Mario Kart Wii item probability distributions

The following tables are used in Mario Kart Wii to determine the probability of receiving an item when an Item Box is opened. Like in Mario Kart DS, only the tables for the default case are stored in the game's files; in Mario Kart Wii, it is known as the "Balanced" case. The probability is coded as percentage multiplied by two. The distributions are presented in the order used in the code.

Races

In the races, the item probability distributions are chosen depending on the rank of the driver when the Item Box is opened.

Grand Prix races

Grand Prix races, drivers controlled by players
Item	Rank
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
	50	35	20	10	5
	15	50	40	30	20	15	10	5
	75	35	20	10	5
	35	20	10	5	5
		20	35	40	30	25	15	5
			10	20	35	50	55	65	70	50	40	25
		5	15	15	10	10
				5	10	15	10	5
									5	15	25	45
							15	25	40	45	40	30
						10	30	45	55	60	55	50
				5	10	20	15	10
				5	10	15	15	10	5
					10	10	15	10	5
			10	15	15	10	5
								10	20	30	40	50
		10	25	20	10
				15	25	20	15	10
	25	25	15	5

Grand Prix races, drivers controlled by software
Item	Rank
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
	50	40	40	35	30	30	35	30	30	20	15	5
	10	65	40	35	25	20	15	10
	70	40	35	35	25	20	20	20	15	10	5
	35	20	15	15	10	10	5
	10	15	25	30	30	35	40	45	35	35	35	10
			10	15	20	25	30	35	45	65	55	25
			5	10	10	10	5	5
					5	10	10	10	10
												35
							5	15	25	30	35	40
									15	30	35	40
					5	10	15	10	10
					10	10	10	10	10
					10	10	10	10	5
			5	10	10	5
										10	20	45
			15	15	10	5
	25	20	10

VS Races

Local VS Races, drivers controlled by players
Item	Rank
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
	65	35	25	15	5
		50	45	40	25	15	10
	75	35	20	5	5
	35	20	10	5
		20	35	45	35	30	20	15	5
			5	15	30	45	55	65	75	65	45	15
		5	10	15	10	10
				5	10	15	15	10	5
												45
							10	25	35	50	45	35
						5	20	40	50	70	70	40
				5	15	20	20	10	10
					10	10	10	10	10
					10	10	15	10	10
			10	15	15	15	10	5
										15	40	65
		10	20	20	10	5
			5	10	20	20	15	10
	25	25	15	5

Local VS Races, drivers controlled by software
Item	Rank
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
	50	40	40	35	30	30	35	30	30	20	15	5
	10	65	35	35	30	20	15	10
	70	40	35	35	30	25	20	20	15	10	10
	35	20	15	15	10	10	5
	10	15	25	30	35	40	40	45	35	35	35	10
			10	15	20	25	30	35	40	60	65	30
			5	10	10	10	5	5
					5	10	10	10	10
												25
							5	15	25	35	40	30
									15	25	35	50
					5	10	15	10	10
					10	10	10	10	10	5
							10	10	10	10
		5	10	10	5	5
												50
			15	15	10	5
	25	15	10

Online VS Races
Item	Rank
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
	65	35	30	15	10
		50	50	40	30	20	10	5
	75	40	15	5
	40	15	10	5
		25	35	45	30	25	20
				10	20	30	50	65	75	60	25	10
			5	10	15	15	10
				5	10	15	15	10	5
											15	40
								25	40	55	55	35
						5	20	45	55	70	60	45
				5	15	20	15	10
					10	15	15	10	10
					10	10	15	10	10
			5	15	15	15	10	10
									5	15	45	70
		10	20	20	15	10	5
			10	20	20	20	15	10
	20	25	20	5

Special cases

These distributions are used in special cases. For example, the 12th distribution is used for the special item boxes in Chain Chomp Wheel. The last four distributions do not allow to obtain any item; it is unclear whether they are actually used or not.

Special cases
Item	Distribution
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
							200
									200
	200					100
		200				100						10
			200
								200
				200								190
										200
											200
					200

Battles

In the battles, the distribution is chosen depending on how many points behind the driver is with respect to the driver with the most point of the opposite team when the item box is opened.

Local Balloon Battle

Local Balloon Battles, drivers controlled by players
Item	Points behind
	Less than 3/1st place	Between 3 and 5	More than 5
	50	15
	50	60	60
	25	10
	15	10
	15	10
		10	20
	10	10	10
			10
			10
		10	20
	10	15	20
		10	5
	15	15	15
		15	30
	10	10

Local Balloon Battles, drivers controlled by software
Item	Points behind
	Less than 3/1st place	Between 3 and 5	More than 5
	55	35	15
	40	60	80
	45	15
	25	15
		10	5
		5	10
	10	10	10
			5
			10
		5	10
	5	10	15
	5	10	5
	5	15	25
	10	10	10

Local Coin Runners

Local Coin Runners battles, drivers controlled by players
Item	Points behind
	Less than 4/1st place	Between 4 and 7	More than 7
	40	20
	60	60	65
	25	10
	20	10
	10	5
		10	15
	10	10	10
			5
		10	20
			10
	10	15	20
		10	5
			5
	15	15	15
		15	30
	10	10

Local Coin Runners battles, drivers controlled by software
Item	Points behind
	Less than 4/1st place	Between 4 and 7	More than 7
	55	40	20
	45	60	80
	40	15
	25	10
	5	10	5
		5	10
	10	10	10
			5
		5	10
	5	10	15
	5	10	5
			5
		15	25
	10	10	10

Online Balloon Battle

Online Balloon Battles
Item	Points behind
	Less than 3/1st place	Between 3 and 5	More than 5
	45	15
	50	60	65
	25	5
	20	10
	15	15
		10	20
	10	10	10
			5
			10
		10	20
	10	15	20
		10	5
	15	15	15
		15	30
	10	10

Online Coin Runners

Online Coin Runners battles
Item	Points behind
	Less than 4/1st place	Between 4 and 7	More than 7
	40	15
	55	60	70
	25	5
	20	10
	15	15
		10	15
	10	10	10
			5
		10	20
			5
	10	15	20
		10	5
			5
	15	15	15
		15	30
	10	10

See also

• Mario Kart DS item probability distributions
• Mario Kart 7 item probability distributions
• Mario Kart 8 item probability distributions
• Mario Kart Tour item probability distributions