack that uses its arms. The difference is that it will
swing both of them towards the center, lift them up, and crash them down to flip up two
rocks. If you touch the arms while they are going towards the center, youll be swept up,
lifted, and thrown down to take damage, so be sure to dodge them. This is the only time
where being in the center will not save you from attacks, so be on the move as soon as you
see its arms raise.
His only weakness in this form is, indeed, its arms. The blue tips of them take damage
when hit by a spat-back rock or missile. You can take advantage of this during anytime its
arms attack, though its a lot safer if you wait until HR-H tries to use both of its arms
at the same time. If you suck up a missile, save it, and spit it at the arms before they
raise up, and quickly suck up and spit a rock at them when the arms stop flashing, you can
deal two hits from just one attack. As with every other boss so far, 6 hits is all you
need to take his first form down.
Note: You can also try that technique with Bombs and Shuriken Bombs for the same effect.
Always try to fit in as many successful blows to HR-H as you can.
Protip: The Shuriken Bomb is deadly to HR-H if you know how to use it right. When an arm
swings by itself, throw a bomb just before its about to enter attacking range and jump.
You landed an extra hit on it! Keep on doing this anytime the chance arises and it should
only take half as long to beat HR-H.
In its 2nd form, HR-H transforms into whats known as HR-E. Thats what we will refer it to
from now on. During this phase, the level forcibly scrolls to the left as you try to
battle HR-E. Its attacks are completely different this time, with the exception of the
missiles, which are still somewhat different in how you dodge them. It can fire the
missiles like usual, but instead of coming from the top and dodging in the middle, they
will come directly from HR-E in an arch. Either get underneath HR-E or at the
farthest-left point of the screen and jump. One of its other attacks includes trying to
snap at you with its arms. Just jump over them when timing calls for it, or stay out of
range (again, to the left or underneath it). Another new attack is its new, bigger missile
that he fires from beneath itself. You can suck the cap off the missile, but the rest of
the missile keeps going, so quickly jump over it when you get the cap inside you. Its last
attack is flying way up high and coming down to crush you. When it does this, go all the
way to one side, wait for it to come down, and make a dash for the other side.
To hurt HR-E, you have to attack his black front. You know the story by now. Anything you
suck up and spit back at it hurts him. 6 times kills him. Yadah yadah yadah. The only
other thing I have to say about defeating HR-E is that if you have the bomb ability, you
can stand underneath him and keep on throwing bombs right underneath its front to
constantly damage HR-E without the risk of getting hurt by most of its attacks.
Note: If you take too long to defeat HR-E, the bridge will eventually run out, and you
will fall and die from falling into the abyss. I have never taken this long before.
Infact, I deliberately did it just to see what would happen. You have plenty of time to
kill him, but its just a warning.
6.) Miracle Matter
Major boss of Ripple Star, the fake Final Boss of the whole game, and 2nd-in-command with
the directly connected Dark Matter. This is a unique fight, as it only has one phase and
is impossible to defeat without the use of abilities, if at least not their essences.
Abilities available: Fire, Ice, Spark, Cutter, Stone, Needle, Bomb
Phases: 1
Recommended abilities: None
Miracle Matter has a main form and 7 other offensive forms based off of all 7 main
abilities available throughout the course of the game. Each form is weak to its specific
ability. Attacking its main form or any other form that isnt based off of the ability
youre using will do nothing. You can still combine abilities to attack 2 of its forms, but
the other 6 become invincible to your attacks. Your best bet is to enter with no ability
at all and suck up whatever Miracle Matter has to offer. Occasionally, if you suck up an
ability and its about to change forms, you can swallow it and try to combine it with its
next form in the hopes that you can create more damage that way. A number of abilities are
effective. Likewise, there are a large number that I do NOT recommend, in which case a
better scenario would be to just spit the ability at Miracle Matter. Lets go through its
forms. I will also list which abilities are effective to use against them.
Fire Matter: Has 3 attacks, all based off of the same basic one. It can either shoot fire
vertically 3 times, shoot fire horizontally 2 times, or shoot fire in all four directions
1 time. Every steam of fire leaves behind a lump of heat that you can use to spit at Fire
Matter.
Effective: Fire + Fire, Fire + Cutter, Fire + Stone, Fire + Needle, Fire + Bomb
Ice Matter: All it can do is float around with several triangular blocks of ice revolving
around it. Suck them up and spit them at Ice Matter to damage it. Dont get hit by the
other blocks while you jump!
Effective: Ice, Ice + Spark, Ice + Needle
Spark Matter: This one can be tricky. It stays in the center and fires beams of electrons
at you. Go to either corner of the move and dont move. To dodge them, just time your
jumps. The beams will become a lot less confusing that way. Suck up the balls of energy
left behind when Spark Matter is done firing them and spit them at it.
Effective: Spark + Spark, Spark + Cutter, Spark + Stone, Spark + Needle
Cutter Matter: Cutter Matter is 100% physical. It will fly around in a circle a few times
before sawing at the ground. Suck up its smallest piece behind it and spit it at Cutter
Matter to hurt it.
Effective: Cutter, Cutter + Fire, Cutter + Spark, Cutter + Cutter, Cutter + Needle, Cutter
+ Bomb
Stone Matter: It hovers above you and tries to crush you. Run back and forth so it cant
get you. It will also drop 4 rocks, 2 at a time on both sides of itself. After dropping
the four, it will fall down and roll around the room. Suck them up and spit them back at
Stone Matter.
Effective: Stone + Fire, Stone + Spark, Stone + Needle
Needle Matter: This form is so easy to handle that its not even funny. It will stretch its
8 needles across the room in specific directions. There is a gap between each of these
strikes. Simply stand in the gaps and wait for the needles to retract in order to attack.
When a needle retracts, it leaves behind a needle projectile you can use. Swallow it or
spit it at Needle Matter. Either way, you should be able to take down this form on the
first or second time.
Effective: Needle + Fire, Needle + Ice, Needle + Spark, Needle + Cutter, Needle + Needle,
Needle + Bomb
Bomb Matter: This form is the most unpredictable one. It releases four bubbles, each with
a bomb inside. After moving for a tiny bit, they divide to make an empty bubble, making a
total of 8 bubbles going around the screen. After they all pop, the 4 bomb essences stay
in place. Quickly suck one up and spit it at Bomb Matter.
Effective: Bomb, Bomb + Fire, Bomb + Cutter, Bomb + Needle, Bomb + Bomb
Each form should take about 3 or 4 hits. After a form it destroyed, it will never return
to it again. Once all of its forms are destroyed, Miracle Matter will be defeated.
7.) 02 (Zero Two)
The true final-boss. Zero Two, the returning soul of Zero exacting his revenge, is the
last fight. Different from anything you have ever fought in the entire game.
Abilities available: Ribbon, Shard Gun
Forms: 1
Recommended abilities: None
Instead of the usual side-scrolling style that youve encountered with every single boss in
Kirby 64, this time you go onto a more climatic setting: A 3rd-person shoot-em-up. You
press B to shoot and move any direction but forward and back. The controls seem a little
odd at first, but then you quickly get used to them.
02 is one strong baddie. Right from the start of the fight, hell be using one of his only
two moves. He launches a ball of light out of his eye, which then multiplies into 6 balls,
and they all explode when in attacking range. This is much faster done than said. You want
to constantly avoid the balls by moving around, preferably in a full circle. Clockwise or
Counter-clockwise, either way is fine. While you do, you need to shoot 02 in the eye with
your Shard Gun. Your aim is more precise when youre not moving, so when you find the
chance, quickly take a break from moving to shoot him in the eye. After enough hits, 02
will be stunned for a little while. Now is your chance to shoot the halo. Keep on shooting
it until it disappears. After that, some sort of spiky-green tail sprouts out of 02s
underside. Shooting this is the only way to create real damage to 02, so hit him as much
as you can. Careful though, as 02 releases a green substance that hurts you when hit by
the Shard Gun. Wail on it and dodge, and you might be able to take out as much as half 02s
health in just one try at it. Repeat this strategy until 02 is dead once and for good.
Note: If you shoot 02s wings enough, the red-feathers will disappear, and 02 will move
slower from there on, giving you an advantage. Take out the wings or the tail, its your
call, whatever will get you out of there alive.
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Thats it! Youve beaten every boss in the game! Congratulations! See if you can beat them
all with one life without healing. After that, see if you can handle Boss Endurance mode.
If you can, you are a true Kirby 64 Master.
~Guide written 100% originally by blaziken1234~