Mushroom Ball

This article is about the Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story item. For the dance mentioned in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, see List of implied events § Mushroom Ball.

Mushroom Ball
Description
“An item for the PR Toad in Toad Town. He'll give you what's inside!”
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)

Mushroom Balls are items found in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its 3DS remake during the sidequest Mushroom Ball Derby; they are balls in the form of red mushrooms. There are 16 total, each holding their own special prize if Mario and Luigi hands them to the PR Toad of Toad Town Mall. They are found around at the mall in hidden blocks and by spin drilling underground. When brothers are near a Mushroom Ball, a question mark will appear above them, indicating the location.

Rewards

There are 16 rewards, one in each Mushroom Ball. The rewards found in the Mushroom Balls are as follows (they will always be in this order, independent of the order of the Mushroom Balls):

• 10 coins (50 coins in the remake)
• 5 Super Mushrooms
• 50 coins (100 coins in the remake)
• 5 Supersyrup Jars
• 100 coins (200 coins in the remake)
• 5 Super Nuts
• 300 coins
• 5 1-Up Mushrooms
• 500 coins
• A Retry Clock (Treasure Specs in the remake)
• 1000 coins
• 5 Heart Beans (5 Heart and Defense Beans in the remake)
• 5 Special Beans (5 Flex and Special Beans in the remake)
• 5 Power Beans (5 Power and Speed Beans in the remake)
• 2000 coins
• Treasure Specs (Shield Badge in the remake)

Locations

Location	DS	3DS
To the right of the blorbed Toad in front of the Large Gear Shop.
To the right of the Medium Gear Shop.
To the left of the Tea Shop.
To the right of the Small Gear Shop.
Behind the Medium Gear Shop.
To the right of the blorbed Toad in front of Toadley Clinic.
Behind the Badge Shop.
To the right of the Item Shop's front door.
To the left of the Badge Shop.
At the foot of the stairs between the Badge and Item Shops.
NOTE: Following six balls are accessible only after learning Drill Bros. in Energy Hold. To the left of Toadley Clinic.
In front of the tree behind the Small Gear Shop.
Behind and to the left of the Item Shop.
To the right of the tree behind the Badge Shop.
To the left of the stairs next to the tea shop.
Behind the PR Toad.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	キノコボール[?] Kinoko Bōru	Mushroom Ball
French	Balle champi[?]	Shroom Ball
German	Pilzbälle[?]	Mushroom Balls
Italian	Sfera fungo[?]	Mushroom sphere
Korean	버섯 볼[?] Beoseot Bol	Mushroom Ball
Spanish	Champibolas[?]	Mushroom Balls