Vim Factory

Inside the factory

The Vim Factory is a location in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. It is found in the center of the Toadwood Forest. The factory's main purpose is to extract vim from Toads for the Shroobs to use as an energy source. The factory is powered by Toads strapped to trees. Protecting the factory are two Hammer Bros., whose minds are being controlled by Shroobs through antennas on their helmets. The Hammer Bros. kidnap Mario and Luigi upon the Mario Bros.' arrival. After Baby Mario and Baby Luigi defeat the Hammer Bros. and break the antennas, the Hammer Bros. give the babies hammers and a lesson on how to use them as thanks. The babies then rescue Mario and Luigi from the tree in the middle of the factory. Swiggler is the main boss of the Vim Factory and the guardian of the second piece of the Cobalt Star; it transports the fuel to the Shroob saucers. Upon the player defeating it, however, Baby Bowser arrives and takes both the shard from Swiggler and the one the Mario Bros. already got back in Baby Bowser's Castle.

Enemies

• Hammer Bros. (mini-boss)
• Spiny Shroopas
• Lakitufos
• Dr. Shroobs
• Swiggler (boss)

Items

Item	Image	Location
Mushroom (x5)		Three are in the ? Block in the southwesternmost room of the northwest scene in the first area. Two are in the northwest red block above the electrical area in the north long scene in the second area.
Mushroom Drop		In the south ? Block in the pipe scene of the first area.
1-Up Mushroom		In the southwest red block above the electrical area in the north long scene in the second area.
Refreshing Herb (x6)		Two are in the north ? Block in the pipe scene of the first area. Two are in the right ? Block in the southwest scene of the first area. Two are in the green block in the northwest of the second scene in the second area.
Green Shell (x6)		Three are in the left ? Block in the southeast room of the northwest scene in the first area. Three are in the southeast green block above the electrical area in the north long scene in the second area.
Bro Flower (x3)		Three are in the north red block in the right room in the thin scene in the second area.
Cannonballer (x8)		Four are in the southeast red block in the northeast scene in the first area. Four are in the south green block in the right room in the thin scene in the second area.
Unarmed Jeans		In the middle green block in the southwest scene of the first area.
Bean (x10)		In the west corner of the long path scene in the first area. In the northwest of the southwest room in the first area. In the northeast of the northeast scene in the first area. In the southeast of the exit scene of the first area. In the southwest of the entrance scene of the second area. To the right of the fences in the cave area of the south long scene in the second area. Near the right wall corner of the left room of the thin scene in the second area. In the northwest of the right room in the thin scene in the second area. In the southwest of the northwesternmost scene in the second area. In the northwest of the cave area of the north long scene in the second area.

Gallery

• 

  Factory entrance

• 

  Area 1

• 

  Area 2

• 

  Unused Scoot Bloops being fought in the Vim Factory

• 

  Areas map

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	エネルギーこうじょう[?] Enerugī Kōjō	Energy Factory
French	La Centrale[?]	The Central
German	Elan-Fabrik[?]	Vim Factory
Italian	Laboratorio linfa[?]	Lymph Laboratory
Korean	에너지 공장[?] Eneoji Gongjang	Energy Factory
Spanish	Central de energía[?]	Energy central