User:List of blocks in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mario, Luigi and Bowser can collect Coins and items from floating blocks -- all throughout the Mushroom Kingdom and in some parts of Bowser's body. There are 7 distinctive types of blocks in the game:

• ? Block: The basic yellow one, can be striken at any time by Mario and Luigi. In Bowser's body, the blocks have a different design: floating bone with grey question mark. There are also 3 ? Blocks in Bowser's body with a different function: After the initial ? Block has been struck, it shows a pattern of 5 M and L Blocks, then they turn to 5 ? Blocks and must be struck in the same pattern to get the Attack Piece hidden in the initial ? Block.
• Attack Piece Block: Multi-colored blocks with the letter "A" on their faces. They resemble differently-colored pieces of a puzzle joined together to make a block, and once they are hit, they give the player a single or multiple Attack Pieces at the same time. Before being hit, the locations of every Attack Piece are shown on the mini-map located on the Touch Screen, giving the player an idea of where they are.
• Brick Block: Giant brick blocks, found exclusively in the Mushroom Kingdom. They serve the same function as ? Blocks but can be broken by either Mario using his hammer or by Bowser's punch.
• Rally Block: At first it shares the design with the ? Blocks found in Bowser's body but after being struck, it either has red arrow pointing left or green arrow pointing right, depending on which brother struck the block first. When struck, Mario and Luigi will face each other. One brother hits the block to send it to the other and vice versa, until the the block is hit by the number of time seen at the bottom of the screen. The reward for successfully completing the block is either 4 Attack Pieces or doubling the number of coins in the inventory (in the case of the Challenge Node one).
• M Block, L Block and ! Block: Block either red/green in color with white M/L or purple one with white exclamation point. When struck, it turns on the Coins floating around them to be collected. In the M/L-Block case, the effect is only temporary, so coins must be collected quickly before dissapearing.

There are a total of 474 blocks to be found. This page shows the locations of each one and how to get to them. The Project K and most of the Bowser's body (besides Trash Pit, Pump Works, Flab Zone, Challenge Node, Energy Hold and Airway) does not have any blocks.

Additionally, there is only one chance to collect coins from blocks in Peach's Castle before Fawful's takeover, as these blocks are removed when the Bros. and Bowser return back to the castle.

Block locations

Peach's Castle

Peach's Castle – 75 Blocks (15 ?, 60 Brick)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Trash Pit

Trash Pit – 21 Blocks (11 ?, 10 Attack Piece)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Cavi Cape

Cavi Cape – 11 Brick Blocks
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Plack Beach

Plack Beach – 39 Blocks (31 ?, 7 Brick, 1 !)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Pump Works

Pump Works – 31 Blocks (22 ?, 8 Attack Piece, 1 L)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Dimble Wood

Dimble Wood – 32 Blocks (14 ?, 10 Attack Piece, 8 Brick)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Bumpsy Plains

Bumpsy Plains – 7 Blocks (3 ?, 4 Brick)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Bowser Path

Bowser Path – 8 Blocks (6 ?, 2 Brick)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Bowser Castle

Bowser Castle – 28 Blocks (3 ?, 25 Brick)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Flab Zone

Flab Zone – 26 Blocks (22 ?, 2 Attack Piece, 2 Rally)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Challenge Node

Challenge Node – 1 Rally Block
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Tunnel

Tunnel – 11 Brick Blocks
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Toad Town Caves

Toad Town Caves – 19 ? Blocks
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Toad Town

Toad Town – 18 Blocks (17 ?, 1 Attack Piece)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Blubble Lake

Blubble Lake – 29 Blocks (10 ?, 19 Brick)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Energy Hold

Energy Hold – 43 Blocks (38 ?, 2 Attack Piece, 1 Rally, 1 M, 1 L)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Tower of Yikk

Tower of Yikk – 3 Brick Blocks
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Peach's Castle Garden

Peach's Castle Garden – 29 Blocks (25 ?, 4 Attack Piece)
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Airway

Airway – 43 ? Blocks
Item/s	Location	Screenshot

Block count

This chart shows the number of blocks that can be emptied and the type of the block. Locations are listed in the order the player can empty the block in them.

Block count
Location	Count
? Block	Attack Piece Block	Brick Block	Rally Block	M-Block	L-Block	!-Block	Total
Peach's Castle	15	0	60	0	0	0	0	75
Trash Pit	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	21
Cavi Cape	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	11
Plack Beach	31	0	7	0	0	0	1	39
Pump Works	22	8	0	0	0	1	0	31
Dimble Wood	14	10	8	0	0	0	0	32
Bumpsy Plains	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	7
Bowser Path	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	8
Bowser Castle	3	0	25	0	0	0	0	28
Flab Zone	22	2	0	2	0	0	0	26
Challenge Node	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Tunnel	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	11
Toad Town Caves	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
Toad Town	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	18
Blubble Lake	10	0	19	0	0	0	0	29
Energy Hold	38	2	0	1	1	1	0	43
Tower of Yikk	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Peach's Castle Garden	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	29
Airway	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	43
Total	279	37	150	4	1	2	1	474

See also

• List of beanholes in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story