To unlock all the parts and customizations in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, players will need to collect a large sum of coins. Several methods can help accumulate coins quickly and efficiently.
- Locate: Find the red windup car on the west side of the map in Free Roam mode, specifically on the highways connecting Mario Bros circuit, Crown City, and Whistle Stop Summit.
- Follow: The car drops an unlimited supply of coins as it moves slowly through the world. Follow it and collect the coins. YouTube video about this method.
- Technique: Pulse the accelerator to match the car’s speed and collect coins. If going too fast, tap the brakes.
- Yield: Collect approximately 3,000 coins in less than an hour, but requires active participation.
- Setup: Two players, two controllers required.
- Mode: Battle Mode, Renegade Roundup.
- Settings: Set round count to 24, turn off computer players, set round time to 1 minute, select Dragon Palace as the course.
- Execution: Player one collects 10 coins (the maximum per match) inside the temple, then gets eaten by the Piranha Plant to end the round quickly. Repeat for 24 rounds.
- Yield: Earn 10 coins in about 20 seconds. 240 coins can be farmed in 38 minutes, meaning 1,000 coins in 2.5 hours.
- Setup: Multiplayer, 2 or more players, versus race mode.
- Character & Kart: Choose middleweight characters like Luigi. Equip characters with varying speeds for better coin collection (e.g., standard quad bike with sponge wheels and plane glider for player one, city tripper with sponge wheels and plane glider for player two).
- Controller Settings: Enable smart steering and auto acceleration for all players, disable waggle controls.
- Race Settings: 200cc, no teams, no items, no CPU players, all vehicles, choose course, 48 races.
- Course Selection: Moo Moo Meadows is highly recommended due to coin placement and lack of major hazards, [according to a YouTube video].
- Yield: Yields around 3-6 coins per racer per race, with a maximum of 10 coins per race added to your total.
- The maximum number of coins collected per race or battle that count towards your total is 10.
- Coins accumulated from time trials will count as long as the run is finished.
- Coins acquired in battle mode count for all completed rounds.
Choose the farming strategy that best suits your playstyle and availability. Whether you’re actively playing or prefer a more passive approach, these methods can help you accumulate the coins needed to unlock all the exciting content in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.








What is the fastest way to get coins in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?
Great question! But it does require you to actively be playing. And making sure that you carefully match your speed with the car the trick is to just pulse the accelerator. Rather than hold it down the coins.
Which Mario Kart 8 Deluxe course has the most coins?
From my experience, The stage with the most collectable coins in Mario Kart 8 is N64 Rainbow Road, at 62, whereas, the stage with the least collectable coins is GCN Baby Park; it has only 16 coins.
How to unlock every gold item in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?
Great question! Times until you have beaten every single staff ghost on every single track remember this cannot be done on 200. CC. Only 150cc. Now once you’ve done all of this you will unlock the gold wheels. Next