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First appearing in the original Paper Mario game, Badges are back and better than ever in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! They’re character-augmenting equipment items that can add new moves to your arsenal, change your stats, and much more.

The Badges you equip make a huge difference in battle, so we’ve put together a list of every Badge in the game and where you can find each one.

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: Badges Guide

How to Get Badges

Badges are sold at shops and hidden throughout Rogueport and its surrounding areas. You'll find many of these as you progress through the story.

There are a few common places to get Badges. Some Badges are sold by Charlieton, a merchant who appears in central Rogueport. His stock changes every time you exit and re-enter the area. Another place is the Lovely Howz of Badges. Later on, you can also trade for Badges in the Rogueport Sewers.

How many Badges are there?

There are 85 different Badges in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on GameCube, and an additional 1 in the Switch version brings the total up to 86.

As we've mentioned, you can buy these from shops, find them out in the world, get them from bosses and enemies, and swap Star Pieces for them.

Where is the Lovely Howz of Badges

The Lovely Howz of Badges is a Badge shop in Rogueport. To get there, leave the inn through the second floor and enter the house on the bridge. It's that simple. The shop adds new stock every time you clear a chapter.

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Where to find Dazzle and trade for Badges?

Once you’ve made it to Rogueport Sewers, you can also trade Star Pieces you’ve collected in exchange for Badges – and many of them are quite helpful!

To do this, enter the sewers from the east Rogueport pipe and then go through the door on the left. Once there, speak to Dazzle and he’ll ask to trade goods with you. If you’re looking to collect some additional Star Pieces to save up for a Badge, be sure to refer to our Star Piece location guide.

What is a 'P' Badge?

If a Badge has a 'P' on it, that means that the Badge will also affect your partner.

For example, Double Dip P will allow your partner to use two items in battle at the cost of 4 FP.

What is the best Badge?

Quick Change is a definite highlight of the Badges; Dazzle sells the Badge at his shop and it’s incredibly useful. With this Badge equipped, Mario can swap out partners without wasting a turn.

This isn’t too useful early on, but later you may find yourself needing to swap partners more frequently. It costs 7 BP to use, but it’s certainly worth it during the latter half of the game.

All Badges and locations

We’ve found every single Badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and below is a list of all of them and where to find them.

We’ve categorized them by type, so keep that in mind if you’re looking for a specific Badge on the list. And don't forget, you can sort every table alphabetically if you wish.

Extra Attack Badges (For Mario)

Badge Name Location Ability
Power Jump Purchase at the Lovely Howz of Badges Gives Mario a strong Jump attack
Multibounce Shhwonk Fortress - Hidden in a red treasure box in the sewers Gives Mario a Jump attack that strikes multiple enemies
Shrink Stomp Great Tree - After draining the water into the lower section, hop off the ledge to find a chest Gives Mario a Jump attack that has a chance of shrinking the enemy and reducing its attack power
Sleepy Stomp Purchased at the Lovely Howz of Badges Gives Mario a Jump attack that has a chance of putting its victim to sleep
Soft Stomp Rogueport Sewers - Treasure chest at the southeast corner of the city area Gives Mario a Jump attack that can reduce the enemy's Defense.
Tornado Jump Creepy Steeple - Inside Well. Hit the red treasure box in the room with all the Buzzy Beetles Gives Mario a multi-target Jump move
Power Bounce Hooktail Castle - Red treasure box down a hallway Gives Mario a strong Jump attack
Power Smash Rogueport Sewers - Given to you by Professor Frankly Gives Mario a strong Hammer attack.
Piercing Blow Purchase at the Lovely Howz of Badges Gives Mario a piercing Hammer attack
Hammer Throw Twilight Trail - Read treasure box in the forest area Gives Mario a Hammer attack that hits flying enemies
Head Rattle Keelhaul Key - Head right from the village and hit the red treasure box Gives Mario a Hammer attack that can confuse enemies
Ice Smash Creepy Steeple - Use Roll Mode to enter a small hole with a chest. Gives Mario a Hammer attack that can freeze enemies
Fire Drive Purchase from the Lovely Howz of Badges Gives Mario a Hammer attack that can burn a target
Quake Hammer Boggly Woods - Use Paper Airplane to reach the treasure chest Gives Mario a Hammer attack that damages ground and hanging enemies

Battle Badges

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Badge Name Location Ability
All or Nothing Palace of Shadow - enemy drop Powers up successful action commands, but if you don’t input it correctly, the attack will deal no damage
Charge Glitz Pitz - First storage room behind crates A command that doubles Mario's attack power
Charge P Glitz Pitz - Storage room A command that doubles partner's attack power
Close Call Petal Meadows - Red treasure box When Mario’s health is low, enemies will sometimes miss their attack.
Close Call P Riverside Station - Inside building with Spring Jump When partner's health is low, enemies will sometimes miss their attack.
Double Dip Rogueport - Slip between Bobbery’s house and the Trouble Center. Then, enter boat mode and swim around Lets Mario use two items in one turn.
Double Dip P Fahr Outpost - Hidden treasure box on first screen Lets partner use two items in one turn.
Feeling Fine X-Naut Fortress - Crane Protects Mario from status conditions.
Feeling Fine P X-Naut Fortress - Crane Protects Mario’s partner from status conditions.
Flower Finder Purchase from Dazzle’s shop. Causes more flowers to appear after you defeat an enemy.
Flower Saver Purchase from Dazzle’s shop. Reduces the FP used when Mario attacks by 1.
Flower Saver P Purchase from Dazzle’s shop. Reduces the FP used when Mario’s partner attacks by 1.
FP Drain Purchase at the Lovely Howz of Badges. When Mario deals damage to an enemy, he will regain FP.
Hammerman Purchase from Charlieton. Disables Mario’s Jump attacks, but powers up Hammer attacks by 1.
Happy Flower Purchase at Dazzle’s shop. Slowly and automatically restores the holder’s FP during battle.
Happy Heart Purchase at Dazzle’s shop. Slowly and automatically restores the holder’s HP during battle.
Happy Heart P Rogueport Sewers - right before Thousand-Year Door behind a wall. Slowly and automatically restores the partner’s HP during battle.
Heart Finder Purchase from Dazzle’s shop Causes more hearts to appear after you defeat an enemy.
HP Drain Shhwonk Fortress - Dropped by Fuzzies When the wearer attacks an enemy, they will restore a bit of health.
HP Drain P Poshley Heights - Head into the leftmost house after exiting the train station and slip through a crack in the wall. When the wearer attacks an enemy, they will restore a bit of health.
Ice Power Keelhaul Key - Go into Paper Mode at Bridge area and slip through the gap Lets Mario attack fiery enemies with Jumps.

Item Hog

 Purchase from Dazzle’s shop. Increases the drop rate of items after a battle.

Jumpman

 Purchase from Charlieton. Disables Mario’s Hammer attacks, but powers up Jump attacks by 1.
Lucky Start Creepy Steeple - Defeat Atomic Boo Gives Mario a random set of buffs whenever he enters a fight.
P-Down, D-Up Pirate's Grotto - Behind cursed chest. Raised Mario's Defense by 1, lowers his Attack by 1
P-Down, D-Up P Boggly Woods - Black tree stumps in room right of Great Tree pipe. Raised Partner's Defense by 1, lowers his Attack by 1
P-Up, D-Down Riverside Station - Vertical Roll Form maze room Increases the damage Mario takes and inflicts by 1.
P-Up, D-Down P Palace of Shadow - Red treasure box Increases the damage partner takes and inflicts by 1.
Peekaboo Purchase from Dazzle’s shop. Reveals enemy HP visible to you.

Pity Flower

 Pit of 100 Trials Mario will sometimes restore FP when he takes damage from an enemy’s attack.

Power Rush

 Purchase at the Lovely Howz When Mario is in danger, his Attack will increase by 2.

Power Rush P

 Purchase at the Lovely Howz When partner is in danger, their Attack will increase by 2.
Pretty Lucky Purchase at Dazzle’s shop. All enemies have a small chance to miss Mario when attacking.
Pretty Lucky P Purchase at the Lovely Howz of Badges All enemies have a small chance to miss partner when attacking.
Return Postage Pit of 100 Trials - Defeat Bonetail Mario will reflect half the damage he takes at enemies.

Simplifier

 Purchase at the Lovely Howz of Badges Makes action commands easier, but reduces the Star Power you get from them.
Spike Shield Rogueport Sewers -Slip through jail bars and avoid the spikes with Vivian Lets Mario use Jump attacks on spiked enemies.
Super Appeal Purchase at the Lovely Howz of Badges Gives more Star Power when Mario uses appeals.
Super Appeal P Purchase at the Lovely Howz of Badges Gives more Star Power when partner uses appeals.
Unsimplifier Purchase at the Lovely Howz of Badges Makes action commands even tougher, but increases the Star Power you get from them.
Zap Tap Pit of 100 Trials Gives Mario electrical properties, which shock enemies who touch him.


Stat Boost Badges

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Badge Name Location Ability
Damage Dodge Purchase from the Lovely Howz of Badges Reduces damage Mario takes while guarding.

Damage Dodge P

 Great Tree - Hidden Block underneath red treasure box Located in the red treasure box in the twisty room. Reduces damage partner takes while guarding.

Defend Plus

 Twilight Town - Locked section of Item Shop, find the key in Twilight Trail Increases Mario’s Defense by 1.

Defend Plus P

 Pirate's Grotto - Climb up next to second Save Block, head into left room. Use Boat Mode and sail through the waterfall. Increases partner's Defense by 1.

FP Plus

 Great Tree - Under waterfall Increases Mario’s FP by 5.

HP Plus

 Hooktail Castle - First outdoor room. Jump into broken bridge and use Koops' shell Increases Mario’s HP by 5.

HP Plus P

 Glitz Pitz - Second-floor storage room, use Yoshi to Flutter Jump across then break the big box. Increases partner's HP by 5.

Last Stand

 Glitz Pitz - Backstage, follow yellow cord on the ground and jump inside crate When Mario is in danger, he will take 50% less damage from attacks.

Last Stand P

 Hooktail Castle - Fourth floor, fall with block When Mario’s partner is in danger, they will take 50% less damage from attacks.

Mega Rush

 Purchase from Charlieton. Mario's Attack increases when he only has 1 HP left.

Mega Rush P

 Petalburg - Next to Mayor's house, slip through the fence with paper mode Partner's Attack increases when they only have 1 HP left.

Power Plus

 Purchase from Dazzle's shop. Boosts Mario’s Attack by 1.

Power Plus P

 Purchase from Dazzle's shop. Boosts partner's Attack by 1.

Miscellaneous Badges

Badge Name Location Ability

Bump Attack

 Pit of 100 Trials Mario can immediately defeat weaker enemies by walking into them.
Chill Out Purchase from Dazzle’s shop. Prevents enemies from pulling you into battle with First Strikes.
Double Pain Purchase from Charlieton. Doubles the damage Mario takes – kind of like a “hard mode”.
First Attack Purchase from the Lovely Howz of Badges. Getting a First Strike on a weaker enemy will instantly defeat it.
Money Money Pianta Parlor Increases the amount of money Mario wins from battles. Great for money farming!
Quick Change Purchase from Dazzle’s shop. Lets Mario’s partner swap out without wasting a turn.
Refund Pianta Parlor Gives Mario some coins every time he uses an item in battle.
Slow Go Purchase from Charlieton. Forces Mario to slow walk in the overworld.
Timing Tutor Purchase from Charlieton.

Reveals the timing of Stylish Moves by creating an on-screen indicator when you need to press the button

Cosmetic Badges

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Badge Name Location Ability
Attack FX B Trouble Center - Elusive Badge quest Changes Mario’s battle sounds to mouse noises.
Attack FX G Purchase from Charlieton Changes Mario’s battle sounds to laughter
Attack FX P Purchase from the Lovely Howz of Badges Changes Mario’s battle sounds to Bowser’s voice clips
Attack FX R Hooktail Castle - Jail cell after sliding through narrow space Changes Mario’s battle sounds to crickets
Attack FX Y Purchase from Dazzle's Shop Changes the sound effects of Mario’s attacks to a bell
L Emblem Poshley Sanctum - Use poles to get to top-left of the room Changes Mario’s outfit to be green and blue
W Emblem Purchase from Charlieton Changes Mario’s outfit to be yellow and purple
Nostalgic Tunes Purchase from the Lovely Howz of Badges (Switch Exclusive) Swaps the soundtrack back to the GameCube original

For more hints, tips, and guides, check out our full Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door walkthrough.