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|image=[[File:Save Block Art SMRPG.jpg|170px]]<br>Artwork of a Save Block from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
|image=[[File:Save Block Art SMRPG.jpg|170px]]<br>Artwork of a Save Block from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|effect=Allows the player to save their game progress when activated
|effect=Allows the player to save their game progress when activated
}}
}}
{{quote|[[Mario|You]] look a bit green, so 'ave a wee bit of advice, on me—hit that {{color|red|Save Block}} to save. 'Cause the thing about life is, ya never know when you're gonna kick the ol' bucket.|[[Bob-omb]] in [[Rogueport]]|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]]}}
{{quote2|Hit this block to save all of your progress. That way, if your [[Game Over|game ends]], you can start from the last save point. You'll see these blocks all over the place. Use them whenever you see them!|In-game text|[[Super Paper Mario]]}}
A '''Save Block''' (or '''save block''') is a [[block]] in the [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing games]] that enables the player to save their game progress.
A '''Save Block''' (or '''save block''') is a [[block]] in the [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing games]] that enables the player to save their game progress.
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
Save Blocks first appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and are seen again in its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], being golden-colored blocks with a rainbow "S" label and a star on top of them. When Mario jumps on one, the block takes him to the save screen, allowing the player to save their game. Additionally, Save Blocks can always be found inside [[inn]]s. The Save Block's letter S's appear in serif format in the official artwork, but they use the sans-serif format in the Save Block's in-game sprite.
Save Blocks first appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', being golden-colored blocks with a rainbow "S" label and a star on top of them. When Mario jumps on one, the block takes him to the save screen, allowing the player to save their game. Additionally, Save Blocks can always be found inside [[inn]]s. The Save Block's letter S's appear in serif format in the official artwork, but they use the sans-serif format in the Save Block's in-game sprite.


===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario'' series===
[[File:PMCS Save Block Artwork.png|thumb|Artwork of a Save Block from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'']]
[[File:PMCS Save Block Artwork.png|thumb|Artwork of a Save Block from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'']]
Save Blocks are seen again in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. This time, instead of jumping on top, they need to be hit from underneath like regular blocks. They also have a vastly different appearance, being rainbow-colored blocks labeled with a white "S" with a star inside rather than the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''-style blocks with a star on top seen in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''. At the end of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', after Mario defeats [[Bowser]], the Save Block near the [[Toad House]] and the [[Toad Town Post Office|Post Office]] in [[Toad Town]] will be removed with its position blocked by [[Bruce]] the [[Bob-omb]] and an unnamed [[Koopa Troopa]]. In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', the "S" label scrolls sideways like how [[? Block]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' do. Save Blocks are also commonly found near [[Recovery Block]]s. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', Save Blocks resemble their appearance from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'', as they are rainbow-colored with a scrolling "S" label.
Save Blocks are seen again in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. This time, instead of jumping on top, they need to be hit from underneath like regular blocks. They also have a vastly different appearance, being rainbow-colored blocks labeled with a white "S" with a star inside rather than the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''-style blocks with a star on top seen in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''. At the end of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', after Mario defeats [[Bowser]], the Save Block near the [[Toad House]] and the [[Toad Town Post Office|Post Office]] in [[Toad Town]] will be removed with its position blocked by [[Bruce]] the [[Bob-omb]] and an unnamed [[Koopa Troopa]]. In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', the "S" label scrolls sideways like how [[? Block]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' do. Save Blocks are also commonly found near [[Recovery Block]]s. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', Save Blocks resemble their appearance from ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'', as they are rainbow-colored with a scrolling "S" label, though rather than shiny rotating squares forming their pattern like in the previous two games, rotating diamonds now form their pattern.


In the Spanish translations of ''Paper Mario'', ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'', ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' and the [[Nintendo Switch]] remake of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', the letter on the Save Blocks is changed to "G" for ''guardar'' ("to save"). Likewise, in the Dutch versions of ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'', ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' and the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' remake, the letter of the Save Blocks is changed to "O" for ''opslaan'' ("to save").
In the Spanish translations of ''Paper Mario'', ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' and ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'', the letter on the Save Blocks is changed to "G" for ''guardar'' ("to save"). Likewise, in the Dutch version of ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' and ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'', the letter of the Save Blocks is changed to "O" for ''opslaan'' ("to save").


===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
In the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga|first]] [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|two installments]] of the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series, Save Blocks are replaced by [[Save Album]]s; however, Save Blocks are present in most of the locations of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' as well as in the form of yellow [[Emoglobin]]s in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' and its remake. In all four games, Mario and [[Luigi]] have to hit the blocks from below similar to how it is done in the ''Paper Mario'' games, while in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', [[Bowser]] has to hit the blocks by punching them. In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', Save Blocks are dark blue blocks that have rainbow-colored linings and "S" labels, though in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'', they are blue-colored blocks with golden linings and a white-colored "S" label. Save Blocks and Save Albums are completely absent in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''; as such, the player must save from the menu.
In the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga|first]] [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|two installments]] of the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series, Save Blocks are replaced by [[Save Album]]s; however, Save Blocks are present in most of the locations of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', as well as in the form of yellow [[Emoglobin]]s in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' and its remake. In all three games, Mario and [[Luigi]] have to hit the blocks from below similar to how it is done in the ''Paper Mario'' games, while in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', [[Bowser]] has to hit the blocks by punching them. In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' and ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', Save Blocks are dark blue blocks that have rainbow-colored linings and "S" labels, though in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'', they are blue-colored blocks with golden linings and a white-colored "S" label. Save Blocks and Save Albums are completely absent in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''; as such, the player must save from the menu.
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==Locations==
==Locations==
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"width="640em"
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="640em"
!colspan=2|''Paper Mario'' &nbsp;
!colspan=2|''Paper Mario'' &nbsp;
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!rowspan="2" width="30%"|[[Goomba Village (location)|Goomba Village]]
!rowspan="2" width="30%"|[[Goomba Village (location)|Goomba Village]]
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|At the base of the central tower
|At the base of the central tower
|}
|}
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!colspan=2|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' &nbsp;
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="640em"
!colspan=2|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' &nbsp;
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|-
!rowspan=3|[[Rogueport]]
!rowspan=3|[[Rogueport]]
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|At [[Rogueport#Rogueport Station|Rogueport Station]]
|At [[Rogueport#Rogueport Station|Rogueport Station]]
|-
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Rogueport Underground|Rogueport Sewers]]
!rowspan=4|[[Rogueport Sewers]]
|In the [[Rogueport Underground#Sublevel 1, eastern entrance room|eastern entrance room]]
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 1, eastern entrance room|eastern entrance room]]
|-
|-
|In the [[Rogueport Underground#Sublevel 1, western entrance room|western entrance room]]
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 1, western entrance room|western entrance room]]
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|-
|In the [[Rogueport Underground#Sublevel 3, Thousand-Year Door room|Thousand-Year Door room]] (moved to the Pit of 100 Trials entrance room in the Nintendo Switch version)
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 3, Thousand-Year Door room|Thousand-Year Door room]]
|-
|-
![[Petal Meadows]]
|In the [[Rogueport Sewers#Sublevel 3, Pit of 100 Trials entrance room|Pit of 100 Trials entrance room]] (Nintendo Switch [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|version]] only)
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Petal Meadows]]
|Next to the [[Warp Pipe]]
|Next to the [[Warp Pipe]]
|-
|Inside [[Shhwonk Fortress]]
|-
|-
![[Petalburg]]
![[Petalburg]]
|Near the shop
|Near the shop
|-
![[Shhwonk Fortress]]
|Inside the entrance
|-
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Hooktail Castle]]
!rowspan=3|[[Hooktail Castle]]
|Inside the entrance
|Inside the entrance
|-
|-
|At the bottom of the grand stairwell, near the door to the prison
|In the stairwell before the prison
|-
|-
|Outside [[Hooktail]]'s chamber
|Outside [[Hooktail]]'s chamber
|-
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Boggly Woods]]
!rowspan=2|[[Boggly Woods]]
|Near the [[Warp Pipe]] in the first area (moved to the second section of the woods in the Nintendo Switch version)
|Near the [[Warp Pipe]]
|-
|-
|Inside [[Flurrie's House]]
|Inside [[Flurrie's House]]
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|Inside the entrance
|Inside the entrance
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|-
|Lower level of the [[Pider]] room, near the shop entrance
|Lower level of the [[Pider]] room
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|-
|Outside the lowest chamber
|Outside the lowest chamber
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|Outside the inn
|Outside the inn
|-
|-
![[Twilight Trail]]
!rowspan=2|[[Creepy Steeple]]
|To the right of the fallen tree (Nintendo Switch version only)
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Creepy Steeple]]
|Outside the entrance
|Outside the entrance
|-
|-
|Upper level of the main hall (moved to spiral stairway room in Nintendo Switch version)
|Upper level of the main hall
|-
|In the underground connecting chamber beneath the well and the steeple.
|-
|-
![[Keelhaul Key]]
![[Keelhaul Key]]
|Outside the shantytown inn
|Outside the shantytown inn
|-
|-
!rowspan=4|[[Pirate's Grotto]]
!rowspan=3|[[Pirate's Grotto]]
|Inside the entrance  
|Inside the entrance  
|-
|-
|In the cavern to the right of the sluice gate controls
|In the cavern to the right of the sluice gate controls
|-
|-
|Outside the shipwreck containing the [[Black chest]] (Nintendo Switch version only)
|In front of the [[Black Skull]] (cannot be used after Chapter 5 is completed)
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|In front of the [[Black Skull]] (disappears after Chapter 5 is completed)
|-
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Excess Express]]
!rowspan=2|[[Excess Express]]
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|Near Mario's landing site  
|Near Mario's landing site  
|-
|-
!rowspan=3|[[X-Naut Fortress]]
!rowspan=2|[[X-Naut Fortress]]
|Inside the entrance
|Inside the entrance
|-
|East of the elevator on Sublevel 2 (Nintendo Switch version only)
|-
|-
|Lower level of the [[X-Naut]] factory
|Lower level of the [[X-Naut]] factory
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|On the large bridge over a lake
|On the large bridge over a lake
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|-
|Outside the [[Palace of Shadow Tower]]
|Outside the [[Riddle Tower]]
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|-
|Outside [[Gloomtail]]'s chamber
|Outside [[Gloomtail]]'s chamber
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PM Save Block Render.png|''[[Paper Mario]]''
PM Save Block Render.png|''[[Paper Mario]]''
PMTTYDSaveBlock.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
PMTTYDSaveBlock.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
SPM Save Block.png|''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
MLBISSaveBlock.gif|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
MLBISSaveBlock.gif|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
MLBISSaveBlockAlt.gif|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''
MLBISSaveBlockAlt.gif|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''
PMSSSaveBlock.png|''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
PMSSSaveBlock.png|''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
MLBISBJJSaveBlock.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
MLBISBJJSaveBlock.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
M&LBISBJJ Save Block Alt.png|''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''
</gallery>
</gallery>


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PM Save Block Screenshot.png|''[[Paper Mario]]''
PM Save Block Screenshot.png|''[[Paper Mario]]''
PMTTYD Petalburg screenshot.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
PMTTYD Petalburg screenshot.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
Glitzpithallway.png|Save Block has an upside-down texture clearly visible in [[Glitz Pit]]. This is present with all save blocks, but is usually hidden.
SPM Merlon's House.png|''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
SPM Merlon's House.png|''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
MLBIS SaveBlockScreenshot.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
MLBIS SaveBlockScreenshot.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
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PMTOK Save Block crop.png|''Paper Mario: The Origami King''
PMTOK Save Block crop.png|''Paper Mario: The Origami King''
PMTOK Save Block Dutch.jpg|''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' (Dutch)
PMTOK Save Block Dutch.jpg|''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' (Dutch)
SaveBlock MarioRPGswitch.png|''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
SaveBlock MarioRPGswitch.png|[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)]]
PMTTYD NS Save Block.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' (Nintendo Switch)
SaveBlock MLBS.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]''
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</gallery>


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|JapR=Sēbu Burokku
|JapM=Save Block
|JapM=Save Block
|Spa=bloque de guardado
|Spa=Bloque de guardado
|SpaM=save Block
|SpaM=Save Block
|Fre=Bloc sauvegarde
|Fre=Bloc sauvegarde
|FreM=Save block
|FreM=Save Block
|FreE=bloc de sauvegarde
|Ita=Blocco di salvataggio<ref>''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'', Italian e-manual, pag. 13</ref><ref>''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch), Italian in-game help section, saves</ref> <small>(''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and ''Super Mario RPG'')</small><br>Album Salvataggio <small>(''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'')</small><br>Blocco Salvataggio <small>(''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'', ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser Inside Story'')</small><br>Blocco salvataggio <small>(recent games)</small>
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|ItaM=Block of saving<br>Save Album<br>Save Block<br>Save block
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|ChiS=保存砖块<ref>[https://ia601606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/34/items/iQuePaperMarioManual/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2.zip&file=IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_0005.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0 iQue's ''Paper Mario'' instruction booklet, page 9]</ref>
|FreA=Bloc de sauvegarde
|FreAN=''Super Mario RPG''
|FreAM=Save block
|Ita=Blocco di salvataggio<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'', Italian e-manual|page=13}}</ref><ref>''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch), Italian in-game help section, saves</ref>
|ItaN=''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and ''Super Mario RPG''
|Ita2=Blocco Salvataggio
|Ita2N=''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'', ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser Inside Story''
|Ita3=Blocco salvataggio
|Ita3N=recent games
|ItaM=Block of saving
|Ita2M=Save Block
|Ita3M=Save block
|ChiS=保存砖块<ref>{{cite|url=ia601606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/34/items/iQuePaperMarioManual/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2.zip&file=IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_jp2/IQUE%20PAPER%20MARIO_0005.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0|title=纸片马力欧 (''Zhǐpiàn Mǎlì'ōu'') instruction booklet|page=9|date=2004|publisher=iQue|language=zh-hans|author=iQue}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Bǎocún Zhuānkuài
|ChiSR=Bǎocún Zhuānkuài
|ChiSM=Save Block
|ChiSM=Save Block
|ChiT=儲存磚塊
|ChiTR=Chúcún Zhuānkuài
|ChiTM=Storage Block
|Por=Bloco de gravação
|Por=Bloco de gravação
|PorM=Saving Block
|PorM=Saving Block
|Ger=Speicher-Block
|Ger=Speicher-Block
|GerM=Storage Block
|GerM=Save Block
|Ger2=Speicherblöcke
|Ger2N=''Super Mario RPG''
|Ger2M=Storage-block
|Dut=opslagblok
|Dut=opslagblok
|DutM=save-block
|DutM=save-block
|Kor=저장블록
|Kor=저장블록
|KorR=Jeojang Beullok
|KorR=Jeojang Beullog
|KorM=Save Block
|KorM=Save Block
}}
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