To reach the rolling log, Mario has to head away from the bridge and the Mr. I on the wire platform. When Mario reaches the volcano, he must turn right onto the S-shaped walkway. When Mario reaches a platform with two Bullies. He must then go onto a steel-grated platform that slowly travels over to the rolling log and avoid the Lava Plumes along the path. When Mario gets onto the rolling log, he must roll it to the left a few times until the log reaches the end of the rail it is placed on. Mario then has to jump onto a narrow path against the mesh gate to find the Power Star.
Despite the mission's title, there are other methods to collect the Power Star that does not involve using the rolling log. One way is having Mario collect a Wing Cap near the start to become Wing Mario and fly over to the Power Star. In Super Mario 64 DS, Luigi's invisibility powers from the Power Flower can be used to phase through the mesh gate barricading the Power Star by performing a Backward Somersault at the right end of the starting platform. The Nintendo DS remake also has another method where if Red-Hot Log Rolling is indirectly accessed via re-entering either the fifth mission, Hot-Foot-It into the Volcano, or the sixth mission, Inside the Volcano, provided either one has been completed out of sequential order, a Shiny Shell can be summoned from a ! Block added toward the end of the starting platform to ride over to the platform with the Power Star.
Slip Slidin' Away • Lil' Penguin Lost • Big Penguin Race • Frosty Slide for 8 Red Coins • Snowman's Lost His Head • Wall Kicks Will Work (N64)/Mario's Super Wall Kick (DS) • Switch Star of Cool, Cool Mountain (DS)
Big Boo's Haunt
Go on a Ghost Hunt • Ride Big Boo's Merry Go Round • Secret of the Haunted Books • Seek the 8 Red Coins • Big Boo's Balcony • Eye to Eye in the Secret Room • Switch Star of the Basement
Hazy Maze Cave
Swimming Beast in the Cavern • Elevate for 8 Red Coins • Metal-Head Mario Can Move! (N64)/Metal-Head Wario Can Move (DS) • Navigating the Toxic Maze • A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit • Watch for Rolling Rocks • Underground Switch Star
In the Talons of the Big Bird • Shining Atop the Pyramid • Inside the Ancient Pyramid • Stand Tall On the Four Pillars • Free Flying For 8 Red Coins (5th Star, N64) (7th Star, DS) • Tox Box Switch Star (DS) • Pyramid Puzzle
Snowman's Big Head • Chill with the Bully • In the Deep Freeze (N64) • Yoshi's Ice Sculpture (DS) • Whirl from the Freezing Pond • Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins (N64) • Snowman's Silver Star (DS) • Into the Igloo • Red Coins in the House (DS)
Wet-Dry World
Shocking Arrow Lifts! • Top o' the Town • Secrets in the Shallows and Sky (N64)/5 Secrets in the Shallows and Sky (DS) • Express Elevator--Hurry Up! • Go to Town for Red Coins (N64)/Go to Town for the Red Coins (DS) • Quick Race Through Downtown! • Soaked Silver Stars (DS)
Tall, Tall Mountain
Scale the Mountain • Mystery of the Monkey Cage • Scary 'Shrooms, Red Coins • Mysterious Mountainside • Breathtaking View from Bridge (Star 5, N64)/Breathtaking View from the Bridge (Star 7, DS) • Blast to the Lonely Mushroom (Star 6, N64) (Star 5, DS) • 5 Secrets of the Mountain
Roll into the Cage (N64) • Luigi in the Cage (DS) • The Pit and the Pendulums (N64) • The Pendulum Switch Star (DS) • Get a Hand • Stomp on the Thwomp •Timed Jumps on Moving Bars • Stop Time for Red Coins • Tick Tock Silver Stars
Rainbow Ride
Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow • The Big House in the Sky • Coins Amassed in a Maze • Swingin' in the Breeze • Tricky Triangles! • Somewhere over the Rainbow • Switch Star of the Manor
