Elusive badge!

Mission
Elusive badge!
Initiator	Ms. Mowz (posted as ???)
Mission #	16
Game	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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Flurrie revealing the hiding spot of the Attack FX B badge

Elusive badge!, originally parsed Elusive Badge!, is the sixteenth Trouble Center mission in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, initiated by Ms. Mowz (identified as ??? in the Trouble Center). It is first available after clearing Chapter 4.

Mission

Joining

Mario must first head to the rooftop of Zess T.'s house in Rogueport Square, where he finds Ms. Mowz, who informs Mario of an "elusive" badge hidden in Hooktail's lair, and one has to "use the wind" to find the badge. Mario must travel to Hooktail Castle in Petal Meadows, make his way up to Hooktail's lair (where he defeated Hooktail earlier), and use Flurrie's ability at the center of the lair to uncover a chest containing an Attack FX B badge. Afterward, Mario must return to Rogueport and present the badge to Ms. Mowz, who reveals that she had hidden the badge herself to test Mario's skills in finding a badge she had craftily hidden. She allows him to keep the badge, joins his party, and the trouble is solved. The badge cannot be found in Hooktail's lair before taking on the trouble. If the player somehow maxes out the badges in inventory during this trouble, Ms. Mowz leaves the Attack FX B badge in front of Lovely Howz of Badges.

In-game description

• "I'm after an elusive badge. Must explain in person. Meet me on the roof of Zess T.'s house in Rogueport Square."

Hints (Switch exclusive)

Ian Foomus dialogue

• "Zess T.'s house is next to the shop in the plaza, and above that is the badge shop. And you know that you can get to the badge shop from the second floor of the inn, right? You gettin' the idea?"
• "There's supposed to be something hidden in the room where Hooktail was. Hidden by something...invisible. You know what else is invisible? A strong gust of wind. You starting to smell what I'm steppin' in, pal?"

Journal

• "Zess T.'s roof is connected to the roof of the inn. You can get to the badge shop from the second floor of the inn."
• "The elusive badge is in the room where Hooktail was. Apparently there's something invisible, and the wind will be important."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	まぼろしのバッジ[?] Maboroshi no Bajji	The Badge of Mirage
Chinese (simplified)	梦幻徽章[?] Mènghuàn Huīzhāng	Fantasy Badge
Chinese (traditional)	夢幻徽章[?] Mènghuàn Huīzhāng	Fantasy Badge
Dutch	Zeldzame penning![?]	Rare badge!
French	Trouve un badge![?]	Find a badge!
German	Orden![?]	Badge!
Italian	Tessera fantomatica.[?]	Elusive badge.
Korean	환상의 배지[?] Hwansang-ui Baeji	Badge of Fantasy
Spanish	Medalla rara[?]	Rare Badge

Trivia

• This mission is unique in that Goose warns Mario of the anonymity prior to starting the mission.