I can not find answers on this subject.
- Will Toad give you a limited amount of hints?
- Will he give you hints for a set of already selected moons and depending on how many you already found he will tell you about the rest of them?
- Is it always that the last X of a kingdom you always have to figure out by yourself?
I was asking hints and after a while Toad told me that it is all he could tell me about this kingdom. How can I avoid this.
Best Answer
TL;DR: There is no limit on the hints, but Hint Toad can only sell you hints for moons that you can actually get. If he doesn't sell you any hints, then you cannot get the moons at that time.
Also, he won't sell hints to moons whose locations are already known.
Hint Toad will give you hints for any moons that are available on the current map.
This means that you will never get the locations for the following moons:
For example, the following moons are listed in the Cap Kingdom:
You can only get moon 11-15 and 17 after Cap Kingdom has been restored, e.g. after you bested Bowser. Therefore, Hint Toad will only give you hints for moons 1-11 when you revisit Cap Kingdom before you defeated Bowser, as you cannot get any other moon at that time.
Furthermore, moon 16 (and all similar moons in the other worlds) won't trigger unless you talked to a key character beforehand, so Hint Toad won't show you that moon either, as it won't be available.