Battle Plug

Artwork of Battle Plugs

Battle Plugs, also referred to as simply plugs, are powerful combat accessories used by the Mario Bros. and certain enemies in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. They are first obtained after defeating Ten on Desolatt Island, although Ten immediately battles the Mario Bros. again; the ensuing battle serves as a tutorial for Battle Plugs. They are crafted with Lumenade from Sprite Bulbs. Upon being plugged into Power Taps, their effects manifest at the cost of consuming their individual charges. Some Battle Plugs can enhance the effects of others when used together. This system is comparable to the badges and Battle Cards in previous installments of the series.

Use

A Battle Plug on its own does not take effect until it is plugged into a Power Tap. The number of Power Taps Mario and Luigi initially get is two, but as the story progress, it eventually increases to a maximum of five. Battle Plugs use a system of charges to determine how many times it can be used before it becomes unusable and automatically gets unplugged, after which a plug enters a recharge turns phase where the end of anyone's turn, enemies included, causes its recharge turns to go down by one. Every Battle Plug has a unique number of max charges and recharge turns. When a plug is finished recharging, a "Plug recharged!" notification will appear in battle, and the plug can be used again. Mario and Luigi can wear certain accessories, the Quick-Charge Brooch and Overcharged Brooch, to make the end of their turns count as two or three recharge turns respectively.

When a Battle Plug is used, its name will appear onscreen to show that it has taken effect and spent a charge. A Battle Plug can only have one of its charges used per turn; any uses for the rest of that turn will not spend any further charges. This is most noticeable for plugs that take effect while dodging and countering enemy attacks. Three Battle Plugs, Countdown to Crush, Countdown to Cure, and Countdown to Charge, use a different system of charges called countdown charges that go down like recharge turns at the end of anyone's turn. Once a plug runs out of countdown charges, its effect activates.

During Mario or Luigi's turn in battle, Battle Plugs can be freely plugged into and out of Power Taps without spending a turn.

Battle Plugs cannot be used during the battle against the Great Conductor, although any recharging Battle Plugs still recharge as normal.

List of Battle Plugs

Name	Icon	Effect	Craft cost (Lumenade)	Number of charges	Recharge turns	Unlock	Note
Kaboom Attack		Get an EXCELLENT rating with a Jump or Hammer attack to also damage nearby targets.	N/A (first) 60 (second)	10	30	Defeat Ten. (first) Create 17 Battle Plugs (second)	After an EXCELLENT rating, it enters slow motion as an impact wave gets generated to damage nearby enemies, dealing ?% of the original damage. Two copies are available. This plug does not take effect if there is only one enemy in the battle.
Surprise Iron Ball		When you get an EXCELLENT rating with a Jump or Hammer attack, an iron ball drops on the target to deal more damage.	20 (first) 60 (second)	10	30	Defeat Ten. (first) Create 17 Battle Plugs (second)	After an EXCELLENT rating, it drops an iron ball at the enemies, dealing ?% of the original damage and ignoring Defense. Two copies are available.
Dizzifying Attack		Increases the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, an EXCELLENT rating can make a target dizzy.	20	15	20	Defeat Ten.	When Jumping or Hammering, Mario and Luigi spin fast enough to have motion blur. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Dizzy. It can still be performed when the other brother is incapacitated.
Fiery Attack		Increase the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, if you get an EXCELLENT, your target may become burned.	50	15	20	Create 12 Battle Plugs.	When Jumping or Hammering, the attacks have a flame trail. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Burn.
Icy Attack		Increase the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, if you get an EXCELLENT, your target may become iced.	50	15	20	Create 12 Battle Plugs.	When Jumping or Hammering, the attacks have a cold air trail with snowflakes, cold puffs, and shining particles. An attack with EXCELLENT rating has a ?% chance of causing Ice.
Attack Boost		Grants you one additional Jump or Hammer attack.	50	10	30	Craft 12 Battle Plugs.	An extra solo part of the attack is added to the normal attack combo, doing ?% of the damage. Mario or Luigi will cheer the other one on the first jump when doing the Jump attack.
Anti-Flying Specialist		Jump attacks against flying enemies are guaranteed critical hits.	30	10	30	Create 4 Battle Plugs.	Attacks are marked with a unique Buster CRITICAL effect and deal ?% more damage. Does not take effect in a First Strike. Does take effect during counterattacks. Does take effect for damage caused during Luigi Logic against Glohm Bowser and Glohm Sharpcask. Anti-Spike Specialist also takes effect against fiery enemies. Anti-Flying Specialist also takes effect against taller Doom Blooms.
Anti-Spike Specialist		Hammer attacks against spiky enemies are guaranteed critical hits.	30	10	30	Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Anti-Zokket Specialist		Jump and Hammer attacks against Zok Troops are guaranteed critical hits.	N/A	10	30	Given by Technikki after getting Auto Ampberry.
Anti-Army Specialist		Jump and Hammer attacks against Bowser's army are guaranteed critical hits.	N/A	10	30	Defeat Bob-ombs in Heatfreeze Island.
Anti-Glohm Specialist		Jump and Hammer attacks against Glohmed enemies are guaranteed critical hits.	N/A	10	30	Side quest reward for defeating Glohm Gobblick.
Seedle-ize		When you get an EXCELLENT rating on a Jump or Hammer attack, sometimes turns your target into a Seedle.	N/A	10	20	Seedle-ize trading quest on Allsand Island.	Any non-boss enemies has a small chance of becoming a level 1 Seedle. Sometimes a Golden Seedle will appear instead. Though not mentioned and with no visible effects, Statusplosion applies to this plug.
Bros. Boost		Boosts damage dealt by Bros. Attacks by 20% but also increases BP spent by 100%.	50	5	30	Create 12 Battle Plugs.
Performance Bonus		Restores 50% of BP used on a Bros. Attack that earns an EXCELLENT rating.	40	3	20	Create 12 Battle Plugs.	BP restored is rounded up.
Auto EXCELLENT		Automatically gives Jump, Hammer, and Bros. attacks an EXCELLENT rating.	40	5	20	Create 8 Battle Plugs.	The EXCELLENT rating achieved counts toward the Challenges.
Easy-Peasy Counters		Holding the button makes counters easier, enabling you to float in midair when you jump and enlarging your hammer for those counters.	N/A	10	20	Defeat Ten.
Empower Counters		Turns jump counters into ground pounds, and charges up hammer counters to do an extra 30% damage.	30	10	20	Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Damage Shield		Reduces damage received from enemies by 20%.	N/A	10	30	Defeat Mega Snaptor.	Each charge grants protection against one turn of enemy action; If an attack hits multiple times, only one charge would be used.
Protectus		Reduces the damage you suffer from enemies to 0.	90	3	40	Create 27 Battle Plugs.	Each charge grants protection against one turn of enemy action; If an attack hits multiple times, only one charge would be used.
Notdroppin		When you have at least 2 HP and you take enough damage to become KO'd, preserves you at 1 HP instead.	60	5	30	Create 17 Battle Plugs.
Surefooted Guard		Prevents the effects of Trip and Dizzy.	15	5	20	Defeat Ten.
Temperature Guard		Prevents the effects of Burn and Ice.	N/A	5	20	Given by Chilliam and Burnadette before Brrrning Sea Great Lighthouse Island.
Glohm Guard		Prevents the effects of Glohm.	N/A	5	20	Defeat Zokket.
Back-Atcha Attack		When you take damage, sometimes triggers an extra Jump or Hammer attack back at the attacker.	60	3	20	Create 17 Battle Plugs.	Mario or Luigi do a solo Jump or Hammer attack to counter instead of the combo.
Ouch Charge		Causes damage to charge you up. Once full, your next attack deals +100% damage.	N/A	1	5	Defeat Glohm Bowser.
Auto Mushroom		When your HP becomes low, will automatically use a Mushroom.	20	5	20	Defeat Ten.
Auto Syrup Jar		When your BP becomes low, will automatically use a Syrup Jar.	20	5	20	Defeat Ten.
Auto Herb		When you gain a status effect, will automatically use a Refreshing Herb.	15	5	20	Defeat Ten.
Auto 1-Up		When one of the brothers is KO'd, automatically uses a 1-Up Mushroom.	30	3	20	Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Auto Ampberry		When you are afflicted with Glohm, will automatically use an Ampberry.	N/A	5	20	Given by Dr. Vulko after retrieving the Ampberries.
Deluxe Auto		The Auto series of Battle Plugs will automatically select the most efficient recovery item for your current state.	50	15	15	Create 12 Battle Plugs.	Requires being equipped alongside another Auto series Battle Plug to take effect.
Spirited Item		Using an item can boost various stats.	40	5	20	Create 8 Battle Plugs.	Every item is guaranteed to boost a specific stat by a specific percentage. Higher-tiered items will make the boost stronger. See the table below for every item's boost. Refreshing Herbs will not give a boost if it fails to cure Glohm. Will also activate from Mushrooms thrown as part of enemy attacks.
Item Share		Using an item will affect the other bro. as well, while only consuming the one item.	90	3	30	Create 27 Battle Plugs.
Second Helping		When using an item, uses two identical items out of your inventory to give the benefit for both.	70	5	30	Create 22 Battle Plugs.
Boomerang Items		Items you use return to your inventory.	40	5	30	Create 8 Battle Plugs.
Countdown to Crush		The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, a bomb deals heavy damage to all enemies.	90	15	15	Create 27 Battle Plugs.
Countdown to Cure		The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, HP and BP are 100% restored.	70	15	15	Create 22 Battle Plugs.
Countdown to Charge		The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, all other equipped plugs are recharged to 50%.	70	15	15	Create 22 Battle Plugs.	Actually recharges all other equipped plugs by 50% of their max capacity, rounded up, but cannot get them beyond max.
Charge Bank		When another equipped plug would lose charges, this plug's charges decrease instead.	70	3	20	Create 22 Battle Plugs.	Should more Battle Plug charges be used simultaneously than the amount of charges Charge Bank has, the first Battle Plug name(s) to appear alongside when they get used will be the only one(s) to preserve a charge.
Speedy Recharge		When another equipped plug reaches zero charges, its recharge time is shortened by 50% turns.	60	5	20	Create 17 Battle Plugs.	Requires to be equipped when the equipped plug(s) reaches zero for it to work.
Coinpiler		Causes enemies to drop coins each time you damage them in proportion to damage dealt.	40	20	20	Create 8 Battle Plugs.	Coins dropped is equal to 5% of damage dealt, rounded up.
Loot Booster		Makes it more likely that defeated enemies will drop items.	30	10	20	Create 4 Battle Plugs.
Auto Luigi		At the end of his turns, Luigi will sometimes take a bonus attack or search the area for an item.	N/A	5	20	Defeat the Great Conductor.	Luigi's bonus attack automatically scores an EXCELLENT rating, triggering bonuses from any plug which depend on EXCELLENT ratings from normal attacks.
Waitaminnit		When your regular turn ends, grants you one extra turn.	120	3	40	Create 31 Battle Plugs.	Turn windows for certain Luigi Logic actions will still pass.

Spirited Item effects

Item	Effect	Normal	Super	Ultra	Max	DX
Mushroom Nut	DEF-Up	10%	15%	20%	25%	N/A
Syrup Jar	POW-Up	10%	15%	20%	25%	N/A
Candy	STACHE-Up	10%	20%	30%	40%	N/A
1-Up Mushroom	SPD-Up	30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	50%
Refreshing Herb Ampberry	SPD-Up	30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Combos

“Some combinations of Battle Plugs have unique and powerful effects. There are lots of these combinations, so experiment away!”

—Pop-up hint

Official combos

Using one of these Battle Plug combos for the first time will make a pop-up hint appear explaining the combo.

Name	Battle Plug 1	Battle Plug 2	Battle Plug 3	Effect
Boosted Kaboom	Attack Boost	Kaboom Attack	N/A	If you use Attack Boost with Kaboom Attack, you'll generate more impact waves.
Surprise Iron Boost	Attack Boost	Surprise Iron Ball	N/A	If you use Attack Boost and Surprise Iron Ball together, you'll increase the number of iron balls that fall.
KaboomBOOM	Kaboom Attack	Kaboom Attack	N/A	If you use two Kaboom Attack plugs together, the impact wave will affect all monsters.
Iron Ka-Ball	Kaboom Attack	Surprise Iron Ball	N/A	Pair Kaboom Attack and Surprise Iron Ball plugs together to make iron balls fall on all enemies hit by the impact wave.
Statusplosion	Kaboom Attack	Dizzifying Attack Fiery Attack Icy Attack Seedle-ize	N/A	If you use Kaboom Attack and a plug that causes status ailments together, the status ailment will spread to all the enemies hit by the impact wave.
Ka-Specialist	Kaboom Attack	Anti-Flying Specialist Anti-Spike Specialist Anti-Zokket Specialist Anti-Army Specialist Anti-Glohm Specialist	N/A	If you use Kaboom Attack and a Specialist-type Battle Plug together, the critical effect will spread to all enemies hit by the impact wave, as long as the Specialist type affects them.
Bigger Ball	Surprise Iron Ball	Surprise Iron Ball	N/A	If you use two Surprise Iron Ball plugs together, the damage they deal will increase.
Broadly Specialized	Anti-Flying Specialist Anti-Spike Specialist	Anti-Zokket Specialist Anti-Army Specialist	Anti-Glohm Specialist	If you use multiple Specialist-type plug effects that overlap, it will boost the damage you deal. The more overlapping effects, the more damage will be increased.
Dizzy Burn	Dizzifying Attack	Fiery Attack	N/A	Pair the Dizzifying Attack and Fiery Attack plugs, and a fiery tornado will appear, increasing the damage you deal.
Dizzy Ice	Dizzifying Attack	Icy Attack	N/A	Pair the Dizzifying Attack and Icy Attack plugs, and an icy tornado will appear, increasing the damage you deal.
Hot, Cold, and Dizzy	Dizzifying Attack	Fiery Attack	Icy Attack	If you use Dizzifying Attack, Fiery Attack, and Icy Attack together, a bomb tornado will appear, increasing the damage you deal even more.

Other combos

These combos do not make a pop-up hint appear, but still have a unique or notable result.

Battle Plug 1	Battle Plug 2	Battle Plug 3	Effect
Countdown to Crush	Countdown to Cure	Countdown to Charge	If multiple Countdown plugs run out of countdown charges at the same time, they will always activate in the order of Crush, Cure, then Charge.
Countdown to Charge	Countdown to Crush Countdown to Cure	N/A	If Countdown to Charge activates, it can recharge other Countdown plugs, effectively wasting part of Countdown to Charge's effect while delaying the other Countdown effects.
Charge Bank	Countdown to Crush Countdown to Cure Countdown to Charge	N/A	Charge Bank will prevent Countdown plugs from spending countdown charges, effectively wasting Charge Bank.
Speedy Recharge	Countdown to Charge	N/A	Seemingly due to an oversight, if Countdown to Charge activates with Speedy Recharge also equipped, Countdown to Charge will benefit from Speedy Recharge while Speedy Recharge never spends any charges. This will even happen when Speedy Recharge is at 1/5 charges; once it gets the effect from Countdown to Charge, Speedy Recharge will remain equipped with 4/5 charges.
Seedle-ize	Surprise Iron Ball	N/A	Seedle-ize activates after a Jump or Hammer attack, but before Surprise Iron Ball. This sequence of events instantly defeats the enemy if Seedle-ize works.

Extension Corps

During the battle against the Extension Corps in Fortress Zokket, Shun uses his own Battle Plugs against Mario and Luigi which last for the rest of the battle once activated. Shun activates each one at a specific point.

• HUUUGE Iron Ball: An iron ball falls on either Mario or Luigi if they take damage from the Extension Corps' attacks. The iron ball can be countered with the hammer. An iron ball may sometimes fall on one of the Extension Corps.
• Theme Song: All three members dance to the music, powering them up afterwards.
• Single-Minded: All three members share a health pool. When one member takes damage, the other two stagger as well.
• PunishMush: Mario and Luigi take damage if they eat any kind of Mushroom.
• Invincible: The Extension Corps are invincible but after several turns create a huge unavoidable explosion which defeats the trio. Using a Boo Biscuit or the Protectus plug guarantees protection against the explosion.

Additionally, if Mario or Luigi take damage from Ecks, he may steal one of Mario and Luigi's active Battle Plugs and throw it away. Stolen Battle Plugs are marked with Ecks's face in the Battle Plug menu and cannot be used for the rest of the battle.

Gallery

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  Battle Plugs creation page

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  Battle Plugs set page

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	バトルプラグ Batoru Puragu	Battle Plug
Chinese	战斗插头[?] Zhàndòu Chātóu	Battle Plug
Dutch	Strijdstekker[?]	Battle plug
French	Prise de combat[?]	Battle plug
Italian	Spina sinergica	Synergic plug
Portuguese	Plugue de batalha	Battle plug
Spanish	Clavija de combate[?]	Combat plug