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Badges
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an adventure platformer, but allows the freedom and flexibility to play the game how you wish. One of the best ways to alter Mario and his partner’s stats is to use Badges, which are items you can equip that cause effects in and out of battle. This page lists all Badges in Paper Mario: TTYD plus their locations.
Badges can be found in many places. Some of them are in overlooked or avoidable places in dungeons, while others can only be purchased from vendors like the Lovely Howz of Badges or the Pianta Parlor. They’re also pretty expensive, so save up for them.
Each Badge has a BP cost required to equip them. You can only equip Badges that you have enough total BP for. With more BP, you can equip more and more Badges. If you need more BP, you can choose to increase it following leveling up.
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Paper Mario: TTYD Badges
There are a total of 86 Badges in Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door for Nintendo Switch and 85 in the GameCube version. The Nostalgic Tunes Badge was added for the remake.
Below is a chart of all the Badges in Paper Mario: TTYD and their locations, organized by area or subject of effect.
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Jump/Boots Badges
| Badge | BP Required | Effect | Where to Find | Price | Screenshot/Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 1 | Allows Mario to attack multiple enemies in order | Shhwonk Fortress question mark box/Pianta Parlor | 50 Pianta Coins | |
| 3 | Allows Mario to jump on one enemy multiple times | Hooktail Castle | |||
| 1 | Can make enemies sleep | Clear 10 floors of Pit of 100 Trials/Lovely Howz of Badges | 100 Coins | ||
| | 1 | Jump on enemies with higher attack power | Lovely Howz of Badges/Pianta Parlor | 80 Coins/34 Pianta Coins | |
| | 1 | Can make foes soft, lowering their defense | Rogueport Sewers/Lovely Howz of Badges | 100 Coins | |
| 1 | Can make foes shrink, lowering their attack | The Great Tree/Lovely Howz of Badges | 70 Coins | ||
| 2 | Can damage all mid-air enemies | Inside a red box in Creepy Steeple/Pianta Parlor | 67 Pianta Coins |
Hammer Badges
| Badge | BP Required | Effect | Where to Find | Price | Screenshot/Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Powerful hammer attack | Given by Professor | |||
| 3 | Damage all enemies on the ground and ceiling | In area next to the Great Tree/Pianta Parlor | 67 Pianta Coins | ||
| 1 | Throw a hammer at one foe | In the forest after Twilight Town/Pianta Parlor | 50 Pianta Coins | ||
| 1 | Attack that ignores enemy defense | Lovely Howz of Badges | 100 Coins | ||
| 3 | Hits all ground enemies, also burns them | Lovely Howz of Badges/20th Floor of Pit of 100 Trials | 100 Coins | ||
| 1 | Can freeze enemy | Creepy Steeple/Lovely Howz of Badges | 70 Coins | ||
| 1 | Can confuse all enemies | First forrest area of Keelhaul Key/Lovely Howz of Badges | 100 Coins |
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Mario Buffs Badges
| Badge | BP Required | Effect | Where to Find | Price | Screenshot/Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Raises attack if you hit Action Commands; drops attack to 0 if you fail | Palace of Shadow | |||
| 1 | Boosts damage next turn | Boggly Tree | |||
| 1 | When HP is low, better chance to evade attacks | Petal Meadows/Lovely Howz of Badges | 150 Coins | ||
| 2 | Decreases damage by 1 with guard action command | The Great Tree/Lovely Howz | 150 Coins | ||
| 5 | Raises Mario’s defense | Twilight Town/Rogueport Sewers | |||
| 4 | Makes immune to dizziness and poison | X-Naut Fortress | |||
| 4 | Use one less FP for attacks | Buy from Dazzle under Rogueport | 10 Star Pieces | ||
| 1 | Reduces attack power, but restores 1 FP | Lovely Howz | 100 Coins | ||
| 3 | Increase FP | The Great Tree/Rogueport Sewers/Pianta Parlor | 100 Pianta Coins | ||
| 2 | Increase hammer damage, but can’t Jump | Charlieton (the traveling merchant) | 180 Coins | ||
| 2 | Occasionally heals FP during battles | Dazzle/Lovely Howz | 4 Star Pieces/200 Coins | ||
| 2 | Occasionally heals HP during battles | Dazzle/Petal Meadows | 4 Star Pieces | ||
| 1 | Drop attack by 1 but regain 1 HP per attack | To the left of save point at Rogueport Dock | |||
| 3 | Increase HP by 5 | Hooktail Castle/Pianta Parlor | 100 Pianta Coins | ||
| 2 | Increase jump damage, but can’t Hammer | Charlieton | 180 Coins | ||
| 1 | Cuts damage you receive by half when HP low | Glitzville/Lovely Howz | 80 Coins | ||
| 7 | Great chance to evade enemy attacks | Pit of 100 Trials (90th Floor) | |||
| 4 | Gives luck at start of battles | Creepy Steeple | |||
| 1 | When HP is low, dramatically increase attack | Charlieton | 60 Coins | ||
| 2 | Decrease attack, increase defense | Pirate Grotto | |||
| 2 | Increase Attack, decrease defense | Riverside Station | |||
| 3 | Chance of recovering FP in battles | Pit of 100 Trials (40th Floor) | |||
| 6 | Increase attack power | Dazzle/Creepy Steeple | 15 Star Pieces | ||
| 1 | When low health, increase attack power | Lovely Howz/Pianta Parlor | 80 Coins/34 Pianta Coins | ||
| 2 | Increases chance to evade enemy moves | Dazzle | 3 Star Pieces |
Partner Buffs Badges
| Badge | BP Required | Effect | Where to Find | Price | Screenshot/Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boosts damage next turn | In the Glitz Pit storage room behind right side boxes | |||
| 1 | When HP is low, better chance to evade attacks | First room in Riverside Station/Lovely Howz of Badges | 150 Coins | ||
| 2 | Decreases damage by 1 with guard action command | The Great Tree/Lovely Howz | 150 Coins | ||
| 5 | Raises defense | Keelhaul Key/Rogueport Sewers | |||
| 4 | Makes immune to dizziness and poison | X-Naut Fortress | |||
| 4 | Use one less FP for attacks | Buy from Dazzle under Rogueport/Rogueport Sewers | 10 Star Pieces | ||
| 2 | Occasionally heals HP during battles | Dazzle/Rogueport Sewers | 4 Star Pieces | ||
| 1 | Drop attack by 1 but regain 1 HP per attack | Poshley Heights | |||
| 3 | Increase HP by 5 | Fahr Outpost/Pianta Parlor | 200 Pianta Coins | ||
| 1 | Cuts damage you receive by half when HP low | Hooktail Castle/Lovely Howz | 80 Coins | ||
| 1 | When HP is low, dramatically increase attack | Petalburg | |||
| 2 | Decrease attack, increase defense | Boggly Woods | |||
| 2 | Increase Attack, decrease defense | Palace of Shadow | |||
| 6 | Increase attack power | Dazzle/Glitzville | 15 Star Pieces | ||
| 1 | When low health, increase attack power | Lovely Howz/Pianta Parlor | 55 Coins/34 Pianta Coins | ||
| 2 | Increases chance to evade enemy moves | Lovely Howz | 200 Coins |
Misc Badges
| Badge | BP Required | Effect | Where to Find | Price | Screenshot/Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Lets you bump into weak foes to defeat them without battling. | Pit of 100 Trials (80th Floor) | |||
| 1 | Never succumb to a First Strike | Dazzle | 3 Star Pieces | ||
| 3 | Mario can use 2 items during a turn | East Rogueport (in front of Trouble Center) | |||
| 3 | Partner can use 2 items during a turn | Pit of 100 Trials (70th Floor) | |||
| 0 | Take double damage | Charlieton | 36 Coins | ||
| 1 | Activates First Strike, beating weak foes without battling | Lovely Howz of Badges | 1 Coin | ||
| 3 | Makes it more likely hearts will appear after beating a foe | Dazzle | 6 Star Pieces | ||
| 3 | Makes it more likely flowers will appear after beating a foe | Dazzle | 6 Star Pieces | ||
| 2 | Mario becomes fire proof | Under wooden bridge on Keelhaul Key | |||
| 3 | Makes it more likely items will appear after battle | Dazzle | 5 Star Pieces | ||
| 5 | More coins appear after battle | Pianta Parlor | 234 Pianta Coins | ||
| 2 | Shows enemy's HP | Dazzle | 7 Star Pieces | ||
| 7 | Ally can attack after changing partners | Dazzle | 8 Star Pieces | ||
| 1 | Refund some coins if you use an item during battle | Pianta Parlor | 34 Pianta Coins | ||
| 7 | Makes direct-attackers take 1/2 the damage they do | Pit of 100 Trials (Floor 100) | |||
| 1 | Makes action commands easier, but earn less Star Points | Lovely Howz | 100 Coins | ||
| 3 | Makes Mario damage-proof when jumping on spiky foes | Rogueport (requires Vivian) | |||
| 0 | Makes you and partner move slower in battle | Charlieton | 12 Coins | ||
| 1 | More Star Power when Mario appeals | Lovely Howz | 60 Pianta Coins | ||
| 1 | More Star Power when partner appeals | Lovely Howz/Boggly Woods | 80 Coins | ||
| 1 | Teaches the timing for style commands by showing an icon for when to press A | Charlieton | 120 Coins | ||
| 1 | Makes Action Commands hard, but earns more Star Power | Lovely Howz | 100 Coins | ||
| 3 | Does damage to enemies that touch Mario in battle | Pit of 100 Trials (30th Floor) |
Fun Badges
| Badge | BP Required | Effect | Where to Find | Price | Screenshot/Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Changes sound of Mario’s attacks | Hooktail’s Castle (as a part of a Trouble Center quest) | |||
| 0 | Changes sound of Mario’s attacks (to sound froggy) | Hooktail Castle; helps defeat Hooktail | |||
| 0 | Changes sound of Mario’s attacks | Lovely Howz | 100 Coins | ||
| 0 | Changes sound of Mario’s attacks | Dazzle | 1 Star Piece | ||
| 0 | Change Mario to look like Luigi | Poshley Heights | |||
| 0 | Changes background music to original GameCube tracks | Lovely Howz | 1 Coin | ||
| 0 | Change Mario to look like Wario | Charlieton | 360 Coins |
