Moe-Eye Escape

Moe-Eye Escape is a trick that allows the player to get a Moe-Eye out of the Moe-Eye Habitat and to the main area of the Sand Kingdom. The trick is used in Minimum Mario to get various moons as a Moe-Eye.

Performing Moe-Eye Escape involves keeping the Moe-Eye unloaded in midair while cycling the moving platforms that lead to the Moe-Eye Habitat, and briefly loading it as the platform passes under or through it to slowly inch the Moe-Eye toward the tower in the ruins.

Execution

This trick requires the Atop the Highest Tower moon to be collected, as collecting it spawns the Moe-Eyes and the moving platforms. The current proven method also requires Assist Mode to bubble back to the tower after each cycle, but theoretically, the player could climb the tower from the outside instead.

Before starting the trick, the Moe-Eye must first be placed where the last moving platform lands and then unloaded. From there, Mario's safe spot should be set on top of the round tower.

As the Moe-Eye follows the path the platforms move in but in reverse, the trick alternates between two vertical and two horizontal sections.

Vertical sections

The vertical sections consist of performing the following steps repeatedly:

With Mario's safe spot set on the tower and the Moe-Eye unloaded, activate the moving platform that will fall onto the Moe-Eye.
Snapshot buffer as the moving platform falls into the Moe-Eye.
When the falling platform has fallen around halfway through the Moe-Eye, load the Moe-Eye. This will cause it to upwarp to the height of the moving platform.
Unload the Moe-Eye.
Bubble back to the tower to activate the platform again.

This is repeated until the Moe-Eye is at the height the moving platform is at before it falls.

Horizontal sections

The horizontal sections consist of performing the following steps repeatedly:

With Mario's safe spot set on the tower and the Moe-Eye unloaded, activate the moving platform that will pass below the Moe-Eye.
While in first-person mode, ride the moving platform until it is under the Moe-Eye.
Position Mario so that the unloaded Moe-Eye is between Mario and the tower.
Load the Moe-Eye. This will cause it to run away from Mario across the moving platform.
Unload the Moe-Eye.
Bubble back to the tower to activate the platform again.

For the first horizontal section, this is repeated until the Moe-Eye arrives at the other moving platform. To get the Moe-Eye onto the other platform, it is precisely captured and moved onto the other platform, then unloaded.

For the second horizontal section, this can simply be repeated until the Moe-Eye is above the desired destination. In Minimum Mario, the Moe-Eye needs to be brought above the ruins to platform clip into the Hidden Room in the Flowing Sands area.