List of power-ups

This article is about the power-ups found in different games. For the space in Mario Party 3, see Power-up Space. For the status effect that means "power up", see POW-Up. For the move from Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser, see Special Skill (Mario & Luigi series).

Power-ups are unique items that give special abilities to characters that use them. Most of their effects make defeating enemies or exploring levels easier. Below is a list of power-ups, including a selection of their sprites and artwork, and a list of their respective appearances in the Mario franchise. While other characters, such as Luigi, may be able to use many of these power-ups identically, the description for power-ups that Mario can use only describes their effect on Mario. The article for each power-up provides more information, including a full list of which characters can use it.

Item	Image	Games	Effect
Bee Mushroom		Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2	Transforms Mario into Bee Mario, allowing him to fly for a short time, walk on clouds and flowers, and stick to honeycombs.
Big Mushroom		Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. style only)	Transforms Mario into Big Mario, allowing him to destroy Brick Blocks, Ice Blocks, ? Blocks, and Hard Blocks by jumping on or under them. In Super Mario Maker, it also lets Mario destroy blocks by running into them, gives the screen a CRT effect, and changes enemies' appearances to be Mario-themed.
Blimp Fruit	File:SMG2 Blimp Fruit Sprite.png	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Temporarily transforms Yoshi into Blimp Yoshi, causing him to puff up and float, similarly to the Power Balloon.
Blue Shell		New Super Mario Bros., Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story	Transforms Mario into Shell Mario, allowing him to shell dash, crouch in the shell to block most attacks, and swim faster with more control.
Boo Mushroom		Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2	Transforms Mario into Boo Mario, allowing him to pass through fences and read Booish.
Boomerang Flower		Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style only), Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Transforms Mario into Boomerang Mario, allowing him to throw boomerangs to damage enemies, collect coins or activate Checkpoint Flags.
Boost Star		New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U	Temporarily allows the player to defeat enemies or break blocks by tapping them on the GamePad.
Bulb Berry	File:SMG2 Bulb Berry Sprite.png	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Temporarily transforms Yoshi into Bulb Yoshi, allowing him to reveal and stand on platforms that would otherwise be invisible and intangible.
Bullet Bill Mask		Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style only)	Allows Mario to fly horizontally for a short period of time.
Buzzy Shell		Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2	A Buzzy Beetle's empty shell, which can be worn by Mario to protect him from attacks from above, and to destroy Brick Blocks in the same way as Super Mario.
Cannon Box		Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style only), Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Super Mario 3D World campaign only)	Continually fires cannonballs when worn which can collect items and break cracked walls and Rock Blocks. Cannonballs can be charged indefinitely, and will fly faster when released if charged.
Cape Feather		Super Mario World, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (e-Reader-exclusive item), Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario World style only)	Transforms Mario into Cape Mario, allowing him to fly after building up speed, glide to slow his descent, and cape spin to attack enemies, similarly to the Super Leaf.
Carrot		Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins	Transforms Mario into Bunny Mario, allowing him to slow his descent or hover in midair.
Cloud Flower		Super Mario Galaxy 2	Transforms Mario into Cloud Mario, allowing him to create up to 3 cloud platforms (which are replenished upon collecting another Cloud Flower), make floaty jumps, and walk on clouds.
Coin Box		Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Slowly gives Mario one coin at a time when worn, up to a limit of 100 (with no limit in Super Mario 3D Land). Moving around increases the rate at which coins are gained. Reaching the coin limit, taking damage, or clearing the level removes the box, rewarding an extra life in the latter case.
Coin Rush Star		Super Mario Run	Appears after the gauge is filled up in Toad Rally mode and activates Coin Rush when collected. In Coin Rush, coins along the path are multiplied and increased inside ? Blocks. Once the gauge is empty, the Coin Rush ends.
Dash Pepper	File:SMG2 Dash Pepper Sprite.png	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Temporarily transforms Yoshi into Dash Yoshi, causing him to dash at a very high speed.
Double Cherry		Super Mario 3D World, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Super Mario 3D World campaign only)	Transforms Mario into Double Mario, creating a clone similarly to the Copy Flower. There can be up to 5 clones of each character on screen. If a clone takes damage, it disappears.
Dry Bones Shell		Super Mario Maker 2	Acts like the Goomba's Shoe when worn, but can Ground Pound by default, lacking a big or winged version. It can also float on lava and poison, and allows Mario to play dead and be invincible for a moment.
Fire Flower		Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. Special, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 3, All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. 2, New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Mario is Missing! (PC only), Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Transforms Mario into Fire Mario, allowing him to throw fireballs.
		Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2	Transforms Mario into Fire Mario for 20 seconds, allowing him to throw fireballs.
Frog Suit		Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. 3 style only), Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Paper Mario: Color Splash	Transforms Mario into Frog Mario, allowing him to swim faster in any direction and jump higher. In the multiplayer mode of Super Mario Maker 2, Frog Mario is red instead of green to distinguish him from Frog Luigi.
Giga Bell		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Bowser's Fury campaign only)	Transforms Mario into Giga Cat Mario, a gigantic version of Cat Mario with immunity to black goop and the ability to directly battle and damage Fury Bowser.
Gold Block		New Super Mario Bros. 2	Acts similarly to the Coin Box, slowly granting Mario coins up to a limit of 100. Reaching the limit, taking damage or clearing the level removes the box, rewarding coins in the latter case. Hitting a Gold Block from either side, above, or while wearing another one causes 50 coins to spout out instead.
Gold Flower		New Super Mario Bros. 2	Transforms Mario into Gold Mario, allowing him to launch golden fireballs, which explode with a small blast radius. Any enemies hit will award an amount of coins based on the number of enemies hit. These fireballs can also hit ? Blocks and turn Brick Blocks into coins. If Gold Mario touches a Golden Mushroom, he is rewarded 100 coins instead of 50. Taking damage, collecting an Invincibility Leaf or Mega Mushroom, or clearing the level ends the Gold Flower's effect, reverting Mario to Fire Mario in the latter case.
Goomba Mask		Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style only), Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Super Mario 3D World campaign only)	Disguises Mario as a Goomba, allowing him to sneak by certain enemies without being detected.
Goomba's Shoe		Super Mario Bros. 3, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 styles only)	Lets Mario hop across spikes and sharp-toothed or spiky enemies, such as Munchers and Spinies, when worn. Taking damage or clearing the level removes the Goomba's Shoe. In Super Mario Maker, there are big versions that can Ground Pound and winged versions that can Flutter Jump, as well as a Stiletto variant whose big version breaks blocks when Ground Pounding.
Hammer	File:Hammersprite.png	Donkey Kong (game), Super Mario Bros. Special, Donkey Kong (Game Boy), Mario vs. Donkey Kong	Causes Mario to uncontrollably swing the Hammer for a short time, destroying enemies and objects it contacts.
Hammer Suit		Super Mario Bros. 3	Transforms Mario into Hammer Mario, allowing him to throw powerful hammers and block enemies' fireballs by crouching.
Ice Flower		Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Paper Mario: The Origami King	Transforms Mario into Ice Mario, allowing him to throw Ice Balls.
		Super Mario Galaxy	Temporarily transforms Mario into Ice Mario, granting him immunity to fire and allowing him to walk or skate across water and lava.
Ice Skate		Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	When worn, allows Mario to skate on ice, move faster, and be immune to certain enemies and grounded spikes. However, he is unable to stop moving while in the Ice Skate, and will lose it if he hits a wall or Walleye.
Invincibility Bell		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (exclusive to amiibo)	Transforms Mario into White Cat Mario, granting him the abilities of Cat Mario as well as invincibility to most obstacles. Clearing the level reverts him to his normal Cat form.
Invincibility Leaf		Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (exclusive to amiibo in the Bowser's Fury campaign)	Transforms Mario into White Tanooki Mario, granting him the abilities of Tanooki Mario, as well as invincibility to most obstacles. Clearing the level reverts him to his normal Tanooki form.
		New Super Mario Bros. 2	Transforms Mario into White Raccoon Mario, granting him the abilities of Raccoon Mario, as well as invincibility to most obstacles. Clearing the level reverts him to his normal Raccoon form.
Invincibility Mushroom		Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	Grants Captain Toad invincibility for the entirety of a level and surrounds him with a white glow, similarly to the Invincibility Leaf.
Light Box		Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Super Mario 3D World campaign only)	Shines a light in front of Mario when worn, which can defeat ghostly enemies, such as Boos.
Lucky Bell		Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Transforms Mario into a special variation of Cat Mario with a red collar and a bell, and additionally allows him to turn into Lucky Cat Mario by Ground Pounding. Lucky Cat Mario earns coins while falling, and is invincible.
Luigi's Cap		Super Mario 64 DS	Gives Mario, Wario, or Yoshi the abilities and physical appearance of Luigi.
Mario's Cap		Super Mario 64 DS	Gives Luigi, Wario, or Yoshi the abilities and physical appearance of Mario.
Master Sword		Super Mario Maker 2	Turns Mario into Link, enabling him to use his shield to block enemies and projectiles, bombs to hit switches and blow up blocks, and a bow and arrow to collect items or attack enemies. He can also use a sword to hit enemies, perform a dash attack, or thrust downward while airborne in similar fashion to a Ground Pound. In multiplayer mode, the Master Sword gives the characters different colors to distinguish them.
Mega Mushroom		New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Super Mario 3D World campaign only)	Temporarily transforms Mario into Mega Mario, making him giant and able to destroy everything in his path. In Super Paper Mario, Mario also becomes his Super Mario Bros. sprite in Mega form.
Mega Star		Super Paper Mario
Metal Cap		Super Mario 64	Temporarily transforms Mario into Metal Mario, making him heavier, which makes his jumps shorter but enables him to activate switches on the ground and walk underwater. He is also invincible, does not need to breathe underwater, and can resist toxic fumes.
Mystery Mushroom		Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style only)	Transforms Mario into Costume Mario, granting him the abilities of Super Mario as well as the appearance of a random character. It is exclusive to the Super Mario Bros. style.
P-Acorn		New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U	Transforms Mario into P Flying Squirrel Mario, granting him the abilities of Flying Squirrel Mario as well as allowing him to make infinite midair jumps for one level. Taking damage, grabbing a non-flight-based power-up, or clearing the level ends the P-Acorn's effect, reverting Mario to Flying Squirrel Mario in the latter case.
P-Wing		Super Mario Bros. 3	Transforms Mario into Raccoon Mario, but also gives him infinite flight for one level. Taking damage, grabbing a non-flight-based power-up, or clearing the level ends the P-Wing's effect, reverting Mario's flight to normal in the latter case.
		Super Mario 3D Land	Warps Mario to the end of a level.
Pal Pill		Super Paper Mario	Creates eight small 8-bit versions of Mario, which move alongside him and hurt any enemies they touch, disappearing afterwards.
Penguin Suit		New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U	Transforms Mario into Penguin Mario, allowing him to slide on his belly and move faster, throw Ice Balls, and swim more freely (similarly to the Blue Shell, Ice Flower, and Frog Suit, respectively). He also does not slide while on ice.
Power Balloon		Super Mario World, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario World style only)	Temporarily transforms Mario into Balloon Mario, allowing him to float.
Power Flower		Super Mario 64 DS	Works as a Power Balloon for Mario, a Vanish Cap for Luigi, a Metal Cap for Wario, and gives Yoshi fire breath.
Propeller Box		Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style only), Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Allows Mario to whirl up and slowly descend, similarly to the Propeller Mushroom. Taking damage or clearing the level removes the box, rewarding an extra life in the latter case. In Super Mario Maker 2, Mario can use the box up to three times while in the air.
Propeller Mushroom		New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2 (New Super Mario Bros. U style only)	Transforms Mario into Propeller Mario, allowing him to whirl upwards quickly and fall slowly after whirling. He can also drill downwards in midair to fall quickly.
Rainbow Star		Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2	Temporarily transforms Mario into Rainbow Mario, granting him invincibility like a Super Star. In the Super Mario Galaxy games, the Rainbow Star is used in order to avoid confusion between a Super Star and a Power Star.
Red POW Box	File:SMM2 Red POW Box Sprite.png	Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style only)	Gives Mario the ability to cause a shockwave when hitting a block or ceiling up to 3 times, similarly to a red POW Block.
Red Star		Super Mario Galaxy	Temporarily transforms Mario into Flying Mario, allowing him to fly freely by spinning.
Rock Mushroom	File:SMG2 Rock Mushroom.jpg	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Transforms Mario into Rock Mario, allowing him to destroy enemies and objects by rolling into them.
SMB2 Mushroom		Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. style only)	Transforms Mario into SMB2 Mario, which gives him his Super Mario Bros. 2 appearance and his abilities from that game, such as picking up enemies and throwing them.
Spin Drill		Super Mario Galaxy 2	Allows Mario to drill through dirt, which sends him to the other side of the planet he is on.
Spiny Shell		Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2	A Spiny's empty shell, which can be worn by Mario to defeat enemies that fall on him and destroy ? Blocks and Hard Blocks in a similar way to Brick Blocks.
Spring Mushroom		Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2	Transforms Mario into Spring Mario, allowing him to jump higher.
Statue Leaf		Super Mario 3D Land	Transforms Mario into a special variation of Tanooki Mario with a red scarf, and additionally allows him to turn into Statue Mario by Ground Pounding (similarly to the Tanooki Suit, but without the ability to transform on the ground or fly). Statue Mario is invulnerable while active.
Super Acorn		New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, Super Mario Maker 2 (New Super Mario Bros. U style only)	Transforms Mario into Flying Squirrel Mario, allowing him to glide similarly to Cape Mario, midair jump, and cling to walls.
Superball Flower		Super Mario Land, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. style only)	Transforms Mario into Superball Mario, allowing him to throw superballs, which bounce at 90 degree angles and can collect coins. In Super Mario Maker 2, it makes Mario monochrome and plays Super Mario Land music and sound effects until he gets hit.
Super Bell		Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style only), Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Transforms Mario into Cat Mario, allowing him to climb up walls and poles, claw and pounce at enemies, and begin sprinting faster.
Super Crown		New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe	Transforms Toadette into Peachette until she takes damage, allowing her to double jump, perform Peach's Floating Jump, and automatically boost out of a pit she falls into once per level.
Super Hammer		Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario 3D World style only)	Transforms Mario into Builder Mario, allowing him to use a hammer to break Hard Blocks and defeat enemies, as well as place Builder Boxes.
Super Leaf		Super Mario Bros. 3, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. 3 style only)	Transforms Mario into Raccoon Mario, allowing him to fly for a short time after filling the P-Meter, glide to slow his descent, and tail whip to attack enemies.
		Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Transforms Mario into Tanooki Mario, but only allows him to glide and tail whip, as the P-Meter is not present.
Super Mushroom		Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. Special, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Land, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. 2, New Super Mario Bros. U, Super Mario 3D World, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Transforms Small Mario into Super Mario, allowing him to withstand taking damage once, break Brick Blocks, and find other power-ups in blocks. In Super Mario 3D Land, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and Bowser's Fury, it gives a character 10 coins if they are already in their Super form.
		Super Mario 64 DS	Temporarily transforms Mario into Mega Mario, similar to the Mega Mushroom in other games, making Mario giant for a short time and letting him destroy everything in his path.
Super Pickax		Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	Temporarily allows Captain Toad to defeat any enemy and break Brick Blocks. The animation and music for using the Super Pickax are based on the Hammer from Donkey Kong.
Super Star		Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. Special, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Land, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. 2, New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Temporarily transforms Mario into Invincible Mario, granting him invincibility and allowing him to defeat most enemies by touching them.
Tanooki Suit		Super Mario Bros. 3	Transforms Mario into Tanooki Mario, granting him the abilities of Raccoon Mario as well as allowing him to briefly turn into Statue Mario. Statue Mario is invulnerable while active.
Vanish Cap		Super Mario 64	Temporarily transforms Mario into Vanish Mario, granting him intangibility and allowing him to walk through enemies, chain-link fences, ice, and mirrors.
Wario's Cap		Super Mario 64 DS	Gives Mario, Luigi, or Yoshi the abilities and physical appearance of Wario.
Weird Mushroom		Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style only)	Transforms Mario into Weird Mario, a skinnier form of Mario with Luigi's physics, including a higher jump and worse traction.
Wing		Super Mario Bros. Special	Temporarily allows Mario to fly through the air as if swimming.
Wing Cap		Super Mario 64	Temporarily transforms Mario into Wing Mario, allowing him to fly after performing a Triple Jump or being shot from a cannon. In Super Mario 64 DS, only Mario can use the form in single-player, but any character can in multiplayer.
Wings		Super Mario 64 DS
Yoshi's Wings		Super Mario World	Transforms Yoshi into a Winged Yoshi, granting him infinite flight for one level and access to Coin Heaven. Clearing the level removes the wings and, in the SNES version only, makes Yoshi become a Blue Yoshi.